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Preprint Highlight: The lymphatic system favours survival of a unique T. brucei population, and its invasion results in major host pathology
Although most studies investigating the pathology of African trypanosomes, an extracellular protozoan parasite, have focused on parasites resident in the blood, their presence in other tissues has garnered increasing attention. Using intravital microcopy and ex vivo imaging in mice, parasites were found to cause significant alterations in the nodes and lymphatic vasculature. Lymphatic parasites were characterized…
Preprint Highlight: Morphogenesis in Trypanosoma cruzi epimastigotes proceeds via a highly asymmetric cell division
Trypanosoma cruzi is a protozoan parasite that causes Chagas’ disease, a neglected tropical disease that kills approximately 50,000 people each year. T. cruzi adapts to different niches within its human host and insect vector by assuming a range of morphologies. However, the cell biology and morphology of the insect epimastigote form are poorly understood. The…
Call for Papers: LSE Special Issue On Equity, Inclusion, Access, and Justice in Biology
To bring attention to Equity, Inclusion, Access, and Justice in biology education, CBE – Life Sciences Education (LSE; http://www.lifescied.org/) will publish a special issue in 2024 highlighting research articles, essays, and features that offer new insights into these topics. As a team of LSE Special Issue Guest Editors, we are passionate and enthusiastic about engaging…
ASCB Statement Regarding U.S. Supreme Court Rulings on University Admissions Policies
The leadership of the American Society for Cell Biology regrets the decisions by the United States Supreme Court, released on June 29, 2023, prohibiting universities from including the race of an applicant as part of their admissions policies. Science realizes a great deal from the richness of thought and experience that diversity offers. Not only…
Introducing Significance Statements and Badges to MBoC articles
MBoC has been piloting the use of structured Significance Statements and visual Badges in our Preprint Highlights since 2022. We are now ready to introduce these objects to regular articles in MBoC, providing readers with additional context and providing authors with the added value of broader accessibility of their work. Starting this week, authors of…
U.S. and India Reach Visa-related Agreements
During a State Visit to the United States by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Modi and President Joseph Biden reached three important agreements that, when fully implemented, could positively benefit the ability of foreign biomedical researchers to travel to the United States. International investigators have been facing long delays obtaining visas to come to the…
Molecular Biology of the Cell (MBoC)
Molecular Biology of the Cell (MBoC) is a premier journal for research in all areas of cell biology, from biophysics to genetics to neuroscience. Its 14 online issues per year include Special Issues in the important areas of Quantitative Cell Biology, and Forces on and within Cells. Readers and authors alike benefit from the journal’s review process, which offers authors constructive feedback by working scientists.
CBE—Life Sciences Education (LSE)
CBE—Life Sciences Education (LSE) is a peer-reviewed journal of life science education research and evidence-based practice published by the ASCB in editorial partnership with the Genetics Society of America and partially funded by Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Online and completely free, LSE emphasizes teaching innovations and evidence of their effectiveness and is designed for educators at all levels and across all life science disciplines.
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