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Editorial
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Cell Science at a Glance
Short Report
Research Articles
Articles of Interest in Other COB Journals
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Cell science at a glance – The actin cortex at a glance
This new poster and article from Priyamvada Chugh and Ewa K. Paluch summarises the composition, architecture, mechanics and function of the cellular actin cortex, which determines the shape of animal cells, and, thus, provides the foundation for cell and tissue morphogenesis.
An interview with the preLights community manager, Máté Pálfy
preLights has a dedicated team of scientists who regularly select, highlight and comment on preprints that they feel are of interest to the biological community. We caught up with Máté Pálfy, the community manager of preLights, to talk about this service and his role in overseeing it.
We are also pleased to announce that Máté will be selecting and sharing the preLights he thinks are of the most interest to the cell science community, which JCS will feature as part of each issue's Table of Contents.
Review – Understanding eukaryotic chromosome segregation
In this new Review, Snezhana Oliferenko discusses eukaryotic chromosome segregation in the light of biological diversity, covering a number of experimental approaches used in comparative biology studies.
Research highlight – A direct role for AMPK in EMT
There have been conflicting results regarding the involvement of AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) in the process of epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT). In a new Research Article, Annapoorni Rangarajan and colleagues establish a direct role for AMPK through the upregulation of Twist1, and also point to a possible new strategic avenue to counteract cancer invasion and metastasis.
Meet the Team!
Will you be attending the Plant and Microbial Cytoskeleton GRC at Proctor Academy in Andover, NH from 12-17 August? Please look out for our Features & Reviews Editor Manuel Breuer and say hello!
JCS Meeting – Cell dynamics: organelle-cytoskeleton interface
The second in our series of cell dynamics meetings now turns to organelles. This May 2019 meeting in Lisbon, Portugal, aims to bring together scientists studying the interface between organelles and the cytoskeleton at different scales and perspectives using a range of model systems. Find out more and register your interest here. Registration opens in September.
preLights – Light at the end of the tunnel?
Gautam Dey highlights a preprint from David Stephens and colleagues that describes a new reporter for pulsed collagen secretion, providing support for a direct route from ER to Golgi. The preLight also features a response from the authors on the potential of their tool to define different aspects of procollagen trafficking, and opening the door for a machine-learning collaboration.
Articles of interest in our sister journals
The Drosophila insulin pathway controls Profilin expression and dynamic actin-rich protrusions during collective cell migration
Christian Ghiglione, Patrick Jouandin, Delphine Cérézo, Stéphane Noselli. Development 2018 145: dev161117
In vivo analysis of cardiomyocyte proliferation during trabeculation
Veronica Uribe, Radhan Ramadass, Deepika Dogra, S. Javad Rasouli, Felix Gunawan, Hiroyuki Nakajima, Ayano Chiba, Sven Reischauer, Naoki Mochizuki, Didier Y. R. Stainier. Development 2018 145: dev164194