Refolding activity of bacterial Hsp90 in vivo reveals ancient chaperoning function by Luengo et al.
Why the need for Hsp90? Clever experiments reveal the importance of this chaperone in refolding proteins after heat shock in E. coli.
Selected by Tessa Sinnige. Read the preLight here
Drosophila kinesin-8 stabilises kinetochore-microtubule interaction by Edzuka & Goshima
Sizing up the mitotic spindle: KLP67A regulates microtubule dynamics and stabilises kinetochore-microtubule attachments in Drosophila.
Selected by the Welburn lab. Read the preLight here
Unjamming overcomes kinetic and proliferation arrest in terminally differentiated cells and promotes collective motility of carcinoma by Palamidessi et al.
Endocytic growth factor signaling induces proliferation and solid-to-liquid transitions in confluent epithelial tissues in 2D and 3D cell culture.
Selected by Tim Fessenden. Read the preLight here
Epiblast formation by Tead-Yap-dependent expression of pluripotency factors and competitive elimination of unspecified cells by Hashimoto & Sasaki
Differentiate or die! A new role for cell competition and Hippo signalling in the early mouse embryo.
Selected by Sarah Bowling and Teresa Rayon. Read the preLight here
Rapid embryonic cell cycles defer the establishment of heterochromatin by Eggless/SetDB1 in Drosophila by Seller et al.
Cell cycle speed sets the pace for heterochromatin formation.
Selected by Gabriel Aughey. Read the preLight here
Promoter-intrinsic and local chromatin features determine gene repression in lamina-associated domains by Leemans et al.
It's not always one or the other: promoter sequence and local environment help gene repression and expression in heterochromatin.
Selected by Carmen Adriaens Clarice Hong. Read the preLight here
DNA microscopy: Optics-free spatio-genetic imaging by a stand-alone chemical reaction by Weinstein et al.
DNA microscopy: imaging biology through the lens of DNA sequencing.
Selected by Theo Sanderson. Read the preLight here
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