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Hypothesis – The conserved ancestral signaling pathway from cilium to nucleus
Peter Satir and Birgit H. Satir propose a hypothesis to answer the question of why so many signaling molecules that work in the nucleus are also found in the primary cilium.
First Person interviews
Have you seen our First Person interviews with the early-career first authors of our papers? The authors talk about their work in and out of the lab, the journeys that led them to where they are now and the scientists who inspired them along the way. Recently, we caught up with first authors Anna Bajur, Takuro Tojima, Yuejiao Ma and Ameer Elaimy.
Mole – Margin of error
"These results look convincing, but this result doesn't seem right, so while I accept this conclusion, about this other conclusion, I have reservations. I can see why the paper was published, but I have to actually read it to decide if I accept what they claim. Sure, that's good science, but why is it this way?"
Read Mole’s thoughts on margins of error in the scientific literature.
Journal of Cell Science partners with Publons for peer reviewer recognition
Journal of Cell Science is pleased to announce a new partnership with Publons, part of the Web of Science Group (a Clarivate Analytics company). Publons gives reviewers formal recognition of their peer review contributions using the Reviewer Recognition Service.
Journal of Cell Science announces Transparent peer review
In the interests of promoting transparency around the editorial process, Journal of Cell Science will now be publishing a ‘Peer review history’ file alongside published papers, where the author has opted in to such a file being published. All research papers submitted on or after 1 August 2019 are eligible. More information can be found here.
Martim Dias Gomes highlights a preprint showing that membrane-cortex detachment is essential for the formation of both pressure- and actin-based protrusions.
Catch up with other recent preLights selected for the cell science community.
Articles of interest in our sister journals
Francisca Nunes de Almeida, Rhian F. Walther, Mary T. Pressé, Evi Vlassaks, Franck Pichaud (Development 2019 146: dev175497)
Functional loss of Ccdc151 leads to hydrocephalus in a mouse model of primary ciliary dyskinesia
Francesco Chiani, Tiziana Orsini, Alessia Gambadoro, Miriam Pasquini, Sabrina Putti, Maurizio Cirilli, Olga Ermakova, Glauco P. Tocchini-Valentini (Disease Models & Mechanisms 2019 12: dmm038489)