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The funder-researcher collaboration and open-access journal for research in the life and biomedical sciences | @eLifeCommunity
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    eLife - the journal
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    Oct 20, 2022
    Today, we’re introducing a new model that eliminates accept/reject decisions. By publishing every paper with eLife reviews as a Reviewed Preprint, we plan to restore autonomy to authors, ensuring that they will be judged by what, not where, they publish. elifesciences.org/inside-elife/5…
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    eLife - the journal
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    Mar 2, 2019
    Reviewer 2 agreed that the ability to determine structures directly within the cellular environment would "transform structural cell biology" elifesciences.org/articles/32493 #fromthedecisionletter #ResearchAdvance
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    Jul 29, 2024
    A new technique for specifically labelling a rare type of interneuron sheds light on their distribution and connectivity in the brain.
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    Hunting the elusive axo-axonic cell
    A new technique for specifically labelling a rare type of interneuron sheds light on their distribution and connectivity in the brain.
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    eLife - the journal
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    Jul 27, 2024
    Novel gene activity regulating neuropeptide precursors in the Drosophila central nervous system. elifesciences.org/articles/88985…
    Fluorescence microscopy imaging showing activity in drosophila nervous system
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    Jul 27, 2022
    PhDs can be challenging and public discourse tends to focus on the negatives. To bring back some balance and positive momentum, this group of students sought to highlight the positive elements of the PhD experience. #AcademicChatter #PhDChat elifesciences.org/articles/81075…
    Detailed venn diagram showing the three primary benefits of doing a PhD: acquiring expertise (pink circle), learning to work in a collaborative environment (blue), and developing communication skills for sharing knowledge (yellow).
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    eLife - the journal
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    Jul 20, 2024
    A heat-sensitive ion channel known as TRPV4 helps regulate sweating in mice, a finding that offers insights into human sweat disorders.
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    Breaking a sweat
    A heat-sensitive ion channel known as TRPV4 helps regulate sweating in mice, a finding that offers insights into human sweat disorders.
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    Jul 27, 2024
    How information is processed in the brain when consciousness is lost due to anaesthesia or brain injury.
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    Understanding consciousness
    A mathematical framework provides new insights into how information is processed in the brain when consciousness is lost due to anaesthesia or brain injury.
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    eLife - the journal
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    May 15, 2022
    This study investigated how cell shape and the motility of individual cells influence how macrophages scan for signs of infection. elifesciences.org/articles/75354…
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    eLife - the journal
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    Jul 28, 2024
    Hematopoiesis: Counting blood precursors elifesciences.org/articles/10037…
    red blood cells
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    eLife - the journal
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    Jul 7, 2022
    This study investigated how cell shape and the motility of individual cells influence how macrophages scan for signs of infection. elifesciences.org/articles/75354…
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    eLife - the journal
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    May 30, 2023
    Cells can pass proteins and RNA to each other through tubes that act as a channel between their membranes. elifesciences.org/articles/84391…
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    eLife - the journal
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    Sep 29, 2022
    Cancer cells hide inside other cancer cells when the immune system attacks, letting the cell inside survive. elifesciences.org/articles/80315…
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    Jun 13, 2021
    The spike protein of SARS-CoV-2 interacts with cholesterol and ACE2 to induce viral entry and pathological cell-cell fusion. Can cholesterol-lowering statins be used as a treatment for COVID-19? elifesciences.org/articles/65962…
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    eLife - the journal
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    Mar 5, 2019
    Today we’re delighted to announce Michael Eisen as our new Editor-in-Chief. Welcome, @mbeisen! elifesciences.org/for-the-press/…
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