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10 years into the resurgence of covalent drugs.
(2021-01)In the first decade of targeted covalent inhibition, scientists have successfully reversed the previous trend that had impeded the use of covalent inhibition in drug development. Successes in the clinic, mainly in the field ... -
A 160 Gbp fork fern genome shatters size record for eukaryotes
(Cell Press (Elsevier), 2024-05-31)Vascular plants are exceptional among eukaryotes due to their outstanding genome size diversity which ranges ∼2,400-fold, including the largest genome so far recorded in the angiosperm Paris japonica (148.89 Gbp/1C). Despite ... -
The 2030 Declaration on Scientific Plant and Fungal Collecting
(2024-01-01)Societal Impact Statement: Biological samples and their associated information are an essential resource used by scientists, governments, policymakers, practitioners and communities to ensure that biodiversity can be ... -
Adapting wild biodiversity conservation approaches to conserve agrobiodiversity
(Springer Nature, 2024-09-19)The global biodiversity crisis in agriculture is overlooked compared with that in wild systems. This must change if we are to safeguard domesticated plant diversity and meet global sustainable development and biodiversity ... -
Airborne eDNA documents a diverse and ecologically complex tropical bat and other mammal community
(2023-03-01)Environmental (e)DNA has rapidly become a powerful biomonitoring tool, particularly in aquatic ecosystems. This approach has not been as widely adopted in terrestrial communities where the methods of vertebrate eDNA ... -
Altered lipid acyl chain length controls energy dissipation in light-harvesting complex II proteoliposomes by hydrophobic mismatch.
(2023-09)In plants, the major light-harvesting antenna complex (LHCII) is vital for both light harvesting and photoprotection in photosystem II. Previously, we proposed that the thylakoid membrane itself could switch LHCII into the ... -
Annelid methylomes reveal ancestral developmental and aging-associated epigenetic erosion across Bilateria
(Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2024-08-01)<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:sec> <jats:title>Background</jats:title> <jats:p>DNA methylation in the form of 5-methylcytosine (5mC) is the most abundant base modification in animals. However, 5mC levels vary ... -
Approaches to Learning to Control Dynamic Uncertainty
(MDPI AG, 2015-10-10)In dynamic environments, when faced with a choice of which learning strategy to adopt, do people choose to mostly explore (maximizing their long term gains) or exploit (maximizing their short term gains)? More to the point, ... -
The Aquatic Symbiosis Genomics Project: probing the evolution of symbiosis across the Tree of Life
(F1000Research, 2024-06-10)We present the Aquatic Symbiosis Genomics Project, a global collaboration to generate high quality genome sequences for a wide range of eukaryotes and their microbial symbionts. Launched under the Symbiosis in Aquatic ... -
Areas of global importance for conserving terrestrial biodiversity, carbon and water.
(2021-11)To meet the ambitious objectives of biodiversity and climate conventions, the international community requires clarity on how these objectives can be operationalized spatially and how multiple targets can be pursued ... -
Assessing the degradation of environmental DNA and RNA based on genomic origin in a metabarcoding context
(2023-01-01)Molecular tools of species identification based on eNAs (environmental nucleic acids; environmental DNA [eDNA] and environmental RNA [eRNA]) have the potential to greatly transform biodiversity science. However, the ability ...