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Developmental synchrony of retinal waves, apoptosis, and angiogenesis in postnatal retina elifesciences.org/articles/1…

Developmental synchrony of retinal waves, apoptosis, and angiogenesis in postnatal retina

An interdisciplinary approach uncovers a never-before-seen multifaceted synchrony of developmental processes in the rodent retina which are driven by purinergic signalling from apoptotic retinal...

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What's it like publishing in the eLife Model? In this collection, authors share their thoughts on the eLife Model, tell us about their research and offer advice to researchers who are thinking about publishing with eLife. elifesciences.org/highlights…

Publishing in the eLife Model: An author’s perspective

Hear from some of our authors about their experience of publishing with us.

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Cellular basis of accelerated whole-tooth regeneration elifesciences.org/articles/1…

Cellular basis of accelerated whole-tooth regeneration

Tooth plucking triggers a rapid, coordinated regeneration program in cichlids, accelerating replacement more than threefold through temporally organized epithelial, mesenchymal, immune, vascular, and...

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Real-time closed-loop feedback system for mouse mesoscale cortical signal and movement control elifesciences.org/articles/1…

Real-time closed-loop feedback system for mouse mesoscale cortical signal and movement control

The open-source closed-loop system enables mice to learn modulation of cortical activity or movement by providing a platform for testing brain-behavior relationships in motor learning and neuroreha...

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Staph’s fast track into cells elifesciences.org/digests/10…

Staph’s fast track into cells

The route Staphylococcus aureus takes into host cells determines how quickly it reaches the cell interior, multiplies and kills the cells, revealing a potential new target for tackling chronic...

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We're looking for an experienced publishing professional with a strong technical background in digital workflows, XML infrastructure, and open science practices to join us as Head of Content Operations. Find out more and apply by November 20, 2026: elifesciences.org/jobs/e684f…
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Region-specific mechanosensation modulates Drosophila postural control behaviour elifesciences.org/articles/1…

Region-specific mechanosensation modulates Drosophila postural control behaviour

Behavioural, optogenetic, and gene expression analyses demonstrate that regional mechanosensory processes instructed by Hox gene inputs are essential for postural control in Drosophila larvae linking...

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Episode 105: September 2026 elifesciences.org/podcast/ep…

Episode 105: September 2026

In this episode, we hear about the origins of our individuality, how synaesthetes' pupil size changes just by thinking of a colour, female chickadees expanding the spectrum of cognitive abilities...

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Brief disruption of activity in a subset of dopaminergic neurons during consolidation impairs long-term memory by fragmenting sleep elifesciences.org/articles/1…

Brief disruption of activity in a subset of dopaminergic neurons during consolidation impairs...

A state-dependent inhibitory dopaminergic microcircuit co-regulates sleep and long-term memory via distinct signaling cascades.

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We're delighted to hear that our Deputy Editor Diane Harper and Reviewing Editor Shimon Sakaguchi have been elected to the National Academy of Medicine: buff.ly/sqsCHY2

NAM Elects 100 New Members for 2026 - NAM

Meet the National Academy of Medicine’s Class of 2026. Explore the new members recognized for their contributions to health, medicine, and science.

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4/ Shimon for his groundbreaking discovery of regulatory T cells that confer dominant suppression of potentially inflammatory immune responses, elucidation of these cell properties, including their dependence on Foxp3 expression, and development of novel therapeutic strategies.
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5/ Many congratulations to both of them on this latest acheivement!
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Machine learning of honey bee olfactory behavior identifies repellent odorants in free-flying bees in the field elifesciences.org/articles/1…

Machine learning of honey bee olfactory behavior identifies repellent odorants in free-flying bees...

Honey bee olfactory aversion can be modeled using machine learning to iteratively discover bee-selective repellents, validated in free-flying assays, that can potentially reduce contact with pestic...

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Identifying a novel mechanism of L-leucine uptake in Mycobacterium tuberculosis using a chemical genomic approach elifesciences.org/articles/1…

Identifying a novel mechanism of L-leucine uptake in Mycobacterium tuberculosis using a chemical...

A well-orchestrated machinery for L-leucine uptake is functional in Mycobacterium tuberculosis, which is important for the intracellular survival of the tuberculosis (TB) pathogen.

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A novel rapid host cell entry pathway determines the intracellular fate of Staphylococcus aureus elifesciences.org/articles/1…

A novel rapid host cell entry pathway determines the intracellular fate of Staphylococcus aureus

An acid sphingomyelinase-dependent rapid uptake pathway for the pathogen Staphylococcus aureus is linked to altered intracellular infection dynamics.

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We publish physiology research that employs quantitative experimental and computational approaches to reveal mechanisms driving biological functions across all levels of organisation. Read the latest research in Physiology ⬇️️ elifesciences.org/subjects/p…
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Retinotopic coding organizes the interaction between internally and externally oriented brain networks elifesciences.org/articles/1…

Retinotopic coding organizes the interaction between internally and externally oriented brain...

Internally and externally oriented brain networks are functionally coupled at a voxel scale through a common visuospatial code.

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Wound-induced syncytia outpace mononucleate neighbors during Drosophila wound repair elifesciences.org/articles/9…

Wound-induced syncytia outpace mononucleate neighbors during Drosophila wound repair

In vivo live imaging, quantitative analysis, and computational modeling reveal that wound-induced epithelial cell fusion accelerates epithelial repair through several likely mechanisms.

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