#12daysofelife — Public Fediverse posts

January marked one year of our new publishing model, and, as of September 2024, we celebrated over 10,000 submissions!
https://elifesciences.org/inside-elife/66d43597/elife-s-new-model-one-year-on?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=organic

Change can be hard, so we’re grateful to everyone who has supported our mission #12DaysOfeLife
https://youtu.be/MdUApzoelFY?si=t0rOT4froCp0OXPr

Another landmark paper represents “the most significant breakthrough in membrane and secretory biogenesis in recent years” with evidence deemed “exceptional”.

These are the highest assessment terms given for eLife papers! #12DaysOfeLife
https://elifesciences.org/articles/95814?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=organic

To help you understand the context of the research you’re reading, we’ve been tweaking our website, showing you when a paper has been revised, which version you’re reading and what assessment labels have been given. Head to our site to explore for yourself! #12DaysOfeLife

Motion capture technology in a study from September shed light on how flocks of pigeons detect and respond to predator attacks while foraging for food. #12DaysOfeLife
https://elifesciences.org/digests/95549/vigilant-pigeons?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=organic

Researchers behind a paper from September trained bumblebees to pull on a string to get a reward. But did they understand why they were doing it? #12DaysOfeLife
https://elifesciences.org/articles/97018?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=organic

Earlier this year we proudly launched the Community Voices podcast 🎉

Created eLife’s very own staff, we embark on inspiring conversations with scientists about their lives and passions. Catch up with the latest episodes 👇 #12DaysOfeLife
https://elifesciences.org/community/community-voices?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=organic

Authors of this paper on ageing and senescence massively improved their paper after just one revision, with evidence jumping from “incomplete” to “compelling”.

You can openly view reviews and version histories alongside the final paper. #12DaysOfeLife https://elifesciences.org/articles/87811?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=organic

Convincing evidence in this paper from April demonstrated artefactual calcium micro-waves during calcium imaging of populations of neurons in the hippocampus. #12DaysOfeLife
https://elifesciences.org/reviewed-preprints/93804?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=organic

Watch the neutrophil response in zebrafish larvae to salmonella infection from this January paper. #12DaysOfeLife
https://elifesciences.org/articles/89828?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=organic

This was the first year we’ve had the honour of hosting a ceremony for the Ben Barres Spotlight Awards.

Named after our late colleague, the awards provide funds for researchers from underrepresented and underfunded groups. #12DaysOfeLife
https://youtu.be/aA9BOsq7Tjc

🌟 Whether you’re a new student, lab leader or decision-maker at an institutional level, you can now find free tools and guidance all in one place.

Our Learning Resources page launched in October thanks to insights from eLife Ambassadors. #12DaysOfeLife
https://elifesciences.org/learning-resources?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=organic

These researchers presented a platform for cardiac tissue cultivation. This video shows 3D ring-shaped cardiac tissues generated from human stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes. #12DaysOfeLife
https://elifesciences.org/articles/87739?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=organic

In January, we welcomed 17 researchers from nine African countries to our editorial board thanks to our second-ever open call for Reviewing Editors 🎉 #12DaysOfeLife
https://elifesciences.org/inside-elife/5720b85d/elife-latest-welcoming-our-newest-editors-in-africa?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=organic

Minted as a Version of Record in January, this study found that in cultured cells, mitochondria maintain temperatures of up to 15°C above their environment adjusting their heat production in the face of physiological stresses. #12DaysOfeLife
https://elifesciences.org/articles/89232?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=organic

This “landmark” and “exceptional” study (the highest praise possible in eLife reviews) sheds light on a long-standing puzzle in PKA activation in Trypanosoma, uncovering the molecular mechanism of cyclic nucleotide-binding domains. #12DaysOfeLife
https://elifesciences.org/articles/91040?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=organic

We kicked off 2024 with the launch of our Global South Committee for Open Science 🌍

This group of researchers is a pillar of guidance in improving our outreach and support throughout the Global South.

Read about the members and vision! #12DaysOfeLife
https://elifesciences.org/community/global-south-committee?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=organic

Back in February, scientists presented a newly-developed device to measure how different parts of the brain communicate during social interactions. #12DaysOfeLife
https://elifesciences.org/digests/88439/the-social-brain?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=organic

Published in March, this video comes from research that aimed use #CryoET to demonstrate how FtsZ filaments are recruited into a ring or “toroidal” structure as part of a bacterial cell’s division machinery. #12DaysOfeLife
https://elifesciences.org/reviewed-preprints/95557?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=organic

Our publishing model, launched last year, lets authors revise their papers whenever and however they choose.

Here's the first-ever revision to be published on how the locus coeruleus is involved in visuomotor learning processes. #12DaysOfeLife
https://elifesciences.org/reviewed-preprints/85111v2?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=organic

Change is rarely easy, but the right changes are worth it.

As the year comes to a close, we’re showcasing some research and publishing highlights from the year with the hashtag #12DaysOfeLife

Follow along over the next 12 days or check out our blog now!
https://elifesciences.org/inside-elife/330eff62/a-look-back-at-2024?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=organic

The new ‘OHRBETS’ platform will let researchers study the behaviour of mice with their heads immobilised while producing results that are more similar to freely moving animals. #12DaysOfeLife #Neuroscience https://elifesciences.org/articles/91145?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=organic_12Days

Hold on, did someone slip us a picture of the #Xenomorph?

This was actually provided by authors investigating ultrafast electrical ripples in the mouse somatosensory cortex and how they correlate with sensory stimulation. #Neuroscience #12DaysOfeLife https://elifesciences.org/articles/82412?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=organic_12Days

Opto-RhoGEFs is an #optogenetic toolbox that can help researchers visualise and manipulate the barrier between endothelial cells like the ones in this clip. #12DaysOfeLife #Optogenetics https://elifesciences.org/articles/84364?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=organic_12Days

The tool MorphoFeatures lets researchers automatically assign cell types and tissues in #ElectronMicroscopy images, a step which is critical for understanding complex organisms. #12DaysOfeLife https://elifesciences.org/articles/80918?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=organic_12Days

These fly guys were snapped by the Kākāpō Recovery Team as they worked with soil environmental DNA to monitor one of the last surviving populations of the critically endangered #kākāpō 🦜 #ReviewedPreprint #12DaysOfeLife https://elifesciences.org/reviewed-preprints/84553?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=organic

For the first time, scientists analysed the connectome for part of the brain in the common octopus involved in long-term memory. Here, they use #ElectronMicroscopy to trace the length of an axon micron by micron. #12DaysOfeLife https://elifesciences.org/articles/84257?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=organic_12days

pYtags enable spatiotemporal measurements of receptor tyrosine #kinase signalling in living cells, with enzymes shown here rapidly moving from the cytosol to the cell membranes. #12DaysOfeLife https://elifesciences.org/articles/82863?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=organic_12days

This celestial image shows mouse brain neurons growing in microfluidic chambers used to study axonal trafficking. #Neuroscience #12DaysOfeLife https://elifesciences.org/articles/81532?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=organic_12Days

This study characterised the unconventional secretory mechanism of α-synuclein, an important contributor to #neurodegeneration. This time-lapse shows the movement of green α-synuclein in enlarged endosomes. #12DaysOfeLife https://elifesciences.org/articles/85837?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=organic_12days

These are the scales of a developing #zebrafish with little green dots pinpointing Merkel cells. The authors described and characterised their touch system as a new model to study Merkel cell development and maintenance. #DevelopmentalBiology #12DaysOfeLife https://elifesciences.org/articles/85800?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=organic_12Days

Researchers uncovered surprising findings on the assembly of #microtubules in vitro, illustrating in this animation how holes can appear during polymerisation as subunits don’t perfectly align. #Cytoskeleton #12DaysOfeLife https://elifesciences.org/articles/83021?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=organic_12days

This sandwich-like structure of columns gives strength and flexibility to the shell of a #brachiopod and has helped researchers understand the evolution of these distinctive structures during the Cambrian explosion. #Evolution #ReviewedPreprint #12DaysOfeLife https://elifesciences.org/reviewed-preprints/88855?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=organic_12Days

Optogenetics helped researchers study the role of the microtubule end-binding protein, EB1, in the growth of neurons. Here, the end of a neuron reaches a strip of blue light which optogenetically inactivates EB1 causing the microtubule fibres that usually push and grow the cell to fall apart. #Neuroscience #Optogenetics #Microtubules #12DaysOfeLife https://elifesciences.org/articles/84143?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=organic_12days

Waves of the signalling molecule cAMP spread through a film of #Dictyostelium cells demonstrating a positive feedback loop that demonstrates how multicellular structures transmit information over long ranges. #12DaysOfeLife https://elifesciences.org/articles/83796?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=organic_12days

This is an #immunofluorescence image of a section of mouse testis spermatocytes, Sertoli cells, and GPX4. Researchers investigated the impact of mitochondrial defects on sperm cells. #Mitochondria #12DaysOfeLife https://elifesciences.org/articles/84710?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=organic_12Days

Scientists created a searchable #FluorescenceMicroscopy image resource of #Drosophila GAL4 driver expression patterns with single neuron resolution. Check out some of the images below. #Neuroscience #12DaysOfeLife https://elifesciences.org/articles/80660?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=organic_12Days

Scientists created a searchable #FluorescenceMicroscopy image resource of #Drosophila GAL4 driver expression patterns with single neuron resolution. Check out some of the images below. #Neuroscience #12DaysOfeLife https://elifesciences.org/articles/80660?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=organic_12Days

Scientists created a searchable #FluorescenceMicroscopy image resource of #Drosophila GAL4 driver expression patterns with single neuron resolution. Check out some of the images below. #Neuroscience #12DaysOfeLife https://elifesciences.org/articles/80660?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=organic_12Days

Scientists created a searchable #FluorescenceMicroscopy image resource of #Drosophila GAL4 driver expression patterns with single neuron resolution. Check out some of the images below. #Neuroscience #12DaysOfeLife https://elifesciences.org/articles/80660?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=organic_12Days

Scientists created a searchable #FluorescenceMicroscopy image resource of #Drosophila GAL4 driver expression patterns with single neuron resolution. Check out some of the images below. #Neuroscience #12DaysOfeLife https://elifesciences.org/articles/80660?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=organic_12Days