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👋Our November issue's out!
Cover: Electrostatic forces in condensates

👉🏼Comments: #DEI; #statistics #CellBiology; german #StemCell network
🔬 #ferroptosis #mitochondria #PhaseSeparation #EmbryoModels #transcriptomics #chromatin #cancer #TransposableElements & more!
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A great journey’s come to an end and I can 100% say this is the most impressive project I had the honor to be a part of in my 4 years as an editor. A huge thank you to all organizers, speakers, participants and my wonderful colleagues, @nandemokaizen.bsky.social Hannah Walters and Veronique Gebala!
November 21, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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🥂Congratulations to @bloodgenes.bsky.social & co for their new study in our journal enhancing the ex vivo expansion and in vivo reconstitution potential of human #hematopoietic #StemCells by inhibiting #ferroptosis . Where? @natcellbio.nature.com ofc!

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Inhibiting ferroptosis enhances ex vivo expansion of human haematopoietic stem cells - Nature Cell Biology
della Volpe et al. augment the ex vivo expansion potential of human haematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) by inhibiting ferroptosis with liproxstatin-1 or ferrostatin-1. Treated HSCs have enhanced in vivo ...
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November 22, 2025 at 12:27 AM
☕Lu et al. show that, under proteotoxic stress, TDP-43 inclusions of skein-like morphology are guided by the chaperone HSP70 and its nucleotide exchange factor BAG3 to induce TDP-43 co-aggregation with F-actin-bound actin-binding proteins.
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TDP-43 skein-like inclusions are formed by BAG3- and HSP70-guided co-aggregation with actin-binding proteins - Nature Cell Biology
Lu et al. show that, under proteotoxic stress, TDP-43 inclusions of skein-like morphology are guided by the chaperone HSP70 and its nucleotide exchange factor BAG3 to induce TDP-43 co-aggregation with...
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November 23, 2025 at 7:04 AM
☕Li et al. uncover a connection between #metabolic cues and #mitochondria protein degradation, showing that specifically leucine stabilizes outer mitochondrial membrane proteins by inhibiting ubiquitylation and promoting mitochondrial respiration.
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Leucine inhibits degradation of outer mitochondrial membrane proteins to adapt mitochondrial respiration - Nature Cell Biology
Li et al. uncover a connection between metabolic cues and mitochondrial protein degradation, showing that specifically leucine stabilizes outer mitochondrial membrane proteins by inhibiting ubiquityla...
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November 23, 2025 at 7:00 AM
@mikelangelipid.bsky.social @olzmannlab.bsky.social & co identify a #LipidDroplet quality control pathway in which FSP1 safeguards stored neutral lipids from lipid peroxidation, thereby preventing the induction of #ferroptosis.
@berkeleymcb.bsky.social
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FSP1-mediated lipid droplet quality control prevents neutral lipid peroxidation and ferroptosis - Nature Cell Biology
Lange et al. identify a lipid droplet quality control pathway in which FSP1 safeguards stored neutral lipids from lipid peroxidation, thereby preventing the induction of ferroptosis.
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November 16, 2025 at 8:38 AM
☕Liu et al. present TemporalVAE, a method for integrating single-cell time course data. The model proposes a workflow to determine the biological timing of samples and its temporally sensitive genes, enabling single-cell developmental stage inference.
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TemporalVAE: atlas-assisted temporal mapping of time-series single-cell transcriptomes during embryogenesis - Nature Cell Biology
Liu et al. present TemporalVAE, a method for integrating single-cell time course data. The model proposes a workflow to determine the biological timing of samples and its temporally sensitive genes, e...
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November 16, 2025 at 8:34 AM
☕Xu, Kong, Li, Pisignano et al provide a map of pseudouridine sites in human noncoding RNA. Using a systematic knockout approach, they associate each pseudouridine site with the activity of a specific pseudouridine synthase.
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A comprehensive tRNA pseudouridine map uncovers targets dependent on human stand-alone pseudouridine synthases - Nature Cell Biology
Xu, Kong, Li, Pisignano and colleagues provide a map of pseudouridine sites in human noncoding RNA. Using a systematic knockout approach, they associate each pseudouridine site with the activity of a ...
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November 16, 2025 at 8:32 AM
@katerinakraft.bsky.social @sedonamurphy.bsky.social @mattjones.bsky.social et al. identify extrachromosomal DNA(ecDNA)-interacting elements (EIEs) enriched for #TransposableElements in #ColorectalCancer. EIE 14 integrated within ecDNA acts as an enhancer to promote cancer fitness.
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Enhancer activation from transposable elements in extrachromosomal DNA - Nature Cell Biology
Kraft, Murphy, Jones et al. identify extrachromosomal DNA (ecDNA)-interacting elements (EIEs) enriched for transposable elements within ecDNA in colorectal cancer cells. They show that EIE 14 integrat...
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November 16, 2025 at 8:29 AM
☕Watt, Dauber, Szkop et al find that H3K4me3 remodels 5′UTR selection in hypoxia and that this process is independent of HIF-1 transcriptional mechanisms.
@kwattever.bsky.social @drpostovit.bsky.social @ki.se @queensuhealth.bsky.social
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Epigenetic alterations facilitate transcriptional and translational programs in hypoxia - Nature Cell Biology
Watt, Dauber, Szkop and colleagues find that H3K4me3 remodels 5′UTR selection in hypoxia and that this process is independent of HIF-1 transcriptional mechanisms.
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November 16, 2025 at 8:23 AM
☕The authors identify a chemical cocktail to generate #totipotent - like cells, which they then use to build an #embryo model. This model captures a developmental spectrum from early #embryogenesis to post-implantation events.
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A continuous totipotent-like cell-based embryo model recapitulates mouse embryogenesis from zygotic genome activation to gastrulation - Nature Cell Biology
The authors identify a chemical cocktail to generate totipotent-like cells, which they then use to build an embryo model. This model captures a developmental spectrum from early embryogenesis to post-...
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November 15, 2025 at 8:17 PM
☕Khawaja et al. show sex-specific differences in neuronal-activity regulation by #chaperone - mediated autophagy. Loss of chaperone-mediated #autophagy leads to defective #neuronal physiology and increased seizure susceptibility.
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Chaperone-mediated autophagy regulates neuronal activity by sex-specific remodelling of the synaptic proteome - Nature Cell Biology
Khawaja et al. show sex-specific differences in neuronal-activity regulation by chaperone-mediated autophagy and that loss of chaperone-mediated autophagy leads to defective neuronal physiology and in...
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November 15, 2025 at 8:15 PM
☕Nguyen, Collier et al. find a #mitochondria#lysosome inflammatory pathway regulated by the SUMO E3 ligase MAPL, which promotes vesicular mtDNA transport to lysosomes and subsequent gasdermin-dependent lysosomal permeabilization to activate #pyroptosis.
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MAPL regulates gasdermin-mediated release of mtDNA from lysosomes to drive pyroptotic cell death - Nature Cell Biology
Nguyen, Collier et al. find a mitochondria–lysosome inflammatory pathway regulated by the SUMO E3 ligase MAPL, which promotes vesicular mtDNA transport to lysosomes and subsequent gasdermin-dependent ...
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November 15, 2025 at 8:09 PM
☕Wu & co introduce ‘compare and contrast spatial transcriptomics’ (CoCo-ST), a graph contrastive learning-based method for #spatial #transcriptomics analysis that detects low-variance structures.
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CoCo-ST detects global and local biological structures in spatial transcriptomics datasets - Nature Cell Biology
Wu, Zhang and colleagues introduce ‘compare and contrast spatial transcriptomics’ (CoCo-ST), a graph contrastive learning-based method for spatial transcriptomics analysis that detects low-variance st...
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November 15, 2025 at 8:08 PM
☕Endoplasmic reticulum-phagy receptor FAM134B interacts with SCAP to regulate #cholesterol synthesis, sequestering SCAP when #EndoplasmicReticulum cholesterol is high but dissociating upon low cholesterol levels, allowing SCAP to activate cholesterol synthesis.
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Cholesterol sensing by the SCAP–FAM134B complex regulates ER-phagy and STING innate immunity - Nature Cell Biology
The authors show that the endoplasmic reticulum-phagy receptor FAM134B interacts with SCAP to regulate cholesterol biosynthesis, sequestering SCAP when endoplasmic reticulum cholesterol is high but di...
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November 15, 2025 at 8:04 PM
👋Our November issue's out!
Cover: Electrostatic forces in condensates

👉🏼Comments: #DEI; #statistics #CellBiology; german #StemCell network
🔬 #ferroptosis #mitochondria #PhaseSeparation #EmbryoModels #transcriptomics #chromatin #cancer #TransposableElements & more!
www.nature.com/ncb/volumes/...
November 14, 2025 at 8:07 PM
☕Mohri et al. show that, in response to genotoxic stress, #melanocyte #StemCells undergo #senescence - associated differentiation, causing their depletion and protecting them against melanomagenesis. This process is suppressed by #carcinogens.
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Antagonistic stem cell fates under stress govern decisions between hair greying and melanoma - Nature Cell Biology
Mohri et al. show that, in response to genotoxic stress, melanocyte stem cells undergo senescence-associated differentiation, causing their depletion and protecting them against melanomagenesis. This ...
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November 6, 2025 at 1:41 PM
☕The authors integrate single-cell #transcriptomic data with prior gene graphs to produce a biologically meaningful cell state manifold that can predict driver genes for #genetic perturbations and differentiation events across diverse cell types.
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CellNavi predicts genes directing cellular transitions by learning a gene graph-enhanced cell state manifold - Nature Cell Biology
The authors integrate single-cell transcriptomic data with prior gene graphs to produce a biologically meaningful cell state manifold that can predict driver genes for genetic perturbations and differ...
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November 6, 2025 at 1:37 PM
☕Vanni et al. show a role for #microtubules in YAP/TAZ mechanosignalling. Mechanoresponsive microtubule reorganization into centrosomal arrays allows for AMOT delivery to pericentrosomal proteasomes and degradation, leading to YAP/TAZ activation. #mechanobiology #cytoskeleton
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Microtubule architecture connects AMOT stability to YAP/TAZ mechanotransduction and Hippo signalling - Nature Cell Biology
Vanni et al. show a role for microtubules in YAP/TAZ mechanosignalling. Mechanoresponsive microtubule reorganization into centrosomal arrays allows for AMOT delivery to pericentrosomal proteasomes and...
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November 4, 2025 at 6:35 PM
☕Li, He, Liu et al characterize the dynamic bivalent #chromatin landscape during mouse peri- #implantation development. They find that factor ZBTB17 works with KDM6A/B to resolve transiently maintained bivalent domains and prime gene activation.
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Remodelling bivalent chromatin is essential for mouse peri-implantation embryogenesis - Nature Cell Biology
Li, He, Liu and colleagues characterize the dynamic bivalent chromatin landscape during mouse peri-implantation development. They find that factor ZBTB17 works with KDM6A/B to resolve transiently main...
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November 4, 2025 at 6:32 PM
☕Zhang et al. delineate the heterogeneity of core regulatory circuitry in #glioblastoma and identify HOXB3 condensation as a vulnerability that may be targeted with a therapeutic peptide in mouse models.
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Defining heterogeneity in core regulatory circuitry reveals HOXB3 condensation as a potential target in glioblastoma - Nature Cell Biology
Zhang et al. delineate the heterogeneity of core regulatory circuitry in glioblastoma and identify HOXB3 condensation as a vulnerability that may be targeted with a therapeutic peptide in mouse models...
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November 4, 2025 at 6:28 PM
☕Li, Burgos-Bravo et al. report that NDF #PhaseSeparation regulates FACT condensation, which enhances transcription by generating a localized biochemical environment that promotes nucleosome disassembly while preserving #chromatin integrity by retaining histones.
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Phase-separated NDF−FACT condensates facilitate transcription elongation on chromatin - Nature Cell Biology
Li, Burgos-Bravo and colleagues report that NDF phase separation regulates FACT condensation, which enhances transcription by generating a localized biochemical environment that promotes nucleosome di...
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November 4, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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Thrilled to be en route to the @dgz.bsky.social #DGZ50 International Meeting as I'm there Mon-Wed!

Looking forward to chatting all things Cell Biology & anything else you'd like. Will be representing @natcellbio.nature.com (as Senior Editor) + npj Biological Physics & Mechanics (Advisory Editor)
October 27, 2025 at 8:12 AM
October 17, 2025 at 10:25 AM
💫NEW: @sarawickstrom.bsky.social @katemiro.bsky.social & co show that mechano-osmotic changes in the #nucleus induce general #transcriptional repression and prime #chromatin for cell fate transitions by relieving repression of specific differentiation genes. #pluripotency
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Mechano-osmotic signals control chromatin state and fate transitions in pluripotent stem cells - Nature Cell Biology
McCreery, Stubb et al. show that mechano-osmotic changes in the nucleus induce general transcriptional repression and prime chromatin for cell fate transitions by relieving repression of specific differentiation genes.
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October 4, 2025 at 2:40 PM
💫NEW: @telemanlab.bsky.social & co demonstrate that #AMPK can be activated by signaling metabolite, #adenosine, under non-stress conditions during #Drosophila development. The intestine regulates adenosine levels, thus, remotely controlling wing disc AMPK activation and growth.
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Remote control of AMPK via extracellular adenosine controls tissue growth - Nature Cell Biology
Zhang et al. demonstrate that AMPK can be activated by signalling metabolite, adenosine, under non-stress conditions during Drosophila development. The intestine regulates adenosine levels, thus, remotely controlling wing disc AMPK activation and growth.
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October 4, 2025 at 2:32 PM