While the government was shut down, 379 NIH study section meetings (containing 24,380 grant applications) were postponed. NIH is committed to getting these reviewed, but please be patient and understanding with staff, as this is a complex and heavy lift.

Spread the word: Please consider submitting to this special issue. Deadline extended till the end of October. www.frontiersin.org/research-top...

As we wrap up our year-long celebration of Cell’s 50th anniversary, we present “Cell Line: 2014–2024,” a timeline highlighting a set of exceptional scientific works—both landmark papers and essential reviews—published in the journal. www.cell.com/action/showP...

Diversity, connectivity and negative interactions define robust microbiome networks across land, stream, and sea www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... #jcampubs

Most studied bacteria

A nice article in The Scientist explains Jens Hör's discovery of bacteria that conjugate ubiquitin-like proteins to interfere with virus assembly

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Hidden allies: how extracellular vesicles drive biofilm formation, stress adaptation, and host–immune interactions in human fungal pathogens

#mBiojournal MiniReview / Mycology

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