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Williams, Masashi Masuda, et al.</p> <p>Stalling the stress response: chronic low-level stress inhibits stress granule formation via translation elongation impairment</p> </a> </div> <div class="row hero-panel__contributor"> <div class="col-md-9"></div> <div class="col-md-2 col-sm-12 text-right selectedby"> <span class="text-label collapse-top collapse-bottom"><span>Selected by</span></span> </div> <div class="col-md-2 col-sm-6 text-center author"><a href=https://prelights.biologists.com/profiles/moh_jalloh/><img src="https://prelights.biologists.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/ddTyjGcg_400x400-1-150x150.jpg" class="img-responsive img-circle hero-panel__avatar"><span class="hero-panel__title">Mohammed JALLOH</span></a></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="item "> <div class="hero-panel stripe--green stripe hero-panel__link"> <h1>Evolution of taste processing shifts dietary preference</h1> <div class="col-md-2 col-sm-12 news-featured-image"> <a href="https://prelights.biologists.com/highlights/evolution-of-taste-processing-shifts-dietary-preference/"> <div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="alignleft size-large is-resized"><img src="https://prelights.biologists.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/F1.large2_-749x1024.jpg" alt="" width="100%" style="margin:0;"></figure></div> </a> </div> <div class="col-md-10"> <a href="https://prelights.biologists.com/highlights/evolution-of-taste-processing-shifts-dietary-preference/"> <p class="contributor__author">Enrico Bertolini, Daniel Münch, Justine Pascual, et al.</p> <p>Flies learning to like 'vomit fruit': an example of bitter going from 'yuck' to 'yum.' New research in Drosophila sechellia reveals how taste circuits can evolve to make bitter better. 🍋🪰</p> </a> </div> <div class="row hero-panel__contributor"> <div class="col-md-8"></div> <div class="col-md-2 col-sm-12 text-right selectedby"> <span class="text-label collapse-top collapse-bottom"><span>Selected by</span></span> </div> <div class="col-md-2 col-sm-6 text-center author"><a href=https://prelights.biologists.com/profiles/t-w-schwanitz/><img src="https://prelights.biologists.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/001-001-IMG_4129-4-Prof-pic-TWS-1-150x150.jpg" class="img-responsive img-circle hero-panel__avatar"><span class="hero-panel__title">T. W. Schwanitz</span></a></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="item "> <div class="hero-panel stripe--green stripe hero-panel__link"> <h1>Ectopic head regeneration after nervous system ablation in a sea anemone</h1> <div class="col-md-2 col-sm-12 news-featured-image"> <a href="https://prelights.biologists.com/highlights/ectopic-head-regeneration-after-nervous-system-ablation-in-a-sea-anemone/"> <div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="alignleft size-large is-resized"><img src="https://prelights.biologists.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/F1.large_-1-854x1024.jpg" alt="" width="100%" style="margin:0;"></figure></div> </a> </div> <div class="col-md-10"> <a href="https://prelights.biologists.com/highlights/ectopic-head-regeneration-after-nervous-system-ablation-in-a-sea-anemone/"> <p class="contributor__author">Fatemeh Mazloumi Gavgani, Johanna E.M. Kraus, Joshua November, et al.</p> <p>Heads or… Heads? The Layden & Rentzsch labs identify a possible role for the nervous system as a source of positional information during regeneration in the cnidarian Nematostella vectensis</p> </a> </div> <div class="row hero-panel__contributor"> <div class="col-md-8"></div> <div class="col-md-2 col-sm-12 text-right selectedby"> <span class="text-label collapse-top collapse-bottom"><span>Selected by</span></span> </div> <div class="col-md-2 col-sm-6 text-center author"><a href=https://prelights.biologists.com/profiles/cisnerosi/><img src="https://prelights.biologists.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/IMG_2924-150x150.jpg" class="img-responsive img-circle hero-panel__avatar"><span class="hero-panel__title">Isabella Cisneros</span></a></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="item "> <div class="hero-panel stripe--green stripe hero-panel__link"> <h1>Hyaluronic Acid and Emergent Tissue Mechanics Orchestrate Digit Tip Regeneration</h1> <div class="col-md-2 col-sm-12 news-featured-image"> <a href="https://prelights.biologists.com/highlights/hyaluronic-acid-and-emergent-tissue-mechanics-orchestrate-digit-tip-regeneration/"> <div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="alignleft size-large is-resized"><img src="https://prelights.biologists.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Mui-feat.png" alt="" width="100%" style="margin:0;"></figure></div> </a> </div> <div class="col-md-10"> <a href="https://prelights.biologists.com/highlights/hyaluronic-acid-and-emergent-tissue-mechanics-orchestrate-digit-tip-regeneration/"> <p class="contributor__author">Byron W.H. Mui, Joseph Y. Wong, Toni Bray, et al.</p> <p>Mui and team show hyaluronic acid deposition and a soft ECM promote digit regeneration in mice.</p> </a> </div> <div class="row hero-panel__contributor"> <div class="col-md-8"></div> <div class="col-md-2 col-sm-12 text-right selectedby"> <span class="text-label collapse-top collapse-bottom"><span>Selected by</span></span> </div> <div class="col-md-2 col-sm-6 text-center author"><a href=https://prelights.biologists.com/profiles/jmt86/><img src="https://prelights.biologists.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/bar-manager-pic-150x150.jpg" class="img-responsive img-circle hero-panel__avatar"><span class="hero-panel__title">Jonathan Townson</span></a></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="item "> <div class="hero-panel stripe--green stripe hero-panel__link"> <h1>Loss of a morph is associated with asymmetric character release in a radiation of woodland salamanders</h1> <div class="col-md-2 col-sm-12 news-featured-image"> <a href="https://prelights.biologists.com/highlights/loss-of-a-morph-is-associated-with-asymmetric-character-release-in-a-radiation-of-woodland-salamanders/"> <div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="alignleft size-large is-resized"><img src="https://prelights.biologists.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/fig-paper-Plethodon.jpg" alt="" width="100%" style="margin:0;"></figure></div> </a> </div> <div class="col-md-10"> <a href="https://prelights.biologists.com/highlights/loss-of-a-morph-is-associated-with-asymmetric-character-release-in-a-radiation-of-woodland-salamanders/"> <p class="contributor__author">Brian P. Waldron, Maggie M. Hantak, Emily F. Watts, et al.</p> <p>A biological phenomenon triggers faster evolution rates in woodland salamanders</p> </a> </div> <div class="row hero-panel__contributor"> <div class="col-md-8"></div> <div class="col-md-2 col-sm-12 text-right selectedby"> <span class="text-label collapse-top collapse-bottom"><span>Selected by</span></span> </div> <div class="col-md-2 col-sm-6 text-center author"><a href=https://prelights.biologists.com/profiles/stefan-f-wirth/><img src="https://prelights.biologists.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Stefan-F.-Wirth-150x150.jpg" class="img-responsive img-circle hero-panel__avatar"><span class="hero-panel__title">Stefan Friedrich Wirth</span></a></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="item "> <div class="hero-panel stripe--green stripe hero-panel__link"> <h1>Deletion of PIEZO1 in adult cardiomyocytes accelerates cardiac aging and causes premature death</h1> <div class="col-md-2 col-sm-12 news-featured-image"> <a href="https://prelights.biologists.com/highlights/deletion-of-piezo1-in-adult-cardiomyocytes-accelerates-cardiac-aging-and-causes-premature-death/"> <div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="alignleft size-large is-resized"><img src="https://prelights.biologists.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/PIEZO1-preLights-Summary-Figure-March-2025-2-1024x560.jpeg" alt="" width="100%" style="margin:0;"></figure></div> </a> </div> <div class="col-md-10"> <a href="https://prelights.biologists.com/highlights/deletion-of-piezo1-in-adult-cardiomyocytes-accelerates-cardiac-aging-and-causes-premature-death/"> <p class="contributor__author">Ze-Yan Yu, Yang Guo, Scott Kesteven, et al.</p> <p>PIEZO1 is a channel protein sensitive to mechanical deformation, expressed in many different cell types (including cardiomyocytes). Deletion of the Piezo1 gene in mice results, among others, in reduced survival, premature cardiac aging and fibrosis.</p> </a> </div> <div class="row hero-panel__contributor"> <div class="col-md-8"></div> <div class="col-md-2 col-sm-12 text-right selectedby"> <span class="text-label collapse-top collapse-bottom"><span>Selected by</span></span> </div> <div class="col-md-2 col-sm-6 text-center author"><a href=https://prelights.biologists.com/profiles/theodora92/><img src="https://prelights.biologists.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/IMG_0665-2-150x150.jpg" class="img-responsive img-circle hero-panel__avatar"><span class="hero-panel__title">Theodora Stougiannou</span></a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <a class="left carousel-control" href="#carousel" role="button" data-slide="prev"> <span class="fas fa-angle-left glyphicon-chevron-left" aria-hidden="true"></span> <span class="sr-only">Previous</span> </a> <a class="right carousel-control" href="#carousel" role="button" data-slide="next"> <span class="fas fa-angle-right glyphicon-chevron-right" aria-hidden="true"></span> <span class="sr-only">Next</span> </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="container"> <div class="col-md-8" style="padding-left:0px;"> <script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function() { $('#highlights-relevant-posts').hide(); $('#highlights-recent-posts').hide(); $('[data-js="highlights-toggle-button-recent"]').on('click', function() { $('[data-js="highlights-toggle-button-recent"]').addClass('button__tab--active'); $('#highlights-recent-posts').show(); $('[data-js="highlights-toggle-button-categories"]').removeClass('button__tab--active'); $('#highlights-categories').hide(); }); $('[data-js="highlights-toggle-button-categories"]').on('click', function() { $('[data-js="highlights-toggle-button-categories"]').addClass('button__tab--active'); $('#highlights-categories').show(); $('[data-js="highlights-toggle-button-recent"]').removeClass('button__tab--active'); $('#highlights-recent-posts').hide(); }); }); </script> <div class="mt--24 highlight-filters" id="highlights-recent-posts"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-xs-12"> <div class="container-fluid row row-flex align-bottom inline-button"> <h2 class="title">Recent preLight posts </h2> <button class="button button__tab button__tab--active" data-js="highlights-toggle-button-categories">Categories</button>  <button class="button button__tab" data-js="highlights-toggle-button-recent">Recent preLight posts</button>  </div> <div class="block-grid-xs-1 block-grid-sm-2 block-grid-lg-2"> <a href="https://prelights.biologists.com/highlights/prenatal-exposure-to-environmental-stressors-alters-gut-macrophage-development-and-gastrointestinal-function-of-male-offspring/" class="block-grid-item"> <div class="grid-item--background" style=""> <h2 class="grid-item__title" style="margin-bottom:5px;">Prenatal exposure to environmental stressors alters gut macrophage development and gastrointestinal function of male offspring</h2> <p class="contributor__author" style="margin-bottom:0px;">Dang M. 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W. Schwanitz</span> </div> <div class="post_icons_catgories"> <div class="categories" style=""> <img class="cat-icon-img" alt="Evolutionary Biology" title="Evolutionary Biology" src="https://prelights.biologists.com/wp-content/themes/thecobpph/assets/images/categories/transparent-no-type/evolutionary-biology.png" /> </div> <div class="post_icons"> <span class="dashicons dashicons-edit" title="This post has an author response."></span> </div> </div> </div> </a> <style> .grid-item--background:not(.news-item):not(.prelist-grid-item--background) { padding-bottom: 90px !important; } .grid-item--background:not(.news-item):not(.prelist-grid-item--background) .post_icons_catgories { padding-bottom: 0 !important; margin-bottom: 0 !important; bottom: 5px !important; } .grid-item--background:not(.news-item):not(.prelist-grid-item--background) .post_icons_catgories .categories { min-height: unset !important; width: 50% !important; } .grid-item--background:not(.news-item):not(.prelist-grid-item--background) .post_icons_catgories .categories .cat-icon-img { margin-bottom: 5px !important; } .grid-item--background:not(.news-item):not(.prelist-grid-item--background) .post_icons_catgories .post_icons { position: absolute !important; right: 10px !important; bottom: 10px !important; float: right !important; } @media only screen and (max-width: 992px) { .grid-item--background:not(.news-item):not(.prelist-grid-item--background) { padding-bottom: 100px !important; } } </style> <a href="https://prelights.biologists.com/highlights/ectopic-head-regeneration-after-nervous-system-ablation-in-a-sea-anemone/" class="block-grid-item"> <div class="grid-item--background" style=""> <h2 class="grid-item__title" style="margin-bottom:5px;">Ectopic head regeneration after nervous system ablation in a sea anemone</h2> <p class="contributor__author" style="margin-bottom:0px;">Fatemeh Mazloumi Gavgani, Johanna E.M. Kraus, Joshua November, et al.</p> <div class="dates"> </div> <div class="selectors"> <span class="selectedby" style="float:left;">Selected by </span> <span class="postedondate" title="Posted on">24 March 2025</span> <p style="margin-top:10px;margin-left:0px;background-color:transparent;clear:both;">Isabella Cisneros</span> </div> <div class="post_icons_catgories"> <div class="categories" style=""> <img class="cat-icon-img" alt="Developmental Biology" title="Developmental Biology" src="https://prelights.biologists.com/wp-content/themes/thecobpph/assets/images/categories/transparent-no-type/developmental-biology.png" /> </div> <div class="post_icons"> <span class="post_icons-label" style="visibility:hidden;">Discussion</span> </div> </div> </div> </a> <style> .grid-item--background:not(.news-item):not(.prelist-grid-item--background) { padding-bottom: 90px !important; } .grid-item--background:not(.news-item):not(.prelist-grid-item--background) .post_icons_catgories { padding-bottom: 0 !important; margin-bottom: 0 !important; bottom: 5px !important; } .grid-item--background:not(.news-item):not(.prelist-grid-item--background) .post_icons_catgories .categories { min-height: unset !important; width: 50% !important; } .grid-item--background:not(.news-item):not(.prelist-grid-item--background) .post_icons_catgories .categories .cat-icon-img { margin-bottom: 5px !important; } .grid-item--background:not(.news-item):not(.prelist-grid-item--background) .post_icons_catgories .post_icons { position: absolute !important; right: 10px !important; bottom: 10px !important; float: right !important; } @media only screen and (max-width: 992px) { .grid-item--background:not(.news-item):not(.prelist-grid-item--background) { padding-bottom: 100px !important; } } </style> <a href="https://prelights.biologists.com/highlights/hyaluronic-acid-and-emergent-tissue-mechanics-orchestrate-digit-tip-regeneration/" class="block-grid-item"> <div class="grid-item--background" style=""> <h2 class="grid-item__title" style="margin-bottom:5px;">Hyaluronic Acid and Emergent Tissue Mechanics Orchestrate Digit Tip Regeneration</h2> <p class="contributor__author" style="margin-bottom:0px;">Byron W.H. Mui, Joseph Y. Wong, Toni Bray, et al.</p> <div class="dates"> </div> <div class="selectors"> <span class="selectedby" style="float:left;">Selected by </span> <span class="postedondate" title="Posted on">20 March 2025</span> <p style="margin-top:10px;margin-left:0px;background-color:transparent;clear:both;">Jonathan Townson</span> </div> <div class="post_icons_catgories"> <div class="categories" style=""> <img class="cat-icon-img" alt="Developmental Biology" title="Developmental Biology" src="https://prelights.biologists.com/wp-content/themes/thecobpph/assets/images/categories/transparent-no-type/developmental-biology.png" /> </div> <div class="post_icons"> <span class="dashicons dashicons-edit" title="This post has an author response."></span> </div> </div> </div> </a> <style> .grid-item--background:not(.news-item):not(.prelist-grid-item--background) { padding-bottom: 90px !important; } .grid-item--background:not(.news-item):not(.prelist-grid-item--background) .post_icons_catgories { padding-bottom: 0 !important; margin-bottom: 0 !important; bottom: 5px !important; } .grid-item--background:not(.news-item):not(.prelist-grid-item--background) .post_icons_catgories .categories { min-height: unset !important; width: 50% !important; } .grid-item--background:not(.news-item):not(.prelist-grid-item--background) .post_icons_catgories .categories .cat-icon-img { margin-bottom: 5px !important; } .grid-item--background:not(.news-item):not(.prelist-grid-item--background) .post_icons_catgories .post_icons { position: absolute !important; right: 10px !important; bottom: 10px !important; float: right !important; } @media only screen and (max-width: 992px) { .grid-item--background:not(.news-item):not(.prelist-grid-item--background) { padding-bottom: 100px !important; } } </style> <a href="https://prelights.biologists.com/highlights/loss-of-a-morph-is-associated-with-asymmetric-character-release-in-a-radiation-of-woodland-salamanders/" class="block-grid-item"> <div class="grid-item--background" style=""> <h2 class="grid-item__title" style="margin-bottom:5px;">Loss of a morph is associated with asymmetric character release in a radiation of woodland salamanders</h2> <p class="contributor__author" style="margin-bottom:0px;">Brian P. 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