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Beyond the ribosome, tRNA (fragments) take on new identities—signaling, sensing, and shaping cellular fates https://lnkd.in/g3AnvHd4

In this Snippet, we urge you to read about life and evolution in Hell, er, Hades, er, the hadal zone of the ocean which is more mysterious and amazing than those locales. https://lnkd.in/g-BcBtxE --- Some scientific articles are must-reads because of what the scientists accomplished or developed. Some scientific articles are must-reads because of what the scientists discovered. And then some scientific articles are must-reads for both reasons. Here’s a recent example. A group of scientific teams in China worked for years to develop a vehicle that could carry researchers to Hell and back, so they could bring back dirt and animals from Hell. Then they went to Hell, brought back soil, and extensively analyzed the microbial communities in Hell. They discovered that these communities are dramatically distinct from communities in the nearby ocean, thereby illuminating surprising evolutionary trajectories of the microbial organisms in Hell. I’m overdramatizing. The scientists didn’t visit Hell. They visited Hades, which is different. Okay fine, their mission went to the hadal zone of the ocean (named after the dark underworld of Hades), specifically to the mysterious chasms of the Mariana Trench that are ~ 11,000 meters (about 6.8 miles) deep. Somehow, amazingly, microbes can live and reproduce and evolve at that depth. Maybe they’re even happy. Here is the abstract from their?paper. I think it’s too understated, but it is inspiring nonetheless, and we can all use some inspiration right now. "Systematic exploration of the hadal zone, Earth’s deepest oceanic realm, has historically faced technical limitations. Here, we collected 1,648 sediment samples at 6–11 km in the Mariana Trench, Yap Trench, and Philippine Basin for the Mariana Trench Environment and Ecology Research (MEER) project. Metagenomic and 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing generated the 92-Tbp MEER dataset, comprising 7,564 species (89.4% unreported), indicating high taxonomic novelty. Unlike in reported environments, neutral drift played a minimal role, while homogeneous selection (HoS, 50.5%) and dispersal limitation (DL, 43.8%) emerged as dominant ecological drivers. HoS favored streamlined genomes with key functions for hadal adaptation, e.g., aromatic compound utilization (oligotrophic adaptation) and antioxidation (high-pressure adaptation). Conversely, DL promoted versatile metabolism with larger genomes. These findings indicated that environmental factors drive the high taxonomic novelty in the hadal zone, advancing our understanding of the ecological mechanisms governing microbial ecosystems in such an extreme oceanic environment." --- Microbial ecosystems and ecological driving forces in the deepest ocean sediments In?Cell, 6 March 2025 (the issue of?Cell?includes 3 papers and a Perspective piece on the hadal ocean work) From the groups of Xiang Xiao, Weishu Zhao, Wei-Jia Zhang, Mo Han, Xun Xu, and Shanshan Liu Snippet by?Stephen Matheson

"After reading that sentence, not only do I not understand what I just read, but I forgot where I parked my car"

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Embryonic timing isn't just about external signals—it's wired into the genome! ?? This study from Maria Rostovskaya's group at the Babraham Institute reveals a transcriptional clock that autonomously regulates the human pluripotency transition. A bistable, self-propagating gene regulatory network acts as a molecular timer, ensuring precise developmental progression. Cross-species modeling shows that TF levels, not GRN architecture, dictate species-specific timing, explaining why human and mouse embryos develop at different speeds. This work advances our understanding of developmental clocks and the evolutionary control of cell fate transitions! ???Congratulations to all the authors! https://lnkd.in/gBAZa58n

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Congratulations to JEDI Awardee Dr. Aishe Sarshad, Associate Professor at Gothenburg University! She will receive expert advice from LSEF volunteer Dr. Shawna Hiley! https://lnkd.in/gkMmnFHK

Tagging one of the senior authors Timothy Jenkins in case they're interested in the great write-up and feedback on their writing ??

Our newest Snippet is about science both interesting (snake venoms) and inspiring: the authors point to the common good, writing that the results "highlight how computational design could help democratize therapeutic discovery, particularly in resource-limited settings." https://lnkd.in/gtHfpXYP -------------------- Can you name a neglected tropical disease (NTD)? I would guess that most biologists can, or can at least make some accurate guesses. But by definition, these are maladies that don’t get adequate attention and resources, and so it is likely that many scientists are unaware of the current roster of NTDs. A new and exciting paper at Nature taught me that snakebite (envenoming, to be precise) is in fact a devastating NTD, with a heartbreaking death toll due in large part to the lack of effective and affordable treatments. More importantly, the paper reports on how the authors discovered some simple and effective therapeutics with significant potential to make a difference. Their abstract is, to me, a tour de force of scientific writing that is straightforward and inspiring. (My favorite sentence suggests that we can “democratize therapeutic discovery.”) Here it is with references removed for readability: "Snakebite envenoming remains a devastating and neglected tropical disease, claiming over 100,000 lives annually and causing severe complications and long-lasting disabilities for many more. Three-finger toxins (3FTx) are highly toxic components of elapid snake venoms that can cause diverse pathologies, including severe tissue damage and inhibition of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, resulting in life-threatening neurotoxicity. At present, the only available treatments for snakebites consist of polyclonal antibodies derived from the plasma of immunized animals, which have high cost and limited efficacy against 3FTxs. Here we used deep learning methods to de novo design proteins to bind short-chain and long-chain α-neurotoxins and cytotoxins from the 3FTx family. With limited experimental screening, we obtained protein designs with remarkable thermal stability, high binding affinity and near-atomic-level agreement with the computational models. The designed proteins effectively neutralized all three 3FTx subfamilies in vitro and protected mice from a lethal neurotoxin challenge. Such potent, stable and readily manufacturable toxin-neutralizing proteins could provide the basis for safer, cost-effective and widely accessible next-generation antivenom therapeutics. Beyond snakebite, our results highlight how computational design could help democratize therapeutic discovery, particularly in resource-limited settings, by substantially reducing costs and resource requirements for the development of therapies for neglected tropical diseases." ---------- De novo designed proteins neutralize lethal snake venom toxins In Nature, 15 January 2025 From the groups of Timothy P. Jenkins and David Baker. Snippet by Stephen Matheson