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Ubiquitination of the ribosomal-like domain of UBIQUITIN6 contributes to cell wall stress responses in Arabidopsis

Zhu Y, Ramírez Rodríguez EA, Chow F, Azad FT, McNally U, Kang HS, Ebert B, McFarlane HE
2026, The Plant Cell, 10.1093/plcell/koag187

An in vivo parallelized reporter assay to uncover tissue-specific splicing regulatory sequences in a multicellular animal

Bhatnagar S, Ho J, Sadek NH, Singh I, Zoberman M, Koterniak B, Liu Y, Fusca DD, Cutter AD, Moses AM, Calarco J
2026, Nucleic Acids Research, 10.1093/nar/gkag451

A functional map of the human intrinsically disordered proteome

Pritišanac I, Alderson TR, Kolarić Đ, Zarin T, Xie S, Lu A, Alam A, Maqsood A, Youn J-Y, Forman-Kay JD, Moses AM
2026, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 10.1073/pnas.2604562123

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June 18, 2026

Unexpected neural pathway to seeing in a busy world

A new discovery from Milena Russo in the Liu Lab at UTM upends thinking about the way the brain perceives objects against a moving background. Have…

June 8, 2026

Drought response requires fine-tuning of RNA processing revealed by new research from the Provart lab

Subtle alterations in RNA splicing fine-tune how genes regulate drought tolerance in plants according to new research from Hasna Khan in the Provart…

June 1, 2026

CSB teaching assistants recognized for guiding their students to excellence

The CSB TA Teaching Excellence Award recognizes the significant role of teaching assistants in the Department of Cell and Systems Biology and their…

May 21, 2026

CSB shares research insights across life sciences at Science Rendezvous 2026

The diversity of life sciences research in Cell & Systems Biology was shared with the public through hands-on demonstrations at the Science…

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