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Communications Biology @commsbio.nature.com · 18/09/2026

Deep sea observations, molecular, and geochemical analyses of Antarctic #krill at hydrothermal vents reveal that gravid females use active vent habitats and exhibit signs chemosynthetic feeding. @schmidtocean.bsky.social @osuceoas.bsky.social Read the paper: doi.org/10.1038/s42003-026-10780-1

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Communications Biology @commsbio.nature.com · 17/09/2026

🐧Emperor penguin colonies can relocate in response to environmental change. Satellite imagery revealed five West Antarctic colonies that moved, often following sea ice shifts or ice shelf calving, highlighting adaptive colony-site selection and resilience to climate impacts: doi.org/10.1038/s420...

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Communications Biology @commsbio.nature.com · 10/09/2026

📢🧬Our editor Nilanjan Banerjee is at the 23rd Horizons in Molecular Biology meeting at MPI-NAT in Göttingen this week! If you want to discuss your work or have any questions regarding editorial processes, find Nilanjan at the conference 👥

Nilanjan Banerjee, PhD
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Communications Biology @commsbio.nature.com · 04/09/2026

🧬🍬 Last but not least, Dr. Yasuhiko Kizuka is joining our editorial board in the Biochemistry section! They bring expertise in glycobiology, glycosyltransferases, biochemistry, protein structure, and more. We're excited to have them on board! 🔬

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Communications Biology @commsbio.nature.com · 04/09/2026

📣Announcing Dr Nancy Odurowah Duah-Quashie to our editorial board in the Immunology & Infectious Disease section! We're thrilled to have her expertise in malaria, plasmodium, parasites, artemisinin-based combination therapy and more.🦠🦟

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Communications Biology @commsbio.nature.com · 04/09/2026

😊 Welcome Dr. Xinhui Wang to our editorial board in the Physiology & Metabolism section! Dr. Wang brings expertise in using epidemiological methods and gene modified mouse models to explore the role and regulatory mechanism of trace elements in the pathophysiological process of chronic diseases. 🧬

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Communications Biology @commsbio.nature.com · 04/09/2026

Are you attending next week's Cold Spring Harbour Asia meeting on #CancerImmunotherapy? Our Deputy Editor, @evehrogers.bsky.social, will be attending and would love to connect with you at the conference if so!

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Communications Biology @commsbio.nature.com · 03/09/2026

🧠 Dr. Yonatan Sanz-Perl is joining our editorial board in the Cognitive & Computational Neuroscience section! He brings expertise in whole-brain dynamics, computational modelling, dynamical systems, neuroimaging, fMRI, and more. We look forward to working with you!

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Communications Biology @commsbio.nature.com · 03/09/2026

😊 We are also thrilled to welcome Dr. Xing Liu to our editorial board in the Biochemistry section! Dr. Liu brings uses biochemical, cell biological, proteomic, and biophysical approaches to investigate dynamic protein regulation in mammalian and plant systems. Welcome! 🧬🔬

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Communications Biology @commsbio.nature.com · 03/09/2026

📣🧬 The next editorial board member joining us in the Cell & Molecular Biology section is Dr Marina Trombetta-Lima! We're thrilled to have their expertise in advanced human in vitro models, gene and epigenetic editing, organoids and more.🧫

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Communications Biology @commsbio.nature.com · 02/09/2026

🎉 Dr Jennifer Botha is joining our Ecology & Evolution board! Dr Botha brings expertise in mass extinctions, Permo-Triassic mass extinction, End-Triassic mass extinction and Osteohistology. Welcome aboard! 🦴🦕

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Communications Biology @commsbio.nature.com · 02/09/2026

🧠 Next up, we are very happy to have Dr Trevor Chong join as our newest Cognitive & Computational Neuroscience Editorial Board Member! Dr Chong brings expertise in learning, memory, decision-making, motivation, reward, effort and curiosity.

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Communications Biology @commsbio.nature.com · 02/09/2026

We are also thrilled to welcome Dr Paula Maria Tribelli to our Microbiology board! They bring invaluable expertise in bacterial physiology, bacterial metabolism, bacterial interaction, pseudomonas physiology, host-pathogen interaction and more. We look forward to working with Dr Tribelli!😊

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Communications Biology @commsbio.nature.com · 02/09/2026

👋 Say hello to our newest Cellular & Molecular Neuroscience board member: Dr Hovy Wong! Dr Wong brings valuable experience in neural circuit formation, maintenance and plasticity; synaptic regulation; axonal biology and more. We look forward to working together!🧠

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Communications Biology @commsbio.nature.com · 01/09/2026

🌟 Exciting news! Dr. Sage Chen is joining our Cognitive & Computational Neuroscience as an editorial board member. Dr Chen's work in computational neuroscience, computational psychiatry, NeuroAI, brain-machine interface and more will be a fantastic addition. Welcome! 🧠🤖

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Communications Biology @commsbio.nature.com · 01/09/2026

🌟 Welcome to the Editorial Board, Dr. Dan Zhou! Dr. Zhou joins our Cellular & Molecular Biology section, bringing expertise in epigenetics, DNA modifications, cancer biology, and more. We’re thrilled to have them on board and look forward to working together! 🧬✨

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Communications Biology @commsbio.nature.com · 01/09/2026

🧬 Dr. Cristiana Libardi Miranda Furtado is joining our editorial board in the Cellular & Molecular Biology section! They bring expertise in cancer epigenomics and genomics, multi-omics integration for disease risk, and more. Welcome! 🔬

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Communications Biology @commsbio.nature.com · 01/09/2026

👋 Big welcome to Dr. Chuanliang Han, who has joined our Cognitive & Computational Neuroscience section as an editorial board member! Dr. Han brings deep expertise in neural oscillations, cognitive functions, brain health, and more. We're thrilled to have you join us! 🧠〰️

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Communications Biology @commsbio.nature.com · 31/08/2026

🧬 Dr. Aylin Yaba Uçar is joining our editorial board in the Genetics & Development section! They bring expertise in reproductive biology, histology and embryology, ovarian biology and more. We’re excited to have them on board! 🔬

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Communications Biology @commsbio.nature.com · 31/08/2026

😊 We are also thrilled to welcome Dr. Bo-Yong Park to our editorial board in the Cognitive & Computational Neuroscience section! Dr. Park brings invaluable expertise in multimodal connectome, clinical neuroscience and more. We look forward to working with @caminneuro.bsky.social ! 🧠

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Communications Biology @commsbio.nature.com · 31/08/2026

📣Announcing Dr Ce Shi our editorial board in the Cell & Molecular Biology section! We're thrilled to have Dr. Shi's expertise in tooth and bone development and regeneration, bone remodeling, AI-assisted diagnosis and prognosis and more. 🦴

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Communications Biology @commsbio.nature.com · 31/08/2026

👋 Introducing our newest member to the Ecology & Evolution section of the editorial board - Dr Asier Herrero! With expertise in global change effects on tree species demography and forest dynamics, they’ll be a fantastic addition. Welcome aboard! 🌳

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Communications Biology @commsbio.nature.com · 27/08/2026

Imaging and transcriptomic analyses in murine embryos reveal distinct regulation of STAG1 and STAG2; while either cohesin complex is sufficient to complete preimplantation development, the absence of STAG2 affects both DNA repair and transcription. PDF available: www.nature.com/articles/s42...

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Communications Biology @commsbio.nature.com · 27/08/2026

❓Why does a caregiver's touch help infants calm down? Read the full article ⬇️ doi.org/10.1038/s420...

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Communications Biology @commsbio.nature.com · 18/08/2026

Convergence of projections from #premotor neurons in the deep layers of the superior colliculus and layer 5 neurons in the motor cortex to innervate single neurons in the #centrolateral nucleus of the thalamus 🧠 @restorethespikes.bsky.social PDF available: doi.org/10.1038/s420...

Confocal image of a biocytin-filled centrolateral cell (magenta) surrounded by Pitx2 terminals (green, scale bar: 10μm). Image credit: Martha E Bickford.

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Communications Biology @commsbio.nature.com · 15/08/2026

Healthy midlife APOE-ε4 carriers show higher network segregation cross-sectionally and longitudinal segregation loss, particularly in the default mode network, linking inherited Alzheimer’s risk to early brain changes decades before dementia onset. www.nature.com/articles/s42...

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Communications Biology @commsbio.nature.com · 31/07/2026

🪸🌀 This article featured on our homepage uses mechanistic analysis of morphology–cilia interactions in black #corals to show how hydrodynamics and ciliary transport shape metabolic exchange, internal connectivity, and morphological diversification in sessile marine organisms www.nature.com/commsbio/

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Communications Biology @commsbio.nature.com · 22/07/2026

🧠 Today is #WorldBrainDay! To mark this year's theme, Brain Health: Access for All, we're highlighting some research and commentary from Communications Biology that is advancing brain health discovery, prevention, care, and awareness worldwide. 🌍✨ Image/Cover Art by Berhmann et al.

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Communications Biology @commsbio.nature.com · 01/07/2026

⭐Are you an Early Career Researcher that has previously reviewed for us? If so, we would love to highlight you and your work!! Please let us know what you are passionate about in the following form: forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...

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Communications Biology @commsbio.nature.com · 16/06/2026

🟤⚪❄️This article featured on our homepage shows how the long-standing adaptation in least #weasel protein MC1R allows #camouflage in diverse environments www.nature.com/commsbio/ www.nature.com/articles/s42... @evochange.bsky.social @inesmiranda.bsky.social @meloferreiraj.bsky.social

A least weasel with winter-brown coat on a green grass-covered plateau

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Communications Biology @commsbio.nature.com · 08/06/2026

Long-term GPS-tracking of the near-threatened Eurasian Curlew across eight years shows a high repeatability of its entire annual cycle and suggests a low potential for adaptation to environmental changes. www.nature.com/articles/s42... Picture credit: Philipp Schwemmer

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Communications Biology @commsbio.nature.com · 04/06/2026

👏 Dr. Simon Conn is joining our editorial board in the Cell & Molecular Biology section! Dr. Conn brings expertise in circular RNAs, molecular biology, cell biology, transcriptomics, brain cancer and animal models of disease. Welcome aboard! 🧬🧫

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Communications Biology @commsbio.nature.com · 04/06/2026

🧬🧪 Say hello to Dr. Zhiming Li, our newest editorial board member in the Cancer section! We look forward to working with Dr. Li who has expertise in epigenetic inheritance, genome stability, histone modifications and chromatin replication.

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Communications Biology @commsbio.nature.com · 03/06/2026

We’re delighted to welcome Dr. Fabrizia Bonacina to our Physiology & Metabolism editorial board! Dr Bonacina has expertise in atherosclerosis, dyslipidaemia, cardiovascular and metabolic disease, inflammation, adaptive immunity, cardio-oncology and more. Looking forward to working together! 🫀😊

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Communications Biology @commsbio.nature.com · 03/06/2026

🧪 Dr. Hong-Bo Jiang has joined our editorial board in the Ecology & Evolution section! Dr. Jiang specializes in insect physiology, insect chemical ecology, insect olfaction and gustation and genetic control. We’re excited to have them on board! 🐜🧬

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Communications Biology @commsbio.nature.com · 03/06/2026

🌟 Exciting news! Dr. Ignacio Gestoso is joining our Ecology & Evolution section as an editorial board member. Dr Gestoso's work in marine biological invasions, invasive species, benthic ecosystem, climate change, marine ecology and more will be a fantastic addition. Welcome! 🌊🌍🐚

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Communications Biology @commsbio.nature.com · 03/06/2026

👋 Big welcome to Dr. Shuguang Tan, who has joined our Immunology & Infectious Disease section as an editorial board member! Dr. Tan brings expertise in receptor/ligand recognition mechanisms of T cells, TCR based immunotherapy and more. We're thrilled to have you join us!🛡️🧫

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Communications Biology @commsbio.nature.com · 02/06/2026

🧬🧠 Dr. Kimberly Siletti is joining our editorial board in the Cellular & Molecular Neuroscience section! Dr. Siletti brings expertise in single-cell genomics, molecular neuroscience and developmental neuroscience. Welcome aboard!

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Communications Biology @commsbio.nature.com · 02/06/2026

👋 Big welcome to Dr. Jinliang Nan, who has joined our Cell & Molecular Biology section as an editorial board member! Dr. Nan brings deep expertise in cardiovascular research, cardiac physiology, mitochondrial dynamics, and more. We're thrilled to have you join us! 🫀🔬

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Communications Biology @commsbio.nature.com · 02/06/2026

🧠 Thrilled to announce Dr. Jiaxiang Zhang has joined our editorial board in the Cognitive & Computational Neuroscience section! Dr. Zhang specializes in brain imaging, computational modelling, cognitive neuroscience, human decision-making and health informatics. We’re excited to have them on board!

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Communications Biology @commsbio.nature.com · 02/06/2026

📣Announcing the newest addition to our editorial board in the Ecology & Evolution section: Dr. Brock Harpur! We're thrilled to have Dr. Harpur's expertise in social behavior, evolution, genetics, genomics, insects and population genetics. 🐝🧬

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Communications Biology @commsbio.nature.com · 01/06/2026

🌊 Say hello to Dr. Verena Schoepf, our newest editorial board member in the Ecology & Evolution section! Dr. Schoepf's expertise in coral reefs, climate change, ocean acidification, ecophysiology and much more will be invaluable. Welcome aboard! 🪸 @verenaschoepf.bsky.social

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Communications Biology @commsbio.nature.com · 01/06/2026

🧬 Dr. Coen van Solingen is joining our editorial board in the Cell & Molecular Biology section! Dr. van Solingen brings expertise in non-coding RNA, inflammation, lipid metabolism, vascular biology, lncRNA, microRNA, endothelial cell and macrophages. We’re excited to have them on board! 🔬

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Communications Biology @commsbio.nature.com · 01/06/2026

😊 We are also thrilled to welcome Dr. Takahiko Koike to our editorial board in the Cognitive & Computational Neuroscience section! Dr. Koike brings invaluable expertise in hyperscanning and social neuroscience. We look forward to working with Dr. Koike! 🧠

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Communications Biology @commsbio.nature.com · 01/06/2026

👋 Introducing a new member to our Cancer section of the editorial board - Dr Emma Scott! With expertise in prostate cancer, cancer immunology, glycobiology and glyco-immunology, they’ll be a fantastic addition. Welcome aboard!

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Communications Biology @commsbio.nature.com · 27/05/2026

🦠Featured on our homepage this week: MEDUSSA is a high-throughput method to measure bacterial cell size using deep-learning analysis of fluorescent membranes, revealing major size variation and genetic drivers of cell width. @mpi-evolbio.bsky.social 👇 www.nature.com/articles/s42...

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Communications Biology @commsbio.nature.com · 19/05/2026

How the cave nectar bat heart sustains the extreme demands of powered flight. Read more here: www.nature.com/articles/s42...

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Communications Biology @commsbio.nature.com · 12/05/2026

How cilia-driven surface currents tell the evolutinary story of Cnidaria? Curious? See more bellow: www.nature.com/articles/s42...

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Communications Biology @commsbio.nature.com · 08/05/2026

Dendrobium section Dendrobium has dispersed from the Asia tropics into the Asian subtropics since the early Pliocene and constantly diversified in the subtropics with smaller stem and leaf sizes as key morphological adaptations. Picture credit: Xiao-Guo Xiang www.nature.com/articles/s42...

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Communications Biology @commsbio.nature.com · 24/04/2026

Ever thought how cells sense and respond to mechanical forces? read more👇 www.nature.com/articles/s42...

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