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#OpenAccess community-driven journal for peer-reviewed research in all areas of the life sciences. By EMBO Press (@embopress.org), Rockefeller University Press (@rupress.org), and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press (@cshlpress.bsky.social).

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Life Science Alliance @lsajournal.org · 2h
This study shows that an N-terminal degradation tag can alter RAF1 function before protein removal, highlighting the need to validate tagged proteins in disease models. www.life-science-alliance.org/content/9/12...
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Life Science Alliance @lsajournal.org · 7h
“From acceptance to print took only a matter of days.”—Diana P. Bratu @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social. Publish in LSA, a network that works for you. hubs.la/Q04wLKy20
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Life Science Alliance @lsajournal.org · 25/09/2026
Murine IL-2 promotes the survival of naïve mouse CD8 T cells in vitro compared to human IL-2 and induces a distinct expression pattern of IL-2 receptors in activated CD8 T cells. @bsheridanlab.bsky.social @stonybrookmedicine.bsky.social www.life-science-alliance.org/content/9/12...
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Life Science Alliance @lsajournal.org · 25/09/2026
Drug-induced metabolic remodeling promotes antimicrobial activity in macrophages and extends longevity in vivo @rutgersuniversity.bsky.social @rutgersresearch.bsky.social www.life-science-alliance.org/content/9/12...
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Life Science Alliance @lsajournal.org · 24/09/2026
This study establishes a proteomics platform to elucidate megakaryocyte heterogeneity and identifies JI051 as a compound that enhances platelet-like particle generation with bioproduction potential. www.life-science-alliance.org/content/9/12...
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Life Science Alliance @lsajournal.org · 24/09/2026
A mouse model of fetal growth restriction reveals prolonged kidney development and gene dysregulation in adulthood, suggesting that late gestational and early postnatal periods are crucial for preventing chronic kidney disease (CKD). www.life-science-alliance.org/content/9/11...
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Life Science Alliance @lsajournal.org · 23/09/2026
“The review process was streamlined and fast, and communication with the scientific editor was always prompt and genuinely helpful.”—Diana P. Bratu @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social. Publish in LSA, a network that works for you. hubs.la/Q04wLKy20
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Life Science Alliance @lsajournal.org · 23/09/2026
New research shows that an N-terminal dTAG cassette alters RAF1 scaffold function in KRAS-driven lung cancer models before degradation, underscoring the importance of validating tagged proteins. #CancerResearch #TPD www.life-science-alliance.org/content/9/12...
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Life Science Alliance @lsajournal.org · 18/09/2026
A potent antimicrobial promotes mitochondrial fission & mitophagy, boosting the effectiveness of macrophages to defend against bacterial infection & promoting lifespan extension in C. elegans. @rutgersuniversity.bsky.social @rutgersresearch.bsky.social www.life-science-alliance.org/content/9/12...
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Life Science Alliance @lsajournal.org · 17/09/2026
Proximity labeling reveals ZFP36L1 as a central hub for post-transcriptional regulatory networks in T cells. #Immunology #TCells @sanquin-forlife.bsky.social @oncodeinstitute.bsky.social @monikawolkers.bsky.social www.life-science-alliance.org/content/9/11...
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Life Science Alliance @lsajournal.org · 16/09/2026
“We came to LSA through a recommendation from a JCB editor to transfer our study to their not-for-profit, open-access sister journal, and we are very glad we accepted that invitation.”—Diana P. Bratu @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social. Publish in LSA, a network that works for you. hubs.la/Q04wLKy20
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Life Science Alliance @lsajournal.org · 16/09/2026
Check out this new LSA article! MAFF is a transcription factor that regulates contraction-induced skeletal muscle transcription. www.life-science-alliance.org/content/9/12...
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Life Science Alliance @lsajournal.org · 11/09/2026
Have you already had a chance to look at this Research Article recently published in LSA: Induced degradation of Ufd1 reveals regulation of cohesin by the VCP/p97Ufd1-Npl4 complex @unidue-zmb.bsky.social @hemmo-lab.bsky.social www.life-science-alliance.org/content/9/11...
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Life Science Alliance @lsajournal.org · 10/09/2026
Using proximity labeling, the authors map the ZFP36L1 interactome, revealing diverse interactions and their potential roles during T-cell activation. @sanquin-forlife.bsky.social @oncodeinstitute.bsky.social @monikawolkers.bsky.social www.life-science-alliance.org/content/9/11...
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Life Science Alliance @lsajournal.org · 09/09/2026
Acute exercise robustly induces MAFF in human and mouse skeletal muscle, and loss of MAFF in C2C12 myotubes impairs myogenic fusion and attenuates contraction-induced transcriptional programs. www.life-science-alliance.org/content/9/12...
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Life Science Alliance @lsajournal.org · 09/09/2026
Single-nucleus multiomics identifies a β-cell subpopulation mounting an early interferon-driven inflammatory response to a high-fat diet, with traces of this signature detected in human diabetes. www.life-science-alliance.org/content/9/11...
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Hemmo Meyer Lab @hemmo-lab.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
@lsajournal.org doi.org/10.26508/lsa... Paper out: Cool dTAG approach by Dani and Maike for acute perturbation of the #VCP/p97 system nailing down a function during DNA #replication. #ubiquitin. @crc1430.bsky.social @unidue-zmb.bsky.social Thanks to our collaborators, the Beli and Boos labs.
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Induced degradation of Ufd1 reveals regulation of cohesin by the VCP/p97Ufd1-Npl4 complex
The AAA ATPase VCP/p97 has emerged as a critical regulator of ubiquitin and chromatin-associated processes but progress in understanding has been hampered by the complexity of p97 functions and the va...
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Life Science Alliance @lsajournal.org · 04/09/2026
The p97-Ufd1-Npl4 complex targets ubiquitylated RAD21 to extract a subpopulation of cohesion specifically in S-phase to facilitate DNA replication and suppress replication-associated DNA damage. @unidue-zmb.bsky.social @hemmo-lab.bsky.social www.life-science-alliance.org/content/9/11...
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Life Science Alliance @lsajournal.org · 04/09/2026
Take a look at this recently published paper in LSA: Proliferation and differentiation in intestinal organoids are balanced by ligand-modulated EGFR trafficking. www.life-science-alliance.org/content/9/11...
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Life Science Alliance @lsajournal.org · 03/09/2026
Check out this new article at LSA! Interleukin-1 mediates innate immune signaling and antiviral defense in islets. @medicalcollegeofwi.bsky.social www.life-science-alliance.org/content/9/11...
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Life Science Alliance @lsajournal.org · 02/09/2026
Single-nucleus multiomics reveals an early inflammatory response to a high-fat diet in a subset of pancreatic β-cells, implicating inflammation in the loss of β-cell identity during metabolic stress. www.life-science-alliance.org/content/9/11...
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Life Science Alliance @lsajournal.org · 01/09/2026
In our September issue: how CDK4/6 inhibition drives senescence, the first peroxisome interactome map, and a cheap workflow for single-cell proteomics. Read these and more here! www.life-science-alliance.org/content/9/9
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Life Science Alliance @lsajournal.org · 01/09/2026
This study identifies diagnosis-stage chromatin accessibility features associated with relapse-prone pediatric AML across molecular subtypes. www.life-science-alliance.org/content/9/11...
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Life Science Alliance @lsajournal.org · 31/08/2026
Check out this new article at LSA! Interactions of LINE-1 ORF1p with proteins and chromatin suggest a role in neuronal physiology. @cirbcdf.bsky.social www.life-science-alliance.org/content/9/11...
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Life Science Alliance @lsajournal.org · 28/08/2026
Medium ligand composition and concentration modulate EGFR signaling competency at the plasma membrane, balancing crypt proliferation and villus differentiation, and enhancing mouse intestinal organoid self-renewal. www.life-science-alliance.org/content/9/11...
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Life Science Alliance @lsajournal.org · 28/08/2026
Confined epithelial tissues encode pressure history into cell-cycle activity, enabling colonies of different densities to converge on the same size and density upon release. @swaminathanlab.bsky.social www.life-science-alliance.org/content/9/10...
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Life Science Alliance @lsajournal.org · 27/08/2026
In vivo innate immune activation results in IL-1-dependent expression of antipathogen defense response genes and attenuates picornavirus replication in islets. @medicalcollegeofwi.bsky.social www.life-science-alliance.org/content/9/11...
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Life Science Alliance @lsajournal.org · 26/08/2026
Legionella pneumophila effector RavH acts as a membrane-dependent actin nucleator on organelles enriched with PI(3)P, revealing a mechanism that may support early vacuole dynamics during infection. www.life-science-alliance.org/content/9/10...
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Life Science Alliance @lsajournal.org · 25/08/2026
Single-cell chromatin profiling study identifies diagnosis-stage regulatory features associated with relapse-prone pediatric AML, highlighting immune/inflammatory programs and transcription factor networks. www.life-science-alliance.org/content/9/11...
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Life Science Alliance @lsajournal.org · 24/08/2026
ORF1p, a LINE-1-encoded protein, regulates chromatin accessibility, neuron-specific gene expression, and neurite morphology in post-mitotic neurons, revealing a physiological role for this retrotransposon protein in the brain. @cirbcdf.bsky.social www.life-science-alliance.org/content/9/11...
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Tim @timisstuck.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
The Risca lab at @rockefeller.edu asked what the hell is going on with this weird flavor of senescence and SASP that can arise from CDK4/6 inhibition. Important implications for treating tumors with this powerful therapy, now out at @lsajournal.org www.rockefeller.edu/news/40361-c...
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The Rockefeller University » How cellular senescence triggers cancer-promoting inflammation
Researchers show how the senescent state induced by sarcoma and breast cancer drugs drives inflammation—and how it could be suppressed.
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Life Science Alliance @lsajournal.org · 21/08/2026
“We’ve started to think of senescence more as a trajectory rather than a binary identity,” says lead author Joanna Yeung. Read more in this news story covering a recent paper in Life Science Alliance @rockefeller.edu www.rockefeller.edu/news/40361-c...
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Life Science Alliance @lsajournal.org · 21/08/2026
How do expanding epithelial tissues 'know' when to stop? Mechanical pressure during confinement acts as a tissue-scale memory regulating cell activity, driving convergence to the same final size regardless of starting density. @swaminathanlab.bsky.social www.life-science-alliance.org/content/9/10...
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Life Science Alliance @lsajournal.org · 19/08/2026
Researchers identify Legionella effector RavH as a membrane-dependent actin nucleator that assembles actin on PI(3)P-rich membranes, uncovering a new strategy for host-cell manipulation during infection. www.life-science-alliance.org/content/9/10...
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Life Science Alliance @lsajournal.org · 17/08/2026
"Clonal LIMD1 loss drives PD‑L1 immune evasion via ARIH1‑dependent ubiquitination in lung cancer" @qmbci.bsky.social www.life-science-alliance.org/content/9/10...
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Life Science Alliance @lsajournal.org · 17/08/2026
Have you already read this paper, recently published in LSA? Structural interplay of the redox co-chaperone CnoX to GroEL/ES chaperonin www.life-science-alliance.org/content/9/10...
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Life Science Alliance @lsajournal.org · 12/08/2026
During Drosophila oogenesis, the unfolded protein response induces ATF4-dependent Bruno 1, remodeling P-bodies to protect selected mRNAs from stress-induced degradation before stress granules form. @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social www.life-science-alliance.org/content/9/10...
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Life Science Alliance @lsajournal.org · 11/08/2026
Check out this interesting article recently published in LSA: "A cardiac-related, promoter-proximal, regulatory element shapes chromatin and JAG1 transcription" www.life-science-alliance.org/content/9/10...
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Life Science Alliance @lsajournal.org · 10/08/2026
Lung cancer tumour suppressor LIMD1 regulates the immune checkpoint protein PD-L1 via miRNA regulation and ARIH1-dependent ubiquitination. Low LIMD1 expression was enriched among responders to immune checkpoint blockade. @qmbci.bsky.social www.life-science-alliance.org/content/9/10...
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Life Science Alliance @lsajournal.org · 10/08/2026
Cryo-EM structures reveal how the redox co-chaperone CnoX is accommodated during the GroEL reaction cycle and how GroES binding remodels the apical domains to promote CnoX release. www.life-science-alliance.org/content/9/10...
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Life Science Alliance @lsajournal.org · 09/08/2026
In Genetics, Genomics, and Epigenomics: Tissue-Specific EEF1D Splicing, EEF1B complex KTN1 @qst-japan.bsky.social www.life-science-alliance.org/content/gene...
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Life Science Alliance @lsajournal.org · 06/08/2026
Take a look at this recently published paper in LSA: The transcriptional cortical response to daily torpor in Phodopus sungorus @manuelfriese.bsky.social www.life-science-alliance.org/content/9/10...
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Life Science Alliance @lsajournal.org · 06/08/2026
Study in Genetics, Genomics, and Epigenomics collection reveals that two distinct genetic causes of Parkinson's disease push brain cells onto the same harmful path, increasing their vulnerability long before symptoms appear. www.life-science-alliance.org/content/gene...
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Life Science Alliance @lsajournal.org · 05/08/2026
P-bodies rapidly remodel in response to ER stress—before stress granules form—to preserve selected mRNAs via the ATF4–Bruno 1 pathway during Drosophila oogenesis. @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social www.life-science-alliance.org/content/9/10...
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Life Science Alliance @lsajournal.org · 05/08/2026
“Life Science Alliance is recognized globally as a respectable journal. Within the community, it stands out for its focus on scientific integrity, ensuring that robust data is shared globally.” — Jérémie Rossy, University of Konstanz. Learn more: hubs.ly/Q04ldCnb0
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Life Science Alliance @lsajournal.org · 04/08/2026
This study identifies R7 as a promoter-proximal element that supports JAG1 transcription by coordinating local chromatin contacts and regulatory features. www.life-science-alliance.org/content/9/10...
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Life Science Alliance @lsajournal.org · 04/08/2026
Check out this interesting article recently published in LSA: "Fishing with Two Lines: A Hybrid Approach to Spatial Transcriptomic Discovery" www.life-science-alliance.org/content/9/10...
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Life Science Alliance @lsajournal.org · 03/08/2026
This study identifies CpG islands at 3′UTRs as highly conserved, frequently methylated, and linked to cancer-related gene regulation. @kanherelab.bsky.social www.life-science-alliance.org/content/9/10...
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Life Science Alliance @lsajournal.org · 03/08/2026
Take a look at this Resource paper in our Genetics, Genomics, and Epigenomics collection: Predicting Nonsense-mediated mRNA Decay from Splicing Events in Sepsis using RNA-Sequencing Data www.life-science-alliance.org/content/gene...
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Life Science Alliance @lsajournal.org · 01/08/2026
Our August issue is here! Discover a new mechanism for degrading extracellular proteins, how T cells decide to arrest at their targets, and a novel link between mitochondrial protein MIRO1 and glioma. www.life-science-alliance.org/content/9/8
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