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  • Zhang et al. describe two technologies for the spatially resolved co-mapping of epigenome and transcriptome at near single-cell resolution.

    • Kirsty Minton
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  • A paper in Science reports that circadian gene expression in humans is affected by sex and age, findings that might explain differential disease prevalence among these groups and have implications for treatment.

    • Dorothy Clyde
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  • Two studies have revealed that the characteristic distribution of N6-methyladenosine (m6A) — an RNA modification known to be functionally important for mRNA metabolism among other processes — in mRNA is shaped by the exon junction complex during splicing.

    • Dorothy Clyde
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  • Two new studies in Nature Biotechnology describe cellular recording systems that incorporate time-resolved optical signals into self-assembling protein filaments.

    • Darren J. Burgess
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  • A study in Nature reports comprehensive, genome-wide mapping of the human methylome that provides mechanistic insights into gene regulation and offers great potential for analysis of cell-free DNA.

    • Kirsty Minton
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  • Two new studies in Science characterize a CRISPR-associated nuclease–protease system that can be leveraged as a programmable protease-based RNA sensor.

    • Darren J. Burgess
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  • A comparative genomics study published in Nature Communications provides new insight into the genomic changes underlying the convergent evolution of sociality in spiders.

    • Dorothy Clyde
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  • A study in Nature reports the identification of new germline variants associated with particular subtypes of clonal haematopoiesis of indeterminate potential (CHIP) and their links to different health outcomes.

    • Kirsty Minton
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  • A new study in Nature Methods describes a computational method named UTAG (unsupervised discovery of tissue architecture with graphs) that aims to identify and quantify higher-level tissue domains from biological images without previous knowledge.

    • Linda Koch
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  • A new paper in Science reports that human genomes encode a large repertoire of retroviral envelope-derived proteins, with potential roles in protecting from infection by other retroviruses.

    • Darren J. Burgess
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  • A microscopy-based pooled CRISPR screening approach described in Cell enables the cellular functions of thousands of genes to be assessed at remarkable phenotypic depth.

    • Dorothy Clyde
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  • A new study in Science reports the refactoring of genetic codes in Escherichia coli to create a bidirectional ‘genetic firewall’ that prevents genetic transfer from or to synthetic organisms.

    • Kirsty Minton
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  • A new study reports Epigenomic MERFISH, an imaging method that combines CUT&Tag and MERFISH to interrogate histone marks representing cis-regulatory elements in single cells while preserving spatial information.

    • Linda Koch
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  • A new study in Cell describes how topologically associating domains (TADs) of chromosomes can restructure to resolve the regulatory conflict that arises when a new gene incorporates into an ancestral TAD.

    • Darren J. Burgess
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