Loss of regulation of protein synthesis and turnover underpins an attenuated stress response in senescent human mesenchymal stem cells (2023)
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Llewellyn, J., Mallikarjun, V., Gilbert, H., Richardson, S., Hubbard, S., Swift, J., …Osipova, M. (2023). Loss of regulation of protein synthesis and turnover underpins an attenuated stress response in senescent human mesenchymal stem cells. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2210745120

<jats:p>Cells respond to stress by synthesizing chaperone proteins that seek to correct protein misfolding and maintain function. However, abrogation of protein homeostasis is a hallmark of aging, leading to loss of function and the formation of prot... Read More about Loss of regulation of protein synthesis and turnover underpins an attenuated stress response in senescent human mesenchymal stem cells.

Emerging challenges of the impacts of pharmaceuticals on aquatic ecosystems: A diatom perspective. (2023)
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Kock, A., Glanville, H., Law, A., Stanton, T., Carter, L., & Taylor, J. (2023). Emerging challenges of the impacts of pharmaceuticals on aquatic ecosystems: A diatom perspective. Science of the Total Environment, 878, Article 162939. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.162939

Pharmaceuticals are a ubiquitous group of emerging pollutants of considerable importance due to their biological potency and potential to elicit effects in wildlife and humans. Pharmaceuticals have been quantified in terrestrial, marine, fresh, and t... Read More about Emerging challenges of the impacts of pharmaceuticals on aquatic ecosystems: A diatom perspective..

Biological control interventions reduce pest abundance and crop damage while maintaining natural enemies in sub-Saharan Africa: a meta-analysis (2022)
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Ratto, F., Bruce, T., Chipabika, G., Mwamakamba, S., Mkandawire, R., Khan, Z., …Sait, S. (2022). Biological control interventions reduce pest abundance and crop damage while maintaining natural enemies in sub-Saharan Africa: a meta-analysis. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2022.1695

Insect pests are a major challenge to smallholder crop production in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), where access to synthetic pesticides, which are linked to environmental and health risks, is often limited. Biological control interventions could offer a... Read More about Biological control interventions reduce pest abundance and crop damage while maintaining natural enemies in sub-Saharan Africa: a meta-analysis.

Interspecies microbiome transplantation recapitulates microbial acquisition in mosquitoes (2022)
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Coon, K., Hegde, S., & Hughes, G. (2022). Interspecies microbiome transplantation recapitulates microbial acquisition in mosquitoes. Microbiome, 10, Article 58. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40168-022-01256-5

Background Mosquitoes harbor microbial communities that play important roles in their growth, survival, reproduction, and ability to transmit human pathogens. Microbiome transplantation approaches are often used to study host-microbe interactions and... Read More about Interspecies microbiome transplantation recapitulates microbial acquisition in mosquitoes.

Biological Flora of Britain and Ireland: Viscum album (2022)
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Thomas, P. A., Dering, M., Giertych, M. J., Iszkuło, G., Tomaszewski, D., & Briggs, J. (2022). Biological Flora of Britain and Ireland: Viscum album. Journal of Ecology, 111(3), 701-739. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.14036

This account presents information on all aspects of the biology of Viscum album L. (Mistletoe) that are relevant to understanding its ecological characteristics and behaviour. The main topics are presented within the standard framework of the Biologi... Read More about Biological Flora of Britain and Ireland: Viscum album.

High resolution species assignment of Anopheles mosquitoes using k-mer distances on targeted sequences. (2022)
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Boddé, M., Makunin, A., Ayala, D., Bouafou, L., Diabaté, A., Ekpo, U. F., …Lawniczak, M. K. (2022). High resolution species assignment of Anopheles mosquitoes using k-mer distances on targeted sequences. eLife, 11, Article e78775. https://doi.org/10.7554/elife.78775

The ANOSPP amplicon panel is a genus-wide targeted sequencing panel to facilitate large-scale monitoring of Anopheles species diversity. Combining information from the 62 nuclear amplicons present in the ANOSPP panel allows for a more senstive and sp... Read More about High resolution species assignment of Anopheles mosquitoes using k-mer distances on targeted sequences..

The future of Viscum album L. in Europe will be shaped by temperature and host availability. (2022)
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(2022). The future of Viscum album L. in Europe will be shaped by temperature and host availability. Scientific reports, 17072 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-21532-6

Viscum album L. is a plant of great importance due to its influence on the host trees and, by extension, entire ecosystems. The species is also significant to humans-on the one hand, because of its use in medicine, and on the other, because of the gr... Read More about The future of Viscum album L. in Europe will be shaped by temperature and host availability..

Biological control interventions and botanical pesticides for insect pests of crops in sub-Saharan Africa: A mapping review (2022)
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Ratto, F., Bruce, T., Chipabika, G., Mwamakamba, S., Mkandawire, R., Khan, Z., …Sait, S. M. (2022). Biological control interventions and botanical pesticides for insect pests of crops in sub-Saharan Africa: A mapping review. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 6, Article ARTN 883975. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2022.883975

<jats:p>Agricultural productivity can be increased sustainably in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) by reducing crop losses due to insect pest damage. As an alternative to environmentally-damaging chemical pesticides, biological control interventions and bota... Read More about Biological control interventions and botanical pesticides for insect pests of crops in sub-Saharan Africa: A mapping review.

Limits to reproduction and seed size-number trade-offs that shape forest dominance and future recovery. (2022)
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(2022). Limits to reproduction and seed size-number trade-offs that shape forest dominance and future recovery. Nature communications, 2381 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-30037-9

The relationships that control seed production in trees are fundamental to understanding the evolution of forest species and their capacity to recover from increasing losses to drought, fire, and harvest. A synthesis of fecundity data from 714 specie... Read More about Limits to reproduction and seed size-number trade-offs that shape forest dominance and future recovery..

The evolutionary heritage and ecological uniqueness of Scots pine in the Caucasus ecoregion is at risk of climate changes. (2021)
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(2021). The evolutionary heritage and ecological uniqueness of Scots pine in the Caucasus ecoregion is at risk of climate changes. Scientific reports, 22845 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-02098-1

Scots pine is one of the most widely occurring pines, but future projections suggest a large reduction in its range, mostly at the southern European limits. A significant part of its range is located in the Caucasus, a global hot-spot of diversity. P... Read More about The evolutionary heritage and ecological uniqueness of Scots pine in the Caucasus ecoregion is at risk of climate changes..

Ligula intestinalis. (2021)
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(2021). Ligula intestinalis. Trends in Parasitology,

Ligula intestinalis is a common pseudophyllidean cestode found in freshwater ecosystems worldwide. It has a complex life cycle involving a planktonic copepod as first intermediate host, a planktivorous fish as second intermediate host, and a fish-eat... Read More about Ligula intestinalis..

Defence Is a Priority in Female Juveniles and Adults of Taxus baccata L. (2021)
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(2021). Defence Is a Priority in Female Juveniles and Adults of Taxus baccata L. Forests, 1 - 9. https://doi.org/10.3390/f12070844

Female individuals of dioecious plants invest their resources more in storage and defence, and the males have higher nitrogen content invested in the production of pollen grains. An unresolved problem is whether this strategy occurs only in sexually... Read More about Defence Is a Priority in Female Juveniles and Adults of Taxus baccata L..

Genetic Technologies for Sustainable Management of Insect Pests and Disease Vectors (2021)
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Grilli, S., Galizi, R., & Taxiarchi, C. (2021). Genetic Technologies for Sustainable Management of Insect Pests and Disease Vectors. Sustainability, 5653 - 5653. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13105653

Recent advancements in genetic and genome editing research, augmented by the discovery of new molecular tools such as CRISPR, have revolutionised the field of genetic engineering by enabling precise site-specific genome modifications with unprecedent... Read More about Genetic Technologies for Sustainable Management of Insect Pests and Disease Vectors.

Rich but not poor conditions determine sex-specific differences in growth rate of juvenile dioecious plants. (2021)
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(2021). Rich but not poor conditions determine sex-specific differences in growth rate of juvenile dioecious plants. Journal of Plant Research, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10265-021-01296-2

Causes of secondary sexual dimorphism (SSD) in dioecious plants are very poorly understood, especially in woody plants. SSD is shown mainly in mature plants, but little is known about whether secondary sexual dimorphism can occur in juveniles. It is... Read More about Rich but not poor conditions determine sex-specific differences in growth rate of juvenile dioecious plants..

Biological Flora of the British Isles: Crataegus laevigata (2021)
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Thomas, P. A., Leski, T., La Porta, N., Dering, M., & Iszkulo, G. (2021). Biological Flora of the British Isles: Crataegus laevigata. Journal of Ecology, 109(1), 572-596. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.13541

This account presents information on all aspects of the biology of Crataegus laevigata (Poir.) DC (Midland hawthorn) (C. oxyacanthoides Thuill.) that are relevant to understanding its ecological characteristics and behaviour. The main topics are pres... Read More about Biological Flora of the British Isles: Crataegus laevigata.

Mine spoil remediation via biochar addition to immobilise potentially toxic elements and promote plant growth for phytostabilisation. (2021)
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Thompson, D., Oliver, I., & Alhar, M. (2021). Mine spoil remediation via biochar addition to immobilise potentially toxic elements and promote plant growth for phytostabilisation. Journal of Environmental Management, 111500 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2020.111500

There are thousands of disused and abandoned mining sites around the world with substantial accumulations of exposed mine spoil materials that pose a direct threat to their surrounding environment. Management of such sites, and neutralisation of the... Read More about Mine spoil remediation via biochar addition to immobilise potentially toxic elements and promote plant growth for phytostabilisation..

Semiochemicals for thrips and their use in pest management (2021)
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Kirk. (2021). Semiochemicals for thrips and their use in pest management. Annual Review of Entomology, 101-119. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-ento-022020-081531

Thrips (Thysanoptera) are small insects that can cause huge problems in agriculture, horticulture and forestry through feeding and the transmission of plant viruses. They produce a rich chemical diversity of pheromones and allomones and also respond... Read More about Semiochemicals for thrips and their use in pest management.

How is silicic acid transported in plants? (2020)
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(2020). How is silicic acid transported in plants?. Silicon, 2641 - 2645. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12633-019-00360-w

Plants accumulate silicon in their tissues as amorphous silica. The form of silicon taken up by plants is silicic acid, a neutral molecule that passes through membrane channels with water. After seminal work on rice identified an aquaporin that appea... Read More about How is silicic acid transported in plants?.

Vector-Focused Approaches to Curb Malaria Transmission in the Brazilian Amazon: An Overview of Current and Future Challenges and Strategies (2020)
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Matos Rocha, E., de Melo Katak, R., Campos de Oliveira, J., da Silva Araujo, M., Cechetto Carlos, B., Galizi, R., …A. Souza-Neto, J. (2020). Vector-Focused Approaches to Curb Malaria Transmission in the Brazilian Amazon: An Overview of Current and Future Challenges and Strategies. Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 161. https://doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed5040161

In Brazil, malaria transmission is mostly confined to the Amazon, where substantial progress has been achieved towards disease control in the past decade. Vector control has been historically considered a fundamental part of the main malaria control... Read More about Vector-Focused Approaches to Curb Malaria Transmission in the Brazilian Amazon: An Overview of Current and Future Challenges and Strategies.

Citizen science and aquatic macroinvertebrates: public engagement for catchment-scale pollution vigilance (2020)
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Moolna. (2020). Citizen science and aquatic macroinvertebrates: public engagement for catchment-scale pollution vigilance. Écoscience, https://doi.org/10.1080/11956860.2020.1812922

ABSTRACT The Riverfly Partnership, launched in 2004, is a UK network of organisations and individuals working to protect river habitats and macroinvertebrate communities. The Riverfly Partnership’s Anglers’ Riverfly Monitoring Initiative (ARMI), laun... Read More about Citizen science and aquatic macroinvertebrates: public engagement for catchment-scale pollution vigilance.