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Teaching Firefly: Companion Material. A Class Schedule for a Course on Joss Whedon and Philosophy

Journal of Science Fiction and Philosophy, 2018
This schedule, provided as a companion to my “Teaching Firefly” article, was used for a sophomore level philosophy course that was populated mostly by non-majors.
James Rocha
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Testicular mRNA‐LNP Delivery: A Novel Therapy for Genetic Spermatogenic Disorders

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
In the current study, we developed a novel therapy for genetic spermatogenic disorders. It was revealed that in vivo delivery of mRNA LNP3 could restore spermatogenesis in Msh5D486Y/D486Y and Maps KO mouse models with meiotic arrest. Notably, the offspring without genomic integration was born using ICSI derived from the rescue of Msh5D486Y/D486Y mouse ...
Chenwang Zhang, Nan Liang, Wenbo Li, Shuai Xu, Peng Li, Wanze Ni, Na Li, Sha Han, Ningjing Ou, Haowei Bai, Yuxiang Zhang, Furong Bai, Yifan Sun, Dewei Qian, Xinjie Bu, Erlei Zhi, Ruhui Tian, Yuhua Huang, Jingpeng Zhao, Fujun Zhao, Hao Chen, Zheng Li, Chencheng Yao   +22 more
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Firefly genomes illuminate parallel origins of bioluminescence in beetles

eLife, 2018
Fireflies and their luminous courtships have inspired centuries of scientific study. Today firefly luciferase is widely used in biotechnology, but the evolutionary origin of bioluminescence within beetles remains unclear.
Timothy R Fallon, Sarah E Lower, Ching-Ho Chang, Manabu Bessho-Uehara, Gavin J Martin, Adam J Bewick, Megan Behringer, Humberto J Debat, Isaac Wong, John C Day, Anton Suvorov, Christian J Silva, Kathrin F Stanger-Hall, David W Hall, Robert J Schmitz, David R Nelson, Sara M Lewis, Shuji Shigenobu, Seth M Bybee, Amanda M Larracuente, Yuichi Oba, Jing-Ke Weng   +21 more
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Skeletal Muscle HSF1 Alleviates Age‐Associated Sarcopenia and Mitochondrial Function Decline via SIRT3‐PGC1α Axis

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Aged HSF1 muscle‐specific knockout mice show deteriorated muscle atrophy and metabolic dysfunction, while active HSF1 overexpression improves muscle function via activating SIRT3 to deacetylate both PGC1α1 and PGC1α4, which boosts mitochondrial function and muscle hypertrophy in a fiber‐type specific manner, and induces FNDC5/Irisin for tissue ...
Jun Zhang, Min Hu, Xia Wu, Mingwei Guo, Ying Ma, Jin Qiu, Siqi Wang, Yuxiang Cao, Yinzhao Zhong, Fangfang Chen, Yiwen Wang, Wei Wei, Yan Lu, Yong Zhang, Junjie Xiao, Zhenji Gan, Cheng Hu, Xinran Ma, Lingyan Xu   +18 more
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Versatile CRISPR‐Cas Tools for Gene Regulation in Zebrafish via an Enhanced Q Binary System

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This study introduces CRISPR‐Q, a transgenic CRISPR‐Cas system leveraging the QFvpr/QUAS binary expression platform in zebrafish. CRISPR‐Q overcomes previous challenges in achieving stable and efficient gene regulation. By enabling precise spatiotemporal control of transcript knockdown (CRISPR‐QKD) and gene activation (CRISPR‐Qa), it provides a ...
Miaoyuan Shi, Weiqi Ge, Changheng Li, Bin Liu, Xiaoyi Deng, Chengjie Liu, Meijun Zheng, Pu Zhang, Lei Li, Ying Guo, Yunqi Han, Yu Yang, Yanxun V. Yu, Youngnam N. Jin   +13 more
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An Overview of the Firefly Genus Pygoluciola Wittmer, a Phylogeny of the Luciolinae Using Mitochondrial Genomes, a Description of Six New Species, and an Assessment of a Copulation Clamp in This Genus (Coleoptera: Lampyridae: Luciolinae)

Insects
Pygoluciola Wittmer 1939 is overviewed, with an expanded generic redescription comprising 28 species, including 6 new species from China, described from features of males, associated females, and larvae.
Xinhua Fu, Lesley Ballantyne
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The complete mitochondrial genome sequence and phylogenetic analysis of Luciola lateralis, one of the most famous firefly in Japan (Coleoptera: Lampyridae)

Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2017
We will report the complete mitochondrial genome sequence of Japanese firefly ‘Heike Botaru’, Luciola lateralis (Coleoptera: Lampyridae). Total length of this mitogenome was 16,719 bp and the composition of each base was A (42.50%), C (9.01%), G (14.16%),
Juri Maeda, Dai-Ichiro Kato, Kazunari Arima, Yuji Ito, Atsushi Toyoda, Hideki Noguchi   +5 more
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Soybean Auxin Transporter PIN3 Regulates Nitrate Acquisition to Improve Nitrogen Use and Seed Traits

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Xu et al. discovers that switching off auxin transporters in soybean, PIN3a and PIN3b, disrupts auxin flow; this triggers ARF‐STF3/4 signal cascade to activate the nitrate importer NPF2.13 and soil nitrogen acquisition. Multi‐year field trials show edited soybeans maintain yield with higher oil content, offering a potential genetic route to improve ...
Huifang Xu, Shiyu Huang, Jie Wang, Tian Wang, Qingqing Han, Kexin Wu, Zhen Gao, Xiaolei Shi, Tianli Tu, Ming Wang, Laimei Huang, Jiaomei Chen, Yunqi Liu, Yumei Zhang, Guoqiang Lin, Zhichang Chen, Xu Chen   +16 more
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Ferroptosis‐Mediated Hippocampal Neuronal Loss Post‐mTBI: Chromatin Accessibility Profiling and Single‐Nucleus Transcriptomics

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Hippocampal single ‐nucleus transcriptomes and chromatin accessibility after mild traumatic brain injury reveal dentate granule neuron vulnerability driven by ferroptosis. The c‐Jun–Tmsb4x–Slc2a2 axis modulates lipid peroxidation and iron dysregulation.
Manrui Li, Qiuyun Yang, Shengqiu Qu, Yang Chen, Yang Shen, Yang Xu, Xilong Lin, Yihan Sun, Ying Chen, Meili Lv, Lin Zhang, Zengqiang Yuan, Weibo Liang, Xiameng Chen   +13 more
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Fireflies

JAMA, 2023
Roca, Anton, Lambert, Myriam
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