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Spatial and temporal patterns of gene expression during neurogenesis in the sea urchin Lytechinus variegatus

EvoDevo, 2019
Background The sea urchin is a basal deuterostome that is more closely related to vertebrates than many organisms traditionally used to study neurogenesis.
Leslie A. Slota, Esther M. Miranda, David R. McClay   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Echinoderm‐Inspired Autonomy for Soft‐Legged Robots

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Inspired by echinoderms, a modular soft robot achieves autonomous phototaxis without a central controller or explicit communication. Each limb independently adapts its actuation timing through local sensing and short‐term memory. Coordination emerges purely from physical interactions, demonstrating resilience to changes in morphology, environment, and ...
Harmannus A. H. Schomaker, Jelle de Vries, Johannes T. B. overvelde   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Pentaradial and Bilateral Combined Photoreception System in the Sea Cucumber is Mediated by a Blue Light‐Sensitive R‐Opsin

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
The sea cucumber Holothuria leucospilota detects blue and adjacent wavelengths of light via an r‐opsin with a maximum absorption at 459 nm. In the oral tentacles, papillae, and tube feet, distinct light‐sensing structures with specialized morphologies are formed, constituting a unique pentaradial and bilateral combined photoreception system.
Jiasheng Huang, Chunhua Ren, Zhou Qin, Yimeng Cui, Bingbing Zhang, Peng Luo, Xuan Wang, Yaoqi Xie, Xin Zhang, Aifen Yan, Yang Zhang, Dingding Fan, Yang Liu, Wenjie Pan, Xiao Jiang, Lihong Yuan, Haipeng Qin, David M. Irwin, Chaoqun Hu, Yang Liu, Ting Chen   +20 more
wiley   +1 more source

Genomic signatures of exceptional longevity and negligible aging in the long-lived red sea urchin

Cell Reports
Summary: The red sea urchin (Mesocentrotus franciscanus) is one of the Earth’s longest-living animals, reported to live more than 100 years with indeterminate growth, life-long reproduction, and no increase in mortality rate with age.
Jennifer M. Polinski, Kate R. Castellano, Katherine M. Buckley, Andrea G. Bodnar   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Polysaccharide Constituents of Three Types of Sea Urchin Shells and Their Anti-Inflammatory Activities

Marine Drugs, 2015
As a source of potent anti-inflammatory traditional medicines, the quantitative chromatographic fingerprints of sea urchin shell polysaccharides were well established via pre-column derivatization high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) analysis ...
Heng Jiao, Xiaohui Shang, Qi Dong, Shuang Wang, Xiaoyu Liu, Heng Zheng, Xiaoling Lu   +6 more
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SERS Facemask for Rapid and Portable Sensing Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Antigens for TB Screening

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Our study introduced an Au─Ag embedded covalent organic framework (U@COF) ‐mediated facemask for sensing TB antigen ESAT‐6/CFP‐10 complex in clinical droplet samples toward TB screening. Practical analysis of clinical samples demonstrated the availability of our facemask, which is capable of identifying the TB subjects (N = 17) from healthy candidates (
Lingzhi Chen, Jiaqi Yu, Jing Xu, Lingqi Chen, Ninghao Zhang, Wenrui Li, Runmin Zeng, Xiaomin Luo, Yiqun Chang, Jiayin Lai, Wenshi Huang, Xiaochen Liang, Ting Zhao, Shanze Chen, Huaihong Cai, Yanguang Cong, Pinghua Sun, Jiang Pi, Xueqin Huang, Haibo Zhou, Junxia Zheng   +20 more
wiley   +1 more source

Inside‐Outside ROS Therapeutic Strategy Based on Piezoelectric Nano‐Urchin for Drug‐Resistant Bacteria Biofilm Infections

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
The contribution of this study lies not only in enabling effective treatment of drug‐resistant biofilm infections, but also in establishing a transferable therapeutic paradigm: Ultrasound‐triggered mechanical forces synergistically enhance piezoelectric polarization and nanozyme activity, driving functional ROS generation inside and outside biofilms ...
Xinjian Guo, Jin Yang, Mengjie An, Bingjie Lin, Tao Liu, Limin Zhang   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Curvature‐Controlled Field Effect Enables Thermal Localization for Low‐Temperature C─F Bond Activation

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
High‐curvature γ‐Al2O3 nanoneedles concentrate heat into nanoscale hotspots under identical external heating, amplifying local temperature and accelerating CF4 decomposition. By linking curvature‐induced thermal localization to lower apparent activation barriers and enhanced intermediate formation, this work reveals geometry as a powerful design ...
Hang Zhang, Jialin Zheng, Xiaojian Wang, Hao Yu, Diya Xie, Wenjie Luo, Minghui Yang, Kang Liu, Yuxia Duan, Zhang Lin, Liyuan Chai, Emiliano Cortés, Min Liu   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Biomimetic Self‐Reconfigurable Soft Gripper for Cross‐Scale, Multi‐Particle, and High‐Load Multifunctional Manipulation

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
A fully soft, self‐reconfigurable gripper inspired by rapeseed flowers is monolithically 3D‐printed and electronics‐free, switching between diagonal and parallel finger arrangements. Establishing a self‐reconfigurable grasping paradigm, the gripper enables diverse manipulation tasks, including rotating bulbs, picking fruits, grasping cross‐scale ...
Qiping Xu, Bin Wang, Jinxin Chen, Zhengqiang Guo, Baisong Yang, Chaoqian Chen, Jiancheng Cai, Chee‐Meng Chew, Shiju E   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Disulfide‐Sticker Strategy for Marine Adhesive Coatings: From Deciphering Self‐Assembly Mechanism to Functional Application in Hair Regeneration

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
A disulfide‐sticker strategy, coupled with Ca2+ coordination, drives the hierarchical self‐assembly of a recombinant scallop adhesive protein into fishnet‐like nanostructures, affording a coating with versatile wet adhesion and intrinsic antioxidant activity. This biocompatible coating markedly promotes hair regeneration by activating follicular niches,
Lulu Wang, Juan Yang, Xin Jiang, Zhanghui Zheng, Hongyu Wei, Na Li, Xiangqiang Chu, Weizhi Liu   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source