Natural Sciences

Natural sciences comprises the branches of science which aim to describe and understand the fundamental processes and phenomena that define our natural world, including both life sciences and physical sciences.

Faculty Reviews

121-140 of 1,269 FACULTY REVIEWS

Faculty Reviews are review articles written by the prestigious Members of Faculty Opinions. The articles are commissioned and peer reviewed before publication to ensure that the final, published version is comprehensive and accessible. The reviewers who approved the final version are listed with their names and affiliations.

https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.21201.1
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Fear conditioning and the basolateral amygdala
[version 1; peer review: 3 approved]
Peer Reviewers Nathan M Holmes; Roger L Clem; Benedetto Sacchetti
  • Funders
  • National Health and Medical Research Council
  • Australian Research Council
PUBLISHED 28 Jan 2020
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.21307.1
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Recent advances in understanding regulation of the Arabidopsis circadian clock by local cellular environment
[version 1; peer review: 3 approved]
Peer Reviewers Motomu Endo; Ke-Qiang Wu; C Robertson McClung
PUBLISHED 27 Jan 2020
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.20204.1
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Recent advances in modulating the microbiome
[version 1; peer review: 2 approved]
Peer Reviewers Tom Van de Wiele; Francisco Guarner
  • Funder
  • Hughes Sterling Foundation
PUBLISHED 27 Jan 2020
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.19740.1
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Understanding transport processes in lichen, Azolla–cyanobacteria, ectomycorrhiza, endomycorrhiza, and rhizobia–legume symbiotic interactions
[version 1; peer review: 3 approved]
Peer Reviewers Stefanie Wienkoop; Kendal Hirschi; Ulrike Mathesius
PUBLISHED 23 Jan 2020
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.21245.1
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Blood making: learning what to put into the dish
[version 1; peer review: 3 approved]
Peer Reviewers Lesley M Forrester; Valerie Kouskoff; Igor Slukvin
  • Funders
  • New York Stem Cell Foundation
  • American Federation for Aging Research
  • American Society of Hematology
  • National Institutes of Health
  • Tri-Institutional Stem Cell Initiative
  • Leukemia and Lymphoma Society
PUBLISHED 23 Jan 2020
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.21207.1
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Commentary on ‘Surface markers associated with chondrogenic potential of human mesenchymal stromal/stem cells’
[version 1; peer review: 3 approved]
Peer Reviewers Gerjo J. V. M. van Osch; Andrea Barbero; Andre J. van Wijnen
  • Funders
  • National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
  • Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation
PUBLISHED 23 Jan 2020
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.20441.1
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Objective Pain Assessment: a Key for the Management of Chronic Pain
[version 1; peer review: 2 approved]
Peer Reviewers Daniel J Clauw; Asbjørn M Drewes
PUBLISHED 23 Jan 2020
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.20856.1
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Single-cell analyses uncover granularity of muscle stem cells
[version 1; peer review: 3 approved]
Peer Reviewers Helen Blau; Vittorio Sartorelli; Yusuke Ono
  • Funders
  • Stem Cell Network
  • US National Institutes for Health
  • Ontario Institute for Regenerative Medicine
  • Canadian Institutes of Health Research
  • Jesse's Journey Foundation
  • Muscular Dystrophy Association
PUBLISHED 21 Jan 2020
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.20605.1
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Are we underutilizing bone marrow and cord blood? Review of their role and potential in the era of cellular therapies
[version 1; peer review: 2 approved]
Peer Reviewers David S. Allan; Michael Uhlin
  • Funder
  • Young Foundation
PUBLISHED 17 Jan 2020
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.16315.1
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The genetics of intellectual disability: advancing technology and gene editing
[version 1; peer review: 2 approved]
Peer Reviewers Hao Hu; Jennifer Winter
  • Funders
  • Brain Research UK
  • The Medical Research Council
  • Sparks GOSH Charity
  • Multiple System Atrophy Trust
  • The National Institute for Health Research University College London Hospitals Biomedical Research Centre
  • Ataxia UK
  • Rosetree Trust
  • Higher Education Commision, Pakistan
  • Muscular Dystrophy UK
PUBLISHED 16 Jan 2020
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.21527.1
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Family plot: the impact of the endosperm and other extra-embryonic seed tissues on angiosperm zygotic embryogenesis
[version 1; peer review: 3 approved]
Peer Reviewers Mengxiang Sun; Enrico Magnani; Claudia Köhler
  • Funder
  • Agence Nationale de la Recherche
PUBLISHED 14 Jan 2020
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.21295.1
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Multidrug transporters: recent insights from cryo-electron microscopy-derived atomic structures and animal models
[version 1; peer review: 2 approved]
Peer Reviewers Arthur Roberts; Anika M S Hartz
  • Funder
  • Intramural Research Program of the NIH
PUBLISHED 13 Jan 2020
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.20563.1
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Flavohaemoglobin: the pre-eminent nitric oxide–detoxifying machine of microorganisms
[version 1; peer review: 6 approved]
Peer Reviewers Andrés Vázquez-Torres; Mark P. Brynildsen; John S. Olson; Marie-Alda Gilles-Gonzalez; Elizabeth M. Boon; Vinai C. Thomas
  • Funder
  • Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
PUBLISHED 08 Jan 2020
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.19826.1
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Duplex kidney formation: developmental mechanisms and genetic predisposition
[version 1; peer review: 2 approved]
Peer Reviewers Norman Rosenblum; Satu Kuure
  • Funder
  • La Ligue Contre le Cancer
PUBLISHED 06 Jan 2020
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.20387.1
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Recent advances in liver transplantation with HCV seropositive donors
[version 1; peer review: 2 approved]
Peer Reviewers Marina C Berenguer; Paul Martin
  • Funder
  • National Institutes of Health
PUBLISHED 30 Dec 2019
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.20942.1
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Desmosomes:  Essential contributors to an integrated intercellular junction network
[version 1; peer review: 2 approved]
Peer Reviewers Alexa Mattheyses; Thomas Magin
  • Funders
  • National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
  • American Heart Association
  • Joseph L. Mayberry Endowment
  • National Cancer Institute
PUBLISHED 30 Dec 2019
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.20094.1
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What do archaeal and eukaryotic histidine kinases sense?
[version 1; peer review: 3 approved]
Peer Reviewers Wei Qian; Jeffrey J. Tabor; Sean Crosson
  • Funder
  • National Institutes of Health
PUBLISHED 27 Dec 2019
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.21180.1
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LEAFY COTYLEDONs: old genes with new roles beyond seed development
[version 1; peer review: 2 approved]
Peer Reviewers Loïc Lepiniec; Miriam Calonje Macaya
  • Funders
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • National Natural Science Foundation of China
PUBLISHED 27 Dec 2019
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.21065.1
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Sec translocon has an insertase-like function in addition to polypeptide conduction through the channel
[version 1; peer review: 4 approved]
Peer Reviewers Ross Dalbey; Gunnar von Heijne; Richard Zimmermann; Arnold J M Driessen
  • Funder
  • MEXT and JSPS
PUBLISHED 20 Dec 2019
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.21129.1
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Mobilized peripheral blood: an updated perspective
[version 1; peer review: 2 approved]
Peer Reviewers Mariusz Ratajczak; Jean-Pierre Levesque
  • Funders
  • The Foundation for Barnes-Jewish Hospital Cancer Frontier Fund
  • Barnard Trust
  • Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center
  • National Cancer Institute
  • National Institutes of Health
  • Siteman Investment Program Award
PUBLISHED 20 Dec 2019
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