The InnovationPub Date : 2025-01-03eCollection Date: 2025-03-03DOI: 10.1016/j.xinn.2025.100798
Shixia Xu, Lei Shan, Ran Tian, Zhenpeng Yu, Di Sun, Zhenhua Zhang, Inge Seim, Ming Zhou, Linxia Sun, Na Liang, Qian Zhang, Simin Chai, Daiqing Yin, Luoying Deme, Tianzhen Wu, Yongjie Chen, Zhikang Xu, Yu Zheng, Wenhua Ren, Guang Yang
{"title":"Multi-level genomic convergence of secondary aquatic adaptation in marine mammals.","authors":"Shixia Xu, Lei Shan, Ran Tian, Zhenpeng Yu, Di Sun, Zhenhua Zhang, Inge Seim, Ming Zhou, Linxia Sun, Na Liang, Qian Zhang, Simin Chai, Daiqing Yin, Luoying Deme, Tianzhen Wu, Yongjie Chen, Zhikang Xu, Yu Zheng, Wenhua Ren, Guang Yang","doi":"10.1016/j.xinn.2025.100798","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.xinn.2025.100798","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Marine mammals provide a valuable model for studying the molecular basis of convergent evolution during secondary aquatic adaptation. Using multi-omics data and functional experiments, including CRISPR-Cas9 mouse models and luciferase reporter assays, this study explored the molecular mechanisms driving this transition across coding regions, regulatory elements, and genomic architecture. Convergent amino acid substitutions in <i>APPL1</i> <sup>P378L</sup> and <i>NEIL1</i> <sup>E71G</sup> were found to promote lipid accumulation and suppress cancer cell proliferation, likely contributing to the evolution of extensive blubber layers and cancer resistance. Convergently evolved conserved non-exonic elements (CNEs) and lineage-specific regulatory variations were shown to influence the activity of nearby genes (e.g., <i>NKX3-2</i>, <i>SOX9</i>, <i>HAND2</i>), shaping cetacean limb phenotypes. Additionally, convergent shifts in topologically associating domains (TADs) across cetaceans and pinnipeds were implicated in the regulation of <i>ASXL3</i> and <i>FAM43B</i> expression, playing a role in the formation of thickened blubber layers and mitigating cancer susceptibility. Structural variations within conserved TADs were associated with the expression of neuronal genes, including <i>NUP153</i> and <i>ID4</i>, potentially driving cognitive and social adaptations. These findings provide novel insights into the molecular foundations of the convergent evolution of secondary aquatic adaptations in mammals.</p>","PeriodicalId":36121,"journal":{"name":"The Innovation","volume":"6 3","pages":"100798"},"PeriodicalIF":33.2,"publicationDate":"2025-01-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11910941/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143651155","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Toward the robustness of autonomous vehicles in the AI era.","authors":"Siheng Chen, Yiyi Liao, Fei Wang, Gang Wang, Liang Wang, Yafei Wang, Xichan Zhu","doi":"10.1016/j.xinn.2024.100780","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.xinn.2024.100780","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":36121,"journal":{"name":"The Innovation","volume":"6 3","pages":"100780"},"PeriodicalIF":33.2,"publicationDate":"2024-12-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11910878/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143651185","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The InnovationPub Date : 2024-12-26eCollection Date: 2025-02-03DOI: 10.1016/j.xinn.2024.100779
The Innovation Editorial Team
{"title":"Advancing human dignity: The latest updates to the Declaration of Helsinki.","authors":"The Innovation Editorial Team","doi":"10.1016/j.xinn.2024.100779","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.xinn.2024.100779","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":36121,"journal":{"name":"The Innovation","volume":"6 2","pages":"100779"},"PeriodicalIF":33.2,"publicationDate":"2024-12-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11846027/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143484406","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The InnovationPub Date : 2024-12-26eCollection Date: 2025-03-03DOI: 10.1016/j.xinn.2024.100776
Yao Wang, Ke Yin, Mingliang Fang, Xunchang Fei
{"title":"Underappreciated majority of solid waste: Insufficient data and unclear impacts.","authors":"Yao Wang, Ke Yin, Mingliang Fang, Xunchang Fei","doi":"10.1016/j.xinn.2024.100776","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.xinn.2024.100776","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":36121,"journal":{"name":"The Innovation","volume":"6 3","pages":"100776"},"PeriodicalIF":33.2,"publicationDate":"2024-12-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11910877/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143651196","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The InnovationPub Date : 2024-12-17eCollection Date: 2025-03-03DOI: 10.1016/j.xinn.2024.100770
Liufeng Tao, Yongjun Xu, Kang He, Xiaochuan Ma, Lizhe Wang
{"title":"Pan-spatial Earth information system: A new methodology for cognizing the earth system.","authors":"Liufeng Tao, Yongjun Xu, Kang He, Xiaochuan Ma, Lizhe Wang","doi":"10.1016/j.xinn.2024.100770","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.xinn.2024.100770","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":36121,"journal":{"name":"The Innovation","volume":"6 3","pages":"100770"},"PeriodicalIF":33.2,"publicationDate":"2024-12-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11910880/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143651162","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The InnovationPub Date : 2024-12-12eCollection Date: 2025-01-06DOI: 10.1016/j.xinn.2024.100735
Christina Y C Chou, Hovy H W Wong, Connie Guo, Kiminou E Boukoulou, Cleo Huang, Javid Jannat, Tal Klimenko, Vivian Y Li, Tasha A Liang, Vivian C Wu, P Jesper Sjöström
{"title":"Principles of visual cortex excitatory microcircuit organization.","authors":"Christina Y C Chou, Hovy H W Wong, Connie Guo, Kiminou E Boukoulou, Cleo Huang, Javid Jannat, Tal Klimenko, Vivian Y Li, Tasha A Liang, Vivian C Wu, P Jesper Sjöström","doi":"10.1016/j.xinn.2024.100735","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.xinn.2024.100735","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Synapse-specific connectivity and dynamics determine microcircuit function but are challenging to explore with classic paired recordings due to their low throughput. We therefore implemented optomapping, a ∼100-fold faster two-photon optogenetic method. In mouse primary visual cortex (V1), we optomapped 30,454 candidate inputs to reveal 1,790 excitatory inputs to pyramidal, basket, and Martinotti cells. Across these cell types, log-normal distribution of synaptic efficacies emerged as a principle. For pyramidal cells, optomapping reproduced the canonical circuit but unexpectedly uncovered that the excitation of basket cells concentrated to layer 5 and that of Martinotti cells dominated in layer 2/3. The excitation of basket cells was stronger and reached farther than the excitation of pyramidal cells, which may promote stability. Short-term plasticity surprisingly depended on cortical layer in addition to target cell. Finally, optomapping revealed an overrepresentation of shared inputs for interconnected layer-6 pyramidal cells. Thus, by resolving the throughput problem, optomapping uncovered hitherto unappreciated principles of V1 structure.</p>","PeriodicalId":36121,"journal":{"name":"The Innovation","volume":"6 1","pages":"100735"},"PeriodicalIF":33.2,"publicationDate":"2024-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11763898/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143053816","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The InnovationPub Date : 2024-12-12eCollection Date: 2025-02-03DOI: 10.1016/j.xinn.2024.100763
Zezhi Shao, Tangwen Qian, Tao Sun, Fei Wang, Yongjun Xu
{"title":"Spatial-temporal large models: A super hub linking multiple scientific areas with artificial intelligence.","authors":"Zezhi Shao, Tangwen Qian, Tao Sun, Fei Wang, Yongjun Xu","doi":"10.1016/j.xinn.2024.100763","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.xinn.2024.100763","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":36121,"journal":{"name":"The Innovation","volume":"6 2","pages":"100763"},"PeriodicalIF":33.2,"publicationDate":"2024-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11846032/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143484492","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Photopyroelectric tweezers for versatile manipulation.","authors":"Fang Wang, Cong Liu, Zhengjin Dai, Weizhong Xu, Xinyue Ma, Yufeng Gao, Xuewu Ge, Wei Zheng, Xuemin Du","doi":"10.1016/j.xinn.2024.100742","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.xinn.2024.100742","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Optical tweezers and related techniques offer extraordinary opportunities for research and applications in physical, biological, and medical fields. However, certain critical requirements, such as high-intensity laser beams, sophisticated electrode designs, additional electric sources, or low-conductive media, significantly impede their flexibility and adaptability, thus hindering their practical applications. Here, we report innovative photopyroelectric tweezers (PPT) that combine the advantages of light and electric field by utilizing a rationally designed photopyroelectric substrate with efficient and durable photo-induced surface charge-generation capability, enabling diverse manipulation in various working scenarios. These PPTs allow for remote and programmable manipulation of objects with diverse materials (polymer, inorganic, and metal), different phases (bubble, liquid, and solid), and various geometries (sphere, cuboid, and wire). Furthermore, the PPT is not only adaptable to high-conductivity media but also applicable to both portable macroscopic manipulation platforms and microscopic manipulation systems, enabling cross-scale manipulations for solid objects, liquid droplets, and biological samples. The high-level flexibility and adaptability of the PPT extend to broad applications in manipulating hydrogel robots, sorting particles, assembling cells, and stimulating cells. By surpassing the limitations of conventional tweezers, the PPT bridges the gap between macroscopic and microscopic manipulations, offering a revolutionary tool in robotics, colloidal science, biomedical fields, and beyond.</p>","PeriodicalId":36121,"journal":{"name":"The Innovation","volume":"6 1","pages":"100742"},"PeriodicalIF":33.2,"publicationDate":"2024-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11763915/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143053810","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}