Episode 3 of the monthly podcast CellOut, where your favorite pair of biology nerds, Derek DeVries and Ford Fishman, summarize and discuss a sample of articles from the March 2022 issue of PLoS biology.

Issue Link: https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/issue?id=10.1371/issue.pbio.v20.i03 Keywords: biology, life science, open access, scientific journals, science, PLoS, experimental evolution, neuroscience,

SHOW NOTES

Podcast Art - Credit Caroline DeVries

Episode Cover Art - March 2022 PLoS Biology Cover. Image Credit - Betül Yücel

Cutting Edge (1:07)

Pariente N, on behalf of the PLOS Biology Staff Editors (2022) Premiering pre-registration at PLOS Biology. PLoS Biol 20(3): e3001611. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001611

Jargon Jungle (10:07)

Special thanks to Dillon Martin, you were great!

Journal Club (18:34)

Dudin O, Wielgoss S, New AM, Ruiz-Trillo I (2022) Regulation of sedimentation rate shapes the evolution of multicellularity in a close unicellular relative of animals. PLoS Biol 20(3): e3001551. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001551

Experimental Evolution Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plVk4NVIUh8&ab_channel=HarvardMedicalSchool

Cell Culture (36:42)

The Expanse - James S. A. Corey, TV adaptation on Amazon Prime

Jang KK, Kaczmarek ME, Dallari S, Chen Y-H, Tada T, Axelrad J, et al. (2022) Variable susceptibility of intestinal organoid–derived monolayers to SARS-CoV-2 infection. PLoS Biol 20(3): e3001592. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001592

Bite-Size Discoveries (42:08)

Sun DS, Kissler SM, Kanjilal S, Olesen SW, Lipsitch M, Grad YH (2022) Analysis of multiple bacterial species and antibiotic classes reveals large variation in the association between seasonal antibiotic use and resistance. PLoS Biol 20(3): e3001579. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001579

Vincent MS, Comas Hervada C, Sebban-Kreuzer C, Le Guenno H, Chabalier M, Kosta A, et al. (2022) Dynamic proton-dependent motors power type IX secretion and gliding motility in Flavobacterium. PLoS Biol 20(3): e3001443. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001443

Jiang M, Shin J, Simeon R, Chang J-Y, Meng R, Wang Y, et al. (2022) Structural dynamics of receptor recognition and pH-induced dissociation of full-length Clostridioides difficile Toxin B. PLoS Biol 20(3): e3001589. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001589

Rosen BQ, Halgren E (2022) An estimation of the absolute number of axons indicates that human cortical areas are sparsely connected. PLoS Biol 20(3): e3001575. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001575