Journal Club Facilitators

#12: Connor Hodgkins `28 & Ciara Proulx `28

19 March 2026

Demontis et al. (2026). Rare genetic variants confer a high risk of ADHD and implicate neuronal biology. Nature. 649:909-917. DOI:10.1038/s41586-025-09702-8

#11: Kadence McDivitt `28 & Giuliana Silva `28

5 March 2026

Rusakov et al. (2025). Little red dots as young supermassive black holes in dense ionized cocoons. Nature. 649:574-579. DOI:10.1038/s41586-025-09900-4

#10: Maggie Mulla `28 & Samantha Myers `28

19 February 2026

Rippa et al. (2025). 3D imaging of human pancreas suggests islet size and endocrine composition influence their loss in type 1 diabetes. Nat Comm. 16:11379. DOI:10.1038/s41467-025-66198-6

#09: Marcello Ciriello `28 & Christopher Forgues `28

5 February 2026

Brott et al. (2025). C4d, a high-affinity LilrB2 ligand, is elevated in Alzheimer’s disease and mediates synapse pruning. PNAS. 122(38): e2519253122. DOI:10.1073/pnas.2519253122

#08: Dyllon Gray `28 & Iris Hysenllari `28

8 January 2026

Falkenstein et al. (2024). Impact of the gut microbiome composition on social decision-making. PNAS nexus. 3: pgae166. DOI:10.1093/pnasnexus/pgae166

#07: Rylee Gray `28 & Madeleine Uluski `28

13 November 2025

Gustavsson et al. (2024). The annotation of GBA1 has been concealed by its protein-coding pseudogene GBAP1. Sci. Adv. 10: eadk1296. DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adk1296

#06: Chris Ciarleglio `00

30 October 2025

Kane et al. (2025). Super-adjuvant nanoparticles for platform cancer vaccination. Cell Rep. Med. 6 (10):102415. DOI: 10.1016/j.xcrm.2025.102415

#05: Dan Creem `12

18 September 2025

Norris et al. (2018). Brief Mindfulness Meditation Improves Attention in Novices: Evidence from ERPs and Moderation by Neuroticism. Front. Hum. Neurosci.12:315. DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2018.00315

#04: Joe Roman `25 (Morris Catholic High School | AMI Exile)

25 April 2025

Cavalcanti de Albuquerque et al. (2025). Brain sensing of metabolic state regulates circulating monocytes. Sci. Immunol10:eadr3226. DOI: 10.1126/sciimmunol.adr3226

#03: Tyler Hawryluk `25 (Morris Catholic High School | AMI Exile)

2 April 2025

Anjum et al. (2024). Stimulation of hair regrowth in an animal model of androgenic alopecia using 2-deoxy-D-ribose. Front. Pharmacol15:1370833. DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2024.1370833

#02: Lila Ashton `25 (Morris Catholic High School | AMI Exile)

12 March 2025

Montani et al. (2024). Sex-biasing influence of autism-associated Ube3a gene overdosage at connectomic, behavioral, and transcriptomic levels. Science Adv10:eadg1421. DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adg1421

#01: Colin Shepard `25 (Morris Catholic High School | AMI Exile)

6 March 2025

Partlow et al. (2025). Influenza A virus rapidly adapts particle shape to environmental pressures. Nature Microbiology10:784-794. DOI: 10.1038/s41564-025-01925-9

#00: Chris Ciarleglio `00

20 February 2025

Tackenberg et al. (2021). Optogenetic stimulation of VIPergic SCN neurons induces photoperiodic-like changes in the mammalian circadian clock. Eur. J. Neurosci54:7063–7071. DOI: 10.1111/ejn.15442