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Katharina Schmidt
Life Sciences
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Open AccessDancing the Nanopore limbo – Nanopore metagenomics from small DNA quantities for bacterial genome reconstruction
While genome-resolved metagenomics has revolutionized our understanding of microbial and genetic diversity in environmental samples, assemblies of short-reads often result in incomplete and/or highly fragmente...
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Open AccessAcquisition learning is stronger for aversive than appetitive events
Appetitive and aversive learning are both key building blocks of adaptive behavior, yet knowledge regarding their differences is sparse. Using a capsaicin heat pain model in 36 healthy participants, this study...
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Copper and the brain noradrenergic system
Copper (Cu) plays an essential role in the development and function of the brain. In humans, genetic disorders of Cu metabolism may cause either severe Cu deficiency (Menkes disease) or excessive Cu accumulati...
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Open AccessShort-lived mammals (shrew, mouse) have a less robust metal-responsive transcription factor than humans and bats
Non-essential “heavy” metals such as cadmium tend to accumulate in an organism and thus are a particular threat for long-lived animals. Here we show that two unrelated, short-lived groups of mammals (rodents a...
