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Xi, X., Zhang, Y., Zhao, D., Chen, F. & Howard, K. A. (2026). A modular “Catch-and-Play” platform for rapid T-cell engager target assembly for personalised cancer treatment. Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy, 11(1), Article 18. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41392-025-02557-5

Liu, J., Yan, S., Li, M., Shen, D., Tichá, M., Bærentsen, R., Andersen, K. R., Verbeek, F., Kulikova, O., Geurts, R., Bisseling, T. & Huisman, R. (2026). Ancestral functionality and symbiotic refinement of NIN in root nodule symbiosis. Nature Communications, 17(1), Article 4907. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-71330-1

Lee, H., Ko, K., Kim, S., Lee, G., Kim, S., Lee, J., Song, D. Y., Bong, G., Han, J. H., Lee, J., Kim, Y. R., Lee, Y., Kim, E., Børglum, A. D., Grove, J., Kim, S. H., Sun, W., Yoo, H. J. & An, J. Y. (2026). Co-occurrence of rare variants implicates gene pairs in cytoskeletal pathways and is associated with increased severity in autism spectrum disorder. Genome Biology, 27(1), Article 147. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13059-026-04041-x

Bornhofen, E., Mouritzen, T. W., Alves, S., Robertson-Shersby-Harvie, T. R., Skovbjerg, C. K., Windhorst, A., Zhang, H., Jayakody, T. B., Zhang, J., Nadzieja, M., Shim, H., Magnin-Robert, J.-B., Aubert, G., Floriot, M., Guiziou, C., Sass, O., Welna, G., Solís, I., Nielsen, L. K. ... Andersen, S. U. (2026). Dissecting the genetic basis of yield stability in faba bean by multi-environment analysis. Genome Biology, 27(1), Article 231. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13059-026-04181-0

Astono, J., Jørgensen, A. G., Bus, C., Nielsen, S. D. H., Kjems, J. & Sundekilde, U. K. (2026). Global protein profiling of human milk using pre-enriched RNA-sequence libraries. Scientific Reports, 16(1), Article 11827. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-026-41374-w

Gordon, M., Akyol, T. Y., Amos, B., Andersen, S. U. & Williams, C. (2026). KeySDL: sparse dictionary learning for keystone microbe identification from steady-state observations using a dynamical-systems model. BioData Mining, 19(1), 18. Article 18. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13040-026-00527-3

Laursen, M. J., Roth, M., Nissen, P., Stock, C. & Dieudonné, T. (2026). Mechanistic Insights into Autoinhibition of the Human Flippase ATP8B1. Journal of Membrane Biology, 259(1), Article 26. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00232-026-00391-6

Aagaard, J. B., Gandini, R., Ballegaard, A.-S. R., Krogstrup Jensen, B., Dorn, B., Verner, A., Lenstrup, A., Sønderholm, M., Miehe, M., Pfützner, W., Jakob, T., Andersen, G. R., Möbs, C. & Spillner, E. (2026). Nanobody-based IgG simultaneously inhibit the allergenic and enzymatic activity of the dominant honeybee venom allergen. Nature Communications, 17(1), Article 1814. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-69572-0

Cho, H., Nielsen, M. L. & Olsen, J. V. (2026). Quantitative proteomics and phosphoproteomics reveal glucocorticoid stimulation of TLR and Rho GTPase signaling in neutrophil-like cells. Genome Biology, 27(1), Article 77. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13059-026-03985-4

Bicer, D., Matsuoka, R., Moumbock, A. F. A., Sukumar, P., Suades, A., Cheruvara, H., Quigley, A., Drew, D., Pardon, E., Steyaert, J., Henderson, P. J. F., Caffrey, M., Griese, J. J. & Nji, E. (2026). Structural basis of specific lysine transport by Pseudomonas aeruginosa permease LysP. Nature Communications, 17(1), Article 37. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-66618-7

Ejaz, R. N., Funke, K., Kielkopf, C. S., Martin, F. J. O., Šiborová, M., Hendriks, I. A., Sofos, N. H., Pape, T., Steiner-Rebrova, E. M., Nielsen, M. L., Erhardt, M. & Taylor, N. M. I. (2026). Structure of a contractile injection system in Salmonella enterica subsp. salamae. Nature Communications, 17(1), Article 5272. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-71989-6

Pečnerová, P., Ishida, Y., Garcia-Erill, G., Bertola, L. D., Santander, C. G., Liu, X., Brüniche-Olsen, A., Khan, A., Hennelly, L. M., Balboa, R. F., Lin, L., Rasmussen, M. S., Wang, X., Schubert, M., Al-Chaer, A., Urbaniak, S., Nobuta, K., Treadup, S., Viaud-Martinez, K. A. ... Roca, A. L. (2026). The genomic impact of population connectivity and decline in Africa’s elephants. Nature Communications, 17(1), Article 3223. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-71262-w

Cerda-Jara, C. A., Scoyni, F., Zolotarov, G., Bhaskar, P., León-Periñán, D., Kjems, J. & Rajewsky, N. (2026). The history and function of a circular RNA. Nature Communications, 17(1), Article 3862. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-71822-0

Pedersen, B. M., Bergman, J., Pankratov, V. & Schierup, M. H. (2026). Ubiquitous impact of natural selection on nucleotide diversity in 178 species of primates. Genome Biology, 27(1), Article 203. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13059-026-04093-z

Hui, T. Y. J., Epopa, P. S., Millogo, A. A., Yao, F. A., Koulmaga, D., Noulin, F., Diabate, A. & Burt, A. (2026). Variance partitioning reveals contrasting random effect contributions to the density and species composition of malaria-transmitting mosquitoes in western Burkina Faso. Parasites and Vectors, 19(1), Article 235. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-026-07406-0

Coutant, M. P., Foldager, L., Pedersen, L. J., Larsen, M. L. V. & Kaiser, M. (2026). Prepartum postural patterns and farrowing outcomes in sows with and without postpartum dysgalactia syndrome in crated and loose housing systems. Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 304, 1-7. Article 107123. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applanim.2026.107123

Rosenbæk, C. H., Jiang, P., Dahl-Nielsen, S., Simonsen, M. B., Bojsen, A., Sprenger, R. R., Blans, K., Ejsing, C. S., Rasmussen, J. T. & Zachariassen, G. (2026). Bioactive components in preterm and term human milk compared to donor human milk: A pilot study. Clinical Nutrition ESPEN, 75, Article 103603. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clnesp.2026.103603

Krylov, S. N., Krylova, S. M., Le, A. T. H., Johnson, P. E., Hili, R., Wilson, D. J., Kim, S. B., Stovall, G. M., Xu, G., Dzantiev, B. B., DeRosa, M., Bueno, P. R., Dauphin-Ducharme, P., Tanner, J. A., Whitehouse, W. L., Zhao, Q., Zhu, J. J., Crous, A. & Ferapontova, E. (2026). Widespread omission of aptamer-target binding verification in aptasensor development: Consequences for sensor performance and the need for a K_d gate. Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 308, Article 118807. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bios.2026.118807

Troilo, F., Catalano, F., Comparini, E., Pistoia, G., Giardina, G., Di Matteo, A., Toto, A. & Travaglini-Allocatelli, C. (2026). The elusive folding mechanism of KH1 domain of Fragile X messenger ribonucleoprotein 1. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics, 783, Article 110909. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.abb.2026.110909

Hoetzel, J., Walbrun, A., Schäfer, M., Wang, T., Jørgensen, A. G., Becker, O., Stamatakis, K., Gunawan, V., Reichardt, L., Boettger, L., Bruckhoff, R. W., Kjems, J., Wachtveitl, J., Rief, M. & Suess, B. (2026). Mechanism underlying the high regulatory performance of the doxycycline riboswitch G12. Nature Communications, 17(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-76256-2

Utley, D., Budnick, A., Radutoiu, S. & Sederoff, H. (2026). Circular RNAs in Lotus japonicus Responses to Nutrient Supply and Mesorhizobium Symbiosis. Plant, Cell and Environment, 49(8), 4823-4839. https://doi.org/10.1111/pce.70496

Khachadourian, V., Anderson, M., Arildskov, E. S., Grove, J., Reichenberg, A., Sandin, S., Schendel, D., Hansen, S. N., Croen, L. A. & Janecka, M. (2026). Cross-Setting Replication of the Associations Between Maternal Health and Autism. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 65(8), 1045-1053. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaac.2025.11.009

Şen, A., Karaman, E., Heegaard, C. W., Poulsen, N. A. & Buitenhuis, A. J. (2026). Predicting riboflavin (vitamin B₂) and cobalamin (vitamin B₁₂) concentrations in Danish cow milk using Fourier transform mid infrared spectra. International Dairy Journal, 179, Article 106656. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.idairyj.2026.106656

Bache, C. M., López Mujica, M. E. J., Shipovskov, S., Ewing, A. & Ferapontova, E. E. (2026). RNA aptamer-modified gold-plated carbon fiber microelectrodes for selective dopamine sensing. Bioelectrochemistry, 170, Article 109225. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bioelechem.2026.109225

Garg, A., Gielnik, M. B. & Kjaergaard, M. (2026). Sequence determinants of the hypomobility of intrinsically disordered proteins in SDS-PAGE. Protein Science, 35(8), Article e70725. https://doi.org/10.1002/pro.70725

Clowes, K. A., Andersen, C. G., Chrenková, A. & Pedersen, B. P. (2026). Sugar rush: Structural breakdown of plant sugar transport. Current Opinion in Structural Biology, 99, Article 103295. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sbi.2026.103295

Tanvir, N. M. & Cell Map Project Team (2026). 3D nanoscale reconstruction of human airway multiciliogenesis reveals cellular architecture remodeling and cilia-mitochondria link via rootlets. Cell Reports, 45(7), Article 117714. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2026.117714

Quinlivan Dominguez, J. E., Christiansen, M. P. V., Neyman, K. M., Hammer, B. & Bruix, A. (2026). Efficient grand canonical global optimization with on-the-fly-trained machine-learning interatomic potentials. Journal of Chemical Physics, 165(3), Article 034115. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0302876

Wyss, N., Riis, C., Karkov, H. S., Lund, S., Ferkinghoff-Borg, J., Wiberg, C. & Kjaergaard, M. (2026). Disentangling epitope spacing and antibody flexibility from avidity: A quantitative model for competition and bivalency in biosensor assays. Biophysical Journal, 125(13), 3214-3228. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpj.2026.04.025

Nielsen, K. L., Lassen, J. K., Løber, I. M. M. M., Skovbo, F., Frisch, K., Czaja, T. P., Khakimov, B., Engelsen, S. B., Johannsen, M. & Villesen, P. (2026). Donor-Independent Metabolomics Enables Bloodstain Age Determination at Crime Scenes. Journal of Proteome Research, 25(7), 3671-3680. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jproteome.6c00199

Schmieder, S. S., Cordara, G., Kersten, F., Steiner, K., Samim, C. H., Plaza, D. F., Ali-Ahmad, A., Boeggild, A., Karlsen, J. L., Sokolowska, B. O., Boesen, T., Krengel, U. & Künzler, M. (2026). Structure and function of a fungal AB toxin-like chimerolectin involved in anti-nematode defense. EMBO Journal, 45(13), 4766-4786. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44318-026-00812-1

Hao, D., Wang, X., Shang, G., Pektas, A., Purup, S. & Thomsen, B. (2026). Analysis of Colon Transcriptomes in a Porcine Model of Dextran Sodium Sulfate (DSS)-Induced Ulcerative Colitis. Biology, 15(14), Article 1123. https://doi.org/10.3390/biology15141123

Villesen, P., Nielsen, K. L. & Frisch, K. (2026). Automated separation of overlapping fingermarks by non-negative matrix factorization of DESI mass spectrometry imaging data. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, 418(14), 4321-4332. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00216-026-06574-3

Nel, L., Driller, J. H., Driller, R., Frain, K. M. & Pedersen, B. P. (2026). Structural and biochemical comparison of the FLVCR and CTL membrane protein families in eukaryotes. Life Science Alliance, 9(7), Article e202503583. https://doi.org/10.26508/lsa.202503583

Mancienne, T., Marquez-Legorreta, E., Piber, M., Wilde, M., Vanwalleghem, G., Favre-Bulle, I. & Scott, E. K. (2026). Visual Threat Location Impacts Brain-Wide Visual Adaptation Networks. Journal of Comparative Neurology, 534(7), Article e70182. https://doi.org/10.1002/cne.70182

Sørensen, M. T., Krogh, U., Højberg, O., Nørskov, N. P. & Foldager, L. (2026). Influence of diet glyphosate residues on performance and mineral status in group-housed weaning pigs. Livestock Science, 311, 1-7. Article 106001. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.livsci.2026.106001

Bendtsen, M. K., Møllebjerg, A., Peña-Díaz, S., Graham, R., Petersen, N. C., Isaksen, B. N., Carstensen, M., Johansen, M. B., Sommerfeldt, A., Petersen, A. R., Chuma, I. K., Ryberg, C., Wittenborn, T. R., Gichuru, V., Wang, H., Scavenius, C., Sandahl, A. & Otzen, D. E. (2026). Environmental Identification of Novel Enzymes for Polyurethane and Polyamide Degradation. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, e6159643. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.6159643

Gobira, P. H., Bastos, S., Rossi, R., Vægter, C. B., Chen, F., da Silva, N. R., Müller, H. K., Joca, S., Boesen, T., Viola, T. W., Yan, Y., Larsen, M. R., Carregar, V. C. & Grassi-Oliveira, R. (2026). Morphine reprograms brain-derived extracellular vesicle cargo associated with synaptic remodeling in the prefrontal cortex. Neurobiology of Disease, 227, 107501. Article 107501. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nbd.2026.107501

Lyngsø, N. M. & Otzen, D. E. (2026). Optimizing phage elution for biopanning of plastic materials. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 829, 154187. Article 154187. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbrc.2026.154187

Vind, A. C., Martínez, J. F., Wu, Z., Bugai, A., Mordente, K., Abis, G., Chamois, S., Ramalho, S., Pechincha, C., Ryder, L., Chen, Q., Rasmussen, M., Shi, X., He, D., Svejstrup, J. Q., Haahr, P., Gatfield, D., Conte, M. R., Jensen, T. H. ... Bekker-Jensen, S. (2026). Mechanism of RACK1-dependent ZAKα activation at stalled and collided ribosomes. Molecular Cell, 86(12), 2341-2357.e10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molcel.2026.04.034