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GTC cover art July 2025

July 2025
On the surface of Drosophila olfactory sensilla, many small holes (nanopores) are present in the cuticle, allowing odorant molecules to pass through. In mutants of the gore-tex/Osi23 gene, the number of nanopores is greatly reduced, and olfactory ability is also significantly weakened (Ando et al. (2019) Current Biology 29: 1512-1520, DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2019.03.043). This drawing shows the famous Sengoku warlord Takeda Shingen wearing a helmet with horns resembling olfactory sensilla to enhance his "sense of smell" in battle. However, he is panicking after noticing that the left horn has very few nanopore-like holes, possibly due to a malfunction of the Gore-tex/Osi23 protein. We thank Dr. Shigeo Hayashi and Dr. Toshiya Ando, the authors of the original paper, for their advice in creating this illustration.

GTC cover art May 2025

May 2025
How about a beautifully crafted Japanese umbrella featuring a circular phylogenetic tree, expertly handmade by skilled artisans, for your outings on rainy days? The phylogenetic tree was inspired by Figure 3 (phylogeny of Daidara, a gigantic transposon from Allacma fusca, and other Gypsy LTR retrotransposons) in Kojima (2023) Genes Cells 28: 746-752, DOI: 10.1111/gtc.13062.