Cover Image Cyrtopodium paludicolum. This photo was taken by Dr. João C. F. Cardoso, on the Panga Ecological Station, Uberlândia City, Minas-Gerais state, Brazil.
Cover Image The pistillate-phase flowers of Artabotrys (Annonaceae): A. blumei (left) and A. brachypetalus (right). Photos by Junhao Chen, taken in Hong Kong and South Africa, respectively (DOI: 10.1111/1442-1984.12273 ).
Jackson County, Illinois, U.S.A., Photo by Nathan Soley (right) Champaign County, Illinois, U.S.A., Photo by Nathan Soley (left) Soley and Sipes “Reproductive biology and pollinators of the invasive shrub Autumn olive (Elaeagnus umbellata Thunberg)”. https://doi.org/10.1111/1442-1984.12307
Immunofluorescence image of Plasmodium berghei sporozoites (red) in HeLa cells 1.5 hours post infection. The parasitophorous vacuole membrane (PVM) that surrounds the parasites was stained with antibodies against the PVM‐resident protein UIS4 (grey). DNA was stained with DAPI (blue). Imaging was performed on a Leica SP8 confocal microscope. For further details, readers are referred to the article by Bindschedler et al. on p. e13271 of this issue.
Cover Image Tulipa pumila. This photo was taken by Sandro Pratesi at Doccino at the municipality of Riparbella, province of Pisa, Tuscany, Italy (DOI: 10.1111/1442-1984.12267 ).
A Orobanche boninsimae and its visitors, Japanese white-eyes (Zosterops japonicus). Photo by Akihiro Nishimura at Chichijima Island, the Bonin Islands, Japan. Nishimura & Takayama (2023) “First record of potential bird pollination in the holoparasitic genus Orobanche L.” Plant Species Biology, 6–17 https://doi.org/10.1111/1442-1984.12389
Cover Image An infl orescence of Clerodendrum izuinsulare (left) and C. trichotomum (right). Photos by Natsuki Aihara in Niijima Island (left) and by Takashi Miyake in Izu Peninsula (right), Japan. Miyake et al., doi.org/10.1111/1442-1984.12287
Leptocereus santamarinae. In Herradura beach in Las Tunas Province. Photo by Duniel Barrios. Flores et al. https://esj-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/1442-1984.12334 (right) Echinocereus enneacanthus (Cactaceae). Spring of 2020, Mapimi Biosphere Reserve, Southern Chihuahuan Desert, Durango, Mexico. Photo by José Antonio Aranda-Pineda. Aranda-Pineda et al. https://esj-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/1442-1984.12329 (left)
Transcranial photobiomodulation (tPBM) with wavelength at 808 nm was applied to a rat model of acute seizures. The tPBM successfully attenuated convulsive status epilepticus, and the tPBM was shown to reduce the apoptosis of parvalbumin‐positive interneurons (PV‐INs) and preserved the integrity of perisomatic inhibitory network of PV‐INs to principle cells in the hippocampus. Further details can be found in the article by Chung‐Min Tsai, Shwu‐Fen Chang, and Hsi Chang ( e202000095 ).
Cover Image The pollinators of Camellia pubipetala: sunbird Aethopyga christinae (left) and honeybee Apis cerana (right). Both pictures were taken by Sheng-feng Chai, at Longhushan, Jiangxi Province, China.
A type of compact and cost‐effective light‐sheet imaging device, termed sub‐voxel‐resolving light‐sheet add‐on module (SLAM), is developed to cooperate with conventional 2D epifluorescence microscope, allowing high‐contrast, resolution‐improved 3D imaging of various biological samples at high throughput. Further details can be found in the article by Fang Zhao, Yicong Yang, Yi Li, et al. ( e201960243 ).
Top-left: Viburnum opulus in Iwaya, Aomori, Japan. Top-center: Viburnum plicatum in Kibune, Kyoto, Japan. Top-right: Viburnum dilatatum in Iwakura, Kyoto, Japan. Bottom-left: Viburnum sieboldii in Mt. Nabejiri, Shiga, Japan. Bottom-center: Viburnum erosum in Kurama, Kyoto, Japan. Bottom-right: Viburnum phlebotrichum in Aburazaka, Fukui, Japan. Photos by Akira Armando Wong Sato Wong Sato & Kato (2021) Decorative sterile flowers in nine Japanese species of Viburnum (Adoxaceae) and their infl uence on pollinator visits. https://doi.org/10.1111/1442-1984.12347
Left: Isodon shikokianus and Bombus diversus Right: Isodon shikokianus and Bombus honshuensis Both Photos by Ikumi Dohzono at Mt. Hyonosen, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan. Ogishima, M., Hoshino, Y., Horie, S., Yamashiro, T., Maki, M., Suzuki, K., & Dohzono, I. (2022). Secondary contact and adaptation to local pollinator assemblages mediate geographical variation in corolla length in Isodon shikokianus. Plant Species Biology, 222–230. https://doi.org/10.1111/1442-1984.12370
The detection of colon cancer by using Poincaré sphere and 2D polarimetric imaging approach. Further details can be found in the article by Deyan Ivanov, Viktor Dremin, Alexander Bykov, Ekaterina Borisova, et al. ( e202000082 ).
Left: Justicia betonica inflorescence showing completely opened bilabiate flowers. Photo by Prakash Karmakar Top-right: Potter wasp (Anterhynchium abdominale) collecting nectar. By Mrinmoy Midday Bottom-center: Black and White Cuckoo bee (Thyreus) searching for nectar. By P. Karmakar Bottom-right: Sweet bee (Halictus acrocephalus) gathering pollen. By M. Midday The photographs are taken adjacent to the Vidyasagar University Campus, West Bengal, India. Karmakar P et al. (2022) Floral biology, breeding system and pollination ecology of Justicia betonica L. (Acanthaceae): an assessment of its low reproductive success in West Bengal, India. Plant Species Biology, 278–293. https://doi.org/10.1111/1442-1984.12380
An optical fan was demonstrated to screen leukemia cells from the blood sample at the single‐cell level in a noninvasive and noncontact manner. Further details can be found in the article by Xiaoshuai Liu, Yuchao Li, Xiaohao Xu, Yao Zhang, Baojun Li ( e201900155 ).
The cover image is based on the Original Article Regulatory role of human fibrocartilage stem cells in condyle osteochondroma by Qing Yin et al., https://doi.org/10.1111/cpr.13342 .
