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Robert Mitchell

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Tech freelance writer. Former Editor, Scale Exchange @Scale_AI. Former National Correspondent, Computerworld. Thoughts and opinions are my own.
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Early hexapod genomes reveal the deep origin of insect gustatory and odorant receptors

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By Robert Mitchell, Kevin Moran Verified, Duane D. McKenna
| Nature Verified
Abstract Insect smell and taste is primarily mediated through a chemoreceptor superfamily that includes three lineages of gustatory receptors—sugar, carbon dioxide, and bitter—and a distinct lineage of odorant receptors. Although sugar gustatory receptors can be traced back to ancestral crustaceans, the evolutionary origins of the remaining lineages have been unclear.
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The adaptor protein TASL is required for age-related B cell emergence and lupus-like disease development in mice

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By Julia C. Johnstone, Robert Mitchell, Timothy J. Vyse
| PLOS Biology Verified
Citation: Johnstone JC, Mitchell R, Vyse TJ, Clarke AJ (2026) The adaptor protein TASL is required for age-related B cell emergence and lupus-like disease development in mice. PLoS Biol 24(3): e3003342.
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Colorado’s rural schools serve more than 130,000 students, and their superintendents want more pay for their teachers

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By Robert Mitchell
| Middletown Press Verified
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) (THE CONVERSATION) Leaders of Colorado’s rural schools are more likely to encourage a total stranger to go into teaching than a member of their own family, according to a Colorado-based survey published in October 2025. Article continues below this ad The results come at a time when nearly every state in the United States faces critical teacher shortages.
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