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"The MEC isn't acting like a really simple stopwatch that's necessary to track time in any simple circumstance," Bigus said.

Intriguingly, prior research on the MEC found that it's also involved in learning spatial information and building "mental maps."

The MEC is one of the first areas of the brain that Alzheimer's affects, hinting that complex timing tasks could potentially be a way to catch the disease early.

Hambelton became an instructor for the MEC in its second year and went on to be its director for a decade.

With the help of a neuron-specific screen, Sanfeliu and colleagues identified that another protein, UNC-89 from the Titin superfamily, was responsible for promoting MEC-2 condensates rigidity maturation in vivo.