Computational and Systems Biology

Computational and Systems Biology

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    1. Computational and Systems Biology

    Fully computational design of PAM-relaxed Staphylococcus aureus Cas9 with expanded targeting capability using UniDesign

    Youcai Xiong, Li-Kuang Tsai ... Xiaoqiang Huang
    A fully computationally designed SaCas9 variant expands PAM recognition to NNNRRT, achieving up to 116-fold higher editing at noncanonical sites while matching the performance of experimentally evolved variants.
    1. Computational and Systems Biology

    Dynamic architecture of mycobacterial outer membranes revealed by all-atom simulations

    Turner P Brown, Matthieu Chavent, Wonpil Im
    The first all-atom models of the mycobacterial outer membrane reveal how lipid organization and asymmetry generate a structurally heterogeneous barrier that underlies its unique permeability properties.
    1. Cell Biology
    2. Computational and Systems Biology

    Geometry shapes cytoplasmic Cdk1 waves that drive cortical dynamics

    Daniel Cebrián-Lacasa, Marcin Leda ... Lendert Gelens
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Valuable
    • Solid
    1. Chromosomes and Gene Expression
    2. Computational and Systems Biology

    Real-time transcriptomic profiling in distinct experimental conditions

    Tamer Butto, Stefan Pastore ... Susanne Gerber
    Real-time nanopore transcriptomics enables early detection of expression changes and sample quality, offering a rapid, cost-effective strategy for experimental quality control and transcriptomic analysis.
    1. Computational and Systems Biology
    2. Physics of Living Systems

    A Coma Pattern-Based Autofocusing Method Resolves Bacterial Cold Shock Response at Single-Cell Level

    Sihong Li, Zhixin Ma ... Shuqiang Huang
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v2
    Updated
    • Important
    • Convincing
    1. Chromosomes and Gene Expression
    2. Computational and Systems Biology

    Evidence of off-target probe binding affecting 10x Genomics Xenium gene panels compromise accuracy of spatial transcriptomic profiling

    Caleb Hallinan, Hyun Joo Ji ... Jean Fan
    Computational assessment identifies probe binding errors in a widely used commercial platform for spatial transcriptomics.
    Version of Record
    Short Report
    • Valuable
    • Convincing
    1. Neuroscience
    2. Computational and Systems Biology

    Parallel Wires: A Conserved Principle of Contralateral-Ipsilateral Segregation in the Visual Corpus Callosum

    Jiaowen Wang, Yanming Wang ... Xiaoxiao Wang
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Important
    • Incomplete
    1. Genetics and Genomics
    2. Computational and Systems Biology

    Optics-free reconstruction of shapes, images and volumes with DNA barcode proximity graphs

    Hanna Liao, Sanjay Kottapalli ... Sanjay Srivatsan
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Important
    • Convincing

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