Computational and Systems Biology

Computational and Systems Biology

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    1. Computational and Systems Biology
    2. Evolutionary Biology

    Identification and comparison of orthologous cell types from primate embryoid bodies shows limits of marker gene transferability

    Jessica Jocher, Philipp Janssen ... Ines Hellmann
    Analysis of scRNA-seq data from primate embryoid bodies highlights the value of cross-species comparisons for identifying and characterizing cell types, as marker genes can evolve fast.
    1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
    2. Computational and Systems Biology

    Investigating the native functions of [NiFe]-CODH through genomic context analysis

    Maximilian Böhm, Henrik Land
    Genomic neighborhood signatures delineate catalytic versus putative regulatory CODH clades, establishing a framework for predicting enzyme functionality and guiding discovery of biocatalysts for CO2 reduction.
    1. Chromosomes and Gene Expression
    2. Computational and Systems Biology

    DNA O-MAP uncovers the molecular neighborhoods associated with specific genomic loci

    Yuzhen Liu, Christopher D McGann ... Devin K Schweppe
    DNA O-MAP enables proximity labeling at specific genomic loci in fixed cells using programmable oligonucleotides, revealing locus-proximal proteomes and chromatin interactions without genetic modification.
    1. Neuroscience
    2. Computational and Systems Biology

    Opening the black box: a modular approach to spike sorting

    Samuel Garcia, Chris Halcrow ... Pierre Yger
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Valuable
    • Incomplete
    1. Computational and Systems Biology
    2. Physics of Living Systems

    Out-of-balance Growth Enables Cost-free Synthesis of the Flagellum and Other Proteins in a Single Bacterium

    Mayra Garcia-Alcala, Josiah C Kratz, Philippe Cluzel
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Important
    • Convincing
    1. Computational and Systems Biology

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

    Youcai Xiong, Li-Kuang Tsai ... Xiaoqiang Huang
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Important
    • Convincing
    1. Computational and Systems Biology
    2. Neuroscience

    Visual information is broadcast among cortical areas in discrete channels

    Yiyi Yu, Jeffery N Stirman ... Spencer LaVere Smith
    Activity fluctuations, or noise correlations, are robust measures of neuronal connectivity and they reveal that neural circuity controls mixing of information at a granular level across millimeter-length scales.
    1. Computational and Systems Biology

    Anatomical basis of sex differences in the electrocardiogram identified by three-dimensional torso-heart imaging reconstruction pipeline

    Hannah J Smith, Blanca Rodriguez ... Abhirup Banerjee
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v2
    Updated
    • Important
    • Compelling
    • Incomplete

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