Computational and Systems Biology

Computational and Systems Biology

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    1. Computational and Systems Biology
    2. Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine

    Combinatorial transcription factor interactions drive modular gene regulatory networks

    Jialei Duan, Boxun Li ... Gary C Hon
    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
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v2
    Updated
    • Important
    • Convincing
    1. Computational and Systems Biology
    2. Genetics and Genomics

    Methylation clocks fail to generalize across genetically admixed individuals

    Sebastián Cruz-Gonzalez, Ogechukwu Okpala ... John A Capra
    DNA-methylation-based predictors of biological age often fail to generalize across human populations, limiting their utility as biomarkers of aging and disease.
    1. Neuroscience
    2. Computational and Systems Biology

    Structured stabilization in recurrent neural circuits through inhibitory synaptic plasticity

    Dylan Festa, Claudia Cusseddu, Julijana Gjorgjieva
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Valuable
    • Convincing
    1. Computational and Systems Biology

    Benchmarking biochemical networks generated by large language models

    Jeevan Tewari, Benjamin W Dahl ... Jeffrey J Saucerman
    Current general-purpose large language models generate signaling and metabolic networks with only modest accuracy relative to manually curated network models.
    Version of Record
    Short Report
    • Important
    • Convincing
    1. Computational and Systems Biology
    2. Neuroscience

    Dichotomy between extracellular signatures of active dendritic chemical synapses and gap junctions

    Richa Sirmaur, Rishikesh Narayanan
    Fundamental distinctions in the extracellular signatures of active-dendritic chemical and electrical synapses necessitate a revision of conventional interpretations of local field potentials centered on chemical synapses.
    1. Developmental Biology
    2. Computational and Systems Biology

    Single-cell spatial mapping reveals reproducible cell type organization and spatially-dependent gene expression in gastruloids

    Catherine G Triandafillou, Pranav Sompalle ... Arjun Raj
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v2
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    • Important
    • Exceptional
    1. Computational and Systems Biology

    TSvelo: Comprehensive RNA velocity by modeling the cascade of gene regulation, transcription and splicing

    Jiachen Li, Zhe Wang ... Ye Yuan
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v3
    Updated
    • Valuable
    • Solid
    1. Computational and Systems Biology
    2. Neuroscience

    Active dendrites enable robust spiking computations despite timing jitter

    Thomas SJ Burger, Michael E Rule, Timothy O'Leary
    The brain computes rapidly and reliably using brief electrical impulses and likely exploits internal memory in nerve cells to achieve this more efficiently than existing computing hardware and neural networks.

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