Computational and Systems Biology

Computational and Systems Biology

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    1. Computational and Systems Biology
    2. Physics of Living Systems

    An engineered multi-step differentiation program in Escherichia coli for self-organized spatial patterning

    Emanuele Boni, Hélène Siboulet ... Yolanda Schaerli
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Valuable
    • Convincing
    • Incomplete
    1. Computational and Systems Biology

    TopoMetry systematically learns and evaluates the latent geometry of single-cell data

    David S Oliveira, Ana I Domingos, Licio A Velloso
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v2
    Updated
    • Important
    • Convincing
    1. Computational and Systems Biology
    2. Developmental Biology

    A quantitative pipeline for whole-mount deep imaging and analysis of multi-layered organoids across scales

    Alice Gros, Jules Vanaret ... Sham Tlili
    The Tapenade pipeline enables single-cell, whole-mount 3D quantification in dense multilayer organoids, linking spatial gene co-expression and nuclear deformation to emerging tissue-scale organization.
    1. Computational and Systems Biology
    2. Evolutionary Biology

    Quantifying microbial fitness in high-throughput experiments

    Justus Wilhelm Fink, Michael Manhart
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    Reviewed Preprint v2
    Updated
    • Important
    • Convincing
    1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
    2. Computational and Systems Biology

    Identification and classification of ion channels across the tree of life provide functional insights into understudied CALHM channels

    Rahil Taujale, Sung Jin Park ... Natarajan Kannan
    An evolution-guided framework is proposed to accelerate the discovery and therapeutic targeting of understudied dark channels by integrating sequence, structure, and functional data from diverse organisms.
    1. Developmental Biology
    2. Computational and Systems Biology

    Dorsal/NF-κB exhibits a dorsal-to-ventral mobility gradient in the Drosophila embryo

    Hadel Al Asafen, Natalie M Clark ... Gregory T Reeves
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v2
    Updated
    • Valuable
    • Solid
    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.

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