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    1. Chromosomes and Gene Expression
    2. Computational and Systems Biology

    How subtle changes in 3D structure can create large changes in transcription

    Jordan Yupeng Xiao, Antonina Hafner, Alistair N Boettiger
    Promoter futile cycles can explain how subtle differences in genome folding sometimes generate large difference in gene expression.
    1. Cell Biology
    2. Computational and Systems Biology

    Highly localized intracellular Ca2+ signals promote optimal salivary gland fluid secretion

    Takahiro Takano, Amanda M Wahl ... David I Yule
    Measurement of physiological intracellular Ca2+ signals following neural stimulation in vivo reveals distinct spatiotemporal characteristics that promote optimal salivary gland fluid secretion.
    1. Computational and Systems Biology
    2. Genetics and Genomics

    Expanding the MECP2 network using comparative genomics reveals potential therapeutic targets for Rett syndrome

    Irene Unterman, Idit Bloch ... Yuval Tabach
    A novel comparative genomics framework identifies MECP2 network proteins targeted by existing drugs, with three drugs validated in an in vitro Rett syndrome model.
    1. Cell Biology
    2. Computational and Systems Biology

    Quantitative live-cell imaging and computational modeling shed new light on endogenous WNT/CTNNB1 signaling dynamics

    Saskia MA de Man, Gooitzen Zwanenburg ... Renée van Amerongen
    Genome editing, advanced live-cell microscopy, and computational modeling were combined to measure WNT/CTNNB1 signaling parameters at the single molecule level, revealing critical regulatory nodes in this important signal transduction pathway.
    1. Computational and Systems Biology
    2. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    Development of antibacterial compounds that constrain evolutionary pathways to resistance

    Yanmin Zhang, Sourav Chowdhury ... Eugene Shakhnovich
    Integrated multi-scale, multi-tool approach to design novel 'evolution drugs' which can delay the emergence of antibiotic resistance by constraining bacterial evolutionary escape strategies.
    1. Computational and Systems Biology
    2. Medicine

    NICEdrug.ch, a workflow for rational drug design and systems-level analysis of drug metabolism

    Homa MohammadiPeyhani, Anush Chiappino-Pepe ... Vassily Hatzimanikatis
    NICEdrug.ch is a resource allowing systematic and large-scale computational analysis of drug biochemistry, enzymatic targets, and toxicity in the context of cellular metabolism.
    1. Computational and Systems Biology
    2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    A covariation analysis reveals elements of selectivity in quorum sensing systems

    Samantha Wellington Miranda, Qian Cong ... E Peter Greenberg
    The extension of covariation analyses to proteins that coevolve but do not physically interact enabled identification of selectivity residues in quorum sensing proteins, providing insight into the evolution of signaling systems.
    1. Computational and Systems Biology
    2. Epidemiology and Global Health

    Social fluidity mobilizes contagion in human and animal populations

    Ewan Colman, Vittoria Colizza ... Shweta Bansal
    A new way of measuring sociality in human and animal contact networks reveals the link between social behavior, population density, and disease transmission.
    1. Computational and Systems Biology
    2. Evolutionary Biology

    Fast and flexible estimation of effective migration surfaces

    Joseph Marcus, Wooseok Ha ... John Novembre
    Fast and flexible estimation of effective migration surfaces (FEEMS) is a new statistical method that can quickly infer and visualize patterns of migration from genetic data with spatial coordinates.
    1. Computational and Systems Biology
    2. Neuroscience

    Interrogating theoretical models of neural computation with emergent property inference

    Sean R Bittner, Agostina Palmigiano ... John Cunningham
    Emergent property inference, a novel machine learning methodology, learns distributions of neural circuit model parameters that produce computational properties and provides novel scientific insight through the quantification of the rich parametric structure it captures.