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    Learning protein constitutive motifs from sequence data

    Jérôme Tubiana, Simona Cocco, Rémi Monasson
    A new machine-learning toolbox unveils coevolutionary protein motifs related to structure, function, and phylogeny from sequence information only.
    1. Computational and Systems Biology
    2. Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine

    Single cell RNA-seq identifies the origins of heterogeneity in efficient cell transdifferentiation and reprogramming

    Mirko Francesconi, Bruno Di Stefano ... Thomas Graf
    Variation in efficiency, speed and path during transdifferentiation and reprogramming originates from two pre-B cell subpopulations with reciprocal propensity towards each fate conversion.
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    2. Neuroscience

    Brain Networks: Modeling breathing rhythms

    Jan-Marino Ramirez, Nathan A Baertsch
    Computational models are helping researchers to understand how certain properties of neurons contribute to respiratory rhythms.
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    Biophysical mechanisms in the mammalian respiratory oscillator re-examined with a new data-driven computational model

    Ryan S Phillips, Tibin T John ... Jeffrey C Smith
    Computational modeling motivated by recent experiments clarifies biophysical mechanisms generating the rhythm and amplitude of breathing at the level of neurons and brain circuits in mammals.
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    2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Extensive transmission of microbes along the gastrointestinal tract

    Thomas SB Schmidt, Matthew R Hayward ... Peer Bork
    Microbial populations are continuous along the gastrointestinal tract, with increased transmission in colorectal cancer and rheumatoid arthritis patients.
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    2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Microbiome: Does disease start in the mouth, the gut or both?

    Andrei Prodan, Evgeni Levin, Max Nieuwdorp
    Oral bacteria colonize the gut more frequently than previously thought.
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    Step-to-step variations in human running reveal how humans run without falling

    Nidhi Seethapathi, Manoj Srinivasan
    Natural step-to-step variations show how human running is stabilized, underscoring the importance of center of mass control and showing how humans run without falling despite muscle noise and uneven terrain.
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    Synthetic Biology: Minimal cells, maximal knowledge

    Jean-Christophe Lachance, Sébastien Rodrigue, Bernhard O Palsson
    Modeling all the chemical reactions that take place in a minimal cell will help us to understand the fundamental interactions that power life.
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    Spatiotemporal establishment of dense bacterial colonies growing on hard agar

    Mya R Warren, Hui Sun ... Terence Hwa
    A 3D model captures the growth and expansion dynamics of bacterial colonies, revealing distinct effects of surface tension, mechanical forces, and nutrients on the speed of radial and vertical expansion.
    1. Cancer Biology
    2. Computational and Systems Biology

    Somatic mutations in early metazoan genes disrupt regulatory links between unicellular and multicellular genes in cancer

    Anna S Trigos, Richard B Pearson ... David L Goode
    Cancer is a consequence of the release of basal cellular functions inherited from our unicellular ancestors from the control of regulatory networks that evolved during the emergence of multicellularity.