Physics of Living Systems

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1. 1. Physics of Living Systems

   Linking complex microbial interactions and dysbiosis through a disordered Lotka–Volterra model

   Jacopo Pasqualini, Amos Maritan ... Samir Suweis

   Linking biological research with disordered-systems modeling, providing new insights into gut microbiome stability, functioning, and their relationship with health.
2. 1. Physics of Living Systems

   Division Asymmetry Drives Cell Size Variability in Budding Yeast

   Félix Proulx-Giraldeau, Xin Gao ... Paul Francois
3. 1. Physics of Living Systems

   Interplay Between Pulmonary Membrane Properties and Lung Disease: A Study of Seven Bottlenose Dolphins

   Marilyn Porras-Gómez, Bengu Sueda Sengul ... Cecília Leal
4. 1. Computational and Systems Biology
   2. Physics of Living Systems

   Atypical collective oscillatory activity in cardiac tissue uncovered by optogenetics

   Alexander S Teplenin, Nina N Kudryashova ... Tim De Coster

   Collective frequency-selective resonance in depolarised cardiac tissue enables reversible switching between quiescent and ectopic oscillations through hidden bi-stability, which is shaped by light intensity, illuminated area, and pacing frequency.
5. 1. Genetics and Genomics
   2. Physics of Living Systems

   Raman Spectroscopy: Probing the proteome

   Wei-Hsiang Lin, Chia-Liang Cheng

   Raman spectroscopy can be used to predict cellular physiology and proteome composition in E. coli.
6. 1. Physics of Living Systems

   The evolution of interdisciplinarity and internationalization in scientific journals

   Huaxia Zhou, Luis A Nunes Amaral

   Analysis of ~50 million articles published in ~50 thousand journals demonstrates that journals have become more diverse in terms of both interdisciplinarity and internationalization but with some disciplinary differences.
7. 1. Computational and Systems Biology
   2. Physics of Living Systems

   Exploiting fluctuations in gene expression to detect causal interactions between genes

   Euan Joly-Smith, Mir Mikdad Talpur ... Andreas Hilfinger

   Analyzing stochastic cell-to-cell variability can potentially reveal causal interactions in gene regulatory networks.
8. 1. Physics of Living Systems

   Postural adaptations may contribute to the unique locomotor energetics seen in hopping kangaroos

   Lauren Thornton, Taylor Dick ... Christofer J Clemente

   Postural adjustments that reduce ankle leverage in kangaroos enhance tendon stress and elastic energy storage at higher speeds, providing energetic efficiency during hopping but potentially constraining the maximum size achievable by large species.
9. 1. Physics of Living Systems

   Advantageous and disadvantageous inequality aversion can be taught through learning of others’ preferences

   Shen Zhang, Oriel FeldmanHall ... A Ross Otto

   Like disadvantageous inequity aversion, advantageous inequity aversion can be learned by observing another’s fairness preferences.
10. 1. Physics of Living Systems

    Theory of non-dilute binding and surface phase separation applied to membrane-binding proteins

    Xueping Zhao, Daxiao Sun ... Christoph A Weber