Physics of Living Systems

Physics of Living Systems

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    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
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v2
    Updated
    • Important
    • Solid
    1. Physics of Living Systems

    Modeling collective behavior in groups of mice housed under semi-naturalistic conditions

    Xiaowen Chen, Maciej Winiarksi ... Aleksandra M Walczak
    The social structure of interactions in freely behaving animals predicts the effects of perturbing the neural plasticity of one individual on group sociability.
    1. Neuroscience
    2. Physics of Living Systems

    Responses to membrane potential-modulating ionic solutions measured by magnetic resonance imaging of cultured cells and in vivo rat cortex

    Kyeongseon Min, Sungkwon Chung ... Jang-Yeon Park
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v2
    Updated
    • Useful
    • Incomplete
    1. Physics of Living Systems

    Differential spatial regulation and activation of integrin nanoclusters inside focal adhesions

    Sarah Keary, Nicolas Mateos ... Maria F Garcia-Parajo
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Important
    • Solid
    1. Developmental Biology
    2. Physics of Living Systems

    Spectral decomposition unlocks ascidian morphogenesis

    Joel Dokmegang, Emmanuel Faure ... Madhav Mani
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    Reviewed Preprint v2
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    • Important
    • Convincing
    1. Physics of Living Systems

    Quantifying the shape of cells - from Minkowski tensors to p-atic order

    Lea Happel, Griseldis Oberschelp ... Axel Voigt
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Important
    • Convincing
    • Incomplete
    1. Physics of Living Systems

    Design principles of transcription factors with intrinsically disordered regions

    Wencheng Ji, Ori Hachmo ... Ariel Amir
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Important
    • Compelling
    1. Physics of Living Systems

    Cell cycle and age-related modulations of mouse chromosome stiffness

    Ning Liu, Wenan Qiang ... Huanyu Qiao
    Mammalian condensed chromosomes exhibit diverse structural properties, as reflected in their varying stiffness across different cell stages and with aging.
    1. Physics of Living Systems

    Endurance Exercise Ameliorates Aging-Related Bradyarrhythmia in Drosophila Resulting from miR-283 Knockdown in LNvs

    Qiufang Li, Xu Ping ... Lan Zheng
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Valuable
    • Incomplete
    1. Chromosomes and Gene Expression
    2. Physics of Living Systems

    A mathematical model clarifies the ABC Score formula used in enhancer-gene prediction

    Joseph Nasser, Kee-Myoung Nam, Jeremy Gunawardena
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Important
    • Convincing
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Highlights

    1. Physics of Living Systems

    Flagella: A new kind of beat

    Kirsty Y Wan
    1. Physics of Living Systems

    Cancer: Cells under pressure

    Dhiraj Indana, Ovijit Chaudhuri
    1. Physics of Living Systems
    2. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    Modelling biomolecular condensates

    Furqan Dar, Rohit Pappu

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    The Institute of Photonic Sciences, Spain
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    Ecole Normale Superieure, France
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