Physics of Living Systems

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1. 1. Ecology
   2. Physics of Living Systems

   Efficient mate finding in planktonic copepods swimming in turbulence

   François-Gaël Michalec et al.

   Calanoid copepods achieve efficient mate finding in turbulence through active swimming and turbulence advection, indicating that reproduction is not restricted to spatial and temporal windows of calm hydrodynamic conditions.
2. 1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease
   2. Physics of Living Systems

   A lung-on-chip model of early M. tuberculosis infection reveals an essential role for alveolar epithelial cells in controlling bacterial growth

   Vivek V Thacker et al.
3. 1. Cell Biology
   2. Physics of Living Systems

   Concerted action of kinesins KIF5B and KIF13B promotes efficient secretory vesicle transport to microtubule plus ends

   Andrea Serra-Marques et al.
4. 1. Cell Biology
   2. Physics of Living Systems

   A physical mechanism of TANGO1-mediated bulky cargo export

   Ishier Raote et al.
5. 1. Physics of Living Systems

   Diffusion vs. direct transport in the precision of morphogen readout

   Sean Fancher, Andrew Mugler

   A theory predicts whether diffusion or direct transport establishes a more precise morphogen profile, and this prediction explains data from a wide variety of morphogens in two different organisms.
6. 1. Neuroscience
   2. Physics of Living Systems

   Walking Drosophila navigate complex plumes using stochastic decisions biased by the timing of odor encounters

   Mahmut Demir et al.

   Visualized odor encounters show that Drosophila navigate spatiotemporally complex odor plumes using random walks biased by the timing of brief and unpredictable odor encounters.
7. 1. Neuroscience
   2. Physics of Living Systems

   Olfactory Navigation: Tempo is the key

   Antonio Celani

   Walking flies find the source of attractive odors by changing how frequently they stop and turn in response to the smell.
8. 1. Physics of Living Systems

   Quantitative dissection of transcription in development yields evidence for transcription factor-driven chromatin accessibility

   Elizabeth Eck et al.
9. 1. Physics of Living Systems

   Deciphering the regulatory genome of Escherichia coli, one hundred promoters at a time

   William T Ireland et al.

   A combination of massively parallel reporter assays and mass spectrometry uncovers the regulation of previously unexplored promoters across the Escherichia coli genome.
10. 1. Immunology and Inflammation
    2. Physics of Living Systems

    Label-free imaging of immune cell dynamics in the living retina using adaptive optics

    Aby Joseph et al.

    Immune cell motility and vascular response are imaged in vivo and label free in the CNS for the first time, using high-resolution phase-contrast adaptive optics retinal imaging.