Physics of Living Systems

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1. 1. Physics of Living Systems

   Collective epithelial migration mediated by the unbinding of hexatic defects

   Dimitrios Krommydas, Livio Nicola Carenza, Luca Giomi
2. 1. Physics of Living Systems

   Emergent periodicity in the collective synchronous flashing of fireflies

   Raphael Sarfati, Kunaal Joshi ... Orit Peleg

   Fireflies that gather in swarms synchronize their flashing with rhythmic periodicity and provide insights into a new mechanism for the emergence of synchrony and periodicity.
3. 1. Physics of Living Systems

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

   Lea Happel, Griseldis Oberschelp ... Axel Voigt

   Only rigorous mathematical tools to quantify the shape of cells can guarantee reliable results in coarse-grained descriptions of tissue dynamics.
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
5. 1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease
   2. Physics of Living Systems

   Repeated vaccination with homologous influenza hemagglutinin broadens human antibody responses to unmatched flu viruses

   Yixiang Deng, Melbourne Tang ... Daniel Lingwood

   Classical antibody boosting effects during vaccination are accompanied by natural broadening mechanisms that help enable human antibodies to engage conserved sites of vulnerability on influenza virus.
6. 1. Cell Biology
   2. Physics of Living Systems

   The titin N2A-MARP signalosome constrains muscle longitudinal hypertrophy in response to stretch

   Robbert van der Pijl, Jochen Gohlke ... Coen Ottenheijm
7. 1. Physics of Living Systems
   2. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

   Roles of the membrane-binding motif and the C-terminal domain of RNase E in localization and diffusion in E. coli

   Laura Troyer, Yu-Huan Wang ... Sangjin Kim

   Single-molecule imaging uncovers how distinct membrane-binding motifs and the intrinsically disordered C-terminal domain control RNase E’s membrane association and diffusion, linking structural divergence to RNA-processing dynamics in bacteria.
8. 1. Neuroscience
   2. Physics of Living Systems

   Sub-surface deformation of individual fingerprint ridges during tactile interactions

   Giulia Corniani, Zing S Lee ... Hannes P Saal
9. 1. Developmental Biology
   2. Physics of Living Systems

   Migrating mesoderm cells self-organize into a dynamic meshwork structure during chick gastrulation

   Yukiko Nakaya, Mitsusuke Tarama ... Tatsuo Shibata

   A novel form of collective mesenchymal cell migration is identified during chick gastrulation, where a dynamic 3D meshwork supported by N-cadherin-mediated adhesion coordinates movement and enhances directional migration in the unconfined space between ectoderm and endoderm.
10. 1. Computational and Systems Biology
    2. Physics of Living Systems

    Non-equilibrium strategies enabling ligand specificity by signaling receptors

    Andrew Goetz, Jeremy Barrios ... Purushottam D Dixit

    Non-equilibrium thermodynamics allows signaling networks to signal downstream of certain ligands but avoid signaling from others.