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    1. Computational and Systems Biology
    2. Physics of Living Systems

    Overflow metabolism originates from growth optimization and cell heterogeneity

    Xin Wang
    The combination of growth optimization and cell heterogeneity enables a quantitative explanation of overflow metabolism in microbes and the classical Warburg effect in cancer cells, resolving this long-standing puzzle.
    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease
    2. Physics of Living Systems

    Observation of persister cell histories reveals diverse modes of survival in antibiotic persistence

    Miki Umetani, Miho Fujisawa ... Yuichi Wakamoto
    Time-lapse analyses of millions of antibiotic-stressed Escherichia coli characterize the diverse single-cell dynamics of persister cells that depend on antibiotics, culture conditions, and pre-exposure history.
    1. Developmental Biology
    2. Physics of Living Systems

    Spiral-eyes: A soft active matter model of in vivo corneal epithelial cell migration

    Kaja Kostanjevec, Rastko Sknepnek ... Silke Henkes
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    1. Physics of Living Systems

    Physiological magnetic field strengths help magnetotactic bacteria navigate in simulated sediments

    Agnese Codutti, Mohammad A Charsooghi ... Stefan Klumpp
    Microfluidics experiments and simulations show that magnetotactic bacteria are adapted to the geomagnetic field strength for optimal navigation in sediment environments.
    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. Physics of Living Systems

    Differential spatial regulation and activation of integrin nanoclusters inside focal adhesions

    Sarah Keary, Nicolas Mateos ... Maria F Garcia-Parajo
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    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
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    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
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    1. Cancer Biology
    2. Physics of Living Systems

    Mechanistic insight for T-cell exclusion by cancer-associated fibroblasts in human lung cancer

    Joseph Ackermann, Chiara Bernard ... Martine D Ben Amar
    The crosstalk between cancerous lesions and the immune system in the lungs demonstrates the complex role of fibroblasts.