Physics of Living Systems

Physics of Living Systems

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    1. Physics of Living Systems
    2. Evolutionary Biology

    Magnetotactic Bacteria Optimally Navigate Natural Pore Networks

    Alexander P Petroff, Vladislav Kelin, Nina Radchenko-Hannafin
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Valuable
    • Convincing
    1. Cell Biology
    2. Physics of Living Systems

    Bridging the Gap in Cancer Cell Behavior Against Matrix Stiffening: Insights from a Trizonal Model

    Mohammad E Torki, Fan Liu ... Zi Chen
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Valuable
    • Solid
    1. Physics of Living Systems

    Decoding phase separation of prion-like domains through data-driven scaling laws

    M Julia Maristany, Anne Aguirre Gonzalez ... Jerelle A Joseph
    Phase diagrams for 140 variants of prion-like low-complexity domains are computed to establish scaling laws that quantify the impact of amino acid mutations on the thermodynamic stability of condensates.
    1. Physics of Living Systems

    Impacts of Structural Properties of Myosin II Filaments on Force Generation

    Shihang Ding, Pei-En Chou ... Taeyoon Kim
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Useful
    • Convincing
    1. Physics of Living Systems

    Emergence of alternative stable states in microbial communities undergoing horizontal gene transfer

    Juken Hong, Wenzhi Xue, Teng Wang
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v2
    Updated
    • Valuable
    • Solid
    1. Physics of Living Systems

    Cell-cycle and Age-Related Modulations of Mouse Chromosome Stiffness

    Ning Liu, Wenan Qiang ... Huanyu Qiao
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v2
    Updated
    • Valuable
    • Incomplete
    1. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics
    2. Physics of Living Systems

    Probing the force-from-lipid mechanism with synthetic polymers

    Miranda L Jacobs, Jan Steinkühler ... Neha P Kamat
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Important
    • Incomplete
    1. Neuroscience
    2. Physics of Living Systems

    Annihilation of action potentials induces electrical coupling between neurons

    Moritz Schlötter, Georg Maret, Christoph J Kleineidam
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v3
    Updated
    • Important
    • Convincing
    1. Neuroscience
    2. Physics of Living Systems

    A Deep Learning Pipeline for Mapping in situ Network-level Neurovascular Coupling in Multi-photon Fluorescence Microscopy

    Matthew Rozak, James Mester ... Bojana Stefanovic
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v3
    Updated
    • Valuable
    • Incomplete

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  1. Felix Campelo
    The Institute of Photonic Sciences, Spain
  2. Aleksandra Walczak
    Ecole Normale Superieure, France
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