Physics of Living Systems

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1. 1. Physics of Living Systems

   Feeding rates in sessile versus motile ciliates are hydrodynamically equivalent

   Jingyi Liu, Yi Man ... Eva Kanso

   Fluid flow analysis reveals that both swimming and sessile ciliates achieve competitive nutrient uptake, resolving the long-standing debate over the hydrodynamic advantage of either strategy.
2. 1. Cancer Biology
   2. Physics of Living Systems

   Robust assessment of asymmetric division in colon cancer cells

   Domenico Caudo, Chiara Giannattasio ... Mattia Miotto

   Combining statistical modeling with flow cytometry enables reliable, high-throughput quantification of division asymmetry in live cells, revealing how partitioning noise may shape tumor cell heterogeneity.
3. 1. Chromosomes and Gene Expression
   2. Physics of Living Systems

   Cluster size determines internal structure of transcription factories in human cells

   Massimiliano Semeraro, Giuseppe Negro ... Davide Marenduzzo
4. 1. Physics of Living Systems

   Linking complex microbial interactions and dysbiosis through a disordered Lotka–Volterra model

   Jacopo Pasqualini, Amos Maritan ... Samir Suweis

   Linking biological research with disordered-systems modeling, providing new insights into gut microbiome stability, functioning, and their relationship with health.
5. 1. Physics of Living Systems

   Division Asymmetry Drives Cell Size Variability in Budding Yeast

   Félix Proulx-Giraldeau, Xin Gao ... Paul Francois
6. 1. Physics of Living Systems

   Interplay Between Pulmonary Membrane Properties and Lung Disease: A Study of Seven Bottlenose Dolphins

   Marilyn Porras-Gómez, Bengu Sueda Sengul ... Cecília Leal
7. 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

   Collective frequency-selective resonance in depolarised cardiac tissue enables reversible switching between quiescent and ectopic oscillations through hidden bi-stability, which is shaped by light intensity, illuminated area, and pacing frequency.
8. 1. Genetics and Genomics
   2. Physics of Living Systems

   Raman Spectroscopy: Probing the proteome

   Wei-Hsiang Lin, Chia-Liang Cheng

   Raman spectroscopy can be used to predict cellular physiology and proteome composition in E. coli.
9. 1. Physics of Living Systems

   The evolution of interdisciplinarity and internationalization in scientific journals

   Huaxia Zhou, Luis A Nunes Amaral

   Analysis of ~50 million articles published in ~50 thousand journals demonstrates that journals have become more diverse in terms of both interdisciplinarity and internationalization but with some disciplinary differences.
10. 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

    Analyzing stochastic cell-to-cell variability can potentially reveal causal interactions in gene regulatory networks.