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    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
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    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. 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
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    1. Cell Biology
    2. Physics of Living Systems

    A high-throughput platform for single-molecule tracking identifies drug interaction and cellular mechanisms

    David Trombley McSwiggen, Helen Liu ... Hilary P Beck
    Single-molecule tracking at scale, analyzing millions of cells and thousands of compounds per day, demonstrates that measuring protein motion provides mechanistic insights relevant to drug discovery.
    1. Neuroscience
    2. Physics of Living Systems

    Wavenumber-dependent transmission of subthreshold waves on electrical synapses network model of Caenorhabditis elegans

    Iksoo Chang, Taegon Chung, Sangyeol Kim
    The composition of nodes that effectively transmit sinusoidal waves in a model network resembling C. elegans' electrical synapses network changes according to the waves' wavenumber.
    1. Physics of Living Systems

    The eduWOSM: a benchtop advanced microscope for education and research

    Nicholas J Carter, Douglas S Martin ... Robert A Cross
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    1. Cell Biology
    2. Physics of Living Systems

    Mechanical imbalance between normal and transformed cells drives epithelial homeostasis through cell competition

    Praver Gupta, Sayantani Kayal ... Tamal Das
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    1. Physics of Living Systems

    Mapping spatial patterns to energetic benefits in groups of flow-coupled swimmers

    Sina Heydari, Haotian Hang, Eva Kanso
    Fish swimming in groups can either conserve or expend energy during collective movement, depending on their spatial position within the school.
    1. Developmental Biology
    2. Physics of Living Systems

    The geometric basis of epithelial convergent extension

    Fridtjof Brauns, Nikolas H Claussen ... Boris I Shraiman
    Active and passive contributions to cell shape change and rearrangements can be distinguished from observed cell geometry, revealing the self-organization mechanisms underlying internally-driven epithelial convergent extension.
    1. Cell Biology
    2. Physics of Living Systems

    Fluid mechanics of luminal transport in actively contracting endoplasmic reticulum

    Pyae Hein Htet, Edward Avezov, Eric Lauga
    The viscous hydraulics of contracting endoplasmic reticulum networks challenge common solute transport theories, suggesting the contraction of peripheral sheets as a plausible driving mechanism.