Physics of Living Systems

Physics of Living Systems

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Latest articles

    1. Physics of Living Systems

    Quantifying gliding forces of filamentous cyanobacteria by self-buckling

    Maximilian Kurjahn, Antaran Deka ... Stefan Karpitschka
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    2. Physics of Living Systems

    Partitioning to ordered membrane domains regulates the kinetics of secretory traffic

    Ivan Castello-Serrano, Fred A. Heberle ... Ilya Levental
    1. Computational and Systems Biology
    2. Physics of Living Systems

    Development of equation of motion deciphering locomotion including omega turns of Caenorhabditis elegans

    Taegon Chung, Iksoo Chang, Sangyeol Kim
    ElegansBot, a two-dimensional rigid body chain model, simulates various locomotion of C. elegans, including omega and delta turns, using Newtonian equations of motion.
    1. Physics of Living Systems

    Modelling collective behavior in groups of mice housed under semi-naturalistic conditions

    Xiaowen Chen, Maciej Winiarski ... Aleksandra M. Walczak
    1. Physics of Living Systems

    Fluid mechanics of luminal transport in actively contracting endoplasmic reticulum

    Pyae Hein Htet, Edward Avezov, Eric Lauga
    1. Physics of Living Systems

    Substrate evaporation drives collective construction in termites

    Giulio Facchini, Alann Rathery ... Andrea Perna
    Evidence of a relationship between substrate curvature, water evaporation and the building behavior of termites capable of mediating collective nest-building with no need for a building pheromone.
    1. Physics of Living Systems

    Theory of active self-organization of dense nematic structures in the actin cytoskeleton

    Waleed Mirza, Marco De Corato ... Marino Arroyo

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