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Automated C. elegans behavior analysis via deep learning-based detection and tracking
As a well-established and extensively utilized model organism, C. elegans serves as a crucial platform for investigating behavioral regulation mechanisms and their biological significance. However, manually tracking the locomotor behavior of large numbers of C. elegans is both cumbersome and inefficient. The authors propose an automated approach for analyzing C. elegans behavior through deep learning-based tracking.
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11/11/2025
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Differential effect of supercoiling on bacterial transcription in topological domains
The authors are interested in understanding how bacteria regulate the expression of their genes independent of protein-based transcription factors. One mechanism is through DNA mechanics caused by the over- and under-winding of the DNA, termed DNA supercoiling.
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11/07/2025
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Quantifying microbial interactions based on compositional data using an iterative approach for solving generalized Lotka-Volterra equations
Understanding microbial interactions is fundamental for exploring population dynamics, particularly in microbial communities where interactions affect stability and host health. Generalized Lotka-Volterra (gLV) models have been widely used to investigate system dynamics but depend on absolute abundance data.
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11/03/2025
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miRScore: A rapid and precise microRNA validation tool
Genome-wide scans using small RNA-seq data often yield high rates of false-positive MIRNA annotations, highlighting the need for more robust validation methods. miRScore was developed as an independent and efficient tool for evaluating new MIRNA annotations using sRNA-seq data.
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11/07/2025
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Data-driven identification of biological systems using multi-scale analysis
Biological systems often evolve across multiple time scales, posing major challenges for constructing accurate models directly from data. Traditional model reduction techniques require explicit equations and thus cannot be applied when only observational data are available.
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09/11/2025
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A curriculum learning approach to training antibody language models
There is growing interest in pre-training antibody language models (AbLMs) with a mixture of unpaired and natively paired sequences, seeking to combine the proven benefits of training with natively paired sequences with the massive scale of unpaired antibody sequence datasets.
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09/08/2025
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Blood flow in the human cerebral cortex: Large-scale pial vascularization and 1D simulation
Understanding cerebral circulation is crucial for early diagnosis and patient-oriented therapies for brain conditions. However, blood flow simulations at the organ scale have been limited.
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09/03/2025
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Optimal algorithms for controlling infectious diseases in real time using noisy infection data
The authors tackle the challenge of determining the best time to enforce or relax non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs), such as mandatory mask wearing, social distancing or quarantine.
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08/26/2025
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Mixotrophy for carbon-conserving waste upcycling
Electrochemical and biological processes offer promise for upgrading waste streams, including recalcitrant carbon dioxide and plastic-derived wastes.
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08/11/2025
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Cryo-EM ligand building using AlphaFold3-like model and molecular dynamics
The authors present an approach that integrates AI with cryo-EM density-guided simulations to fit ligands into experimental maps.
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