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Mechulam et al. show that facilitated diffusion could play a significant role in promoting the assembly of cytoskeleton proteins that are involved in critical cell functions such as division or neuron architecture.
Nora C. Toussaint, Pierre Dönnes & Oliver Kohlbacher (University Tübingen, Germany) describe the optimal selection of epitopes in "tailor made" vaccines, maximising the likelihood of eliciting a broad and potent immune response in a varied population.
Nikita Vladimirov, Linda Løvdok, Dirk Lebiedz & Victor Sourjik introduce RapidCell: This hybrid model of Escherichia coli allows the systematic study of chemotactic behavior in virtual bacteria, revealing variability in adaptation times among cells in different media.
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