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Widefield calcium imaging provides a global view of neural activity in the mouse dorsal cortex. Saxena et al. developed LocaNMF (Localized semi-Nonnegative Matrix Factorization), allowing the decomposition of the recorded data into interpretable spatial and temporal components in a stable manner. This is done by mapping the inferred components onto well-defined brain regions using a widely-used brain atlas (here, the Allen Brain Atlas shown in black lines). Each color in this figure corresponds to a given region's spatial components in this mouse brain. Data collected by Simon Musall in the Churchland Laboratory at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.

Image Credit: Shreya Saxena, Columbia University

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On the choice of metric in gradient-based theories of brain function

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3D mesh processing using GAMer 2 to enable reaction-diffusion simulations in realistic cellular geometries

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PLOS Computational Biology: published April 8, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1007755

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Improving the coverage of credible sets in Bayesian genetic fine-mapping

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Localized semi-nonnegative matrix factorization (LocaNMF) of widefield calcium imaging data

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DOT: Gene-set analysis by combining decorrelated association statistics

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Insights into adenosine A_2A receptor activation through cooperative modulation of agonist and allosteric lipid interactions

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Transcriptome-guided parsimonious flux analysis improves predictions with metabolic networks in complex environments

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Striatal network modeling in Huntington’s Disease

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PLOS Computational Biology: published April 17, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1007648

High-dimensional mediation analysis in survival models

Chengwen Luo, Botao Fa, Yuting Yan, Yang Wang, Yiwang Zhou, Yue Zhang, Zhangsheng Yu

PLOS Computational Biology: published April 17, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1007768

Methodological challenges in translational drug response modeling in cancer: A systematic analysis with FORESEE

Lisa-Katrin Schätzle, Ali Hadizadeh Esfahani, Andreas Schuppert

PLOS Computational Biology: published April 20, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1007803

Flux-based hierarchical organization of Escherichia coli’s metabolic network

Semidán Robaina-Estévez, Zoran Nikoloski

PLOS Computational Biology: published April 20, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1007832

Expression of quasi-equivalence and capsid dimorphism in the Hepadnaviridae

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PLOS Computational Biology: published April 20, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1007782

Low-rate firing limit for neurons with axon, soma and dendrites driven by spatially distributed stochastic synapses

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Optimizing the deployment of ultra-low volume and targeted indoor residual spraying for dengue outbreak response

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The drift diffusion model as the choice rule in inter-temporal and risky choice: A case study in medial orbitofrontal cortex lesion patients and controls

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PLOS Computational Biology: published April 21, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1007405

Accounting for red blood cell accessibility reveals distinct invasion strategies in Plasmodium falciparum strains

Francisco Y. Cai, Tiffany M. DeSimone, Elsa Hansen, Cameron V. Jennings, Amy K. Bei, Ambroise D. Ahouidi, Souleymane Mboup, Manoj T. Duraisingh, Caroline O. Buckee

PLOS Computational Biology: published April 21, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1007702

Compounds without borders: A mechanism for quantifying complex odors and responses to scent-pollution in bumblebees

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PLOS Computational Biology: published April 22, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1007765

Vector bionomics and vectorial capacity as emergent properties of mosquito behaviors and ecology

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Learning action-oriented models through active inference

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Telling ecological networks apart by their structure: An environment-dependent approach

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