Epidemics spread along networks of infectious contacts, in particular those with high contact intensity or weight. Kamp et al. show that the preference of pathogens to travel along "highways" of high weight in the contact network strongly impacts epidemic dynamics.
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Use of Long Term Molecular Dynamics Simulation in Predicting Cancer Associated SNPs
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Dimensionality of Carbon Nanomaterials Determines the Binding and Dynamics of Amyloidogenic Peptides: Multiscale Theoretical Simulations
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A Network Inference Method for Large-Scale Unsupervised Identification of Novel Drug-Drug Interactions
PLOS Computational Biology: published December 5, 2013 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1003374
Metabolic Constraint-Based Refinement of Transcriptional Regulatory Networks
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A Sequential Vesicle Pool Model with a Single Release Sensor and a Ca2+-Dependent Priming Catalyst Effectively Explains Ca2+-Dependent Properties of Neurosecretion
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Actions, Action Sequences and Habits: Evidence That Goal-Directed and Habitual Action Control Are Hierarchically Organized
PLOS Computational Biology: published December 5, 2013 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1003364
Membrane Binding of MinE Allows for a Comprehensive Description of Min-Protein Pattern Formation
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Protein-Protein Interactions in a Crowded Environment: An Analysis via Cross-Docking Simulations and Evolutionary Information
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Transformation of Stimulus Correlations by the Retina
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Determinants of Cell-to-Cell Variability in Protein Kinase Signaling
PLOS Computational Biology: published December 5, 2013 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1003357
Handling Uncertainty in Dynamic Models: The Pentose Phosphate Pathway in Trypanosoma brucei
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Extrapolating Weak Selection in Evolutionary Games
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Understanding Variation in Transcription Factor Binding by Modeling Transcription Factor Genome-Epigenome Interactions
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Designing Molecular Dynamics Simulations to Shift Populations of the Conformational States of Calmodulin
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Cortical and Hippocampal Correlates of Deliberation during Model-Based Decisions for Rewards in Humans
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Amino Acid Changes in Disease-Associated Variants Differ Radically from Variants Observed in the 1000 Genomes Project Dataset
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Epidemic Spread on Weighted Networks
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Systems Modeling of Anti-apoptotic Pathways in Prostate Cancer: Psychological Stress Triggers a Synergism Pattern Switch in Drug Combination Therapy
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Detecting Genetic Association of Common Human Facial Morphological Variation Using High Density 3D Image Registration
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Time Scales in Epigenetic Dynamics and Phenotypic Heterogeneity of Embryonic Stem Cells
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Forward and Backward Inference in Spatial Cognition
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Inferring Developmental Stage Composition from Gene Expression in Human Malaria
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Decipher the Mechanisms of Protein Conformational Changes Induced by Nucleotide Binding through Free-Energy Landscape Analysis: ATP Binding to Hsp70
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Utilizing a Dynamical Description of IspH to Aid in the Development of Novel Antimicrobial Drugs
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Ecological Modeling from Time-Series Inference: Insight into Dynamics and Stability of Intestinal Microbiota
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Modeling the Afferent Dynamics of the Baroreflex Control System
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Structural Control of Metabolic Flux
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GDI-Mediated Cell Polarization in Yeast Provides Precise Spatial and Temporal Control of Cdc42 Signaling
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Exploring Early Stages of the Chemical Unfolding of Proteins at the Proteome Scale
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A Disorder-Induced Domino-Like Destabilization Mechanism Governs the Folding and Functional Dynamics of the Repeat Protein IκBα
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Heterogeneity, Mixing, and the Spatial Scales of Mosquito-Borne Pathogen Transmission
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