SDSR: A Spectral Divide-and-Conquer Approach for Species Tree Reconstruction

The paper introduces SDSR, a scalable spectral divide-and-conquer algorithm for species tree reconstruction that achieves up to 10-fold faster runtimes compared to standard methods while maintaining comparable accuracy under the multispecies coalescent model.

Ortal Reshef (Hebrew University of Jerusalem), Ofer Glassman (Weizmann Institute of Science), Or Zuk (Hebrew University of Jerusalem), Yariv Aizenbud (Tel Aviv University), Boaz Nadler (Weizmann Institute of Science), Ariel Jaffe (Hebrew University of Jerusalem)Thu, 12 Ma🧬 q-bio

Single-cell directional sensing at ultra-low chemoattractant concentrations from extreme first-passage events

This paper demonstrates that single cells can rapidly and accurately infer the direction of a chemoattractant source at ultra-low concentrations by leveraging the disproportionately high directional information contained in early, extreme first-passage receptor binding events rather than waiting for steady-state concentration profiles.

Vincent Fiorino, Sean D. Lawley, Alan E. LindsayThu, 12 Ma🧬 q-bio

Sampling-based Continuous Optimization for Messenger RNA Design

This paper introduces a general sampling-based continuous optimization framework that iteratively refines parameterized distributions to design messenger RNA sequences, effectively navigating the vast synonymous space to optimize multiple coupled stability and performance objectives outperforming existing methods like LinearDesign and EnsembleDesign.

Feipeng Yue, Ning Dai, Wei Yu Tang, Tianshuo Zhou, David H. Mathews, Liang HuangMon, 09 Ma🧬 q-bio

Multicellular Tumour Spheroids Exposure to Pulsed Electric Field: A Combined Experimental and Mathematical Modelling Study Highlighting Temporal Dynamics of DAMP Release and Accelerated Regrowth at Intermediate Field Intensities

This study combines in vitro experiments and hybrid computational modeling to reveal how pulsed electric field intensity governs the temporal dynamics of damage-associated molecular pattern release and the dual fate of quiescent cells, ultimately driving either tumor suppression or accelerated regrowth in multicellular tumor spheroids.

Emma Leschiera, Nicolas Mattei, Marie-Pierre Rols, Muriel Golzio, Jelena Kolosnjaj-Tabi, Clair PoignardMon, 09 Ma🧬 q-bio

In-batch Relational Features Enhance Precision in An Unsupervised Medical Anomaly Detection Task

This paper proposes an unsupervised medical anomaly detection method that augments CNN autoencoder latent representations with in-batch relational features via hypergraph estimation and graph convolution, significantly improving the separation of healthy anatomical variations from pathologies and reducing false positives on a heterogeneous brain tumor dataset.

P. Bilha Githinji, Xi Yuan, Ijaz Gul, Lian Zhang, Jinhao Xu, Zhenglin Chen, Peiwu Qin, Dongmei YuMon, 09 Ma🧬 q-bio

Preservation Constraints on aDNA Information Generation and the HSF Posterior Sourcing Framework: A First-Principles Critique of Conventional Methods

This paper critiques conventional aDNA methods for oversimplifying molecular origins and introduces the HSF posterior traceability framework, which utilizes first-principles analysis and a four-system classification to improve authenticity evaluation and reduce misassignment in complex, mixed-signal fossil samples.

Wan-Qian Zhao, Shu-Jie Zhang, Zhan-Yong Guo + 1 more2026-03-10🧬 q-bio

HIDDENdb: Co-dependency database reveals a plethora of genetic and protein interactions

The paper introduces HIDDENdb, a freely accessible web-based database that integrates large-scale perturbation screens, multi-omics data, and curated repositories to map and visualize genetic and protein co-dependency relationships, revealing functional modules and potential structural interactions across diverse biological contexts.

Iresha De Silva, Shantha Pathma Bandu, Rune T. Kidmose + 3 more2026-03-10🧬 q-bio

Benchmarking 80 binary phenotypes from the openSNP dataset using deep learning algorithms and polygenic risk score tools

This study benchmarks the performance of 29 machine learning algorithms, 80 deep learning models, and 3 polygenic risk score tools across 80 binary phenotypes from the openSNP dataset, revealing that machine learning approaches outperformed traditional tools for 44 phenotypes while polygenic risk scores were superior for the remaining 36.

Muhammad Muneeb, David B. Ascher, YooChan Myung + 2 more2026-03-10🧬 q-bio

A Modelling Assessment of the Impact of Control Measures on Simulated Foot-and-Mouth Disease Spread in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil

This study demonstrates that while vaccination alone is ineffective against Foot-and-Mouth Disease in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, combining high depopulation capacity with limited vaccination is the optimal strategy, capable of controlling 100% of simulated outbreaks within 10 to 15 days.

Nicolas C. Cardenas, Jacqueline Marques de Oliveira, Andre de Medeiros C. Lins + 7 more2026-03-10🧬 q-bio

A Control-Theoretic Model of Damage Accumulation and Boundedness in Biological Aging

This paper proposes a control-theoretic model of biological aging that decomposes damage into regulatable and information-limited classes, demonstrating that sustained healthspan requires endogenous repair to exceed regulatable damage production while engineered interventions must actively bound information-limited damage, a finding supported by sensitivity analyses showing the latter's dominance in driving asymptotic aging rates.

Tristan Barkman2026-03-10🧬 q-bio

Bounds on R0R_0 and final epidemic size when the next-generation matrix MM is only partially known

This paper derives sharp upper and lower bounds for the basic reproduction number (R0R_0) and final epidemic sizes in multitype SIR models where the next-generation matrix is only partially known through row or column sums, providing complete results for general matrices and partial results for matrices satisfying detailed balance.

Andrea Bizzotto, Frank Ball, Tom Britton2026-03-10🧬 q-bio

DeeDeeExperiment: Building an infrastructure for integrating and managing omics data analysis results in R/Bioconductor

The paper introduces DeeDeeExperiment, a new S4 class within the Bioconductor ecosystem that extends SingleCellExperiment to provide a standardized, reproducible infrastructure for storing, managing, and contextualizing differential expression and functional enrichment analysis results alongside their metadata.

Najla Abassi, Lea Schwarz, Edoardo Filippi + 1 more2026-03-10🧬 q-bio