Computational modeling of hormone- and cytokine-dependent proliferation of endometrial cells in 3D co-culture

This study develops and calibrates coupled ordinary and partial differential equation models to simulate and quantify the hormone- and cytokine-dependent proliferation dynamics of human endometrial epithelial and stromal cells in 3D co-culture, thereby elucidating their mutual interactions and the homogeneity of molecular exposure across physiological and pathological conditions.

Mbuguiro, W., Holt, S. E., Griffith, L. G. + 2 more2026-03-18📄 systems biology

A stem cell aging clock links biological age deviation to clinical outcome in acute myeloid leukemia

By constructing a single-cell transcriptomic atlas of human hematopoietic stem cells to develop a stem cell aging clock, researchers identified that a biologically "younger" transcriptional age deviation in acute myeloid leukemia serves as a powerful, independent predictor of poor survival and therapy resistance, effectively refining risk stratification beyond current genetic classifications.

Chen, H., Dong, P., Xu, J. + 1 more2026-03-18📄 systems biology

TRAILBLAZER: generative multicellular perturbation model of biology

TRAILBLAZER is a scalable generative model that overcomes the limitations of treating cells as independent observations by utilizing a multicellular transformer architecture and a structured hyperspherical latent space to accurately predict patient-level, zero-shot responses to genetic and pharmacological perturbations while preserving single-cell resolution.

Grzybowski, A. T., Nener, J., Selvamani, P. + 2 more2026-03-18📄 systems biology

Dissecting the Network Architecture of a Plant Circadian Clock Model: Identifying Key Regulatory Mechanisms and Essential Interactions

This study presents an enhanced ordinary differential equation model of the plant circadian clock and employs a multi-layered computational analysis to reveal that transcriptional repression, protein degradation, and light-regulated synthesis form a hierarchical, robust network centered on the CCA1/LHY and PRRs feedback loop.

Singh, S. K., Srivastava, A.2026-03-18📄 systems biology

Canonical Analysis of Fluorescent Timer-Anchored Transcriptomes Resolves Joint Temporal and Developmental Progression

The paper introduces mCanonicalTockySeq, a systems-level framework that integrates fluorescent timer-based signalling history with single-cell RNA sequencing to construct an experimentally anchored temporal-developmental state space, enabling the resolution of T-cell maturation dynamics and the cross-species projection of human thymic transcriptomes onto a mouse reference.

Irie, N., Reda, O., Satou, Y. + 1 more2026-03-18📄 systems biology

A stress-function tradeoff organizes epithelial heterogeneity across spatial scales in the human thyroid

By applying a follicle-aware spatial transcriptomics framework to human thyroid tissue, researchers reveal that epithelial heterogeneity is primarily organized by a stress-function tradeoff between active hormone-producing thyrocytes and spatially clustered damage-response cells, rather than by variations in hormone synthesis.

Korem Kohanim, Y., Barkai, T., Novoselsky, R. + 18 more2026-03-16📄 systems biology

The Female Biomarker Challenge: Sex-Specific Network Robustness Constrains Biological Age Estimation and Geroscience Trial Design

This study demonstrates that sex-specific physiological network robustness necessitates distinct biomarker panels for accurate biological age estimation, revealing that while older males currently offer the optimal signal-to-noise ratio for cost-effective geroscience trials, developing validated female-specific panels is an urgent priority to overcome the challenges posed by greater female physiological resilience.

Harding, A. S., Coward, J., Tian, T.2026-03-16📄 systems biology

Mathematical Modelling of the Mitochondrial Dicarboxylate Carrier (SLC25A10)

This paper presents the first thermodynamically consistent, mechanistically derived mathematical model of the mitochondrial dicarboxylate carrier SLC25A10, based on a ping-pong framework and Bayesian inference, which elucidates how mitochondrial morphology and metabolic perturbations, particularly under SDH deficiency, regulate substrate exchange and succinate handling.

Nashebi, R., Lyu, Y., Vera-Sigüenza, E. + 2 more2026-03-13📄 systems biology