07.03.2025
Authors Hüselitz A, Li H, Munk A Journal Arxiv Citation arXiv:2503.05270. Abstract We consider the problem of sequential estimation of a single change point in a piecewise linear regression model under a Gaussian setup. We demonstrate that a certain CUSUM-type statistic attains the minimax optimal rates for localizing the change
06.03.2025
Structural basis of Nipah virus RNA synthesis
Authors Sala FA, Ditter K, Dybkov O, Urlaub H, Hillen HS Journal Nature Communications Citation Nat Commun. 2025 Mar 6;16(1):2261. Abstract Nipah virus (NiV) is a non-segmented negative-strand RNA virus (nsNSV) with high pandemic potential, as it frequently causes zoonotic outbreaks and can be transmitted from human to human. Its
05.03.2025
A general framework for interpretable neural learning based on local information-theoretic goal functions
Authors Makkeh A, Graetz M, Schneider AC, Ehrlich DA, Priesemann V, Wibral M Journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America Citation Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2025 Mar 11;122(10):e2408125122. Abstract Despite the impressive performance of biological and artificial networks, an intuitive
05.03.2025
Why aged oocytes struggle to repair DNA damage
Egg cells need stamina: They are formed in a women’s body before birth and have to be on standby for decades to possibly be fertilized one day. But as they age, they accumulate more and more DNA damage. Until now, it has been unclear why the cell’s repair mechanisms do
04.03.2025
Adaptive monotonicity testing in sublinear time
Authors Li H, Liu Z, Munk A Journal Arxiv Citation arXiv:2503.03020. Abstract Modern large-scale data analysis increasingly faces the challenge of achieving computational efficiency as well as statistical accuracy, as classical statistically efficient methods often fall short in the first regard. In the context of testing monotonicity of a regression
03.03.2025
A correlative workflow streamlines synaptic imaging by cryo-electron tomography
Authors Do TT, Siegert A, Domart F, Hahn F, Zeising C, Muth SM, Pape C, Kusch K, Dresbach T, Rizzoli S, Petrovic A, Fernandez-Busnadiego R Journal BioRxiv Citation bioRxiv 2025.03.01.640558. Abstract Despite decades of intense research, the molecular organization of the synapse is not well understood. To address this issue,
03.03.2025
Hearing triggered by molecular “spring”
Göttingen research team gains new insights into the sense of hearing Hearing begins with the stretching of elastic molecular “springs” that open ion channels in the sensory hair cells of the ear. For decades, researchers have known that these gating springs must exist, but they could not find them.
03.03.2025
Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Lines as a Model for Studying the Cellular Phase of Parkinson’s Disease
Authors Abdelrasol H, Outeiro TF Journal Journal of the Society of Medical Sciences of Lisbon Citation JSCMed 2025;169(1). Abstract Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a complex neurodegenerative disorder, characterized by the progressive loss of dopaminergic neurons in substantia nigra pars compacta (SNpc) as a result of intraneural deposition of aggregated alpha-synuclein
28.02.2025
Optimizing Electrical Field Stimulation Parameters Reveals the Maximum Contractile Function of Human Skeletal Muscle Microtissues
Authors Tiper Y, Xie Z, Hofemeier AD, Lad H, Luber M, Krawetz R, Betz T, Zimmermann WH, Morton AB, Segal SS, Gilbert PM. Journal American Journal of Physiology. Cell Physiology Citation Am J Physiol Cell Physiol. 2025 Feb 28. Abstract Skeletal muscle microtissues are engineered to develop therapies for restoring
27.02.2025
The keratin cortex stabilizes cells at high strains
Authors Meyer R, Rölleke U, Schwarz N, Perez-Tirado A, Schepers AV, Janshoff A, Köster S Journal BioRxiv Citation bioRxiv 2025.02.24.639846. Abstract The eukaryotic cytoskeleton consists of three filament types: actin filaments, microtubules and intermediate filaments (IFs). IF proteins are expressed in a cell-type specific manner, and keratins are found in




