Various bacteria such as the canonical gram negative Escherichia coli or the well-studied
gram positive Bacillus subtilis divide symmetrically after they approximately double their …

We explore the spectra and localization properties of the N-site banded one-dimensional
non-Hermitian random matrices that arise naturally in sparse neural networks. Approximately …

To maintain a constant cell size, dividing cells have to coordinate cell-cycle events with cell
growth. This coordination has long been supposed to rely on the existence of size thresholds …

Slow relaxation occurs in many physical and biological systems. “Creep” is an example from
everyday life. When stretching a rubber band, for example, the recovery to its equilibrium …

We observe nonmonotonic aging and memory effects, two hallmarks of glassy dynamics, in
two disordered mechanical systems: crumpled thin sheets and elastic foams. Under fixed …

Many experiments show that the numbers of mRNA and protein are proportional to the cell
volume in growing cells. However, models of stochastic gene expression often assume …

Bacteria tightly regulate and coordinate the various events in their cell cycles to duplicate
themselves accurately and to control their cell sizes. Growth of Escherichia coli, in particular, …

Cell walls define a cell’s shape in bacteria. The walls are rigid to resist large internal
pressures, but remarkably plastic to adapt to a wide range of external forces and geometric …

How cells regulate their cell cycles is a central question for cell biology. Models of cell size
homeostasis have been proposed for bacteria, archaea, yeast, plant, and mammalian cells. …

10.7554/eLife.32471.001 MreB is essential for rod shape in many bacteria. Membrane-associated
MreB filaments move around the rod circumference, helping to insert cell wall in the …