3 papers
cs.CY2021
Challenges in cybersecurity: Lessons from biological defense systems
Edward Schrom, Ann Kinzig, Stephanie Forrest +18
We explore the commonalities between methods for assuring the security of computer systems (cybersecurity) and the mechanisms that have evolved through natural selection to protect…
q-bio.CB2020
Quantification of Ebola virus replication kinetics in vitro
Laura E. Liao, Jonathan Carruthers, Sophie J. Smither +13
Mathematical modelling has successfully been used to provide quantitative descriptions of many viral infections, but for the Ebola virus, which requires biosafety level 4 facilitie…
q-bio.PE2018
Regulation of T cell expansion by antigen presentation dynamics
Andreas Mayer, Yaojun Zhang, Alan S. Perelson +1
An essential feature of the adaptive immune system is the proliferation of antigen-specific lymphocytes during an immune reaction to form a large pool of effector cells. This proli…