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Generalized Glauber dynamics for inference in biology
Xiaowen Chen, Maciej Winiarski, Alicja Puscian +3
Large interacting systems in biology often exhibit emergent dynamics, such as coexistence of multiple time scales, manifested by fat tails in the distribution of waiting times. Whi…
Thermodynamics of statistical inference by cells
Alex H. Lang, Charles K. Fisher, Thierry Mora +1
The deep connection between thermodynamics, computation, and information is now well established both theoretically and experimentally. Here, we extend these ideas to show that the…
Social interactions dominate speed control in driving natural flocks toward criticality
William Bialek, Andrea Cavagna, Irene Giardina +5
Flocks of birds exhibit a remarkable degree of coordination and collective response. It is not just that thousands of individuals fly, on average, in the same direction and at the…
Statistical mechanics for natural flocks of birds
William Bialek, Andrea Cavagna, Irene Giardina +4
Interactions among neighboring birds in a flock cause an alignment of their flight directions. We show that the minimally structured (maximum entropy) model consistent with these l…
Steps in the bacterial flagellar motor
Thierry Mora, Howard Yu, Yoshiyuki Sowa +1
The bacterial flagellar motor is a highly efficient rotary machine used by many bacteria to propel themselves. It has recently been shown that at low speeds its rotation proceeds i…