Biophysical Journal

#OPENACCESS: Rocking without a tune: Ex vivo and in vivo responses to sound in the basilar papilla of the tokay gecko. Brian L. Frost, Yuriria Vázquez, Kazuhiro Horii, Brian A. Fabella, and A.J. Hudspeth. buff.ly/S7ZeGIB

#OPENACCESS: Energetic analysis of Na+/K+-ATPase using bond graphs. Weiwei Ai, Peter J. Hunter, Michael Pan, and David P. Nickerson. buff.ly/C10olBA

Special issue call for papers: Stephen H. White: In Memoriam. buff.ly/n1Asc5j

#OPENACCESS: Luettgan and Camley model how malignant B cells can switch between being attracted and repelled by signals like CCL19, showing how signal concentration or inhibiting receptor internalization can switch the cell’s direction. buff.ly/L6vHgIv

#OPENACCESS: Lysosomes are cells' recycling centers! But in Batten disease, the cleanup goes wrong. Starke et al. explore how BMP deficiency contributes to ATP synthase c-ring buildup, revealing clues to cellular waste accumulation! buff.ly/CxCMnCs

#OPENACCESS: Tandem RRMs dance together while preserving the RNA-binding specificity providing evidence for highly dynamic and adaptable RNA recognition by tandem RRMs. buff.ly/521PW5u

Special issue call for papers: Biophysics of Membrane Reactions in the Brain. buff.ly/oxSWx8e

Special issue call for papers: Fazly Ataullakhanov: In Memoriam. buff.ly/wIX4Leg

#OPENACCESS: Kumari et al. combine optical tweezers, microfluidics and confocal microscopy to show how actin and vimentin filaments can form force-bearing contacts, with forces reaching tens of piconewtons, even in the absence of crosslinking proteins. buff.ly/Q4Mfsnt

#OPENACCESS: Localized ribosome access and distal tuning via the Listeria prfA RNA thermometer. Martin R. O’Steen, Jocelyn V. Chen, David H. Beier, Nils G. Walter, and Sarah C. Keane.buff.ly/4bcDTaQ

#OPENACCESS: Revisiting the mode of action of daptomycin considering the inoculum effect and a novel liposome-MIC-competition assay. Sarah Crocoll, Lennard Forßmann, Luisa Munz, Georg Häcker, Andreas Bechthold, and Heiko Heerklotz. buff.ly/TA0uLQh

Special issue call for papers: Single-Molecule Approaches to Reveal Structural and Mechanistic Properties of the Genome. buff.ly/4woMhgl

Special issue call for papers: Fifty Years of Protein Dynamics: Celebrating Andy McCammon and the Evolution of Computational Biophysics. buff.ly/1nKMEkp

#OPENACCESS: Red blood cells are like commuters at a busy intersection! Their shape, travel history & the vascular road map determine whether they linger or take a different route. buff.ly/RldDpIv

#OPENACCESS: Endogenous and exogenous actin modifications alter F-actin network architecture and mechanics by charge redistribution. Peter Nietmann, Susanne Stenz, Kevin Kaub, Andrejus Suchenko, Mohan K. Balasubramanian, and Andreas Janshoff. buff.ly/n9HkaNl

Special issue call for papers: Genome Organization: Integrating Mathematics, Physics, and Computation for Advances in Biology and Medicine. buff.ly/egyffUr

Special issue call for papers: The Past, Present, and Future of Muscle Biophysics. buff.ly/JReFoak

#OPENACCESS: A new framework, which also accounts for condensate motion, to correctly determine if a molecule is inside the condensate or in the surroundings. Test your system now! buff.ly/G42Mn6x

Study combines agent-based simulations with coarse-grained thermodynamic analysis to reveal how molecular motor activity drives active asters to reorganize into bundle-like structures, illustrating how mesoscopic architecture shapes mechanical response. buff.ly/HPzHQJH

Special issue call for papers: Stephen H. White: In Memoriam. buff.ly/n1Asc5j