K. S. Korolev

Growth instabilities shape morphology and genetic diversity of cellular aggregates

This study links environmental conditions, colony morphology, and evolution by showing how growth instabilities affect genetic diversity in microbial colonies.

Ecological landscapes guide the assembly of optimal microbial communities

The paper investigates how ecological landscapes influence the success of heuristic strategies in assembling optimal microbial communities using consumer-resource models and experimental data.

Genealogical structure changes as range expansions transition from pushed to pulled

This paper shows range expansions generate a spectrum of coalescent topologies, with differences between pulled and pushed expansions due to growth cooperativity and front dynamics.

Traveling fronts in self-replicating persistent random walks with multiple internal states

The paper analyzes traveling fronts in self-replicating persistent random walks with multiple internal states, deriving expansion velocity formulas and showing discontinuous transitions in propagation.

Genetic drift in range expansions is very sensitive to density feedback in dispersal and growth

This study shows that density-dependent dispersal reduces genetic drift in expanding populations, altering diversity loss patterns based on dispersal and growth rate interactions.

Evolution at the edge of expanding populations

The paper develops a model to predict evolution in expanding populations by analyzing the trade-off between growth and dispersal rates.

Chirality provides a direct fitness advantage and facilitates intermixing in cellular aggregates

The paper shows that chirality provides a fitness advantage and promotes intermixing in cellular aggregates through bulge formation during competition.

Pinned, locked, pushed, and pulled traveling waves in structured environments

The paper studies how traveling waves in structured environments can become pinned or locked, showing that locked velocities depend on environmental periodicity and are robust to fluctuations.

Interactions between species introduce spurious associations in microbiome studies

The paper identifies spurious associations in microbiome studies caused by species interactions and introduces a method to correct for them, revealing key disease-related microbial interactions in inflammatory bowel disease.

Genetic Load Makes Cancer Cells More Sensitive To Common Drugs: Evidence From Cancer Cell Line Encyclopedia

The paper examines how genetic load affects drug sensitivity in cancer cell lines, finding that 9 out of 24 drugs show significant association with genetic load across multiple cancer types.

Physical basis of large microtubule aster growth

This study develops a biophysical model of microtubule aster growth that predicts traveling waves and explosive transitions, confirmed by experiments in frog egg extract.