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Liya F. Oster

University of California, Berkeley

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Research Focus:cell signaling & trafficking· 2 Research Focus:development & morphogenesis· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Assay:proteomics· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1 Organism:virus· 1

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Daniel A. FletcheriD· 2 shared Boris A. VeytsmaniD· 1 shared Daniel S.W. LeeiD· 1 shared Greg HuberiD· 1 shared Siddhansh AgarwaliD· 1 shared Sungmin SoniD· 1 shared

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Environment-driven active transport of influenza A virus

Siddhansh Agarwal, Liya F. Oster, Boris A. Veytsman, Greg Huber, Daniel A. Fletcher

This study shows influenza A virus actively transports itself by modifying its environment, using its envelope proteins to create directional cues and bias movement.

bioRxiv · Sep 7, 2026 · PreprintBiophysics

Cell surface crowding is a tunable biophysical barrier to cell-cell fusion

Daniel S.W. Lee, Liya F. Oster, Sungmin Son, Daniel A. Fletcher

This study shows cell surface crowding reduces cell-cell fusion efficiency across multiple systems and identifies it as a tunable biophysical barrier.

Nature Communications · Aug 4, 2025Peer-reviewedBiophysics