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324. Y. Gao, R. Prasad, P. S. Randolph, J. O. Watzlawik, A. S. Roband, C. Guo, S. M. Stagg, H.-X. Zhou, T. L. Rosenberry, and A. K. Paravastu (2026). Structural model for self-limiting β-strand arrangement within an Alzheimer’s amyloid-β oligomer. bioRxiv

323. S. Qin and H.-X. Zhou (2026). A fixed-volume variant of Gibbs-ensemble Monte Carlo yields significant speedup in binodal calculation. arXiv

322. B. Kysilov, R. Prasad, E. Nebet, J. Bennett, J. B. Amin, H.-X. Zhou, and L. P. Wollmuth (2026). Subconductance states in NMDA receptor variants are Ca²⁺ impermeable and act at the M2 loop. preprint

321. X. Huang, E. Liszczyk, R. Prasad, M. E. Mitchell, Z. Wang, Y. Liu, S. Saluja, M. Wang, R. A. Jackson, P. Dahl, R. A. Eguiluz, N. Malvankar, E. C. Y. Yan, R. Olson, H.-X. Zhou, and J. Yan (2026). A biofilm-derived peptide as an underwater adhesive. Sci. Adv. (in press).

320. H.-X. Zhou (2026). Determinants of phase-separation propensities, material states, and material properties of biomolecular condensates. Acc. Mater. Res. (in press). arXiv

319. M. M. Naderi, Z. Peng, and H.-X. Zhou (2026) Fusion dynamics of viscoelastic droplets: Similarities and differences with shape recovery. Biophys. J. 125, 5422–5434. pdf

318. V. Ahlawat, D. Kota, and H.-X. Zhou (2026). Counteraction of HMGB1 at ss-dsDNA junctions maintains liquidity of protamine-DNA co-condensates. Nat. Commun. 17, 9868. pdf

317. D. Aierken, S. Aland, S. Bo, S. Boeynaems, D. Cai, S. Carra, L. B. Case, H. S. Chan, J. R. Espinosa, T. K. GrandPre, A. Y. Grosberg, I. S. Haugerud, W. M. Jacobs, J. A. Joseph, F. Jülicher, K. Kremer, G. Kusters, L. Laan, K. Lasker, K. S. Laxhuber, H. O. Lee, K. F. Liu, D. Notani, Y. Qiang, P. Robustelli, L. Saiz, O. A. Saleh, H. Schiessel, J. Schmit, M. Shen, K. Shrinivas, A. Statt, A. R. Tejedor, T. Trcek, C. A. Weber, S. C. Weber, N. S. Wingreen, H. Zhang, Y. Zhang, H.-X. Zhou, and D. Zwicker (2026). Roadmap for condensates in cell biology. PRX Life 4, 032501. pdf.

316. F. N. K. Muhammedkutty and H.-X. Zhou (2026). A membrane insertion code for intrinsically disordered proteins. eLife 15, RP111515. pdf

315. Y. Zhang, R. Prasad, and H.-X. Zhou (2026). Backbone hydrogen bonding as a determinant of condensate material states. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 148, 34498-34511. pdf

314.J. Fan, R. Prasad, R. Zhang, W. Hu, T. A. Cross, H.-X. Zhou, and Y.-Y. Hu (2026). Structure and membrane interactions of two helices from Mycobacterium tuberculosis FtsL, one transmembrane and one amphipathic. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 148, 33990−34001. pdf

313. A. Dhiman, S. Qin,Sanbo and H.-X. Zhou (2026). Complex effects of salt on small-angle X-ray scattering of BSA originate from the interplay of ions and hydration water. J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 17, 7302-7308. pdf

312. X. Huang, R. Prasad, S. Saluja, Y. Yang, Q. Yan, S. O. Shuster, R. Olson, C. Lin, C. M. Davis, X. Jiang, H.-X. Zhou, J. Yan (2026). Conformations and sequence determinants in the lipid binding of an adhesive peptide derived from Vibrio cholerae biofilm. PLoS Pathog 22, e1013990 pdf

311. G. S. Ni, H. Su, Y. Zhu, A. Dhiman, H.-X. Zhou, W. Lin, and N. Hao (2026). Tardigrade Dsup: Interactions with DNA and protection of cells from oxidative stress. Biophys. J. 125, 1-10 pdf

310. V. Ahlawat, H. E. Mudiyanselage, D. Kota, and H.-X. Zhou (2026). Measuring bridging forces in protein-DNA condensates. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 123, 2523058123. pdf