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    • Cell biology
    • Biophysics

    Background:

    • Biomolecular condensates rapidly form in cells in response to environmental or compositional changes.
    • Condensate formation is proposed to mediate sensing and initiate downstream cellular processes, like stress granule formation or cGAS pathway activation.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To investigate the role of phase separation in cellular concentration sensing.
    • To determine if cells can discriminate small concentration differences using phase separation on biologically relevant timescales.

    Main Methods:

    • Theoretical modeling of phase separation dynamics.
    • Analysis of experimentally measured cellular rates.
    • Proposal of optimal sensing protocols leveraging the phase separation onset.

    Main Results:

    • Phase separation enables cells to discriminate small concentration differences on finite timescales.
    • Optimal sensing protocols utilizing the sharp onset of phase separation were proposed.
    • Cells can achieve rapid and robust sensing of 1% concentration differences within minutes.

    Conclusions:

    • Phase separation provides a mechanism for rapid and sensitive cellular concentration sensing.
    • This biophysical process offers an alternative to classical biochemical sensing mechanisms.
    • The findings highlight the functional role of phase separation in cellular response to environmental cues.