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Sara I. Walker
astro-ph.EPModels, Biologicalq-bio.PEOrigin of LifeEvolution, Chemicalphysics.bio-phq-bio.BMq-bio.MNsystems biologyBiological Evolution
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A Flexible Bayesian Framework for Assessing Habitability with Joint Observational and Model Constraints
with Amanda R. Truitt, Patrick A. Young, Alexander Spacek
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80 papers in the corpus · 2008–2026Assembly Spaces: Formal Definitions and Fast Methods for Approximating Assembly Indices2606.15499v1 · Gage Siebert, Redwan Chowdhury, Louie Slocombe et al.2026 · 0 citationsarXiv
CBR-db: A Cheminformatic Database for Biochemical Reaction Analysis.42207960 · Slocombe, Louie, Millsaps, Camerian, Shahjahan, M Reza et al.2026 · 0 citationsACS synthetic biology. 2026;15(6):2684-2692
Metrology of Complexity and Implications for the Study of the Emergence of Life2602.18203v1 · Sara Imari Walker2026 · 0 citationsarXiv
A Multiscale Model of Collective Decision-Making in Hybrid Aspen Tree Tissues Describes Bud-Dormancy Break10.64898/2026.02.04.703817v1 · Dromiack, H., Khanapurkar, S., Phillips, R. et al.2026 · 1 citationbioRxiv
Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO): Living Worlds Community Working Group: The Search for Life on Potentially Habitable Exoplanets2601.09766v1 · Giada Arney, Niki Parenteau, Natalie Hinkel et al.2026 · 0 citationsarXiv
Variable temperature processing by plasmodesmata regulates robust bud dormancy release.41535272 · Pandey, Shashank K, Moraes, Tatiana S, Nair, Aswin et al.2026 · 9 citationsNature communications. 2026;17(1):348
NASA Decadal Astrobiology Research and Exploration Strategy (NASA-DARES 2025) White Paper -- Habitable Worlds Observatory Living Worlds Science Cases: Research Gaps and Needs2601.06386v1 · Niki Parenteau, Giada Arney, Eleanora Alei et al.2026 · 1 citationarXiv
The Physics of Causation2601.00515v3 · Leroy Cronin, Sara I. Walker2026 · 0 citationsarXiv
Rapid Exploration of the Assembly Chemical Space of Molecular Graphs.41353721 · Seet, Ian, Patarroyo, Keith Y, Siebert, Gage et al.2025 · 6 citationsJournal of chemical information and modeling. 2025;65(24):13203-13214
Convergent Functional Constraints Make Biochemical Reaction Diversity Predictable10.1101/2025.06.20.660822v1 · Mierzejewski, V., Mathis, C., Kempes, C. P. et al.2025 · 0 citationsbioRxiv
The Emergence of Chirality from Metabolism2505.01056v1 · John F. Malloy, Camerian Millsaps, Kamesh Narasimhan et al.2025 · 1 citationarXiv
Revealing non-trivial information structures in aneural biological tissues via functional connectivity.40228211 · Blackiston, Douglas, Dromiack, Hannah, Grasso, Caitlin et al.2025 · 10 citationsPLoS computational biology. 2025;21(4):e1012149
Quantifying the Complexity of Materials with Assembly Theory2502.09750v2 · Keith Y Patarroyo, Abhishek Sharma, Ian Seet et al.2025 · 0 citationsarXiv
Assembly theory and its relationship with computational complexity.40918420 · Kempes, Christopher P, Lachmann, Michael, Iannaccone, Andrew et al.2025 · 8 citationsNpj complexity. 2025;2(1):27
Experimentally measured assembly indices are required to determine the threshold for life.39563496 · Walker, Sara I, Mathis, Cole, Marshall, Stuart et al.2024 · 8 citationsJournal of the Royal Society, Interface. 2024;21(220):20240367
Rapid Exploration of Assembly Chemical Space of Molecular Graphs2410.09100v2 · Ian Seet, Keith Y. Patarroyo, Gage Siebert et al.2024 · 1 citationarXiv
Constructing the Molecular Tree of Life using Assembly Theory and Mass Spectrometry2408.09305v2 · Amit Kahana, Alasdair MacLeod, Hessam Mehr et al.2024 · 1 citationarXiv
Experimental Measurement of Assembly Indices are Required to Determine The Threshold for Life2406.06826v1 · Sara I. Walker, Cole Mathis, Stuart Marshall et al.2024 · 1 citationarXiv
Measuring Molecular Complexity.38799655 · Slocombe, Louie, Walker, Sara Imari2025 · 8 citationsACS central science. 2024;10(5):949-952
Toward uncovering an operating system in plant organs.38036390 · Davis, Gwendolyn V, de Souza Moraes, Tatiana, Khanapurkar, Swanand et al.2024 · 11 citationsTrends in plant science. 2024;29(7):742-753
False Positives and the Challenge of Testing the Alien Hypothesis.37962842 · Foote, Searra, Sinhadc, Pritvik, Mathis, Cole et al.2023 · 14 citationsAstrobiology. 2023;23(11):1189-1201
Observations of Elemental Composition of Enceladus Consistent with Generalized Models of Theoretical Ecosystems10.1101/2023.10.29.564608v1 · Muratore, D., Walker, S. I., Graham, H. et al.2023 · 0 citationsbioRxiv
A Complex Systems Approach to Exoplanet Atmospheric Chemistry: New Prospects for Ruling Out the Possibility of Alien Life-As-We-Know-It2310.05359v2 · Theresa Fisher, Estelle Janin, Sara Imari Walker2023 · 5 citationsarXiv
Assembly theory explains and quantifies selection and evolution.37794189 · Sharma, Abhishek, Czégel, Dániel, Lachmann, Michael et al.2023 · 183 citationsNature. 2023;622(7982):321-328
On the non-uniqueness problem in integrated information theory.37560334 · Hanson, Jake R, Walker, Sara I2023 · 15 citationsNeuroscience of consciousness. 2023;2023(1):niad014
A Relational Macrostate Theory Guides Artificial Intelligence to Learn Macro and Design Micro2210.07374v3 · Yanbo Zhang, Sara Imari Walker2022 · 0 citationsarXiv
Information Theory as an Experimental Tool for Integrating Disparate Biophysical Signaling Modules.36076979 · McMillen, Patrick, Walker, Sara I, Levin, Michael2022 · 8 citationsInternational journal of molecular sciences. 2022;23(17)
Formalising the Pathways to Life Using Assembly Spaces.35885107 · Marshall, Stuart M, Moore, Douglas G, Murray, Alastair R G et al.2022 · 30 citationsEntropy (Basel, Switzerland). 2022;24(7)
Assembly Theory Explains and Quantifies the Emergence of Selection and Evolution2206.02279v3 · Abhishek Sharma, D'aniel Cz'egel, Michael Lachmann et al.2022 · 16 citationsarXiv
Scaling laws in enzyme function reveal a new kind of biochemical universality.35217602 · Gagler, Dylan C, Karas, Bradley, Kempes, Christopher P et al.2022 · 34 citationsProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2022;119(9)
Naïve individuals promote collective exploration in homing pigeons.34928230 · Valentini, Gabriele, Pavlic, Theodore P, Walker, Sara Imari et al.2022 · 16 citationseLife. 2021;10
The information signature of diverging lineages10.1101/2021.08.30.458276v2 · Moore, D. G., Morales, M., Biddy, A. R. et al.2021 · 2 citationsbioRxiv
Identifying molecules as biosignatures with assembly theory and mass spectrometry.34031398 · Marshall, Stuart M, Mathis, Cole, Carrick, Emma et al.2021 · 168 citationsNature communications. 2021;12(1):3033
Inferring Exoplanet Disequilibria with Multivariate Information in Atmospheric Reaction Networks2104.09776v2 · Theresa Fisher, Hyunju Kim, Camerian Millsaps et al.2021 · 6 citationsarXiv
Scarcity of scale-free topology is universal across biochemical networks.33753807 · Smith, Harrison B, Kim, Hyunju, Walker, Sara I2021 · 16 citationsScientific reports. 2021;11(1):6542
Informational architecture across non-living and living collectives.33532895 · Kim, Hyunju, Valentini, Gabriele, Hanson, Jake et al.2021 · 9 citationsTheory in biosciences = Theorie in den Biowissenschaften. 2021;140(4):325-341
Seeding Biochemistry on Other Worlds: Enceladus as a Case Study.33064954 · Smith, Harrison B, Drew, Alexa, Malloy, John F et al.2021 · 15 citationsAstrobiology. 2021;21(2):177-190
Beyond COVID-19: Network science and sustainable exit strategies2009.12968v2 · James Bell, Ginestra Bianconi, David Butler et al.2020 · 16 citationsarXiv
Revealing the structure of information flows discriminates similar animal social behaviors.32730203 · Valentini, Gabriele, Mizumoto, Nobuaki, Pratt, Stephen C et al.2021 · 33 citationseLife. 2020;9
Detectability of Life Using Oxygen on Pelagic Planets and Water Worlds2004.03631v1 · Donald M Glaser, Hilairy Ellen Hartnett, Steven J. Desch et al.2020 · 38 citationsarXiv
Division of labour promotes the spread of information in colony emigrations by the ant Temnothorax rugatulus.32228408 · Valentini, Gabriele, Masuda, Naoki, Shaffer, Zachary et al.2020 · 22 citationsProceedings. Biological sciences. 2020;287(1924):20192950
Cell phenotypes as macrostates of the GRN dynamics.32157818 · Borriello, Enrico, Walker, Sara I, Laubichler, Manfred D2021 · 9 citationsJournal of experimental zoology. Part B, Molecular and developmental evolution. 2020;334(4):213-224
A Flexible Bayesian Framework for Assessing Habitability with Joint Observational and Model Constraints1910.07137v1 · Amanda R. Truitt, Patrick A. Young, Sara I. Walker et al.2019 · 15 citationsarXivon Valency
Quantifying the pathways to life using assembly spaces1907.04649v2 · Stuart M. Marshall, Douglas Moore, Alastair R. G. Murray et al.2019 · 4 citationsarXiv
Assessing the viability of biochemical networks across planets10.1101/607531v1 · Smith, H. B., Drew, A., Walker, S. I.2019 · 0 citationsbioRxiv
Environmental control programs the emergence of distinct functional ensembles from unconstrained chemical reactions.30842280 · Surman, Andrew J, Rodriguez-Garcia, Marc, Abul-Haija, Yousef M et al.2019 · 64 citationsProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2019;116(12):5387-5392
Universal scaling across biochemical networks on Earth.30746442 · Kim, Hyunju, Smith, Harrison B, Mathis, Cole et al.2020 · 46 citationsScience advances. 2019;5(1):eaau0149
Criticality Distinguishes the Ensemble of Biological Regulatory Networks.30312104 · Daniels, Bryan C, Kim, Hyunju, Moore, Douglas et al.2018 · 113 citationsPhysical review letters. 2018;121(13):138102
Inform: Efficient Information-Theoretic Analysis of Collective Behaviors.33718436 · Moore, Douglas G, Valentini, Gabriele, Walker, Sara I et al.2023 · 36 citationsFrontiers in robotics and AI. 2018;5:60
Exoplanet Biosignatures: Future Directions.29938538 · Walker, Sara I, Bains, William, Cronin, Leroy et al.2019 · 125 citationsAstrobiology. 2018;18(6):779-824
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