--- _id: '6465' abstract: - lang: eng text: Tight control over protein degradation is a fundamental requirement for cells to respond rapidly to various stimuli and adapt to a fluctuating environment. Here we develop a versatile, easy-to-handle library of destabilizing tags (degrons) for the precise regulation of protein expression profiles in mammalian cells by modulating target protein half-lives in a predictable manner. Using the well-established tetracycline gene-regulation system as a model, we show that the dynamics of protein expression can be tuned by fusing appropriate degron tags to gene regulators. Next, we apply this degron library to tune a synthetic pulse-generating circuit in mammalian cells. With this toolbox we establish a set of pulse generators with tailored pulse lengths and magnitudes of protein expression. This methodology will prove useful in the functional roles of essential proteins, fine-tuning of gene-expression systems, and enabling a higher complexity in the design of synthetic biological systems in mammalian cells. article_number: '2013' article_processing_charge: No author: - first_name: Hélène full_name: Chassin, Hélène last_name: Chassin - first_name: Marius full_name: Müller, Marius last_name: Müller - first_name: Marcel full_name: Tigges, Marcel last_name: Tigges - first_name: Leo full_name: Scheller, Leo last_name: Scheller - first_name: Moritz full_name: Lang, Moritz id: 29E0800A-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Lang - first_name: Martin full_name: Fussenegger, Martin last_name: Fussenegger citation: ama: Chassin H, Müller M, Tigges M, Scheller L, Lang M, Fussenegger M. A modular degron library for synthetic circuits in mammalian cells. Nature Communications. 2019;10(1). doi:10.1038/s41467-019-09974-5 apa: Chassin, H., Müller, M., Tigges, M., Scheller, L., Lang, M., & Fussenegger, M. (2019). A modular degron library for synthetic circuits in mammalian cells. Nature Communications. Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09974-5 chicago: Chassin, Hélène, Marius Müller, Marcel Tigges, Leo Scheller, Moritz Lang, and Martin Fussenegger. “A Modular Degron Library for Synthetic Circuits in Mammalian Cells.” Nature Communications. Springer Nature, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09974-5. ieee: H. Chassin, M. Müller, M. Tigges, L. Scheller, M. Lang, and M. Fussenegger, “A modular degron library for synthetic circuits in mammalian cells,” Nature Communications, vol. 10, no. 1. Springer Nature, 2019. ista: Chassin H, Müller M, Tigges M, Scheller L, Lang M, Fussenegger M. 2019. A modular degron library for synthetic circuits in mammalian cells. Nature Communications. 10(1), 2013. mla: Chassin, Hélène, et al. “A Modular Degron Library for Synthetic Circuits in Mammalian Cells.” Nature Communications, vol. 10, no. 1, 2013, Springer Nature, 2019, doi:10.1038/s41467-019-09974-5. short: H. Chassin, M. Müller, M. Tigges, L. Scheller, M. Lang, M. Fussenegger, Nature Communications 10 (2019). date_created: 2019-05-19T21:59:14Z date_published: 2019-05-01T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2023-08-25T10:33:51Z day: '01' ddc: - '570' department: - _id: CaGu doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-09974-5 external_id: isi: - '000466338600006' file: - access_level: open_access checksum: e214d3e4f8c81e35981583c4569b51b8 content_type: application/pdf creator: dernst date_created: 2019-05-20T07:33:54Z date_updated: 2020-07-14T12:47:31Z file_id: '6471' file_name: 2019_NatureComm_Chassin.pdf file_size: 1191827 relation: main_file file_date_updated: 2020-07-14T12:47:31Z has_accepted_license: '1' intvolume: ' 10' isi: 1 issue: '1' language: - iso: eng month: '05' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version publication: Nature Communications publication_identifier: eissn: - '20411723' publication_status: published publisher: Springer Nature quality_controlled: '1' related_material: link: - relation: erratum url: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-36111-0 scopus_import: '1' status: public title: A modular degron library for synthetic circuits in mammalian cells tmp: image: /images/cc_by.png legal_code_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode name: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0) short: CC BY (4.0) type: journal_article user_id: 4359f0d1-fa6c-11eb-b949-802e58b17ae8 volume: 10 year: '2019' ... --- _id: '196' abstract: - lang: eng text: 'The abelian sandpile serves as a model to study self-organized criticality, a phenomenon occurring in biological, physical and social processes. The identity of the abelian group is a fractal composed of self-similar patches, and its limit is subject of extensive collaborative research. Here, we analyze the evolution of the sandpile identity under harmonic fields of different orders. We show that this evolution corresponds to periodic cycles through the abelian group characterized by the smooth transformation and apparent conservation of the patches constituting the identity. The dynamics induced by second and third order harmonics resemble smooth stretchings, respectively translations, of the identity, while the ones induced by fourth order harmonics resemble magnifications and rotations. Starting with order three, the dynamics pass through extended regions of seemingly random configurations which spontaneously reassemble into accentuated patterns. We show that the space of harmonic functions projects to the extended analogue of the sandpile group, thus providing a set of universal coordinates identifying configurations between different domains. Since the original sandpile group is a subgroup of the extended one, this directly implies that it admits a natural renormalization. Furthermore, we show that the harmonic fields can be induced by simple Markov processes, and that the corresponding stochastic dynamics show remarkable robustness over hundreds of periods. Finally, we encode information into seemingly random configurations, and decode this information with an algorithm requiring minimal prior knowledge. Our results suggest that harmonic fields might split the sandpile group into sub-sets showing different critical coefficients, and that it might be possible to extend the fractal structure of the identity beyond the boundaries of its domain. ' acknowledgement: "M.L. is grateful to the members of the C Guet and G Tkacik groups for valuable comments and support. M.S. is grateful to Nikita Kalinin for inspiring communications.\r\n" article_processing_charge: No article_type: original author: - first_name: Moritz full_name: Lang, Moritz id: 29E0800A-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Lang - first_name: Mikhail full_name: Shkolnikov, Mikhail id: 35084A62-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Shkolnikov orcid: 0000-0002-4310-178X citation: ama: Lang M, Shkolnikov M. Harmonic dynamics of the Abelian sandpile. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2019;116(8):2821-2830. doi:10.1073/pnas.1812015116 apa: Lang, M., & Shkolnikov, M. (2019). Harmonic dynamics of the Abelian sandpile. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. National Academy of Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1812015116 chicago: Lang, Moritz, and Mikhail Shkolnikov. “Harmonic Dynamics of the Abelian Sandpile.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. National Academy of Sciences, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1812015116. ieee: M. Lang and M. Shkolnikov, “Harmonic dynamics of the Abelian sandpile,” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. 116, no. 8. National Academy of Sciences, pp. 2821–2830, 2019. ista: Lang M, Shkolnikov M. 2019. Harmonic dynamics of the Abelian sandpile. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(8), 2821–2830. mla: Lang, Moritz, and Mikhail Shkolnikov. “Harmonic Dynamics of the Abelian Sandpile.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. 116, no. 8, National Academy of Sciences, 2019, pp. 2821–30, doi:10.1073/pnas.1812015116. short: M. Lang, M. Shkolnikov, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 116 (2019) 2821–2830. date_created: 2018-12-11T11:45:08Z date_published: 2019-02-19T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2023-09-11T14:09:34Z day: '19' department: - _id: CaGu - _id: GaTk - _id: TaHa doi: 10.1073/pnas.1812015116 external_id: arxiv: - '1806.10823' isi: - '000459074400013' pmid: - ' 30728300' intvolume: ' 116' isi: 1 issue: '8' language: - iso: eng main_file_link: - open_access: '1' url: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1812015116 month: '02' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version page: 2821-2830 pmid: 1 publication: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences publication_identifier: eissn: - 1091-6490 publication_status: published publisher: National Academy of Sciences quality_controlled: '1' related_material: link: - description: News on IST Webpage relation: press_release url: https://ist.ac.at/en/news/famous-sandpile-model-shown-to-move-like-a-traveling-sand-dune/ scopus_import: '1' status: public title: Harmonic dynamics of the Abelian sandpile type: journal_article user_id: c635000d-4b10-11ee-a964-aac5a93f6ac1 volume: 116 year: '2019' ... --- _id: '305' abstract: - lang: eng text: The hanging-drop network (HDN) is a technology platform based on a completely open microfluidic network at the bottom of an inverted, surface-patterned substrate. The platform is predominantly used for the formation, culturing, and interaction of self-assembled spherical microtissues (spheroids) under precisely controlled flow conditions. Here, we describe design, fabrication, and operation of microfluidic hanging-drop networks. acknowledgement: This work was financially supported by FP7 of the EU through the project “Body on a chip,” ICT-FET-296257, and the ERC Advanced Grant “NeuroCMOS” (contract 267351), as well as by an individual Ambizione Grant 142440 from the Swiss National Science Foundation for Olivier Frey. The research leading to these results also received funding from the People Programme (Marie Curie Actions) of the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) under REA grant agreement no. [291734]. We would like to thank Alexander Stettler, ETH Zurich for his expertise and support in the cleanroom, and we acknowledge the Single Cell Unit of D-BSSE, ETH Zurich for assistance in microscopy issues. M.L. is grateful to the members of the Guet and Tkačik groups, IST Austria, for valuable comments and support. alternative_title: - MIMB author: - first_name: Patrick full_name: Misun, Patrick last_name: Misun - first_name: Axel full_name: Birchler, Axel last_name: Birchler - first_name: Moritz full_name: Lang, Moritz id: 29E0800A-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Lang - first_name: Andreas full_name: Hierlemann, Andreas last_name: Hierlemann - first_name: Olivier full_name: Frey, Olivier last_name: Frey citation: ama: Misun P, Birchler A, Lang M, Hierlemann A, Frey O. Fabrication and operation of microfluidic hanging drop networks. Methods in Molecular Biology. 2018;1771:183-202. doi:10.1007/978-1-4939-7792-5_15 apa: Misun, P., Birchler, A., Lang, M., Hierlemann, A., & Frey, O. (2018). Fabrication and operation of microfluidic hanging drop networks. Methods in Molecular Biology. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-7792-5_15 chicago: Misun, Patrick, Axel Birchler, Moritz Lang, Andreas Hierlemann, and Olivier Frey. “Fabrication and Operation of Microfluidic Hanging Drop Networks.” Methods in Molecular Biology. Springer, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-7792-5_15. ieee: P. Misun, A. Birchler, M. Lang, A. Hierlemann, and O. Frey, “Fabrication and operation of microfluidic hanging drop networks,” Methods in Molecular Biology, vol. 1771. Springer, pp. 183–202, 2018. ista: Misun P, Birchler A, Lang M, Hierlemann A, Frey O. 2018. Fabrication and operation of microfluidic hanging drop networks. Methods in Molecular Biology. 1771, 183–202. mla: Misun, Patrick, et al. “Fabrication and Operation of Microfluidic Hanging Drop Networks.” Methods in Molecular Biology, vol. 1771, Springer, 2018, pp. 183–202, doi:10.1007/978-1-4939-7792-5_15. short: P. Misun, A. Birchler, M. Lang, A. Hierlemann, O. Frey, Methods in Molecular Biology 1771 (2018) 183–202. date_created: 2018-12-11T11:45:43Z date_published: 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2021-01-12T07:40:42Z day: '01' department: - _id: CaGu - _id: GaTk doi: 10.1007/978-1-4939-7792-5_15 ec_funded: 1 intvolume: ' 1771' language: - iso: eng month: '01' oa_version: None page: 183 - 202 project: - _id: 25681D80-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: FP7 grant_number: '291734' name: International IST Postdoc Fellowship Programme publication: Methods in Molecular Biology publication_status: published publisher: Springer publist_id: '7574' quality_controlled: '1' scopus_import: 1 status: public title: Fabrication and operation of microfluidic hanging drop networks type: journal_article user_id: 2DF688A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 volume: 1771 year: '2018' ... --- _id: '457' abstract: - lang: eng text: Temperate bacteriophages integrate in bacterial genomes as prophages and represent an important source of genetic variation for bacterial evolution, frequently transmitting fitness-augmenting genes such as toxins responsible for virulence of major pathogens. However, only a fraction of bacteriophage infections are lysogenic and lead to prophage acquisition, whereas the majority are lytic and kill the infected bacteria. Unless able to discriminate lytic from lysogenic infections, mechanisms of immunity to bacteriophages are expected to act as a double-edged sword and increase the odds of survival at the cost of depriving bacteria of potentially beneficial prophages. We show that although restriction-modification systems as mechanisms of innate immunity prevent both lytic and lysogenic infections indiscriminately in individual bacteria, they increase the number of prophage-acquiring individuals at the population level. We find that this counterintuitive result is a consequence of phage-host population dynamics, in which restriction-modification systems delay infection onset until bacteria reach densities at which the probability of lysogeny increases. These results underscore the importance of population-level dynamics as a key factor modulating costs and benefits of immunity to temperate bacteriophages article_processing_charge: No author: - first_name: Maros full_name: Pleska, Maros id: 4569785E-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Pleska orcid: 0000-0001-7460-7479 - first_name: Moritz full_name: Lang, Moritz id: 29E0800A-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Lang - first_name: Dominik full_name: Refardt, Dominik last_name: Refardt - first_name: Bruce full_name: Levin, Bruce last_name: Levin - first_name: Calin C full_name: Guet, Calin C id: 47F8433E-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Guet orcid: 0000-0001-6220-2052 citation: ama: Pleska M, Lang M, Refardt D, Levin B, Guet CC. Phage-host population dynamics promotes prophage acquisition in bacteria with innate immunity. Nature Ecology and Evolution. 2018;2(2):359-366. doi:10.1038/s41559-017-0424-z apa: Pleska, M., Lang, M., Refardt, D., Levin, B., & Guet, C. C. (2018). Phage-host population dynamics promotes prophage acquisition in bacteria with innate immunity. Nature Ecology and Evolution. Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-017-0424-z chicago: Pleska, Maros, Moritz Lang, Dominik Refardt, Bruce Levin, and Calin C Guet. “Phage-Host Population Dynamics Promotes Prophage Acquisition in Bacteria with Innate Immunity.” Nature Ecology and Evolution. Springer Nature, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-017-0424-z. ieee: M. Pleska, M. Lang, D. Refardt, B. Levin, and C. C. Guet, “Phage-host population dynamics promotes prophage acquisition in bacteria with innate immunity,” Nature Ecology and Evolution, vol. 2, no. 2. Springer Nature, pp. 359–366, 2018. ista: Pleska M, Lang M, Refardt D, Levin B, Guet CC. 2018. Phage-host population dynamics promotes prophage acquisition in bacteria with innate immunity. Nature Ecology and Evolution. 2(2), 359–366. mla: Pleska, Maros, et al. “Phage-Host Population Dynamics Promotes Prophage Acquisition in Bacteria with Innate Immunity.” Nature Ecology and Evolution, vol. 2, no. 2, Springer Nature, 2018, pp. 359–66, doi:10.1038/s41559-017-0424-z. short: M. Pleska, M. Lang, D. Refardt, B. Levin, C.C. Guet, Nature Ecology and Evolution 2 (2018) 359–366. date_created: 2018-12-11T11:46:35Z date_published: 2018-02-01T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2023-09-15T12:04:57Z day: '01' department: - _id: CaGu - _id: GaTk doi: 10.1038/s41559-017-0424-z ec_funded: 1 external_id: isi: - '000426516400027' intvolume: ' 2' isi: 1 issue: '2' language: - iso: eng month: '02' oa_version: None page: 359 - 366 project: - _id: 25681D80-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: FP7 grant_number: '291734' name: International IST Postdoc Fellowship Programme - _id: 251BCBEC-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 grant_number: RGY0079/2011 name: Multi-Level Conflicts in Evolutionary Dynamics of Restriction-Modification Systems (HFSP Young investigators' grant) - _id: 251D65D8-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 grant_number: '24210' name: Effects of Stochasticity on the Function of Restriction-Modi cation Systems at the Single-Cell Level (DOC Fellowship) publication: Nature Ecology and Evolution publication_status: published publisher: Springer Nature publist_id: '7364' quality_controlled: '1' related_material: record: - id: '202' relation: dissertation_contains status: public scopus_import: '1' status: public title: Phage-host population dynamics promotes prophage acquisition in bacteria with innate immunity type: journal_article user_id: c635000d-4b10-11ee-a964-aac5a93f6ac1 volume: 2 year: '2018' ... --- _id: '1007' abstract: - lang: eng text: 'A nonlinear system possesses an invariance with respect to a set of transformations if its output dynamics remain invariant when transforming the input, and adjusting the initial condition accordingly. Most research has focused on invariances with respect to time-independent pointwise transformations like translational-invariance (u(t) -> u(t) + p, p in R) or scale-invariance (u(t) -> pu(t), p in R>0). In this article, we introduce the concept of s0-invariances with respect to continuous input transformations exponentially growing/decaying over time. We show that s0-invariant systems not only encompass linear time-invariant (LTI) systems with transfer functions having an irreducible zero at s0 in R, but also that the input/output relationship of nonlinear s0-invariant systems possesses properties well known from their linear counterparts. Furthermore, we extend the concept of s0-invariances to second- and higher-order s0-invariances, corresponding to invariances with respect to transformations of the time-derivatives of the input, and encompassing LTI systems with zeros of multiplicity two or higher. Finally, we show that nth-order 0-invariant systems realize – under mild conditions – nth-order nonlinear differential operators: when excited by an input of a characteristic functional form, the system’s output converges to a constant value only depending on the nth (nonlinear) derivative of the input.' article_processing_charge: Yes (in subscription journal) author: - first_name: Moritz full_name: Lang, Moritz id: 29E0800A-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Lang - first_name: Eduardo full_name: Sontag, Eduardo last_name: Sontag citation: ama: Lang M, Sontag E. Zeros of nonlinear systems with input invariances. Automatica. 2017;81C:46-55. doi:10.1016/j.automatica.2017.03.030 apa: Lang, M., & Sontag, E. (2017). Zeros of nonlinear systems with input invariances. Automatica. International Federation of Automatic Control. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.automatica.2017.03.030 chicago: Lang, Moritz, and Eduardo Sontag. “Zeros of Nonlinear Systems with Input Invariances.” Automatica. International Federation of Automatic Control, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.automatica.2017.03.030. ieee: M. Lang and E. Sontag, “Zeros of nonlinear systems with input invariances,” Automatica, vol. 81C. International Federation of Automatic Control, pp. 46–55, 2017. ista: Lang M, Sontag E. 2017. Zeros of nonlinear systems with input invariances. Automatica. 81C, 46–55. mla: Lang, Moritz, and Eduardo Sontag. “Zeros of Nonlinear Systems with Input Invariances.” Automatica, vol. 81C, International Federation of Automatic Control, 2017, pp. 46–55, doi:10.1016/j.automatica.2017.03.030. short: M. Lang, E. Sontag, Automatica 81C (2017) 46–55. date_created: 2018-12-11T11:49:39Z date_published: 2017-06-01T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2023-10-17T08:51:18Z day: '01' ddc: - '000' department: - _id: CaGu - _id: GaTk doi: 10.1016/j.automatica.2017.03.030 ec_funded: 1 external_id: isi: - '000403513900006' file: - access_level: open_access content_type: application/pdf creator: system date_created: 2018-12-12T10:11:29Z date_updated: 2018-12-12T10:11:29Z file_id: '4884' file_name: IST-2017-813-v1+1_ZerosOfNonlinearSystems.pdf file_size: 1401954 relation: main_file file_date_updated: 2018-12-12T10:11:29Z has_accepted_license: '1' isi: 1 language: - iso: eng month: '06' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version page: 46 - 55 project: - _id: 25681D80-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: FP7 grant_number: '291734' name: International IST Postdoc Fellowship Programme publication: Automatica publication_identifier: issn: - 0005-1098 publication_status: published publisher: International Federation of Automatic Control publist_id: '6391' pubrep_id: '813' quality_controlled: '1' scopus_import: '1' status: public title: Zeros of nonlinear systems with input invariances tmp: image: /images/cc_by.png legal_code_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode name: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0) short: CC BY (4.0) type: journal_article user_id: 2DF688A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 volume: 81C year: '2017' ... --- _id: '735' abstract: - lang: eng text: Cell-cell contact formation constitutes an essential step in evolution, leading to the differentiation of specialized cell types. However, remarkably little is known about whether and how the interplay between contact formation and fate specification affects development. Here, we identify a positive feedback loop between cell-cell contact duration, morphogen signaling, and mesendoderm cell-fate specification during zebrafish gastrulation. We show that long-lasting cell-cell contacts enhance the competence of prechordal plate (ppl) progenitor cells to respond to Nodal signaling, required for ppl cell-fate specification. We further show that Nodal signaling promotes ppl cell-cell contact duration, generating a positive feedback loop between ppl cell-cell contact duration and cell-fate specification. Finally, by combining mathematical modeling and experimentation, we show that this feedback determines whether anterior axial mesendoderm cells become ppl or, instead, turn into endoderm. Thus, the interdependent activities of cell-cell signaling and contact formation control fate diversification within the developing embryo. article_processing_charge: No author: - first_name: Vanessa full_name: Barone, Vanessa id: 419EECCC-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Barone orcid: 0000-0003-2676-3367 - first_name: Moritz full_name: Lang, Moritz id: 29E0800A-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Lang - first_name: Gabriel full_name: Krens, Gabriel id: 2B819732-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Krens orcid: 0000-0003-4761-5996 - first_name: Saurabh full_name: Pradhan, Saurabh last_name: Pradhan - first_name: Shayan full_name: Shamipour, Shayan id: 40B34FE2-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Shamipour - first_name: Keisuke full_name: Sako, Keisuke id: 3BED66BE-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Sako orcid: 0000-0002-6453-8075 - first_name: Mateusz K full_name: Sikora, Mateusz K id: 2F74BCDE-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Sikora - first_name: Calin C full_name: Guet, Calin C id: 47F8433E-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Guet orcid: 0000-0001-6220-2052 - first_name: Carl-Philipp J full_name: Heisenberg, Carl-Philipp J id: 39427864-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Heisenberg orcid: 0000-0002-0912-4566 citation: ama: Barone V, Lang M, Krens G, et al. An effective feedback loop between cell-cell contact duration and morphogen signaling determines cell fate. Developmental Cell. 2017;43(2):198-211. doi:10.1016/j.devcel.2017.09.014 apa: Barone, V., Lang, M., Krens, G., Pradhan, S., Shamipour, S., Sako, K., … Heisenberg, C.-P. J. (2017). An effective feedback loop between cell-cell contact duration and morphogen signaling determines cell fate. Developmental Cell. Cell Press. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.devcel.2017.09.014 chicago: Barone, Vanessa, Moritz Lang, Gabriel Krens, Saurabh Pradhan, Shayan Shamipour, Keisuke Sako, Mateusz K Sikora, Calin C Guet, and Carl-Philipp J Heisenberg. “An Effective Feedback Loop between Cell-Cell Contact Duration and Morphogen Signaling Determines Cell Fate.” Developmental Cell. Cell Press, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.devcel.2017.09.014. ieee: V. Barone et al., “An effective feedback loop between cell-cell contact duration and morphogen signaling determines cell fate,” Developmental Cell, vol. 43, no. 2. Cell Press, pp. 198–211, 2017. ista: Barone V, Lang M, Krens G, Pradhan S, Shamipour S, Sako K, Sikora MK, Guet CC, Heisenberg C-PJ. 2017. An effective feedback loop between cell-cell contact duration and morphogen signaling determines cell fate. Developmental Cell. 43(2), 198–211. mla: Barone, Vanessa, et al. “An Effective Feedback Loop between Cell-Cell Contact Duration and Morphogen Signaling Determines Cell Fate.” Developmental Cell, vol. 43, no. 2, Cell Press, 2017, pp. 198–211, doi:10.1016/j.devcel.2017.09.014. short: V. Barone, M. Lang, G. Krens, S. Pradhan, S. Shamipour, K. Sako, M.K. Sikora, C.C. Guet, C.-P.J. Heisenberg, Developmental Cell 43 (2017) 198–211. date_created: 2018-12-11T11:48:13Z date_published: 2017-10-23T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2024-03-28T23:30:39Z day: '23' department: - _id: CaHe - _id: CaGu - _id: GaTk doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2017.09.014 ec_funded: 1 external_id: isi: - '000413443700011' intvolume: ' 43' isi: 1 issue: '2' language: - iso: eng month: '10' oa_version: None page: 198 - 211 project: - _id: 25681D80-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: FP7 grant_number: '291734' name: International IST Postdoc Fellowship Programme - _id: 252DD2A6-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: FWF grant_number: I2058 name: 'Cell segregation in gastrulation: the role of cell fate specification' publication: Developmental Cell publication_identifier: issn: - '15345807' publication_status: published publisher: Cell Press publist_id: '6934' quality_controlled: '1' related_material: record: - id: '961' relation: dissertation_contains status: public - id: '8350' relation: dissertation_contains status: public scopus_import: '1' status: public title: An effective feedback loop between cell-cell contact duration and morphogen signaling determines cell fate type: journal_article user_id: c635000d-4b10-11ee-a964-aac5a93f6ac1 volume: 43 year: '2017' ... --- _id: '1008' abstract: - lang: eng text: Feedback loops in biological networks, among others, enable differentiation and cell cycle progression, and increase robustness in signal transduction. In natural networks, feedback loops are often complex and intertwined, making it challenging to identify which loops are mainly responsible for an observed behavior. However, minimal synthetic replicas could allow for such identification. Here, we engineered a synthetic permease-inducer-repressor system in Saccharomyces cerevisiae to analyze if a transport-mediated positive feedback loop could be a core mechanism for the switch-like behavior in the regulation of metabolic gene networks such as the S. cerevisiae GAL system or the Escherichia coli lac operon. We characterized the synthetic circuit using deterministic and stochastic mathematical models. Similar to its natural counterparts, our synthetic system shows bistable and hysteretic behavior, and the inducer concentration range for bistability as well as the switching rates between the two stable states depend on the repressor concentration. Our results indicate that a generic permease–inducer–repressor circuit with a single feedback loop is sufficient to explain the experimentally observed bistable behavior of the natural systems. We anticipate that the approach of reimplementing natural systems with orthogonal parts to identify crucial network components is applicable to other natural systems such as signaling pathways. acknowledgement: We thank Julio Polaina (Instituto de Agroqu ı ́ mica y Tecnolog ı ́ a de Alimentos, C.S.I.C., Paterna, Spain) for the gift of plasmid pMR4, Gregor W. Schmidt for provision of and support with the micro fl uidic device, Markus Du ̈ rr for the cell tracking R script, and Lukas Widmer for the script for MEIGO using “ parfor ” in MATLAB. We acknowledge the members of the Stelling group for discussions, comments, and support. author: - first_name: Robert full_name: Gnügge, Robert last_name: Gnügge - first_name: Lekshmi full_name: Dharmarajan, Lekshmi last_name: Dharmarajan - first_name: Moritz full_name: Lang, Moritz id: 29E0800A-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Lang - first_name: Jörg full_name: Stelling, Jörg last_name: Stelling citation: ama: Gnügge R, Dharmarajan L, Lang M, Stelling J. An orthogonal permease–inducer–repressor feedback loop shows bistability. ACS Synthetic Biology. 2016;5(10):1098-1107. doi:10.1021/acssynbio.6b00013 apa: Gnügge, R., Dharmarajan, L., Lang, M., & Stelling, J. (2016). An orthogonal permease–inducer–repressor feedback loop shows bistability. ACS Synthetic Biology. American Chemical Society. https://doi.org/10.1021/acssynbio.6b00013 chicago: Gnügge, Robert, Lekshmi Dharmarajan, Moritz Lang, and Jörg Stelling. “An Orthogonal Permease–Inducer–Repressor Feedback Loop Shows Bistability.” ACS Synthetic Biology. American Chemical Society, 2016. https://doi.org/10.1021/acssynbio.6b00013. ieee: R. Gnügge, L. Dharmarajan, M. Lang, and J. Stelling, “An orthogonal permease–inducer–repressor feedback loop shows bistability,” ACS Synthetic Biology, vol. 5, no. 10. American Chemical Society, pp. 1098–1107, 2016. ista: Gnügge R, Dharmarajan L, Lang M, Stelling J. 2016. An orthogonal permease–inducer–repressor feedback loop shows bistability. ACS Synthetic Biology. 5(10), 1098–1107. mla: Gnügge, Robert, et al. “An Orthogonal Permease–Inducer–Repressor Feedback Loop Shows Bistability.” ACS Synthetic Biology, vol. 5, no. 10, American Chemical Society, 2016, pp. 1098–107, doi:10.1021/acssynbio.6b00013. short: R. Gnügge, L. Dharmarajan, M. Lang, J. Stelling, ACS Synthetic Biology 5 (2016) 1098–1107. date_created: 2018-12-11T11:49:40Z date_published: 2016-05-05T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2021-01-12T06:47:37Z day: '05' department: - _id: CaGu doi: 10.1021/acssynbio.6b00013 intvolume: ' 5' issue: '10' language: - iso: eng month: '05' oa_version: None page: 1098 - 1107 publication: ACS Synthetic Biology publication_status: published publisher: American Chemical Society publist_id: '6390' quality_controlled: '1' status: public title: An orthogonal permease–inducer–repressor feedback loop shows bistability type: journal_article user_id: 3E5EF7F0-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 volume: 5 year: '2016' ... --- _id: '1170' abstract: - lang: eng text: The increasing complexity of dynamic models in systems and synthetic biology poses computational challenges especially for the identification of model parameters. While modularization of the corresponding optimization problems could help reduce the “curse of dimensionality,” abundant feedback and crosstalk mechanisms prohibit a simple decomposition of most biomolecular networks into subnetworks, or modules. Drawing on ideas from network modularization and multiple-shooting optimization, we present here a modular parameter identification approach that explicitly allows for such interdependencies. Interfaces between our modules are given by the experimentally measured molecular species. This definition allows deriving good (initial) estimates for the inter-module communication directly from the experimental data. Given these estimates, the states and parameter sensitivities of different modules can be integrated independently. To achieve consistency between modules, we iteratively adjust the estimates for inter-module communication while optimizing the parameters. After convergence to an optimal parameter set---but not during earlier iterations---the intermodule communication as well as the individual modules\' state dynamics agree with the dynamics of the nonmodularized network. Our modular parameter identification approach allows for easy parallelization; it can reduce the computational complexity for larger networks and decrease the probability to converge to suboptimal local minima. We demonstrate the algorithm\'s performance in parameter estimation for two biomolecular networks, a synthetic genetic oscillator and a mammalian signaling pathway. author: - first_name: Moritz full_name: Lang, Moritz id: 29E0800A-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Lang - first_name: Jörg full_name: Stelling, Jörg last_name: Stelling citation: ama: Lang M, Stelling J. Modular parameter identification of biomolecular networks. SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing. 2016;38(6):B988-B1008. doi:10.1137/15M103306X apa: Lang, M., & Stelling, J. (2016). Modular parameter identification of biomolecular networks. SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing. Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics . https://doi.org/10.1137/15M103306X chicago: Lang, Moritz, and Jörg Stelling. “Modular Parameter Identification of Biomolecular Networks.” SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing. Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics , 2016. https://doi.org/10.1137/15M103306X. ieee: M. Lang and J. Stelling, “Modular parameter identification of biomolecular networks,” SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing, vol. 38, no. 6. Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics , pp. B988–B1008, 2016. ista: Lang M, Stelling J. 2016. Modular parameter identification of biomolecular networks. SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing. 38(6), B988–B1008. mla: Lang, Moritz, and Jörg Stelling. “Modular Parameter Identification of Biomolecular Networks.” SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing, vol. 38, no. 6, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics , 2016, pp. B988–1008, doi:10.1137/15M103306X. short: M. Lang, J. Stelling, SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing 38 (2016) B988–B1008. date_created: 2018-12-11T11:50:31Z date_published: 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2021-01-12T06:48:49Z day: '15' ddc: - '003' - '518' - '570' - '621' department: - _id: CaGu - _id: GaTk doi: 10.1137/15M103306X file: - access_level: local checksum: 781bc3ffd30b2dd65b7727c5a285fc78 content_type: application/pdf creator: system date_created: 2018-12-12T10:14:41Z date_updated: 2020-07-14T12:44:37Z file_id: '5095' file_name: IST-2017-811-v1+1_modular_parameter_identification.pdf file_size: 871964 relation: main_file file_date_updated: 2020-07-14T12:44:37Z has_accepted_license: '1' intvolume: ' 38' issue: '6' language: - iso: eng month: '11' oa_version: Submitted Version page: B988 - B1008 publication: SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing publication_status: published publisher: 'Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics ' publist_id: '6186' pubrep_id: '811' quality_controlled: '1' scopus_import: 1 status: public title: Modular parameter identification of biomolecular networks type: journal_article user_id: 3E5EF7F0-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 volume: 38 year: '2016' ... --- _id: '1320' abstract: - lang: eng text: 'In recent years, several biomolecular systems have been shown to be scale-invariant (SI), i.e. to show the same output dynamics when exposed to geometrically scaled input signals (u → pu, p > 0) after pre-adaptation to accordingly scaled constant inputs. In this article, we show that SI systems-as well as systems invariant with respect to other input transformations-can realize nonlinear differential operators: when excited by inputs obeying functional forms characteristic for a given class of invariant systems, the systems'' outputs converge to constant values directly quantifying the speed of the input.' acknowledgement: The research leading to these results has received funding from the People Programme (Marie Curie Actions) of the European Union's Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) under REA grant agreement n° [291734]. Work supported in part by grants AFOSR FA9550-14-1-0060 and NIH 1R01GM100473. article_number: '7526722' author: - first_name: Moritz full_name: Lang, Moritz id: 29E0800A-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Lang - first_name: Eduardo full_name: Sontag, Eduardo last_name: Sontag citation: ama: 'Lang M, Sontag E. Scale-invariant systems realize nonlinear differential operators. In: Vol 2016-July. IEEE; 2016. doi:10.1109/ACC.2016.7526722' apa: 'Lang, M., & Sontag, E. (2016). Scale-invariant systems realize nonlinear differential operators (Vol. 2016–July). Presented at the ACC: American Control Conference, Boston, MA, USA: IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/ACC.2016.7526722' chicago: Lang, Moritz, and Eduardo Sontag. “Scale-Invariant Systems Realize Nonlinear Differential Operators,” Vol. 2016–July. IEEE, 2016. https://doi.org/10.1109/ACC.2016.7526722. ieee: 'M. Lang and E. Sontag, “Scale-invariant systems realize nonlinear differential operators,” presented at the ACC: American Control Conference, Boston, MA, USA, 2016, vol. 2016–July.' ista: 'Lang M, Sontag E. 2016. Scale-invariant systems realize nonlinear differential operators. ACC: American Control Conference vol. 2016–July, 7526722.' mla: Lang, Moritz, and Eduardo Sontag. Scale-Invariant Systems Realize Nonlinear Differential Operators. Vol. 2016–July, 7526722, IEEE, 2016, doi:10.1109/ACC.2016.7526722. short: M. Lang, E. Sontag, in:, IEEE, 2016. conference: end_date: 2016-07-08 location: Boston, MA, USA name: 'ACC: American Control Conference' start_date: 2016-07-06 date_created: 2018-12-11T11:51:21Z date_published: 2016-07-28T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2021-01-12T06:49:51Z day: '28' ddc: - '003' - '621' department: - _id: CaGu - _id: GaTk doi: 10.1109/ACC.2016.7526722 ec_funded: 1 file: - access_level: local checksum: 7219432b43defc62a0d45f48d4ce6a19 content_type: application/pdf creator: system date_created: 2018-12-12T10:16:17Z date_updated: 2020-07-14T12:44:43Z file_id: '5203' file_name: IST-2017-810-v1+1_root.pdf file_size: 539166 relation: main_file file_date_updated: 2020-07-14T12:44:43Z has_accepted_license: '1' language: - iso: eng month: '07' oa_version: Preprint project: - _id: 25681D80-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: FP7 grant_number: '291734' name: International IST Postdoc Fellowship Programme publication_status: published publisher: IEEE publist_id: '5950' pubrep_id: '810' quality_controlled: '1' scopus_import: 1 status: public title: Scale-invariant systems realize nonlinear differential operators type: conference user_id: 3E5EF7F0-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 volume: 2016-July year: '2016' ...