--- _id: '14711' abstract: - lang: eng text: "In nature, different species find their niche in a range of environments, each with its unique characteristics. While some thrive in uniform (homogeneous) landscapes where environmental conditions stay relatively consistent across space, others traverse the complexities of spatially heterogeneous terrains. Comprehending how species are distributed and how they interact within these landscapes holds the key to gaining insights into their evolutionary dynamics while also informing conservation and management strategies.\r\n\r\nFor species inhabiting heterogeneous landscapes, when the rate of dispersal is low compared to spatial fluctuations in selection pressure, localized adaptations may emerge. Such adaptation in response to varying selection strengths plays an important role in the persistence of populations in our rapidly changing world. Hence, species in nature are continuously in a struggle to adapt to local environmental conditions, to ensure their continued survival. Natural populations can often adapt in time scales short enough for evolutionary changes to influence ecological dynamics and vice versa, thereby creating a feedback between evolution and demography. The analysis of this feedback and the relative contributions of gene flow, demography, drift, and natural selection to genetic variation and differentiation has remained a recurring theme in evolutionary biology. Nevertheless, the effective role of these forces in maintaining variation and shaping patterns of diversity is not fully understood. Even in homogeneous environments devoid of local adaptations, such understanding remains elusive. Understanding this feedback is crucial, for example in determining the conditions under which extinction risk can be mitigated in peripheral populations subject to deleterious mutation accumulation at the edges of species’ ranges\r\nas well as in highly fragmented populations.\r\n\r\nIn this thesis we explore both uniform and spatially heterogeneous metapopulations, investigating and providing theoretical insights into the dynamics of local adaptation in the latter and examining the dynamics of load and extinction as well as the impact of joint ecological and evolutionary (eco-evolutionary) dynamics in the former. The thesis is divided into 5 chapters.\r\n\r\nChapter 1 provides a general introduction into the subject matter, clarifying concepts and ideas used throughout the thesis. In chapter 2, we explore how fast a species distributed across a heterogeneous landscape adapts to changing conditions marked by alterations in carrying capacity, selection pressure, and migration rate.\r\n\r\nIn chapter 3, we investigate how migration selection and drift influences adaptation and the maintenance of variation in a metapopulation with three habitats, an extension of previous models of adaptation in two habitats. We further develop analytical approximations for the critical threshold required for polymorphism to persist.\r\n\r\nThe focus of chapter 4 of the thesis is on understanding the interplay between ecology and evolution as coupled processes. We investigate how eco-evolutionary feedback between migration, selection, drift, and demography influences eco-evolutionary outcomes in marginal populations subject to deleterious mutation accumulation. Using simulations as well as theoretical approximations of the coupled dynamics of population size and allele frequency, we analyze how gene flow from a large mainland source influences genetic load and population size on an island (i.e., in a marginal population) under genetically realistic assumptions. Analyses of this sort are important because small isolated populations, are repeatedly affected by complex interactions between ecological and evolutionary processes, which can lead to their death. Understanding these interactions can therefore provide an insight into the conditions under which extinction risk can be mitigated in peripheral populations thus, contributing to conservation and restoration efforts.\r\n\r\nChapter 5 extends the analysis in chapter 4 to consider the dynamics of load (due to deleterious mutation accumulation) and extinction risk in a metapopulation. We explore the role of gene flow, selection, and dominance on load and extinction risk and further pinpoint critical thresholds required for metapopulation persistence.\r\n\r\nOverall this research contributes to our understanding of ecological and evolutionary mechanisms that shape species’ persistence in fragmented landscapes, a crucial foundation for successful conservation efforts and biodiversity management." acknowledged_ssus: - _id: SSU alternative_title: - ISTA Thesis article_processing_charge: No author: - first_name: Oluwafunmilola O full_name: Olusanya, Oluwafunmilola O id: 41AD96DC-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Olusanya orcid: 0000-0003-1971-8314 citation: ama: Olusanya OO. Local adaptation, genetic load and extinction in metapopulations. 2024. doi:10.15479/at:ista:14711 apa: Olusanya, O. O. (2024). Local adaptation, genetic load and extinction in metapopulations. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:14711 chicago: Olusanya, Oluwafunmilola O. “Local Adaptation, Genetic Load and Extinction in Metapopulations.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2024. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:14711. ieee: O. O. Olusanya, “Local adaptation, genetic load and extinction in metapopulations,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2024. ista: Olusanya OO. 2024. Local adaptation, genetic load and extinction in metapopulations. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. mla: Olusanya, Oluwafunmilola O. Local Adaptation, Genetic Load and Extinction in Metapopulations. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2024, doi:10.15479/at:ista:14711. short: O.O. Olusanya, Local Adaptation, Genetic Load and Extinction in Metapopulations, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2024. date_created: 2023-12-26T22:49:53Z date_published: 2024-01-19T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2024-01-26T12:00:54Z day: '19' ddc: - '576' degree_awarded: PhD department: - _id: NiBa - _id: GradSch doi: 10.15479/at:ista:14711 ec_funded: 1 file: - access_level: closed checksum: de179b1c6758f182ff0c70d8b38c1501 content_type: application/zip creator: oolusany date_created: 2024-01-03T18:30:13Z date_updated: 2024-01-03T18:30:13Z file_id: '14730' file_name: FinalSubmission_Thesis_OLUSANYA.zip file_size: 16986244 relation: source_file - access_level: open_access checksum: 0e331585e3cd4823320aab4e69e64ccf content_type: application/pdf creator: oolusany date_created: 2024-01-03T18:31:34Z date_updated: 2024-01-03T18:31:34Z file_id: '14731' file_name: FinalSubmission2_Thesis_OLUSANYA.pdf file_size: 6460403 relation: main_file success: 1 file_date_updated: 2024-01-03T18:31:34Z has_accepted_license: '1' language: - iso: eng month: '01' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version page: '183' project: - _id: 2564DBCA-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: H2020 grant_number: '665385' name: International IST Doctoral Program - _id: c08d3278-5a5b-11eb-8a69-fdb09b55f4b8 grant_number: P32896 name: Causes and consequences of population fragmentation - _id: 34c872fe-11ca-11ed-8bc3-8534b82131e6 grant_number: '26380' name: Polygenic Adaptation in a Metapopulation publication_identifier: issn: - 2663 - 337X publication_status: published publisher: Institute of Science and Technology Austria related_material: record: - id: '10658' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '10787' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '14732' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public status: public supervisor: - first_name: Nicholas H full_name: Barton, Nicholas H id: 4880FE40-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Barton orcid: 0000-0002-8548-5240 - first_name: Jitka full_name: Polechova, Jitka last_name: Polechova - first_name: Himani full_name: Sachdeva, Himani last_name: Sachdeva title: Local adaptation, genetic load and extinction in metapopulations tmp: image: /images/cc_by_nc_sa.png legal_code_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/legalcode name: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) short: CC BY-NC-SA (4.0) type: dissertation user_id: 8b945eb4-e2f2-11eb-945a-df72226e66a9 year: '2024' ... --- _id: '14821' alternative_title: - ISTA Thesis article_processing_charge: No author: - first_name: Heloisa full_name: Chiossi, Heloisa id: 2BBA502C-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Chiossi citation: ama: Chiossi HSC. Adaptive hierarchical representations in the hippocampus. 2024. doi:10.15479/at:ista:14821 apa: Chiossi, H. S. C. (2024). Adaptive hierarchical representations in the hippocampus. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:14821 chicago: Chiossi, Heloisa S. C. “Adaptive Hierarchical Representations in the Hippocampus.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2024. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:14821. ieee: H. S. C. Chiossi, “Adaptive hierarchical representations in the hippocampus,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2024. ista: Chiossi HSC. 2024. Adaptive hierarchical representations in the hippocampus. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. mla: Chiossi, Heloisa S. C. Adaptive Hierarchical Representations in the Hippocampus. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2024, doi:10.15479/at:ista:14821. short: H.S.C. Chiossi, Adaptive Hierarchical Representations in the Hippocampus, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2024. date_created: 2024-01-16T14:25:21Z date_published: 2024-01-19T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2024-02-01T09:50:29Z day: '19' ddc: - '570' degree_awarded: PhD department: - _id: GradSch - _id: JoCs doi: 10.15479/at:ista:14821 ec_funded: 1 file: - access_level: closed checksum: d3fa3de1abd5af5204c13e9d55375615 content_type: application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document creator: hchiossi date_created: 2024-01-19T11:04:05Z date_updated: 2024-01-19T11:04:05Z file_id: '14838' file_name: PhD_Thesis_190124.docx file_size: 8656268 relation: source_file - access_level: closed checksum: 13adc8dcfb5b6b18107f89f0a98fa8bd content_type: application/pdf creator: hchiossi date_created: 2024-01-19T11:03:59Z date_updated: 2024-01-19T11:03:59Z embargo: 2025-01-19 embargo_to: open_access file_id: '14839' file_name: PhD_Thesis_190124.pdf file_size: 6567275 relation: main_file file_date_updated: 2024-01-19T11:04:05Z has_accepted_license: '1' language: - iso: eng month: '01' oa_version: Published Version page: '89' project: - _id: 2564DBCA-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: H2020 grant_number: '665385' name: International IST Doctoral Program publication_identifier: issn: - 2663 - 337X publication_status: published publisher: Institute of Science and Technology Austria status: public supervisor: - first_name: Jozsef L full_name: Csicsvari, Jozsef L id: 3FA14672-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Csicsvari orcid: 0000-0002-5193-4036 title: Adaptive hierarchical representations in the hippocampus type: dissertation user_id: 8b945eb4-e2f2-11eb-945a-df72226e66a9 year: '2024' ... --- _id: '15020' abstract: - lang: eng text: "This thesis consists of four distinct pieces of work within theoretical biology, with two themes in common: the concept of optimization in biological systems, and the use of information-theoretic tools to quantify biological stochasticity and statistical uncertainty.\r\nChapter 2 develops a statistical framework for studying biological systems which we believe to be optimized for a particular utility function, such as retinal neurons conveying information about visual stimuli. We formalize such beliefs as maximum-entropy Bayesian priors, constrained by the expected utility. We explore how such priors aid inference of system parameters with limited data and enable optimality hypothesis testing: is the utility higher than by chance?\r\nChapter 3 examines the ultimate biological optimization process: evolution by natural selection. As some individuals survive and reproduce more successfully than others, populations evolve towards fitter genotypes and phenotypes. We formalize this as accumulation of genetic information, and use population genetics theory to study how much such information can be accumulated per generation and maintained in the face of random mutation and genetic drift. We identify the population size and fitness variance as the key quantities that control information accumulation and maintenance.\r\nChapter 4 reuses the concept of genetic information from Chapter 3, but from a different perspective: we ask how much genetic information organisms actually need, in particular in the context of gene regulation. For example, how much information is needed to bind transcription factors at correct locations within the genome? Population genetics provides us with a refined answer: with an increasing population size, populations achieve higher fitness by maintaining more genetic information. Moreover, regulatory parameters experience selection pressure to optimize the fitness-information trade-off, i.e. minimize the information needed for a given fitness. This provides an evolutionary derivation of the optimization priors introduced in Chapter 2.\r\nChapter 5 proves an upper bound on mutual information between a signal and a communication channel output (such as neural activity). Mutual information is an important utility measure for biological systems, but its practical use can be difficult due to the large dimensionality of many biological channels. Sometimes, a lower bound on mutual information is computed by replacing the high-dimensional channel outputs with decodes (signal estimates). Our result provides a corresponding upper bound, provided that the decodes are the maximum posterior estimates of the signal." acknowledged_ssus: - _id: ScienComp alternative_title: - ISTA Thesis article_processing_charge: No author: - first_name: Michal full_name: Hledik, Michal id: 4171253A-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Hledik citation: ama: Hledik M. Genetic information and biological optimization. 2024. doi:10.15479/at:ista:15020 apa: Hledik, M. (2024). Genetic information and biological optimization. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:15020 chicago: Hledik, Michal. “Genetic Information and Biological Optimization.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2024. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:15020. ieee: M. Hledik, “Genetic information and biological optimization,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2024. ista: Hledik M. 2024. Genetic information and biological optimization. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. mla: Hledik, Michal. Genetic Information and Biological Optimization. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2024, doi:10.15479/at:ista:15020. short: M. Hledik, Genetic Information and Biological Optimization, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2024. date_created: 2024-02-23T14:02:04Z date_published: 2024-02-23T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2024-03-06T14:22:52Z day: '23' ddc: - '576' - '519' degree_awarded: PhD department: - _id: GradSch - _id: NiBa - _id: GaTk doi: 10.15479/at:ista:15020 ec_funded: 1 file: - access_level: open_access checksum: b2d3da47c98d481577a4baf68944fe41 content_type: application/pdf creator: mhledik date_created: 2024-02-23T13:50:53Z date_updated: 2024-02-23T13:50:53Z file_id: '15021' file_name: hledik thesis pdfa 2b.pdf file_size: 7102089 relation: main_file success: 1 - access_level: closed checksum: eda9b9430da2610fee7ce1c1419a479a content_type: application/zip creator: mhledik date_created: 2024-02-23T13:50:54Z date_updated: 2024-02-23T14:20:16Z file_id: '15022' file_name: hledik thesis source.zip file_size: 14014790 relation: source_file file_date_updated: 2024-02-23T14:20:16Z has_accepted_license: '1' keyword: - Theoretical biology - Optimality - Evolution - Information language: - iso: eng month: '02' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version page: '158' project: - _id: 2564DBCA-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: H2020 grant_number: '665385' name: International IST Doctoral Program - _id: 2665AAFE-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 grant_number: RGP0034/2018 name: Can evolution minimize spurious signaling crosstalk to reach optimal performance? - _id: bd6958e0-d553-11ed-ba76-86eba6a76c00 grant_number: '101055327' name: Understanding the evolution of continuous genomes publication_identifier: issn: - 2663 - 337X publication_status: published publisher: Institute of Science and Technology Austria related_material: record: - id: '7553' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '12081' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '7606' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public status: public supervisor: - first_name: Nicholas H full_name: Barton, Nicholas H id: 4880FE40-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Barton orcid: 0000-0002-8548-5240 - first_name: Gašper full_name: Tkačik, Gašper id: 3D494DCA-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Tkačik orcid: 0000-0002-6699-1455 title: Genetic information and biological optimization type: dissertation user_id: 8b945eb4-e2f2-11eb-945a-df72226e66a9 year: '2024' ... --- _id: '15101' acknowledged_ssus: - _id: EM-Fac alternative_title: - ISTA Thesis article_processing_charge: No author: - first_name: JingJing full_name: Chen, JingJing id: 2C4E65C8-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Chen citation: ama: Chen J. Developmental transformation of nanodomain coupling between Ca2+ channels and release sensors at a central GABAergic synapse. 2024. doi:10.15479/at:ista:15101 apa: Chen, J. (2024). Developmental transformation of nanodomain coupling between Ca2+ channels and release sensors at a central GABAergic synapse. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:15101 chicago: Chen, JingJing. “Developmental Transformation of Nanodomain Coupling between Ca2+ Channels and Release Sensors at a Central GABAergic Synapse.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2024. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:15101. ieee: J. Chen, “Developmental transformation of nanodomain coupling between Ca2+ channels and release sensors at a central GABAergic synapse,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2024. ista: Chen J. 2024. Developmental transformation of nanodomain coupling between Ca2+ channels and release sensors at a central GABAergic synapse. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. mla: Chen, JingJing. Developmental Transformation of Nanodomain Coupling between Ca2+ Channels and Release Sensors at a Central GABAergic Synapse. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2024, doi:10.15479/at:ista:15101. short: J. Chen, Developmental Transformation of Nanodomain Coupling between Ca2+ Channels and Release Sensors at a Central GABAergic Synapse, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2024. date_created: 2024-03-11T10:09:54Z date_published: 2024-03-11T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2024-03-14T13:14:19Z day: '11' ddc: - '570' degree_awarded: PhD department: - _id: GradSch - _id: PeJo doi: 10.15479/at:ista:15101 ec_funded: 1 file: - access_level: closed checksum: db4947474ffa271e66c254b6fe876a55 content_type: application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document creator: jchen date_created: 2024-03-11T14:10:58Z date_updated: 2024-03-12T07:12:17Z file_id: '15104' file_name: Thesis_Jingjing CHEN.docx file_size: 11271363 relation: source_file - access_level: closed checksum: a5eeae8b5702cd540f5d03469bc33dde content_type: application/pdf creator: jchen date_created: 2024-03-11T14:11:06Z date_updated: 2024-03-11T14:11:06Z embargo: 2024-04-01 embargo_to: open_access file_id: '15105' file_name: Thesis_Jingjing CHEN_merged.pdf file_size: 16627311 relation: main_file file_date_updated: 2024-03-12T07:12:17Z has_accepted_license: '1' language: - iso: eng month: '03' oa_version: Published Version page: '84' project: - _id: 25B7EB9E-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: H2020 grant_number: '692692' name: Biophysics and circuit function of a giant cortical glumatergic synapse - _id: 25C5A090-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: FWF grant_number: Z00312 name: The Wittgenstein Prize - _id: bd88be38-d553-11ed-ba76-81d5a70a6ef5 grant_number: P36232 name: Mechanisms of GABA release in hippocampal circuits - _id: 26B66A3E-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 grant_number: '25383' name: Development of nanodomain coupling between Ca2+ channels and release sensors at a central inhibitory synapse publication_identifier: issn: - 2663 - 337X publication_status: published publisher: Institute of Science and Technology Austria related_material: record: - id: '14843' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public status: public supervisor: - first_name: Peter M full_name: Jonas, Peter M id: 353C1B58-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Jonas orcid: 0000-0001-5001-4804 title: Developmental transformation of nanodomain coupling between Ca2+ channels and release sensors at a central GABAergic synapse 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: dissertation user_id: 8b945eb4-e2f2-11eb-945a-df72226e66a9 year: '2024' ... --- _id: '15094' abstract: - lang: eng text: "Point sets, geometric networks, and arrangements of hyperplanes are fundamental objects in\r\ndiscrete geometry that have captivated mathematicians for centuries, if not millennia. This\r\nthesis seeks to cast new light on these structures by illustrating specific instances where a\r\ntopological perspective, specifically through discrete Morse theory and persistent homology,\r\nprovides valuable insights.\r\n\r\nAt first glance, the topology of these geometric objects might seem uneventful: point sets\r\nessentially lack of topology, arrangements of hyperplanes are a decomposition of Rd, which\r\nis a contractible space, and the topology of a network primarily involves the enumeration\r\nof connected components and cycles within the network. However, beneath this apparent\r\nsimplicity, there lies an array of intriguing structures, a small subset of which will be uncovered\r\nin this thesis.\r\n\r\nFocused on three case studies, each addressing one of the mentioned objects, this work\r\nwill showcase connections that intertwine topology with diverse fields such as combinatorial\r\ngeometry, algorithms and data structures, and emerging applications like spatial biology.\r\n\r\n" alternative_title: - ISTA Thesis article_processing_charge: No author: - first_name: Sebastiano full_name: Cultrera di Montesano, Sebastiano id: 34D2A09C-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Cultrera di Montesano orcid: 0000-0001-6249-0832 citation: ama: Cultrera di Montesano S. Persistence and Morse theory for discrete geometric structures. 2024. doi:10.15479/at:ista:15094 apa: Cultrera di Montesano, S. (2024). Persistence and Morse theory for discrete geometric structures. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:15094 chicago: Cultrera di Montesano, Sebastiano. “Persistence and Morse Theory for Discrete Geometric Structures.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2024. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:15094. ieee: S. Cultrera di Montesano, “Persistence and Morse theory for discrete geometric structures,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2024. ista: Cultrera di Montesano S. 2024. Persistence and Morse theory for discrete geometric structures. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. mla: Cultrera di Montesano, Sebastiano. Persistence and Morse Theory for Discrete Geometric Structures. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2024, doi:10.15479/at:ista:15094. short: S. Cultrera di Montesano, Persistence and Morse Theory for Discrete Geometric Structures, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2024. date_created: 2024-03-08T15:28:10Z date_published: 2024-03-08T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2024-03-20T09:36:57Z day: '08' ddc: - '514' - '500' - '516' degree_awarded: PhD department: - _id: GradSch - _id: HeEd doi: 10.15479/at:ista:15094 ec_funded: 1 file: - access_level: open_access checksum: 1e468bfa42a7dcf04d89f4dadc621c87 content_type: application/pdf creator: scultrer date_created: 2024-03-14T08:55:07Z date_updated: 2024-03-14T08:55:07Z file_id: '15112' file_name: Thesis Sebastiano.pdf file_size: 4106872 relation: main_file success: 1 - access_level: closed checksum: bcbd213490f5a7e68855a092bbce93f1 content_type: application/zip creator: scultrer date_created: 2024-03-14T08:56:24Z date_updated: 2024-03-14T14:14:35Z file_id: '15113' file_name: Thesis (1).zip file_size: 4746234 relation: source_file file_date_updated: 2024-03-14T14:14:35Z has_accepted_license: '1' language: - iso: eng month: '03' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version page: '108' project: - _id: 266A2E9E-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: H2020 grant_number: '788183' name: Alpha Shape Theory Extended - _id: 268116B8-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: FWF grant_number: Z00342 name: The Wittgenstein Prize - _id: 0aa4bc98-070f-11eb-9043-e6fff9c6a316 grant_number: I4887 name: Discretization in Geometry and Dynamics - _id: 2561EBF4-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: FWF grant_number: I02979-N35 name: Persistence and stability of geometric complexes publication_identifier: issn: - 2663 - 337X publication_status: published publisher: Institute of Science and Technology Austria related_material: record: - id: '11660' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '11658' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '13182' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '15090' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '15091' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '15093' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public status: public supervisor: - first_name: Herbert full_name: Edelsbrunner, Herbert id: 3FB178DA-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Edelsbrunner orcid: 0000-0002-9823-6833 title: Persistence and Morse theory for discrete geometric structures tmp: image: /images/cc_by_nc_sa.png legal_code_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/legalcode name: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) short: CC BY-NC-SA (4.0) type: dissertation user_id: 8b945eb4-e2f2-11eb-945a-df72226e66a9 year: '2024' ... --- _id: '12716' abstract: - lang: eng text: "The process of detecting and evaluating sensory information to guide behaviour is termed perceptual decision-making (PDM), and is critical for the ability of an organism to interact with its external world. Individuals with autism, a neurodevelopmental condition primarily characterised by social and communication difficulties, frequently exhibit altered sensory processing and PDM difficulties are widely reported. Recent technological advancements have pushed forward our understanding of the genetic changes accompanying this condition, however our understanding of how these mutations affect the function of specific neuronal circuits and bring about the corresponding behavioural changes remains limited. Here, we use an innate PDM task, the looming avoidance response (LAR) paradigm, to identify a convergent behavioural abnormality across three molecularly distinct genetic mouse models of autism (Cul3, Setd5 and Ptchd1). Although mutant mice can rapidly detect threatening visual stimuli, their responses are consistently delayed, requiring longer to initiate an appropriate response than their wild-type siblings. Mutant animals show abnormal adaptation in both their stimulus- evoked escape responses and exploratory dynamics following repeated stimulus presentations. Similarly delayed behavioural responses are observed in wild-type animals when faced with more ambiguous threats, suggesting the mutant phenotype could arise from a dysfunction in the flexible control of this PDM process.\r\nOur knowledge of the core neuronal circuitry mediating the LAR facilitated a detailed dissection of the neuronal mechanisms underlying the behavioural impairment. In vivo extracellular recording revealed that visual responses were unaffected within a key brain region for the rapid processing of visual threats, the superior colliculus (SC), indicating that the behavioural delay was unlikely to originate from sensory impairments. Delayed behavioural responses were recapitulated in the Setd5 model following optogenetic stimulation of the excitatory output neurons of the SC, which are known to mediate escape initiation through the activation of cells in the underlying dorsal periaqueductal grey (dPAG). In vitro patch-clamp recordings of dPAG cells uncovered a stark hypoexcitability phenotype in two out of the three genetic models investigated (Setd5 and Ptchd1), that in Setd5, is mediated by the misregulation of voltage-gated potassium channels. Overall, our results show that the ability to use visual information to drive efficient escape responses is impaired in three diverse genetic mouse models of autism and that, in one of the models studied, this behavioural delay likely originates from differences in the intrinsic excitability of a key subcortical node, the dPAG. Furthermore, this work showcases the use of an innate behavioural paradigm to mechanistically dissect PDM processes in autism." acknowledged_ssus: - _id: PreCl - _id: Bio - _id: LifeSc - _id: M-Shop - _id: CampIT alternative_title: - ISTA Thesis article_processing_charge: No author: - first_name: Laura full_name: Burnett, Laura id: 3B717F68-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Burnett orcid: 0000-0002-8937-410X citation: ama: Burnett L. To flee, or not to flee? Using innate defensive behaviours to investigate rapid perceptual decision-making through subcortical circuits in mouse models of autism. 2023. doi:10.15479/at:ista:12716 apa: Burnett, L. (2023). To flee, or not to flee? Using innate defensive behaviours to investigate rapid perceptual decision-making through subcortical circuits in mouse models of autism. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:12716 chicago: Burnett, Laura. “To Flee, or Not to Flee? Using Innate Defensive Behaviours to Investigate Rapid Perceptual Decision-Making through Subcortical Circuits in Mouse Models of Autism.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:12716. ieee: L. Burnett, “To flee, or not to flee? Using innate defensive behaviours to investigate rapid perceptual decision-making through subcortical circuits in mouse models of autism,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023. ista: Burnett L. 2023. To flee, or not to flee? Using innate defensive behaviours to investigate rapid perceptual decision-making through subcortical circuits in mouse models of autism. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. mla: Burnett, Laura. To Flee, or Not to Flee? Using Innate Defensive Behaviours to Investigate Rapid Perceptual Decision-Making through Subcortical Circuits in Mouse Models of Autism. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023, doi:10.15479/at:ista:12716. short: L. Burnett, To Flee, or Not to Flee? Using Innate Defensive Behaviours to Investigate Rapid Perceptual Decision-Making through Subcortical Circuits in Mouse Models of Autism, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023. date_created: 2023-03-08T15:19:45Z date_published: 2023-03-10T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2023-04-05T10:59:04Z day: '10' ddc: - '599' - '573' degree_awarded: PhD department: - _id: GradSch - _id: MaJö doi: 10.15479/at:ista:12716 ec_funded: 1 file: - access_level: closed checksum: 6c6d9cc2c4cdacb74e6b1047a34d7332 content_type: application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document creator: lburnett date_created: 2023-03-08T15:08:46Z date_updated: 2023-03-08T15:08:46Z file_id: '12717' file_name: Burnett_Thesis_2023.docx file_size: 23029260 relation: source_file - access_level: open_access checksum: cebc77705288bf4382db9b3541483cd0 content_type: application/pdf creator: lburnett date_created: 2023-03-08T15:08:46Z date_updated: 2023-03-08T15:08:46Z file_id: '12718' file_name: Burnett_Thesis_2023_pdfA.pdf file_size: 11959869 relation: main_file success: 1 file_date_updated: 2023-03-08T15:08:46Z has_accepted_license: '1' language: - iso: eng month: '03' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version page: '178' project: - _id: 2634E9D2-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: H2020 grant_number: '756502' name: Circuits of Visual Attention publication_identifier: issn: - 2663-337X publication_status: published publisher: Institute of Science and Technology Austria status: public supervisor: - first_name: Maximilian A full_name: Jösch, Maximilian A id: 2BD278E6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Jösch orcid: 0000-0002-3937-1330 title: To flee, or not to flee? Using innate defensive behaviours to investigate rapid perceptual decision-making through subcortical circuits in mouse models of autism type: dissertation user_id: 8b945eb4-e2f2-11eb-945a-df72226e66a9 year: '2023' ... --- _id: '12809' abstract: - lang: eng text: "Understanding the mechanisms of learning and memory formation has always been one of\r\nthe main goals in neuroscience. Already Pavlov (1927) in his early days has used his classic\r\nconditioning experiments to study the neural mechanisms governing behavioral adaptation.\r\nWhat was not known back then was that the part of the brain that is largely responsible for\r\nthis type of associative learning is the cerebellum.\r\nSince then, plenty of theories on cerebellar learning have emerged. Despite their differences,\r\none thing they all have in common is that learning relies on synaptic and intrinsic plasticity.\r\nThe goal of my PhD project was to unravel the molecular mechanisms underlying synaptic\r\nplasticity in two synapses that have been shown to be implicated in motor learning, in an\r\neffort to understand how learning and memory formation are processed in the cerebellum.\r\nOne of the earliest and most well-known cerebellar theories postulates that motor learning\r\nlargely depends on long-term depression at the parallel fiber-Purkinje cell (PC-PC) synapse.\r\nHowever, the discovery of other types of plasticity in the cerebellar circuitry, like long-term\r\npotentiation (LTP) at the PC-PC synapse, potentiation of molecular layer interneurons (MLIs),\r\nand plasticity transfer from the cortex to the cerebellar/ vestibular nuclei has increased the\r\npopularity of the idea that multiple sites of plasticity might be involved in learning.\r\nStill a lot remains unknown about the molecular mechanisms responsible for these types of\r\nplasticity and whether they occur during physiological learning.\r\nIn the first part of this thesis we have analyzed the variation and nanodistribution of voltagegated calcium channels (VGCCs) and α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid\r\ntype glutamate receptors (AMPARs) on the parallel fiber-Purkinje cell synapse after vestibuloocular reflex phase reversal adaptation, a behavior that has been suggested to rely on PF-PC\r\nLTP. We have found that on the last day of adaptation there is no learning trace in form of\r\nVGCCs nor AMPARs variation at the PF-PC synapse, but instead a decrease in the number of\r\nPF-PC synapses. These data seem to support the view that learning is only stored in the\r\ncerebellar cortex in an initial learning phase, being transferred later to the vestibular nuclei.\r\nNext, we have studied the role of MLIs in motor learning using a relatively simple and well characterized behavioral paradigm – horizontal optokinetic reflex (HOKR) adaptation. We\r\nhave found behavior-induced MLI potentiation in form of release probability increase that\r\ncould be explained by the increase of VGCCs at the presynaptic side. Our results strengthen\r\nthe idea of distributed cerebellar plasticity contributing to learning and provide a novel\r\nmechanism for release probability increase. " acknowledged_ssus: - _id: EM-Fac - _id: Bio - _id: PreCl alternative_title: - ISTA Thesis article_processing_charge: No author: - first_name: Catarina full_name: Alcarva, Catarina id: 3A96634C-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Alcarva citation: ama: 'Alcarva C. Plasticity in the cerebellum: What molecular mechanisms are behind physiological learning. 2023. doi:10.15479/at:ista:12809' apa: 'Alcarva, C. (2023). Plasticity in the cerebellum: What molecular mechanisms are behind physiological learning. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:12809' chicago: 'Alcarva, Catarina. “Plasticity in the Cerebellum: What Molecular Mechanisms Are behind Physiological Learning.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:12809.' ieee: 'C. Alcarva, “Plasticity in the cerebellum: What molecular mechanisms are behind physiological learning,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023.' ista: 'Alcarva C. 2023. Plasticity in the cerebellum: What molecular mechanisms are behind physiological learning. Institute of Science and Technology Austria.' mla: 'Alcarva, Catarina. Plasticity in the Cerebellum: What Molecular Mechanisms Are behind Physiological Learning. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023, doi:10.15479/at:ista:12809.' short: 'C. Alcarva, Plasticity in the Cerebellum: What Molecular Mechanisms Are behind Physiological Learning, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023.' date_created: 2023-04-06T07:54:09Z date_published: 2023-04-06T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2023-04-26T12:16:56Z day: '06' ddc: - '570' degree_awarded: PhD department: - _id: GradSch - _id: RySh doi: 10.15479/at:ista:12809 file: - access_level: closed checksum: 35b5997d2b0acb461f9d33d073da0df5 content_type: application/pdf creator: cchlebak date_created: 2023-04-07T06:16:06Z date_updated: 2023-04-07T06:16:06Z embargo: 2024-04-07 embargo_to: open_access file_id: '12814' file_name: Thesis_CatarinaAlcarva_final pdfA.pdf file_size: 9881969 relation: main_file - access_level: closed checksum: 81198f63c294890f6d58e8b29782efdc content_type: application/pdf creator: cchlebak date_created: 2023-04-07T06:17:11Z date_updated: 2023-04-07T06:17:11Z file_id: '12815' file_name: Thesis_CatarinaAlcarva_final_for printing.pdf file_size: 44201583 relation: source_file - access_level: closed checksum: 0317bf7f457bb585f99d453ffa69eb53 content_type: application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document creator: cchlebak date_created: 2023-04-07T06:18:05Z date_updated: 2023-04-07T06:18:05Z file_id: '12816' file_name: Thesis_CatarinaAlcarva_final.docx file_size: 84731244 relation: source_file file_date_updated: 2023-04-07T06:18:05Z has_accepted_license: '1' language: - iso: eng month: '04' oa_version: Published Version page: '115' project: - _id: 267DFB90-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 name: 'Plasticity in the cerebellum: Which molecular mechanisms are behind physiological learning?' publication_identifier: issn: - 2663 - 337X publication_status: published publisher: Institute of Science and Technology Austria status: public supervisor: - first_name: Ryuichi full_name: Shigemoto, Ryuichi id: 499F3ABC-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Shigemoto orcid: 0000-0001-8761-9444 title: 'Plasticity in the cerebellum: What molecular mechanisms are behind physiological learning' type: dissertation user_id: 8b945eb4-e2f2-11eb-945a-df72226e66a9 year: '2023' ... --- _id: '12826' abstract: - lang: eng text: "During navigation, animals can infer the structure of the environment by computing the optic flow cues elicited by their own movements, and subsequently use this information to instruct proper locomotor actions. These computations require a panoramic assessment of the visual environment in order to disambiguate similar sensory experiences that may require distinct behavioral responses. The estimation of the global motion patterns is therefore essential for successful navigation. Yet, our understanding of the algorithms and implementations that enable coherent panoramic visual perception remains scarce. Here I pursue this problem by dissecting the functional aspects of interneuronal communication in the lobula plate tangential cell network in Drosophila melanogaster. The results presented in the thesis demonstrate that the basis for effective interpretation of the optic flow in this circuit are stereotyped synaptic connections that mediate the formation of distinct subnetworks, each extracting a particular pattern of global motion. \r\nFirstly, I show that gap junctions are essential for a correct interpretation of binocular motion cues by horizontal motion-sensitive cells. HS cells form electrical synapses with contralateral H2 neurons that are involved in detecting yaw rotation and translation. I developed an FlpStop-mediated mutant of a gap junction protein ShakB that disrupts these electrical synapses. While the loss of electrical synapses does not affect the tuning of the direction selectivity in HS neurons, it severely alters their sensitivity to horizontal motion in the contralateral side. These physiological changes result in an inappropriate integration of binocular motion cues in walking animals. While wild-type flies form a binocular perception of visual motion by non-linear integration of monocular optic flow cues, the mutant flies sum the monocular inputs linearly. These results indicate that rather than averaging signals in neighboring neurons, gap-junctions operate in conjunction with chemical synapses to mediate complex non-linear optic flow computations.\r\nSecondly, I show that stochastic manipulation of neuronal activity in the lobula plate tangential cell network is a powerful approach to study the neuronal implementation of optic flow-based navigation in flies. Tangential neurons form multiple subnetworks, each mediating course-stabilizing response to a particular global pattern of visual motion. Application of genetic mosaic techniques can provide sparse optogenetic activation of HS cells in numerous combinations. These distinct combinations of activated neurons drive an array of distinct behavioral responses, providing important insights into how visuomotor transformation is performed in the lobula plate tangential cell network. This approach can be complemented by stochastic silencing of tangential neurons, enabling direct assessment of the functional role of individual tangential neurons in the processing of specific visual motion patterns.\r\n\tTaken together, the findings presented in this thesis suggest that establishing specific activity patterns of tangential cells via stereotyped synaptic connectivity is a key to efficient optic flow-based navigation in Drosophila melanogaster." acknowledged_ssus: - _id: Bio - _id: LifeSc alternative_title: - ISTA Thesis article_processing_charge: No author: - first_name: Victoria full_name: Pokusaeva, Victoria id: 3184041C-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Pokusaeva orcid: 0000-0001-7660-444X citation: ama: Pokusaeva V. Neural control of optic flow-based navigation in Drosophila melanogaster. 2023. doi:10.15479/at:ista:12826 apa: Pokusaeva, V. (2023). Neural control of optic flow-based navigation in Drosophila melanogaster. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:12826 chicago: Pokusaeva, Victoria. “Neural Control of Optic Flow-Based Navigation in Drosophila Melanogaster.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:12826. ieee: V. Pokusaeva, “Neural control of optic flow-based navigation in Drosophila melanogaster,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023. ista: Pokusaeva V. 2023. Neural control of optic flow-based navigation in Drosophila melanogaster. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. mla: Pokusaeva, Victoria. Neural Control of Optic Flow-Based Navigation in Drosophila Melanogaster. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023, doi:10.15479/at:ista:12826. short: V. Pokusaeva, Neural Control of Optic Flow-Based Navigation in Drosophila Melanogaster, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023. date_created: 2023-04-14T14:56:04Z date_published: 2023-04-18T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2023-06-23T09:47:36Z day: '18' ddc: - '570' - '571' degree_awarded: PhD department: - _id: MaJö - _id: GradSch doi: 10.15479/at:ista:12826 ec_funded: 1 file: - access_level: closed checksum: 5f589a9af025f7eeebfd0c186209913e content_type: application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document creator: vpokusae date_created: 2023-04-20T09:14:38Z date_updated: 2023-04-20T09:26:51Z file_id: '12857' file_name: Thesis_Pokusaeva.docx file_size: 14507243 relation: source_file - access_level: open_access checksum: bbeed76db45a996b4c91a9abe12ce0ec content_type: application/pdf creator: vpokusae date_created: 2023-04-20T09:14:44Z date_updated: 2023-04-20T09:14:44Z file_id: '12858' file_name: Thesis_Pokusaeva.pdf file_size: 10090711 relation: main_file success: 1 file_date_updated: 2023-04-20T09:26:51Z has_accepted_license: '1' language: - iso: eng month: '04' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version page: '106' project: - _id: 2564DBCA-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: H2020 grant_number: '665385' name: International IST Doctoral Program publication_identifier: issn: - 2663 - 337X publication_status: published publisher: Institute of Science and Technology Austria status: public supervisor: - first_name: Maximilian A full_name: Jösch, Maximilian A id: 2BD278E6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Jösch orcid: 0000-0002-3937-1330 title: Neural control of optic flow-based navigation in Drosophila melanogaster 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: dissertation user_id: 8b945eb4-e2f2-11eb-945a-df72226e66a9 year: '2023' ... --- _id: '12781' abstract: - lang: eng text: "Most energy in humans is produced in form of ATP by the mitochondrial respiratory chain consisting of several protein assemblies embedded into lipid membrane (complexes I-V). Complex I is the first and the largest enzyme of the respiratory chain which is essential for energy production. It couples the transfer of two electrons from NADH to ubiquinone with proton translocation across bacterial or inner mitochondrial membrane. The coupling mechanism between electron transfer and proton translocation is one of the biggest enigma in bioenergetics and structural biology. Even though the enzyme has been studied for decades, only recent technological advances in cryo-EM allowed its extensive structural investigation. \r\n\r\nComplex I from E.coli appears to be of special importance because it is a perfect model system with a rich mutant library, however the structure of the entire complex was unknown. In this thesis I have resolved structures of the minimal complex I version from E. coli in different states including reduced, inhibited, under reaction turnover and several others. Extensive structural analyses of these structures and comparison to structures from other species allowed to derive general features of conformational dynamics and propose a universal coupling mechanism. The mechanism is straightforward, robust and consistent with decades of experimental data available for complex I from different species. \r\n\r\nCyanobacterial NDH (cyanobacterial complex I) is a part of broad complex I superfamily and was studied as well in this thesis. It plays an important role in cyclic electron transfer (CET), during which electrons are cycled within PSI through ferredoxin and plastoquinone to generate proton gradient without NADPH production. Here, I solved structure of NDH and revealed additional state, which was not observed before. The novel “resting” state allowed to propose the mechanism of CET regulation. Moreover, conformational dynamics of NDH resembles one in complex I which suggest more broad universality of the proposed coupling mechanism.\r\n\r\nIn summary, results presented here helped to interpret decades of experimental data for complex I and contributed to fundamental mechanistic understanding of protein function.\r\n" acknowledged_ssus: - _id: EM-Fac alternative_title: - ISTA Thesis article_processing_charge: No author: - first_name: Vladyslav full_name: Kravchuk, Vladyslav id: 4D62F2A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Kravchuk citation: ama: Kravchuk V. Structural and mechanistic study of bacterial complex I and its cyanobacterial ortholog. 2023. doi:10.15479/at:ista:12781 apa: Kravchuk, V. (2023). Structural and mechanistic study of bacterial complex I and its cyanobacterial ortholog. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:12781 chicago: Kravchuk, Vladyslav. “Structural and Mechanistic Study of Bacterial Complex I and Its Cyanobacterial Ortholog.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:12781. ieee: V. Kravchuk, “Structural and mechanistic study of bacterial complex I and its cyanobacterial ortholog,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023. ista: Kravchuk V. 2023. Structural and mechanistic study of bacterial complex I and its cyanobacterial ortholog. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. mla: Kravchuk, Vladyslav. Structural and Mechanistic Study of Bacterial Complex I and Its Cyanobacterial Ortholog. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023, doi:10.15479/at:ista:12781. short: V. Kravchuk, Structural and Mechanistic Study of Bacterial Complex I and Its Cyanobacterial Ortholog, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023. date_created: 2023-03-31T12:24:42Z date_published: 2023-03-23T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2023-08-04T08:54:51Z day: '23' ddc: - '570' - '572' degree_awarded: PhD department: - _id: GradSch - _id: LeSa doi: 10.15479/at:ista:12781 ec_funded: 1 file: - access_level: closed checksum: 5ebb6345cb4119f93460c81310265a6d content_type: application/pdf creator: vkravchu date_created: 2023-04-19T14:33:41Z date_updated: 2023-04-19T14:33:41Z embargo: 2024-04-20 embargo_to: local file_id: '12852' file_name: VladyslavKravchuk_PhD_Thesis_PostSub_Final_1.pdf file_size: 6071553 relation: main_file - access_level: closed checksum: c12055c48411d030d2afa51de2166221 content_type: application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document creator: vkravchu date_created: 2023-04-19T14:33:52Z date_updated: 2023-04-20T07:02:59Z embargo: 2024-04-20 embargo_to: local file_id: '12853' file_name: VladyslavKravchuk_PhD_Thesis_PostSub_Final.docx file_size: 19468766 relation: source_file file_date_updated: 2023-04-20T07:02:59Z has_accepted_license: '1' language: - iso: eng month: '03' oa_version: Published Version page: '127' project: - _id: 238A0A5A-32DE-11EA-91FC-C7463DDC885E grant_number: '25541' name: 'Structural characterization of E. coli complex I: an important mechanistic model' - _id: 627abdeb-2b32-11ec-9570-ec31a97243d3 call_identifier: H2020 grant_number: '101020697' name: Structure and mechanism of respiratory chain molecular machines publication_identifier: isbn: - 978-3-99078-029-9 issn: - 2663-337X publication_status: published publisher: Institute of Science and Technology Austria related_material: record: - id: '12138' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public status: public supervisor: - first_name: Leonid A full_name: Sazanov, Leonid A id: 338D39FE-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Sazanov orcid: 0000-0002-0977-7989 title: Structural and mechanistic study of bacterial complex I and its cyanobacterial ortholog type: dissertation user_id: 8b945eb4-e2f2-11eb-945a-df72226e66a9 year: '2023' ... --- _id: '13074' abstract: - lang: eng text: "Deep learning has become an integral part of a large number of important applications, and many of the recent breakthroughs have been enabled by the ability to train very large models, capable to capture complex patterns and relationships from the data. At the same time, the massive sizes of modern deep learning models have made their deployment to smaller devices more challenging; this is particularly important, as in many applications the users rely on accurate deep learning predictions, but they only have access to devices with limited memory and compute power. One solution to this problem is to prune neural networks, by setting as many of their parameters as possible to zero, to obtain accurate sparse models with lower memory footprint. Despite the great research progress in obtaining sparse models that preserve accuracy, while satisfying memory and computational constraints, there are still many challenges associated with efficiently training sparse models, as well as understanding their generalization properties.\r\n\r\nThe focus of this thesis is to investigate how the training process of sparse models can be made more efficient, and to understand the differences between sparse and dense models in terms of how well they can generalize to changes in the data distribution. We first study a method for co-training sparse and dense models, at a lower cost compared to regular training. With our method we can obtain very accurate sparse networks, and dense models that can recover the baseline accuracy. Furthermore, we are able to more easily analyze the differences, at prediction level, between the sparse-dense model pairs. Next, we investigate the generalization properties of sparse neural networks in more detail, by studying how well different sparse models trained on a larger task can adapt to smaller, more specialized tasks, in a transfer learning scenario. Our analysis across multiple pruning methods and sparsity levels reveals that sparse models provide features that can transfer similarly to or better than the dense baseline. However, the choice of the pruning method plays an important role, and can influence the results when the features are fixed (linear finetuning), or when they are allowed to adapt to the new task (full finetuning). Using sparse models with fixed masks for finetuning on new tasks has an important practical advantage, as it enables training neural networks on smaller devices. However, one drawback of current pruning methods is that the entire training cycle has to be repeated to obtain the initial sparse model, for every sparsity target; in consequence, the entire training process is costly and also multiple models need to be stored. In the last part of the thesis we propose a method that can train accurate dense models that are compressible in a single step, to multiple sparsity levels, without additional finetuning. Our method results in sparse models that can be competitive with existing pruning methods, and which can also successfully generalize to new tasks." acknowledged_ssus: - _id: ScienComp alternative_title: - ISTA Thesis article_processing_charge: No author: - first_name: Elena-Alexandra full_name: Peste, Elena-Alexandra id: 32D78294-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Peste citation: ama: Peste E-A. Efficiency and generalization of sparse neural networks. 2023. doi:10.15479/at:ista:13074 apa: Peste, E.-A. (2023). Efficiency and generalization of sparse neural networks. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:13074 chicago: Peste, Elena-Alexandra. “Efficiency and Generalization of Sparse Neural Networks.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:13074. ieee: E.-A. Peste, “Efficiency and generalization of sparse neural networks,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023. ista: Peste E-A. 2023. Efficiency and generalization of sparse neural networks. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. mla: Peste, Elena-Alexandra. Efficiency and Generalization of Sparse Neural Networks. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023, doi:10.15479/at:ista:13074. short: E.-A. Peste, Efficiency and Generalization of Sparse Neural Networks, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023. date_created: 2023-05-23T17:07:53Z date_published: 2023-05-23T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2023-08-04T10:33:27Z day: '23' ddc: - '000' degree_awarded: PhD department: - _id: GradSch - _id: DaAl - _id: ChLa doi: 10.15479/at:ista:13074 ec_funded: 1 file: - access_level: open_access checksum: 6b3354968403cb9d48cc5a83611fb571 content_type: application/pdf creator: epeste date_created: 2023-05-24T16:11:16Z date_updated: 2023-05-24T16:11:16Z file_id: '13087' file_name: PhD_Thesis_Alexandra_Peste_final.pdf file_size: 2152072 relation: main_file success: 1 - access_level: closed checksum: 8d0df94bbcf4db72c991f22503b3fd60 content_type: application/zip creator: epeste date_created: 2023-05-24T16:12:59Z date_updated: 2023-05-24T16:12:59Z file_id: '13088' file_name: PhD_Thesis_APeste.zip file_size: 1658293 relation: source_file file_date_updated: 2023-05-24T16:12:59Z has_accepted_license: '1' language: - iso: eng month: '05' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version page: '147' project: - _id: 2564DBCA-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: H2020 grant_number: '665385' name: International IST Doctoral Program - _id: 268A44D6-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: H2020 grant_number: '805223' name: Elastic Coordination for Scalable Machine Learning publication_identifier: issn: - 2663-337X publication_status: published publisher: Institute of Science and Technology Austria related_material: record: - id: '11458' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '13053' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '12299' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public status: public supervisor: - first_name: Christoph full_name: Lampert, Christoph id: 40C20FD2-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Lampert orcid: 0000-0001-8622-7887 - first_name: Dan-Adrian full_name: Alistarh, Dan-Adrian id: 4A899BFC-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Alistarh orcid: 0000-0003-3650-940X title: Efficiency and generalization of sparse neural networks type: dissertation user_id: 8b945eb4-e2f2-11eb-945a-df72226e66a9 year: '2023' ... --- _id: '12964' abstract: - lang: eng text: "Pattern formation is of great importance for its contribution across different biological behaviours. During developmental processes for example, patterns of chemical gradients are\r\nestablished to determine cell fate and complex tissue patterns emerge to define structures such\r\nas limbs and vascular networks. Patterns are also seen in collectively migrating groups, for\r\ninstance traveling waves of density emerging in moving animal flocks as well as collectively migrating cells and tissues. To what extent these biological patterns arise spontaneously through\r\nthe local interaction of individual constituents or are dictated by higher level instructions is\r\nstill an open question however there is evidence for the involvement of both types of process.\r\nWhere patterns arise spontaneously there is a long standing interest in how far the interplay\r\nof mechanics, e.g. force generation and deformation, and chemistry, e.g. gene regulation\r\nand signaling, contributes to the behaviour. This is because many systems are able to both\r\nchemically regulate mechanical force production and chemically sense mechanical deformation,\r\nforming mechano-chemical feedback loops which can potentially become unstable towards\r\nspatio and/or temporal patterning.\r\nWe work with experimental collaborators to investigate the possibility that this type of\r\ninteraction drives pattern formation in biological systems at different scales. We focus first on\r\ntissue-level ERK-density waves observed during the wound healing response across different\r\nsystems where many previous studies have proposed that patterns depend on polarized cell\r\nmigration and arise from a mechanical flocking-like mechanism. By combining theory with\r\nmechanical and optogenetic perturbation experiments on in vitro monolayers we instead find\r\nevidence for mechanochemical pattern formation involving only scalar bilateral feedbacks\r\nbetween ERK signaling and cell contraction. We perform further modeling and experiment\r\nto study how this instability couples with polar cell migration in order to produce a robust\r\nand efficient wound healing response. In a following chapter we implement ERK-density\r\ncoupling and cell migration in a 2D active vertex model to investigate the interaction of\r\nERK-density patterning with different tissue rheologies and find that the spatio-temporal\r\ndynamics are able to both locally and globally fluidize a tissue across the solid-fluid glass\r\ntransition. In a last chapter we move towards lower spatial scales in the context of subcellular\r\npatterning of the cell cytoskeleton where we investigate the transition between phases of\r\nspatially homogeneous temporal oscillations and chaotic spatio-temporal patterning in the\r\ndynamics of myosin and ROCK activities (a motor component of the actomyosin cytoskeleton\r\nand its activator). Experimental evidence supports an intrinsic chemical oscillator which we\r\nencode in a reaction model and couple to a contractile active gel description of the cell cortex.\r\nThe model exhibits phases of chemical oscillations and contractile spatial patterning which\r\nreproduce many features of the dynamics seen in Drosophila oocyte epithelia in vivo. However,\r\nadditional pharmacological perturbations to inhibit myosin contractility leaves the role of\r\ncontractile instability unclear. We discuss alternative hypotheses and investigate the possibility\r\nof reaction-diffusion instability." alternative_title: - ISTA Thesis article_processing_charge: No author: - first_name: Daniel R full_name: Boocock, Daniel R id: 453AF628-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Boocock orcid: 0000-0002-1585-2631 citation: ama: Boocock DR. Mechanochemical pattern formation across biological scales. 2023. doi:10.15479/at:ista:12964 apa: Boocock, D. R. (2023). Mechanochemical pattern formation across biological scales. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:12964 chicago: Boocock, Daniel R. “Mechanochemical Pattern Formation across Biological Scales.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:12964. ieee: D. R. Boocock, “Mechanochemical pattern formation across biological scales,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023. ista: Boocock DR. 2023. Mechanochemical pattern formation across biological scales. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. mla: Boocock, Daniel R. Mechanochemical Pattern Formation across Biological Scales. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023, doi:10.15479/at:ista:12964. short: D.R. Boocock, Mechanochemical Pattern Formation across Biological Scales, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023. date_created: 2023-05-15T14:52:36Z date_published: 2023-05-17T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2023-08-04T11:02:40Z day: '17' ddc: - '530' degree_awarded: PhD department: - _id: GradSch - _id: EdHa doi: 10.15479/at:ista:12964 ec_funded: 1 file: - access_level: closed checksum: d51240675fc6dc0e3f5dc0c902695d3a content_type: application/pdf creator: dboocock date_created: 2023-05-17T13:39:54Z date_updated: 2023-05-19T07:04:25Z embargo: 2024-05-17 embargo_to: open_access file_id: '12988' file_name: thesis_boocock.pdf file_size: 40414730 relation: main_file - access_level: closed checksum: 581a2313ffeb40fe77e8a122a25a7795 content_type: application/zip creator: dboocock date_created: 2023-05-17T13:39:53Z date_updated: 2023-05-17T14:35:13Z file_id: '12989' file_name: thesis_boocock.zip file_size: 34338567 relation: source_file file_date_updated: 2023-05-19T07:04:25Z has_accepted_license: '1' language: - iso: eng month: '05' oa_version: Published Version page: '146' project: - _id: 2564DBCA-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: H2020 grant_number: '665385' name: International IST Doctoral Program publication_identifier: isbn: - 978-3-99078-032-9 issn: - 2663-337X publication_status: published publisher: Institute of Science and Technology Austria related_material: record: - id: '8602' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public status: public supervisor: - first_name: Edouard B full_name: Hannezo, Edouard B id: 3A9DB764-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Hannezo orcid: 0000-0001-6005-1561 title: Mechanochemical pattern formation across biological scales tmp: image: /images/cc_by_nc_sa.png legal_code_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/legalcode name: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) short: CC BY-NC-SA (4.0) type: dissertation user_id: 8b945eb4-e2f2-11eb-945a-df72226e66a9 year: '2023' ... --- _id: '12885' abstract: - lang: eng text: 'High-performance semiconductors rely upon precise control of heat and charge transport. This can be achieved by precisely engineering defects in polycrystalline solids. There are multiple approaches to preparing such polycrystalline semiconductors, and the transformation of solution-processed colloidal nanoparticles is appealing because colloidal nanoparticles combine low cost with structural and compositional tunability along with rich surface chemistry. However, the multiple processes from nanoparticle synthesis to the final bulk nanocomposites are very complex. They involve nanoparticle purification, post-synthetic modifications, and finally consolidation (thermal treatments and densification). All these properties dictate the final material’s composition and microstructure, ultimately affecting its functional properties. This thesis explores the synthesis, surface chemistry and consolidation of colloidal semiconductor nanoparticles into dense solids. In particular, the transformations that take place during these processes, and their effect on the material’s transport properties are evaluated. ' acknowledged_ssus: - _id: EM-Fac - _id: NanoFab alternative_title: - ISTA Thesis article_processing_charge: No author: - first_name: Mariano full_name: Calcabrini, Mariano id: 45D7531A-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Calcabrini orcid: 0000-0003-4566-5877 citation: ama: 'Calcabrini M. Nanoparticle-based semiconductor solids: From synthesis to consolidation. 2023. doi:10.15479/at:ista:12885' apa: 'Calcabrini, M. (2023). Nanoparticle-based semiconductor solids: From synthesis to consolidation. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:12885' chicago: 'Calcabrini, Mariano. “Nanoparticle-Based Semiconductor Solids: From Synthesis to Consolidation.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:12885.' ieee: 'M. Calcabrini, “Nanoparticle-based semiconductor solids: From synthesis to consolidation,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023.' ista: 'Calcabrini M. 2023. Nanoparticle-based semiconductor solids: From synthesis to consolidation. Institute of Science and Technology Austria.' mla: 'Calcabrini, Mariano. Nanoparticle-Based Semiconductor Solids: From Synthesis to Consolidation. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023, doi:10.15479/at:ista:12885.' short: 'M. Calcabrini, Nanoparticle-Based Semiconductor Solids: From Synthesis to Consolidation, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023.' date_created: 2023-05-02T07:58:57Z date_published: 2023-04-28T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2023-08-14T07:25:26Z day: '28' ddc: - '546' - '541' degree_awarded: PhD department: - _id: GradSch - _id: MaIb doi: 10.15479/at:ista:12885 ec_funded: 1 file: - access_level: closed checksum: 9347b0e09425f56fdcede5d3528404dc content_type: application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document creator: mcalcabr date_created: 2023-05-02T07:43:18Z date_updated: 2023-05-02T07:43:18Z file_id: '12887' file_name: Thesis_Calcabrini.docx file_size: 99627036 relation: source_file - access_level: open_access checksum: 2d188b76621086cd384f0b9264b0a576 content_type: application/pdf creator: mcalcabr date_created: 2023-05-02T07:42:45Z date_updated: 2023-05-02T07:42:45Z file_id: '12888' file_name: Thesis_Calcabrini_pdfa.pdf file_size: 8742220 relation: main_file success: 1 file_date_updated: 2023-05-02T07:43:18Z has_accepted_license: '1' language: - iso: eng month: '04' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version page: '82' project: - _id: 2564DBCA-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: H2020 grant_number: '665385' name: International IST Doctoral Program publication_identifier: isbn: - 978-3-99078-028-2 issn: - 2663-337X publication_status: published publisher: Institute of Science and Technology Austria related_material: record: - id: '10806' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '10042' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '12237' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '9118' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '10123' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public status: public supervisor: - first_name: Maria full_name: Ibáñez, Maria id: 43C61214-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Ibáñez orcid: 0000-0001-5013-2843 title: 'Nanoparticle-based semiconductor solids: From synthesis to consolidation' type: dissertation user_id: 8b945eb4-e2f2-11eb-945a-df72226e66a9 year: '2023' ... --- _id: '12891' abstract: - lang: eng text: "The tight spatiotemporal coordination of signaling activity determining embryo\r\npatterning and the physical processes driving embryo morphogenesis renders\r\nembryonic development robust, such that key developmental processes can unfold\r\nrelatively normally even outside of the full embryonic context. For instance, embryonic\r\nstem cell cultures can recapitulate the hallmarks of gastrulation, i.e. break symmetry\r\nleading to germ layer formation and morphogenesis, in a very reduced environment.\r\nThis leads to questions on specific contributions of embryo-specific features, such as\r\nthe presence of extraembryonic tissues, which are inherently involved in gastrulation\r\nin the full embryonic context. To address this, we established zebrafish embryonic\r\nexplants without the extraembryonic yolk cell, an important player as a signaling\r\nsource and for morphogenesis during gastrulation, as a model of ex vivo development.\r\nWe found that dorsal-marginal determinants are required and sufficient in these\r\nexplants to form and pattern all three germ layers. However, formation of tissues,\r\nwhich require the highest Nodal-signaling levels, is variable, demonstrating a\r\ncontribution of extraembryonic tissues for reaching peak Nodal signaling levels.\r\nBlastoderm explants also undergo gastrulation-like axis elongation. We found that this\r\nelongation movement shows hallmarks of oriented mesendoderm cell intercalations\r\ntypically associated with dorsal tissues in the intact embryo. These are disrupted by\r\nuniform upregulation of BMP signaling activity and concomitant explant ventralization,\r\nsuggesting that tight spatial control of BMP signaling is a prerequisite for explant\r\nmorphogenesis. This control is achieved by Nodal signaling, which is critical for\r\neffectively downregulating BMP signaling in the mesendoderm, highlighting that Nodal\r\nsignaling is not only directly required for mesendoderm cell fate specification and\r\nmorphogenesis, but also by maintaining low levels of BMP signaling at the dorsal side.\r\nCollectively, we provide insights into the capacity and organization of signaling and\r\nmorphogenetic domains to recapitulate features of zebrafish gastrulation outside of\r\nthe full embryonic context." acknowledged_ssus: - _id: Bio - _id: LifeSc alternative_title: - ISTA Thesis article_processing_charge: No author: - first_name: Alexandra full_name: Schauer, Alexandra id: 30A536BA-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Schauer orcid: 0000-0001-7659-9142 citation: ama: 'Schauer A. Mesendoderm formation in zebrafish gastrulation: The role of extraembryonic tissues. 2023. doi:10.15479/at:ista:12891' apa: 'Schauer, A. (2023). Mesendoderm formation in zebrafish gastrulation: The role of extraembryonic tissues. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:12891' chicago: 'Schauer, Alexandra. “Mesendoderm Formation in Zebrafish Gastrulation: The Role of Extraembryonic Tissues.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:12891.' ieee: 'A. Schauer, “Mesendoderm formation in zebrafish gastrulation: The role of extraembryonic tissues,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023.' ista: 'Schauer A. 2023. Mesendoderm formation in zebrafish gastrulation: The role of extraembryonic tissues. Institute of Science and Technology Austria.' mla: 'Schauer, Alexandra. Mesendoderm Formation in Zebrafish Gastrulation: The Role of Extraembryonic Tissues. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023, doi:10.15479/at:ista:12891.' short: 'A. Schauer, Mesendoderm Formation in Zebrafish Gastrulation: The Role of Extraembryonic Tissues, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023.' date_created: 2023-05-05T08:48:20Z date_published: 2023-05-05T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2023-08-21T06:25:48Z day: '05' ddc: - '570' degree_awarded: PhD department: - _id: GradSch - _id: CaHe doi: 10.15479/at:ista:12891 ec_funded: 1 file: - access_level: closed checksum: 59b0303dc483f40a96a610a90aab7ee9 content_type: application/pdf creator: aschauer date_created: 2023-05-05T13:01:14Z date_updated: 2023-05-05T13:01:14Z embargo: 2024-05-05 embargo_to: open_access file_id: '12907' file_name: Thesis_Schauer_final.pdf file_size: 31434230 relation: main_file - access_level: closed checksum: 25f54e12479b6adaabd129a20568e6c1 content_type: application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document creator: aschauer date_created: 2023-05-05T13:04:15Z date_updated: 2023-05-05T13:04:15Z file_id: '12908' file_name: Thesis_Schauer_final.docx file_size: 43809109 relation: source_file file_date_updated: 2023-05-05T13:04:15Z has_accepted_license: '1' language: - iso: eng month: '05' oa_version: Published Version page: '190' project: - _id: 260F1432-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: H2020 grant_number: '742573' name: Interaction and feedback between cell mechanics and fate specification in vertebrate gastrulation - _id: 26B1E39C-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 grant_number: '25239' name: 'Mesendoderm specification in zebrafish: The role of extraembryonic tissues' publication_identifier: issn: - 2663 - 337X publication_status: published publisher: Institute of Science and Technology Austria related_material: record: - id: '8966' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '7888' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public status: public supervisor: - 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 title: 'Mesendoderm formation in zebrafish gastrulation: The role of extraembryonic tissues' type: dissertation user_id: 8b945eb4-e2f2-11eb-945a-df72226e66a9 year: '2023' ... --- _id: '13175' abstract: - lang: eng text: "About a 100 years ago, we discovered that our universe is inherently noisy, that is, measuring any physical quantity with a precision beyond a certain point is not possible because of an omnipresent inherent noise. We call this - the quantum noise. Certain physical processes allow this quantum noise to get correlated in conjugate physical variables. These quantum correlations can be used to go beyond the potential of our inherently noisy universe and obtain a quantum advantage over the classical applications. \r\n\r\nQuantum noise being inherent also means that, at the fundamental level, the physical quantities are not well defined and therefore, objects can stay in multiple states at the same time. For example, the position of a particle not being well defined means that the particle is in multiple positions at the same time. About 4 decades ago, we started exploring the possibility of using objects which can be in multiple states at the same time to increase the dimensionality in computation. Thus, the field of quantum computing was born. We discovered that using quantum entanglement, a property closely related to quantum correlations, can be used to speed up computation of certain problems, such as factorisation of large numbers, faster than any known classical algorithm. Thus began the pursuit to make quantum computers a reality. \r\n\r\nTill date, we have explored quantum control over many physical systems including photons, spins, atoms, ions and even simple circuits made up of superconducting material. However, there persists one ubiquitous theme. The more readily a system interacts with an external field or matter, the more easily we can control it. But this also means that such a system can easily interact with a noisy environment and quickly lose its coherence. Consequently, such systems like electron spins need to be protected from the environment to ensure the longevity of their coherence. Other systems like nuclear spins are naturally protected as they do not interact easily with the environment. But, due to the same reason, it is harder to interact with such systems. \r\n\r\nAfter decades of experimentation with various systems, we are convinced that no one type of quantum system would be the best for all the quantum applications. We would need hybrid systems which are all interconnected - much like the current internet where all sorts of devices can all talk to each other - but now for quantum devices. A quantum internet. \r\n\r\nOptical photons are the best contenders to carry information for the quantum internet. They can carry quantum information cheaply and without much loss - the same reasons which has made them the backbone of our current internet. Following this direction, many systems, like trapped ions, have already demonstrated successful quantum links over a large distances using optical photons. However, some of the most promising contenders for quantum computing which are based on microwave frequencies have been left behind. This is because high energy optical photons can adversely affect fragile low-energy microwave systems. \r\n\r\nIn this thesis, we present substantial progress on this missing quantum link between microwave and optics using electrooptical nonlinearities in lithium niobate. The nonlinearities are enhanced by using resonant cavities for all the involved modes leading to observation of strong direct coupling between optical and microwave frequencies. With this strong coupling we are not only able to achieve almost 100\\% internal conversion efficiency with low added noise, thus presenting a quantum-enabled transducer, but also we are able to observe novel effects such as cooling of a microwave mode using optics. The strong coupling regime also leads to direct observation of dynamical backaction effect between microwave and optical frequencies which are studied in detail here. Finally, we also report first observation of microwave-optics entanglement in form of two-mode squeezed vacuum squeezed 0.7dB below vacuum level. \r\nWith this new bridge between microwave and optics, the microwave-based quantum technologies can finally be a part of a quantum network which is based on optical photons - putting us one step closer to a future with quantum internet. " acknowledged_ssus: - _id: M-Shop - _id: SSU - _id: NanoFab alternative_title: - ISTA Thesis article_processing_charge: No author: - first_name: Rishabh full_name: Sahu, Rishabh id: 47D26E34-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Sahu orcid: 0000-0001-6264-2162 citation: ama: Sahu R. Cavity quantum electrooptics. 2023. doi:10.15479/at:ista:13175 apa: Sahu, R. (2023). Cavity quantum electrooptics. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:13175 chicago: Sahu, Rishabh. “Cavity Quantum Electrooptics.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:13175. ieee: R. Sahu, “Cavity quantum electrooptics,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023. ista: Sahu R. 2023. Cavity quantum electrooptics. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. mla: Sahu, Rishabh. Cavity Quantum Electrooptics. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023, doi:10.15479/at:ista:13175. short: R. Sahu, Cavity Quantum Electrooptics, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023. date_created: 2023-06-30T08:07:43Z date_published: 2023-05-05T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2023-08-24T11:16:35Z day: '05' ddc: - '537' - '535' - '539' degree_awarded: PhD department: - _id: GradSch - _id: JoFi doi: 10.15479/at:ista:13175 ec_funded: 1 file: - access_level: open_access checksum: 7d03f1a5a5258ee43dfc3323dea4e08f content_type: application/pdf creator: cchlebak date_created: 2023-06-30T08:17:25Z date_updated: 2023-06-30T08:17:25Z file_id: '13176' file_name: thesis_pdfa.pdf file_size: 18688376 relation: main_file success: 1 - access_level: closed checksum: c3b45317ae58e0527533f98c202d81b7 content_type: application/x-zip-compressed creator: cchlebak date_created: 2023-07-06T11:35:15Z date_updated: 2023-07-06T11:35:15Z file_id: '13196' file_name: thesis.zip file_size: 37847025 relation: source_file file_date_updated: 2023-07-06T11:35:15Z has_accepted_license: '1' keyword: - quantum optics - electrooptics - quantum networks - quantum communication - transduction language: - iso: eng month: '05' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version page: '202' project: - _id: 26336814-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: H2020 grant_number: '758053' name: A Fiber Optic Transceiver for Superconducting Qubits - _id: 9B868D20-BA93-11EA-9121-9846C619BF3A call_identifier: H2020 grant_number: '899354' name: Quantum Local Area Networks with Superconducting Qubits - _id: bdb108fd-d553-11ed-ba76-83dc74a9864f name: QUANTUM INFORMATION SYSTEMS BEYOND CLASSICAL CAPABILITIES / P5- Integration of Superconducting Quantum Circuits publication_identifier: isbn: - 978-3-99078-030-5 issn: - 2663 - 337X publication_status: published publisher: Institute of Science and Technology Austria related_material: record: - id: '12900' relation: old_edition status: public - id: '10924' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '9114' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public status: public supervisor: - first_name: Johannes M full_name: Fink, Johannes M id: 4B591CBA-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Fink orcid: 0000-0001-8112-028X title: Cavity quantum electrooptics tmp: image: /images/cc_by_nc_sa.png legal_code_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/legalcode name: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) short: CC BY-NC-SA (4.0) type: dissertation user_id: 8b945eb4-e2f2-11eb-945a-df72226e66a9 year: '2023' ... --- _id: '12900' abstract: - lang: eng text: "About a 100 years ago, we discovered that our universe is inherently noisy, that is, measuring any physical quantity with a precision beyond a certain point is not possible because of an omnipresent inherent noise. We call this - the quantum noise. Certain physical processes allow this quantum noise to get correlated in conjugate physical variables. These quantum correlations can be used to go beyond the potential of our inherently noisy universe and obtain a quantum advantage over the classical applications. \r\n\r\nQuantum noise being inherent also means that, at the fundamental level, the physical quantities are not well defined and therefore, objects can stay in multiple states at the same time. For example, the position of a particle not being well defined means that the particle is in multiple positions at the same time. About 4 decades ago, we started exploring the possibility of using objects which can be in multiple states at the same time to increase the dimensionality in computation. Thus, the field of quantum computing was born. We discovered that using quantum entanglement, a property closely related to quantum correlations, can be used to speed up computation of certain problems, such as factorisation of large numbers, faster than any known classical algorithm. Thus began the pursuit to make quantum computers a reality. \r\n\r\nTill date, we have explored quantum control over many physical systems including photons, spins, atoms, ions and even simple circuits made up of superconducting material. However, there persists one ubiquitous theme. The more readily a system interacts with an external field or matter, the more easily we can control it. But this also means that such a system can easily interact with a noisy environment and quickly lose its coherence. Consequently, such systems like electron spins need to be protected from the environment to ensure the longevity of their coherence. Other systems like nuclear spins are naturally protected as they do not interact easily with the environment. But, due to the same reason, it is harder to interact with such systems. \r\n\r\nAfter decades of experimentation with various systems, we are convinced that no one type of quantum system would be the best for all the quantum applications. We would need hybrid systems which are all interconnected - much like the current internet where all sorts of devices can all talk to each other - but now for quantum devices. A quantum internet. \r\n\r\nOptical photons are the best contenders to carry information for the quantum internet. They can carry quantum information cheaply and without much loss - the same reasons which has made them the backbone of our current internet. Following this direction, many systems, like trapped ions, have already demonstrated successful quantum links over a large distances using optical photons. However, some of the most promising contenders for quantum computing which are based on microwave frequencies have been left behind. This is because high energy optical photons can adversely affect fragile low-energy microwave systems. \r\n\r\nIn this thesis, we present substantial progress on this missing quantum link between microwave and optics using electrooptical nonlinearities in lithium niobate. The nonlinearities are enhanced by using resonant cavities for all the involved modes leading to observation of strong direct coupling between optical and microwave frequencies. With this strong coupling we are not only able to achieve almost 100\\% internal conversion efficiency with low added noise, thus presenting a quantum-enabled transducer, but also we are able to observe novel effects such as cooling of a microwave mode using optics. The strong coupling regime also leads to direct observation of dynamical backaction effect between microwave and optical frequencies which are studied in detail here. Finally, we also report first observation of microwave-optics entanglement in form of two-mode squeezed vacuum squeezed 0.7dB below vacuum level. \r\nWith this new bridge between microwave and optics, the microwave-based quantum technologies can finally be a part of a quantum network which is based on optical photons - putting us one step closer to a future with quantum internet. " acknowledged_ssus: - _id: M-Shop - _id: SSU - _id: NanoFab alternative_title: - ISTA Thesis article_processing_charge: No author: - first_name: Rishabh full_name: Sahu, Rishabh id: 47D26E34-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Sahu orcid: 0000-0001-6264-2162 citation: ama: Sahu R. Cavity quantum electrooptics. 2023. doi:10.15479/at:ista:12900 apa: Sahu, R. (2023). Cavity quantum electrooptics. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:12900 chicago: Sahu, Rishabh. “Cavity Quantum Electrooptics.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:12900. ieee: R. Sahu, “Cavity quantum electrooptics,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023. ista: Sahu R. 2023. Cavity quantum electrooptics. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. mla: Sahu, Rishabh. Cavity Quantum Electrooptics. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023, doi:10.15479/at:ista:12900. short: R. Sahu, Cavity Quantum Electrooptics, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023. date_created: 2023-05-05T11:08:50Z date_published: 2023-05-05T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2023-08-24T11:16:35Z day: '05' ddc: - '537' - '535' - '539' degree_awarded: PhD department: - _id: GradSch - _id: JoFi doi: 10.15479/at:ista:12900 ec_funded: 1 file: - access_level: closed checksum: 8cbdab9c37ee55e591092a6f66b272c4 content_type: application/x-zip-compressed creator: rsahu date_created: 2023-05-09T08:45:14Z date_updated: 2023-06-06T22:30:03Z embargo_to: open_access file_id: '12928' file_name: thesis.zip file_size: 36767177 relation: source_file - access_level: closed checksum: 439659ead46618147309be39d9dd5a8c content_type: application/pdf creator: rsahu date_created: 2023-05-09T08:51:17Z date_updated: 2023-07-06T11:37:40Z file_id: '12929' file_name: thesis_pdfa_final.pdf file_size: 17501990 relation: main_file file_date_updated: 2023-07-06T11:37:40Z has_accepted_license: '1' keyword: - quantum optics - electrooptics - quantum networks - quantum communication - transduction language: - iso: eng month: '05' oa_version: Published Version page: '190' project: - _id: 26336814-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: H2020 grant_number: '758053' name: A Fiber Optic Transceiver for Superconducting Qubits - _id: 9B868D20-BA93-11EA-9121-9846C619BF3A call_identifier: H2020 grant_number: '899354' name: Quantum Local Area Networks with Superconducting Qubits - _id: bdb108fd-d553-11ed-ba76-83dc74a9864f name: QUANTUM INFORMATION SYSTEMS BEYOND CLASSICAL CAPABILITIES / P5- Integration of Superconducting Quantum Circuits publication_identifier: isbn: - 978-3-99078-030-5 issn: - 2663 - 337X publication_status: published publisher: Institute of Science and Technology Austria related_material: record: - id: '13175' relation: new_edition status: public - id: '10924' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '9114' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public status: public supervisor: - first_name: Johannes M full_name: Fink, Johannes M id: 4B591CBA-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Fink orcid: 0000-0001-8112-028X title: Cavity quantum electrooptics tmp: image: /images/cc_by_nc_sa.png legal_code_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/legalcode name: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) short: CC BY-NC-SA (4.0) type: dissertation user_id: 8b945eb4-e2f2-11eb-945a-df72226e66a9 year: '2023' ... --- _id: '12732' abstract: - lang: eng text: "Nonergodic systems, whose out-of-equilibrium dynamics fail to thermalize, provide a fascinating research direction both for fundamental reasons and for application in state of the art quantum devices.\r\nGoing beyond the description of statistical mechanics, ergodicity breaking yields a new paradigm in quantum many-body physics, introducing novel phases of matter with no counterpart at equilibrium.\r\nIn this Thesis, we address different open questions in the field, focusing on disorder-induced many-body localization (MBL) and on weak ergodicity breaking in kinetically constrained models.\r\nIn particular, we contribute to the debate about transport in kinetically constrained models, studying the effect of $U(1)$ conservation and inversion-symmetry breaking in a family of quantum East models.\r\nUsing tensor network techniques, we analyze the dynamics of large MBL systems beyond the limit of exact numerical methods.\r\nIn this setting, we approach the debated topic of the coexistence of localized and thermal eigenstates separated by energy thresholds known as many-body mobility edges.\r\nInspired by recent experiments, our work further investigates the localization of a small bath induced by the coupling to a large localized chain, the so-called MBL proximity effect.\r\n\r\nIn the first Chapter, we introduce a family of particle-conserving kinetically constrained models, inspired by the quantum East model.\r\nThe system we study features strong inversion-symmetry breaking, due to the nature of the correlated hopping.\r\nWe show that these models host so-called quantum Hilbert space fragmentation, consisting of disconnected subsectors in an entangled basis, and further provide an analytical description of this phenomenon.\r\nWe further probe its effect on dynamics of simple product states, showing revivals in fidelity and local observalbes.\r\nThe study of dynamics within the largest subsector reveals an anomalous transient superdiffusive behavior crossing over to slow logarithmic dynamics at later times.\r\nThis work suggests that particle conserving constrained models with inversion-symmetry breaking realize new universality classes of dynamics and invite their further theoretical and experimental studies.\r\n\r\nNext, we use kinetic constraints and disorder to design a model with many-body mobility edges in particle density.\r\nThis feature allows to study the dynamics of localized and thermal states in large systems beyond the limitations of previous studies.\r\nThe time-evolution shows typical signatures of localization at small densities, replaced by thermal behavior at larger densities.\r\nOur results provide evidence in favor of the stability of many-body mobility edges, which was recently challenged by a theoretical argument.\r\nTo support our findings, we probe the mechanism proposed as a cause of delocalization in many-body localized systems with mobility edges suggesting its ineffectiveness in the model studied.\r\n\r\nIn the last Chapter of this Thesis, we address the topic of many-body localization proximity effect.\r\nWe study a model inspired by recent experiments, featuring Anderson localized coupled to a small bath of free hard-core bosons.\r\nThe interaction among the two particle species results in non-trivial dynamics, which we probe using tensor network techniques.\r\nOur simulations show convincing evidence of many-body localization proximity effect when the bath is composed by a single free particle and interactions are strong.\r\nWe furthter observe an anomalous entanglement dynamics, which we explain through a phenomenological theory.\r\nFinally, we extract highly excited eigenstates of large systems, providing supplementary evidence in favor of our findings." acknowledged_ssus: - _id: ScienComp alternative_title: - ISTA Thesis article_processing_charge: No author: - first_name: Pietro full_name: Brighi, Pietro id: 4115AF5C-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Brighi orcid: 0000-0002-7969-2729 citation: ama: Brighi P. Ergodicity breaking in disordered and kinetically constrained quantum many-body systems. 2023. doi:10.15479/at:ista:12732 apa: Brighi, P. (2023). Ergodicity breaking in disordered and kinetically constrained quantum many-body systems. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:12732 chicago: Brighi, Pietro. “Ergodicity Breaking in Disordered and Kinetically Constrained Quantum Many-Body Systems.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:12732. ieee: P. Brighi, “Ergodicity breaking in disordered and kinetically constrained quantum many-body systems,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023. ista: Brighi P. 2023. Ergodicity breaking in disordered and kinetically constrained quantum many-body systems. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. mla: Brighi, Pietro. Ergodicity Breaking in Disordered and Kinetically Constrained Quantum Many-Body Systems. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023, doi:10.15479/at:ista:12732. short: P. Brighi, Ergodicity Breaking in Disordered and Kinetically Constrained Quantum Many-Body Systems, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023. date_created: 2023-03-17T13:30:48Z date_published: 2023-03-21T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2023-09-20T10:44:12Z day: '21' ddc: - '530' degree_awarded: PhD department: - _id: GradSch - _id: MaSe doi: 10.15479/at:ista:12732 ec_funded: 1 file: - access_level: closed checksum: 5d2de651ef9449c1b8dc27148ca74777 content_type: application/zip creator: pbrighi date_created: 2023-03-23T16:42:56Z date_updated: 2023-03-23T16:42:56Z file_id: '12753' file_name: Thesis_sub_PBrighi.zip file_size: 42167561 relation: source_file - access_level: open_access checksum: 7caa153d4a5b0873a79358787d2dfe1e content_type: application/pdf creator: pbrighi date_created: 2023-03-23T16:43:14Z date_updated: 2023-03-23T16:43:14Z file_id: '12754' file_name: Thesis_PBrighi.pdf file_size: 13977000 relation: main_file success: 1 file_date_updated: 2023-03-23T16:43:14Z has_accepted_license: '1' language: - iso: eng month: '03' oa: 1 oa_version: None page: '158' project: - _id: 23841C26-32DE-11EA-91FC-C7463DDC885E call_identifier: H2020 grant_number: '850899' name: 'Non-Ergodic Quantum Matter: Universality, Dynamics and Control' publication_identifier: issn: - 2663-337X publication_status: published publisher: Institute of Science and Technology Austria related_material: record: - id: '11470' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '8308' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '11469' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '12750' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public status: public supervisor: - first_name: Maksym full_name: Serbyn, Maksym id: 47809E7E-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Serbyn orcid: 0000-0002-2399-5827 title: Ergodicity breaking in disordered and kinetically constrained quantum many-body systems tmp: image: /images/cc_by_nc_sa.png legal_code_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/legalcode name: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) short: CC BY-NC-SA (4.0) type: dissertation user_id: 8b945eb4-e2f2-11eb-945a-df72226e66a9 year: '2023' ... --- _id: '13081' abstract: - lang: eng text: During development, tissues undergo changes in size and shape to form functional organs. Distinct cellular processes such as cell division and cell rearrangements underlie tissue morphogenesis. Yet how the distinct processes are controlled and coordinated, and how they contribute to morphogenesis is poorly understood. In our study, we addressed these questions using the developing mouse neural tube. This epithelial organ transforms from a flat epithelial sheet to an epithelial tube while increasing in size and undergoing morpho-gen-mediated patterning. The extent and mechanism of neural progenitor rearrangement within the developing mouse neuroepithelium is unknown. To investigate this, we per-formed high resolution lineage tracing analysis to quantify the extent of epithelial rear-rangement at different stages of neural tube development. We quantitatively described the relationship between apical cell size with cell cycle dependent interkinetic nuclear migra-tions (IKNM) and performed high cellular resolution live imaging of the neuroepithelium to study the dynamics of junctional remodeling. Furthermore, developed a vertex model of the neuroepithelium to investigate the quantitative contribution of cell proliferation, cell differentiation and mechanical properties to the epithelial rearrangement dynamics and validated the model predictions through functional experiments. Our analysis revealed that at early developmental stages, the apical cell area kinetics driven by IKNM induce high lev-els of cell rearrangements in a regime of high junctional tension and contractility. After E9.5, there is a sharp decline in the extent of cell rearrangements, suggesting that the epi-thelium transitions from a fluid-like to a solid-like state. We found that this transition is regulated by the growth rate of the tissue, rather than by changes in cell-cell adhesion and contractile forces. Overall, our study provides a quantitative description of the relationship between tissue growth, cell cycle dynamics, epithelia rearrangements and the emergent tissue material properties, and novel insights on how epithelial cell dynamics influences tissue morphogenesis. acknowledged_ssus: - _id: Bio - _id: LifeSc alternative_title: - ISTA Thesis article_processing_charge: No author: - first_name: Laura full_name: Bocanegra, Laura id: 4896F754-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Bocanegra citation: ama: Bocanegra L. Epithelial dynamics during mouse neural tube development. 2023. doi:10.15479/at:ista:13081 apa: Bocanegra, L. (2023). Epithelial dynamics during mouse neural tube development. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:13081 chicago: Bocanegra, Laura. “Epithelial Dynamics during Mouse Neural Tube Development.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:13081. ieee: L. Bocanegra, “Epithelial dynamics during mouse neural tube development,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023. ista: Bocanegra L. 2023. Epithelial dynamics during mouse neural tube development. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. mla: Bocanegra, Laura. Epithelial Dynamics during Mouse Neural Tube Development. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023, doi:10.15479/at:ista:13081. short: L. Bocanegra, Epithelial Dynamics during Mouse Neural Tube Development, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023. date_created: 2023-05-23T19:10:42Z date_published: 2023-05-23T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2023-10-04T11:14:04Z day: '23' ddc: - '570' degree_awarded: PhD department: - _id: GradSch - _id: AnKi doi: 10.15479/at:ista:13081 file: - access_level: closed checksum: 74f3f89e59a0189bee53ebfad9c1b9af content_type: application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document creator: lbocaneg date_created: 2023-05-25T06:32:12Z date_updated: 2023-05-25T06:32:12Z file_id: '13089' file_name: Thesis_final_LauraBocanegra.docx file_size: 25615534 relation: source_file - access_level: closed checksum: c6cdef6323eacfb4b7a8af20f32eae97 content_type: application/pdf creator: lbocaneg date_created: 2023-05-25T06:32:16Z date_updated: 2023-05-25T06:32:16Z embargo: 2024-05-31 embargo_to: open_access file_id: '13090' file_name: TotalFinal_Thesis_LauraBocanegraArx.pdf file_size: 12386046 relation: main_file file_date_updated: 2023-05-25T06:32:16Z has_accepted_license: '1' language: - iso: eng month: '05' oa_version: Published Version page: '93' publication_identifier: issn: - 2663 - 337X publication_status: published publisher: Institute of Science and Technology Austria related_material: record: - id: '9349' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '12837' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public status: public supervisor: - first_name: Anna full_name: Kicheva, Anna id: 3959A2A0-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Kicheva orcid: 0000-0003-4509-4998 title: Epithelial dynamics during mouse neural tube development tmp: image: /images/cc_by_nc_nd.png legal_code_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode name: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) short: CC BY-NC-ND (4.0) type: dissertation user_id: 8b945eb4-e2f2-11eb-945a-df72226e66a9 year: '2023' ... --- _id: '13331' abstract: - lang: eng text: "The extension of extremal combinatorics to the setting of exterior algebra is a work\r\nin progress that gained attention recently. In this thesis, we study the combinatorial structure of exterior algebra by introducing a dictionary that translates the notions from the set systems into the framework of exterior algebra. We show both generalizations of celebrated Erdös--Ko--Rado theorem and Hilton--Milner theorem to the setting of exterior algebra in the simplest non-trivial case of two-forms.\r\n" alternative_title: - ISTA Master's Thesis article_processing_charge: No author: - first_name: Seyda full_name: Köse, Seyda id: 8ba3170d-dc85-11ea-9058-c4251c96a6eb last_name: Köse citation: ama: Köse S. Exterior algebra and combinatorics. 2023. doi:10.15479/at:ista:13331 apa: Köse, S. (2023). Exterior algebra and combinatorics. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:13331 chicago: Köse, Seyda. “Exterior Algebra and Combinatorics.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:13331. ieee: S. Köse, “Exterior algebra and combinatorics,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023. ista: Köse S. 2023. Exterior algebra and combinatorics. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. mla: Köse, Seyda. Exterior Algebra and Combinatorics. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023, doi:10.15479/at:ista:13331. short: S. Köse, Exterior Algebra and Combinatorics, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023. date_created: 2023-07-31T10:20:55Z date_published: 2023-07-31T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2023-10-04T11:54:56Z day: '31' ddc: - '510' - '516' degree_awarded: MS department: - _id: GradSch - _id: UlWa doi: 10.15479/at:ista:13331 file: - access_level: closed checksum: 96ee518d796d02af71395622c45de03c content_type: application/x-zip-compressed creator: skoese date_created: 2023-07-31T10:16:32Z date_updated: 2023-07-31T10:16:32Z file_id: '13333' file_name: Exterior Algebra and Combinatorics.zip file_size: 28684 relation: source_file - access_level: open_access checksum: f610f4713f88bc477de576aaa46b114e content_type: application/pdf creator: skoese date_created: 2023-08-03T15:28:55Z date_updated: 2023-08-03T15:28:55Z file_id: '13480' file_name: thesis-pdfa.pdf file_size: 4953418 relation: main_file success: 1 file_date_updated: 2023-08-03T15:28:55Z has_accepted_license: '1' language: - iso: eng month: '07' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version page: '26' publication_identifier: issn: - 2791-4585 publication_status: published publisher: Institute of Science and Technology Austria related_material: record: - id: '12680' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public status: public supervisor: - first_name: Uli full_name: Wagner, Uli id: 36690CA2-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Wagner orcid: 0000-0002-1494-0568 title: Exterior algebra and combinatorics type: dissertation user_id: 8b945eb4-e2f2-11eb-945a-df72226e66a9 year: '2023' ... --- _id: '14422' abstract: - lang: eng text: "Animals exhibit a remarkable ability to learn and remember new behaviors, skills, and associations throughout their lifetime. These capabilities are made possible thanks to a variety of\r\nchanges in the brain throughout adulthood, regrouped under the term \"plasticity\". Some cells\r\nin the brain —neurons— and specifically changes in the connections between neurons, the\r\nsynapses, were shown to be crucial for the formation, selection, and consolidation of memories\r\nfrom past experiences. These ongoing changes of synapses across time are called synaptic\r\nplasticity. Understanding how a myriad of biochemical processes operating at individual\r\nsynapses can somehow work in concert to give rise to meaningful changes in behavior is a\r\nfascinating problem and an active area of research.\r\nHowever, the experimental search for the precise plasticity mechanisms at play in the brain\r\nis daunting, as it is difficult to control and observe synapses during learning. Theoretical\r\napproaches have thus been the default method to probe the plasticity-behavior connection. Such\r\nstudies attempt to extract unifying principles across synapses and model all observed synaptic\r\nchanges using plasticity rules: equations that govern the evolution of synaptic strengths across\r\ntime in neuronal network models. These rules can use many relevant quantities to determine\r\nthe magnitude of synaptic changes, such as the precise timings of pre- and postsynaptic\r\naction potentials, the recent neuronal activity levels, the state of neighboring synapses, etc.\r\nHowever, analytical studies rely heavily on human intuition and are forced to make simplifying\r\nassumptions about plasticity rules.\r\nIn this thesis, we aim to assist and augment human intuition in this search for plasticity rules.\r\nWe explore whether a numerical approach could automatically discover the plasticity rules\r\nthat elicit desired behaviors in large networks of interconnected neurons. This approach is\r\ndubbed meta-learning synaptic plasticity: learning plasticity rules which themselves will make\r\nneuronal networks learn how to solve a desired task. We first write all the potential plasticity\r\nmechanisms to consider using a single expression with adjustable parameters. We then optimize\r\nthese plasticity parameters using evolutionary strategies or Bayesian inference on tasks known\r\nto involve synaptic plasticity, such as familiarity detection and network stabilization.\r\nWe show that these automated approaches are powerful tools, able to complement established\r\nanalytical methods. By comprehensively screening plasticity rules at all synapse types in\r\nrealistic, spiking neuronal network models, we discover entire sets of degenerate plausible\r\nplasticity rules that reliably elicit memory-related behaviors. Our approaches allow for more\r\nrobust experimental predictions, by abstracting out the idiosyncrasies of individual plasticity\r\nrules, and provide fresh insights on synaptic plasticity in spiking network models.\r\n" alternative_title: - ISTA Thesis article_processing_charge: No author: - first_name: Basile J full_name: Confavreux, Basile J id: C7610134-B532-11EA-BD9F-F5753DDC885E last_name: Confavreux citation: ama: 'Confavreux BJ. Synapseek: Meta-learning synaptic plasticity rules. 2023. doi:10.15479/at:ista:14422' apa: 'Confavreux, B. J. (2023). Synapseek: Meta-learning synaptic plasticity rules. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:14422' chicago: 'Confavreux, Basile J. “Synapseek: Meta-Learning Synaptic Plasticity Rules.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:14422.' ieee: 'B. J. Confavreux, “Synapseek: Meta-learning synaptic plasticity rules,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023.' ista: 'Confavreux BJ. 2023. Synapseek: Meta-learning synaptic plasticity rules. Institute of Science and Technology Austria.' mla: 'Confavreux, Basile J. Synapseek: Meta-Learning Synaptic Plasticity Rules. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023, doi:10.15479/at:ista:14422.' short: 'B.J. Confavreux, Synapseek: Meta-Learning Synaptic Plasticity Rules, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023.' date_created: 2023-10-12T14:13:25Z date_published: 2023-10-12T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2023-10-18T09:20:56Z day: '12' ddc: - '610' degree_awarded: PhD department: - _id: GradSch - _id: TiVo doi: 10.15479/at:ista:14422 ec_funded: 1 file: - access_level: closed checksum: 7f636555eae7803323df287672fd13ed content_type: application/pdf creator: cchlebak date_created: 2023-10-12T14:53:50Z date_updated: 2023-10-12T14:54:52Z embargo: 2024-10-12 embargo_to: open_access file_id: '14424' file_name: Confavreux_Thesis_2A.pdf file_size: 30599717 relation: main_file - access_level: closed checksum: 725e85946db92290a4583a0de9779e1b content_type: application/x-zip-compressed creator: cchlebak date_created: 2023-10-18T07:38:34Z date_updated: 2023-10-18T07:56:08Z file_id: '14440' file_name: Confavreux Thesis.zip file_size: 68406739 relation: source_file file_date_updated: 2023-10-18T07:56:08Z has_accepted_license: '1' language: - iso: eng month: '10' oa_version: Published Version page: '148' project: - _id: 0aacfa84-070f-11eb-9043-d7eb2c709234 call_identifier: H2020 grant_number: '819603' name: Learning the shape of synaptic plasticity rules for neuronal architectures and function through machine learning. publication_identifier: issn: - 2663 - 337X publication_status: published publisher: Institute of Science and Technology Austria related_material: record: - id: '9633' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public status: public supervisor: - first_name: Tim P full_name: Vogels, Tim P id: CB6FF8D2-008F-11EA-8E08-2637E6697425 last_name: Vogels orcid: 0000-0003-3295-6181 title: 'Synapseek: Meta-learning synaptic plasticity rules' tmp: image: /images/cc_by_nc_sa.png legal_code_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/legalcode name: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) short: CC BY-NC-SA (4.0) type: dissertation user_id: 8b945eb4-e2f2-11eb-945a-df72226e66a9 year: '2023' ... --- _id: '14374' abstract: - lang: eng text: "Superconductivity has many important applications ranging from levitating trains over qubits to MRI scanners. The phenomenon is successfully modeled by Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer (BCS) theory. From a mathematical perspective, BCS theory has been studied extensively for systems without boundary. However, little is known in the presence of boundaries. With the help of numerical methods physicists observed that the critical temperature may increase in the presence of a boundary. The goal of this thesis is to understand the influence of boundaries on the critical temperature in BCS theory and to give a first rigorous justification of these observations. On the way, we also study two-body Schrödinger operators on domains with boundaries and prove additional results for superconductors without boundary.\r\n\r\nBCS theory is based on a non-linear functional, where the minimizer indicates whether the system is superconducting or in the normal, non-superconducting state. By considering the Hessian of the BCS functional at the normal state, one can analyze whether the normal state is possibly a minimum of the BCS functional and estimate the critical temperature. The Hessian turns out to be a linear operator resembling a Schrödinger operator for two interacting particles, but with more complicated kinetic energy. As a first step, we study the two-body Schrödinger operator in the presence of boundaries.\r\nFor Neumann boundary conditions, we prove that the addition of a boundary can create new eigenvalues, which correspond to the two particles forming a bound state close to the boundary.\r\n\r\nSecond, we need to understand superconductivity in the translation invariant setting. While in three dimensions this has been extensively studied, there is no mathematical literature for the one and two dimensional cases. In dimensions one and two, we compute the weak coupling asymptotics of the critical temperature and the energy gap in the translation invariant setting. We also prove that their ratio is independent of the microscopic details of the model in the weak coupling limit; this property is referred to as universality.\r\n\r\nIn the third part, we study the critical temperature of superconductors in the presence of boundaries. We start by considering the one-dimensional case of a half-line with contact interaction. Then, we generalize the results to generic interactions and half-spaces in one, two and three dimensions. Finally, we compare the critical temperature of a quarter space in two dimensions to the critical temperatures of a half-space and of the full space." alternative_title: - ISTA Thesis article_processing_charge: No author: - first_name: Barbara full_name: Roos, Barbara id: 5DA90512-D80F-11E9-8994-2E2EE6697425 last_name: Roos orcid: 0000-0002-9071-5880 citation: ama: Roos B. Boundary superconductivity in BCS theory. 2023. doi:10.15479/at:ista:14374 apa: Roos, B. (2023). Boundary superconductivity in BCS theory. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:14374 chicago: Roos, Barbara. “Boundary Superconductivity in BCS Theory.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:14374. ieee: B. Roos, “Boundary superconductivity in BCS theory,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023. ista: Roos B. 2023. Boundary superconductivity in BCS theory. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. mla: Roos, Barbara. Boundary Superconductivity in BCS Theory. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023, doi:10.15479/at:ista:14374. short: B. Roos, Boundary Superconductivity in BCS Theory, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023. date_created: 2023-09-28T14:23:04Z date_published: 2023-09-30T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2023-10-27T10:37:30Z day: '30' ddc: - '515' - '539' degree_awarded: PhD department: - _id: GradSch - _id: RoSe doi: 10.15479/at:ista:14374 ec_funded: 1 file: - access_level: open_access checksum: ef039ffc3de2cb8dee5b14110938e9b6 content_type: application/pdf creator: broos date_created: 2023-10-06T11:35:56Z date_updated: 2023-10-06T11:35:56Z file_id: '14398' file_name: phd-thesis-draft_pdfa_acrobat.pdf file_size: 2365702 relation: main_file - access_level: closed checksum: 81dcac33daeefaf0111db52f41bb1fd0 content_type: application/x-zip-compressed creator: broos date_created: 2023-10-06T11:38:01Z date_updated: 2023-10-06T11:38:01Z file_id: '14399' file_name: Version5.zip file_size: 4691734 relation: source_file file_date_updated: 2023-10-06T11:38:01Z has_accepted_license: '1' language: - iso: eng month: '09' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version page: '206' project: - _id: 25C6DC12-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: H2020 grant_number: '694227' name: Analysis of quantum many-body systems - _id: bda63fe5-d553-11ed-ba76-a16e3d2f256b grant_number: I06427 name: Mathematical Challenges in BCS Theory of Superconductivity publication_identifier: issn: - 2663 - 337X publication_status: published publisher: Institute of Science and Technology Austria related_material: record: - id: '13207' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '10850' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public status: public supervisor: - first_name: Robert full_name: Seiringer, Robert id: 4AFD0470-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Seiringer orcid: 0000-0002-6781-0521 title: Boundary superconductivity in BCS theory tmp: image: /images/cc_by_nc_sa.png legal_code_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/legalcode name: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) short: CC BY-NC-SA (4.0) type: dissertation user_id: 8b945eb4-e2f2-11eb-945a-df72226e66a9 year: '2023' ... --- _id: '14506' abstract: - lang: eng text: "Payment channel networks are a promising approach to improve the scalability bottleneck\r\nof cryptocurrencies. Two design principles behind payment channel networks are\r\nefficiency and privacy. Payment channel networks improve efficiency by allowing users\r\nto transact in a peer-to-peer fashion along multi-hop routes in the network, avoiding\r\nthe lengthy process of consensus on the blockchain. Transacting over payment channel\r\nnetworks also improves privacy as these transactions are not broadcast to the blockchain.\r\nDespite the influx of recent protocols built on top of payment channel networks and\r\ntheir analysis, a common shortcoming of many of these protocols is that they typically\r\nfocus only on either improving efficiency or privacy, but not both. Another limitation\r\non the efficiency front is that the models used to model actions, costs and utilities of\r\nusers are limited or come with unrealistic assumptions.\r\nThis thesis aims to address some of the shortcomings of recent protocols and algorithms\r\non payment channel networks, particularly in their privacy and efficiency aspects. We\r\nfirst present a payment route discovery protocol based on hub labelling and private\r\ninformation retrieval that hides the route query and is also efficient. We then present\r\na rebalancing protocol that formulates the rebalancing problem as a linear program\r\nand solves the linear program using multiparty computation so as to hide the channel\r\nbalances. The rebalancing solution as output by our protocol is also globally optimal.\r\nWe go on to develop more realistic models of the action space, costs, and utilities of\r\nboth existing and new users that want to join the network. In each of these settings,\r\nwe also develop algorithms to optimise the utility of these users with good guarantees\r\non the approximation and competitive ratios." alternative_title: - ISTA Thesis article_processing_charge: No author: - first_name: Michelle X full_name: Yeo, Michelle X id: 2D82B818-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Yeo citation: ama: Yeo MX. Advances in efficiency and privacy in payment channel network analysis. 2023. doi:10.15479/14506 apa: Yeo, M. X. (2023). Advances in efficiency and privacy in payment channel network analysis. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/14506 chicago: Yeo, Michelle X. “Advances in Efficiency and Privacy in Payment Channel Network Analysis.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023. https://doi.org/10.15479/14506. ieee: M. X. Yeo, “Advances in efficiency and privacy in payment channel network analysis,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023. ista: Yeo MX. 2023. Advances in efficiency and privacy in payment channel network analysis. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. mla: Yeo, Michelle X. Advances in Efficiency and Privacy in Payment Channel Network Analysis. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023, doi:10.15479/14506. short: M.X. Yeo, Advances in Efficiency and Privacy in Payment Channel Network Analysis, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023. date_created: 2023-11-10T08:10:43Z date_published: 2023-11-10T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2023-11-30T10:54:51Z day: '10' ddc: - '000' degree_awarded: PhD department: - _id: GradSch - _id: KrPi doi: 10.15479/14506 ec_funded: 1 file: - access_level: closed checksum: 521c72818d720a52b377207b2ee87b6a content_type: application/x-zip-compressed creator: cchlebak date_created: 2023-11-23T10:29:55Z date_updated: 2023-11-23T10:29:55Z file_id: '14598' file_name: thesis_yeo.zip file_size: 3037720 relation: source_file - access_level: open_access checksum: 0ed5d16899687aecf13d843c9878c9f2 content_type: application/pdf creator: cchlebak date_created: 2023-11-23T10:30:08Z date_updated: 2023-11-23T10:30:08Z file_id: '14599' file_name: thesis_yeo.pdf file_size: 2717256 relation: main_file success: 1 file_date_updated: 2023-11-23T10:30:08Z has_accepted_license: '1' language: - iso: eng month: '11' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version page: '162' project: - _id: 2564DBCA-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: H2020 grant_number: '665385' name: International IST Doctoral Program publication_identifier: issn: - 2663 - 337X publication_status: published publisher: Institute of Science and Technology Austria related_material: record: - id: '9969' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '13238' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '14490' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public status: public supervisor: - first_name: Krzysztof Z full_name: Pietrzak, Krzysztof Z id: 3E04A7AA-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Pietrzak orcid: 0000-0002-9139-1654 title: Advances in efficiency and privacy in payment channel network analysis type: dissertation user_id: 8b945eb4-e2f2-11eb-945a-df72226e66a9 year: '2023' ... --- _id: '12726' abstract: - lang: eng text: "Most motions of many-body systems at any scale in nature with sufficient degrees\r\nof freedom tend to be chaotic; reaching from the orbital motion of planets, the air\r\ncurrents in our atmosphere, down to the water flowing through our pipelines or\r\nthe movement of a population of bacteria. To the observer it is therefore intriguing\r\nwhen a moving collective exhibits order. Collective motion of flocks of birds, schools\r\nof fish or swarms of self-propelled particles or robots have been studied extensively\r\nover the past decades but the mechanisms involved in the transition from chaos to\r\norder remain unclear. Here, the interactions, that in most systems give rise to chaos,\r\nsustain order. In this thesis we investigate mechanisms that preserve, destabilize\r\nor lead to the ordered state. We show that endothelial cells migrating in circular\r\nconfinements transition to a collective rotating state and concomitantly synchronize\r\nthe frequencies of nucleating actin waves within individual cells. Consequently,\r\nthe frequency dependent cell migration speed uniformizes across the population.\r\nComplementary to the WAVE dependent nucleation of traveling actin waves, we\r\nshow that in leukocytes the actin polymerization depending on WASp generates\r\npushing forces locally at stationary patches. Next, in pipe flows, we study methods\r\nto disrupt the self–sustaining cycle of turbulence and therefore relaminarize the\r\nflow. While we find in pulsating flow conditions that turbulence emerges through a\r\nhelical instability during the decelerating phase. Finally, we show quantitatively in\r\nbrain slices of mice that wild-type control neurons can compensate the migratory\r\ndeficits of a genetically modified neuronal sub–population in the developing cortex." acknowledged_ssus: - _id: M-Shop - _id: Bio alternative_title: - ISTA Thesis article_processing_charge: No author: - first_name: Michael full_name: Riedl, Michael id: 3BE60946-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Riedl orcid: 0000-0003-4844-6311 citation: ama: Riedl M. Synchronization in collectively moving active matter. 2023. doi:10.15479/at:ista:12726 apa: Riedl, M. (2023). Synchronization in collectively moving active matter. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:12726 chicago: Riedl, Michael. “Synchronization in Collectively Moving Active Matter.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:12726. ieee: M. Riedl, “Synchronization in collectively moving active matter,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023. ista: Riedl M. 2023. Synchronization in collectively moving active matter. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. mla: Riedl, Michael. Synchronization in Collectively Moving Active Matter. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023, doi:10.15479/at:ista:12726. short: M. Riedl, Synchronization in Collectively Moving Active Matter, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023. date_created: 2023-03-15T13:22:13Z date_published: 2023-03-23T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2023-11-30T10:55:13Z day: '23' ddc: - '530' degree_awarded: PhD department: - _id: GradSch - _id: BjHo doi: 10.15479/at:ista:12726 file: - access_level: closed checksum: eba0e19fe57a8c15e7aeab55a845efb7 content_type: application/pdf creator: cchlebak date_created: 2023-03-23T12:49:23Z date_updated: 2023-11-24T11:57:46Z description: the main file is missing the bibliography. See new thesis record 14530 for updated files. file_id: '12745' file_name: Thesis_Riedl_2023.pdf file_size: 63734746 relation: main_file - access_level: closed checksum: 0eb7b650cc8ae843bcec7c8a6109ae03 content_type: application/octet-stream creator: cchlebak date_created: 2023-03-23T12:54:34Z date_updated: 2023-09-24T22:30:03Z embargo_to: open_access file_id: '12746' file_name: Thesis_Riedl_2023_source.rar file_size: 339473651 relation: source_file file_date_updated: 2023-11-24T11:57:46Z has_accepted_license: '1' language: - iso: eng month: '03' oa_version: None page: '260' publication_identifier: issn: - 2663-337X publication_status: published publisher: Institute of Science and Technology Austria related_material: record: - id: '10703' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '10791' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '7932' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '461' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '14530' relation: new_edition status: public status: public supervisor: - first_name: Björn full_name: Hof, Björn id: 3A374330-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Hof orcid: 0000-0003-2057-2754 title: Synchronization in collectively moving active matter type: dissertation user_id: 8b945eb4-e2f2-11eb-945a-df72226e66a9 year: '2023' ... --- _id: '14530' abstract: - lang: eng text: 'Most motions of many-body systems at any scale in nature with sufficient degrees of freedom tend to be chaotic; reaching from the orbital motion of planets, the air currents in our atmosphere, down to the water flowing through our pipelines or the movement of a population of bacteria. To the observer it is therefore intriguing when a moving collective exhibits order. Collective motion of flocks of birds, schools of fish or swarms of self-propelled particles or robots have been studied extensively over the past decades but the mechanisms involved in the transition from chaos to order remain unclear. Here, the interactions, that in most systems give rise to chaos, sustain order. In this thesis we investigate mechanisms that preserve, destabilize or lead to the ordered state. We show that endothelial cells migrating in circular confinements transition to a collective rotating state and concomitantly synchronize the frequencies of nucleating actin waves within individual cells. Consequently, the frequency dependent cell migration speed uniformizes across the population. Complementary to the WAVE dependent nucleation of traveling actin waves, we show that in leukocytes the actin polymerization depending on WASp generates pushing forces locally at stationary patches. Next, in pipe flows, we study methods to disrupt the self--sustaining cycle of turbulence and therefore relaminarize the flow. While we find in pulsating flow conditions that turbulence emerges through a helical instability during the decelerating phase. Finally, we show quantitatively in brain slices of mice that wild-type control neurons can compensate the migratory deficits of a genetically modified neuronal sub--population in the developing cortex. ' acknowledged_ssus: - _id: M-Shop - _id: Bio alternative_title: - ISTA Thesis article_processing_charge: No author: - first_name: Michael full_name: Riedl, Michael id: 3BE60946-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Riedl orcid: 0000-0003-4844-6311 citation: ama: Riedl M. Synchronization in collectively moving active matter. 2023. doi:10.15479/14530 apa: Riedl, M. (2023). Synchronization in collectively moving active matter. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/14530 chicago: Riedl, Michael. “Synchronization in Collectively Moving Active Matter.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023. https://doi.org/10.15479/14530. ieee: M. Riedl, “Synchronization in collectively moving active matter,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023. ista: Riedl M. 2023. Synchronization in collectively moving active matter. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. mla: Riedl, Michael. Synchronization in Collectively Moving Active Matter. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023, doi:10.15479/14530. short: M. Riedl, Synchronization in Collectively Moving Active Matter, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023. date_created: 2023-11-15T09:59:03Z date_published: 2023-11-16T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2023-11-30T10:55:13Z day: '16' ddc: - '530' - '570' degree_awarded: PhD department: - _id: GradSch - _id: MiSi doi: 10.15479/14530 file: - access_level: open_access checksum: 52e1d0ab6c1abe59c82dfe8c9ff5f83a content_type: application/pdf creator: mriedl date_created: 2023-11-15T09:52:54Z date_updated: 2023-11-15T09:52:54Z file_id: '14536' file_name: Thesis_Riedl_2023_corr.pdf file_size: 36743942 relation: main_file success: 1 file_date_updated: 2023-11-15T09:52:54Z has_accepted_license: '1' keyword: - Synchronization - Collective Movement - Active Matter - Cell Migration - Active Colloids language: - iso: eng month: '11' oa: 1 oa_version: Updated Version page: '260' publication_identifier: issn: - 2663 - 337X publication_status: published publisher: Institute of Science and Technology Austria related_material: record: - id: '10703' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '10791' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '7932' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '461' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '12726' relation: old_edition status: public status: public supervisor: - first_name: Björn full_name: Hof, Björn id: 3A374330-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Hof orcid: 0000-0003-2057-2754 title: Synchronization in collectively moving active matter type: dissertation user_id: 8b945eb4-e2f2-11eb-945a-df72226e66a9 year: '2023' ... --- _id: '14547' abstract: - lang: eng text: "Superconductor-semiconductor heterostructures currently capture a significant amount of research interest and they serve as the physical platform in many proposals towards topological quantum computation.\r\nDespite being under extensive investigations, historically using transport techniques, the basic properties of the interface between the superconductor and the semiconductor remain to be understood.\r\n\r\nIn this thesis, two separate studies on the Al-InAs heterostructures are reported with the first focusing on the physics of the material motivated by the emergence of a new phase, the Bogoliubov-Fermi surface. \r\nThe second focuses on a technological application, a gate-tunable Josephson parametric amplifier.\r\n\r\nIn the first study, we investigate the hypothesized unconventional nature of the induced superconductivity at the interface between the Al thin film and the InAs quantum well.\r\nWe embed a two-dimensional Al-InAs hybrid system in a resonant microwave circuit allowing measurements of change in inductance.\r\nThe behaviour of the resonance in a range of temperature and in-plane magnetic field has been studied and compared with the theory of conventional s-wave superconductor and a two-component theory that includes both contribution of the $s$-wave pairing in Al and the intraband $p \\pm ip$ pairing in InAs.\r\nMeasuring the temperature dependence of resonant frequency, no discrepancy is found between data and the conventional theory.\r\nWe observe the breakdown of superconductivity due to an applied magnetic field which contradicts the conventional theory.\r\nIn contrast, the data can be captured quantitatively by fitting to a two-component model.\r\nWe find the evidence of the intraband $p \\pm ip$ pairing in the InAs and the emergence of the Bogoliubov-Fermi surfaces due to magnetic field with the characteristic value $B^* = 0.33~\\mathrm{T}$.\r\nFrom the fits, the sheet resistance of Al, the carrier density and mobility in InAs are determined.\r\nBy systematically studying the anisotropy of the circuit response, we find weak anisotropy for $B < B^*$ and increasingly strong anisotropy for $B > B^*$ resulting in a pronounced two-lobe structure in polar plot of frequency versus field angle.\r\nStrong resemblance between the field dependence of dissipation and superfluid density hints at a hidden signature of the Bogoliubov-Fermi surface that is burried in the dissipation data.\r\n\r\nIn the second study, we realize a parametric amplifier with a Josephson field effect transistor as the active element.\r\nThe device's modest construction consists of a gated SNS weak link embedded at the center of a coplanar waveguide resonator.\r\nBy applying a gate voltage, the resonant frequency is field-effect tunable over a range of 2 GHz.\r\nModelling the JoFET minimally as a parallel RL circuit, the dissipation introduced by the JoFET can be quantitatively related to the gate voltage.\r\nWe observed gate-tunable Kerr nonlinearity qualitatively in line with expectation.\r\nThe JoFET amplifier has 20 dB of gain, 4 MHz of instantaneous bandwidth, and a 1dB compression point of -125.5 dBm when operated at a fixed resonant frequency.\r\nIn general, the signal-to-noise ratio is improved by 5-7 dB when the JoFET amplifier is activated compared.\r\nThe noise of the measurement chain and insertion loss of relevant circuit elements are calibrated to determine the expected and the real noise performance of the JoFET amplifier.\r\nAs a quantification of the noise performance, the measured total input-referred noise of the JoFET amplifier is in good agreement with the estimated expectation which takes device loss into account.\r\nWe found that the noise performance of the device reported in this document approaches one photon of total input-referred added noise which is the quantum limit imposed in nondegenerate parametric amplifier." acknowledged_ssus: - _id: NanoFab - _id: Bio alternative_title: - ISTA Thesis article_processing_charge: No author: - first_name: Duc T full_name: Phan, Duc T id: 29C8C0B4-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Phan citation: ama: Phan DT. Resonant microwave spectroscopy of Al-InAs. 2023. doi:10.15479/14547 apa: Phan, D. T. (2023). Resonant microwave spectroscopy of Al-InAs. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/14547 chicago: Phan, Duc T. “Resonant Microwave Spectroscopy of Al-InAs.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023. https://doi.org/10.15479/14547. ieee: D. T. Phan, “Resonant microwave spectroscopy of Al-InAs,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023. ista: Phan DT. 2023. Resonant microwave spectroscopy of Al-InAs. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. mla: Phan, Duc T. Resonant Microwave Spectroscopy of Al-InAs. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023, doi:10.15479/14547. short: D.T. Phan, Resonant Microwave Spectroscopy of Al-InAs, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023. date_created: 2023-11-17T13:45:26Z date_published: 2023-11-16T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2023-11-30T10:56:04Z day: '16' ddc: - '530' degree_awarded: PhD department: - _id: GradSch - _id: AnHi doi: 10.15479/14547 file: - access_level: open_access checksum: db0c37d213bc002125bd59690e9db246 content_type: application/pdf creator: pduc date_created: 2023-11-17T13:36:44Z date_updated: 2023-11-22T09:46:06Z file_id: '14548' file_name: Phan_Thesis_pdfa.pdf file_size: 34828019 relation: main_file - access_level: closed checksum: 8d3bd6afa279a0078ffd13e06bb6d56d content_type: application/zip creator: pduc date_created: 2023-11-17T13:44:53Z date_updated: 2023-11-17T13:47:54Z file_id: '14549' file_name: dissertation_src.zip file_size: 279319709 relation: source_file file_date_updated: 2023-11-22T09:46:06Z has_accepted_license: '1' keyword: - superconductor-semiconductor - superconductivity - Al - InAs - p-wave - superconductivity - JPA - microwave language: - iso: eng month: '11' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version page: '80' publication_identifier: issn: - 2663 - 337X publication_status: published publisher: Institute of Science and Technology Austria related_material: record: - id: '10851' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '13264' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public status: public supervisor: - first_name: Andrew P full_name: Higginbotham, Andrew P id: 4AD6785A-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Higginbotham orcid: 0000-0003-2607-2363 title: Resonant microwave spectroscopy of Al-InAs tmp: image: /images/cc_by_nc_sa.png legal_code_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/legalcode name: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) short: CC BY-NC-SA (4.0) type: dissertation user_id: 8b945eb4-e2f2-11eb-945a-df72226e66a9 year: '2023' ... --- _id: '14058' abstract: - lang: eng text: "Females and males across species are subject to divergent selective pressures arising\r\nfrom di↵erent reproductive interests and ecological niches. This often translates into a\r\nintricate array of sex-specific natural and sexual selection on traits that have a shared\r\ngenetic basis between both sexes, causing a genetic sexual conflict. The resolution of\r\nthis conflict mostly relies on the evolution of sex-specific expression of the shared genes,\r\nleading to phenotypic sexual dimorphism. Such sex-specific gene expression is thought\r\nto evolve via modifications of the genetic networks ultimately linked to sex-determining\r\ntranscription factors. Although much empirical and theoretical evidence supports this\r\nstandard picture of the molecular basis of sexual conflict resolution, there still are a\r\nfew open questions regarding the complex array of selective forces driving phenotypic\r\ndi↵erentiation between the sexes, as well as the molecular mechanisms underlying sexspecific adaptation. I address some of these open questions in my PhD thesis.\r\nFirst, how do patterns of phenotypic sexual dimorphism vary within populations,\r\nas a response to the temporal and spatial changes in sex-specific selective forces? To\r\ntackle this question, I analyze the patterns of sex-specific phenotypic variation along\r\nthree life stages and across populations spanning the whole geographical range of Rumex\r\nhastatulus, a wind-pollinated angiosperm, in the first Chapter of the thesis.\r\nSecond, how do gene expression patterns lead to phenotypic dimorphism, and what\r\nare the molecular mechanisms underlying the observed transcriptomic variation? I\r\naddress this question by examining the sex- and tissue-specific expression variation in\r\nnewly-generated datasets of sex-specific expression in heads and gonads of Drosophila\r\nmelanogaster. I additionally used two complementary approaches for the study of the\r\ngenetic basis of sex di↵erences in gene expression in the second and third Chapters of\r\nthe thesis.\r\nThird, how does intersex correlation, thought to be one of the main aspects constraining the ability for the two sexes to decouple, interact with the evolution of sexual\r\ndimorphism? I develop models of sex-specific stabilizing selection, mutation and drift\r\nto formalize common intuition regarding the patterns of covariation between intersex\r\ncorrelation and sexual dimorphism in the fourth Chapter of the thesis.\r\nAlltogether, the work described in this PhD thesis provides useful insights into the\r\nlinks between genetic, transcriptomic and phenotypic layers of sex-specific variation,\r\nand contributes to our general understanding of the dynamics of sexual dimorphism\r\nevolution." alternative_title: - ISTA Thesis article_processing_charge: No author: - first_name: Gemma full_name: Puixeu Sala, Gemma id: 33AB266C-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Puixeu Sala orcid: 0000-0001-8330-1754 citation: ama: 'Puixeu Sala G. The molecular basis of sexual dimorphism: Experimental and theoretical characterization of phenotypic, transcriptomic and genetic patterns of sex-specific adaptation. 2023. doi:10.15479/at:ista:14058' apa: 'Puixeu Sala, G. (2023). The molecular basis of sexual dimorphism: Experimental and theoretical characterization of phenotypic, transcriptomic and genetic patterns of sex-specific adaptation. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:14058' chicago: 'Puixeu Sala, Gemma. “The Molecular Basis of Sexual Dimorphism: Experimental and Theoretical Characterization of Phenotypic, Transcriptomic and Genetic Patterns of Sex-Specific Adaptation.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:14058.' ieee: 'G. Puixeu Sala, “The molecular basis of sexual dimorphism: Experimental and theoretical characterization of phenotypic, transcriptomic and genetic patterns of sex-specific adaptation,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023.' ista: 'Puixeu Sala G. 2023. The molecular basis of sexual dimorphism: Experimental and theoretical characterization of phenotypic, transcriptomic and genetic patterns of sex-specific adaptation. Institute of Science and Technology Austria.' mla: 'Puixeu Sala, Gemma. The Molecular Basis of Sexual Dimorphism: Experimental and Theoretical Characterization of Phenotypic, Transcriptomic and Genetic Patterns of Sex-Specific Adaptation. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023, doi:10.15479/at:ista:14058.' short: 'G. Puixeu Sala, The Molecular Basis of Sexual Dimorphism: Experimental and Theoretical Characterization of Phenotypic, Transcriptomic and Genetic Patterns of Sex-Specific Adaptation, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023.' date_created: 2023-08-15T10:20:40Z date_published: 2023-08-15T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2023-12-13T12:15:36Z day: '15' ddc: - '576' degree_awarded: PhD department: - _id: GradSch - _id: NiBa - _id: BeVi doi: 10.15479/at:ista:14058 ec_funded: 1 file: - access_level: closed checksum: 4e44e169f2724ee8c9324cd60bcc2b71 content_type: application/zip creator: gpuixeus date_created: 2023-08-16T18:15:17Z date_updated: 2023-08-17T06:55:24Z file_id: '14075' file_name: Thesis_latex_forpdfa.zip file_size: 10891454 relation: source_file - access_level: open_access checksum: e10b04cd8f3fecc0d9ef6e6868b6e1e8 content_type: application/pdf creator: gpuixeus date_created: 2023-08-18T10:47:55Z date_updated: 2023-08-18T10:47:55Z file_id: '14079' file_name: PhDThesis_PuixeuG.pdf file_size: 19856686 relation: main_file success: 1 file_date_updated: 2023-08-18T10:47:55Z has_accepted_license: '1' language: - iso: eng month: '08' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version page: '230' project: - _id: 2564DBCA-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: H2020 grant_number: '665385' name: International IST Doctoral Program - _id: 9B9DFC9E-BA93-11EA-9121-9846C619BF3A grant_number: '25817' name: 'Sexual conflict: resolution, constraints and biomedical implications' publication_identifier: isbn: - 978-3-99078-035-0 issn: - 2663-337X publication_status: published publisher: Institute of Science and Technology Austria related_material: record: - id: '9803' relation: research_data status: public - id: '12933' relation: research_data status: public - id: '6831' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '14077' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public status: public supervisor: - first_name: Beatriz full_name: Vicoso, Beatriz id: 49E1C5C6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Vicoso orcid: 0000-0002-4579-8306 - first_name: Nicholas H full_name: Barton, Nicholas H id: 4880FE40-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Barton orcid: 0000-0002-8548-5240 title: 'The molecular basis of sexual dimorphism: Experimental and theoretical characterization of phenotypic, transcriptomic and genetic patterns of sex-specific adaptation' 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: dissertation user_id: 8b945eb4-e2f2-11eb-945a-df72226e66a9 year: '2023' ... --- _id: '14622' alternative_title: - ISTA Thesis article_processing_charge: No author: - first_name: Stefan full_name: Sack, Stefan id: dd622248-f6e0-11ea-865d-ce382a1c81a5 last_name: Sack orcid: 0000-0001-5400-8508 citation: ama: 'Sack S. Improving variational quantum algorithms: Innovative initialization techniques and extensions to qudit systems. 2023. doi:10.15479/at:ista:14622' apa: 'Sack, S. (2023). Improving variational quantum algorithms: Innovative initialization techniques and extensions to qudit systems. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:14622' chicago: 'Sack, Stefan. “Improving Variational Quantum Algorithms: Innovative Initialization Techniques and Extensions to Qudit Systems.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:14622.' ieee: 'S. Sack, “Improving variational quantum algorithms: Innovative initialization techniques and extensions to qudit systems,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023.' ista: 'Sack S. 2023. Improving variational quantum algorithms: Innovative initialization techniques and extensions to qudit systems. Institute of Science and Technology Austria.' mla: 'Sack, Stefan. Improving Variational Quantum Algorithms: Innovative Initialization Techniques and Extensions to Qudit Systems. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023, doi:10.15479/at:ista:14622.' short: 'S. Sack, Improving Variational Quantum Algorithms: Innovative Initialization Techniques and Extensions to Qudit Systems, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023.' date_created: 2023-11-28T10:58:13Z date_published: 2023-11-30T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2023-12-13T14:47:25Z day: '30' ddc: - '530' degree_awarded: PhD department: - _id: GradSch - _id: MaSe doi: 10.15479/at:ista:14622 ec_funded: 1 file: - access_level: closed checksum: 068fd3570506ec42b2faa390de784bc4 content_type: application/pdf creator: ssack date_created: 2023-11-30T15:53:10Z date_updated: 2023-12-01T11:10:46Z embargo: 2024-11-30 embargo_to: open_access file_id: '14635' file_name: PhD_Thesis.pdf file_size: 11947523 relation: main_file - access_level: closed checksum: 0fa3bc0d108aed0ac59d2c6beef2220a content_type: application/zip creator: ssack date_created: 2023-11-30T15:54:11Z date_updated: 2023-12-01T11:10:46Z file_id: '14636' file_name: PhD Thesis (1).zip file_size: 18422964 relation: source_file file_date_updated: 2023-12-01T11:10:46Z has_accepted_license: '1' language: - iso: eng month: '11' oa_version: Published Version page: '142' project: - _id: bd660c93-d553-11ed-ba76-fb0fb6f49c0d name: Quantum_Quantum Circuits and Software_Variational quantum algorithms on NISQ devices - _id: 23841C26-32DE-11EA-91FC-C7463DDC885E call_identifier: H2020 grant_number: '850899' name: 'Non-Ergodic Quantum Matter: Universality, Dynamics and Control' publication_identifier: issn: - 2663 - 337X publication_status: published publisher: Institute of Science and Technology Austria related_material: record: - id: '11471' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '13125' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '9760' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public status: public supervisor: - first_name: Maksym full_name: Serbyn, Maksym id: 47809E7E-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Serbyn orcid: 0000-0002-2399-5827 title: 'Improving variational quantum algorithms: Innovative initialization techniques and extensions to qudit systems' tmp: image: /images/cc_by_nc_sa.png legal_code_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/legalcode name: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) short: CC BY-NC-SA (4.0) type: dissertation user_id: 8b945eb4-e2f2-11eb-945a-df72226e66a9 year: '2023' ... --- _id: '14697' acknowledged_ssus: - _id: LifeSc - _id: Bio alternative_title: - ISTA Thesis article_processing_charge: No author: - first_name: Julian A full_name: Stopp, Julian A id: 489E3F00-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Stopp citation: ama: 'Stopp JA. Neutrophils on the hunt: Migratory strategies employed by neutrophils to fulfill their effector function. 2023. doi:10.15479/at:ista:14697' apa: 'Stopp, J. A. (2023). Neutrophils on the hunt: Migratory strategies employed by neutrophils to fulfill their effector function. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:14697' chicago: 'Stopp, Julian A. “Neutrophils on the Hunt: Migratory Strategies Employed by Neutrophils to Fulfill Their Effector Function.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:14697.' ieee: 'J. A. Stopp, “Neutrophils on the hunt: Migratory strategies employed by neutrophils to fulfill their effector function,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023.' ista: 'Stopp JA. 2023. Neutrophils on the hunt: Migratory strategies employed by neutrophils to fulfill their effector function. Institute of Science and Technology Austria.' mla: 'Stopp, Julian A. Neutrophils on the Hunt: Migratory Strategies Employed by Neutrophils to Fulfill Their Effector Function. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023, doi:10.15479/at:ista:14697.' short: 'J.A. Stopp, Neutrophils on the Hunt: Migratory Strategies Employed by Neutrophils to Fulfill Their Effector Function, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023.' date_created: 2023-12-18T19:14:28Z date_published: 2023-12-20T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2023-12-21T14:30:02Z day: '20' ddc: - '570' degree_awarded: PhD department: - _id: GradSch - _id: MiSi doi: 10.15479/at:ista:14697 ec_funded: 1 file: - access_level: closed checksum: 457927165d5d556305d3086f6b83e5c7 content_type: application/pdf creator: jstopp date_created: 2023-12-20T09:35:34Z date_updated: 2023-12-20T09:35:34Z embargo: 2024-12-20 embargo_to: open_access file_id: '14699' file_name: Thesis.pdf file_size: 51585778 relation: main_file - access_level: closed checksum: e8d26449ac461f5e8478a62c9507506f content_type: application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document creator: jstopp date_created: 2023-12-20T09:35:35Z date_updated: 2023-12-20T10:41:42Z file_id: '14700' file_name: Thesis.docx file_size: 69625950 relation: source_file file_date_updated: 2023-12-20T10:41:42Z has_accepted_license: '1' language: - iso: eng month: '12' oa_version: Published Version page: '226' project: - _id: 2564DBCA-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: H2020 grant_number: '665385' name: International IST Doctoral Program publication_identifier: isbn: - 978-3-99078-038-1 issn: - 2663 - 337X publication_status: published publisher: Institute of Science and Technology Austria related_material: record: - id: '6328' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '7885' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '12272' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '14274' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '14360' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public status: public supervisor: - first_name: Michael K full_name: Sixt, Michael K id: 41E9FBEA-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Sixt orcid: 0000-0002-6620-9179 title: 'Neutrophils on the hunt: Migratory strategies employed by neutrophils to fulfill their effector function' type: dissertation user_id: 8b945eb4-e2f2-11eb-945a-df72226e66a9 year: '2023' ... --- _id: '14651' abstract: - lang: eng text: 'For self-incompatibility (SI) to be stable in a population, theory predicts that sufficient inbreeding depression (ID) is required: the fitness of offspring from self-mated individuals must be low enough to prevent the spread of self-compatibility (SC). Reviews of natural plant populations have supported this theory, with SI species generally showing high levels of ID. However, there is thought to be an under-sampling of self-incompatible taxa in the current literature. In this thesis, I study inbreeding depression in the SI plant species Antirrhinum majus using both greenhouse crosses and a large collected field dataset. Additionally, the gametophytic S-locus of A. majus is highly heterozygous and polymorphic, thus making assembly and discovery of S-alleles very difficult. Here, 206 new alleles of the male component SLFs are presented, along with a phylogeny showing the high conservation with alleles from another Antirrhinum species. Lastly, selected sites within the protein structure of SLFs are investigated, with one site in particular highlighted as potentially being involved in the SI recognition mechanism.' acknowledged_ssus: - _id: ScienComp alternative_title: - ISTA Thesis article_processing_charge: No author: - first_name: Louise S full_name: Arathoon, Louise S id: 2CFCFF98-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Arathoon orcid: 0000-0003-1771-714X citation: ama: Arathoon LS. Investigating inbreeding depression and the self-incompatibility locus of Antirrhinum majus. 2023. doi:10.15479/at:ista:14651 apa: Arathoon, L. S. (2023). Investigating inbreeding depression and the self-incompatibility locus of Antirrhinum majus. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:14651 chicago: Arathoon, Louise S. “Investigating Inbreeding Depression and the Self-Incompatibility Locus of Antirrhinum Majus.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:14651. ieee: L. S. Arathoon, “Investigating inbreeding depression and the self-incompatibility locus of Antirrhinum majus,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023. ista: Arathoon LS. 2023. Investigating inbreeding depression and the self-incompatibility locus of Antirrhinum majus. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. mla: Arathoon, Louise S. Investigating Inbreeding Depression and the Self-Incompatibility Locus of Antirrhinum Majus. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023, doi:10.15479/at:ista:14651. short: L.S. Arathoon, Investigating Inbreeding Depression and the Self-Incompatibility Locus of Antirrhinum Majus, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023. date_created: 2023-12-11T19:30:37Z date_published: 2023-12-12T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2023-12-22T11:04:45Z day: '12' ddc: - '570' degree_awarded: PhD department: - _id: GradSch - _id: NiBa doi: 10.15479/at:ista:14651 ec_funded: 1 file: - access_level: open_access checksum: 520bdb61e95e66070e02824947d2c5fa content_type: application/pdf creator: larathoo date_created: 2023-12-13T15:37:55Z date_updated: 2023-12-13T15:37:55Z file_id: '14684' file_name: Phd_Thesis_LA.pdf file_size: 34101468 relation: main_file success: 1 - access_level: closed checksum: d8e59afd0817c98fba2564a264508e5c content_type: application/zip creator: larathoo date_created: 2023-12-13T15:42:23Z date_updated: 2023-12-14T08:58:18Z file_id: '14685' file_name: Phd_Thesis_LA.zip file_size: 31052872 relation: source_file - access_level: closed checksum: 9a778c949932286f4519e1f1fca2820d content_type: application/zip creator: larathoo date_created: 2023-12-11T19:24:59Z date_updated: 2023-12-14T08:58:18Z file_id: '14681' file_name: Supplementary_Materials.zip file_size: 10713896 relation: supplementary_material file_date_updated: 2023-12-14T08:58:18Z has_accepted_license: '1' language: - iso: eng month: '12' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version page: '96' project: - _id: 2564DBCA-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: H2020 grant_number: '665385' name: International IST Doctoral Program publication_identifier: issn: - 2663 - 337X publication_status: published publisher: Institute of Science and Technology Austria related_material: record: - id: '11411' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public status: public supervisor: - first_name: Nicholas H full_name: Barton, Nicholas H id: 4880FE40-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Barton orcid: 0000-0002-8548-5240 title: Investigating inbreeding depression and the self-incompatibility locus of Antirrhinum majus type: dissertation user_id: 8b945eb4-e2f2-11eb-945a-df72226e66a9 year: '2023' ... --- _id: '14539' abstract: - lang: eng text: "Stochastic systems provide a formal framework for modelling and quantifying uncertainty in systems and have been widely adopted in many application domains. Formal\r\nverification and control of finite state stochastic systems, a subfield of formal methods\r\nalso known as probabilistic model checking, is well studied. In contrast, formal verification and control of infinite state stochastic systems have received comparatively\r\nless attention. However, infinite state stochastic systems commonly arise in practice.\r\nFor instance, probabilistic models that contain continuous probability distributions such\r\nas normal or uniform, or stochastic dynamical systems which are a classical model for\r\ncontrol under uncertainty, both give rise to infinite state systems.\r\nThe goal of this thesis is to contribute to laying theoretical and algorithmic foundations\r\nof fully automated formal verification and control of infinite state stochastic systems,\r\nwith a particular focus on systems that may be executed over a long or infinite time.\r\nWe consider formal verification of infinite state stochastic systems in the setting of\r\nstatic analysis of probabilistic programs and formal control in the setting of controller\r\nsynthesis in stochastic dynamical systems. For both problems, we present some of the\r\nfirst fully automated methods for probabilistic (a.k.a. quantitative) reachability and\r\nsafety analysis applicable to infinite time horizon systems. We also advance the state\r\nof the art of probability 1 (a.k.a. qualitative) reachability analysis for both problems.\r\nFinally, for formal controller synthesis in stochastic dynamical systems, we present a\r\nnovel framework for learning neural network control policies in stochastic dynamical\r\nsystems with formal guarantees on correctness with respect to quantitative reachability,\r\nsafety or reach-avoid specifications.\r\n" alternative_title: - ISTA Thesis article_processing_charge: No author: - first_name: Dorde full_name: Zikelic, Dorde id: 294AA7A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Zikelic orcid: 0000-0002-4681-1699 citation: ama: Zikelic D. Automated verification and control of infinite state stochastic systems. 2023. doi:10.15479/14539 apa: Zikelic, D. (2023). Automated verification and control of infinite state stochastic systems. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/14539 chicago: Zikelic, Dorde. “Automated Verification and Control of Infinite State Stochastic Systems.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023. https://doi.org/10.15479/14539. ieee: D. Zikelic, “Automated verification and control of infinite state stochastic systems,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023. ista: Zikelic D. 2023. Automated verification and control of infinite state stochastic systems. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. mla: Zikelic, Dorde. Automated Verification and Control of Infinite State Stochastic Systems. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023, doi:10.15479/14539. short: D. Zikelic, Automated Verification and Control of Infinite State Stochastic Systems, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023. date_created: 2023-11-15T13:39:10Z date_published: 2023-11-15T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2024-01-16T11:58:15Z day: '15' ddc: - '000' degree_awarded: PhD department: - _id: KrCh - _id: GradSch doi: 10.15479/14539 ec_funded: 1 file: - access_level: open_access checksum: f23e002b0059ca78e1fbb864da52dd7e content_type: application/pdf creator: cchlebak date_created: 2023-11-15T13:43:28Z date_updated: 2023-11-15T13:43:28Z file_id: '14540' file_name: main.pdf file_size: 2116426 relation: main_file success: 1 - access_level: closed checksum: 80ca37618a3c7b59866875f8be9b15ed content_type: application/x-zip-compressed creator: cchlebak date_created: 2023-11-15T13:44:24Z date_updated: 2023-11-15T13:44:24Z file_id: '14541' file_name: thesis_source.zip file_size: 35884057 relation: source_file file_date_updated: 2023-11-15T13:44:24Z language: - iso: eng month: '11' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version page: '256' project: - _id: 0599E47C-7A3F-11EA-A408-12923DDC885E call_identifier: H2020 grant_number: '863818' name: 'Formal Methods for Stochastic Models: Algorithms and Applications' - _id: 2564DBCA-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: H2020 grant_number: '665385' name: International IST Doctoral Program publication_identifier: isbn: - 978-3-99078-036-7 issn: - 2663 - 337X publication_status: published publisher: Institute of Science and Technology Austria related_material: record: - id: '1194' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '12000' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '9644' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '12511' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '14600' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '14601' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '10414' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public status: public supervisor: - first_name: Krishnendu full_name: Chatterjee, Krishnendu id: 2E5DCA20-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Chatterjee orcid: 0000-0002-4561-241X title: Automated verification and control of infinite state stochastic systems tmp: image: /images/cc_by_nc_sa.png legal_code_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/legalcode name: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) short: CC BY-NC-SA (4.0) type: dissertation user_id: 8b945eb4-e2f2-11eb-945a-df72226e66a9 year: '2023' ... --- _id: '13107' abstract: - lang: eng text: "Within the human body, the brain exhibits the highest rate of energy consumption amongst all organs, with the majority of generated ATP being utilized to sustain neuronal activity. Therefore, the metabolism of the mature cerebral cortex is geared towards preserving metabolic homeostasis whilst generating significant amounts of energy. This requires a precise interplay between diverse metabolic pathways, spanning from a tissue-wide scale to the level of individual neurons. Disturbances to this delicate metabolic equilibrium, such as those resulting from maternal malnutrition\r\nor mutations affecting metabolic enzymes, often result in neuropathological variants of neurodevelopment. For instance, mutations in SLC7A5, a transporter of metabolically essential large neutral amino acids (LNAAs), have been associated with autism and microcephaly. However, despite recent progress in the field, the extent of metabolic restructuring that occurs within the developing brain and the corresponding alterations in nutrient demands during various critical periods remain largely unknown. To investigate this, we performed metabolomic profiling of the murine cerebral cortex to characterize the metabolic state of the forebrain at different developmental stages. We found that the developing cortex undergoes substantial metabolic reprogramming, with specific sets of metabolites displaying stage-specific changes. According to our observations, we determined a distinct temporal period in postnatal development during which the cortex displays heightened reliance on LNAAs. Hence, using a conditional knock-out mouse model, we deleted Slc7a5 in neural cells, allowing us to monitor the impact of a perturbed neuronal metabolic state across multiple developmental stages of corticogenesis. We found that manipulating the levels of essential LNAAs in cortical neurons in vivo affects one particular perinatal developmental period critical for cortical network refinement. Abnormally low intracellular LNAA levels result in cell-autonomous alterations in neuronal lipid metabolism, excitability, and survival during this particular time window. Although most of the effects of Slc7a5 deletion on neuronal physiology are transient, derailment of these processes during this brief but crucial window leads to long-term circuit dysfunction in mice. In conclusion, out data indicate that the cerebral cortex undergoes significant metabolic reorganization during development. This process involves the intricate integration of multiple metabolic pathways to ensure optimal neuronal function throughout different developmental stages. Our findings offer a paradigm for understanding how neurons synchronize the expression of nutrient-related genes with their activity to allow proper brain maturation. Further, our results demonstrate that disruptions in these precisely calibrated metabolic processes during critical periods of brain development may result in neuropathological outcomes in mice and in humans." acknowledged_ssus: - _id: PreCl - _id: Bio - _id: EM-Fac alternative_title: - ISTA Thesis article_processing_charge: No author: - first_name: Lisa full_name: Knaus, Lisa id: 3B2ABCF4-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Knaus citation: ama: 'Knaus L. The metabolism of the developing brain : How large neutral amino acids modulate perinatal neuronal excitability and survival. 2023. doi:10.15479/at:ista:13107' apa: 'Knaus, L. (2023). The metabolism of the developing brain : How large neutral amino acids modulate perinatal neuronal excitability and survival. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:13107' chicago: 'Knaus, Lisa. “The Metabolism of the Developing Brain : How Large Neutral Amino Acids Modulate Perinatal Neuronal Excitability and Survival.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:13107.' ieee: 'L. Knaus, “The metabolism of the developing brain : How large neutral amino acids modulate perinatal neuronal excitability and survival,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023.' ista: 'Knaus L. 2023. The metabolism of the developing brain : How large neutral amino acids modulate perinatal neuronal excitability and survival. Institute of Science and Technology Austria.' mla: 'Knaus, Lisa. The Metabolism of the Developing Brain : How Large Neutral Amino Acids Modulate Perinatal Neuronal Excitability and Survival. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023, doi:10.15479/at:ista:13107.' short: 'L. Knaus, The Metabolism of the Developing Brain : How Large Neutral Amino Acids Modulate Perinatal Neuronal Excitability and Survival, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023.' date_created: 2023-06-01T09:05:24Z date_published: 2023-05-31T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2024-02-07T08:03:33Z day: '31' ddc: - '570' degree_awarded: PhD department: - _id: GradSch - _id: GaNo doi: 10.15479/at:ista:13107 ec_funded: 1 file: - access_level: closed checksum: 4b69a4ac0bbf4163d59c0b58dcb4f2c3 content_type: application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document creator: lknaus date_created: 2023-06-01T13:48:41Z date_updated: 2023-06-01T13:48:41Z file_id: '13112' file_name: Thesis_Lisa Knaus_approved_final.docx file_size: 12991551 relation: source_file - access_level: open_access checksum: 6903d152aa01181d87a696085af31c83 content_type: application/pdf creator: lknaus date_created: 2023-06-02T09:47:29Z date_updated: 2023-06-07T08:41:49Z file_id: '13114' file_name: Thesis_Lisa Knaus_approved_final_pdfa2b.pdf file_size: 9309015 relation: main_file file_date_updated: 2023-06-07T08:41:49Z has_accepted_license: '1' language: - iso: eng month: '05' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version page: '147' project: - _id: 25444568-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: H2020 grant_number: '715508' name: Probing the Reversibility of Autism Spectrum Disorders by Employing in vivo and in vitro Models - _id: 2548AE96-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: FWF grant_number: W1232-B24 name: Molecular Drug Targets publication_identifier: issn: - 2663 - 337X publication_status: published publisher: Institute of Science and Technology Austria related_material: record: - id: '12802' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public status: public supervisor: - first_name: Gaia full_name: Novarino, Gaia id: 3E57A680-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Novarino orcid: 0000-0002-7673-7178 title: 'The metabolism of the developing brain : How large neutral amino acids modulate perinatal neuronal excitability and survival' type: dissertation user_id: 8b945eb4-e2f2-11eb-945a-df72226e66a9 year: '2023' ... --- _id: '14280' abstract: - lang: eng text: "Cell division in Escherichia coli is performed by the divisome, a multi-protein complex composed of more than 30 proteins. The divisome spans from the cytoplasm through the inner membrane to the cell wall and the outer membrane. Divisome assembly is initiated by a cytoskeletal structure, the so-called Z-ring, which localizes at the center of the E. coli cell and determines the position of the future cell septum. The Z-ring is composed of the highly conserved bacterial tubulin homologue FtsZ, which forms treadmilling filaments. These filaments are recruited to the inner membrane by FtsA, a highly conserved bacterial actin homologue. FtsA interacts with other proteins in the periplasm and thus connects the cytoplasmic and periplasmic components of the divisome. \r\nA previous model postulated that FtsA regulates maturation of the divisome by switching from an oligomeric, inactive state to a monomeric and active state. This model was based mostly on in vivo studies, as a biochemical characterization of FtsA has been hampered by difficulties in purifying the protein. Here, we studied FtsA using an in vitro reconstitution approach and aimed to answer two questions: (i) How are dynamics from cytoplasmic, treadmilling FtsZ filaments coupled to proteins acting in the periplasmic space and (ii) How does FtsA regulate the maturation of the divisome?\r\nWe found that the cytoplasmic peptides of the transmembrane proteins FtsN and FtsQ interact directly with FtsA and can follow the spatiotemporal signal of FtsA/Z filaments. When we investigated the underlying mechanism by imaging single molecules of FtsNcyto, we found the peptide to interact transiently with FtsA. An in depth analysis of the single molecule trajectories helped to postulate a model where PG synthases follow the dynamics of FtsZ by a diffusion and capture mechanism. \r\nFollowing up on these findings we were interested in how the self-interaction of FtsA changes when it encounters FtsNcyto and if we can confirm the proposed oligomer-monomer switch. For this, we compared the behavior of the previously identified, hyperactive mutant FtsA R286W with wildtype FtsA. The mutant outperforms WT in mirroring and transmitting the spatiotemporal signal of treadmilling FtsZ filaments. Surprisingly however, we found that this was not due to a difference in the self-interaction strength of the two variants, but a difference in their membrane residence time. Furthermore, in contrast to our expectations, upon binding of FtsNcyto the measured self-interaction of FtsA actually increased. \r\nWe propose that FtsNcyto induces a rearrangement of the oligomeric architecture of FtsA. In further consequence this change leads to more persistent FtsZ filaments which results in a defined signalling zone, allowing formation of the mature divisome. The observed difference between FtsA WT and R286W is due to the vastly different membrane turnover of the proteins. R286W cycles 5-10x faster compared to WT which allows to sample FtsZ filaments at faster frequencies. These findings can explain the observed differences in toxicity for overexpression of FtsA WT and R286W and help to understand how FtsA regulates divisome maturation." acknowledged_ssus: - _id: Bio - _id: LifeSc alternative_title: - ISTA Thesis article_processing_charge: No author: - first_name: Philipp full_name: Radler, Philipp id: 40136C2A-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Radler orcid: '0000-0001-9198-2182 ' citation: ama: Radler P. Spatiotemporal signaling during assembly of the bacterial divisome. 2023. doi:10.15479/at:ista:14280 apa: Radler, P. (2023). Spatiotemporal signaling during assembly of the bacterial divisome. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:14280 chicago: Radler, Philipp. “Spatiotemporal Signaling during Assembly of the Bacterial Divisome.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:14280. ieee: P. Radler, “Spatiotemporal signaling during assembly of the bacterial divisome,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023. ista: Radler P. 2023. Spatiotemporal signaling during assembly of the bacterial divisome. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. mla: Radler, Philipp. Spatiotemporal Signaling during Assembly of the Bacterial Divisome. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023, doi:10.15479/at:ista:14280. short: P. Radler, Spatiotemporal Signaling during Assembly of the Bacterial Divisome, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023. date_created: 2023-09-06T10:58:25Z date_published: 2023-09-25T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2024-02-21T12:35:18Z day: '25' ddc: - '572' degree_awarded: PhD department: - _id: GradSch - _id: MaLo doi: 10.15479/at:ista:14280 ec_funded: 1 file: - access_level: closed checksum: 87eef11fbc5c7df0826f12a3a629b444 content_type: application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document creator: pradler date_created: 2023-10-04T10:11:53Z date_updated: 2023-10-04T10:28:35Z file_id: '14390' file_name: PhD Thesis_Philipp Radler_20231004.docx file_size: 114932847 relation: source_file - access_level: closed checksum: 3253e099b7126469d941fd9419d68b4f content_type: application/pdf creator: pradler date_created: 2023-10-04T10:11:21Z date_updated: 2023-10-04T10:28:35Z embargo: 2024-10-04 embargo_to: open_access file_id: '14391' file_name: PhD Thesis_Philipp Radler_20231004.pdf file_size: 37838778 relation: main_file file_date_updated: 2023-10-04T10:28:35Z has_accepted_license: '1' keyword: - Cell Division - Reconstitution - FtsZ - FtsA - Divisome - E.coli language: - iso: eng month: '09' oa_version: Published Version page: '156' project: - _id: 2595697A-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: H2020 grant_number: '679239' name: Self-Organization of the Bacterial Cell - _id: fc38323b-9c52-11eb-aca3-ff8afb4a011d grant_number: P34607 name: "Understanding bacterial cell division by in vitro\r\nreconstitution" - _id: 2596EAB6-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 grant_number: ALTF 2015-1163 name: Synthesis of bacterial cell wall - _id: 259B655A-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 grant_number: LT000824/2016 name: Reconstitution of bacterial cell wall sythesis publication_identifier: isbn: - 978-3-99078-033-6 issn: - 2663-337X publication_status: published publisher: Institute of Science and Technology Austria related_material: record: - id: '11373' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '7387' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '10934' relation: research_data status: public status: public supervisor: - first_name: Martin full_name: Loose, Martin id: 462D4284-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Loose orcid: 0000-0001-7309-9724 title: Spatiotemporal signaling during assembly of the bacterial divisome 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: dissertation user_id: 8b945eb4-e2f2-11eb-945a-df72226e66a9 year: '2023' ... --- _id: '13286' abstract: - lang: eng text: Semiconductor-superconductor hybrid systems are the harbour of many intriguing mesoscopic phenomena. This material combination leads to spatial variations of the superconducting properties, which gives rise to Andreev bound states (ABSs). Some of these states might exhibit remarkable properties that render them highly desirable for topological quantum computing. The most prominent and hunted of such states are Majorana zero modes (MZMs), quasiparticles equals to their own quasiparticles that they follow non-abelian statistics. In this thesis, we first introduce the general framework of such hybrid systems and, then, we unveil a series of mesoscopic phenomena that we discovered. Firstly, we show tunneling spectroscopy experiments on full-shell nanowires (NWs) showing that unwanted quantum-dot states coupled to superconductors (Yu-Shiba-Rusinov states) can mimic MZMs signatures. Then, we introduce a novel protocol which allowed the integration of tunneling spectroscopy with Coulomb spectroscopy within the same device. Employing this approach on both full-shell NWs and partial-shell NWs, we demonstrated that longitudinally confined states reveal charge transport phenomenology similar to the one expected for MZMs. These findings shed light on the intricate interplay between superconductivity and quantum confinement, which brought us to explore another material platform, i.e. a two-dimensional Germanium hole gas. After developing a robust way to induce superconductivity in such system, we showed how to engineer the proximity effect and we revealed a superconducting hard gap. Finally, we created a superconducting radio frequency driven ideal diode and a generator of non-sinusoidal current-phase relations. Our results open the path for the exploration of protected superconducting qubits and more complex hybrid devices in planar Germanium, like Kitaev chains and hybrid qubit devices. acknowledged_ssus: - _id: NanoFab - _id: M-Shop alternative_title: - ISTA Thesis article_processing_charge: No author: - first_name: Marco full_name: Valentini, Marco id: C0BB2FAC-D767-11E9-B658-BC13E6697425 last_name: Valentini citation: ama: 'Valentini M. Mesoscopic phenomena in hybrid semiconductor-superconductor nanodevices : From full-shell nanowires to two-dimensional hole gas in germanium. 2023. doi:10.15479/at:ista:13286' apa: 'Valentini, M. (2023). Mesoscopic phenomena in hybrid semiconductor-superconductor nanodevices : From full-shell nanowires to two-dimensional hole gas in germanium. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:13286' chicago: 'Valentini, Marco. “Mesoscopic Phenomena in Hybrid Semiconductor-Superconductor Nanodevices : From Full-Shell Nanowires to Two-Dimensional Hole Gas in Germanium.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:13286.' ieee: 'M. Valentini, “Mesoscopic phenomena in hybrid semiconductor-superconductor nanodevices : From full-shell nanowires to two-dimensional hole gas in germanium,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023.' ista: 'Valentini M. 2023. Mesoscopic phenomena in hybrid semiconductor-superconductor nanodevices : From full-shell nanowires to two-dimensional hole gas in germanium. Institute of Science and Technology Austria.' mla: 'Valentini, Marco. Mesoscopic Phenomena in Hybrid Semiconductor-Superconductor Nanodevices : From Full-Shell Nanowires to Two-Dimensional Hole Gas in Germanium. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023, doi:10.15479/at:ista:13286.' short: 'M. Valentini, Mesoscopic Phenomena in Hybrid Semiconductor-Superconductor Nanodevices : From Full-Shell Nanowires to Two-Dimensional Hole Gas in Germanium, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023.' date_created: 2023-07-24T14:10:45Z date_published: 2023-07-21T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2024-02-21T12:35:34Z day: '21' ddc: - '530' degree_awarded: PhD department: - _id: GradSch - _id: GeKa doi: 10.15479/at:ista:13286 ec_funded: 1 file: - access_level: closed checksum: 666ee31c7eade89679806287c062fa14 content_type: application/x-zip-compressed creator: mvalenti date_created: 2023-08-11T09:27:39Z date_updated: 2023-08-11T10:01:34Z file_id: '14033' file_name: PhD_thesis_Valentini_final.zip file_size: 56121429 relation: source_file - access_level: open_access checksum: 0992f2ebef152dee8e70055350ebbb55 content_type: application/pdf creator: mvalenti date_created: 2023-08-11T14:39:17Z date_updated: 2023-08-11T14:39:17Z file_id: '14035' file_name: PhD_thesis_Valentini_final_validated.pdf file_size: 38199711 relation: main_file file_date_updated: 2023-08-11T14:39:17Z has_accepted_license: '1' language: - iso: eng month: '07' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version page: '184' project: - _id: 262116AA-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 name: Hybrid Semiconductor - Superconductor Quantum Devices - _id: 237E5020-32DE-11EA-91FC-C7463DDC885E call_identifier: H2020 grant_number: '862046' name: TOPOLOGICALLY PROTECTED AND SCALABLE QUANTUM BITS - _id: 34a66131-11ca-11ed-8bc3-a31681c6b03e grant_number: F8606 name: Conventional and unconventional topological superconductors publication_identifier: issn: - 2663 - 337X publication_status: published publisher: Institute of Science and Technology Austria related_material: record: - id: '13312' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '12118' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '8910' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '12522' relation: research_data status: public status: public supervisor: - first_name: Georgios full_name: Katsaros, Georgios id: 38DB5788-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Katsaros orcid: 0000-0001-8342-202X title: 'Mesoscopic phenomena in hybrid semiconductor-superconductor nanodevices : From full-shell nanowires to two-dimensional hole gas in germanium' tmp: image: /images/cc_by_nc_sa.png legal_code_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/legalcode name: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) short: CC BY-NC-SA (4.0) type: dissertation user_id: 8b945eb4-e2f2-11eb-945a-df72226e66a9 year: '2023' ... --- _id: '13984' abstract: - lang: eng text: "Social insects fight disease using their individual immune systems and the cooperative\r\nsanitary behaviors of colony members. These social defenses are well explored against\r\nexternally-infecting pathogens, but little is known about defense strategies against\r\ninternally-infecting pathogens, such as viruses. Viruses are ubiquitous and in the last decades\r\nit has become evident that also many ant species harbor viruses. We present one of the first\r\nstudies addressing transmission dynamics and collective disease defenses against viruses in\r\nants on a mechanistic level. I successfully established an experimental ant host – viral\r\npathogen system as a model for the defense strategies used by social insects against internal\r\npathogen infections, as outlined in the third chapter. In particular, we studied how garden ants\r\n(Lasius neglectus) defend themselves and their colonies against the generalist insect virus\r\nCrPV (cricket paralysis virus). We chose microinjections of virus directly into the ants’\r\nhemolymph because it allowed us to use a defined exposure dose. Here we show that this is a\r\ngood model system, as the virus is replicating and thus infecting the host. The ants mount a\r\nclear individual immune response against the viral infection, which is characterized by a\r\nspecific siRNA pattern, namely siRNAs mapping against the viral genome with a peak of 21\r\nand 22 bp long fragments. The onset of this immune response is consistent with the timeline\r\nof viral replication that starts already within two days post injection. The disease manifests in\r\ndecreased survival over a course of two to three weeks.\r\nRegarding group living, we find that infected ants show a strong individual immune response,\r\nbut that their course of disease is little affected by nestmate presence, as described in chapter\r\nfour. Hence, we do not find social immunity in the context of viral infections in ants.\r\nNestmates, however, can contract the virus. Using Drosophila S2R+ cells in culture, we\r\nshowed that 94 % of the nestmates contract active virus within four days of social contact to\r\nan infected individual. Virus is transmitted in low doses, thus not causing disease\r\ntransmission within the colony. While virus can be transmitted during short direct contacts,\r\nwe also assume transmission from deceased ants and show that the nestmates’ immune\r\nsystem gets activated after contracting a low viral dose. We find considerable potential for\r\nindirect transmission via the nest space. Virus is shed to the nest, where it stays viable for one\r\nweek and is also picked up by other ants. Apart from that, we want to underline the potential\r\nof ant poison as antiviral agent. We determined that ant poison successfully inactivates CrPV\r\nin vitro. However, we found no evidence for effective poison use to sanitize the nest space.\r\nOn the other hand, local application of ant poison by oral poison uptake, which is part of the\r\nants prophylactic behavioral repertoire, probably contributes to keeping the gut of each\r\nindividual sanitized. We hypothesize that oral poison uptake might be the reason why we did\r\nnot find viable virus in the trophallactic fluid.\r\nThe fifth chapter encompasses preliminary data on potential social immunization. However,\r\nour experiments do not confirm an actual survival benefit for the nestmates upon pathogen\r\nchallenge under the given experimental settings. Nevertheless, we do not want to rule out the\r\npossibility for nestmate immunization, but rather emphasize that considering different\r\nexperimental timelines and viral doses would provide a multitude of options for follow-up\r\nexperiments.\r\nIn conclusion, we find that prophylactic individual behaviors, such as oral poison uptake,\r\nmight play a role in preventing viral disease transmission. Compared to colony defense\r\nagainst external pathogens, internal pathogen infections require a stronger component of\r\nindividual physiological immunity than behavioral social immunity, yet could still lead to\r\ncollective protection." acknowledged_ssus: - _id: LifeSc alternative_title: - ISTA Thesis article_processing_charge: No author: - first_name: Anna full_name: Franschitz, Anna id: 480826C8-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Franschitz citation: ama: Franschitz A. Individual and social immunity against viral infections in ants. 2023. doi:10.15479/at:ista:13984 apa: Franschitz, A. (2023). Individual and social immunity against viral infections in ants. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:13984 chicago: Franschitz, Anna. “Individual and Social Immunity against Viral Infections in Ants.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:13984. ieee: A. Franschitz, “Individual and social immunity against viral infections in ants,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023. ista: Franschitz A. 2023. Individual and social immunity against viral infections in ants. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. mla: Franschitz, Anna. Individual and Social Immunity against Viral Infections in Ants. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023, doi:10.15479/at:ista:13984. short: A. Franschitz, Individual and Social Immunity against Viral Infections in Ants, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023. date_created: 2023-08-08T15:33:29Z date_published: 2023-08-08T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2024-03-01T15:25:17Z day: '08' ddc: - '570' - '577' degree_awarded: PhD department: - _id: GradSch - _id: SyCr doi: 10.15479/at:ista:13984 file: - access_level: closed checksum: 27220243d5d51c3b0d7d61c0879d7a0c content_type: application/pdf creator: afransch date_created: 2023-08-08T18:01:28Z date_updated: 2024-03-01T08:51:42Z embargo: 2024-08-08 embargo_to: open_access file_id: '13986' file_name: Thesis_AnnaFranschitz_202308.pdf file_size: 10797612 relation: main_file - access_level: closed checksum: 40abf7ccca14a3893f72dc7fb88585d6 content_type: application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document creator: afransch date_created: 2023-08-08T18:02:25Z date_updated: 2023-08-09T07:25:27Z file_id: '13987' file_name: Thesis_AnnaFranschitz_202308.docx file_size: 2619085 relation: source_file - access_level: closed checksum: 8b991ecc2d59d045cc3cf0d676785ec7 content_type: application/pdf creator: cchlebak date_created: 2024-03-01T08:37:15Z date_updated: 2024-03-01T12:13:29Z description: Minor modifications and clarifications - Feb 2024 embargo: 2024-08-08 embargo_to: open_access file_id: '15042' file_name: Addendum_AnnaFranschitz202402.pdf file_size: 85956 relation: erratum title: Addendum - access_level: closed checksum: 66745aa01f960f17472c024875c049ed content_type: application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document creator: cchlebak date_created: 2024-03-01T08:39:20Z date_updated: 2024-03-01T08:51:42Z file_id: '15043' file_name: Addendum_AnnaFranschitz202402.docx file_size: 11818 relation: source_file title: Addendum - source file - access_level: closed checksum: 55c876b73d49db15228a7f571592ec77 content_type: application/pdf creator: cchlebak date_created: 2024-03-01T08:56:06Z date_updated: 2024-03-01T12:58:14Z description: For printing purposes file_id: '15044' file_name: Print_Version_Franschitz_Anna_Thesis.pdf file_size: 10416761 relation: other title: Print Version file_date_updated: 2024-03-01T12:58:14Z has_accepted_license: '1' language: - iso: eng month: '08' oa_version: Published Version page: '89' publication_identifier: isbn: - 978-3-99078-034-3 issn: - 2663 - 337X publication_status: published publisher: Institute of Science and Technology Austria status: public supervisor: - first_name: Sylvia full_name: Cremer, Sylvia id: 2F64EC8C-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Cremer orcid: 0000-0002-2193-3868 title: Individual and social immunity against viral infections in ants type: dissertation user_id: 8b945eb4-e2f2-11eb-945a-df72226e66a9 year: '2023' ... --- _id: '14323' abstract: - lang: eng text: Morphogens are signaling molecules that are known for their prominent role in pattern formation within developing tissues. In addition to patterning, morphogens also control tissue growth. However, the underlying mechanisms are poorly understood. We studied the role of morphogens in regulating tissue growth in the developing vertebrate neural tube. In this system, opposing morphogen gradients of Shh and BMP establish the dorsoventral pattern of neural progenitor domains. Perturbations in these morphogen pathways result in alterations in tissue growth and cell cycle progression, however, it has been unclear what cellular process is affected. To address this, we analysed the rates of cell proliferation and cell death in mouse mutants in which signaling is perturbed, as well as in chick neural plate explants exposed to defined concentrations of signaling activators or inhibitors. Our results indicated that the rate of cell proliferation was not altered in these assays. By contrast, both the Shh and BMP signaling pathways had profound effects on neural progenitor survival. Our results indicate that these pathways synergise to promote cell survival within neural progenitors. Consistent with this, we found that progenitors within the intermediate region of the neural tube, where the combined levels of Shh and BMP are the lowest, are most prone to cell death when signaling activity is inhibited. In addition, we found that downregulation of Shh results in increased apoptosis within the roof plate, which is the dorsal source of BMP ligand production. This revealed a cross-interaction between the Shh and BMP morphogen signaling pathways that may be relevant for understanding how gradients scale in neural tubes with different overall sizes. We further studied the mechanism acting downstream of Shh in cell survival regulation using genetic and genomic approaches. We propose that Shh transcriptionally regulates a non-canonical apoptotic pathway. Altogether, our study points to a novel role of opposing morphogen gradients in tissue size regulation and provides new insights into complex interactions between Shh and BMP signaling gradients in the neural tube. acknowledged_ssus: - _id: Bio - _id: PreCl alternative_title: - ISTA Thesis article_processing_charge: No author: - first_name: Katarzyna full_name: Kuzmicz-Kowalska, Katarzyna id: 4CED352A-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Kuzmicz-Kowalska citation: ama: Kuzmicz-Kowalska K. Regulation of neural progenitor survival by Shh and BMP in the developing spinal cord. 2023. doi:10.15479/at:ista:14323 apa: Kuzmicz-Kowalska, K. (2023). Regulation of neural progenitor survival by Shh and BMP in the developing spinal cord. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:14323 chicago: Kuzmicz-Kowalska, Katarzyna. “Regulation of Neural Progenitor Survival by Shh and BMP in the Developing Spinal Cord.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:14323. ieee: K. Kuzmicz-Kowalska, “Regulation of neural progenitor survival by Shh and BMP in the developing spinal cord,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023. ista: Kuzmicz-Kowalska K. 2023. Regulation of neural progenitor survival by Shh and BMP in the developing spinal cord. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. mla: Kuzmicz-Kowalska, Katarzyna. Regulation of Neural Progenitor Survival by Shh and BMP in the Developing Spinal Cord. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023, doi:10.15479/at:ista:14323. short: K. Kuzmicz-Kowalska, Regulation of Neural Progenitor Survival by Shh and BMP in the Developing Spinal Cord, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023. date_created: 2023-09-13T10:07:18Z date_published: 2023-09-13T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2024-03-07T15:02:59Z day: '13' ddc: - '570' degree_awarded: PhD department: - _id: GradSch - _id: AnKi doi: 10.15479/at:ista:14323 file: - access_level: closed checksum: bd83596869c814b24aeff7077d031c0e content_type: application/pdf creator: kkuzmicz date_created: 2023-09-13T09:52:52Z date_updated: 2023-09-13T10:08:25Z embargo: 2025-03-13 embargo_to: open_access file_id: '14324' file_name: PhDThesis_KK_final_pdfA.pdf file_size: 10147911 relation: main_file - access_level: closed checksum: aa2757ae4c3478041fd7e62c587d3e4d content_type: application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document creator: kkuzmicz date_created: 2023-09-13T09:53:29Z date_updated: 2023-09-13T09:53:29Z file_id: '14325' file_name: thesis_KK_final_corrections_092023.docx file_size: 103980668 relation: source_file file_date_updated: 2023-09-13T10:08:25Z has_accepted_license: '1' language: - iso: eng month: '09' oa_version: Published Version page: '151' project: - _id: 267AF0E4-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 name: The role of morphogens in the regulation of neural tube growth publication_identifier: issn: - 2663 - 337X publication_status: published publisher: Institute of Science and Technology Austria related_material: record: - id: '7883' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public status: public supervisor: - first_name: Anna full_name: Kicheva, Anna id: 3959A2A0-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Kicheva orcid: 0000-0003-4509-4998 title: Regulation of neural progenitor survival by Shh and BMP in the developing spinal cord tmp: image: /images/cc_by_nc_nd.png legal_code_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode name: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) short: CC BY-NC-ND (4.0) type: dissertation user_id: 8b945eb4-e2f2-11eb-945a-df72226e66a9 year: '2023' ... --- _id: '14641' acknowledged_ssus: - _id: LifeSc - _id: Bio - _id: CampIT alternative_title: - ISTA Thesis article_processing_charge: No author: - first_name: Mike full_name: Hennessey-Wesen, Mike id: 3F338C72-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Hennessey-Wesen citation: ama: Hennessey-Wesen M. Adaptive mutation in E. coli modulated by luxS. 2023. doi:10.15479/at:ista:14641 apa: Hennessey-Wesen, M. (2023). Adaptive mutation in E. coli modulated by luxS. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:14641 chicago: Hennessey-Wesen, Mike. “Adaptive Mutation in E. Coli Modulated by LuxS.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:14641. ieee: M. Hennessey-Wesen, “Adaptive mutation in E. coli modulated by luxS,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023. ista: Hennessey-Wesen M. 2023. Adaptive mutation in E. coli modulated by luxS. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. mla: Hennessey-Wesen, Mike. Adaptive Mutation in E. Coli Modulated by LuxS. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023, doi:10.15479/at:ista:14641. short: M. Hennessey-Wesen, Adaptive Mutation in E. Coli Modulated by LuxS, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023. date_created: 2023-12-04T13:17:37Z date_published: 2023-11-30T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2024-03-22T13:21:17Z day: '30' ddc: - '570' degree_awarded: PhD department: - _id: GradSch - _id: BjHo doi: 10.15479/at:ista:14641 ec_funded: 1 file: - access_level: closed checksum: 4127c285b34f4bf7fb31ef24f9d14c25 content_type: application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text creator: mhenness date_created: 2023-12-06T13:13:26Z date_updated: 2023-12-06T13:13:26Z file_id: '14648' file_name: mike_thesis_v06-12-2023.odt file_size: 46405919 relation: source_file - access_level: closed checksum: f5203a61eddaf35235bbc51904d73982 content_type: application/pdf creator: mhenness date_created: 2023-12-06T13:14:15Z date_updated: 2023-12-06T13:14:15Z embargo: 2024-11-30 embargo_to: open_access file_id: '14649' file_name: mike_thesis_v06-12-2023.pdf file_size: 21282155 relation: main_file - access_level: closed checksum: 9f7b4d646f1cfb57e3b9106a8a9cdd9d content_type: application/pdf creator: cchlebak date_created: 2024-03-20T13:19:36Z date_updated: 2024-03-20T13:19:36Z file_id: '15145' file_name: 2023_Hennessey_Michael_Thesis_from_source.pdf file_size: 2930287 relation: other file_date_updated: 2024-03-20T13:19:36Z has_accepted_license: '1' keyword: - microfluidics - miceobiology - mutations - quorum sensing language: - iso: eng month: '11' oa_version: Published Version page: '104' project: - _id: 2564DBCA-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: H2020 grant_number: '665385' name: International IST Doctoral Program publication_identifier: issn: - 2663 - 337X publication_status: published publisher: Institute of Science and Technology Austria status: public supervisor: - first_name: Björn full_name: Hof, Björn id: 3A374330-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Hof orcid: 0000-0003-2057-2754 title: Adaptive mutation in E. coli modulated by luxS type: dissertation user_id: 8b945eb4-e2f2-11eb-945a-df72226e66a9 year: '2023' ... --- _id: '14587' abstract: - lang: eng text: "This thesis concerns the application of variational methods to the study of evolution problems arising in fluid mechanics and in material sciences. The main focus is on weak-strong stability properties of some curvature driven interface evolution problems, such as the two-phase Navier–Stokes flow with surface tension and multiphase mean curvature flow, and on the phase-field approximation of the latter. Furthermore, we discuss a variational approach to the study of a class of doubly nonlinear wave equations.\r\nFirst, we consider the two-phase Navier–Stokes flow with surface tension within a bounded domain. The two fluids are immiscible and separated by a sharp interface, which intersects the boundary of the domain at a constant contact angle of ninety degree. We devise a suitable concept of varifolds solutions for the associated interface evolution problem and we establish a weak-strong uniqueness principle in case of a two dimensional ambient space. In order to focus on the boundary effects and on the singular geometry of the evolving domains, we work for simplicity in the regime of same viscosities for the two fluids.\r\nThe core of the thesis consists in the rigorous proof of the convergence of the vectorial Allen-Cahn equation towards multiphase mean curvature flow for a suitable class of multi- well potentials and for well-prepared initial data. We even establish a rate of convergence. Our relative energy approach relies on the concept of gradient-flow calibration for branching singularities in multiphase mean curvature flow and thus enables us to overcome the limitations of other approaches. To the best of the author’s knowledge, our result is the first quantitative and unconditional one available in the literature for the vectorial/multiphase setting.\r\nThis thesis also contains a first study of weak-strong stability for planar multiphase mean curvature flow beyond the singularity resulting from a topology change. Previous weak-strong results are indeed limited to time horizons before the first topology change of the strong solution. We consider circular topology changes and we prove weak-strong stability for BV solutions to planar multiphase mean curvature flow beyond the associated singular times by dynamically adapting the strong solutions to the weak one by means of a space-time shift.\r\nIn the context of interface evolution problems, our proofs for the main results of this thesis are based on the relative energy technique, relying on novel suitable notions of relative energy functionals, which in particular measure the interface error. Our statements follow from the resulting stability estimates for the relative energy associated to the problem.\r\nAt last, we introduce a variational approach to the study of nonlinear evolution problems. This approach hinges on the minimization of a parameter dependent family of convex functionals over entire trajectories, known as Weighted Inertia-Dissipation-Energy (WIDE) functionals. We consider a class of doubly nonlinear wave equations and establish the convergence, up to subsequences, of the associated WIDE minimizers to a solution of the target problem as the parameter goes to zero." acknowledgement: The research projects contained in this thesis have received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (grant agreement No 948819). alternative_title: - ISTA Thesis article_processing_charge: No author: - first_name: Alice full_name: Marveggio, Alice id: 25647992-AA84-11E9-9D75-8427E6697425 last_name: Marveggio citation: ama: Marveggio A. Weak-strong stability and phase-field approximation of interface evolution problems in fluid mechanics and in material sciences. 2023. doi:10.15479/at:ista:14587 apa: Marveggio, A. (2023). Weak-strong stability and phase-field approximation of interface evolution problems in fluid mechanics and in material sciences. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:14587 chicago: Marveggio, Alice. “Weak-Strong Stability and Phase-Field Approximation of Interface Evolution Problems in Fluid Mechanics and in Material Sciences.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:14587. ieee: A. Marveggio, “Weak-strong stability and phase-field approximation of interface evolution problems in fluid mechanics and in material sciences,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023. ista: Marveggio A. 2023. Weak-strong stability and phase-field approximation of interface evolution problems in fluid mechanics and in material sciences. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. mla: Marveggio, Alice. Weak-Strong Stability and Phase-Field Approximation of Interface Evolution Problems in Fluid Mechanics and in Material Sciences. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023, doi:10.15479/at:ista:14587. short: A. Marveggio, Weak-Strong Stability and Phase-Field Approximation of Interface Evolution Problems in Fluid Mechanics and in Material Sciences, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023. date_created: 2023-11-21T11:41:05Z date_published: 2023-11-21T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2024-03-22T13:21:28Z day: '21' ddc: - '515' degree_awarded: PhD department: - _id: GradSch - _id: JuFi doi: 10.15479/at:ista:14587 ec_funded: 1 file: - access_level: open_access checksum: 6c7db4cc86da6cdc79f7f358dc7755d4 content_type: application/pdf creator: amarvegg date_created: 2023-11-29T09:09:31Z date_updated: 2023-11-29T09:09:31Z file_id: '14626' file_name: thesis_Marveggio.pdf file_size: 2881100 relation: main_file success: 1 - access_level: closed checksum: 52f28bdf95ec82cff39f3685f9c48e7d content_type: application/zip creator: amarvegg date_created: 2023-11-29T09:10:19Z date_updated: 2024-03-20T12:28:32Z file_id: '14627' file_name: Thesis_Marveggio.zip file_size: 10189696 relation: source_file file_date_updated: 2024-03-20T12:28:32Z has_accepted_license: '1' language: - iso: eng month: '11' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version page: '228' project: - _id: 0aa76401-070f-11eb-9043-b5bb049fa26d call_identifier: H2020 grant_number: '948819' name: Bridging Scales in Random Materials publication_identifier: issn: - 2663 - 337X publication_status: published publisher: Institute of Science and Technology Austria related_material: record: - id: '11842' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '14597' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public status: public supervisor: - first_name: Julian L full_name: Fischer, Julian L id: 2C12A0B0-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Fischer orcid: 0000-0002-0479-558X title: Weak-strong stability and phase-field approximation of interface evolution problems in fluid mechanics and in material sciences tmp: image: /images/cc_by_nc_sa.png legal_code_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/legalcode name: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) short: CC BY-NC-SA (4.0) type: dissertation user_id: 8b945eb4-e2f2-11eb-945a-df72226e66a9 year: '2023' ... --- _id: '12491' abstract: - lang: eng text: "The extracellular matrix (ECM) is a hydrated and complex three-dimensional network consisting of proteins, polysaccharides, and water. It provides structural scaffolding for the cells embedded within it and is essential in regulating numerous physiological processes, including cell migration and proliferation, wound healing, and stem cell fate. \r\nDespite extensive study, detailed structural knowledge of ECM components in physiologically relevant conditions is still rudimentary. This is due to methodological limitations in specimen preparation protocols which are incompatible with keeping large samples, such as the ECM, in their native state for subsequent imaging. Conventional electron microscopy (EM) techniques rely on fixation, dehydration, contrasting, and sectioning. This results in the alteration of a highly hydrated environment and the potential introduction of artifacts. Other structural biology techniques, such as nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy and X-ray crystallography, allow high-resolution analysis of protein structures but only work on homogenous and purified samples, hence lacking contextual information. Currently, no approach exists for the ultrastructural and structural study of extracellular components under native conditions in a physiological, 3D environment. \r\nIn this thesis, I have developed a workflow that allows for the ultrastructural analysis of the ECM in near-native conditions at molecular resolution. The developments I introduced include implementing a novel specimen preparation workflow for cell-derived matrices (CDMs) to render them compatible with ion-beam milling and subsequent high-resolution cryo-electron tomography (ET). \r\nTo this end, I have established protocols to generate CDMs grown over several weeks on EM grids that are compatible with downstream cryo-EM sample preparation and imaging techniques. Characterization of these ECMs confirmed that they contain essential ECM components such as collagen I, collagen VI, and fibronectin I in high abundance and hence represent a bona fide biologically-relevant sample. I successfully optimized vitrification of these specimens by testing various vitrification techniques and cryoprotectants. \r\nIn order to obtain high-resolution molecular insights into the ultrastructure and organization of CDMs, I established cryo-focused ion beam scanning electron microscopy (FIBSEM) on these challenging and complex specimens. I explored different approaches for the creation of thin cryo-lamellae by FIB milling and succeeded in optimizing the cryo-lift-out technique, resulting in high-quality lamellae of approximately 200 nm thickness. \r\nHigh-resolution Cryo-ET of these lamellae revealed for the first time the architecture of native CDM in the context of matrix-secreting cells. This allowed for the in situ visualization of fibrillar matrix proteins such as collagen, laying the foundation for future structural and ultrastructural characterization of these proteins in their near-native environment. \r\nIn summary, in this thesis, I present a novel workflow that combines state-of-the-art cryo-EM specimen preparation and imaging technologies to permit characterization of the ECM, an important tissue component in higher organisms. This innovative and highly versatile workflow will enable addressing far-reaching questions on ECM architecture, composition, and reciprocal ECM-cell interactions." acknowledged_ssus: - _id: EM-Fac - _id: LifeSc - _id: Bio alternative_title: - ISTA Thesis article_processing_charge: No author: - first_name: Bettina full_name: Zens, Bettina id: 45FD126C-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Zens orcid: 0000-0002-9561-1239 citation: ama: Zens B. Ultrastructural characterization of natively preserved extracellular matrix by cryo-electron tomography. 2023. doi:10.15479/at:ista:12491 apa: Zens, B. (2023). Ultrastructural characterization of natively preserved extracellular matrix by cryo-electron tomography. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:12491 chicago: Zens, Bettina. “Ultrastructural Characterization of Natively Preserved Extracellular Matrix by Cryo-Electron Tomography.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:12491. ieee: B. Zens, “Ultrastructural characterization of natively preserved extracellular matrix by cryo-electron tomography,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023. ista: Zens B. 2023. Ultrastructural characterization of natively preserved extracellular matrix by cryo-electron tomography. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. mla: Zens, Bettina. Ultrastructural Characterization of Natively Preserved Extracellular Matrix by Cryo-Electron Tomography. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023, doi:10.15479/at:ista:12491. short: B. Zens, Ultrastructural Characterization of Natively Preserved Extracellular Matrix by Cryo-Electron Tomography, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023. date_created: 2023-02-02T14:50:20Z date_published: 2023-02-02T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2024-03-25T23:30:05Z day: '02' ddc: - '570' degree_awarded: PhD department: - _id: GradSch - _id: FlSc doi: 10.15479/at:ista:12491 file: - access_level: open_access checksum: 069d87f025e0799bf9e3c375664264f2 content_type: application/pdf creator: bzens date_created: 2023-02-07T13:07:38Z date_updated: 2024-02-08T23:30:04Z embargo: 2024-02-07 file_id: '12527' file_name: PhDThesis_BettinaZens_2023_final.pdf file_size: 23082464 relation: main_file - access_level: closed checksum: 8c66ed203495d6e078ed1002a866520c content_type: application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document creator: bzens date_created: 2023-02-07T13:09:05Z date_updated: 2024-02-08T23:30:04Z embargo_to: open_access file_id: '12528' file_name: PhDThesis_BettinaZens_2023_final.docx file_size: 106169509 relation: source_file file_date_updated: 2024-02-08T23:30:04Z has_accepted_license: '1' keyword: - cryo-EM - cryo-ET - FIB milling - method development - FIBSEM - extracellular matrix - ECM - cell-derived matrices - CDMs - cell culture - high pressure freezing - HPF - structural biology - tomography - collagen language: - iso: eng month: '02' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version page: '187' project: - _id: eba3b5f6-77a9-11ec-83b8-cf0905748aa3 name: Integrated visual proteomics of reciprocal cell-extracellular matrix interactions - _id: 059B463C-7A3F-11EA-A408-12923DDC885E name: NÖ-Fonds Preis für die Jungforscherin des Jahres am IST Austria publication_identifier: isbn: - 978-3-99078-027-5 issn: - 2663-337X publication_status: published publisher: Institute of Science and Technology Austria related_material: record: - id: '8586' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public status: public supervisor: - first_name: Florian KM full_name: Schur, Florian KM id: 48AD8942-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Schur orcid: 0000-0003-4790-8078 title: Ultrastructural characterization of natively preserved extracellular matrix by cryo-electron tomography type: dissertation user_id: 8b945eb4-e2f2-11eb-945a-df72226e66a9 year: '2023' ... --- _id: '14226' abstract: - lang: eng text: "We introduce the notion of a Faustian interchange in a 1-parameter family of smooth\r\nfunctions to generalize the medial axis to critical points of index larger than 0.\r\nWe construct and implement a general purpose algorithm for approximating such\r\ngeneralized medial axes." alternative_title: - ISTA Master's Thesis article_processing_charge: No author: - first_name: Elizabeth R full_name: Stephenson, Elizabeth R id: 2D04F932-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Stephenson orcid: 0000-0002-6862-208X citation: ama: Stephenson ER. Generalizing medial axes with homology switches. 2023. doi:10.15479/at:ista:14226 apa: Stephenson, E. R. (2023). Generalizing medial axes with homology switches. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:14226 chicago: Stephenson, Elizabeth R. “Generalizing Medial Axes with Homology Switches.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:14226. ieee: E. R. Stephenson, “Generalizing medial axes with homology switches,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023. ista: Stephenson ER. 2023. Generalizing medial axes with homology switches. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. mla: Stephenson, Elizabeth R. Generalizing Medial Axes with Homology Switches. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023, doi:10.15479/at:ista:14226. short: E.R. Stephenson, Generalizing Medial Axes with Homology Switches, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023. date_created: 2023-08-24T13:01:18Z date_published: 2023-08-24T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2024-02-26T23:30:04Z day: '24' ddc: - '500' degree_awarded: MS department: - _id: GradSch - _id: HeEd doi: 10.15479/at:ista:14226 file: - access_level: closed checksum: 453caf851d75c3478c10ed09bd242a91 content_type: application/x-zip-compressed creator: cchlebak date_created: 2023-08-24T13:02:49Z date_updated: 2024-02-26T23:30:03Z embargo_to: open_access file_id: '14227' file_name: documents-export-2023-08-24.zip file_size: 15501411 relation: source_file - access_level: open_access checksum: 7349d29963d6695e555e171748648d9a content_type: application/pdf creator: cchlebak date_created: 2023-08-24T13:03:42Z date_updated: 2024-02-26T23:30:03Z embargo: 2024-02-25 file_id: '14228' file_name: thesis_pdf_a.pdf file_size: 6854783 relation: main_file file_date_updated: 2024-02-26T23:30:03Z has_accepted_license: '1' language: - iso: eng month: '08' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version page: '43' publication_identifier: issn: - 2791-4585 publication_status: published publisher: Institute of Science and Technology Austria status: public supervisor: - first_name: Herbert full_name: Edelsbrunner, Herbert id: 3FB178DA-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Edelsbrunner orcid: 0000-0002-9823-6833 title: Generalizing medial axes with homology switches type: dissertation user_id: 8b945eb4-e2f2-11eb-945a-df72226e66a9 year: '2023' ... --- _id: '12470' abstract: - lang: eng text: "The brain is an exceptionally sophisticated organ consisting of billions of cells and trillions of \r\nconnections that orchestrate our cognition and behavior. To decode its complex connectivity, it is \r\npivotal to disentangle its intricate architecture spanning from cm-sized circuits down to tens of \r\nnm-small synapses.\r\nTo achieve this goal, I developed CATS – Comprehensive Analysis of nervous Tissue across \r\nScales, a versatile toolbox for obtaining a holistic view of nervous tissue context with (super\x02resolution) fluorescence microscopy. CATS combines comprehensive labeling of the extracellular\r\nspace, that is compatible with chemical fixation, with information on molecular markers, super\x02resolved data acquisition and machine-learning based data analysis for segmentation and synapse \r\nidentification.\r\nI used CATS to analyze key features of nervous tissue connectivity, ranging from whole tissue \r\narchitecture, neuronal in- and output-fields, down to synapse morphology.\r\nFocusing on the hippocampal circuitry, I quantified synaptic transmission properties of mossy \r\nfiber boutons and analyzed the connectivity pattern of dentate gyrus granule cells with CA3 \r\npyramidal neurons. This shows that CATS is a viable tool to study hallmarks of neuronal \r\nconnectivity with light microscopy." acknowledged_ssus: - _id: Bio - _id: LifeSc - _id: PreCl - _id: EM-Fac - _id: M-Shop - _id: ScienComp alternative_title: - ISTA Thesis article_processing_charge: No author: - first_name: Julia M full_name: Michalska, Julia M id: 443DB6DE-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Michalska orcid: 0000-0003-3862-1235 citation: ama: Michalska JM. A versatile toolbox for the comprehensive analysis of nervous tissue organization with light microscopy. 2023. doi:10.15479/at:ista:12470 apa: Michalska, J. M. (2023). A versatile toolbox for the comprehensive analysis of nervous tissue organization with light microscopy. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:12470 chicago: Michalska, Julia M. “A Versatile Toolbox for the Comprehensive Analysis of Nervous Tissue Organization with Light Microscopy.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:12470. ieee: J. M. Michalska, “A versatile toolbox for the comprehensive analysis of nervous tissue organization with light microscopy,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023. ista: Michalska JM. 2023. A versatile toolbox for the comprehensive analysis of nervous tissue organization with light microscopy. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. mla: Michalska, Julia M. A Versatile Toolbox for the Comprehensive Analysis of Nervous Tissue Organization with Light Microscopy. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023, doi:10.15479/at:ista:12470. short: J.M. Michalska, A Versatile Toolbox for the Comprehensive Analysis of Nervous Tissue Organization with Light Microscopy, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023. date_created: 2023-01-31T15:10:53Z date_published: 2023-01-09T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2023-08-31T12:26:58Z day: '09' ddc: - '610' degree_awarded: PhD department: - _id: GradSch - _id: JoDa doi: 10.15479/at:ista:12470 ec_funded: 1 file: - access_level: open_access checksum: 1a2306e5f59f52df598e7ecfadf921ac content_type: application/pdf creator: cchlebak date_created: 2023-01-31T15:11:42Z date_updated: 2023-07-27T22:30:54Z embargo: 2023-07-09 file_id: '12471' file_name: 20230109_PhD_thesis_JM_final.pdf file_size: 41771714 relation: main_file - access_level: closed checksum: 0bebbdee0773443959e1f6ab8caf281f content_type: application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document creator: cchlebak date_created: 2023-01-31T15:11:51Z date_updated: 2023-07-10T22:30:04Z embargo_to: open_access file_id: '12472' file_name: 20230109_PhD_thesis_JM_final.docx file_size: 66983464 relation: source_file file_date_updated: 2023-07-27T22:30:54Z has_accepted_license: '1' language: - iso: eng month: '01' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version page: '201' project: - _id: 2564DBCA-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: H2020 grant_number: '665385' name: International IST Doctoral Program - _id: 26AA4EF2-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: FWF grant_number: W1232-B24 name: Molecular Drug Targets publication_identifier: isbn: - ' 978-3-99078-026-8' issn: - 2663-337X publication_status: published publisher: Institute of Science and Technology Austria related_material: record: - id: '11943' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '11950' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public status: public supervisor: - first_name: Johann G full_name: Danzl, Johann G id: 42EFD3B6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Danzl orcid: 0000-0001-8559-3973 title: A versatile toolbox for the comprehensive analysis of nervous tissue organization with light microscopy 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: dissertation user_id: 8b945eb4-e2f2-11eb-945a-df72226e66a9 year: '2023' ... --- _id: '12531' abstract: - lang: eng text: "All visual experiences of the vertebrates begin with light being converted into electrical signals\r\nby the eye retina. Retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) are the neurons of the innermost layer of the\r\nmammal retina, and they transmit visual information to the rest of the brain.\r\nIt has been shown that RGCs vary in their morphology and genetic profiles, moreover they can\r\nbe unambiguously grouped into subtypes that share the same morphological and/or molecular\r\nproperties. However, in terms of RGCs function, it remains unclear how many distinct types\r\nthere are and what response properties their typology relies on. Even given the recent studies\r\nthat successfully classified RGCs in a patch of the retina [1] and in scotopic conditions [2], the\r\nquestion remains whether the found subtypes persist across the entire retina.\r\nIn this work, using a novel imaging method, we show that, when sampled from a large portion\r\nof the retina, RGCs can not be clearly divided into functional subtypes. We found that in\r\nphotopic conditions, which implies more prominent natural scene statistic differences across\r\nthe visual field, response properties can be exhibited by cells differently depending on their\r\nlocation in the retina, which leads to formation of a gradient of features rather than distinct\r\nclasses.\r\nThis finding suggests that RGCs follow a global organization across the visual field of the\r\nanimal, adapting each RGC subtype to the requirements imposed by the natural scene statistics." alternative_title: - ISTA Master's Thesis article_processing_charge: No author: - first_name: Kseniia full_name: Kirillova, Kseniia id: 8e3f931e-dc85-11ea-9058-e7b957bf23f0 last_name: Kirillova citation: ama: Kirillova K. Panoramic functional gradients across the mouse retina. 2023. doi:10.15479/at:ista:12531 apa: Kirillova, K. (2023). Panoramic functional gradients across the mouse retina. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:12531 chicago: Kirillova, Kseniia. “Panoramic Functional Gradients across the Mouse Retina.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:12531. ieee: K. Kirillova, “Panoramic functional gradients across the mouse retina,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023. ista: Kirillova K. 2023. Panoramic functional gradients across the mouse retina. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. mla: Kirillova, Kseniia. Panoramic Functional Gradients across the Mouse Retina. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023, doi:10.15479/at:ista:12531. short: K. Kirillova, Panoramic Functional Gradients across the Mouse Retina, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023. date_created: 2023-02-09T07:45:05Z date_published: 2023-02-08T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2024-02-09T23:30:04Z day: '08' ddc: - '570' degree_awarded: MS department: - _id: GradSch - _id: MaJö doi: 10.15479/at:ista:12531 file: - access_level: open_access checksum: 57d8da3a6c749eb1556b7435fe266a5f content_type: application/pdf creator: cchlebak date_created: 2023-02-09T08:03:32Z date_updated: 2024-02-09T23:30:03Z embargo: 2024-02-08 file_id: '12532' file_name: Thesis_Kseniia___ISTA__istaustriathesis_PDF-A.pdf file_size: 8369317 relation: main_file - access_level: closed checksum: 87fb44318e4f9eb9da2ad9ad6ca8e76f content_type: application/x-zip-compressed creator: cchlebak date_created: 2023-02-10T09:32:06Z date_updated: 2024-02-09T23:30:03Z embargo_to: open_access file_id: '12535' file_name: Thesis Kseniia - ISTA [istaustriathesis]-FINAL.zip file_size: 11204408 relation: source_file file_date_updated: 2024-02-09T23:30:03Z has_accepted_license: '1' language: - iso: eng month: '02' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version page: '46' publication_identifier: issn: - 2791-4585 publication_status: published publisher: Institute of Science and Technology Austria status: public supervisor: - first_name: Maximilian A full_name: Jösch, Maximilian A id: 2BD278E6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Jösch orcid: 0000-0002-3937-1330 title: Panoramic functional gradients across the mouse retina tmp: image: /images/cc_by_nc_sa.png legal_code_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/legalcode name: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) short: CC BY-NC-SA (4.0) type: dissertation user_id: c635000d-4b10-11ee-a964-aac5a93f6ac1 year: '2023' ... --- _id: '12800' abstract: - lang: eng text: 'The evolutionary processes that brought about today’s plethora of living species and the many billions more ancient ones all underlie biology. Evolutionary pathways are neither directed nor deterministic, but rather an interplay between selection, migration, mutation, genetic drift and other environmental factors. Hybrid zones, as natural crossing experiments, offer a great opportunity to use cline analysis to deduce different evolutionary processes - for example, selection strength. Theoretical cline models, largely assuming uniform distribution of individuals, often lack the capability of incorporating population structure. Since in reality organisms mostly live in patchy distributions and their dispersal is hardly ever Gaussian, it is necessary to unravel the effect of these different elements of population structure on cline parameters and shape. In this thesis, I develop a simulation inspired by the A. majus hybrid zone of a single selected locus under frequency dependent selection. This simulation enables us to untangle the effects of different elements of population structure as for example a low-density center and long-range dispersal. This thesis is therefore a first step towards theoretically untangling the effects of different elements of population structure on cline parameters and shape. ' alternative_title: - ISTA Master's Thesis article_processing_charge: No author: - first_name: Mara full_name: Julseth, Mara id: 1cf464b2-dc7d-11ea-9b2f-f9b1aa9417d1 last_name: Julseth citation: ama: Julseth M. The effect of local population structure on genetic variation at selected loci in the A. majus hybrid zone. 2023. doi:10.15479/at:ista:12800 apa: Julseth, M. (2023). The effect of local population structure on genetic variation at selected loci in the A. majus hybrid zone. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:12800 chicago: Julseth, Mara. “The Effect of Local Population Structure on Genetic Variation at Selected Loci in the A. Majus Hybrid Zone.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:12800. ieee: M. Julseth, “The effect of local population structure on genetic variation at selected loci in the A. majus hybrid zone,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023. ista: Julseth M. 2023. The effect of local population structure on genetic variation at selected loci in the A. majus hybrid zone. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. mla: Julseth, Mara. The Effect of Local Population Structure on Genetic Variation at Selected Loci in the A. Majus Hybrid Zone. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023, doi:10.15479/at:ista:12800. short: M. Julseth, The Effect of Local Population Structure on Genetic Variation at Selected Loci in the A. Majus Hybrid Zone, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023. date_created: 2023-04-04T18:57:11Z date_published: 2023-04-05T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2023-06-02T22:30:05Z day: '05' ddc: - '576' degree_awarded: MS department: - _id: GradSch - _id: NiBa doi: 10.15479/at:ista:12800 file: - access_level: closed checksum: b76cf6d69f2093d8248f6a3f9d4654a4 content_type: application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet creator: mjulseth date_created: 2023-04-06T06:09:40Z date_updated: 2023-06-02T22:30:04Z embargo_to: open_access file_id: '12805' file_name: Dispersaldata.xlsx file_size: 52795 relation: supplementary_material - access_level: open_access checksum: 5a13b6d204371572e249f03795bc0d04 content_type: application/vnd.wolfram.nb creator: mjulseth date_created: 2023-04-06T06:11:27Z date_updated: 2023-06-02T22:30:04Z embargo: 2023-06-01 file_id: '12806' file_name: 2023_MSc_ThesisMaraJulseth_Notebook.nb file_size: 787239 relation: supplementary_material - access_level: closed checksum: c3ec842839ed1e66bf2618ae33047df8 content_type: application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document creator: mjulseth date_created: 2023-04-06T08:26:12Z date_updated: 2023-06-02T22:30:04Z embargo_to: open_access file_id: '12812' file_name: ThesisMaraJulseth_04_23.docx file_size: 1061763 relation: source_file - access_level: open_access checksum: 3132cc998fbe3ae2a3a83c2a69367f37 content_type: application/pdf creator: mjulseth date_created: 2023-04-06T08:26:37Z date_updated: 2023-06-02T22:30:04Z embargo: 2023-06-01 file_id: '12813' file_name: ThesisMaraJulseth_04_23.pdf file_size: 1741364 relation: main_file file_date_updated: 2023-06-02T22:30:04Z has_accepted_license: '1' language: - iso: eng month: '04' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version page: '21' publication_identifier: issn: - 2791-4585 publication_status: published publisher: Institute of Science and Technology Austria status: public supervisor: - first_name: Nicholas H full_name: Barton, Nicholas H id: 4880FE40-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Barton orcid: 0000-0002-8548-5240 title: The effect of local population structure on genetic variation at selected loci in the A. majus hybrid zone type: dissertation user_id: 8b945eb4-e2f2-11eb-945a-df72226e66a9 year: '2023' ... --- _id: '14510' acknowledged_ssus: - _id: EM-Fac - _id: Bio - _id: LifeSc alternative_title: - ISTA Thesis article_processing_charge: No author: - first_name: Nataliia full_name: Gnyliukh, Nataliia id: 390C1120-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Gnyliukh orcid: 0000-0002-2198-0509 citation: ama: Gnyliukh N. Mechanism of clathrin-coated vesicle  formation during endocytosis in plants. 2023. doi:10.15479/at:ista:14510 apa: Gnyliukh, N. (2023). Mechanism of clathrin-coated vesicle  formation during endocytosis in plants. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:14510 chicago: Gnyliukh, Nataliia. “Mechanism of Clathrin-Coated Vesicle  Formation during Endocytosis in Plants.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:14510. ieee: N. Gnyliukh, “Mechanism of clathrin-coated vesicle  formation during endocytosis in plants,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023. ista: Gnyliukh N. 2023. Mechanism of clathrin-coated vesicle  formation during endocytosis in plants. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. mla: Gnyliukh, Nataliia. Mechanism of Clathrin-Coated Vesicle  Formation during Endocytosis in Plants. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023, doi:10.15479/at:ista:14510. short: N. Gnyliukh, Mechanism of Clathrin-Coated Vesicle  Formation during Endocytosis in Plants, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023. date_created: 2023-11-10T09:10:06Z date_published: 2023-11-10T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2024-03-27T23:30:45Z day: '10' ddc: - '570' degree_awarded: PhD department: - _id: GradSch - _id: JiFr - _id: MaLo doi: 10.15479/at:ista:14510 ec_funded: 1 file: - access_level: closed checksum: 3d5e680bfc61f98e308c434f45cc9bd6 content_type: application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document creator: ngnyliuk date_created: 2023-11-20T09:18:51Z date_updated: 2023-11-20T09:18:51Z file_id: '14567' file_name: Thesis_Gnyliukh_final_08_11_23.docx file_size: 20824903 relation: source_file - access_level: closed checksum: bfc96d47fc4e7e857dd71656097214a4 content_type: application/pdf creator: ngnyliuk date_created: 2023-11-20T09:23:11Z date_updated: 2023-11-23T13:10:55Z embargo: 2024-11-23 embargo_to: open_access file_id: '14568' file_name: Thesis_Gnyliukh_final_20_11_23.pdf file_size: 24871844 relation: main_file file_date_updated: 2023-11-23T13:10:55Z has_accepted_license: '1' keyword: - Clathrin-Mediated Endocytosis - vesicle scission - Dynamin-Related Protein 2 - SH3P2 - TPLATE complex - Total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy - Arabidopsis thaliana language: - iso: eng month: '11' oa_version: Published Version page: '180' project: - _id: 2564DBCA-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: H2020 grant_number: '665385' name: International IST Doctoral Program publication_identifier: isbn: - 978-3-99078-037-4 issn: - 2663-337X publication_status: published publisher: Institute of Science and Technology Austria related_material: record: - id: '14591' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '9887' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '8139' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public status: public supervisor: - first_name: Jiří full_name: Friml, Jiří id: 4159519E-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Friml orcid: 0000-0002-8302-7596 - first_name: Martin full_name: Loose, Martin id: 462D4284-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Loose orcid: 0000-0001-7309-9724 title: Mechanism of clathrin-coated vesicle formation during endocytosis in plants 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: dissertation user_id: 8b945eb4-e2f2-11eb-945a-df72226e66a9 year: '2023' ... --- _id: '12897' abstract: - lang: eng text: "Inverse design problems in fabrication-aware shape optimization are typically solved on discrete representations such as polygonal meshes. This thesis argues that there are benefits to treating these problems in the same domain as human designers, namely, the parametric one. One reason is that discretizing a parametric model usually removes the capability of making further manual changes to the design, because the human intent is captured by the shape parameters. Beyond this, knowledge about a design problem can sometimes reveal a structure that is present in a smooth representation, but is fundamentally altered by discretizing. In this case, working in the parametric domain may even simplify the optimization task. We present two lines of research that explore both of these aspects of fabrication-aware shape optimization on parametric representations.\r\n\r\nThe first project studies the design of plane elastic curves and Kirchhoff rods, which are common mathematical models for describing the deformation of thin elastic rods such as beams, ribbons, cables, and hair. Our main contribution is a characterization of all curved shapes that can be attained by bending and twisting elastic rods having a stiffness that is allowed to vary across the length. Elements like these can be manufactured using digital fabrication devices such as 3d printers and digital cutters, and have applications in free-form architecture and soft robotics.\r\n\r\nWe show that the family of curved shapes that can be produced this way admits geometric description that is concise and computationally convenient. In the case of plane curves, the geometric description is intuitive enough to allow a designer to determine whether a curved shape is physically achievable by visual inspection alone. We also present shape optimization algorithms that convert a user-defined curve in the plane or in three dimensions into the geometry of an elastic rod that will naturally deform to follow this curve when its endpoints are attached to a support structure. Implemented in an interactive software design tool, the rod geometry is generated in real time as the user edits a curve and enables fast prototyping. \r\n\r\nThe second project tackles the problem of general-purpose shape optimization on CAD models using a novel variant of the extended finite element method (XFEM). Our goal is the decoupling between the simulation mesh and the CAD model, so no geometry-dependent meshing or remeshing needs to be performed when the CAD parameters change during optimization. This is achieved by discretizing the embedding space of the CAD model, and using a new high-accuracy numerical integration method to enable XFEM on free-form elements bounded by the parametric surface patches of the model. Our simulation is differentiable from the CAD parameters to the simulation output, which enables us to use off-the-shelf gradient-based optimization procedures. The result is a method that fits seamlessly into the CAD workflow because it works on the same representation as the designer, enabling the alternation of manual editing and fabrication-aware optimization at will." acknowledged_ssus: - _id: M-Shop alternative_title: - ISTA Thesis article_processing_charge: No author: - first_name: Christian full_name: Hafner, Christian id: 400429CC-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Hafner citation: ama: 'Hafner C. Inverse shape design with parametric representations: Kirchhoff Rods and parametric surface models. 2023. doi:10.15479/at:ista:12897' apa: 'Hafner, C. (2023). Inverse shape design with parametric representations: Kirchhoff Rods and parametric surface models. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:12897' chicago: 'Hafner, Christian. “Inverse Shape Design with Parametric Representations: Kirchhoff Rods and Parametric Surface Models.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:12897.' ieee: 'C. Hafner, “Inverse shape design with parametric representations: Kirchhoff Rods and parametric surface models,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023.' ista: 'Hafner C. 2023. Inverse shape design with parametric representations: Kirchhoff Rods and parametric surface models. Institute of Science and Technology Austria.' mla: 'Hafner, Christian. Inverse Shape Design with Parametric Representations: Kirchhoff Rods and Parametric Surface Models. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023, doi:10.15479/at:ista:12897.' short: 'C. Hafner, Inverse Shape Design with Parametric Representations: Kirchhoff Rods and Parametric Surface Models, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023.' date_created: 2023-05-05T10:40:14Z date_published: 2023-05-05T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2024-01-29T10:47:51Z day: '05' ddc: - '516' - '004' - '518' - '531' degree_awarded: PhD department: - _id: GradSch - _id: BeBi doi: 10.15479/at:ista:12897 ec_funded: 1 file: - access_level: open_access checksum: cc2094e92fa27000b70eb4bfb76d6b5a content_type: application/pdf creator: chafner date_created: 2023-05-11T10:43:20Z date_updated: 2023-12-08T23:30:04Z embargo: 2023-12-07 file_id: '12942' file_name: thesis-hafner-2023may11-a2b.pdf file_size: 50714445 relation: main_file - access_level: closed checksum: a6b51334be2b81672357b1549afab40c content_type: application/pdf creator: chafner date_created: 2023-05-11T10:43:44Z date_updated: 2023-12-08T23:30:04Z embargo_to: open_access file_id: '12943' file_name: thesis-release-form.pdf file_size: 265319 relation: source_file file_date_updated: 2023-12-08T23:30:04Z has_accepted_license: '1' language: - iso: eng month: '05' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version page: '180' project: - _id: 24F9549A-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: H2020 grant_number: '715767' name: 'MATERIALIZABLE: Intelligent fabrication-oriented Computational Design and Modeling' publication_identifier: isbn: - 978-3-99078-031-2 issn: - 2663-337X publication_status: published publisher: Institute of Science and Technology Austria related_material: record: - id: '9817' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '7117' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '13188' relation: dissertation_contains status: public status: public supervisor: - first_name: Bernd full_name: Bickel, Bernd id: 49876194-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Bickel orcid: 0000-0001-6511-9385 title: 'Inverse shape design with parametric representations: Kirchhoff Rods and parametric surface models' type: dissertation user_id: 400429CC-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 year: '2023' ... --- _id: '12072' abstract: - lang: eng text: "In this thesis, we study two of the most important questions in Arithmetic geometry: that of the existence and density of solutions to Diophantine equations. In order for a Diophantine equation to have any solutions over the rational numbers, it must have solutions everywhere locally, i.e., over R and over Qp for every prime p. The converse, called the Hasse principle, is known to fail in general. However, it is still a central question in Arithmetic geometry to determine for which varieties the Hasse principle does hold. In this work, we establish the Hasse principle for a wide new family of varieties of the form f(t) = NK/Q(x) ̸= 0, where f is a polynomial with integer coefficients and NK/Q denotes the norm\r\nform associated to a number field K. Our results cover products of arbitrarily many linear, quadratic or cubic factors, and generalise an argument of Irving [69], which makes use of the beta sieve of Rosser and Iwaniec. We also demonstrate how our main sieve results can be applied to treat new cases of a conjecture of Harpaz and Wittenberg on locally split values of polynomials over number fields, and discuss consequences for rational points in fibrations.\r\nIn the second question, about the density of solutions, one defines a height function and seeks to estimate asymptotically the number of points of height bounded by B as B → ∞. Traditionally, one either counts rational points, or\r\nintegral points with respect to a suitable model. However, in this thesis, we study an emerging area of interest in Arithmetic geometry known as Campana points, which in some sense interpolate between rational and integral points.\r\nMore precisely, we count the number of nonzero integers z1, z2, z3 such that gcd(z1, z2, z3) = 1, and z1, z2, z3, z1 + z2 + z3 are all squareful and bounded by B. Using the circle method, we obtain an asymptotic formula which agrees in\r\nthe power of B and log B with a bold new generalisation of Manin’s conjecture to the setting of Campana points, recently formulated by Pieropan, Smeets, Tanimoto and Várilly-Alvarado [96]. However, in this thesis we also provide the first known counterexamples to leading constant predicted by their conjecture. " acknowledgement: I acknowledge the received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Sklodowska Curie Grant Agreement No. 665385. alternative_title: - ISTA Thesis article_processing_charge: No author: - first_name: Alec L full_name: Shute, Alec L id: 440EB050-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Shute orcid: 0000-0002-1812-2810 citation: ama: 'Shute AL. Existence and density problems in Diophantine geometry: From norm forms to Campana points. 2022. doi:10.15479/at:ista:12072' apa: 'Shute, A. L. (2022). Existence and density problems in Diophantine geometry: From norm forms to Campana points. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:12072' chicago: 'Shute, Alec L. “Existence and Density Problems in Diophantine Geometry: From Norm Forms to Campana Points.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2022. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:12072.' ieee: 'A. L. Shute, “Existence and density problems in Diophantine geometry: From norm forms to Campana points,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2022.' ista: 'Shute AL. 2022. Existence and density problems in Diophantine geometry: From norm forms to Campana points. Institute of Science and Technology Austria.' mla: 'Shute, Alec L. Existence and Density Problems in Diophantine Geometry: From Norm Forms to Campana Points. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2022, doi:10.15479/at:ista:12072.' short: 'A.L. Shute, Existence and Density Problems in Diophantine Geometry: From Norm Forms to Campana Points, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2022.' date_created: 2022-09-08T21:53:03Z date_published: 2022-09-08T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2023-02-21T16:37:35Z day: '08' ddc: - '512' degree_awarded: PhD department: - _id: GradSch - _id: TiBr doi: 10.15479/at:ista:12072 ec_funded: 1 file: - access_level: open_access checksum: bf073344320e05d92c224786cec2e92d content_type: application/pdf creator: ashute date_created: 2022-09-08T21:50:34Z date_updated: 2022-09-08T21:50:34Z file_id: '12073' file_name: Thesis_final_draft.pdf file_size: 1907386 relation: main_file success: 1 - access_level: closed checksum: b054ac6baa09f70e8235403a4abbed80 content_type: application/octet-stream creator: ashute date_created: 2022-09-08T21:50:42Z date_updated: 2022-09-12T11:24:21Z file_id: '12074' file_name: athesis.tex file_size: 495393 relation: source_file - access_level: closed checksum: 0a31e905f1cff5eb8110978cc90e1e79 content_type: application/x-zip-compressed creator: ashute date_created: 2022-09-09T12:05:00Z date_updated: 2022-09-12T11:24:21Z file_id: '12078' file_name: qfcjsfmtvtbfrjjvhdzrnqxfvgjvxtbf.zip file_size: 944534 relation: source_file file_date_updated: 2022-09-12T11:24:21Z has_accepted_license: '1' language: - iso: eng month: '09' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version page: '208' project: - _id: 2564DBCA-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: H2020 grant_number: '665385' name: International IST Doctoral Program publication_identifier: isbn: - 978-3-99078-023-7 issn: - 2663-337X publication_status: published publisher: Institute of Science and Technology Austria related_material: record: - id: '12076' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '12077' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public status: public supervisor: - first_name: Timothy D full_name: Browning, Timothy D id: 35827D50-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Browning orcid: 0000-0002-8314-0177 title: 'Existence and density problems in Diophantine geometry: From norm forms to Campana points' tmp: image: /images/cc_by_nc_sa.png legal_code_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/legalcode name: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) short: CC BY-NC-SA (4.0) type: dissertation user_id: 2DF688A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 year: '2022' ... --- _id: '11777' abstract: - lang: eng text: "In this dissertation we study coboundary expansion of simplicial complex with a view of giving geometric applications.\r\nOur main novel tool is an equivariant version of Gromov's celebrated Topological Overlap Theorem. The equivariant topological overlap theorem leads to various geometric applications including a quantitative non-embeddability result for sufficiently thick buildings (which partially resolves a conjecture of Tancer and Vorwerk) and an improved lower bound on the pair-crossing number of (bounded degree) expander graphs. Additionally, we will give new proofs for several known lower bounds for geometric problems such as the number of Tverberg partitions or the crossing number of complete bipartite graphs.\r\nFor the aforementioned applications one is naturally lead to study expansion properties of joins of simplicial complexes. In the presence of a special certificate for expansion (as it is the case, e.g., for spherical buildings), the join of two expanders is an expander. On the flip-side, we report quite some evidence that coboundary expansion exhibits very non-product-like behaviour under taking joins. For instance, we exhibit infinite families of graphs $(G_n)_{n\\in \\mathbb{N}}$ and $(H_n)_{n\\in\\mathbb{N}}$ whose join $G_n*H_n$ has expansion of lower order than the product of the expansion constant of the graphs. Moreover, we show an upper bound of $(d+1)/2^d$ on the normalized coboundary expansion constants for the complete multipartite complex $[n]^{*(d+1)}$ (under a mild divisibility condition on $n$).\r\nVia the probabilistic method the latter result extends to an upper bound of $(d+1)/2^d+\\varepsilon$ on the coboundary expansion constant of the spherical building associated with $\\mathrm{PGL}_{d+2}(\\mathbb{F}_q)$ for any $\\varepsilon>0$ and sufficiently large $q=q(\\varepsilon)$. This disproves a conjecture of Lubotzky, Meshulam and Mozes -- in a rather strong sense.\r\nBy improving on existing lower bounds we make further progress towards closing the gap between the known lower and upper bounds on the coboundary expansion constants of $[n]^{*(d+1)}$. The best improvements we achieve using computer-aided proofs and flag algebras. The exact value even for the complete $3$-partite $2$-dimensional complex $[n]^{*3}$ remains unknown but we are happy to conjecture a precise value for every $n$. %Moreover, we show that a previously shown lower bound on the expansion constant of the spherical building associated with $\\mathrm{PGL}_{2}(\\mathbb{F}_q)$ is not tight.\r\nIn a loosely structured, last chapter of this thesis we collect further smaller observations related to expansion. We point out a link between discrete Morse theory and a technique for showing coboundary expansion, elaborate a bit on the hardness of computing coboundary expansion constants, propose a new criterion for coboundary expansion (in a very dense setting) and give one way of making the folklore result that expansion of links is a necessary condition for a simplicial complex to be an expander precise." alternative_title: - ISTA Thesis article_processing_charge: No author: - first_name: Pascal full_name: Wild, Pascal id: 4C20D868-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Wild citation: ama: Wild P. High-dimensional expansion and crossing numbers of simplicial complexes. 2022. doi:10.15479/at:ista:11777 apa: Wild, P. (2022). High-dimensional expansion and crossing numbers of simplicial complexes. Institute of Science and Technology. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:11777 chicago: Wild, Pascal. “High-Dimensional Expansion and Crossing Numbers of Simplicial Complexes.” Institute of Science and Technology, 2022. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:11777. ieee: P. Wild, “High-dimensional expansion and crossing numbers of simplicial complexes,” Institute of Science and Technology, 2022. ista: Wild P. 2022. High-dimensional expansion and crossing numbers of simplicial complexes. Institute of Science and Technology. mla: Wild, Pascal. High-Dimensional Expansion and Crossing Numbers of Simplicial Complexes. Institute of Science and Technology, 2022, doi:10.15479/at:ista:11777. short: P. Wild, High-Dimensional Expansion and Crossing Numbers of Simplicial Complexes, Institute of Science and Technology, 2022. date_created: 2022-08-10T15:51:19Z date_published: 2022-08-11T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2023-06-22T09:56:36Z day: '11' ddc: - '500' - '516' - '514' degree_awarded: PhD department: - _id: GradSch - _id: UlWa doi: 10.15479/at:ista:11777 ec_funded: 1 file: - access_level: open_access checksum: f5f3af1fb7c8a24b71ddc88ad7f7c5b4 content_type: text/x-python creator: pwild date_created: 2022-08-10T15:34:04Z date_updated: 2022-08-10T15:34:04Z description: Code for computer-assisted proofs in Section 8.4.7 in Thesis file_id: '11780' file_name: flags.py file_size: 16828 relation: supplementary_material - access_level: open_access checksum: 1f7c12dfe3bdaa9b147e4fbc3d34e3d5 content_type: text/x-c++src creator: pwild date_created: 2022-08-10T15:34:10Z date_updated: 2022-08-10T15:34:10Z description: Code for proof of Lemma 8.20 in Thesis file_id: '11781' file_name: lowerbound.cpp file_size: 12226 relation: supplementary_material - access_level: open_access checksum: 4cf81455c49e5dec3b9b2e3980137eeb content_type: text/x-python creator: pwild date_created: 2022-08-10T15:34:17Z date_updated: 2022-08-10T15:34:17Z description: Code for proof of Proposition 7.9 in Thesis file_id: '11782' file_name: upperbound.py file_size: 3240 relation: supplementary_material - access_level: open_access checksum: 4e96575b10cbe4e0d0db2045b2847774 content_type: application/pdf creator: pwild date_created: 2022-08-11T16:08:33Z date_updated: 2022-08-11T16:08:33Z file_id: '11809' file_name: finalthesisPascalWildPDFA.pdf file_size: 5086282 relation: main_file title: High-Dimensional Expansion and Crossing Numbers of Simplicial Complexes - access_level: closed checksum: 92d94842a1fb6dca5808448137573b2e content_type: application/zip creator: pwild date_created: 2022-08-11T16:09:19Z date_updated: 2022-08-11T16:09:19Z file_id: '11810' file_name: ThesisSubmission.zip file_size: 18150068 relation: source_file file_date_updated: 2022-08-11T16:09:19Z has_accepted_license: '1' language: - iso: eng month: '08' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version page: '170' project: - _id: 2564DBCA-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: H2020 grant_number: '665385' name: International IST Doctoral Program publication_identifier: isbn: - 978-3-99078-021-3 issn: - 2663-337X publication_status: published publisher: Institute of Science and Technology status: public supervisor: - first_name: Uli full_name: Wagner, Uli id: 36690CA2-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Wagner orcid: 0000-0002-1494-0568 title: High-dimensional expansion and crossing numbers of simplicial complexes type: dissertation user_id: 8b945eb4-e2f2-11eb-945a-df72226e66a9 year: '2022' ... --- _id: '11128' abstract: - lang: eng text: "Although we often see studies focusing on simple or even discrete traits in studies of colouration,\r\nthe variation of “appearance” phenotypes found in nature is often more complex, continuous\r\nand high-dimensional. Therefore, we developed automated methods suitable for large datasets\r\nof genomes and images, striving to account for their complex nature, while minimising human\r\nbias. We used these methods on a dataset of more than 20, 000 plant SNP genomes and\r\ncorresponding fower images from a hybrid zone of two subspecies of Antirrhinum majus with\r\ndistinctly coloured fowers to improve our understanding of the genetic nature of the fower\r\ncolour in our study system.\r\nFirstly, we use the advantage of large numbers of genotyped plants to estimate the haplotypes in\r\nthe main fower colour regulating region. We study colour- and geography-related characteristics\r\nof the estimated haplotypes and how they connect to their relatedness. We show discrepancies\r\nfrom the expected fower colour distributions given the genotype and identify particular\r\nhaplotypes leading to unexpected phenotypes. We also confrm a signifcant defcit of the\r\ndouble recessive recombinant and quite surprisingly, we show that haplotypes of the most\r\nfrequent parental type are much less variable than others.\r\nSecondly, we introduce our pipeline capable of processing tens of thousands of full fower\r\nimages without human interaction and summarising each image into a set of informative scores.\r\nWe show the compatibility of these machine-measured fower colour scores with the previously\r\nused manual scores and study impact of external efect on the resulting scores. Finally, we use\r\nthe machine-measured fower colour scores to ft and examine a phenotype cline across the\r\nhybrid zone in Planoles using full fower images as opposed to discrete, manual scores and\r\ncompare it with the genotypic cline." acknowledged_ssus: - _id: ScienComp - _id: Bio alternative_title: - ISTA Thesis article_processing_charge: No author: - first_name: Lenka full_name: Matejovicova, Lenka id: 2DFDEC72-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Matejovicova citation: ama: Matejovicova L. Genetic basis of flower colour as a model for adaptive evolution. 2022. doi:10.15479/at:ista:11128 apa: Matejovicova, L. (2022). Genetic basis of flower colour as a model for adaptive evolution. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:11128 chicago: Matejovicova, Lenka. “Genetic Basis of Flower Colour as a Model for Adaptive Evolution.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2022. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:11128. ieee: L. Matejovicova, “Genetic basis of flower colour as a model for adaptive evolution,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2022. ista: Matejovicova L. 2022. Genetic basis of flower colour as a model for adaptive evolution. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. mla: Matejovicova, Lenka. Genetic Basis of Flower Colour as a Model for Adaptive Evolution. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2022, doi:10.15479/at:ista:11128. short: L. Matejovicova, Genetic Basis of Flower Colour as a Model for Adaptive Evolution, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2022. date_created: 2022-04-07T08:19:54Z date_published: 2022-04-06T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2023-06-23T06:26:41Z day: '06' ddc: - '576' - '582' degree_awarded: PhD department: - _id: GradSch - _id: NiBa doi: 10.15479/at:ista:11128 file: - access_level: open_access checksum: e9609bc4e8f8e20146fc1125fd4f1bf7 content_type: application/pdf creator: cchlebak date_created: 2022-04-07T08:11:34Z date_updated: 2022-04-07T08:11:34Z file_id: '11129' file_name: LenkaPhD_Official_PDFA.pdf file_size: 11906472 relation: main_file - access_level: closed checksum: 99d67040432fd07a225643a212ee8588 content_type: application/x-zip-compressed creator: cchlebak date_created: 2022-04-07T08:11:51Z date_updated: 2022-04-07T08:11:51Z file_id: '11130' file_name: LenkaPhD Official_source.zip file_size: 23036766 relation: source_file file_date_updated: 2022-04-07T08:11:51Z has_accepted_license: '1' language: - iso: eng month: '04' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version page: '112' publication_identifier: isbn: - 978-3-99078-016-9 issn: - 2663-337X publication_status: published publisher: Institute of Science and Technology Austria status: public supervisor: - first_name: Nicholas H full_name: Barton, Nicholas H id: 4880FE40-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Barton orcid: 0000-0002-8548-5240 title: Genetic basis of flower colour as a model for adaptive evolution 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: dissertation user_id: 8b945eb4-e2f2-11eb-945a-df72226e66a9 year: '2022' ... --- _id: '11945' abstract: - lang: eng text: "G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) respond to specific ligands and regulate multiple processes ranging from cell growth and immune responses to neuronal signal transmission. However, ligands for many GPCRs remain unknown, suffer from off-target effects or have poor bioavailability. Additional challenges exist to dissect cell-type specific responses when the same GPCR is expressed on several cell types within the body. Here, we overcome these limitations by engineering DREADD-based GPCR chimeras that selectively bind their agonist clozapine-N-oxide (CNO) and mimic a GPCR-of-interest in a desired cell type.\r\nWe validated our approach with β2-adrenergic receptor (β2AR/ADRB2) and show that our chimeric DREADD-β2AR triggers comparable responses on second messenger and kinase activity, post-translational modifications, and protein-protein interactions. Since β2AR is also enriched in microglia, which can drive inflammation in the central nervous system, we expressed chimeric DREADD-β2AR in primary microglia and successfully recapitulate β2AR-mediated filopodia formation through CNO stimulation. To dissect the role of selected GPCRs during microglial inflammation, we additionally generated DREADD-based chimeras for microglia-enriched GPR65 and GPR109A/HCAR2. In a microglia cell line, DREADD-β2AR and DREADD-GPR65 both modulated the inflammatory response with a similar profile as endogenously expressed β2AR, while DREADD-GPR109A showed no impact.\r\nOur DREADD-based approach provides the means to obtain mechanistic and functional insights into GPCR signaling on a cell-type specific level." acknowledged_ssus: - _id: Bio - _id: PreCl - _id: LifeSc alternative_title: - ISTA Thesis article_processing_charge: No author: - first_name: Rouven full_name: Schulz, Rouven id: 4C5E7B96-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Schulz orcid: 0000-0001-5297-733X citation: ama: Schulz R. Chimeric G protein-coupled receptors mimic distinct signaling pathways and modulate microglia function. 2022. doi:10.15479/at:ista:11945 apa: Schulz, R. (2022). Chimeric G protein-coupled receptors mimic distinct signaling pathways and modulate microglia function. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:11945 chicago: Schulz, Rouven. “Chimeric G Protein-Coupled Receptors Mimic Distinct Signaling Pathways and Modulate Microglia Function.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2022. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:11945. ieee: R. Schulz, “Chimeric G protein-coupled receptors mimic distinct signaling pathways and modulate microglia function,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2022. ista: Schulz R. 2022. Chimeric G protein-coupled receptors mimic distinct signaling pathways and modulate microglia function. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. mla: Schulz, Rouven. Chimeric G Protein-Coupled Receptors Mimic Distinct Signaling Pathways and Modulate Microglia Function. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2022, doi:10.15479/at:ista:11945. short: R. Schulz, Chimeric G Protein-Coupled Receptors Mimic Distinct Signaling Pathways and Modulate Microglia Function, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2022. date_created: 2022-08-23T11:33:11Z date_published: 2022-08-23T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2023-08-03T13:02:26Z day: '23' ddc: - '570' degree_awarded: PhD department: - _id: GradSch - _id: SaSi doi: 10.15479/at:ista:11945 file: - access_level: open_access checksum: 61b1b666a210ff7cdd0e95ea75207a13 content_type: application/pdf creator: rschulz date_created: 2022-08-25T08:59:57Z date_updated: 2022-08-25T08:59:57Z file_id: '11970' file_name: Thesis_Rouven_Schulz_2022_final.pdf file_size: 28079331 relation: main_file success: 1 - access_level: closed checksum: 2b8f95ea1c134dbdb927b41b1dbeeeb5 content_type: application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document creator: rschulz date_created: 2022-08-25T09:00:11Z date_updated: 2022-08-25T09:33:31Z file_id: '11971' file_name: Thesis_Rouven_Schulz_2022_final.docx file_size: 27226963 relation: source_file file_date_updated: 2022-08-25T09:33:31Z has_accepted_license: '1' language: - iso: eng month: '08' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version page: '133' project: - _id: 267F75D8-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 name: Modulating microglia through G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) signaling publication_identifier: issn: - 2663-337X publication_status: published publisher: Institute of Science and Technology Austria related_material: record: - id: '11995' relation: dissertation_contains status: public status: public supervisor: - first_name: Sandra full_name: Siegert, Sandra id: 36ACD32E-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Siegert orcid: 0000-0001-8635-0877 title: Chimeric G protein-coupled receptors mimic distinct signaling pathways and modulate microglia function 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: dissertation user_id: 8b945eb4-e2f2-11eb-945a-df72226e66a9 year: '2022' ... --- _id: '12390' abstract: - lang: eng text: "The scope of this thesis is to study quantum systems exhibiting a continuous symmetry that\r\nis broken on the level of the corresponding effective theory. In particular we are going to\r\ninvestigate translation-invariant Bose gases in the mean field limit, effectively described by\r\nthe Hartree functional, and the Fröhlich Polaron in the regime of strong coupling, effectively\r\ndescribed by the Pekar functional. The latter is a model describing the interaction between a\r\ncharged particle and the optical modes of a polar crystal. Regarding the former, we assume in\r\naddition that the particles in the gas are unconfined, and typically we will consider particles\r\nthat are subject to an attractive interaction. In both cases the ground state energy of the\r\nHamiltonian is not a proper eigenvalue due to the underlying translation-invariance, while on\r\nthe contrary there exists a whole invariant orbit of minimizers for the corresponding effective\r\nfunctionals. Both, the absence of proper eigenstates and the broken symmetry of the effective\r\ntheory, make the study significantly more involved and it is the content of this thesis to\r\ndevelop a frameworks which allows for a systematic way to circumvent these issues.\r\nIt is a well-established result that the ground state energy of Bose gases in the mean field limit,\r\nas well as the ground state energy of the Fröhlich Polaron in the regime of strong coupling, is\r\nto leading order given by the minimal energy of the corresponding effective theory. As part\r\nof this thesis we identify the sub-leading term in the expansion of the ground state energy,\r\nwhich can be interpreted as the quantum correction to the classical energy, since the effective\r\ntheories under consideration can be seen as classical counterparts.\r\nWe are further going to establish an asymptotic expression for the energy-momentum relation\r\nof the Fröhlich Polaron in the strong coupling limit. In the regime of suitably small momenta,\r\nthis asymptotic expression agrees with the energy-momentum relation of a free particle having\r\nan effectively increased mass, and we find that this effectively increased mass agrees with the\r\nconjectured value in the physics literature.\r\nIn addition we will discuss two unrelated papers written by the author during his stay at ISTA\r\nin the appendix. The first one concerns the realization of anyons, which are quasi-particles\r\nacquiring a non-trivial phase under the exchange of two particles, as molecular impurities.\r\nThe second one provides a classification of those vector fields defined on a given manifold\r\nthat can be written as the gradient of a given functional with respect to a suitable metric,\r\nprovided that some mild smoothness assumptions hold. This classification is subsequently\r\nused to identify those quantum Markov semigroups that can be written as a gradient flow of\r\nthe relative entropy.\r\n" alternative_title: - ISTA Thesis article_processing_charge: No author: - first_name: Morris full_name: Brooks, Morris id: B7ECF9FC-AA38-11E9-AC9A-0930E6697425 last_name: Brooks orcid: 0000-0002-6249-0928 citation: ama: Brooks M. Translation-invariant quantum systems with effectively broken symmetry. 2022. doi:10.15479/at:ista:12390 apa: Brooks, M. (2022). Translation-invariant quantum systems with effectively broken symmetry. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:12390 chicago: Brooks, Morris. “Translation-Invariant Quantum Systems with Effectively Broken Symmetry.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2022. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:12390. ieee: M. Brooks, “Translation-invariant quantum systems with effectively broken symmetry,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2022. ista: Brooks M. 2022. Translation-invariant quantum systems with effectively broken symmetry. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. mla: Brooks, Morris. Translation-Invariant Quantum Systems with Effectively Broken Symmetry. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2022, doi:10.15479/at:ista:12390. short: M. Brooks, Translation-Invariant Quantum Systems with Effectively Broken Symmetry, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2022. date_created: 2023-01-26T10:00:42Z date_published: 2022-12-15T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2023-08-07T13:32:09Z day: '15' ddc: - '500' degree_awarded: PhD department: - _id: GradSch - _id: RoSe doi: 10.15479/at:ista:12390 ec_funded: 1 file: - access_level: open_access checksum: b31460e937f33b557abb40ebef02b567 content_type: application/pdf creator: cchlebak date_created: 2023-01-26T10:02:34Z date_updated: 2023-01-26T10:02:34Z file_id: '12391' file_name: Brooks_Thesis.pdf file_size: 3095225 relation: main_file success: 1 - access_level: closed checksum: 9751869fa5e7981588ad4228f4fd4bd6 content_type: application/octet-stream creator: cchlebak date_created: 2023-01-26T10:02:42Z date_updated: 2023-01-26T10:02:42Z file_id: '12392' file_name: Brooks_Thesis.tex file_size: 809842 relation: source_file file_date_updated: 2023-01-26T10:02:42Z has_accepted_license: '1' language: - iso: eng month: '12' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version page: '196' project: - _id: 25C6DC12-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: H2020 grant_number: '694227' name: Analysis of quantum many-body systems publication_identifier: issn: - 2663-337X publication_status: published publisher: Institute of Science and Technology Austria related_material: record: - id: '9005' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public status: public supervisor: - first_name: Robert full_name: Seiringer, Robert id: 4AFD0470-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Seiringer orcid: 0000-0002-6781-0521 title: Translation-invariant quantum systems with effectively broken symmetry tmp: image: /images/cc_by_nc_sa.png legal_code_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/legalcode name: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) short: CC BY-NC-SA (4.0) type: dissertation user_id: 8b945eb4-e2f2-11eb-945a-df72226e66a9 year: '2022' ... --- _id: '12368' abstract: - lang: eng text: "Metazoan development relies on the formation and remodeling of cell-cell contacts. The \r\nbinding of adhesion receptors and remodeling of the actomyosin cell cortex at cell-cell \r\ninteraction sites have been implicated in cell-cell contact formation. Yet, how these two \r\nprocesses functionally interact to drive cell-cell contact expansion and strengthening \r\nremains unclear. Here, we study how primary germ layer progenitor cells from zebrafish \r\nbind to supported lipid bilayers (SLB) functionalized with E-cadherin ectodomains as an \r\nassay system for monitoring cell-cell contact formation at high spatiotemporal resolution. \r\nWe show that cell-cell contact formation represents a two-tiered process: E-cadherin\x02mediated downregulation of the small GTPase RhoA at the forming contact leads to both \r\ndepletion of Myosin-2 and decrease of F-actin. This is followed by centrifugal actin \r\nnetwork flows at the contact triggered by a sharp gradient of Myosin-2 at the rim of the \r\ncontact zone, with Myosin-2 displaying higher cortical localization outside than inside of \r\nthe contact. These centrifugal cortical actin flows, in turn, not only further dilute the actin \r\nnetwork at the contact disc, but also lead to an accumulation of both F-actin and E\x02cadherin at the contact rim. Eventually, this combination of actomyosin downregulation \r\nand flows at the contact contribute to the characteristic molecular organization implicated \r\nin contact formation and maintenance: depletion of cortical actomyosin at the contact disc, \r\ndriving contact expansion by lowering interfacial tension at the contact, and accumulation \r\nof both E-cadherin and F-actin at the contact rim, mechanically linking the contractile \r\ncortices of the adhering cells. Thus, using a biomimetic assay, we exemplify how \r\nadhesion signaling and cell mechanics function together to modulate the spatial \r\norganization of cell-cell contacts." acknowledged_ssus: - _id: LifeSc - _id: Bio - _id: NanoFab alternative_title: - ISTA Thesis article_processing_charge: No author: - first_name: Feyza N full_name: Arslan, Feyza N id: 49DA7910-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Arslan orcid: 0000-0001-5809-9566 citation: ama: Arslan FN. Remodeling of E-cadherin-mediated contacts via cortical  flows. 2022. doi:10.15479/at:ista:12153 apa: Arslan, F. N. (2022). Remodeling of E-cadherin-mediated contacts via cortical  flows. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:12153 chicago: Arslan, Feyza N. “Remodeling of E-Cadherin-Mediated Contacts via Cortical  Flows.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2022. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:12153. ieee: F. N. Arslan, “Remodeling of E-cadherin-mediated contacts via cortical  flows,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2022. ista: Arslan FN. 2022. Remodeling of E-cadherin-mediated contacts via cortical  flows. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. mla: Arslan, Feyza N. Remodeling of E-Cadherin-Mediated Contacts via Cortical  Flows. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2022, doi:10.15479/at:ista:12153. short: F.N. Arslan, Remodeling of E-Cadherin-Mediated Contacts via Cortical  Flows, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2022. date_created: 2023-01-25T10:43:24Z date_published: 2022-09-29T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2023-08-08T13:14:10Z day: '29' ddc: - '570' degree_awarded: PhD department: - _id: GradSch - _id: CaHe doi: 10.15479/at:ista:12153 ec_funded: 1 file: - access_level: open_access checksum: e54a3e69b83ebf166544164afd25608e content_type: application/pdf creator: cchlebak date_created: 2023-01-25T10:52:46Z date_updated: 2023-01-25T10:52:46Z file_id: '12369' file_name: THESIS_FINAL_FArslan_pdfa.pdf file_size: 14581024 relation: main_file success: 1 file_date_updated: 2023-01-25T10:52:46Z has_accepted_license: '1' language: - iso: eng month: '09' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version page: '113' project: - _id: 260F1432-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: H2020 grant_number: '742573' name: Interaction and feedback between cell mechanics and fate specification in vertebrate gastrulation publication_identifier: isbn: - ' 978-3-99078-025-1 ' issn: - 2663-337X publication_status: published publisher: Institute of Science and Technology Austria related_material: record: - id: '9350' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public status: public supervisor: - 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 title: Remodeling of E-cadherin-mediated contacts via cortical flows 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: dissertation user_id: 2DF688A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 year: '2022' ... --- _id: '11362' abstract: - lang: eng text: "Deep learning has enabled breakthroughs in challenging computing problems and has emerged as the standard problem-solving tool for computer vision and natural language processing tasks.\r\nOne exception to this trend is safety-critical tasks where robustness and resilience requirements contradict the black-box nature of neural networks. \r\nTo deploy deep learning methods for these tasks, it is vital to provide guarantees on neural network agents' safety and robustness criteria. \r\nThis can be achieved by developing formal verification methods to verify the safety and robustness properties of neural networks.\r\n\r\nOur goal is to design, develop and assess safety verification methods for neural networks to improve their reliability and trustworthiness in real-world applications.\r\nThis thesis establishes techniques for the verification of compressed and adversarially trained models as well as the design of novel neural networks for verifiably safe decision-making.\r\n\r\nFirst, we establish the problem of verifying quantized neural networks. Quantization is a technique that trades numerical precision for the computational efficiency of running a neural network and is widely adopted in industry.\r\nWe show that neglecting the reduced precision when verifying a neural network can lead to wrong conclusions about the robustness and safety of the network, highlighting that novel techniques for quantized network verification are necessary. We introduce several bit-exact verification methods explicitly designed for quantized neural networks and experimentally confirm on realistic networks that the network's robustness and other formal properties are affected by the quantization.\r\n\r\nFurthermore, we perform a case study providing evidence that adversarial training, a standard technique for making neural networks more robust, has detrimental effects on the network's performance. This robustness-accuracy tradeoff has been studied before regarding the accuracy obtained on classification datasets where each data point is independent of all other data points. On the other hand, we investigate the tradeoff empirically in robot learning settings where a both, a high accuracy and a high robustness, are desirable.\r\nOur results suggest that the negative side-effects of adversarial training outweigh its robustness benefits in practice.\r\n\r\nFinally, we consider the problem of verifying safety when running a Bayesian neural network policy in a feedback loop with systems over the infinite time horizon. Bayesian neural networks are probabilistic models for learning uncertainties in the data and are therefore often used on robotic and healthcare applications where data is inherently stochastic.\r\nWe introduce a method for recalibrating Bayesian neural networks so that they yield probability distributions over safe decisions only.\r\nOur method learns a safety certificate that guarantees safety over the infinite time horizon to determine which decisions are safe in every possible state of the system.\r\nWe demonstrate the effectiveness of our approach on a series of reinforcement learning benchmarks." alternative_title: - ISTA Thesis article_processing_charge: No author: - first_name: Mathias full_name: Lechner, Mathias id: 3DC22916-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Lechner citation: ama: Lechner M. Learning verifiable representations. 2022. doi:10.15479/at:ista:11362 apa: Lechner, M. (2022). Learning verifiable representations. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:11362 chicago: Lechner, Mathias. “Learning Verifiable Representations.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2022. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:11362. ieee: M. Lechner, “Learning verifiable representations,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2022. ista: Lechner M. 2022. Learning verifiable representations. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. mla: Lechner, Mathias. Learning Verifiable Representations. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2022, doi:10.15479/at:ista:11362. short: M. Lechner, Learning Verifiable Representations, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2022. date_created: 2022-05-12T07:14:01Z date_published: 2022-05-12T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2023-08-17T06:58:38Z day: '12' ddc: - '004' degree_awarded: PhD department: - _id: GradSch - _id: ToHe doi: 10.15479/at:ista:11362 ec_funded: 1 file: - access_level: closed checksum: 8eefa9c7c10ca7e1a2ccdd731962a645 content_type: application/zip creator: mlechner date_created: 2022-05-13T12:33:26Z date_updated: 2022-05-13T12:49:00Z file_id: '11378' file_name: src.zip file_size: 13210143 relation: source_file - access_level: open_access checksum: 1b9e1e5a9a83ed9d89dad2f5133dc026 content_type: application/pdf creator: mlechner date_created: 2022-05-16T08:02:28Z date_updated: 2022-05-17T15:19:39Z file_id: '11382' file_name: thesis_main-a2.pdf file_size: 2732536 relation: main_file file_date_updated: 2022-05-17T15:19:39Z has_accepted_license: '1' keyword: - neural networks - verification - machine learning language: - iso: eng month: '05' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version page: '124' project: - _id: 25F42A32-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: FWF grant_number: Z211 name: The Wittgenstein Prize - _id: 62781420-2b32-11ec-9570-8d9b63373d4d call_identifier: H2020 grant_number: '101020093' name: Vigilant Algorithmic Monitoring of Software publication_identifier: isbn: - 978-3-99078-017-6 publication_status: published publisher: Institute of Science and Technology Austria related_material: record: - id: '10665' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '10667' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '11366' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '7808' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '10666' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public status: public supervisor: - first_name: Thomas A full_name: Henzinger, Thomas A id: 40876CD8-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Henzinger orcid: 0000-0002-2985-7724 title: Learning verifiable representations tmp: image: /image/cc_by_nd.png legal_code_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/legalcode name: Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-ND 4.0) short: CC BY-ND (4.0) type: dissertation user_id: 8b945eb4-e2f2-11eb-945a-df72226e66a9 year: '2022' ... --- _id: '11473' abstract: - lang: eng text: "The polaron model is a basic model of quantum field theory describing a single particle\r\ninteracting with a bosonic field. It arises in many physical contexts. We are mostly concerned\r\nwith models applicable in the context of an impurity atom in a Bose-Einstein condensate as\r\nwell as the problem of electrons moving in polar crystals.\r\nThe model has a simple structure in which the interaction of the particle with the field is given\r\nby a term linear in the field’s creation and annihilation operators. In this work, we investigate\r\nthe properties of this model by providing rigorous estimates on various energies relevant to the\r\nproblem. The estimates are obtained, for the most part, by suitable operator techniques which\r\nconstitute the principal mathematical substance of the thesis.\r\nThe first application of these techniques is to derive the polaron model rigorously from first\r\nprinciples, i.e., from a full microscopic quantum-mechanical many-body problem involving an\r\nimpurity in an otherwise homogeneous system. We accomplish this for the N + 1 Bose gas\r\nin the mean-field regime by showing that a suitable polaron-type Hamiltonian arises at weak\r\ninteractions as a low-energy effective theory for this problem.\r\nIn the second part, we investigate rigorously the ground state of the model at fixed momentum\r\nand for large values of the coupling constant. Qualitatively, the system is expected to display\r\na transition from the quasi-particle behavior at small momenta, where the dispersion relation\r\nis parabolic and the particle moves through the medium dragging along a cloud of phonons, to\r\nthe radiative behavior at larger momenta where the polaron decelerates and emits free phonons.\r\nAt the same time, in the strong coupling regime, the bosonic field is expected to behave purely\r\nclassically. Accordingly, the effective mass of the polaron at strong coupling is conjectured to\r\nbe asymptotically equal to the one obtained from the semiclassical counterpart of the problem,\r\nfirst studied by Landau and Pekar in the 1940s. For polaron models with regularized form\r\nfactors and phonon dispersion relations of superfluid type, i.e., bounded below by a linear\r\nfunction of the wavenumbers for all phonon momenta as in the interacting Bose gas, we prove\r\nthat for a large window of momenta below the radiation threshold, the energy-momentum\r\nrelation at strong coupling is indeed essentially a parabola with semi-latus rectum equal to the\r\nLandau–Pekar effective mass, as expected.\r\nFor the Fröhlich polaron describing electrons in polar crystals where the dispersion relation is\r\nof the optical type and the form factor is formally UV–singular due to the nature of the point\r\ncharge-dipole interaction, we are able to give the corresponding upper bound. In contrast to\r\nthe regular case, this requires the inclusion of the quantum fluctuations of the phonon field,\r\nwhich makes the problem considerably more difficult.\r\nThe results are supplemented by studies on the absolute ground-state energy at strong coupling,\r\na proof of the divergence of the effective mass with the coupling constant for a wide class of\r\npolaron models, as well as the discussion of the apparent UV singularity of the Fröhlich model\r\nand the application of the techniques used for its removal for the energy estimates.\r\n" acknowledged_ssus: - _id: SSU alternative_title: - ISTA Thesis article_processing_charge: No author: - first_name: Krzysztof full_name: Mysliwy, Krzysztof id: 316457FC-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Mysliwy citation: ama: 'Mysliwy K. Polarons in Bose gases and polar crystals: Some rigorous energy estimates. 2022. doi:10.15479/at:ista:11473' apa: 'Mysliwy, K. (2022). Polarons in Bose gases and polar crystals: Some rigorous energy estimates. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:11473' chicago: 'Mysliwy, Krzysztof. “Polarons in Bose Gases and Polar Crystals: Some Rigorous Energy Estimates.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2022. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:11473.' ieee: 'K. Mysliwy, “Polarons in Bose gases and polar crystals: Some rigorous energy estimates,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2022.' ista: 'Mysliwy K. 2022. Polarons in Bose gases and polar crystals: Some rigorous energy estimates. Institute of Science and Technology Austria.' mla: 'Mysliwy, Krzysztof. Polarons in Bose Gases and Polar Crystals: Some Rigorous Energy Estimates. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2022, doi:10.15479/at:ista:11473.' short: 'K. Mysliwy, Polarons in Bose Gases and Polar Crystals: Some Rigorous Energy Estimates, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2022.' date_created: 2022-06-30T12:15:03Z date_published: 2022-07-01T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2023-09-07T13:43:52Z day: '01' ddc: - '515' - '539' degree_awarded: PhD department: - _id: GradSch - _id: RoSe doi: 10.15479/at:ista:11473 ec_funded: 1 file: - access_level: open_access checksum: 7970714a20a6052f75fb27a6c3e9976e content_type: application/pdf creator: kmysliwy date_created: 2022-07-05T08:12:56Z date_updated: 2022-07-05T08:12:56Z file_id: '11486' file_name: thes1_no_isbn_2_1b.pdf file_size: 1830973 relation: main_file success: 1 - access_level: closed checksum: 647a2011fdf56277096c9350fefe1097 content_type: application/zip creator: kmysliwy date_created: 2022-07-05T08:15:52Z date_updated: 2022-07-05T08:17:12Z file_id: '11487' file_name: thes_source.zip file_size: 5831060 relation: source_file file_date_updated: 2022-07-05T08:17:12Z has_accepted_license: '1' language: - iso: eng month: '07' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version page: '138' project: - _id: 2564DBCA-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: H2020 grant_number: '665385' name: International IST Doctoral Program publication_identifier: issn: - 2663-337X publication_status: published publisher: Institute of Science and Technology Austria related_material: record: - id: '10564' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '8705' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public status: public supervisor: - first_name: Robert full_name: Seiringer, Robert id: 4AFD0470-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Seiringer orcid: 0000-0002-6781-0521 title: 'Polarons in Bose gases and polar crystals: Some rigorous energy estimates' type: dissertation user_id: c635000d-4b10-11ee-a964-aac5a93f6ac1 year: '2022' ... --- _id: '10799' abstract: - lang: eng text: "Because of the increasing popularity of machine learning methods, it is becoming important to understand the impact of learned components on automated decision-making systems and to guarantee that their consequences are beneficial to society. In other words, it is necessary to ensure that machine learning is sufficiently trustworthy to be used in real-world applications. This thesis studies two properties of machine learning models that are highly desirable for the\r\nsake of reliability: robustness and fairness. In the first part of the thesis we study the robustness of learning algorithms to training data corruption. Previous work has shown that machine learning models are vulnerable to a range\r\nof training set issues, varying from label noise through systematic biases to worst-case data manipulations. This is an especially relevant problem from a present perspective, since modern machine learning methods are particularly data hungry and therefore practitioners often have to rely on data collected from various external sources, e.g. from the Internet, from app users or via crowdsourcing. Naturally, such sources vary greatly in the quality and reliability of the\r\ndata they provide. With these considerations in mind, we study the problem of designing machine learning algorithms that are robust to corruptions in data coming from multiple sources. We show that, in contrast to the case of a single dataset with outliers, successful learning within this model is possible both theoretically and practically, even under worst-case data corruptions. The second part of this thesis deals with fairness-aware machine learning. There are multiple areas where machine learning models have shown promising results, but where careful considerations are required, in order to avoid discrimanative decisions taken by such learned components. Ensuring fairness can be particularly challenging, because real-world training datasets are expected to contain various forms of historical bias that may affect the learning process. In this thesis we show that data corruption can indeed render the problem of achieving fairness impossible, by tightly characterizing the theoretical limits of fair learning under worst-case data manipulations. However, assuming access to clean data, we also show how fairness-aware learning can be made practical in contexts beyond binary classification, in particular in the challenging learning to rank setting." alternative_title: - ISTA Thesis article_processing_charge: No author: - first_name: Nikola H full_name: Konstantinov, Nikola H id: 4B9D76E4-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Konstantinov citation: ama: Konstantinov NH. Robustness and fairness in machine learning. 2022. doi:10.15479/at:ista:10799 apa: Konstantinov, N. H. (2022). Robustness and fairness in machine learning. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:10799 chicago: Konstantinov, Nikola H. “Robustness and Fairness in Machine Learning.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2022. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:10799. ieee: N. H. Konstantinov, “Robustness and fairness in machine learning,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2022. ista: Konstantinov NH. 2022. Robustness and fairness in machine learning. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. mla: Konstantinov, Nikola H. Robustness and Fairness in Machine Learning. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2022, doi:10.15479/at:ista:10799. short: N.H. Konstantinov, Robustness and Fairness in Machine Learning, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2022. date_created: 2022-02-28T13:03:49Z date_published: 2022-03-08T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2023-10-17T12:31:54Z day: '08' ddc: - '000' degree_awarded: PhD department: - _id: GradSch - _id: ChLa doi: 10.15479/at:ista:10799 ec_funded: 1 file: - access_level: open_access checksum: 626bc523ae8822d20e635d0e2d95182e content_type: application/pdf creator: nkonstan date_created: 2022-03-06T11:42:54Z date_updated: 2022-03-06T11:42:54Z file_id: '10823' file_name: thesis.pdf file_size: 4204905 relation: main_file success: 1 - access_level: closed checksum: e2ca2b88350ac8ea1515b948885cbcb1 content_type: application/x-zip-compressed creator: nkonstan date_created: 2022-03-06T11:42:57Z date_updated: 2022-03-10T12:11:48Z file_id: '10824' file_name: thesis.zip file_size: 22841103 relation: source_file file_date_updated: 2022-03-10T12:11:48Z has_accepted_license: '1' keyword: - robustness - fairness - machine learning - PAC learning - adversarial learning language: - iso: eng month: '03' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version page: '176' project: - _id: 2564DBCA-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: H2020 grant_number: '665385' name: International IST Doctoral Program publication_identifier: isbn: - 978-3-99078-015-2 issn: - 2663-337X publication_status: published publisher: Institute of Science and Technology Austria related_material: record: - id: '8724' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '10803' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '10802' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '6590' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public status: public supervisor: - first_name: Christoph full_name: Lampert, Christoph id: 40C20FD2-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Lampert orcid: 0000-0001-8622-7887 title: Robustness and fairness in machine learning type: dissertation user_id: c635000d-4b10-11ee-a964-aac5a93f6ac1 year: '2022' ... --- _id: '11626' abstract: - lang: eng text: Plant growth and development is well known to be both, flexible and dynamic. The high capacity for post-embryonic organ formation and tissue regeneration requires tightly regulated intercellular communication and coordinated tissue polarization. One of the most important drivers for patterning and polarity in plant development is the phytohormone auxin. Auxin has the unique characteristic to establish polarized channels for its own active directional cell to cell transport. This fascinating phenomenon is called auxin canalization. Those auxin transport channels are characterized by the expression and polar, subcellular localization of PIN auxin efflux carriers. PIN proteins have the ability to dynamically change their localization and auxin itself can affect this by interfering with trafficking. Most of the underlying molecular mechanisms of canalization still remain enigmatic. What is known so far is that canonical auxin signaling is indispensable but also other non-canonical signaling components are thought to play a role. In order to shed light into the mysteries auf auxin canalization this study revisits the branches of auxin signaling in detail. Further a new auxin analogue, PISA, is developed which triggers auxin-like responses but does not directly activate canonical transcriptional auxin signaling. We revisit the direct auxin effect on PIN trafficking where we found that, contradictory to previous observations, auxin is very specifically promoting endocytosis of PIN2 but has no overall effect on endocytosis. Further, we evaluate which cellular processes related to PIN subcellular dynamics are involved in the establishment of auxin conducting channels and the formation of vascular tissue. We are re-evaluating the function of AUXIN BINDING PROTEIN 1 (ABP1) and provide a comprehensive picture about its developmental phneotypes and involvement in auxin signaling and canalization. Lastly, we are focusing on the crosstalk between the hormone strigolactone (SL) and auxin and found that SL is interfering with essentially all processes involved in auxin canalization in a non-transcriptional manner. Lastly we identify a new way of SL perception and signaling which is emanating from mitochondria, is independent of canonical SL signaling and is modulating primary root growth. alternative_title: - ISTA Thesis article_processing_charge: No author: - first_name: Michelle C full_name: Gallei, Michelle C id: 35A03822-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Gallei orcid: 0000-0003-1286-7368 citation: ama: Gallei MC. Auxin and strigolactone non-canonical signaling regulating development in Arabidopsis thaliana. 2022. doi:10.15479/at:ista:11626 apa: Gallei, M. C. (2022). Auxin and strigolactone non-canonical signaling regulating development in Arabidopsis thaliana. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:11626 chicago: Gallei, Michelle C. “Auxin and Strigolactone Non-Canonical Signaling Regulating Development in Arabidopsis Thaliana.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2022. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:11626. ieee: M. C. Gallei, “Auxin and strigolactone non-canonical signaling regulating development in Arabidopsis thaliana,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2022. ista: Gallei MC. 2022. Auxin and strigolactone non-canonical signaling regulating development in Arabidopsis thaliana. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. mla: Gallei, Michelle C. Auxin and Strigolactone Non-Canonical Signaling Regulating Development in Arabidopsis Thaliana. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2022, doi:10.15479/at:ista:11626. short: M.C. Gallei, Auxin and Strigolactone Non-Canonical Signaling Regulating Development in Arabidopsis Thaliana, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2022. date_created: 2022-07-20T11:21:53Z date_published: 2022-07-20T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2023-11-07T08:20:13Z day: '20' ddc: - '575' degree_awarded: PhD department: - _id: GradSch - _id: JiFr doi: 10.15479/at:ista:11626 ec_funded: 1 file: - access_level: open_access checksum: bd7ac35403cf5b4b2607287d2a104b3a content_type: application/pdf creator: mgallei date_created: 2022-07-25T09:08:47Z date_updated: 2022-07-25T09:08:47Z file_id: '11645' file_name: Thesis_Gallei.pdf file_size: 9730864 relation: main_file - access_level: closed checksum: a9e54fe5471ba25dc13c2150c1b8ccbb content_type: application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document creator: mgallei date_created: 2022-07-25T09:09:09Z date_updated: 2022-07-25T09:39:58Z file_id: '11646' file_name: Thesis_Gallei_source.docx file_size: 19560720 relation: source_file - access_level: closed checksum: 3994f7f20058941b5bb8a16886b21e71 content_type: application/pdf creator: mgallei date_created: 2022-07-25T09:09:32Z date_updated: 2022-07-25T09:39:58Z description: This is the print version of the thesis including the full appendix file_id: '11647' file_name: Thesis_Gallei_to_print.pdf file_size: 24542837 relation: source_file - access_level: open_access checksum: f24acd3c0d864f4c6676e8b0d7bfa76b content_type: application/pdf creator: mgallei date_created: 2022-07-25T11:48:45Z date_updated: 2022-07-25T11:48:45Z file_id: '11650' file_name: Thesis_Gallei_Appendix.pdf file_size: 15435966 relation: main_file file_date_updated: 2022-07-25T11:48:45Z has_accepted_license: '1' language: - iso: eng month: '07' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version page: '248' project: - _id: 261099A6-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: H2020 grant_number: '742985' name: Tracing Evolution of Auxin Transport and Polarity in Plants publication_identifier: isbn: - 978-3-99078-019-0 issn: - 2663-337X publication_status: published publisher: Institute of Science and Technology Austria related_material: record: - id: '8931' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '9287' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '7142' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '7465' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '8138' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '6260' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '10411' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public status: public supervisor: - first_name: Jiří full_name: Friml, Jiří id: 4159519E-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Friml orcid: 0000-0002-8302-7596 - first_name: Eva full_name: Benková, Eva id: 38F4F166-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Benková orcid: 0000-0002-8510-9739 - first_name: Eilon full_name: Shani, Eilon last_name: Shani title: Auxin and strigolactone non-canonical signaling regulating development in Arabidopsis thaliana type: dissertation user_id: 8b945eb4-e2f2-11eb-945a-df72226e66a9 year: '2022' ... --- _id: '12358' abstract: - lang: eng text: "The complex yarn structure of knitted and woven fabrics gives rise to both a mechanical and\r\nvisual complexity. The small-scale interactions of yarns colliding with and pulling on each\r\nother result in drastically different large-scale stretching and bending behavior, introducing\r\nanisotropy, curling, and more. While simulating cloth as individual yarns can reproduce this\r\ncomplexity and match the quality of real fabric, it may be too computationally expensive for\r\nlarge fabrics. On the other hand, continuum-based approaches do not need to discretize the\r\ncloth at a stitch-level, but it is non-trivial to find a material model that would replicate the\r\nlarge-scale behavior of yarn fabrics, and they discard the intricate visual detail. In this thesis,\r\nwe discuss three methods to try and bridge the gap between small-scale and large-scale yarn\r\nmechanics using numerical homogenization: fitting a continuum model to periodic yarn simulations, adding mechanics-aware yarn detail onto thin-shell simulations, and quantitatively\r\nfitting yarn parameters to physical measurements of real fabric.\r\nTo start, we present a method for animating yarn-level cloth effects using a thin-shell solver.\r\nWe first use a large number of periodic yarn-level simulations to build a model of the potential\r\nenergy density of the cloth, and then use it to compute forces in a thin-shell simulator. The\r\nresulting simulations faithfully reproduce expected effects like the stiffening of woven fabrics\r\nand the highly deformable nature and anisotropy of knitted fabrics at a fraction of the cost of\r\nfull yarn-level simulation.\r\nWhile our thin-shell simulations are able to capture large-scale yarn mechanics, they lack\r\nthe rich visual detail of yarn-level simulations. Therefore, we propose a method to animate\r\nyarn-level cloth geometry on top of an underlying deforming mesh in a mechanics-aware\r\nfashion in real time. Using triangle strains to interpolate precomputed yarn geometry, we are\r\nable to reproduce effects such as knit loops tightening under stretching at negligible cost.\r\nFinally, we introduce a methodology for inverse-modeling of yarn-level mechanics of cloth,\r\nbased on the mechanical response of fabrics in the real world. We compile a database from\r\nphysical tests of several knitted fabrics used in the textile industry spanning diverse physical\r\nproperties like stiffness, nonlinearity, and anisotropy. We then develop a system for approximating these mechanical responses with yarn-level cloth simulation, using homogenized\r\nshell models to speed up computation and adding some small-but-necessary extensions to\r\nyarn-level models used in computer graphics.\r\n" acknowledged_ssus: - _id: SSU alternative_title: - ISTA Thesis article_processing_charge: No author: - first_name: Georg full_name: Sperl, Georg id: 4DD40360-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Sperl citation: ama: 'Sperl G. Homogenizing yarn simulations: Large-scale mechanics, small-scale detail, and quantitative fitting. 2022. doi:10.15479/at:ista:12103' apa: 'Sperl, G. (2022). Homogenizing yarn simulations: Large-scale mechanics, small-scale detail, and quantitative fitting. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:12103' chicago: 'Sperl, Georg. “Homogenizing Yarn Simulations: Large-Scale Mechanics, Small-Scale Detail, and Quantitative Fitting.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2022. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:12103.' ieee: 'G. Sperl, “Homogenizing yarn simulations: Large-scale mechanics, small-scale detail, and quantitative fitting,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2022.' ista: 'Sperl G. 2022. Homogenizing yarn simulations: Large-scale mechanics, small-scale detail, and quantitative fitting. Institute of Science and Technology Austria.' mla: 'Sperl, Georg. Homogenizing Yarn Simulations: Large-Scale Mechanics, Small-Scale Detail, and Quantitative Fitting. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2022, doi:10.15479/at:ista:12103.' short: 'G. Sperl, Homogenizing Yarn Simulations: Large-Scale Mechanics, Small-Scale Detail, and Quantitative Fitting, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2022.' date_created: 2023-01-24T10:49:46Z date_published: 2022-09-22T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2024-02-28T12:57:46Z day: '22' ddc: - '000' - '620' degree_awarded: PhD department: - _id: GradSch - _id: ChWo doi: 10.15479/at:ista:12103 ec_funded: 1 file: - access_level: open_access checksum: 083722acbb8115e52e3b0fdec6226769 content_type: application/pdf creator: cchlebak date_created: 2023-01-25T12:04:41Z date_updated: 2023-02-02T09:29:57Z description: 'This is the main PDF file of the thesis. File size: 105 MB' file_id: '12371' file_name: thesis_gsperl.pdf file_size: 104497530 relation: main_file title: Thesis - access_level: open_access checksum: 511f82025e5fcb70bff4731d6896ca07 content_type: application/pdf creator: cchlebak date_created: 2023-02-02T09:33:37Z date_updated: 2023-02-02T09:33:37Z description: This version of the thesis uses stronger image compression for a smaller file size of 23MB. file_id: '12483' file_name: thesis_gsperl_compressed.pdf file_size: 23183710 relation: main_file title: Thesis (compressed 23MB) - access_level: open_access checksum: ed4cb85225eedff761c25bddfc37a2ed content_type: application/x-zip-compressed creator: cchlebak date_created: 2023-02-02T09:39:25Z date_updated: 2023-02-02T09:39:25Z file_id: '12484' file_name: thesis-source.zip file_size: 98382247 relation: source_file file_date_updated: 2023-02-02T09:39:25Z has_accepted_license: '1' language: - iso: eng month: '09' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version page: '138' project: - _id: 2533E772-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: H2020 grant_number: '638176' name: Efficient Simulation of Natural Phenomena at Extremely Large Scales publication_identifier: isbn: - 978-3-99078-020-6 issn: - 2663-337X publication_status: published publisher: Institute of Science and Technology Austria related_material: record: - id: '11736' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '9818' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '8385' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public status: public supervisor: - first_name: Christopher J full_name: Wojtan, Christopher J id: 3C61F1D2-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Wojtan orcid: 0000-0001-6646-5546 title: 'Homogenizing yarn simulations: Large-scale mechanics, small-scale detail, and quantitative fitting' type: dissertation user_id: 8b945eb4-e2f2-11eb-945a-df72226e66a9 year: '2022' ... --- _id: '10759' abstract: - lang: eng text: In this Thesis, I study composite quantum impurities with variational techniques, both inspired by machine learning as well as fully analytic. I supplement this with exploration of other applications of machine learning, in particular artificial neural networks, in many-body physics. In Chapters 3 and 4, I study quasiparticle systems with variational approach. I derive a Hamiltonian describing the angulon quasiparticle in the presence of a magnetic field. I apply analytic variational treatment to this Hamiltonian. Then, I introduce a variational approach for non-additive systems, based on artificial neural networks. I exemplify this approach on the example of the polaron quasiparticle (Fröhlich Hamiltonian). In Chapter 5, I continue using artificial neural networks, albeit in a different setting. I apply artificial neural networks to detect phases from snapshots of two types physical systems. Namely, I study Monte Carlo snapshots of multilayer classical spin models as well as molecular dynamics maps of colloidal systems. The main type of networks that I use here are convolutional neural networks, known for their applicability to image data. alternative_title: - ISTA Thesis article_processing_charge: No author: - first_name: Wojciech full_name: Rzadkowski, Wojciech id: 48C55298-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Rzadkowski orcid: 0000-0002-1106-4419 citation: ama: Rzadkowski W. Analytic and machine learning approaches to composite quantum impurities. 2022. doi:10.15479/at:ista:10759 apa: Rzadkowski, W. (2022). Analytic and machine learning approaches to composite quantum impurities. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:10759 chicago: Rzadkowski, Wojciech. “Analytic and Machine Learning Approaches to Composite Quantum Impurities.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2022. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:10759. ieee: W. Rzadkowski, “Analytic and machine learning approaches to composite quantum impurities,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2022. ista: Rzadkowski W. 2022. Analytic and machine learning approaches to composite quantum impurities. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. mla: Rzadkowski, Wojciech. Analytic and Machine Learning Approaches to Composite Quantum Impurities. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2022, doi:10.15479/at:ista:10759. short: W. Rzadkowski, Analytic and Machine Learning Approaches to Composite Quantum Impurities, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2022. date_created: 2022-02-16T13:27:37Z date_published: 2022-02-21T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2024-02-28T13:01:59Z day: '21' ddc: - '530' degree_awarded: PhD department: - _id: GradSch - _id: MiLe doi: 10.15479/at:ista:10759 ec_funded: 1 file: - access_level: closed checksum: 0fc54ad1eaede879c665ac9b53c93e22 content_type: application/zip creator: wrzadkow date_created: 2022-02-21T13:58:16Z date_updated: 2022-02-22T07:20:12Z file_id: '10785' file_name: Rzadkowski_thesis_final_source.zip file_size: 17668233 relation: source_file - access_level: open_access checksum: 22d2d7af37ca31f6b1730c26cac7bced content_type: application/pdf creator: wrzadkow date_created: 2022-02-21T14:02:54Z date_updated: 2022-02-21T14:02:54Z file_id: '10786' file_name: Rzadkowski_thesis_final.pdf file_size: 13307331 relation: main_file success: 1 file_date_updated: 2022-02-22T07:20:12Z has_accepted_license: '1' language: - iso: eng month: '02' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version page: '120' project: - _id: 2564DBCA-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: H2020 grant_number: '665385' name: International IST Doctoral Program publication_identifier: issn: - 2663-337X publication_status: published publisher: Institute of Science and Technology Austria related_material: record: - id: '10762' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '8644' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '7956' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '415' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public status: public supervisor: - first_name: Mikhail full_name: Lemeshko, Mikhail id: 37CB05FA-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Lemeshko orcid: 0000-0002-6990-7802 title: Analytic and machine learning approaches to composite quantum impurities type: dissertation user_id: c635000d-4b10-11ee-a964-aac5a93f6ac1 year: '2022' ... --- _id: '11196' abstract: - lang: eng text: "One of the fundamental questions in Neuroscience is how the structure of synapses and their physiological properties are related. While synaptic transmission remains a dynamic process, electron microscopy provides images with comparably low temporal resolution (Studer et al., 2014). The current work overcomes this challenge and describes an improved “Flash and Freeze” technique (Watanabe et al., 2013a; Watanabe et al., 2013b) to study synaptic transmission at the hippocampal mossy fiber-CA3 pyramidal neuron synapses, using mouse acute brain slices and organotypic slices culture. The improved method allowed for selective stimulation of presynaptic mossy fiber boutons and the observation of synaptic vesicle pool dynamics at the active zones. Our results uncovered several intriguing morphological features of mossy fiber boutons. First, the docked vesicle pool was largely depleted (more than 70%) after stimulation, implying that the docked synaptic vesicles pool and readily releasable pool are vastly overlapping in mossy fiber boutons. Second, the synaptic vesicles are skewed towards larger diameters, displaying a wide range of sizes. An increase in the mean diameter of synaptic vesicles, after single and repetitive stimulation, suggests that smaller vesicles have a higher release probability. Third, we observed putative endocytotic structures after moderate light stimulation, matching the timing of previously described ultrafast endocytosis (Watanabe et al., 2013a; Delvendahl et al., 2016). \r\n\tIn addition, synaptic transmission depends on a sophisticated system of protein machinery and calcium channels (Südhof, 2013b), which amplifies the challenge in studying synaptic communication as these interactions can be potentially modified during synaptic plasticity. And although recent study elucidated the potential correlation between physiological and morphological properties of synapses during synaptic plasticity (Vandael et al., 2020), the molecular underpinning of it remains unknown. Thus, the presented work tries to overcome this challenge and aims to pinpoint changes in the molecular architecture at hippocampal mossy fiber bouton synapses during short- and long-term potentiation (STP and LTP), we combined chemical potentiation, with the application of a cyclic adenosine monophosphate agonist (i.e. forskolin) and freeze-fracture replica immunolabelling. This method allowed the localization of membrane-bound proteins with nanometer precision within the active zone, in particular, P/Q-type calcium channels and synaptic vesicle priming proteins Munc13-1/2. First, we found that the number of clusters of Munc13-1 in the mossy fiber bouton active zone increased significantly during STP, but decreased to lower than the control value during LTP. Secondly, although the distance between the calcium channels and Munc13-1s did not change after induction of STP, it shortened during the LTP phase. Additionally, forskolin did not affect Munc13-2 distribution during STP and LTP. These results indicate the existence of two distinct mechanisms that govern STP and LTP at mossy fiber bouton synapses: an increase in the readily realizable pool in the case of STP and a potential increase in release probability during LTP. “Flash and freeze” and functional electron microscopy, are versatile methods that can be successfully applied to intact brain circuits to study synaptic transmission even at the molecular level.\r\n" acknowledged_ssus: - _id: EM-Fac - _id: PreCl alternative_title: - ISTA Thesis article_processing_charge: No author: - first_name: Olena full_name: Kim, Olena id: 3F8ABDDA-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Kim citation: ama: Kim O. Nanoarchitecture of hippocampal mossy fiber-CA3 pyramidal neuron synapses. 2022. doi:10.15479/at:ista:11196 apa: Kim, O. (2022). Nanoarchitecture of hippocampal mossy fiber-CA3 pyramidal neuron synapses. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:11196 chicago: Kim, Olena. “Nanoarchitecture of Hippocampal Mossy Fiber-CA3 Pyramidal Neuron Synapses.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2022. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:11196. ieee: O. Kim, “Nanoarchitecture of hippocampal mossy fiber-CA3 pyramidal neuron synapses,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2022. ista: Kim O. 2022. Nanoarchitecture of hippocampal mossy fiber-CA3 pyramidal neuron synapses. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. mla: Kim, Olena. Nanoarchitecture of Hippocampal Mossy Fiber-CA3 Pyramidal Neuron Synapses. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2022, doi:10.15479/at:ista:11196. short: O. Kim, Nanoarchitecture of Hippocampal Mossy Fiber-CA3 Pyramidal Neuron Synapses, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2022. date_created: 2022-04-20T09:47:12Z date_published: 2022-04-20T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2023-08-18T06:31:52Z day: '20' ddc: - '570' degree_awarded: PhD department: - _id: PeJo - _id: GradSch doi: 10.15479/at:ista:11196 ec_funded: 1 file: - access_level: open_access checksum: 1616a8bf6f13a57c892dac873dcd0936 content_type: application/pdf creator: okim date_created: 2022-04-20T14:21:56Z date_updated: 2023-04-20T22:30:03Z embargo: 2023-04-19 file_id: '11220' file_name: Olena_KIM_thesis_final.pdf file_size: 21273537 relation: main_file - access_level: closed checksum: 1acb433f98dc42abb0b4b0cbb0c4b918 content_type: application/x-zip-compressed creator: okim date_created: 2022-04-20T14:22:56Z date_updated: 2023-04-20T22:30:03Z embargo_to: open_access file_id: '11221' file_name: KIM_thesis_final.zip file_size: 59248569 relation: source_file file_date_updated: 2023-04-20T22:30:03Z has_accepted_license: '1' language: - iso: eng month: '04' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version page: '132' project: - _id: 25BAF7B2-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: H2020 grant_number: '708497' name: Presynaptic calcium channels distribution and impact on coupling at the hippocampal mossy fiber synapse - _id: 25B7EB9E-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: H2020 grant_number: '692692' name: Biophysics and circuit function of a giant cortical glumatergic synapse - _id: 25C3DBB6-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: FWF grant_number: W01205 name: Zellkommunikation in Gesundheit und Krankheit - _id: 25C5A090-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: FWF grant_number: Z00312 name: The Wittgenstein Prize publication_identifier: issn: - 2663-337X publication_status: published publisher: Institute of Science and Technology Austria related_material: record: - id: '11222' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '7473' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public status: public supervisor: - first_name: Peter M full_name: Jonas, Peter M id: 353C1B58-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Jonas orcid: 0000-0001-5001-4804 title: Nanoarchitecture of hippocampal mossy fiber-CA3 pyramidal neuron synapses tmp: image: /images/cc_by_nc_nd.png legal_code_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode name: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) short: CC BY-NC-ND (4.0) type: dissertation user_id: 8b945eb4-e2f2-11eb-945a-df72226e66a9 year: '2022' ... --- _id: '10727' abstract: - lang: eng text: "Social insects are a common model to study disease dynamics in social animals. Even though pathogens should thrive in social insect colonies as the hosts engage in frequent social interactions, are closely related and live in a pathogen-rich environment, disease outbreaks are rare. This is because social insects have evolved mechanisms to keep pathogens at bay – and fight disease as a collective. Social insect colonies are often viewed as “superorganisms” with division of labor between reproductive “germ-like” queens and males and “somatic” workers, which together form an interdependent reproductive unit that parallels a multicellular body. Superorganisms possess a “social immune system” that comprises of collective disease defenses performed by the workers - summarized as “social immunity”. In social groups immunization (reduced susceptibility to a parasite upon secondary exposure to the same parasite) can e.g. be triggered by social interactions (“social immunization”). Social immunization can be caused by (i) asymptomatic low-level infections that are acquired during caregiving to a contagious individual that can give an immune boost, which can induce protection upon later encounter with the same pathogen (active immunization) or (ii) by transfer of immune effectors between individuals (passive immunization).\r\nIn the second chapter, I built up on a study that I co-authored that found that low-level infections can not only be protective, but also be costly and make the host more susceptible to detrimental superinfections after contact to a very dissimilar pathogen. I here now tested different degrees of phylogenetically-distant fungal strains of M. brunneum and M. robertsii in L. neglectus and can describe the occurrence of cross-protection of social immunization if the first and second pathogen are from the same level. Interestingly, low-level infections only provided protection when the first strain was less virulent than the second strain and elicited higher immune gene expression.\r\nIn the third and fourth chapters, I expanded on the role of social immunity in sexual selection, a so far unstudied field. I used the fungus Metarhizium robertsii and the ant Cardiocondyla obscurior as a model, as in this species mating occurs in the presence of workers and can be studied under laboratory conditions. Before males mate with virgin queens in the nest they engage in fierce combat over the access to their mating partners.\r\nFirst, I focused on male-male competition in the third chapter and found that fighting with a contagious male is costly as it can lead to contamination of the rival, but that workers can decrease the risk of disease contraction by performing sanitary care.\r\nIn the fourth chapter, I studied the effect of fungal infection on survival and mating success of sexuals (freshly emerged queens and males) and found that worker-performed sanitary care can buffer the negative effect that a pathogenic contagion would have on sexuals by spore removal from the exposed individuals. When social immunity was prevented and queens could contract spores from their mating partner, very low dosages led to negative consequences: their lifespan was reduced and they produced fewer offspring with poor immunocompetence compared to healthy queens. Interestingly, cohabitation with a late-stage infected male where no spore transfer was possible had a positive effect on offspring immunity – male offspring of mothers that apparently perceived an infected partner in their vicinity reacted more sensitively to fungal challenge than male offspring without paternal pathogen history." acknowledged_ssus: - _id: LifeSc alternative_title: - ISTA Thesis article_processing_charge: No author: - first_name: Sina full_name: Metzler, Sina id: 48204546-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Metzler orcid: 0000-0002-9547-2494 citation: ama: Metzler S. Pathogen-mediated sexual selection and immunization in ant colonies. 2022. doi:10.15479/AT:ISTA:10727 apa: Metzler, S. (2022). Pathogen-mediated sexual selection and immunization in ant colonies. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:10727 chicago: Metzler, Sina. “Pathogen-Mediated Sexual Selection and Immunization in Ant Colonies.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2022. https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:10727. ieee: S. Metzler, “Pathogen-mediated sexual selection and immunization in ant colonies,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2022. ista: Metzler S. 2022. Pathogen-mediated sexual selection and immunization in ant colonies. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. mla: Metzler, Sina. Pathogen-Mediated Sexual Selection and Immunization in Ant Colonies. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2022, doi:10.15479/AT:ISTA:10727. short: S. Metzler, Pathogen-Mediated Sexual Selection and Immunization in Ant Colonies, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2022. date_created: 2022-02-04T15:45:12Z date_published: 2022-02-07T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2023-09-07T13:43:23Z day: '07' ddc: - '570' degree_awarded: PhD department: - _id: GradSch - _id: SyCr doi: 10.15479/AT:ISTA:10727 ec_funded: 1 file: - access_level: closed checksum: 47ba18bb270dd6cc266e0a3f7c69d0e4 content_type: application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document creator: smetzler date_created: 2022-02-04T15:36:12Z date_updated: 2023-02-03T23:30:03Z embargo_to: open_access file_id: '10728' file_name: Thesis_Sina_Metzler.docx file_size: 6757886 relation: source_file - access_level: open_access checksum: f3ec07d5d6b20ae6e46bfeedebce9027 content_type: application/pdf creator: smetzler date_created: 2022-02-04T15:36:43Z date_updated: 2023-02-03T23:30:03Z embargo: 2023-02-02 file_id: '10730' file_name: Thesis_Sina_Metzler_A2.pdf file_size: 6314921 relation: main_file - access_level: open_access checksum: dedd14b7be7a75d63018dbfc68dd8113 content_type: application/pdf creator: smetzler date_created: 2022-02-07T10:35:02Z date_updated: 2023-02-04T23:30:03Z embargo: 2023-02-02 file_id: '10742' file_name: Thesis_Sina_Metzler_print.pdf file_size: 6882557 relation: main_file file_date_updated: 2023-02-04T23:30:03Z has_accepted_license: '1' language: - iso: eng month: '02' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version project: - _id: 2649B4DE-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: H2020 grant_number: '771402' name: Epidemics in ant societies on a chip publication_identifier: issn: - 2663-337X publication_status: published publisher: Institute of Science and Technology Austria status: public supervisor: - first_name: Sylvia full_name: Cremer, Sylvia id: 2F64EC8C-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Cremer orcid: 0000-0002-2193-3868 title: Pathogen-mediated sexual selection and immunization in ant colonies type: dissertation user_id: c635000d-4b10-11ee-a964-aac5a93f6ac1 year: '2022' ... --- _id: '11879' abstract: - lang: eng text: "As the overall global mean surface temperature is increasing due to climate change, plant\r\nadaptation to those stressful conditions is of utmost importance for their survival. Plants are\r\nsessile organisms, thus to compensate for their lack of mobility, they evolved a variety of\r\nmechanisms enabling them to flexibly adjust their physiological, growth and developmental\r\nprocesses to fluctuating temperatures and to survive in harsh environments. While these unique\r\nadaptation abilities provide an important evolutionary advantage, overall modulation of plant\r\ngrowth and developmental program due to non-optimal temperature negatively affects biomass\r\nproduction, crop productivity or sensitivity to pathogens. Thus, understanding molecular\r\nprocesses underlying plant adaptation to increased temperature can provide important\r\nresources for breeding strategies to ensure sufficient agricultural food production.\r\nAn increase in ambient temperature by a few degrees leads to profound changes in organ growth\r\nincluding enhanced hypocotyl elongation, expansion of petioles, hyponastic growth of leaves and\r\ncotyledons, collectively named thermomorphogenesis (Casal & Balasubramanian, 2019). Auxin,\r\none of the best-studied growth hormones, plays an essential role in this process by direct\r\nactivation of transcriptional and non-transcriptional processes resulting in elongation growth\r\n(Majda & Robert, 2018).To modulate hypocotyl growth in response to high ambient temperature\r\n(hAT), auxin needs to be redistributed accordingly. PINs, auxin efflux transporters, are key\r\ncomponents of the polar auxin transport (PAT) machinery, which controls the amount and\r\ndirection of auxin translocated in the plant tissues and organs(Adamowski & Friml, 2015). Hence,\r\nPIN-mediated transport is tightly linked with thermo-morphogenesis, and interference with PAT\r\nthrough either chemical or genetic means dramatically affecting the adaptive responses to hAT.\r\nIntriguingly, despite the key role of PIN mediated transport in growth response to hAT, whether\r\nand how PINs at the level of expression adapt to fluctuation in temperature is scarcely\r\nunderstood.\r\nWith genetic, molecular and advanced bio-imaging approaches, we demonstrate the role of PIN\r\nauxin transporters in the regulation of hypocotyl growth in response to hAT. We show that via\r\nadjustment of PIN3, PIN4 and PIN7 expression in cotyledons and hypocotyls, auxin distribution is modulated thereby determining elongation pattern of epidermal cells at hAT. Furthermore, we\r\nidentified three Zinc-Finger (ZF) transcription factors as novel molecular components of the\r\nthermo-regulatory network, which through negative regulation of PIN transcription adjust the\r\ntransport of auxin at hAT. Our results suggest that the ZF-PIN module might be a part of the\r\nnegative feedback loop attenuating the activity of the thermo-sensing pathway to restrain\r\nexaggerated growth and developmental responses to hAT." acknowledged_ssus: - _id: Bio - _id: LifeSc - _id: SSU acknowledgement: I would like to acknowledge ISTA and all the people from the Scientific Service Units and at ISTA, in particular Dorota Jaworska for excellent technical and scientific support as well as ÖAW for funding my research for over 3 years (DOC ÖAW Fellowship PR1022OEAW02). alternative_title: - ISTA Thesis article_processing_charge: No author: - first_name: Christina full_name: Artner, Christina id: 45DF286A-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Artner citation: ama: Artner C. Modulation of auxin transport via ZF proteins adjust plant response to high ambient temperature. 2022. doi:10.15479/at:ista:11879 apa: Artner, C. (2022). Modulation of auxin transport via ZF proteins adjust plant response to high ambient temperature. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:11879 chicago: Artner, Christina. “Modulation of Auxin Transport via ZF Proteins Adjust Plant Response to High Ambient Temperature.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2022. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:11879. ieee: C. Artner, “Modulation of auxin transport via ZF proteins adjust plant response to high ambient temperature,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2022. ista: Artner C. 2022. Modulation of auxin transport via ZF proteins adjust plant response to high ambient temperature. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. mla: Artner, Christina. Modulation of Auxin Transport via ZF Proteins Adjust Plant Response to High Ambient Temperature. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2022, doi:10.15479/at:ista:11879. short: C. Artner, Modulation of Auxin Transport via ZF Proteins Adjust Plant Response to High Ambient Temperature, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2022. date_created: 2022-08-17T07:58:53Z date_published: 2022-08-17T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2023-09-09T22:30:04Z day: '17' ddc: - '580' degree_awarded: PhD department: - _id: GradSch - _id: EvBe doi: 10.15479/at:ista:11879 file: - access_level: open_access checksum: a2c2fdc28002538840490bfa6a08b2cb content_type: application/pdf creator: cartner date_created: 2022-08-17T12:08:49Z date_updated: 2023-09-09T22:30:03Z embargo: 2023-09-08 file_id: '11907' file_name: ChristinaArtner_PhD_Thesis_2022.pdf file_size: 11113608 relation: main_file - access_level: closed checksum: 66b461c074b815fbe63481b3f46a9f43 content_type: application/octet-stream creator: cartner date_created: 2022-08-17T12:08:59Z date_updated: 2023-09-09T22:30:03Z embargo_to: open_access file_id: '11908' file_name: ChristinaArtner_PhD_Thesis_2022.7z file_size: 19097730 relation: source_file file_date_updated: 2023-09-09T22:30:03Z has_accepted_license: '1' keyword: - high ambient temperature - auxin - PINs - Zinc-Finger proteins - thermomorphogenesis - stress language: - iso: eng month: '08' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version page: '128' project: - _id: 2685A872-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 name: Hormonal regulation of plant adaptive responses to environmental signals publication_identifier: isbn: - 978-3-99078-022-0 issn: - 2663-337X publication_status: published publisher: Institute of Science and Technology Austria status: public supervisor: - first_name: Eva full_name: Benková, Eva id: 38F4F166-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Benková orcid: 0000-0002-8510-9739 title: Modulation of auxin transport via ZF proteins adjust plant response to high ambient temperature type: dissertation user_id: 2DF688A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 year: '2022' ... --- _id: '11393' abstract: - lang: eng text: "AMPA receptors (AMPARs) mediate fast excitatory neurotransmission and their role is\r\nimplicated in complex processes such as learning and memory and various neurological\r\ndiseases. These receptors are composed of different subunits and the subunit composition can\r\naffect channel properties, receptor trafficking and interaction with other associated proteins.\r\nUsing the high sensitivity SDS-digested freeze-fracture replica labeling (SDS-FRL) for\r\nelectron microscopy I investigated the number, density, and localization of AMPAR subunits,\r\nGluA1, GluA2, GluA3, and GluA1-3 (panAMPA) in pyramidal cells in the CA1 area of mouse\r\nhippocampus. I have found that the immunogold labeling for all of these subunits in the\r\npostsynaptic sites was highest in stratum radiatum and lowest in stratum lacunosummoleculare. The labeling density for the all subunits in the extrasynaptic sites showed a gradual\r\nincrease from the pyramidal cell soma towards the distal part of stratum radiatum. The densities\r\nof extrasynaptic GluA1, GluA2 and panAMPA labeling reached 10-15% of synaptic densities,\r\nwhile the ratio of extrasynaptic labeling for GluA3 was significantly lower compared than those\r\nfor other subunits. The labeling patterns for GluA1, GluA2 and GluA1-3 are similar and their\r\ndensities were higher in the periphery than center of synapses. In contrast, the GluA3-\r\ncontaining receptors were more centrally localized compared to the GluA1- and GluA2-\r\ncontaining receptors.\r\nThe hippocampus plays a central role in learning and memory. Contextual learning has been\r\nshown to require the delivery of AMPA receptors to CA1 synapses in the dorsal hippocampus.\r\nHowever, proximodistal heterogeneity of this plasticity and particular contribution of different\r\nAMPA receptor subunits are not fully understood. By combining inhibitory avoidance task, a\r\nhippocampus-dependent contextual fear-learning paradigm, with SDS-FRL, I have revealed an\r\nincrease in synaptic density specific to GluA1-containing AMPA receptors in the CA1 area.\r\nThe intrasynaptic distribution of GluA1 also changed from the periphery to center-preferred\r\npattern. Furthermore, this synaptic plasticity was evident selectively in stratum radiatum but\r\nnot stratum oriens, and in the CA1 subregion proximal but not distal to CA2. These findings\r\nfurther contribute to our understanding of how specific hippocampal subregions and AMPA\r\nreceptor subunits are involved in physiological learning.\r\nAlthough the immunolabeling results above shed light on subunit-specific plasticity in\r\nAMPAR distribution, no tools to visualize and study the subunit composition at the single\r\nchannel level in situ have been available. Electron microscopy with conventional immunogold\r\nlabeling approaches has limitations in the single channel analysis because of the large size of\r\nantibodies and steric hindrance hampering multiple subunit labeling of single channels. I\r\nmanaged to develop a new chemical labeling system using a short peptide tag and small\r\nsynthetic probes, which form specific covalent bond with a cysteine residue in the tag fused to\r\nproteins of interest (reactive tag system). I additionally made substantial progress into adapting\r\nthis system for AMPA receptor subunits." acknowledged_ssus: - _id: EM-Fac alternative_title: - ISTA Thesis article_processing_charge: No author: - first_name: Marijo full_name: Jevtic, Marijo id: 4BE3BC94-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Jevtic citation: ama: Jevtic M. Contextual fear learning induced changes in AMPA receptor subtypes along the proximodistal axis in dorsal hippocampus. 2022. doi:10.15479/at:ista:11393 apa: Jevtic, M. (2022). Contextual fear learning induced changes in AMPA receptor subtypes along the proximodistal axis in dorsal hippocampus. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:11393 chicago: Jevtic, Marijo. “Contextual Fear Learning Induced Changes in AMPA Receptor Subtypes along the Proximodistal Axis in Dorsal Hippocampus.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2022. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:11393. ieee: M. Jevtic, “Contextual fear learning induced changes in AMPA receptor subtypes along the proximodistal axis in dorsal hippocampus,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2022. ista: Jevtic M. 2022. Contextual fear learning induced changes in AMPA receptor subtypes along the proximodistal axis in dorsal hippocampus. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. mla: Jevtic, Marijo. Contextual Fear Learning Induced Changes in AMPA Receptor Subtypes along the Proximodistal Axis in Dorsal Hippocampus. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2022, doi:10.15479/at:ista:11393. short: M. Jevtic, Contextual Fear Learning Induced Changes in AMPA Receptor Subtypes along the Proximodistal Axis in Dorsal Hippocampus, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2022. date_created: 2022-05-17T08:57:41Z date_published: 2022-05-16T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2023-09-07T14:53:44Z day: '16' ddc: - '570' degree_awarded: PhD department: - _id: GradSch - _id: RySh doi: 10.15479/at:ista:11393 file: - access_level: closed checksum: 8fc695d88020d70d231dad0e9f10b138 content_type: application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document creator: cchlebak date_created: 2022-05-17T09:08:06Z date_updated: 2023-05-17T22:30:03Z embargo_to: open_access file_id: '11395' file_name: MJ thesis.docx file_size: 56427603 relation: source_file - access_level: open_access checksum: c1dd20a1aece521b3500607b00e463d6 content_type: application/pdf creator: cchlebak date_created: 2022-05-17T12:09:25Z date_updated: 2023-05-17T22:30:03Z embargo: 2023-05-16 file_id: '11397' file_name: MJ_thesis_PDFA.pdf file_size: 4351981 relation: main_file file_date_updated: 2023-05-17T22:30:03Z has_accepted_license: '1' language: - iso: eng month: '05' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version page: '108' publication_identifier: issn: - 2663-337X publication_status: published publisher: Institute of Science and Technology Austria related_material: record: - id: '7391' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public status: public supervisor: - first_name: Ryuichi full_name: Shigemoto, Ryuichi id: 499F3ABC-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Shigemoto orcid: 0000-0001-8761-9444 title: Contextual fear learning induced changes in AMPA receptor subtypes along the proximodistal axis in dorsal hippocampus type: dissertation user_id: 8b945eb4-e2f2-11eb-945a-df72226e66a9 year: '2022' ... --- _id: '12366' abstract: - lang: eng text: "Recent substantial advances in the feld of superconducting circuits have shown its\r\npotential as a leading platform for future quantum computing. In contrast to classical\r\ncomputers based on bits that are represented by a single binary value, 0 or 1, quantum\r\nbits (or qubits) can be in a superposition of both. Thus, quantum computers can store\r\nand handle more information at the same time and a quantum advantage has already\r\nbeen demonstrated for two types of computational tasks. Rapid progress in academic\r\nand industry labs accelerates the development of superconducting processors which may\r\nsoon fnd applications in complex computations, chemical simulations, cryptography, and\r\noptimization. Now that these machines are scaled up to tackle such problems the questions\r\nof qubit interconnects and networks becomes very relevant. How to route signals on-chip\r\nbetween diferent processor components? What is the most efcient way to entangle\r\nqubits? And how to then send and process entangled signals between distant cryostats\r\nhosting superconducting processors?\r\nIn this thesis, we are looking for solutions to these problems by studying the collective\r\nbehavior of superconducting qubit ensembles. We frst demonstrate on-demand tunable\r\ndirectional scattering of microwave photons from a pair of qubits in a waveguide. Such a\r\ndevice can route microwave photons on-chip with a high diode efciency. Then we focus\r\non studying ultra-strong coupling regimes between light (microwave photons) and matter\r\n(superconducting qubits), a regime that could be promising for extremely fast multi-qubit\r\nentanglement generation. Finally, we show coherent pulse storage and periodic revivals\r\nin a fve qubit ensemble strongly coupled to a resonator. Such a reconfgurable storage\r\ndevice could be used as part of a quantum repeater that is needed for longer-distance\r\nquantum communication.\r\nThe achieved high degree of control over multi-qubit ensembles highlights not only the\r\nbeautiful physics of circuit quantum electrodynamics, it also represents the frst step\r\ntoward new quantum simulation and communication methods, and certain techniques\r\nmay also fnd applications in future superconducting quantum computing hardware.\r\n" acknowledged_ssus: - _id: NanoFab - _id: M-Shop - _id: EM-Fac alternative_title: - ISTA Thesis article_processing_charge: No author: - first_name: Elena full_name: Redchenko, Elena id: 2C21D6E8-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Redchenko citation: ama: Redchenko E. Controllable states of superconducting Qubit ensembles. 2022. doi:10.15479/at:ista:12132 apa: Redchenko, E. (2022). Controllable states of superconducting Qubit ensembles. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:12132 chicago: Redchenko, Elena. “Controllable States of Superconducting Qubit Ensembles.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2022. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:12132. ieee: E. Redchenko, “Controllable states of superconducting Qubit ensembles,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2022. ista: Redchenko E. 2022. Controllable states of superconducting Qubit ensembles. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. mla: Redchenko, Elena. Controllable States of Superconducting Qubit Ensembles. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2022, doi:10.15479/at:ista:12132. short: E. Redchenko, Controllable States of Superconducting Qubit Ensembles, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2022. date_created: 2023-01-25T09:17:02Z date_published: 2022-09-26T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2023-05-26T09:29:07Z day: '26' ddc: - '530' degree_awarded: PhD department: - _id: GradSch - _id: JoFi doi: 10.15479/at:ista:12132 ec_funded: 1 file: - access_level: open_access checksum: 39eabb1e006b41335f17f3b29af09648 content_type: application/pdf creator: cchlebak date_created: 2023-01-25T09:41:49Z date_updated: 2023-01-26T23:30:44Z embargo: 2022-12-28 file_id: '12367' file_name: Final_Thesis_ES_Redchenko.pdf file_size: 56076868 relation: main_file file_date_updated: 2023-01-26T23:30:44Z has_accepted_license: '1' language: - iso: eng month: '09' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version page: '168' project: - _id: 2564DBCA-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: H2020 grant_number: '665385' name: International IST Doctoral Program - _id: 26336814-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: H2020 grant_number: '758053' name: A Fiber Optic Transceiver for Superconducting Qubits - _id: 237CBA6C-32DE-11EA-91FC-C7463DDC885E call_identifier: H2020 grant_number: '862644' name: Quantum readout techniques and technologies publication_identifier: isbn: - 978-3-99078-024-4 issn: - 2663-337X publication_status: published publisher: Institute of Science and Technology Austria status: public supervisor: - first_name: Johannes M full_name: Fink, Johannes M id: 4B591CBA-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Fink orcid: 0000-0001-8112-028X title: Controllable states of superconducting Qubit ensembles type: dissertation user_id: 8b945eb4-e2f2-11eb-945a-df72226e66a9 year: '2022' ... --- _id: '11932' abstract: - lang: eng text: "The ability to form and retrieve memories is central to survival. In mammals, the hippocampus\r\nis a brain region essential to the acquisition and consolidation of new memories. It is also\r\ninvolved in keeping track of one’s position in space and aids navigation. Although this\r\nspace-memory has been a source of contradiction, evidence supports the view that the role of\r\nthe hippocampus in navigation is memory, thanks to the formation of cognitive maps. First\r\nintroduced by Tolman in 1948, cognitive maps are generally used to organize experiences in\r\nmemory; however, the detailed mechanisms by which these maps are formed and stored are not\r\nyet agreed upon. Some influential theories describe this process as involving three fundamental\r\nsteps: initial encoding by the hippocampus, interactions between the hippocampus and other\r\ncortical areas, and long-term extra-hippocampal consolidation. In this thesis, I will show how\r\nthe investigation of cognitive maps of space helped to shed light on each of these three memory\r\nprocesses.\r\nThe first study included in this thesis deals with the initial encoding of spatial memories in\r\nthe hippocampus. Much is known about encoding at the level of single cells, but less about\r\ntheir co-activity or joint contribution to the encoding of novel spatial information. I will\r\ndescribe the structure of an interaction network that allows for efficient encoding of noisy\r\nspatial information during the first exploration of a novel environment.\r\nThe second study describes the interactions between the hippocampus and the prefrontal\r\ncortex (PFC), two areas directly and indirectly connected. It is known that the PFC, in concert\r\nwith the hippocampus, is involved in various processes, including memory storage and spatial\r\nnavigation. Nonetheless, the detailed mechanisms by which PFC receives information from the\r\nhippocampus are not clear. I will show how a transient improvement in theta phase locking of\r\nPFC cells enables interactions of cell pairs across the two regions.\r\nThe third study describes the learning of behaviorally-relevant spatial locations in the hippocampus and the medial entorhinal cortex. I will show how the accumulation of firing around\r\ngoal locations, a correlate of learning, can shed light on the transition from short- to long-term\r\nspatial memories and the speed of consolidation in different brain areas.\r\nThe studies included in this thesis represent the main scientific contributions of my Ph.D. They\r\ninvolve statistical analyses and models of neural responses of cells in different brain areas of\r\nrats executing spatial tasks. I will conclude the thesis by discussing the impact of the findings\r\non principles of memory formation and retention, including the mechanisms, the speed, and\r\nthe duration of these processes." acknowledgement: I acknowledge the support from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Grant Agreement No. 665385. alternative_title: - ISTA Thesis article_processing_charge: No author: - first_name: Michele full_name: Nardin, Michele id: 30BD0376-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Nardin orcid: 0000-0001-8849-6570 citation: ama: Nardin M. On the encoding, transfer, and consolidation of spatial memories. 2022. doi:10.15479/at:ista:11932 apa: Nardin, M. (2022). On the encoding, transfer, and consolidation of spatial memories. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:11932 chicago: Nardin, Michele. “On the Encoding, Transfer, and Consolidation of Spatial Memories.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2022. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:11932. ieee: M. Nardin, “On the encoding, transfer, and consolidation of spatial memories,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2022. ista: Nardin M. 2022. On the encoding, transfer, and consolidation of spatial memories. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. mla: Nardin, Michele. On the Encoding, Transfer, and Consolidation of Spatial Memories. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2022, doi:10.15479/at:ista:11932. short: M. Nardin, On the Encoding, Transfer, and Consolidation of Spatial Memories, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2022. date_created: 2022-08-19T08:52:30Z date_published: 2022-08-19T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2023-09-05T12:02:14Z day: '19' ddc: - '573' degree_awarded: PhD department: - _id: GradSch - _id: JoCs doi: 10.15479/at:ista:11932 ec_funded: 1 file: - access_level: closed checksum: 2dbb70c74aaa3b64c1f463e943baf09c content_type: application/zip creator: mnardin date_created: 2022-08-19T16:31:34Z date_updated: 2023-06-20T22:30:04Z embargo_to: open_access file_id: '11935' file_name: Michele Nardin, Ph.D. Thesis - ISTA (1).zip file_size: 13515457 relation: source_file - access_level: open_access checksum: 0ec94035ea35a47a9f589ed168e60b48 content_type: application/pdf creator: mnardin date_created: 2022-08-22T09:43:50Z date_updated: 2023-06-20T22:30:04Z embargo: 2023-06-19 file_id: '11941' file_name: Michele_Nardin_Phd_Thesis_PDFA.pdf file_size: 9906458 relation: main_file file_date_updated: 2023-06-20T22:30:04Z has_accepted_license: '1' language: - iso: eng month: '08' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version page: '136' project: - _id: 2564DBCA-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: H2020 grant_number: '665385' name: International IST Doctoral Program publication_identifier: issn: - 2663-337X publication_status: published publisher: Institute of Science and Technology Austria related_material: record: - id: '10077' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '6194' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public status: public supervisor: - first_name: Jozsef L full_name: Csicsvari, Jozsef L id: 3FA14672-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Csicsvari orcid: 0000-0002-5193-4036 title: On the encoding, transfer, and consolidation of spatial memories type: dissertation user_id: 8b945eb4-e2f2-11eb-945a-df72226e66a9 year: '2022' ... --- _id: '12378' abstract: - lang: eng text: "Environmental cues influence the highly dynamic morphology of microglia. Strategies to \r\ncharacterize these changes usually involve user-selected morphometric features, which \r\npreclude the identification of a spectrum of context-dependent morphological phenotypes. \r\nHere, we develop MorphOMICs, a topological data analysis approach, which enables semi\x02automatic mapping of microglial morphology into an atlas of cue-dependent phenotypes,\r\novercomes feature-selection bias and minimizes biological variability. \r\nFirst, with MorphOMICs we derive the morphological spectrum of microglia across seven \r\nbrain regions during postnatal development and in two distinct Alzheimer’s disease \r\ndegeneration mouse models. We uncover region-specific and sexually dimorphic\r\nmorphological trajectories, with females showing an earlier morphological shift than males in \r\nthe degenerating brain. Overall, we demonstrate that both long primary- and short terminal \r\nprocesses provide distinct insights to morphological phenotypes. Moreover, using machine \r\nlearning to map novel condition on the spectrum, we observe that microglia morphologies \r\nreflect a dose-dependent adaptation upon ketamine anesthesia and do not recover to control \r\nmorphologies.\r\nNext, we took advantage of MorphOMICs to build a high-resolution and layer-specific map of \r\nmicroglial morphological spectrum in the retina, covering postnatal development and rd10 \r\ndegeneration. Here, following photoreceptor death, microglia assume an early development\x02like morphology. Finally, we map microglial morphology following optic nerve crush on the \r\nretinal spectrum and observe a layer- and sex-dependent response. \r\nOverall, MorphOMICs opens a new perspective to analyze microglial morphology across \r\nmultiple conditions, and provides a novel tool to characterize microglial morphology beyond \r\nthe traditionally dichotomized view of microglia." acknowledged_ssus: - _id: PreCl - _id: Bio - _id: ScienComp alternative_title: - ISTA Thesis article_processing_charge: No author: - first_name: Gloria full_name: Colombo, Gloria id: 3483CF6C-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Colombo orcid: 0000-0001-9434-8902 citation: ama: Colombo G. MorphOMICs, a tool for mapping microglial morphology, reveals brain region- and sex-dependent phenotypes. 2022. doi:10.15479/at:ista:12378 apa: Colombo, G. (2022). MorphOMICs, a tool for mapping microglial morphology, reveals brain region- and sex-dependent phenotypes. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:12378 chicago: Colombo, Gloria. “MorphOMICs, a Tool for Mapping Microglial Morphology, Reveals Brain Region- and Sex-Dependent Phenotypes.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2022. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:12378. ieee: G. Colombo, “MorphOMICs, a tool for mapping microglial morphology, reveals brain region- and sex-dependent phenotypes,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2022. ista: Colombo G. 2022. MorphOMICs, a tool for mapping microglial morphology, reveals brain region- and sex-dependent phenotypes. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. mla: Colombo, Gloria. MorphOMICs, a Tool for Mapping Microglial Morphology, Reveals Brain Region- and Sex-Dependent Phenotypes. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2022, doi:10.15479/at:ista:12378. short: G. Colombo, MorphOMICs, a Tool for Mapping Microglial Morphology, Reveals Brain Region- and Sex-Dependent Phenotypes, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2022. date_created: 2023-01-25T14:27:43Z date_published: 2022-11-11T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2023-08-04T09:40:37Z day: '11' ddc: - '570' degree_awarded: PhD department: - _id: GradSch - _id: SaSi doi: 10.15479/at:ista:12378 ec_funded: 1 file: - access_level: closed checksum: 8cd3ddfe9b53381dcf086023d8d8893a content_type: application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document creator: cchlebak date_created: 2023-01-25T14:31:32Z date_updated: 2023-04-12T22:30:03Z embargo_to: open_access file_id: '12379' file_name: Gloria_Colombo_Thesis.docx file_size: 23890382 relation: source_file - access_level: open_access checksum: 8af4319c18b516e8758e9a6cb02b103b content_type: application/pdf creator: cchlebak date_created: 2023-01-25T14:31:36Z date_updated: 2023-04-12T22:30:03Z embargo: 2023-04-11 file_id: '12380' file_name: Gloria_Colombo_Thesis.pdf file_size: 13802421 relation: main_file file_date_updated: 2023-04-12T22:30:03Z has_accepted_license: '1' language: - iso: eng month: '11' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version page: '142' project: - _id: 2564DBCA-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: H2020 grant_number: '665385' name: International IST Doctoral Program publication_identifier: issn: - 2663-337X publication_status: published publisher: Institute of Science and Technology Austria related_material: record: - id: '12244' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public status: public supervisor: - first_name: Sandra full_name: Siegert, Sandra id: 36ACD32E-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Siegert orcid: 0000-0001-8635-0877 title: MorphOMICs, a tool for mapping microglial morphology, reveals brain region- and sex-dependent phenotypes 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: dissertation user_id: 2DF688A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 year: '2022' ... --- _id: '11388' abstract: - lang: eng text: "In evolve and resequence experiments, a population is sequenced, subjected to selection and\r\nthen sequenced again, so that genetic changes before and after selection can be observed at\r\nthe genetic level. Here, I use these studies to better understand the genetic basis of complex\r\ntraits - traits which depend on more than a few genes.\r\nIn the first chapter, I discuss the first evolve and resequence experiment, in which a population\r\nof mice, the so-called \"Longshanks\" mice, were selected for tibia length while their body mass\r\nwas kept constant. The full pedigree is known. We observed a selection response on all\r\nchromosomes and used the infinitesimal model with linkage, a model which assumes an infinite\r\nnumber of genes with infinitesimally small effect sizes, as a null model. Results implied a very\r\npolygenic basis with a few loci of major effect standing out and changing in parallel. There\r\nwas large variability between the different chromosomes in this study, probably due to LD.\r\nIn chapter two, I go on to discuss the impact of LD, on the variability in an allele-frequency\r\nbased summary statistic, giving an equation based on the initial allele frequencies, average\r\npairwise LD, and the first four moments of the haplotype block copy number distribution. I\r\ndescribe this distribution by referring back to the founder generation. I then demonstrate\r\nhow to infer selection via a maximum likelihood scheme on the example of a single locus and\r\ndiscuss how to extend this to more realistic scenarios.\r\nIn chapter three, I discuss the second evolve and resequence experiment, in which a small\r\npopulation of Drosophila melanogaster was selected for increased pupal case size over 6\r\ngenerations. The experiment was highly replicated with 27 lines selected within family and a\r\nknown pedigree. We observed a phenotypic selection response of over one standard deviation.\r\nI describe the patterns in allele frequency data, including allele frequency changes and patterns\r\nof heterozygosity, and give ideas for future work." alternative_title: - ISTA Thesis article_processing_charge: No author: - first_name: Stefanie full_name: Belohlavy, Stefanie id: 43FE426A-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Belohlavy orcid: 0000-0002-9849-498X citation: ama: Belohlavy S. The genetic basis of complex traits studied via analysis of evolve and resequence experiments. 2022. doi:10.15479/at:ista:11388 apa: Belohlavy, S. (2022). The genetic basis of complex traits studied via analysis of evolve and resequence experiments. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:11388 chicago: Belohlavy, Stefanie. “The Genetic Basis of Complex Traits Studied via Analysis of Evolve and Resequence Experiments.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2022. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:11388. ieee: S. Belohlavy, “The genetic basis of complex traits studied via analysis of evolve and resequence experiments,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2022. ista: Belohlavy S. 2022. The genetic basis of complex traits studied via analysis of evolve and resequence experiments. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. mla: Belohlavy, Stefanie. The Genetic Basis of Complex Traits Studied via Analysis of Evolve and Resequence Experiments. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2022, doi:10.15479/at:ista:11388. short: S. Belohlavy, The Genetic Basis of Complex Traits Studied via Analysis of Evolve and Resequence Experiments, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2022. date_created: 2022-05-16T16:49:18Z date_published: 2022-05-18T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2023-08-29T06:41:51Z day: '18' ddc: - '576' degree_awarded: PhD department: - _id: GradSch - _id: NiBa doi: 10.15479/at:ista:11388 file: - access_level: open_access checksum: 4d75e6a619df7e8a9d6e840aee182380 content_type: application/pdf creator: sbelohla date_created: 2022-05-19T13:03:13Z date_updated: 2023-05-20T22:30:03Z embargo: 2023-05-19 file_id: '11398' file_name: thesis_sb_final_pdfa.pdf file_size: 8247240 relation: main_file - access_level: closed checksum: 7a5d8b6dd0ca00784f860075b0a7d8f0 content_type: application/x-zip-compressed creator: sbelohla date_created: 2022-05-19T13:07:47Z date_updated: 2023-05-20T22:30:03Z embargo_to: open_access file_id: '11399' file_name: thesis_sb_final.zip file_size: 7094 relation: source_file file_date_updated: 2023-05-20T22:30:03Z has_accepted_license: '1' language: - iso: eng month: '05' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version page: '98' publication_identifier: isbn: - 978-3-99078-018-3 publication_status: published publisher: Institute of Science and Technology Austria related_material: record: - id: '6713' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public status: public supervisor: - first_name: Nicholas H full_name: Barton, Nicholas H id: 4880FE40-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Barton orcid: 0000-0002-8548-5240 title: The genetic basis of complex traits studied via analysis of evolve and resequence experiments 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: dissertation user_id: 8b945eb4-e2f2-11eb-945a-df72226e66a9 year: '2022' ... --- _id: '12401' abstract: - lang: eng text: "Detachment of the cancer cells from the bulk of the tumor is the first step of metastasis, which\r\nis the primary cause of cancer related deaths. It is unclear, which factors contribute to this step.\r\nRecent studies indicate a crucial role of the tumor microenvironment in malignant\r\ntransformation and metastasis. Studying cancer cell invasion and detachments quantitatively in\r\nthe context of its physiological microenvironment is technically challenging. Especially, precise\r\ncontrol of microenvironmental properties in vivo is currently not possible. Here, I studied the\r\nrole of microenvironment geometry in the invasion and detachment of cancer cells from the\r\nbulk with a simplistic and reductionist approach. In this approach, I engineered microfluidic\r\ndevices to mimic a pseudo 3D extracellular matrix environment, where I was able to\r\nquantitatively tune the geometrical configuration of the microenvironment and follow tumor\r\ncells with fluorescence live imaging. To aid quantitative analysis I developed a widely applicable\r\nsoftware application to automatically analyze and visualize particle tracking data.\r\nQuantitative analysis of tumor cell invasion in isotropic and anisotropic microenvironments\r\nshowed that heterogeneity in the microenvironment promotes faster invasion and more\r\nfrequent detachment of cells. These observations correlated with overall higher speed of cells at\r\nthe edge of the bulk of the cells. In heterogeneous microenvironments cells preferentially\r\npassed through larger pores, thus invading areas of least resistance and generating finger-like\r\ninvasive structures. The detachments occurred mostly at the tips of these structures.\r\nTo investigate the potential mechanism, we established a two dimensional model to simulate\r\nactive Brownian particles representing the cell nuclei dynamics. These simulations backed our in\r\nvitro observations without the need of precise fitting the simulation parameters. Our model\r\nsuggests the importance of the pore heterogeneity in the direction perpendicular to the\r\norientation of bias field (lateral heterogeneity), which causes the interface roughening." alternative_title: - ISTA Thesis article_processing_charge: No author: - first_name: Saren full_name: Tasciyan, Saren id: 4323B49C-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Tasciyan orcid: 0000-0003-1671-393X citation: ama: Tasciyan S. Role of microenvironment heterogeneity in cancer cell invasion. 2022. doi:10.15479/at:ista:12401 apa: Tasciyan, S. (2022). Role of microenvironment heterogeneity in cancer cell invasion. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:12401 chicago: Tasciyan, Saren. “Role of Microenvironment Heterogeneity in Cancer Cell Invasion.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2022. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:12401. ieee: S. Tasciyan, “Role of microenvironment heterogeneity in cancer cell invasion,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2022. ista: Tasciyan S. 2022. Role of microenvironment heterogeneity in cancer cell invasion. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. mla: Tasciyan, Saren. Role of Microenvironment Heterogeneity in Cancer Cell Invasion. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2022, doi:10.15479/at:ista:12401. short: S. Tasciyan, Role of Microenvironment Heterogeneity in Cancer Cell Invasion, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2022. date_created: 2023-01-26T11:55:16Z date_published: 2022-12-22T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2023-12-21T23:30:04Z day: '22' ddc: - '610' degree_awarded: PhD department: - _id: GradSch - _id: MiSi doi: 10.15479/at:ista:12401 file: - access_level: open_access checksum: cc4a2b4a7e3c4ee8ef7f2dbf909b12bd content_type: application/pdf creator: cchlebak date_created: 2023-01-26T11:58:14Z date_updated: 2023-12-21T23:30:03Z embargo: 2023-12-20 file_id: '12402' file_name: PhD-Thesis_Saren Tasciyan_formatted_aftercrash_fixed_600dpi_95pc_final_PDFA3b.pdf file_size: 42059787 relation: main_file - access_level: closed checksum: f1b4ca98b8ab0cb043b1830971e9bd9c content_type: application/x-zip-compressed creator: cchlebak date_created: 2023-01-26T12:00:10Z date_updated: 2023-12-21T23:30:03Z embargo_to: open_access file_id: '12403' file_name: Source Files - Saren Tasciyan - PhD Thesis.zip file_size: 261256696 relation: source_file file_date_updated: 2023-12-21T23:30:03Z has_accepted_license: '1' language: - iso: eng month: '12' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version page: '105' publication_identifier: issn: - 2663-337X publication_status: published publisher: Institute of Science and Technology Austria related_material: record: - id: '679' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '10703' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '9429' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '7885' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public status: public supervisor: - first_name: Michael K full_name: Sixt, Michael K id: 41E9FBEA-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Sixt orcid: 0000-0002-6620-9179 title: Role of microenvironment heterogeneity in cancer cell invasion type: dissertation user_id: 8b945eb4-e2f2-11eb-945a-df72226e66a9 year: '2022' ... --- _id: '11193' abstract: - lang: eng text: "The infiltration of immune cells into tissues underlies the establishment of tissue-resident\r\nmacrophages and responses to infections and tumors. However, the mechanisms immune\r\ncells utilize to collectively migrate through tissue barriers in vivo are not yet well understood.\r\nIn this thesis, I describe two mechanisms that Drosophila immune cells (hemocytes) use to\r\novercome the tissue barrier of the germband in the embryo. One strategy is the strengthening\r\nof the actin cortex through developmentally controlled transcriptional regulation induced by\r\nthe Drosophila proto-oncogene family member Dfos, which I show in Chapter 2. Dfos induces\r\nexpression of the tetraspanin TM4SF and the filamin Cher leading to higher levels of the\r\nactivated formin Dia at the cortex and increased cortical F-actin. This enhanced cortical\r\nstrength allows hemocytes to overcome the physical resistance of the surrounding tissue and\r\ntranslocate their nucleus to move forward. This mechanism affects the speed of migration\r\nwhen hemocytes face a confined environment in vivo.\r\nAnother aspect of the invasion process is the initial step of the leading hemocytes entering\r\nthe tissue, which potentially guides the follower cells. In Chapter 3, I describe a novel\r\nsubpopulation of hemocytes activated by BMP signaling prior to tissue invasion that leads\r\npenetration into the germband. Hemocytes that are deficient in BMP signaling activation\r\nshow impaired persistence at the tissue entry, while their migration speed remains\r\nunaffected.\r\nThis suggests that there might be different mechanisms controlling immune cell migration\r\nwithin the confined environment in vivo, one of these being the general ability to overcome\r\nthe resistance of the surrounding tissue and another affecting the order of hemocytes that\r\ncollectively invade the tissue in a stream of individual cells.\r\nTogether, my findings provide deeper insights into transcriptional changes in immune\r\ncells that enable efficient tissue invasion and pave the way for future studies investigating the\r\nearly colonization of tissues by macrophages in higher organisms. Moreover, they extend the\r\ncurrent view of Drosophila immune cell heterogeneity and point toward a potentially\r\nconserved role for canonical BMP signaling in specifying immune cells that lead the migration\r\nof tissue resident macrophages during embryogenesis." acknowledged_ssus: - _id: LifeSc alternative_title: - ISTA Thesis article_processing_charge: No author: - first_name: Stephanie full_name: Wachner, Stephanie id: 2A95E7B0-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Wachner citation: ama: Wachner S. Transcriptional regulation by Dfos and BMP-signaling support tissue invasion of Drosophila immune cells. 2022. doi:10.15479/at:ista:11193 apa: Wachner, S. (2022). Transcriptional regulation by Dfos and BMP-signaling support tissue invasion of Drosophila immune cells. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:11193 chicago: Wachner, Stephanie. “Transcriptional Regulation by Dfos and BMP-Signaling Support Tissue Invasion of Drosophila Immune Cells.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2022. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:11193. ieee: S. Wachner, “Transcriptional regulation by Dfos and BMP-signaling support tissue invasion of Drosophila immune cells,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2022. ista: Wachner S. 2022. Transcriptional regulation by Dfos and BMP-signaling support tissue invasion of Drosophila immune cells. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. mla: Wachner, Stephanie. Transcriptional Regulation by Dfos and BMP-Signaling Support Tissue Invasion of Drosophila Immune Cells. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2022, doi:10.15479/at:ista:11193. short: S. Wachner, Transcriptional Regulation by Dfos and BMP-Signaling Support Tissue Invasion of Drosophila Immune Cells, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2022. date_created: 2022-04-20T08:59:07Z date_published: 2022-04-20T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2023-09-19T10:15:54Z day: '20' ddc: - '570' degree_awarded: PhD department: - _id: GradSch - _id: DaSi doi: 10.15479/at:ista:11193 file: - access_level: open_access checksum: 999ab16884c4522486136ebc5ae8dbff content_type: application/pdf creator: cchlebak date_created: 2022-04-20T09:03:57Z date_updated: 2023-04-21T22:30:03Z embargo: 2023-04-20 file_id: '11195' file_name: Thesis_Stephanie_Wachner_20200414_formatted.pdf file_size: 8820951 relation: main_file - access_level: closed checksum: fd92b1e38d53bdf8b458213882d41383 content_type: application/x-zip-compressed creator: cchlebak date_created: 2022-04-22T12:41:00Z date_updated: 2023-04-21T22:30:03Z embargo_to: open_access file_id: '11329' file_name: Thesis_Stephanie_Wachner_20200414.zip file_size: 65864612 relation: source_file file_date_updated: 2023-04-21T22:30:03Z has_accepted_license: '1' language: - iso: eng month: '04' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version page: '170' project: - _id: 26199CA4-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 grant_number: '24800' name: Tissue barrier penetration is crucial for immunity and metastasis publication_identifier: issn: - 2663-337X publication_status: published publisher: Institute of Science and Technology Austria related_material: record: - id: '10614' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '544' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public status: public supervisor: - first_name: Daria E full_name: Siekhaus, Daria E id: 3D224B9E-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Siekhaus orcid: 0000-0001-8323-8353 title: Transcriptional regulation by Dfos and BMP-signaling support tissue invasion of Drosophila immune 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: dissertation user_id: 8b945eb4-e2f2-11eb-945a-df72226e66a9 year: '2022' ... --- _id: '12364' abstract: - lang: eng text: "Autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) are a group of neurodevelopmental disorders character\x02ized by behavioral symptoms such as problems in social communication and interaction, as\r\nwell as repetitive, restricted behaviors and interests. These disorders show a high degree\r\nof heritability and hundreds of risk genes have been identifed using high throughput\r\nsequencing technologies. This genetic heterogeneity has hampered eforts in understanding\r\nthe pathogenesis of ASD but at the same time given rise to the concept of convergent\r\nmechanisms. Previous studies have identifed that risk genes for ASD broadly converge\r\nonto specifc functional categories with transcriptional regulation being one of the biggest\r\ngroups. In this thesis, I focus on this subgroup of genes and investigate the gene regulatory\r\nconsequences of some of them in the context of neurodevelopment.\r\nFirst, we showed that mutations in the ASD and intellectual disability risk gene Setd5 lead\r\nto perturbations of gene regulatory programs in early cell fate specifcation. In addition,\r\nadult animals display abnormal learning behavior which is mirrored at the transcriptional\r\nlevel by altered activity dependent regulation of postsynaptic gene expression. Lastly,\r\nwe link the regulatory function of Setd5 to its interaction with the Paf1 and the NCoR\r\ncomplex.\r\nSecond, by modeling the heterozygous loss of the top ASD gene CHD8 in human cerebral\r\norganoids we demonstrate profound changes in the developmental trajectories of both\r\ninhibitory and excitatory neurons using single cell RNA-sequencing. While the former\r\nwere generated earlier in CHD8+/- organoids, the generation of the latter was shifted to\r\nlater times in favor of a prolonged progenitor expansion phase and ultimately increased\r\norganoid size.\r\nFinally, by modeling heterozygous mutations for four ASD associated chromatin modifers,\r\nASH1L, KDM6B, KMT5B, and SETD5 in human cortical spheroids we show evidence of\r\nregulatory convergence across three of those genes. We observe a shift from dorsal cortical\r\nexcitatory neuron fates towards partially ventralized cell types resembling cells from the\r\nlateral ganglionic eminence. As this project is still ongoing at the time of writing, future\r\nexperiments will aim at elucidating the regulatory mechanisms underlying this shift with\r\nthe aim of linking these three ASD risk genes through biological convergence." alternative_title: - ISTA Thesis article_processing_charge: No author: - first_name: Christoph full_name: Dotter, Christoph id: 4C66542E-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Dotter orcid: 0000-0002-9033-9096 citation: ama: Dotter C. Transcriptional consequences of mutations in genes associated with Autism Spectrum Disorder. 2022. doi:10.15479/at:ista:12094 apa: Dotter, C. (2022). Transcriptional consequences of mutations in genes associated with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:12094 chicago: Dotter, Christoph. “Transcriptional Consequences of Mutations in Genes Associated with Autism Spectrum Disorder.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2022. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:12094. ieee: C. Dotter, “Transcriptional consequences of mutations in genes associated with Autism Spectrum Disorder,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2022. ista: Dotter C. 2022. Transcriptional consequences of mutations in genes associated with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. mla: Dotter, Christoph. Transcriptional Consequences of Mutations in Genes Associated with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2022, doi:10.15479/at:ista:12094. short: C. Dotter, Transcriptional Consequences of Mutations in Genes Associated with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2022. date_created: 2023-01-24T13:09:57Z date_published: 2022-09-19T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2023-11-16T13:10:22Z day: '19' ddc: - '570' degree_awarded: PhD department: - _id: GradSch - _id: GaNo doi: 10.15479/at:ista:12094 ec_funded: 1 file: - access_level: open_access checksum: 896f4cac9adb6d3f26a6605772f4e1a3 content_type: application/pdf creator: cchlebak date_created: 2023-01-24T13:15:45Z date_updated: 2023-09-20T22:30:03Z embargo: 2023-09-19 file_id: '12365' file_name: 220923_Thesis_CDotter_Final.pdf file_size: 20457465 relation: main_file - access_level: closed checksum: ad01bb20da163be6893b7af832e58419 content_type: application/x-zip-compressed creator: cchlebak date_created: 2023-02-02T09:15:35Z date_updated: 2023-09-20T22:30:03Z embargo_to: open_access file_id: '12482' file_name: latex_source_CDotter_Thesis_2022.zip file_size: 22433512 relation: source_file file_date_updated: 2023-09-20T22:30:03Z has_accepted_license: '1' language: - iso: eng month: '09' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version page: '152' project: - _id: 254BA948-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 grant_number: '401299' name: Probing development and reversibility of autism spectrum disorders - _id: 9B91375C-BA93-11EA-9121-9846C619BF3A grant_number: '707964' name: Critical windows and reversibility of ASD associated with mutations in chromatin remodelers - _id: 25444568-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: H2020 grant_number: '715508' name: Probing the Reversibility of Autism Spectrum Disorders by Employing in vivo and in vitro Models - _id: 2690FEAC-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: FWF grant_number: I04205 name: Identification of converging Molecular Pathways Across Chromatinopathies as Targets for Therapy publication_identifier: issn: - 2663-337X publication_status: published publisher: Institute of Science and Technology Austria related_material: record: - id: '3' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '11160' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public status: public supervisor: - first_name: Gaia full_name: Novarino, Gaia id: 3E57A680-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Novarino orcid: 0000-0002-7673-7178 title: Transcriptional consequences of mutations in genes associated with Autism Spectrum Disorder type: dissertation user_id: 8b945eb4-e2f2-11eb-945a-df72226e66a9 year: '2022' ... --- _id: '9056' abstract: - lang: eng text: "In this thesis we study persistence of multi-covers of Euclidean balls and the geometric structures underlying their computation, in particular Delaunay mosaics and Voronoi tessellations. The k-fold cover for some discrete input point set consists of the space where at least k balls of radius r around the input points overlap. Persistence is a notion that captures, in some sense, the topology of the shape underlying the input. While persistence is usually computed for the union of balls, the k-fold cover is of interest as it captures local density,\r\nand thus might approximate the shape of the input better if the input data is noisy. To compute persistence of these k-fold covers, we need a discretization that is provided by higher-order Delaunay mosaics. We present and implement a simple and efficient algorithm for the computation of higher-order Delaunay mosaics, and use it to give experimental results for their combinatorial properties. The algorithm makes use of a new geometric structure, the rhomboid tiling. It contains the higher-order Delaunay mosaics as slices, and by introducing a filtration\r\nfunction on the tiling, we also obtain higher-order α-shapes as slices. These allow us to compute persistence of the multi-covers for varying radius r; the computation for varying k is less straight-foward and involves the rhomboid tiling directly. We apply our algorithms to experimental sphere packings to shed light on their structural properties. Finally, inspired by periodic structures in packings and materials, we propose and implement an algorithm for periodic Delaunay triangulations to be integrated into the Computational Geometry Algorithms Library (CGAL), and discuss the implications on persistence for periodic data sets." alternative_title: - ISTA Thesis article_processing_charge: No author: - first_name: Georg F full_name: Osang, Georg F id: 464B40D6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Osang orcid: 0000-0002-8882-5116 citation: ama: Osang GF. Multi-cover persistence and Delaunay mosaics. 2021. doi:10.15479/AT:ISTA:9056 apa: Osang, G. F. (2021). Multi-cover persistence and Delaunay mosaics. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, Klosterneuburg. https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:9056 chicago: Osang, Georg F. “Multi-Cover Persistence and Delaunay Mosaics.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2021. https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:9056. ieee: G. F. Osang, “Multi-cover persistence and Delaunay mosaics,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, Klosterneuburg, 2021. ista: 'Osang GF. 2021. Multi-cover persistence and Delaunay mosaics. Klosterneuburg: Institute of Science and Technology Austria.' mla: Osang, Georg F. Multi-Cover Persistence and Delaunay Mosaics. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2021, doi:10.15479/AT:ISTA:9056. short: G.F. Osang, Multi-Cover Persistence and Delaunay Mosaics, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2021. date_created: 2021-02-02T14:11:06Z date_published: 2021-02-01T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2023-09-07T13:29:01Z day: '01' ddc: - '006' - '514' - '516' degree_awarded: PhD department: - _id: HeEd - _id: GradSch doi: 10.15479/AT:ISTA:9056 file: - access_level: closed checksum: bcf27986147cab0533b6abadd74e7629 content_type: application/zip creator: patrickd date_created: 2021-02-02T14:09:25Z date_updated: 2021-02-03T10:37:28Z file_id: '9063' file_name: thesis_source.zip file_size: 13446994 relation: source_file - access_level: open_access checksum: 9cc8af266579a464385bbe2aff6af606 content_type: application/pdf creator: patrickd date_created: 2021-02-02T14:09:18Z date_updated: 2021-02-02T14:09:18Z file_id: '9064' file_name: thesis_pdfA2b.pdf file_size: 5210329 relation: main_file success: 1 file_date_updated: 2021-02-03T10:37:28Z has_accepted_license: '1' language: - iso: eng month: '02' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version page: '134' place: Klosterneuburg publication_identifier: issn: - 2663-337X publication_status: published publisher: Institute of Science and Technology Austria related_material: record: - id: '187' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '8703' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public status: public supervisor: - first_name: Herbert full_name: Edelsbrunner, Herbert id: 3FB178DA-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Edelsbrunner orcid: 0000-0002-9823-6833 title: Multi-cover persistence and Delaunay mosaics 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: dissertation user_id: c635000d-4b10-11ee-a964-aac5a93f6ac1 year: '2021' ... --- _id: '9022' abstract: - lang: eng text: "In the first part of the thesis we consider Hermitian random matrices. Firstly, we consider sample covariance matrices XX∗ with X having independent identically distributed (i.i.d.) centred entries. We prove a Central Limit Theorem for differences of linear statistics of XX∗ and its minor after removing the first column of X. Secondly, we consider Wigner-type matrices and prove that the eigenvalue statistics near cusp singularities of the limiting density of states are universal and that they form a Pearcey process. Since the limiting eigenvalue distribution admits only square root (edge) and cubic root (cusp) singularities, this concludes the third and last remaining case of the Wigner-Dyson-Mehta universality conjecture. The main technical ingredients are an optimal local law at the cusp, and the proof of the fast relaxation to equilibrium of the Dyson Brownian motion in the cusp regime.\r\nIn the second part we consider non-Hermitian matrices X with centred i.i.d. entries. We normalise the entries of X to have variance N −1. It is well known that the empirical eigenvalue density converges to the uniform distribution on the unit disk (circular law). In the first project, we prove universality of the local eigenvalue statistics close to the edge of the spectrum. This is the non-Hermitian analogue of the TracyWidom universality at the Hermitian edge. Technically we analyse the evolution of the spectral distribution of X along the Ornstein-Uhlenbeck flow for very long time\r\n(up to t = +∞). In the second project, we consider linear statistics of eigenvalues for macroscopic test functions f in the Sobolev space H2+ϵ and prove their convergence to the projection of the Gaussian Free Field on the unit disk. We prove this result for non-Hermitian matrices with real or complex entries. The main technical ingredients are: (i) local law for products of two resolvents at different spectral parameters, (ii) analysis of correlated Dyson Brownian motions.\r\nIn the third and final part we discuss the mathematically rigorous application of supersymmetric techniques (SUSY ) to give a lower tail estimate of the lowest singular value of X − z, with z ∈ C. More precisely, we use superbosonisation formula to give an integral representation of the resolvent of (X − z)(X − z)∗ which reduces to two and three contour integrals in the complex and real case, respectively. The rigorous analysis of these integrals is quite challenging since simple saddle point analysis cannot be applied (the main contribution comes from a non-trivial manifold). Our result\r\nimproves classical smoothing inequalities in the regime |z| ≈ 1; this result is essential to prove edge universality for i.i.d. non-Hermitian matrices." acknowledgement: I gratefully acknowledge the financial support from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Grant Agreement No. 665385 and my advisor’s ERC Advanced Grant No. 338804. alternative_title: - ISTA Thesis article_processing_charge: No author: - first_name: Giorgio full_name: Cipolloni, Giorgio id: 42198EFA-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Cipolloni orcid: 0000-0002-4901-7992 citation: ama: Cipolloni G. Fluctuations in the spectrum of random matrices. 2021. doi:10.15479/AT:ISTA:9022 apa: Cipolloni, G. (2021). Fluctuations in the spectrum of random matrices. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:9022 chicago: Cipolloni, Giorgio. “Fluctuations in the Spectrum of Random Matrices.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2021. https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:9022. ieee: G. Cipolloni, “Fluctuations in the spectrum of random matrices,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2021. ista: Cipolloni G. 2021. Fluctuations in the spectrum of random matrices. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. mla: Cipolloni, Giorgio. Fluctuations in the Spectrum of Random Matrices. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2021, doi:10.15479/AT:ISTA:9022. short: G. Cipolloni, Fluctuations in the Spectrum of Random Matrices, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2021. date_created: 2021-01-21T18:16:54Z date_published: 2021-01-25T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2023-09-07T13:29:32Z day: '25' ddc: - '510' degree_awarded: PhD department: - _id: GradSch - _id: LaEr doi: 10.15479/AT:ISTA:9022 ec_funded: 1 file: - access_level: open_access checksum: 5a93658a5f19478372523ee232887e2b content_type: application/pdf creator: gcipollo date_created: 2021-01-25T14:19:03Z date_updated: 2021-01-25T14:19:03Z file_id: '9043' file_name: thesis.pdf file_size: 4127796 relation: main_file success: 1 - access_level: closed checksum: e8270eddfe6a988e92a53c88d1d19b8c content_type: application/zip creator: gcipollo date_created: 2021-01-25T14:19:10Z date_updated: 2021-01-25T14:19:10Z file_id: '9044' file_name: Thesis_files.zip file_size: 12775206 relation: source_file file_date_updated: 2021-01-25T14:19:10Z has_accepted_license: '1' language: - iso: eng month: '01' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version page: '380' project: - _id: 2564DBCA-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: H2020 grant_number: '665385' name: International IST Doctoral Program - _id: 258DCDE6-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: FP7 grant_number: '338804' name: Random matrices, universality and disordered quantum systems publication_identifier: issn: - 2663-337X publication_status: published publisher: Institute of Science and Technology Austria status: public supervisor: - first_name: László full_name: Erdös, László id: 4DBD5372-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Erdös orcid: 0000-0001-5366-9603 title: Fluctuations in the spectrum of random matrices type: dissertation user_id: c635000d-4b10-11ee-a964-aac5a93f6ac1 year: '2021' ... --- _id: '10007' abstract: - lang: eng text: The present thesis is concerned with the derivation of weak-strong uniqueness principles for curvature driven interface evolution problems not satisfying a comparison principle. The specific examples being treated are two-phase Navier-Stokes flow with surface tension, modeling the evolution of two incompressible, viscous and immiscible fluids separated by a sharp interface, and multiphase mean curvature flow, which serves as an idealized model for the motion of grain boundaries in an annealing polycrystalline material. Our main results - obtained in joint works with Julian Fischer, Tim Laux and Theresa M. Simon - state that prior to the formation of geometric singularities due to topology changes, the weak solution concept of Abels (Interfaces Free Bound. 9, 2007) to two-phase Navier-Stokes flow with surface tension and the weak solution concept of Laux and Otto (Calc. Var. Partial Differential Equations 55, 2016) to multiphase mean curvature flow (for networks in R^2 or double bubbles in R^3) represents the unique solution to these interface evolution problems within the class of classical solutions, respectively. To the best of the author's knowledge, for interface evolution problems not admitting a geometric comparison principle the derivation of a weak-strong uniqueness principle represented an open problem, so that the works contained in the present thesis constitute the first positive results in this direction. The key ingredient of our approach consists of the introduction of a novel concept of relative entropies for a class of curvature driven interface evolution problems, for which the associated energy contains an interfacial contribution being proportional to the surface area of the evolving (network of) interface(s). The interfacial part of the relative entropy gives sufficient control on the interface error between a weak and a classical solution, and its time evolution can be computed, at least in principle, for any energy dissipating weak solution concept. A resulting stability estimate for the relative entropy essentially entails the above mentioned weak-strong uniqueness principles. The present thesis contains a detailed introduction to our relative entropy approach, which in particular highlights potential applications to other problems in curvature driven interface evolution not treated in this thesis. alternative_title: - ISTA Thesis article_processing_charge: No author: - first_name: Sebastian full_name: Hensel, Sebastian id: 4D23B7DA-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Hensel orcid: 0000-0001-7252-8072 citation: ama: 'Hensel S. Curvature driven interface evolution: Uniqueness properties of weak solution concepts. 2021. doi:10.15479/at:ista:10007' apa: 'Hensel, S. (2021). Curvature driven interface evolution: Uniqueness properties of weak solution concepts. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:10007' chicago: 'Hensel, Sebastian. “Curvature Driven Interface Evolution: Uniqueness Properties of Weak Solution Concepts.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2021. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:10007.' ieee: 'S. Hensel, “Curvature driven interface evolution: Uniqueness properties of weak solution concepts,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2021.' ista: 'Hensel S. 2021. Curvature driven interface evolution: Uniqueness properties of weak solution concepts. Institute of Science and Technology Austria.' mla: 'Hensel, Sebastian. Curvature Driven Interface Evolution: Uniqueness Properties of Weak Solution Concepts. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2021, doi:10.15479/at:ista:10007.' short: 'S. Hensel, Curvature Driven Interface Evolution: Uniqueness Properties of Weak Solution Concepts, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2021.' date_created: 2021-09-13T11:12:34Z date_published: 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2023-09-07T13:30:45Z day: '14' ddc: - '515' degree_awarded: PhD department: - _id: GradSch - _id: JuFi doi: 10.15479/at:ista:10007 ec_funded: 1 file: - access_level: closed checksum: c8475faaf0b680b4971f638f1db16347 content_type: application/x-zip-compressed creator: shensel date_created: 2021-09-13T11:03:24Z date_updated: 2021-09-15T14:37:30Z file_id: '10008' file_name: thesis_final_Hensel.zip file_size: 15022154 relation: source_file - access_level: open_access checksum: 1a609937aa5275452822f45f2da17f07 content_type: application/pdf creator: shensel date_created: 2021-09-13T14:18:56Z date_updated: 2021-09-14T09:52:47Z file_id: '10014' file_name: thesis_final_Hensel.pdf file_size: 6583638 relation: main_file file_date_updated: 2021-09-15T14:37:30Z has_accepted_license: '1' language: - iso: eng month: '09' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version page: '300' project: - _id: 2564DBCA-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: H2020 grant_number: '665385' name: International IST Doctoral Program - _id: 0aa76401-070f-11eb-9043-b5bb049fa26d call_identifier: H2020 grant_number: '948819' name: Bridging Scales in Random Materials publication_identifier: issn: - 2663-337X publication_status: published publisher: Institute of Science and Technology Austria related_material: record: - id: '10012' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '10013' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '7489' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public status: public supervisor: - first_name: Julian L full_name: Fischer, Julian L id: 2C12A0B0-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Fischer orcid: 0000-0002-0479-558X title: 'Curvature driven interface evolution: Uniqueness properties of weak solution concepts' type: dissertation user_id: c635000d-4b10-11ee-a964-aac5a93f6ac1 year: '2021' ... --- _id: '10030' abstract: - lang: eng text: "This PhD thesis is primarily focused on the study of discrete transport problems, introduced for the first time in the seminal works of Maas [Maa11] and Mielke [Mie11] on finite state Markov chains and reaction-diffusion equations, respectively. More in detail, my research focuses on the study of transport costs on graphs, in particular the convergence and the stability of such problems in the discrete-to-continuum limit. This thesis also includes some results concerning\r\nnon-commutative optimal transport. The first chapter of this thesis consists of a general introduction to the optimal transport problems, both in the discrete, the continuous, and the non-commutative setting. Chapters 2 and 3 present the content of two works, obtained in collaboration with Peter Gladbach, Eva Kopfer, and Jan Maas, where we have been able to show the convergence of discrete transport costs on periodic graphs to suitable continuous ones, which can be described by means of a homogenisation result. We first focus on the particular case of quadratic costs on the real line and then extending the result to more general costs in arbitrary dimension. Our results are the first complete characterisation of limits of transport costs on periodic graphs in arbitrary dimension which do not rely on any additional symmetry. In Chapter 4 we turn our attention to one of the intriguing connection between evolution equations and optimal transport, represented by the theory of gradient flows. We show that discrete gradient flow structures associated to a finite volume approximation of a certain class of diffusive equations (Fokker–Planck) is stable in the limit of vanishing meshes, reproving the convergence of the scheme via the method of evolutionary Γ-convergence and exploiting a more variational point of view on the problem. This is based on a collaboration with Dominik Forkert and Jan Maas. Chapter 5 represents a change of perspective, moving away from the discrete world and reaching the non-commutative one. As in the discrete case, we discuss how classical tools coming from the commutative optimal transport can be translated into the setting of density matrices. In particular, in this final chapter we present a non-commutative version of the Schrödinger problem (or entropic regularised optimal transport problem) and discuss existence and characterisation of minimisers, a duality result, and present a non-commutative version of the well-known Sinkhorn algorithm to compute the above mentioned optimisers. This is based on a joint work with Dario Feliciangeli and Augusto Gerolin. Finally, Appendix A and B contain some additional material and discussions, with particular attention to Harnack inequalities and the regularity of flows on discrete spaces." acknowledged_ssus: - _id: M-Shop - _id: NanoFab acknowledgement: The author gratefully acknowledges support by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF), grants No W1245. alternative_title: - ISTA Thesis article_processing_charge: No author: - first_name: Lorenzo full_name: Portinale, Lorenzo id: 30AD2CBC-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Portinale citation: ama: Portinale L. Discrete-to-continuum limits of transport problems and gradient flows in the space of measures. 2021. doi:10.15479/at:ista:10030 apa: Portinale, L. (2021). Discrete-to-continuum limits of transport problems and gradient flows in the space of measures. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:10030 chicago: Portinale, Lorenzo. “Discrete-to-Continuum Limits of Transport Problems and Gradient Flows in the Space of Measures.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2021. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:10030. ieee: L. Portinale, “Discrete-to-continuum limits of transport problems and gradient flows in the space of measures,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2021. ista: Portinale L. 2021. Discrete-to-continuum limits of transport problems and gradient flows in the space of measures. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. mla: Portinale, Lorenzo. Discrete-to-Continuum Limits of Transport Problems and Gradient Flows in the Space of Measures. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2021, doi:10.15479/at:ista:10030. short: L. Portinale, Discrete-to-Continuum Limits of Transport Problems and Gradient Flows in the Space of Measures, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2021. date_created: 2021-09-21T09:14:15Z date_published: 2021-09-22T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2023-09-07T13:31:06Z day: '22' ddc: - '515' degree_awarded: PhD department: - _id: GradSch - _id: JaMa doi: 10.15479/at:ista:10030 file: - access_level: closed checksum: 8cd60dcb8762e8f21867e21e8001e183 content_type: application/x-zip-compressed creator: cchlebak date_created: 2021-09-21T09:17:34Z date_updated: 2022-03-10T12:14:42Z file_id: '10032' file_name: tex_and_pictures.zip file_size: 3876668 relation: source_file - access_level: open_access checksum: 9789e9d967c853c1503ec7f307170279 content_type: application/pdf creator: cchlebak date_created: 2021-09-27T11:14:31Z date_updated: 2021-09-27T11:14:31Z file_id: '10047' file_name: thesis_portinale_Final (1).pdf file_size: 2532673 relation: main_file file_date_updated: 2022-03-10T12:14:42Z has_accepted_license: '1' language: - iso: eng month: '09' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version project: - _id: 260788DE-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: FWF name: Dissipation and Dispersion in Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations - _id: fc31cba2-9c52-11eb-aca3-ff467d239cd2 grant_number: F6504 name: Taming Complexity in Partial Differential Systems publication_identifier: issn: - 2663-337X publication_status: published publisher: Institute of Science and Technology Austria related_material: record: - id: '10022' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '9792' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '7573' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public status: public supervisor: - first_name: Jan full_name: Maas, Jan id: 4C5696CE-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Maas orcid: 0000-0002-0845-1338 title: Discrete-to-continuum limits of transport problems and gradient flows in the space of measures 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: dissertation user_id: c635000d-4b10-11ee-a964-aac5a93f6ac1 year: '2021' ... --- _id: '9920' abstract: - lang: eng text: 'This work is concerned with two fascinating circuit quantum electrodynamics components, the Josephson junction and the geometric superinductor, and the interesting experiments that can be done by combining the two. The Josephson junction has revolutionized the field of superconducting circuits as a non-linear dissipation-less circuit element and is used in almost all superconducting qubit implementations since the 90s. On the other hand, the superinductor is a relatively new circuit element introduced as a key component of the fluxonium qubit in 2009. This is an inductor with characteristic impedance larger than the resistance quantum and self-resonance frequency in the GHz regime. The combination of these two elements can occur in two fundamental ways: in parallel and in series. When connected in parallel the two create the fluxonium qubit, a loop with large inductance and a rich energy spectrum reliant on quantum tunneling. On the other hand placing the two elements in series aids with the measurement of the IV curve of a single Josephson junction in a high impedance environment. In this limit theory predicts that the junction will behave as its dual element: the phase-slip junction. While the Josephson junction acts as a non-linear inductor the phase-slip junction has the behavior of a non-linear capacitance and can be used to measure new Josephson junction phenomena, namely Coulomb blockade of Cooper pairs and phase-locked Bloch oscillations. The latter experiment allows for a direct link between frequency and current which is an elusive connection in quantum metrology. This work introduces the geometric superinductor, a superconducting circuit element where the high inductance is due to the geometry rather than the material properties of the superconductor, realized from a highly miniaturized superconducting planar coil. These structures will be described and characterized as resonators and qubit inductors and progress towards the measurement of phase-locked Bloch oscillations will be presented.' acknowledged_ssus: - _id: NanoFab - _id: M-Shop alternative_title: - ISTA Thesis article_processing_charge: No author: - first_name: Matilda full_name: Peruzzo, Matilda id: 3F920B30-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Peruzzo orcid: 0000-0002-3415-4628 citation: ama: Peruzzo M. Geometric superinductors and their applications in circuit quantum electrodynamics. 2021. doi:10.15479/at:ista:9920 apa: Peruzzo, M. (2021). Geometric superinductors and their applications in circuit quantum electrodynamics. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:9920 chicago: Peruzzo, Matilda. “Geometric Superinductors and Their Applications in Circuit Quantum Electrodynamics.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2021. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:9920. ieee: M. Peruzzo, “Geometric superinductors and their applications in circuit quantum electrodynamics,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2021. ista: Peruzzo M. 2021. Geometric superinductors and their applications in circuit quantum electrodynamics. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. mla: Peruzzo, Matilda. Geometric Superinductors and Their Applications in Circuit Quantum Electrodynamics. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2021, doi:10.15479/at:ista:9920. short: M. Peruzzo, Geometric Superinductors and Their Applications in Circuit Quantum Electrodynamics, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2021. date_created: 2021-08-16T09:44:09Z date_published: 2021-08-19T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2023-09-07T13:31:22Z day: '19' ddc: - '539' degree_awarded: PhD department: - _id: GradSch - _id: JoFi doi: 10.15479/at:ista:9920 file: - access_level: closed checksum: 3cd1986efde5121d7581f6fcf9090da8 content_type: application/x-zip-compressed creator: mperuzzo date_created: 2021-08-16T09:33:21Z date_updated: 2021-09-06T08:39:47Z file_id: '9924' file_name: GeometricSuperinductorsForCQED.zip file_size: 151387283 relation: source_file - access_level: open_access checksum: 50928c621cdf0775d7a5906b9dc8602c content_type: application/pdf creator: mperuzzo date_created: 2021-08-18T14:20:06Z date_updated: 2021-09-06T08:39:47Z file_id: '9939' file_name: GeometricSuperinductorsAndTheirApplicationsIncQED-1b.pdf file_size: 17596344 relation: main_file - access_level: closed checksum: 37f486aa1b622fe44af00d627ec13f6c content_type: application/pdf creator: mperuzzo date_created: 2021-08-18T14:20:09Z date_updated: 2021-09-06T08:39:47Z description: Extra copy of the thesis as PDF/A-2b file_id: '9940' file_name: GeometricSuperinductorsAndTheirApplicationsIncQED-2b.pdf file_size: 17592425 relation: other file_date_updated: 2021-09-06T08:39:47Z has_accepted_license: '1' keyword: - quantum computing - superinductor - quantum metrology language: - iso: eng month: '08' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version page: '149' publication_identifier: isbn: - 978-3-99078-013-8 issn: - 2663-337X publication_status: published publisher: Institute of Science and Technology Austria related_material: record: - id: '9928' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '8755' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public status: public supervisor: - first_name: Johannes M full_name: Fink, Johannes M id: 4B591CBA-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Fink orcid: 0000-0001-8112-028X title: Geometric superinductors and their applications in circuit quantum electrodynamics type: dissertation user_id: c635000d-4b10-11ee-a964-aac5a93f6ac1 year: '2021' ... --- _id: '10422' abstract: - lang: eng text: Those who aim to devise new materials with desirable properties usually examine present methods first. However, they will find out that some approaches can exist only conceptually without high chances to become practically useful. It seems that a numerical technique called automatic differentiation together with increasing supply of computational accelerators will soon shift many methods of the material design from the category ”unimaginable” to the category ”expensive but possible”. Approach we suggest is not an exception. Our overall goal is to have an efficient and generalizable approach allowing to solve inverse design problems. In this thesis we scratch its surface. We consider jammed systems of identical particles. And ask ourselves how the shape of those particles (or the parameters codifying it) may affect mechanical properties of the system. An indispensable part of reaching the answer is an appropriate particle parametrization. We come up with a simple, yet generalizable and purposeful scheme for it. Using our generalizable shape parameterization, we simulate the formation of a solid composed of pentagonal-like particles and measure anisotropy in the resulting elastic response. Through automatic differentiation techniques, we directly connect the shape parameters with the elastic response. Interestingly, for our system we find that less isotropic particles lead to a more isotropic elastic response. Together with other results known about our method it seems that it can be successfully generalized for different inverse design problems. alternative_title: - ISTA Master's Thesis article_processing_charge: No author: - first_name: Anton full_name: Piankov, Anton id: 865E3C26-AA8C-11E9-A409-C4C4E5697425 last_name: Piankov citation: ama: Piankov A. Towards designer materials using customizable particle shape. 2021. doi:10.15479/at:ista:10422 apa: Piankov, A. (2021). Towards designer materials using customizable particle shape. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:10422 chicago: Piankov, Anton. “Towards Designer Materials Using Customizable Particle Shape.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2021. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:10422. ieee: A. Piankov, “Towards designer materials using customizable particle shape,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2021. ista: Piankov A. 2021. Towards designer materials using customizable particle shape. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. mla: Piankov, Anton. Towards Designer Materials Using Customizable Particle Shape. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2021, doi:10.15479/at:ista:10422. short: A. Piankov, Towards Designer Materials Using Customizable Particle Shape, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2021. date_created: 2021-12-07T10:48:06Z date_published: 2021-12-07T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2023-09-07T13:34:12Z day: '07' ddc: - '530' degree_awarded: MS department: - _id: GradSch - _id: CaGo doi: 10.15479/at:ista:10422 file: - access_level: closed checksum: 114e8f4b2c002c6c352416c12de2c695 content_type: application/x-zip-compressed creator: cchlebak date_created: 2021-12-07T11:13:52Z date_updated: 2022-03-10T12:10:25Z file_id: '10424' file_name: Thesis.zip file_size: 394018 relation: source_file - access_level: closed checksum: cd15ae991ced352a9959815f794e657c content_type: application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document creator: cchlebak date_created: 2021-12-07T11:14:01Z date_updated: 2022-03-10T12:10:25Z file_id: '10425' file_name: Preliminary_pages_Piankov.docx file_size: 47638 relation: source_file - access_level: open_access checksum: e6899c798b75ba42fab9822bce309050 content_type: application/pdf creator: cchlebak date_created: 2021-12-07T11:20:35Z date_updated: 2021-12-07T11:20:35Z file_id: '10426' file_name: 2021_Piankov_combined.pdf file_size: 484965 relation: main_file success: 1 file_date_updated: 2022-03-10T12:10:25Z has_accepted_license: '1' language: - iso: eng month: '12' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version publication_identifier: issn: - 2791-4585 publication_status: published publisher: Institute of Science and Technology Austria status: public supervisor: - first_name: Carl Peter full_name: Goodrich, Carl Peter id: EB352CD2-F68A-11E9-89C5-A432E6697425 last_name: Goodrich orcid: 0000-0002-1307-5074 title: Towards designer materials using customizable particle shape type: dissertation user_id: c635000d-4b10-11ee-a964-aac5a93f6ac1 year: '2021' ... --- _id: '9418' abstract: - lang: eng text: "Deep learning is best known for its empirical success across a wide range of applications\r\nspanning computer vision, natural language processing and speech. Of equal significance,\r\nthough perhaps less known, are its ramifications for learning theory: deep networks have\r\nbeen observed to perform surprisingly well in the high-capacity regime, aka the overfitting\r\nor underspecified regime. Classically, this regime on the far right of the bias-variance curve\r\nis associated with poor generalisation; however, recent experiments with deep networks\r\nchallenge this view.\r\n\r\nThis thesis is devoted to investigating various aspects of underspecification in deep learning.\r\nFirst, we argue that deep learning models are underspecified on two levels: a) any given\r\ntraining dataset can be fit by many different functions, and b) any given function can be\r\nexpressed by many different parameter configurations. We refer to the second kind of\r\nunderspecification as parameterisation redundancy and we precisely characterise its extent.\r\nSecond, we characterise the implicit criteria (the inductive bias) that guide learning in the\r\nunderspecified regime. Specifically, we consider a nonlinear but tractable classification\r\nsetting, and show that given the choice, neural networks learn classifiers with a large margin.\r\nThird, we consider learning scenarios where the inductive bias is not by itself sufficient to\r\ndeal with underspecification. We then study different ways of ‘tightening the specification’: i)\r\nIn the setting of representation learning with variational autoencoders, we propose a hand-\r\ncrafted regulariser based on mutual information. ii) In the setting of binary classification, we\r\nconsider soft-label (real-valued) supervision. We derive a generalisation bound for linear\r\nnetworks supervised in this way and verify that soft labels facilitate fast learning. Finally, we\r\nexplore an application of soft-label supervision to the training of multi-exit models." acknowledged_ssus: - _id: ScienComp - _id: CampIT - _id: E-Lib alternative_title: - ISTA Thesis article_processing_charge: No author: - first_name: Phuong full_name: Bui Thi Mai, Phuong id: 3EC6EE64-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Bui Thi Mai citation: ama: Phuong M. Underspecification in deep learning. 2021. doi:10.15479/AT:ISTA:9418 apa: Phuong, M. (2021). Underspecification in deep learning. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:9418 chicago: Phuong, Mary. “Underspecification in Deep Learning.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2021. https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:9418. ieee: M. Phuong, “Underspecification in deep learning,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2021. ista: Phuong M. 2021. Underspecification in deep learning. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. mla: Phuong, Mary. Underspecification in Deep Learning. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2021, doi:10.15479/AT:ISTA:9418. short: M. Phuong, Underspecification in Deep Learning, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2021. date_created: 2021-05-24T13:06:23Z date_published: 2021-05-30T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2023-09-08T11:11:12Z day: '30' ddc: - '000' degree_awarded: PhD department: - _id: GradSch - _id: ChLa doi: 10.15479/AT:ISTA:9418 file: - access_level: open_access checksum: 4f0abe64114cfed264f9d36e8d1197e3 content_type: application/pdf creator: bphuong date_created: 2021-05-24T11:22:29Z date_updated: 2021-05-24T11:22:29Z file_id: '9419' file_name: mph-thesis-v519-pdfimages.pdf file_size: 2673905 relation: main_file success: 1 - access_level: closed checksum: f5699e876bc770a9b0df8345a77720a2 content_type: application/zip creator: bphuong date_created: 2021-05-24T11:56:02Z date_updated: 2021-05-24T11:56:02Z file_id: '9420' file_name: thesis.zip file_size: 92995100 relation: source_file file_date_updated: 2021-05-24T11:56:02Z has_accepted_license: '1' language: - iso: eng month: '05' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version page: '125' publication_identifier: issn: - 2663-337X publication_status: published publisher: Institute of Science and Technology Austria related_material: record: - id: '7435' relation: part_of_dissertation status: deleted - id: '7481' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '9416' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '7479' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public status: public supervisor: - first_name: Christoph full_name: Lampert, Christoph id: 40C20FD2-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Lampert orcid: 0000-0001-8622-7887 title: Underspecification in deep learning type: dissertation user_id: c635000d-4b10-11ee-a964-aac5a93f6ac1 year: '2021' ... --- _id: '10199' abstract: - lang: eng text: The design and verification of concurrent systems remains an open challenge due to the non-determinism that arises from the inter-process communication. In particular, concurrent programs are notoriously difficult both to be written correctly and to be analyzed formally, as complex thread interaction has to be accounted for. The difficulties are further exacerbated when concurrent programs get executed on modern-day hardware, which contains various buffering and caching mechanisms for efficiency reasons. This causes further subtle non-determinism, which can often produce very unintuitive behavior of the concurrent programs. Model checking is at the forefront of tackling the verification problem, where the task is to decide, given as input a concurrent system and a desired property, whether the system satisfies the property. The inherent state-space explosion problem in model checking of concurrent systems causes naïve explicit methods not to scale, thus more inventive methods are required. One such method is stateless model checking (SMC), which explores in memory-efficient manner the program executions rather than the states of the program. State-of-the-art SMC is typically coupled with partial order reduction (POR) techniques, which argue that certain executions provably produce identical system behavior, thus limiting the amount of executions one needs to explore in order to cover all possible behaviors. Another method to tackle the state-space explosion is symbolic model checking, where the considered techniques operate on a succinct implicit representation of the input system rather than explicitly accessing the system. In this thesis we present new techniques for verification of concurrent systems. We present several novel POR methods for SMC of concurrent programs under various models of semantics, some of which account for write-buffering mechanisms. Additionally, we present novel algorithms for symbolic model checking of finite-state concurrent systems, where the desired property of the systems is to ensure a formally defined notion of fairness. acknowledged_ssus: - _id: SSU alternative_title: - ISTA Thesis article_processing_charge: No author: - first_name: Viktor full_name: Toman, Viktor id: 3AF3DA7C-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Toman orcid: 0000-0001-9036-063X citation: ama: Toman V. Improved verification techniques for concurrent systems. 2021. doi:10.15479/at:ista:10199 apa: Toman, V. (2021). Improved verification techniques for concurrent systems. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:10199 chicago: Toman, Viktor. “Improved Verification Techniques for Concurrent Systems.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2021. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:10199. ieee: V. Toman, “Improved verification techniques for concurrent systems,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2021. ista: Toman V. 2021. Improved verification techniques for concurrent systems. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. mla: Toman, Viktor. Improved Verification Techniques for Concurrent Systems. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2021, doi:10.15479/at:ista:10199. short: V. Toman, Improved Verification Techniques for Concurrent Systems, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2021. date_created: 2021-10-29T20:09:01Z date_published: 2021-10-31T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2023-09-19T09:59:54Z day: '31' ddc: - '000' degree_awarded: PhD department: - _id: GradSch - _id: KrCh doi: 10.15479/at:ista:10199 ec_funded: 1 file: - access_level: open_access checksum: 4f412a1ee60952221b499a4b1268df35 content_type: application/pdf creator: vtoman date_created: 2021-11-08T14:12:22Z date_updated: 2021-11-08T14:12:22Z file_id: '10225' file_name: toman_th_final.pdf file_size: 2915234 relation: main_file - access_level: closed checksum: 9584943f99127be2dd2963f6784c37d4 content_type: application/zip creator: vtoman date_created: 2021-11-08T14:12:46Z date_updated: 2021-11-09T09:00:50Z file_id: '10226' file_name: toman_thesis.zip file_size: 8616056 relation: source_file file_date_updated: 2021-11-09T09:00:50Z has_accepted_license: '1' keyword: - concurrency - verification - model checking language: - iso: eng month: '10' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version page: '166' project: - _id: 2564DBCA-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: H2020 grant_number: '665385' name: International IST Doctoral Program - _id: 25F2ACDE-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: FWF grant_number: S11402-N23 name: Rigorous Systems Engineering - _id: 25892FC0-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 grant_number: ICT15-003 name: Efficient Algorithms for Computer Aided Verification - _id: 0599E47C-7A3F-11EA-A408-12923DDC885E call_identifier: H2020 grant_number: '863818' name: 'Formal Methods for Stochastic Models: Algorithms and Applications' publication_identifier: issn: - 2663-337X publication_status: published publisher: Institute of Science and Technology Austria related_material: record: - id: '10190' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '10191' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '9987' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '141' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public status: public supervisor: - first_name: Krishnendu full_name: Chatterjee, Krishnendu id: 2E5DCA20-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Chatterjee orcid: 0000-0002-4561-241X title: Improved verification techniques for concurrent systems type: dissertation user_id: c635000d-4b10-11ee-a964-aac5a93f6ac1 year: '2021' ... --- _id: '10035' abstract: - lang: eng text: 'Many security definitions come in two flavors: a stronger “adaptive” flavor, where the adversary can arbitrarily make various choices during the course of the attack, and a weaker “selective” flavor where the adversary must commit to some or all of their choices a-priori. For example, in the context of identity-based encryption, selective security requires the adversary to decide on the identity of the attacked party at the very beginning of the game whereas adaptive security allows the attacker to first see the master public key and some secret keys before making this choice. Often, it appears to be much easier to achieve selective security than it is to achieve adaptive security. A series of several recent works shows how to cleverly achieve adaptive security in several such scenarios including generalized selective decryption [Pan07][FJP15], constrained PRFs [FKPR14], and Yao’s garbled circuits [JW16]. Although the above works expressed vague intuition that they share a common technique, the connection was never made precise. In this work we present a new framework (published at Crypto ’17 [JKK+17a]) that connects all of these works and allows us to present them in a unified and simplified fashion. Having the framework in place, we show how to achieve adaptive security for proxy re-encryption schemes (published at PKC ’19 [FKKP19]) and provide the first adaptive security proofs for continuous group key agreement protocols (published at S&P ’21 [KPW+21]). Questioning optimality of our framework, we then show that currently used proof techniques cannot lead to significantly better security guarantees for "graph-building" games (published at TCC ’21 [KKPW21a]). These games cover generalized selective decryption, as well as the security of prominent constructions for constrained PRFs, continuous group key agreement, and proxy re-encryption. Finally, we revisit the adaptive security of Yao’s garbled circuits and extend the analysis of Jafargholi and Wichs in two directions: While they prove adaptive security only for a modified construction with increased online complexity, we provide the first positive results for the original construction by Yao (published at TCC ’21 [KKP21a]). On the negative side, we prove that the results of Jafargholi and Wichs are essentially optimal by showing that no black-box reduction can provide a significantly better security bound (published at Crypto ’21 [KKPW21c]).' acknowledgement: "I want to acknowledge the funding by the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (682815 - TOCNeT).\r\n" alternative_title: - ISTA Thesis article_processing_charge: No author: - first_name: Karen full_name: Klein, Karen id: 3E83A2F8-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Klein citation: ama: Klein K. On the adaptive security of graph-based games. 2021. doi:10.15479/at:ista:10035 apa: Klein, K. (2021). On the adaptive security of graph-based games. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:10035 chicago: Klein, Karen. “On the Adaptive Security of Graph-Based Games.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2021. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:10035. ieee: K. Klein, “On the adaptive security of graph-based games,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2021. ista: Klein K. 2021. On the adaptive security of graph-based games. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. mla: Klein, Karen. On the Adaptive Security of Graph-Based Games. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2021, doi:10.15479/at:ista:10035. short: K. Klein, On the Adaptive Security of Graph-Based Games, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2021. date_created: 2021-09-23T07:31:44Z date_published: 2021-09-23T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2023-10-17T09:24:07Z day: '23' ddc: - '519' degree_awarded: PhD department: - _id: GradSch - _id: KrPi doi: 10.15479/at:ista:10035 ec_funded: 1 file: - access_level: open_access checksum: 73a44345c683e81f3e765efbf86fdcc5 content_type: application/pdf creator: cchlebak date_created: 2021-10-04T12:22:33Z date_updated: 2021-10-04T12:22:33Z file_id: '10082' file_name: thesis_pdfa.pdf file_size: 2104726 relation: main_file success: 1 - access_level: closed checksum: 7b80df30a0e686c3ef6a56d4e1c59e29 content_type: application/x-zip-compressed creator: cchlebak date_created: 2021-10-05T07:04:37Z date_updated: 2022-03-10T12:15:18Z file_id: '10085' file_name: thesis_final (1).zip file_size: 9538359 relation: source_file file_date_updated: 2022-03-10T12:15:18Z has_accepted_license: '1' language: - iso: eng month: '09' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version page: '276' project: - _id: 258AA5B2-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: H2020 grant_number: '682815' name: Teaching Old Crypto New Tricks publication_identifier: issn: - 2663-337X publication_status: published publisher: Institute of Science and Technology Austria related_material: record: - id: '10044' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '10049' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '637' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '10041' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '6430' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '10048' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public status: public supervisor: - first_name: Krzysztof Z full_name: Pietrzak, Krzysztof Z id: 3E04A7AA-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Pietrzak orcid: 0000-0002-9139-1654 title: On the adaptive security of graph-based games 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: dissertation user_id: c635000d-4b10-11ee-a964-aac5a93f6ac1 year: '2021' ... --- _id: '10429' abstract: - lang: eng text: "The scalability of concurrent data structures and distributed algorithms strongly depends on\r\nreducing the contention for shared resources and the costs of synchronization and communication. We show how such cost reductions can be attained by relaxing the strict consistency conditions required by sequential implementations. In the first part of the thesis, we consider relaxation in the context of concurrent data structures. Specifically, in data structures \r\nsuch as priority queues, imposing strong semantics renders scalability impossible, since a correct implementation of the remove operation should return only the element with highest priority. Intuitively, attempting to invoke remove operations concurrently creates a race condition. This bottleneck can be circumvented by relaxing semantics of the affected data structure, thus allowing removal of the elements which are no longer required to have the highest priority. We prove that the randomized implementations of relaxed data structures provide provable guarantees on the priority of the removed elements even under concurrency. Additionally, we show that in some cases the relaxed data structures can be used to scale the classical algorithms which are usually implemented with the exact ones. In the second part, we study parallel variants of the stochastic gradient descent (SGD) algorithm, which distribute computation among the multiple processors, thus reducing the running time. Unfortunately, in order for standard parallel SGD to succeed, each processor has to maintain a local copy of the necessary model parameter, which is identical to the local copies of other processors; the overheads from this perfect consistency in terms of communication and synchronization can negate the speedup gained by distributing the computation. We show that the consistency conditions required by SGD can be relaxed, allowing the algorithm to be more flexible in terms of tolerating quantized communication, asynchrony, or even crash faults, while its convergence remains asymptotically the same." alternative_title: - ISTA Thesis article_processing_charge: No author: - first_name: Giorgi full_name: Nadiradze, Giorgi id: 3279A00C-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Nadiradze orcid: 0000-0001-5634-0731 citation: ama: Nadiradze G. On achieving scalability through relaxation. 2021. doi:10.15479/at:ista:10429 apa: Nadiradze, G. (2021). On achieving scalability through relaxation. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:10429 chicago: Nadiradze, Giorgi. “On Achieving Scalability through Relaxation.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2021. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:10429. ieee: G. Nadiradze, “On achieving scalability through relaxation,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2021. ista: Nadiradze G. 2021. On achieving scalability through relaxation. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. mla: Nadiradze, Giorgi. On Achieving Scalability through Relaxation. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2021, doi:10.15479/at:ista:10429. short: G. Nadiradze, On Achieving Scalability through Relaxation, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2021. date_created: 2021-12-08T21:52:28Z date_published: 2021-12-09T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2023-10-17T11:48:55Z day: '09' ddc: - '000' degree_awarded: PhD department: - _id: GradSch - _id: DaAl doi: 10.15479/at:ista:10429 ec_funded: 1 file: - access_level: open_access checksum: 6bf14e9a523387328f016c0689f5e10e content_type: application/pdf creator: gnadirad date_created: 2021-12-09T17:47:49Z date_updated: 2021-12-09T17:47:49Z file_id: '10436' file_name: Thesis_Final_09_12_2021.pdf file_size: 2370859 relation: main_file success: 1 - access_level: closed checksum: 914d6c5ca86bd0add471971a8f4c4341 content_type: application/zip creator: gnadirad date_created: 2021-12-09T17:47:49Z date_updated: 2022-03-28T12:55:12Z file_id: '10437' file_name: Thesis_Final_09_12_2021.zip file_size: 2596924 relation: source_file file_date_updated: 2022-03-28T12:55:12Z has_accepted_license: '1' language: - iso: eng month: '12' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version page: '132' project: - _id: 268A44D6-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: H2020 grant_number: '805223' name: Elastic Coordination for Scalable Machine Learning publication_identifier: issn: - 2663-337X publication_status: published publisher: Institute of Science and Technology Austria related_material: record: - id: '10432' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '6673' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '5965' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '10435' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public status: public supervisor: - first_name: Dan-Adrian full_name: Alistarh, Dan-Adrian id: 4A899BFC-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Alistarh orcid: 0000-0003-3650-940X title: On achieving scalability through relaxation type: dissertation user_id: c635000d-4b10-11ee-a964-aac5a93f6ac1 year: '2021' ... --- _id: '9733' abstract: - lang: eng text: This thesis is the result of the research carried out by the author during his PhD at IST Austria between 2017 and 2021. It mainly focuses on the Fröhlich polaron model, specifically to its regime of strong coupling. This model, which is rigorously introduced and discussed in the introduction, has been of great interest in condensed matter physics and field theory for more than eighty years. It is used to describe an electron interacting with the atoms of a solid material (the strength of this interaction is modeled by the presence of a coupling constant α in the Hamiltonian of the system). The particular regime examined here, which is mathematically described by considering the limit α →∞, displays many interesting features related to the emergence of classical behavior, which allows for a simplified effective description of the system under analysis. The properties, the range of validity and a quantitative analysis of the precision of such classical approximations are the main object of the present work. We specify our investigation to the study of the ground state energy of the system, its dynamics and its effective mass. For each of these problems, we provide in the introduction an overview of the previously known results and a detailed account of the original contributions by the author. alternative_title: - ISTA Thesis article_processing_charge: No author: - first_name: Dario full_name: Feliciangeli, Dario id: 41A639AA-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Feliciangeli orcid: 0000-0003-0754-8530 citation: ama: Feliciangeli D. The polaron at strong coupling. 2021. doi:10.15479/at:ista:9733 apa: Feliciangeli, D. (2021). The polaron at strong coupling. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:9733 chicago: Feliciangeli, Dario. “The Polaron at Strong Coupling.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2021. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:9733. ieee: D. Feliciangeli, “The polaron at strong coupling,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2021. ista: Feliciangeli D. 2021. The polaron at strong coupling. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. mla: Feliciangeli, Dario. The Polaron at Strong Coupling. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2021, doi:10.15479/at:ista:9733. short: D. Feliciangeli, The Polaron at Strong Coupling, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2021. date_created: 2021-07-27T15:48:30Z date_published: 2021-08-20T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2024-03-06T12:30:44Z day: '20' ddc: - '515' - '519' - '539' degree_awarded: PhD department: - _id: GradSch - _id: RoSe - _id: JaMa doi: 10.15479/at:ista:9733 ec_funded: 1 file: - access_level: open_access checksum: e88bb8ca43948abe060eb2d2fa719881 content_type: application/pdf creator: dfelicia date_created: 2021-08-19T14:03:48Z date_updated: 2021-09-06T09:28:56Z file_id: '9944' file_name: Thesis_FeliciangeliA.pdf file_size: 1958710 relation: main_file - access_level: closed checksum: 72810843abee83705853505b3f8348aa content_type: application/octet-stream creator: dfelicia date_created: 2021-08-19T14:06:35Z date_updated: 2022-03-10T12:13:57Z file_id: '9945' file_name: thesis.7z file_size: 3771669 relation: source_file file_date_updated: 2022-03-10T12:13:57Z has_accepted_license: '1' language: - iso: eng month: '08' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version page: '180' project: - _id: 256E75B8-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: H2020 grant_number: '716117' name: Optimal Transport and Stochastic Dynamics - _id: 25C6DC12-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: H2020 grant_number: '694227' name: Analysis of quantum many-body systems - _id: fc31cba2-9c52-11eb-aca3-ff467d239cd2 grant_number: F6504 name: Taming Complexity in Partial Differential Systems publication_identifier: issn: - 2663-337X publication_status: published publisher: Institute of Science and Technology Austria related_material: record: - id: '9787' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '9792' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '9225' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '9781' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '9791' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public status: public supervisor: - first_name: Robert full_name: Seiringer, Robert id: 4AFD0470-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Seiringer orcid: 0000-0002-6781-0521 - first_name: Jan full_name: Maas, Jan id: 4C5696CE-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Maas orcid: 0000-0002-0845-1338 title: The polaron at strong coupling tmp: image: /image/cc_by_nd.png legal_code_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/legalcode name: Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-ND 4.0) short: CC BY-ND (4.0) type: dissertation user_id: c635000d-4b10-11ee-a964-aac5a93f6ac1 year: '2021' ... --- _id: '9992' abstract: - lang: eng text: "Blood – this is what animals use to heal wounds fast and efficient. Plants do not have blood circulation and their cells cannot move. However, plants have evolved remarkable capacities to regenerate tissues and organs preventing further damage. In my PhD research, I studied the wound healing in the Arabidopsis root. I used a UV laser to ablate single cells in the root tip and observed the consequent wound healing. Interestingly, the inner adjacent cells induced a\r\ndivision plane switch and subsequently adopted the cell type of the killed cell to replace it. We termed this form of wound healing “restorative divisions”. This initial observation triggered the questions of my PhD studies: How and why do cells orient their division planes, how do they feel the wound and why does this happen only in inner adjacent cells.\r\nFor answering these questions, I used a quite simple experimental setup: 5 day - old seedlings were stained with propidium iodide to visualize cell walls and dead cells; ablation was carried out using a special laser cutter and a confocal microscope. Adaptation of the novel vertical microscope system made it possible to observe wounds in real time. This revealed that restorative divisions occur at increased frequency compared to normal divisions. Additionally,\r\nthe major plant hormone auxin accumulates in wound adjacent cells and drives the expression of the wound-stress responsive transcription factor ERF115. Using this as a marker gene for wound responses, we found that an important part of wound signalling is the sensing of the collapse of the ablated cell. The collapse causes a radical pressure drop, which results in strong tissue deformations. These deformations manifest in an invasion of the now free spot specifically by the inner adjacent cells within seconds, probably because of higher pressure of the inner tissues. Long-term imaging revealed that those deformed cells continuously expand towards the wound hole and that this is crucial for the restorative division. These wound-expanding cells exhibit an abnormal, biphasic polarity of microtubule arrays\r\nbefore the division. Experiments inhibiting cell expansion suggest that it is the biphasic stretching that induces those MT arrays. Adapting the micromanipulator aspiration system from animal scientists at our institute confirmed the hypothesis that stretching influences microtubule stability. In conclusion, this shows that microtubules react to tissue deformation\r\nand this facilitates the observed division plane switch. This puts mechanical cues and tensions at the most prominent position for explaining the growth and wound healing properties of plants. Hence, it shines light onto the importance of understanding mechanical signal transduction. " acknowledged_ssus: - _id: Bio - _id: LifeSc alternative_title: - ISTA Thesis article_processing_charge: No author: - first_name: Lukas full_name: Hörmayer, Lukas id: 2EEE7A2A-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Hörmayer orcid: 0000-0001-8295-2926 citation: ama: Hörmayer L. Wound healing in the Arabidopsis root meristem. 2021. doi:10.15479/at:ista:9992 apa: Hörmayer, L. (2021). Wound healing in the Arabidopsis root meristem. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:9992 chicago: Hörmayer, Lukas. “Wound Healing in the Arabidopsis Root Meristem.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2021. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:9992. ieee: L. Hörmayer, “Wound healing in the Arabidopsis root meristem,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2021. ista: Hörmayer L. 2021. Wound healing in the Arabidopsis root meristem. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. mla: Hörmayer, Lukas. Wound Healing in the Arabidopsis Root Meristem. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2021, doi:10.15479/at:ista:9992. short: L. Hörmayer, Wound Healing in the Arabidopsis Root Meristem, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2021. date_created: 2021-09-09T07:37:20Z date_published: 2021-09-13T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2023-09-07T13:38:33Z day: '13' ddc: - '575' degree_awarded: PhD department: - _id: GradSch - _id: JiFr doi: 10.15479/at:ista:9992 ec_funded: 1 file: - access_level: closed checksum: c763064adaa720e16066c1a4f9682bbb content_type: application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document creator: lhoermaye date_created: 2021-09-09T07:29:48Z date_updated: 2021-09-15T22:30:26Z embargo_to: open_access file_id: '9993' file_name: Thesis_vupload.docx file_size: 25179004 relation: source_file - access_level: open_access checksum: 53911b06e93d7cdbbf4c7f4c162fa70f content_type: application/pdf creator: lhoermaye date_created: 2021-09-09T14:25:08Z date_updated: 2021-09-15T22:30:26Z embargo: 2021-09-09 file_id: '9996' file_name: Thesis_vfinal_pdfa.pdf file_size: 6246900 relation: main_file file_date_updated: 2021-09-15T22:30:26Z has_accepted_license: '1' language: - iso: eng month: '09' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version page: '168' project: - _id: 262EF96E-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: FWF grant_number: P29988 name: RNA-directed DNA methylation in plant development - _id: 261099A6-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: H2020 grant_number: '742985' name: Tracing Evolution of Auxin Transport and Polarity in Plants publication_identifier: issn: - 2663-337X publication_status: published publisher: Institute of Science and Technology Austria related_material: record: - id: '6351' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '6943' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '8002' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public status: public supervisor: - first_name: Jiří full_name: Friml, Jiří id: 4159519E-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Friml orcid: 0000-0002-8302-7596 title: Wound healing in the Arabidopsis root meristem tmp: image: /images/cc_by_nc_nd.png legal_code_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode name: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) short: CC BY-NC-ND (4.0) type: dissertation user_id: c635000d-4b10-11ee-a964-aac5a93f6ac1 year: '2021' ... --- _id: '9623' abstract: - lang: eng text: "Cytoplasmic reorganizations are essential for morphogenesis. In large cells like oocytes, these reorganizations become crucial in patterning the oocyte for later stages of embryonic development. Ascidians oocytes reorganize their cytoplasm (ooplasm) in a spectacular manner. Ooplasmic reorganization is initiated at fertilization with the contraction of the actomyosin cortex along the animal-vegetal axis of the oocyte, driving the accumulation of cortical endoplasmic reticulum (cER), maternal mRNAs associated to it and a mitochondria-rich subcortical layer – the myoplasm – in a region of the vegetal pole termed contraction pole (CP). Here we have used the species Phallusia mammillata to investigate the changes in cell shape that accompany these reorganizations and the mechanochemical mechanisms underlining CP formation.\r\nWe report that the length of the animal-vegetal (AV) axis oscillates upon fertilization: it first undergoes a cycle of fast elongation-lengthening followed by a slow expansion of mainly the vegetal pole (VP) of the cell. We show that the fast oscillation corresponds to a dynamic polarization of the actin cortex as a result of a fertilization-induced increase in cortical tension in the oocyte that triggers a rupture of the cortex at the animal pole and the establishment of vegetal-directed cortical flows. These flows are responsible for the vegetal accumulation of actin causing the VP to flatten. \r\nWe find that the slow expansion of the VP, leading to CP formation, correlates with a relaxation of the vegetal cortex and that the myoplasm plays a role in the expansion. We show that the myoplasm is a solid-like layer that buckles under compression forces arising from the contracting actin cortex at the VP. Straightening of the myoplasm when actin flows stops, facilitates the expansion of the VP and the CP. Altogether, our results present a previously unrecognized role for the myoplasm in ascidian ooplasmic segregation. \r\n" acknowledged_ssus: - _id: Bio - _id: EM-Fac - _id: NanoFab - _id: M-Shop alternative_title: - ISTA Thesis article_processing_charge: No author: - first_name: Silvia full_name: Caballero Mancebo, Silvia id: 2F1E1758-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Caballero Mancebo orcid: 0000-0002-5223-3346 citation: ama: Caballero Mancebo S. Fertilization-induced deformations are controlled by the actin cortex and a mitochondria-rich subcortical layer in ascidian oocytes. 2021. doi:10.15479/at:ista:9623 apa: Caballero Mancebo, S. (2021). Fertilization-induced deformations are controlled by the actin cortex and a mitochondria-rich subcortical layer in ascidian oocytes. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:9623 chicago: Caballero Mancebo, Silvia. “Fertilization-Induced Deformations Are Controlled by the Actin Cortex and a Mitochondria-Rich Subcortical Layer in Ascidian Oocytes.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2021. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:9623. ieee: S. Caballero Mancebo, “Fertilization-induced deformations are controlled by the actin cortex and a mitochondria-rich subcortical layer in ascidian oocytes,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2021. ista: Caballero Mancebo S. 2021. Fertilization-induced deformations are controlled by the actin cortex and a mitochondria-rich subcortical layer in ascidian oocytes. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. mla: Caballero Mancebo, Silvia. Fertilization-Induced Deformations Are Controlled by the Actin Cortex and a Mitochondria-Rich Subcortical Layer in Ascidian Oocytes. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2021, doi:10.15479/at:ista:9623. short: S. Caballero Mancebo, Fertilization-Induced Deformations Are Controlled by the Actin Cortex and a Mitochondria-Rich Subcortical Layer in Ascidian Oocytes, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2021. date_created: 2021-07-01T14:50:17Z date_published: 2021-07-01T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2023-09-07T13:33:27Z ddc: - '570' degree_awarded: PhD department: - _id: GradSch - _id: CaHe doi: 10.15479/at:ista:9623 file: - access_level: closed checksum: e039225a47ef32666d59bf35ddd30ecf content_type: application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document creator: scaballe date_created: 2021-07-01T14:48:54Z date_updated: 2022-07-02T22:30:06Z embargo_to: open_access file_id: '9624' file_name: PhDThesis_SCM.docx file_size: 131946790 relation: source_file - access_level: open_access checksum: dd4d78962ea94ad95e97ca7d9af08f4b content_type: application/pdf creator: scaballe date_created: 2021-07-01T14:46:25Z date_updated: 2022-07-02T22:30:06Z embargo: 2022-07-01 file_id: '9625' file_name: PhDThesis_SCM.pdf file_size: 17094958 relation: main_file file_date_updated: 2022-07-02T22:30:06Z has_accepted_license: '1' language: - iso: eng month: '07' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version page: '111' publication_identifier: isbn: - 978-3-99078-012-1 issn: - 2663-337X publication_status: published publisher: Institute of Science and Technology Austria related_material: record: - id: '9750' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '9006' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public status: public supervisor: - 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 title: Fertilization-induced deformations are controlled by the actin cortex and a mitochondria-rich subcortical layer in ascidian oocytes tmp: image: /images/cc_by_nc_nd.png legal_code_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode name: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) short: CC BY-NC-ND (4.0) type: dissertation user_id: c635000d-4b10-11ee-a964-aac5a93f6ac1 year: '2021' ... --- _id: '10058' abstract: - lang: eng text: 'Quantum information and computation has become a vast field paved with opportunities for researchers and investors. As large multinational companies and international funds are heavily investing in quantum technologies it is still a question which platform is best suited for the task of realizing a scalable quantum processor. In this work we investigate hole spins in Ge quantum wells. These hold great promise as they possess several favorable properties: a small effective mass, a strong spin-orbit coupling, long relaxation time and an inherent immunity to hyperfine noise. All these characteristics helped Ge hole spin qubits to evolve from a single qubit to a fully entangled four qubit processor in only 3 years. Here, we investigated a qubit approach leveraging the large out-of-plane g-factors of heavy hole states in Ge quantum dots. We found this qubit to be reproducibly operable at extremely low magnetic field and at large speeds while maintaining coherence. This was possible because large differences of g-factors in adjacent dots can be achieved in the out-of-plane direction. In the in-plane direction the small g-factors, on the other hand, can be altered very effectively by the confinement potentials. Here, we found that this can even lead to a sign change of the g-factors. The resulting g-factor difference alters the dynamics of the system drastically and produces effects typically attributed to a spin-orbit induced spin-flip term. The investigations carried out in this thesis give further insights into the possibilities of holes in Ge and reveal new physical properties that need to be considered when designing future spin qubit experiments.' acknowledged_ssus: - _id: M-Shop - _id: NanoFab acknowledgement: The author gratefully acknowledges support by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF), grants No P30207, and the Nomis foundation. alternative_title: - ISTA Thesis article_processing_charge: No author: - first_name: Daniel full_name: Jirovec, Daniel id: 4C473F58-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Jirovec orcid: 0000-0002-7197-4801 citation: ama: Jirovec D. Singlet-Triplet qubits and spin-orbit interaction in 2-dimensional Ge hole gases. 2021. doi:10.15479/at:ista:10058 apa: Jirovec, D. (2021). Singlet-Triplet qubits and spin-orbit interaction in 2-dimensional Ge hole gases. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:10058 chicago: Jirovec, Daniel. “Singlet-Triplet Qubits and Spin-Orbit Interaction in 2-Dimensional Ge Hole Gases.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2021. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:10058. ieee: D. Jirovec, “Singlet-Triplet qubits and spin-orbit interaction in 2-dimensional Ge hole gases,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2021. ista: Jirovec D. 2021. Singlet-Triplet qubits and spin-orbit interaction in 2-dimensional Ge hole gases. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. mla: Jirovec, Daniel. Singlet-Triplet Qubits and Spin-Orbit Interaction in 2-Dimensional Ge Hole Gases. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2021, doi:10.15479/at:ista:10058. short: D. Jirovec, Singlet-Triplet Qubits and Spin-Orbit Interaction in 2-Dimensional Ge Hole Gases, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2021. date_created: 2021-09-30T07:53:49Z date_published: 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2023-09-08T11:41:08Z day: '05' ddc: - '621' - '539' degree_awarded: PhD department: - _id: GradSch - _id: GeKa doi: 10.15479/at:ista:10058 file: - access_level: closed checksum: ad6bcb24083ed7c02baaf1885c9ea3d5 content_type: application/x-zip-compressed creator: djirovec date_created: 2021-09-30T14:29:14Z date_updated: 2022-12-20T23:30:07Z embargo_to: open_access file_id: '10061' file_name: PHD_Thesis_Jirovec_Source.zip file_size: 32397600 relation: source_file - access_level: open_access checksum: 5fbe08d4f66d1153e04c47971538fae8 content_type: application/pdf creator: djirovec date_created: 2021-10-05T07:56:49Z date_updated: 2022-12-20T23:30:07Z embargo: 2022-10-06 file_id: '10087' file_name: PHD_Thesis_pdfa2b_1.pdf file_size: 26910829 relation: main_file file_date_updated: 2022-12-20T23:30:07Z has_accepted_license: '1' keyword: - qubits - quantum computing - holes language: - iso: eng month: '10' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version page: '151' project: - _id: 2641CE5E-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: FWF grant_number: P30207 name: Hole spin orbit qubits in Ge quantum wells publication_identifier: issn: - 2663-337X publication_status: published publisher: Institute of Science and Technology Austria related_material: record: - id: '8831' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '10065' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '10066' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '8909' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '5816' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public status: public supervisor: - first_name: Georgios full_name: Katsaros, Georgios id: 38DB5788-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Katsaros orcid: 0000-0001-8342-202X title: Singlet-Triplet qubits and spin-orbit interaction in 2-dimensional Ge hole gases 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: dissertation user_id: c635000d-4b10-11ee-a964-aac5a93f6ac1 year: '2021' ... --- _id: '9397' abstract: - lang: eng text: Accumulation of interstitial fluid (IF) between embryonic cells is a common phenomenon in vertebrate embryogenesis. Unlike other model systems, where these accumulations coalesce into a large central cavity – the blastocoel, in zebrafish, IF is more uniformly distributed between the deep cells (DC) before the onset of gastrulation. This is likely due to the presence of a large extraembryonic structure – the yolk cell (YC) at the position where the blastocoel typically forms in other model organisms. IF has long been speculated to play a role in tissue morphogenesis during embryogenesis, but direct evidence supporting such function is still sparse. Here we show that the relocalization of IF to the interface between the YC and DC/epiblast is critical for axial mesendoderm (ME) cell protrusion formation and migration along this interface, a key process in embryonic axis formation. We further demonstrate that axial ME cell migration and IF relocalization engage in a positive feedback loop, where axial ME migration triggers IF accumulation ahead of the advancing axial ME tissue by mechanically compressing the overlying epiblast cell layer. Upon compression, locally induced flow relocalizes the IF through the porous epiblast tissue resulting in an IF accumulation ahead of the leading axial ME. This IF accumulation, in turn, promotes cell protrusion formation and migration of the leading axial ME cells, thereby facilitating axial ME extension. Our findings reveal a central role of dynamic IF relocalization in orchestrating germ layer morphogenesis during gastrulation. alternative_title: - ISTA Thesis article_processing_charge: No author: - first_name: Karla full_name: Huljev, Karla id: 44C6F6A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Huljev citation: ama: Huljev K. Coordinated spatiotemporal reorganization of interstitial fluid is required for axial mesendoderm migration in zebrafish gastrulation. 2021. doi:10.15479/at:ista:9397 apa: Huljev, K. (2021). Coordinated spatiotemporal reorganization of interstitial fluid is required for axial mesendoderm migration in zebrafish gastrulation. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:9397 chicago: Huljev, Karla. “Coordinated Spatiotemporal Reorganization of Interstitial Fluid Is Required for Axial Mesendoderm Migration in Zebrafish Gastrulation.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2021. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:9397. ieee: K. Huljev, “Coordinated spatiotemporal reorganization of interstitial fluid is required for axial mesendoderm migration in zebrafish gastrulation,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2021. ista: Huljev K. 2021. Coordinated spatiotemporal reorganization of interstitial fluid is required for axial mesendoderm migration in zebrafish gastrulation. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. mla: Huljev, Karla. Coordinated Spatiotemporal Reorganization of Interstitial Fluid Is Required for Axial Mesendoderm Migration in Zebrafish Gastrulation. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2021, doi:10.15479/at:ista:9397. short: K. Huljev, Coordinated Spatiotemporal Reorganization of Interstitial Fluid Is Required for Axial Mesendoderm Migration in Zebrafish Gastrulation, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2021. date_created: 2021-05-17T12:31:30Z date_published: 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2023-09-07T13:32:32Z day: '18' ddc: - '571' degree_awarded: PhD department: - _id: CaHe - _id: GradSch doi: 10.15479/at:ista:9397 file: - access_level: closed checksum: 7f98532f5324a0b2f3fa8de2967baa19 content_type: application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document creator: khuljev date_created: 2021-05-17T12:29:12Z date_updated: 2022-05-21T22:30:04Z embargo_to: open_access file_id: '9398' file_name: KHuljev_Thesis_corrections.docx file_size: 47799741 relation: source_file - access_level: open_access checksum: bf512f8a1e572a543778fc4b227c01ba content_type: application/pdf creator: khuljev date_created: 2021-05-18T14:50:28Z date_updated: 2022-05-21T22:30:04Z embargo: 2022-05-20 file_id: '9401' file_name: new_KHuljev_Thesis_corrections.pdf file_size: 16542131 relation: main_file file_date_updated: 2022-05-21T22:30:04Z has_accepted_license: '1' language: - iso: eng month: '05' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version page: '101' publication_identifier: issn: - 2663-337X publication_status: published publisher: Institute of Science and Technology Austria status: public supervisor: - 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 title: Coordinated spatiotemporal reorganization of interstitial fluid is required for axial mesendoderm migration in zebrafish gastrulation type: dissertation user_id: c635000d-4b10-11ee-a964-aac5a93f6ac1 year: '2021' ... --- _id: '9562' abstract: - lang: eng text: Left-right asymmetries can be considered a fundamental organizational principle of the vertebrate central nervous system. The hippocampal CA3-CA1 pyramidal cell synaptic connection shows an input-side dependent asymmetry where the hemispheric location of the presynaptic CA3 neuron determines the synaptic properties. Left-input synapses terminating on apical dendrites in stratum radiatum have a higher density of NMDA receptor subunit GluN2B, a lower density of AMPA receptor subunit GluA1 and smaller areas with less often perforated PSDs. On the other hand, left-input synapses terminating on basal dendrites in stratum oriens have lower GluN2B densities than right-input ones. Apical and basal synapses further employ different signaling pathways involved in LTP. SDS-digested freeze-fracture replica labeling can visualize synaptic membrane proteins with high sensitivity and resolution, and has been used to reveal the asymmetry at the electron microscopic level. However, it requires time-consuming manual demarcation of the synaptic surface for quantitative measurements. To facilitate the analysis of replica labeling, I first developed a software named Darea, which utilizes deep-learning to automatize this demarcation. With Darea I characterized the synaptic distribution of NMDA and AMPA receptors as well as the voltage-gated Ca2+ channels in CA1 stratum radiatum and oriens. Second, I explored the role of GluN2B and its carboxy-terminus in the establishment of input-side dependent hippocampal asymmetry. In conditional knock-out mice lacking GluN2B expression in CA1 and GluN2B-2A swap mice, where GluN2B carboxy-terminus was exchanged to that of GluN2A, no significant asymmetries of GluN2B, GluA1 and PSD area were detected. We further discovered a previously unknown functional asymmetry of GluN2A, which was also lost in the swap mouse. These results demonstrate that GluN2B carboxy-terminus plays a critical role in normal formation of input-side dependent asymmetry. acknowledged_ssus: - _id: EM-Fac alternative_title: - ISTA Thesis article_processing_charge: No author: - first_name: David full_name: Kleindienst, David id: 42E121A4-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Kleindienst citation: ama: 'Kleindienst D. 2B or not 2B: Hippocampal asymmetries mediated by NMDA receptor subunit GluN2B C-terminus and high-throughput image analysis by Deep-Learning. 2021. doi:10.15479/at:ista:9562' apa: 'Kleindienst, D. (2021). 2B or not 2B: Hippocampal asymmetries mediated by NMDA receptor subunit GluN2B C-terminus and high-throughput image analysis by Deep-Learning. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:9562' chicago: 'Kleindienst, David. “2B or Not 2B: Hippocampal Asymmetries Mediated by NMDA Receptor Subunit GluN2B C-Terminus and High-Throughput Image Analysis by Deep-Learning.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2021. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:9562.' ieee: 'D. Kleindienst, “2B or not 2B: Hippocampal asymmetries mediated by NMDA receptor subunit GluN2B C-terminus and high-throughput image analysis by Deep-Learning,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2021.' ista: 'Kleindienst D. 2021. 2B or not 2B: Hippocampal asymmetries mediated by NMDA receptor subunit GluN2B C-terminus and high-throughput image analysis by Deep-Learning. Institute of Science and Technology Austria.' mla: 'Kleindienst, David. 2B or Not 2B: Hippocampal Asymmetries Mediated by NMDA Receptor Subunit GluN2B C-Terminus and High-Throughput Image Analysis by Deep-Learning. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2021, doi:10.15479/at:ista:9562.' short: 'D. Kleindienst, 2B or Not 2B: Hippocampal Asymmetries Mediated by NMDA Receptor Subunit GluN2B C-Terminus and High-Throughput Image Analysis by Deep-Learning, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2021.' date_created: 2021-06-17T14:10:47Z date_published: 2021-06-01T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2023-09-11T12:55:53Z day: '01' ddc: - '570' degree_awarded: PhD department: - _id: GradSch - _id: RySh doi: 10.15479/at:ista:9562 file: - access_level: open_access checksum: 659df5518db495f679cb1df9e9bd1d94 content_type: application/pdf creator: dkleindienst date_created: 2021-06-17T14:03:14Z date_updated: 2022-07-02T22:30:04Z embargo: 2022-07-01 file_id: '9563' file_name: Thesis.pdf file_size: 77299142 relation: main_file - access_level: closed checksum: 3bcf63a2b19e5b6663be051bea332748 content_type: application/zip creator: dkleindienst date_created: 2021-06-17T14:04:30Z date_updated: 2022-07-02T22:30:04Z embargo_to: open_access file_id: '9564' file_name: Thesis_source.zip file_size: 369804895 relation: source_file file_date_updated: 2022-07-02T22:30:04Z has_accepted_license: '1' language: - iso: eng month: '06' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version page: '124' publication_identifier: issn: - 2663-337X publication_status: published publisher: Institute of Science and Technology Austria related_material: record: - id: '9756' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '9437' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '8532' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '612' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public status: public supervisor: - first_name: Ryuichi full_name: Shigemoto, Ryuichi id: 499F3ABC-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Shigemoto orcid: 0000-0001-8761-9444 title: '2B or not 2B: Hippocampal asymmetries mediated by NMDA receptor subunit GluN2B C-terminus and high-throughput image analysis by Deep-Learning' type: dissertation user_id: c635000d-4b10-11ee-a964-aac5a93f6ac1 year: '2021' ... --- _id: '8934' abstract: - lang: eng text: "In this thesis, we consider several of the most classical and fundamental problems in static analysis and formal verification, including invariant generation, reachability analysis, termination analysis of probabilistic programs, data-flow analysis, quantitative analysis of Markov chains and Markov decision processes, and the problem of data packing in cache management.\r\nWe use techniques from parameterized complexity theory, polyhedral geometry, and real algebraic geometry to significantly improve the state-of-the-art, in terms of both scalability and completeness guarantees, for the mentioned problems. In some cases, our results are the first theoretical improvements for the respective problems in two or three decades." acknowledgement: 'The research was partially supported by an IBM PhD fellowship, a Facebook PhD fellowship, and DOC fellowship #24956 of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (OeAW).' alternative_title: - ISTA Thesis article_processing_charge: No author: - first_name: Amir Kafshdar full_name: Goharshady, Amir Kafshdar id: 391365CE-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Goharshady orcid: 0000-0003-1702-6584 citation: ama: Goharshady AK. Parameterized and algebro-geometric advances in static program analysis. 2021. doi:10.15479/AT:ISTA:8934 apa: Goharshady, A. K. (2021). Parameterized and algebro-geometric advances in static program analysis. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:8934 chicago: Goharshady, Amir Kafshdar. “Parameterized and Algebro-Geometric Advances in Static Program Analysis.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2021. https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:8934. ieee: A. K. Goharshady, “Parameterized and algebro-geometric advances in static program analysis,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2021. ista: Goharshady AK. 2021. Parameterized and algebro-geometric advances in static program analysis. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. mla: Goharshady, Amir Kafshdar. Parameterized and Algebro-Geometric Advances in Static Program Analysis. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2021, doi:10.15479/AT:ISTA:8934. short: A.K. Goharshady, Parameterized and Algebro-Geometric Advances in Static Program Analysis, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2021. date_created: 2020-12-10T12:17:07Z date_published: 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2023-09-22T10:03:21Z day: '01' ddc: - '005' degree_awarded: PhD department: - _id: KrCh - _id: GradSch doi: 10.15479/AT:ISTA:8934 file: - access_level: open_access checksum: d1b9db3725aed34dadd81274aeb9426c content_type: application/pdf creator: akafshda date_created: 2020-12-22T20:08:44Z date_updated: 2021-12-23T23:30:04Z embargo: 2021-12-22 file_id: '8969' file_name: Thesis-pdfa.pdf file_size: 5251507 relation: main_file - access_level: closed checksum: 1661df7b393e6866d2460eba3c905130 content_type: application/zip creator: akafshda date_created: 2020-12-22T20:08:50Z date_updated: 2021-03-04T23:30:04Z embargo_to: open_access file_id: '8970' file_name: source.zip file_size: 10636756 relation: source_file file_date_updated: 2021-12-23T23:30:04Z has_accepted_license: '1' language: - iso: eng month: '01' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version page: '278' project: - _id: 267066CE-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 name: Quantitative Analysis of Probablistic Systems with a focus on Crypto-currencies - _id: 266EEEC0-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 name: Quantitative Game-theoretic Analysis of Blockchain Applications and Smart Contracts publication_identifier: issn: - 2663-337X publication_status: published publisher: Institute of Science and Technology Austria related_material: record: - id: '1386' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '1437' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '311' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '6056' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '6380' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '639' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '66' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '6780' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '6918' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '7810' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '6175' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '6378' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '6490' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '7014' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '8089' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '8728' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '7158' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '5977' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '6009' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '6340' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '949' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public status: public supervisor: - first_name: Krishnendu full_name: Chatterjee, Krishnendu id: 2E5DCA20-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Chatterjee orcid: 0000-0002-4561-241X title: Parameterized and algebro-geometric advances in static program analysis tmp: image: /images/cc_0.png legal_code_url: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode name: Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication (CC0 1.0) short: CC0 (1.0) type: dissertation user_id: c635000d-4b10-11ee-a964-aac5a93f6ac1 year: '2021' ... --- _id: '10307' abstract: - lang: eng text: Bacteria-host interactions represent a continuous trade-off between benefit and risk. Thus, the host immune response is faced with a non-trivial problem – accommodate beneficial commensals and remove harmful pathogens. This is especially difficult as molecular patterns, such as lipopolysaccharide or specific surface organelles such as pili, are conserved in both, commensal and pathogenic bacteria. Type 1 pili, tightly regulated by phase variation, are considered an important virulence factor of pathogenic bacteria as they facilitate invasion into host cells. While invasion represents a de facto passive mechanism for pathogens to escape the host immune response, we demonstrate a fundamental role of type 1 pili as active modulators of the innate and adaptive immune response. acknowledged_ssus: - _id: LifeSc - _id: Bio - _id: PreCl - _id: EM-Fac alternative_title: - ISTA Thesis article_processing_charge: No author: - first_name: Kathrin full_name: Tomasek, Kathrin id: 3AEC8556-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Tomasek orcid: 0000-0003-3768-877X citation: ama: Tomasek K. Pathogenic Escherichia coli hijack the host immune response. 2021. doi:10.15479/at:ista:10307 apa: Tomasek, K. (2021). Pathogenic Escherichia coli hijack the host immune response. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:10307 chicago: Tomasek, Kathrin. “Pathogenic Escherichia Coli Hijack the Host Immune Response.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2021. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:10307. ieee: K. Tomasek, “Pathogenic Escherichia coli hijack the host immune response,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2021. ista: Tomasek K. 2021. Pathogenic Escherichia coli hijack the host immune response. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. mla: Tomasek, Kathrin. Pathogenic Escherichia Coli Hijack the Host Immune Response. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2021, doi:10.15479/at:ista:10307. short: K. Tomasek, Pathogenic Escherichia Coli Hijack the Host Immune Response, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2021. date_created: 2021-11-18T15:05:06Z date_published: 2021-11-18T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2023-09-07T13:34:38Z day: '18' ddc: - '570' degree_awarded: PhD department: - _id: MiSi - _id: CaGu - _id: GradSch doi: 10.15479/at:ista:10307 file: - access_level: open_access checksum: b39c9e0ef18d0484d537a67551effd02 content_type: application/pdf creator: ktomasek date_created: 2021-11-18T15:07:31Z date_updated: 2022-12-20T23:30:05Z embargo: 2022-11-18 file_id: '10308' file_name: ThesisTomasekKathrin.pdf file_size: 13266088 relation: main_file - access_level: closed checksum: c0c440ee9e5ef1102a518a4f9f023e7c content_type: application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document creator: ktomasek date_created: 2021-11-18T15:07:46Z date_updated: 2022-12-20T23:30:05Z embargo_to: open_access file_id: '10309' file_name: ThesisTomasekKathrin.docx file_size: 7539509 relation: source_file file_date_updated: 2022-12-20T23:30:05Z has_accepted_license: '1' language: - iso: eng month: '11' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version page: '73' publication_identifier: issn: - 2663-337X publication_status: published publisher: Institute of Science and Technology Austria related_material: record: - id: '10316' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public status: public supervisor: - first_name: Michael K full_name: Sixt, Michael K id: 41E9FBEA-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Sixt orcid: 0000-0002-4561-241X - first_name: Calin C full_name: Guet, Calin C id: 47F8433E-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Guet orcid: 0000-0001-6220-2052 title: Pathogenic Escherichia coli hijack the host immune response type: dissertation user_id: c635000d-4b10-11ee-a964-aac5a93f6ac1 year: '2021' ... --- _id: '10303' abstract: - lang: eng text: 'Nitrogen is an essential macronutrient determining plant growth, development and affecting agricultural productivity. Root, as a hub that perceives and integrates local and systemic signals on the plant’s external and endogenous nitrogen resources, communicates with other plant organs to consolidate their physiology and development in accordance with actual nitrogen balance. Over the last years, numerous studies demonstrated that these comprehensive developmental adaptations rely on the interaction between pathways controlling nitrogen homeostasis and hormonal networks acting globally in the plant body. However, molecular insights into how the information about the nitrogen status is translated through hormonal pathways into specific developmental output are lacking. In my work, I addressed so far poorly understood mechanisms underlying root-to-shoot communication that lead to a rapid re-adjustment of shoot growth and development after nitrate provision. Applying a combination of molecular, cell, and developmental biology approaches, genetics and grafting experiments as well as hormonal analytics, I identified and characterized an unknown molecular framework orchestrating shoot development with a root nitrate sensory system. ' acknowledged_ssus: - _id: LifeSc - _id: Bio alternative_title: - ISTA Thesis article_processing_charge: No author: - first_name: Rashed full_name: Abualia, Rashed id: 4827E134-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Abualia orcid: 0000-0002-9357-9415 citation: ama: Abualia R. Role of hormones in nitrate regulated growth. 2021. doi:10.15479/at:ista:10303 apa: Abualia, R. (2021). Role of hormones in nitrate regulated growth. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:10303 chicago: Abualia, Rashed. “Role of Hormones in Nitrate Regulated Growth.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2021. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:10303. ieee: R. Abualia, “Role of hormones in nitrate regulated growth,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2021. ista: Abualia R. 2021. Role of hormones in nitrate regulated growth. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. mla: Abualia, Rashed. Role of Hormones in Nitrate Regulated Growth. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2021, doi:10.15479/at:ista:10303. short: R. Abualia, Role of Hormones in Nitrate Regulated Growth, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2021. date_created: 2021-11-18T11:20:59Z date_published: 2021-11-22T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2023-09-19T14:42:45Z day: '22' ddc: - '580' - '581' degree_awarded: PhD department: - _id: GradSch - _id: EvBe doi: 10.15479/at:ista:10303 file: - access_level: open_access checksum: dea38b98aa4da1cea03dcd0f10862818 content_type: application/pdf creator: rabualia date_created: 2021-11-22T14:48:21Z date_updated: 2022-12-20T23:30:06Z embargo: 2022-11-23 file_id: '10331' file_name: AbualiaPhDthesisfinalv3.pdf file_size: 28005730 relation: main_file - access_level: closed checksum: 4cd62da5ec5ba4c32e61f0f6d9e61920 content_type: application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document creator: rabualia date_created: 2021-11-22T14:48:34Z date_updated: 2022-12-20T23:30:06Z embargo_to: open_access file_id: '10332' file_name: AbualiaPhDthesisfinalv3.docx file_size: 62841883 relation: source_file file_date_updated: 2022-12-20T23:30:06Z has_accepted_license: '1' language: - iso: eng month: '11' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version page: '139' publication_identifier: issn: - 2663-337X publication_status: published publisher: Institute of Science and Technology Austria related_material: record: - id: '9010' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '9913' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '47' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public status: public supervisor: - first_name: Eva full_name: Benková, Eva id: 38F4F166-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Benková orcid: 0000-0002-8510-9739 title: Role of hormones in nitrate regulated growth 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: dissertation user_id: c635000d-4b10-11ee-a964-aac5a93f6ac1 year: '2021' ... --- _id: '9962' abstract: - lang: eng text: The brain is one of the largest and most complex organs and it is composed of billions of neurons that communicate together enabling e.g. consciousness. The cerebral cortex is the largest site of neural integration in the central nervous system. Concerted radial migration of newly born cortical projection neurons, from their birthplace to their final position, is a key step in the assembly of the cerebral cortex. The cellular and molecular mechanisms regulating radial neuronal migration in vivo are however still unclear. Recent evidence suggests that distinct signaling cues act cell-autonomously but differentially at certain steps during the overall migration process. Moreover, functional analysis of genetic mosaics (mutant neurons present in wild-type/heterozygote environment) using the MADM (Mosaic Analysis with Double Markers) analyses in comparison to global knockout also indicate a significant degree of non-cell-autonomous and/or community effects in the control of cortical neuron migration. The interactions of cell-intrinsic (cell-autonomous) and cell-extrinsic (non-cell-autonomous) components are largely unknown. In part of this thesis work we established a MADM-based experimental strategy for the quantitative analysis of cell-autonomous gene function versus non-cell-autonomous and/or community effects. The direct comparison of mutant neurons from the genetic mosaic (cell-autonomous) to mutant neurons in the conditional and/or global knockout (cell-autonomous + non-cell-autonomous) allows to quantitatively analyze non-cell-autonomous effects. Such analysis enable the high-resolution analysis of projection neuron migration dynamics in distinct environments with concomitant isolation of genomic and proteomic profiles. Using these experimental paradigms and in combination with computational modeling we show and characterize the nature of non-cell-autonomous effects to coordinate radial neuron migration. Furthermore, this thesis discusses recent developments in neurodevelopment with focus on neuronal polarization and non-cell-autonomous mechanisms in neuronal migration. alternative_title: - ISTA Thesis article_processing_charge: No author: - first_name: Andi H full_name: Hansen, Andi H id: 38853E16-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Hansen citation: ama: Hansen AH. Cell-autonomous gene function and non-cell-autonomous effects in radial projection neuron migration. 2021. doi:10.15479/at:ista:9962 apa: Hansen, A. H. (2021). Cell-autonomous gene function and non-cell-autonomous effects in radial projection neuron migration. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:9962 chicago: Hansen, Andi H. “Cell-Autonomous Gene Function and Non-Cell-Autonomous Effects in Radial Projection Neuron Migration.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2021. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:9962. ieee: A. H. Hansen, “Cell-autonomous gene function and non-cell-autonomous effects in radial projection neuron migration,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2021. ista: Hansen AH. 2021. Cell-autonomous gene function and non-cell-autonomous effects in radial projection neuron migration. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. mla: Hansen, Andi H. Cell-Autonomous Gene Function and Non-Cell-Autonomous Effects in Radial Projection Neuron Migration. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2021, doi:10.15479/at:ista:9962. short: A.H. Hansen, Cell-Autonomous Gene Function and Non-Cell-Autonomous Effects in Radial Projection Neuron Migration, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2021. date_created: 2021-08-29T12:36:50Z date_published: 2021-09-02T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2023-09-22T09:58:30Z day: '02' ddc: - '570' degree_awarded: PhD department: - _id: GradSch - _id: SiHi doi: 10.15479/at:ista:9962 file: - access_level: closed checksum: 66b56f5b988b233dc66a4f4b4fb2cdfe content_type: application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document creator: ahansen date_created: 2021-08-30T09:17:39Z date_updated: 2022-09-03T22:30:04Z embargo_to: open_access file_id: '9971' file_name: Thesis_Hansen.docx file_size: 10629190 relation: source_file - access_level: open_access checksum: 204fa40321a1c6289b68c473634c4bf3 content_type: application/pdf creator: ahansen date_created: 2021-08-30T09:29:44Z date_updated: 2022-09-03T22:30:04Z embargo: 2022-09-02 file_id: '9972' file_name: Thesis_Hansen_PDFA-1a.pdf file_size: 13457469 relation: main_file file_date_updated: 2022-09-03T22:30:04Z has_accepted_license: '1' keyword: - Neuronal migration - Non-cell-autonomous - Cell-autonomous - Neurodevelopmental disease language: - iso: eng month: '09' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version page: '182' project: - _id: 2625A13E-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 grant_number: '24812' name: Molecular Mechanisms of Radial Neuronal Migration publication_identifier: issn: - 2663-337X publication_status: published publisher: Institute of Science and Technology Austria related_material: record: - id: '8569' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '960' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public status: public supervisor: - first_name: Simon full_name: Hippenmeyer, Simon id: 37B36620-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Hippenmeyer orcid: 0000-0003-2279-1061 title: Cell-autonomous gene function and non-cell-autonomous effects in radial projection neuron migration 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: dissertation user_id: c635000d-4b10-11ee-a964-aac5a93f6ac1 year: '2021' ... --- _id: '10083' abstract: - lang: eng text: "Plant motions occur across a wide spectrum of timescales, ranging from seed dispersal through bursting (milliseconds) and stomatal opening (minutes) to long-term adaptation of gross architecture. Relatively fast motions include water-driven growth as exemplified by root cell expansion under abiotic/biotic stresses or during gravitropism. A showcase is a root growth inhibition in 30 seconds triggered by the phytohormone auxin. However, the cellular and molecular mechanisms are still largely unknown. This thesis covers the studies about this topic as follows. By taking advantage of microfluidics combined with live imaging, pharmaceutical tools, and transgenic lines, we examined the kinetics of and causal relationship among various auxininduced rapid cellular changes in root growth, apoplastic pH, cytosolic Ca2+, cortical microtubule (CMT) orientation, and vacuolar morphology. We revealed that CMT reorientation and vacuolar constriction are the consequence of growth itself instead of responding directly to auxin. In contrast, auxin induces apoplast alkalinization to rapidly inhibit root growth in 30 seconds. This auxin-triggered apoplast alkalinization results from rapid H+- influx that is contributed by Ca2+ inward channel CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE-GATED CHANNEL 14 (CNGC14)-dependent Ca2+ signaling. To dissect which auxin signaling mediates the rapid apoplast alkalinization, we\r\ncombined microfluidics and genetic engineering to verify that TIR1/AFB receptors conduct a non-transcriptional regulation on Ca2+ and H+ -influx. This non-canonical pathway is mostly mediated by the cytosolic portion of TIR1/AFB. On the other hand, we uncovered, using biochemical and phospho-proteomic analysis, that auxin cell surface signaling component TRANSMEMBRANE KINASE 1 (TMK1) plays a negative role during auxin-trigger apoplast\r\nalkalinization and root growth inhibition through directly activating PM H+ -ATPases. Therefore, we discovered that PM H+ -ATPases counteract instead of mediate the auxintriggered rapid H+ -influx, and that TIR1/AFB and TMK1 regulate root growth antagonistically. This opposite effect of TIR1/AFB and TMK1 is consistent during auxin-induced hypocotyl elongation, leading us to explore the relation of two signaling pathways. Assisted with biochemistry and fluorescent imaging, we verified for the first time that TIR1/AFB and TMK1 can interact with each other. The ability of TIR1/AFB binding to membrane lipid provides a basis for the interaction of plasma membrane- and cytosol-localized proteins.\r\nBesides, transgenic analysis combined with genetic engineering and biochemistry showed that vi\r\nthey do function in the same pathway. Particularly, auxin-induced TMK1 increase is TIR1/AFB dependent, suggesting TIR1/AFB regulation on TMK1. Conversely, TMK1 also regulates TIR1/AFB protein levels and thus auxin canonical signaling. To follow the study of rapid growth regulation, we analyzed another rapid growth regulator, signaling peptide RALF1. We showed that RALF1 also triggers a rapid and reversible growth inhibition caused by H + influx, highly resembling but not dependent on auxin. Besides, RALF1 promotes auxin biosynthesis by increasing expression of auxin biosynthesis enzyme YUCCAs and thus induces auxin signaling in ca. 1 hour, contributing to the sustained RALF1-triggered growth inhibition. These studies collectively contribute to understanding rapid regulation on plant cell\r\ngrowth, novel auxin signaling pathway as well as auxin-peptide crosstalk. " alternative_title: - ISTA Thesis article_processing_charge: No author: - first_name: Lanxin full_name: Li, Lanxin last_name: Li citation: ama: Li L. Rapid cell growth regulation in Arabidopsis. 2021. doi:10.15479/at:ista:10083 apa: Li, L. (2021). Rapid cell growth regulation in Arabidopsis. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:10083 chicago: Li, Lanxin. “Rapid Cell Growth Regulation in Arabidopsis.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2021. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:10083. ieee: L. Li, “Rapid cell growth regulation in Arabidopsis,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2021. ista: Li L. 2021. Rapid cell growth regulation in Arabidopsis. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. mla: Li, Lanxin. Rapid Cell Growth Regulation in Arabidopsis. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2021, doi:10.15479/at:ista:10083. short: L. Li, Rapid Cell Growth Regulation in Arabidopsis, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2021. date_created: 2021-10-04T13:33:10Z date_published: 2021-10-06T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2023-10-31T19:30:02Z day: '06' ddc: - '575' degree_awarded: PhD department: - _id: GradSch - _id: JiFr doi: 10.15479/at:ista:10083 ec_funded: 1 file: - access_level: open_access checksum: 3b2f55b3b8ae05337a0dcc1cd8595b10 content_type: application/pdf creator: cchlebak date_created: 2021-10-14T08:00:07Z date_updated: 2022-12-20T23:30:03Z embargo: 2022-10-14 file_id: '10138' file_name: 0._IST_Austria_Thesis_Lanxin_Li_1014_pdftron.pdf file_size: 8616142 relation: main_file - access_level: closed checksum: f23ed258ca894f6aabf58b0c128bf242 content_type: application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document creator: cchlebak date_created: 2021-10-14T08:00:13Z date_updated: 2022-12-20T23:30:03Z embargo_to: open_access file_id: '10139' file_name: 0._IST_Austria_Thesis_Lanxin_Li_1014.docx file_size: 15058499 relation: source_file file_date_updated: 2022-12-20T23:30:03Z has_accepted_license: '1' language: - iso: eng month: '10' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version project: - _id: 2564DBCA-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: H2020 grant_number: '665385' name: International IST Doctoral Program - _id: 26B4D67E-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 grant_number: '25351' name: 'A Case Study of Plant Growth Regulation: Molecular Mechanism of Auxin-mediated Rapid Growth Inhibition in Arabidopsis Root' publication_identifier: issn: - 2663-337X publication_status: published publisher: Institute of Science and Technology Austria related_material: record: - id: '442' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '8931' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '9287' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '8283' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '8986' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '6627' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '10095' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '10015' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public status: public supervisor: - first_name: Jiří full_name: Friml, Jiří id: 4159519E-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Friml orcid: 0000-0002-8302-7596 title: Rapid cell growth regulation in Arabidopsis tmp: image: /images/cc_by_nc_nd.png legal_code_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode name: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) short: CC BY-NC-ND (4.0) type: dissertation user_id: c635000d-4b10-11ee-a964-aac5a93f6ac1 year: '2021' ... --- _id: '10293' abstract: - lang: eng text: "Indirect reciprocity in evolutionary game theory is a prominent mechanism for explaining the evolution of cooperation among unrelated individuals. In contrast to direct reciprocity, which is based on individuals meeting repeatedly, and conditionally cooperating by using their own experiences, indirect reciprocity is based on individuals’ reputations. If a player helps another, this increases the helper’s public standing, benefitting them in the future. This lets cooperation in the population emerge without individuals having to meet more than once. While the two modes of reciprocity are intertwined, they are difficult to compare. Thus, they are usually studied in isolation. Direct reciprocity can maintain cooperation with simple strategies, and is robust against noise even when players do not remember more\r\nthan their partner’s last action. Meanwhile, indirect reciprocity requires its successful strategies, or social norms, to be more complex. Exhaustive search previously identified eight such norms, called the “leading eight”, which excel at maintaining cooperation. However, as the first result of this thesis, we show that the leading eight break down once we remove the fundamental assumption that information is synchronized and public, such that everyone agrees on reputations. Once we consider a more realistic scenario of imperfect information, where reputations are private, and individuals occasionally misinterpret or miss observations, the leading eight do not promote cooperation anymore. Instead, minor initial disagreements can proliferate, fragmenting populations into subgroups. In a next step, we consider ways to mitigate this issue. We first explore whether introducing “generosity” can stabilize cooperation when players use the leading eight strategies in noisy environments. This approach of modifying strategies to include probabilistic elements for coping with errors is known to work well in direct reciprocity. However, as we show here, it fails for the more complex norms of indirect reciprocity. Imperfect information still prevents cooperation from evolving. On the other hand, we succeeded to show in this thesis that modifying the leading eight to use “quantitative assessment”, i.e. tracking reputation scores on a scale beyond good and bad, and making overall judgments of others based on a threshold, is highly successful, even when noise increases in the environment. Cooperation can flourish when reputations\r\nare more nuanced, and players have a broader understanding what it means to be “good.” Finally, we present a single theoretical framework that unites the two modes of reciprocity despite their differences. Within this framework, we identify a novel simple and successful strategy for indirect reciprocity, which can cope with noisy environments and has an analogue in direct reciprocity. We can also analyze decision making when different sources of information are available. Our results help highlight that for sustaining cooperation, already the most simple rules of reciprocity can be sufficient." alternative_title: - ISTA Thesis article_processing_charge: No author: - first_name: Laura full_name: Schmid, Laura id: 38B437DE-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Schmid orcid: 0000-0002-6978-7329 citation: ama: Schmid L. Evolution of cooperation via (in)direct reciprocity under imperfect information. 2021. doi:10.15479/at:ista:10293 apa: Schmid, L. (2021). Evolution of cooperation via (in)direct reciprocity under imperfect information. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:10293 chicago: Schmid, Laura. “Evolution of Cooperation via (in)Direct Reciprocity under Imperfect Information.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2021. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:10293. ieee: L. Schmid, “Evolution of cooperation via (in)direct reciprocity under imperfect information,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2021. ista: Schmid L. 2021. Evolution of cooperation via (in)direct reciprocity under imperfect information. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. mla: Schmid, Laura. Evolution of Cooperation via (in)Direct Reciprocity under Imperfect Information. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2021, doi:10.15479/at:ista:10293. short: L. Schmid, Evolution of Cooperation via (in)Direct Reciprocity under Imperfect Information, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2021. date_created: 2021-11-15T17:12:57Z date_published: 2021-11-17T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2023-11-07T08:28:29Z day: '17' ddc: - '519' - '576' degree_awarded: PhD department: - _id: GradSch - _id: KrCh doi: 10.15479/at:ista:10293 ec_funded: 1 file: - access_level: closed checksum: 86a05b430756ca12ae8107b6e6f3c1e5 content_type: application/zip creator: lschmid date_created: 2021-11-18T12:41:46Z date_updated: 2022-12-20T23:30:08Z embargo_to: open_access file_id: '10305' file_name: submission_new.zip file_size: 29703124 relation: source_file - access_level: open_access checksum: d940af042e94660c6b6a7b4f0b184d47 content_type: application/pdf creator: lschmid date_created: 2021-11-18T12:59:15Z date_updated: 2022-12-20T23:30:08Z embargo: 2022-10-18 file_id: '10306' file_name: thesis_new_upload.pdf file_size: 8320985 relation: main_file file_date_updated: 2022-12-20T23:30:08Z has_accepted_license: '1' language: - iso: eng month: '11' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version page: '171' project: - _id: 2581B60A-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: FP7 grant_number: '279307' name: 'Quantitative Graph Games: Theory and Applications' - _id: 0599E47C-7A3F-11EA-A408-12923DDC885E call_identifier: H2020 grant_number: '863818' name: 'Formal Methods for Stochastic Models: Algorithms and Applications' - _id: 25F42A32-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: FWF grant_number: Z211 name: The Wittgenstein Prize - _id: 2584A770-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: FWF grant_number: P 23499-N23 name: Modern Graph Algorithmic Techniques in Formal Verification - _id: 25832EC2-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: FWF grant_number: S 11407_N23 name: Rigorous Systems Engineering publication_identifier: issn: - 2663-337X publication_status: published publisher: Institute of Science and Technology Austria related_material: record: - id: '9997' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '2' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '9402' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public status: public supervisor: - first_name: Krishnendu full_name: Chatterjee, Krishnendu id: 2E5DCA20-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Chatterjee orcid: 0000-0002-4561-241X title: Evolution of cooperation via (in)direct reciprocity under imperfect information type: dissertation user_id: c635000d-4b10-11ee-a964-aac5a93f6ac1 year: '2021' ... --- _id: '10135' abstract: - lang: eng text: "Plants maintain the capacity to develop new organs e.g. lateral roots post-embryonically throughout their whole life and thereby flexibly adapt to ever-changing environmental conditions. Plant hormones auxin and cytokinin are the main regulators of the lateral root organogenesis. Additionally to their solo activities, the interaction between auxin and\r\ncytokinin plays crucial role in fine-tuning of lateral root development and growth. In particular, cytokinin modulates auxin distribution within the developing lateral root by affecting the endomembrane trafficking of auxin transporter PIN1 and promoting its vacuolar degradation (Marhavý et al., 2011, 2014). This effect is independent of transcription and\r\ntranslation. Therefore, it suggests novel, non-canonical cytokinin activity occuring possibly on the posttranslational level. Impact of cytokinin and other plant hormones on auxin transporters (including PIN1) on the posttranslational level is described in detail in the introduction part of this thesis in a form of a review (Semeradova et al., 2020). To gain insights into the molecular machinery underlying cytokinin effect on the endomembrane trafficking in the plant cell, in particular on the PIN1 degradation, we conducted two large proteomic screens: 1) Identification of cytokinin binding proteins using\r\nchemical proteomics. 2) Monitoring of proteomic and phosphoproteomic changes upon cytokinin treatment. In the first screen, we identified DYNAMIN RELATED PROTEIN 2A (DRP2A). We found that DRP2A plays a role in cytokinin regulated processes during the plant growth and that cytokinin treatment promotes destabilization of DRP2A protein. However, the role of DRP2A in the PIN1 degradation remains to be elucidated. In the second screen, we found VACUOLAR PROTEIN SORTING 9A (VPS9A). VPS9a plays crucial role in plant’s response to cytokin and in cytokinin mediated PIN1 degradation. Altogether, we identified proteins, which bind to cytokinin and proteins that in response to\r\ncytokinin exhibit significantly changed abundance or phosphorylation pattern. By combining information from these two screens, we can pave our way towards understanding of noncanonical cytokinin effects." alternative_title: - ISTA Thesis article_processing_charge: No author: - first_name: Hana full_name: Semerádová, Hana id: 42FE702E-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Semerádová citation: ama: Semerádová H. Molecular mechanisms of the cytokinin-regulated endomembrane trafficking to coordinate plant organogenesis. 2021. doi:10.15479/at:ista:10135 apa: Semerádová, H. (2021). Molecular mechanisms of the cytokinin-regulated endomembrane trafficking to coordinate plant organogenesis. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:10135 chicago: Semerádová, Hana. “Molecular Mechanisms of the Cytokinin-Regulated Endomembrane Trafficking to Coordinate Plant Organogenesis.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2021. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:10135. ieee: H. Semerádová, “Molecular mechanisms of the cytokinin-regulated endomembrane trafficking to coordinate plant organogenesis,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2021. ista: Semerádová H. 2021. Molecular mechanisms of the cytokinin-regulated endomembrane trafficking to coordinate plant organogenesis. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. mla: Semerádová, Hana. Molecular Mechanisms of the Cytokinin-Regulated Endomembrane Trafficking to Coordinate Plant Organogenesis. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2021, doi:10.15479/at:ista:10135. short: H. Semerádová, Molecular Mechanisms of the Cytokinin-Regulated Endomembrane Trafficking to Coordinate Plant Organogenesis, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2021. date_created: 2021-10-13T13:42:48Z date_published: 2021-10-13T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2024-01-25T10:53:29Z day: '13' ddc: - '570' degree_awarded: PhD department: - _id: GradSch - _id: EvBe doi: 10.15479/at:ista:10135 file: - access_level: closed checksum: ce7108853e6cec6224f17cd6429b51fe content_type: application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document creator: cziletti date_created: 2021-10-27T07:45:37Z date_updated: 2022-12-20T23:30:05Z embargo_to: open_access file_id: '10186' file_name: Hana_Semeradova_Disertation_Thesis_II_Revised_3.docx file_size: 28508629 relation: source_file - access_level: open_access checksum: 0d7afb846e8e31ec794de47bf44e12ef content_type: application/pdf creator: cziletti date_created: 2021-10-27T07:45:57Z date_updated: 2022-12-20T23:30:05Z embargo: 2022-10-28 file_id: '10187' file_name: Hana_Semeradova_Disertation_Thesis_II_Revised_3PDFA.pdf file_size: 10623525 relation: main_file file_date_updated: 2022-12-20T23:30:05Z has_accepted_license: '1' language: - iso: eng month: '10' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version project: - _id: 261821BC-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 grant_number: '24746' name: Molecular mechanisms of the cytokinin regulated endomembrane trafficking to coordinate plant organogenesis. publication_identifier: isbn: - 978-3-99078-014-5 issn: - 2663-337X publication_status: published publisher: Institute of Science and Technology Austria related_material: record: - id: '9160' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public status: public supervisor: - first_name: Eva full_name: Benková, Eva id: 38F4F166-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Benková orcid: 0000-0002-8510-9739 title: Molecular mechanisms of the cytokinin-regulated endomembrane trafficking to coordinate plant organogenesis type: dissertation user_id: 8b945eb4-e2f2-11eb-945a-df72226e66a9 year: '2021' ... --- _id: '9728' abstract: - lang: eng text: "Most real-world flows are multiphase, yet we know little about them compared to their single-phase counterparts. Multiphase flows are more difficult to investigate as their dynamics occur in large parameter space and involve complex phenomena such as preferential concentration, turbulence modulation, non-Newtonian rheology, etc. Over the last few decades, experiments in particle-laden flows have taken a back seat in favour of ever-improving computational resources. However, computers are still not powerful enough to simulate a real-world fluid with millions of finite-size particles. Experiments are essential not only because they offer a reliable way to investigate real-world multiphase flows but also because they serve to validate numerical studies and steer the research in a relevant direction. In this work, we have experimentally investigated particle-laden flows in pipes, and in particular, examined the effect of particles on the laminar-turbulent transition and the drag scaling in turbulent flows.\r\n\r\nFor particle-laden pipe flows, an earlier study [Matas et al., 2003] reported how the sub-critical (i.e., hysteretic) transition that occurs via localised turbulent structures called puffs is affected by the addition of particles. In this study, in addition to this known transition, we found a super-critical transition to a globally fluctuating state with increasing particle concentration. At the same time, the Newtonian-type transition via puffs is delayed to larger Reynolds numbers. At an even higher concentration, only the globally fluctuating state is found. The dynamics of particle-laden flows are hence determined by two competing instabilities that give rise to three flow regimes: Newtonian-type turbulence at low, a particle-induced globally fluctuating state at high, and a coexistence state at intermediate concentrations.\r\n\r\nThe effect of particles on turbulent drag is ambiguous, with studies reporting drag reduction, no net change, and even drag increase. The ambiguity arises because, in addition to particle concentration, particle shape, size, and density also affect the net drag. Even similar particles might affect the flow dissimilarly in different Reynolds number and concentration ranges. In the present study, we explored a wide range of both Reynolds number and concentration, using spherical as well as cylindrical particles. We found that the spherical particles do not reduce drag while the cylindrical particles are drag-reducing within a specific Reynolds number interval. The interval strongly depends on the particle concentration and the relative size of the pipe and particles. Within this interval, the magnitude of drag reduction reaches a maximum. These drag reduction maxima appear to fall onto a distinct power-law curve irrespective of the pipe diameter and particle concentration, and this curve can be considered as the maximum drag reduction asymptote for a given fibre shape. Such an asymptote is well known for polymeric flows but had not been identified for particle-laden flows prior to this work." acknowledged_ssus: - _id: M-Shop alternative_title: - ISTA Thesis article_processing_charge: No author: - first_name: Nishchal full_name: Agrawal, Nishchal id: 469E6004-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Agrawal citation: ama: Agrawal N. Transition to turbulence and drag reduction in particle-laden pipe flows. 2021. doi:10.15479/at:ista:9728 apa: Agrawal, N. (2021). Transition to turbulence and drag reduction in particle-laden pipe flows. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:9728 chicago: Agrawal, Nishchal. “Transition to Turbulence and Drag Reduction in Particle-Laden Pipe Flows.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2021. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:9728. ieee: N. Agrawal, “Transition to turbulence and drag reduction in particle-laden pipe flows,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2021. ista: Agrawal N. 2021. Transition to turbulence and drag reduction in particle-laden pipe flows. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. mla: Agrawal, Nishchal. Transition to Turbulence and Drag Reduction in Particle-Laden Pipe Flows. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2021, doi:10.15479/at:ista:9728. short: N. Agrawal, Transition to Turbulence and Drag Reduction in Particle-Laden Pipe Flows, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2021. date_created: 2021-07-27T13:40:30Z date_published: 2021-07-29T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2024-02-28T13:14:39Z day: '29' ddc: - '532' degree_awarded: PhD department: - _id: GradSch - _id: BjHo doi: 10.15479/at:ista:9728 file: - access_level: closed checksum: 77436be3563a90435024307b1b5ee7e8 content_type: application/x-zip-compressed creator: nagrawal date_created: 2021-07-28T13:32:02Z date_updated: 2022-07-29T22:30:05Z embargo_to: open_access file_id: '9744' file_name: Transition to Turbulence and Drag Reduction in Particle-Laden Pipe Flows.zip file_size: 22859658 relation: source_file - access_level: open_access checksum: 72a891d7daba85445c29b868c22575ed content_type: application/pdf creator: nagrawal date_created: 2021-07-28T13:32:05Z date_updated: 2022-07-29T22:30:05Z embargo: 2022-07-28 file_id: '9745' file_name: Transition to Turbulence and Drag Reduction in Particle-Laden Pipe Flows.pdf file_size: 18658048 relation: main_file file_date_updated: 2022-07-29T22:30:05Z has_accepted_license: '1' keyword: - Drag Reduction - Transition to Turbulence - Multiphase Flows - particle Laden Flows - Complex Flows - Experiments - Fluid Dynamics language: - iso: eng month: '07' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version page: '118' publication_identifier: issn: - 2663-337X publication_status: published publisher: Institute of Science and Technology Austria related_material: record: - id: '6189' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public status: public supervisor: - first_name: Björn full_name: Hof, Björn id: 3A374330-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Hof orcid: 0000-0003-2057-2754 title: Transition to turbulence and drag reduction in particle-laden pipe flows 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: dissertation user_id: c635000d-4b10-11ee-a964-aac5a93f6ac1 year: '2021' ... --- _id: '7629' abstract: - lang: eng text: "This thesis is based on three main topics: In the first part, we study convergence of discrete gradient flow structures associated with regular finite-volume discretisations of Fokker-Planck equations. We show evolutionary I convergence of the discrete gradient flows to the L2-Wasserstein gradient flow corresponding to the solution of a Fokker-Planck\r\nequation in arbitrary dimension d >= 1. Along the argument, we prove Mosco- and I-convergence results for discrete energy functionals, which are of independent interest for convergence of equivalent gradient flow structures in Hilbert spaces.\r\nThe second part investigates L2-Wasserstein flows on metric graph. The starting point is a Benamou-Brenier formula for the L2-Wasserstein distance, which is proved via a regularisation scheme for solutions of the continuity equation, adapted to the peculiar geometric structure of metric graphs. Based on those results, we show that the L2-Wasserstein space over a metric graph admits a gradient flow which may be identified as a solution of a Fokker-Planck equation.\r\nIn the third part, we focus again on the discrete gradient flows, already encountered in the first part. We propose a variational structure which extends the gradient flow structure to Markov chains violating the detailed-balance conditions. Using this structure, we characterise contraction estimates for the discrete heat flow in terms of convexity of\r\ncorresponding path-dependent energy functionals. In addition, we use this approach to derive several functional inequalities for said functionals." alternative_title: - ISTA Thesis article_processing_charge: No author: - first_name: Dominik L full_name: Forkert, Dominik L id: 35C79D68-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Forkert citation: ama: Forkert DL. Gradient flows in spaces of probability measures for finite-volume schemes, metric graphs and non-reversible Markov chains. 2020. doi:10.15479/AT:ISTA:7629 apa: Forkert, D. L. (2020). Gradient flows in spaces of probability measures for finite-volume schemes, metric graphs and non-reversible Markov chains. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:7629 chicago: Forkert, Dominik L. “Gradient Flows in Spaces of Probability Measures for Finite-Volume Schemes, Metric Graphs and Non-Reversible Markov Chains.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2020. https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:7629. ieee: D. L. Forkert, “Gradient flows in spaces of probability measures for finite-volume schemes, metric graphs and non-reversible Markov chains,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2020. ista: Forkert DL. 2020. Gradient flows in spaces of probability measures for finite-volume schemes, metric graphs and non-reversible Markov chains. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. mla: Forkert, Dominik L. Gradient Flows in Spaces of Probability Measures for Finite-Volume Schemes, Metric Graphs and Non-Reversible Markov Chains. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2020, doi:10.15479/AT:ISTA:7629. short: D.L. Forkert, Gradient Flows in Spaces of Probability Measures for Finite-Volume Schemes, Metric Graphs and Non-Reversible Markov Chains, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2020. date_created: 2020-04-02T06:40:23Z date_published: 2020-03-31T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2023-09-07T13:03:12Z day: '31' ddc: - '510' degree_awarded: PhD department: - _id: JaMa doi: 10.15479/AT:ISTA:7629 ec_funded: 1 file: - access_level: open_access checksum: c814a1a6195269ca6fe48b0dca45ae8a content_type: application/pdf creator: dernst date_created: 2020-04-14T10:47:59Z date_updated: 2020-07-14T12:48:01Z file_id: '7657' file_name: Thesis_Forkert_PDFA.pdf file_size: 3297129 relation: main_file - access_level: closed checksum: ceafb53f923d1b5bdf14b2b0f22e4a81 content_type: application/x-zip-compressed creator: dernst date_created: 2020-04-14T10:47:59Z date_updated: 2020-07-14T12:48:01Z file_id: '7658' file_name: Thesis_Forkert_source.zip file_size: 1063908 relation: source_file file_date_updated: 2020-07-14T12:48:01Z has_accepted_license: '1' language: - iso: eng month: '03' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version page: '154' project: - _id: 256E75B8-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: H2020 grant_number: '716117' name: Optimal Transport and Stochastic Dynamics publication_identifier: issn: - 2663-337X publication_status: published publisher: Institute of Science and Technology Austria status: public supervisor: - first_name: Jan full_name: Maas, Jan id: 4C5696CE-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Maas orcid: 0000-0002-0845-1338 title: Gradient flows in spaces of probability measures for finite-volume schemes, metric graphs and non-reversible Markov chains type: dissertation user_id: c635000d-4b10-11ee-a964-aac5a93f6ac1 year: '2020' ... --- _id: '8574' abstract: - lang: eng text: "This thesis concerns itself with the interactions of evolutionary and ecological forces and the consequences on genetic diversity and the ultimate survival of populations. It is important to understand what signals processes \r\nleave on the genome and what we can infer from such data, which is usually abundant but noisy. Furthermore, understanding how and when populations adapt or go extinct is important for practical purposes, such as the genetic management of populations, as well as for theoretical questions, since local adaptation can be the first step toward speciation. \r\nIn Chapter 2, we introduce the method of maximum entropy to approximate the demographic changes of a population in a simple setting, namely the logistic growth model with immigration. We show that this method is not only a powerful \r\ntool in physics but can be gainfully applied in an ecological framework. We investigate how well it approximates the real \r\nbehavior of the system, and find that is does so, even in unexpected situations. Finally, we illustrate how it can model changing environments.\r\nIn Chapter 3, we analyze the co-evolution of allele frequencies and population sizes in an infinite island model.\r\nWe give conditions under which polygenic adaptation to a rare habitat is possible. The model we use is based on the diffusion approximation, considers eco-evolutionary feedback mechanisms (hard selection), and treats both \r\ndrift and environmental fluctuations explicitly. We also look at limiting scenarios, for which we derive analytical expressions. \r\nIn Chapter 4, we present a coalescent based simulation tool to obtain patterns of diversity in a spatially explicit subdivided population, in which the demographic history of each subpopulation can be specified. We compare \r\nthe results to existing predictions, and explore the relative importance of time and space under a variety of spatial arrangements and demographic histories, such as expansion and extinction. \r\nIn the last chapter, we give a brief outlook to further research. " alternative_title: - ISTA Thesis article_processing_charge: No author: - first_name: Eniko full_name: Szep, Eniko id: 485BB5A4-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Szep citation: ama: Szep E. Local adaptation in metapopulations. 2020. doi:10.15479/AT:ISTA:8574 apa: Szep, E. (2020). Local adaptation in metapopulations. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:8574 chicago: Szep, Eniko. “Local Adaptation in Metapopulations.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2020. https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:8574. ieee: E. Szep, “Local adaptation in metapopulations,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2020. ista: Szep E. 2020. Local adaptation in metapopulations. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. mla: Szep, Eniko. Local Adaptation in Metapopulations. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2020, doi:10.15479/AT:ISTA:8574. short: E. Szep, Local Adaptation in Metapopulations, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2020. date_created: 2020-09-28T07:33:38Z date_published: 2020-09-20T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2023-09-07T13:11:39Z day: '20' ddc: - '570' degree_awarded: PhD department: - _id: NiBa doi: 10.15479/AT:ISTA:8574 file: - access_level: open_access checksum: 20e71f015fbbd78fea708893ad634ed0 content_type: application/pdf creator: dernst date_created: 2020-09-28T07:25:35Z date_updated: 2020-09-28T07:25:35Z file_id: '8575' file_name: thesis_EnikoSzep_final.pdf file_size: 6354833 relation: main_file success: 1 - access_level: closed checksum: a8de2c14a1bb4e53c857787efbb289e1 content_type: application/x-zip-compressed creator: dernst date_created: 2020-09-28T07:25:37Z date_updated: 2020-09-28T07:25:37Z file_id: '8576' file_name: thesisFiles_EnikoSzep.zip file_size: 23020401 relation: source_file file_date_updated: 2020-09-28T07:25:37Z has_accepted_license: '1' language: - iso: eng month: '09' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version page: '158' publication_identifier: eissn: - 2663-337X publication_status: published publisher: Institute of Science and Technology Austria status: public supervisor: - first_name: Nicholas H full_name: Barton, Nicholas H id: 4880FE40-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Barton orcid: 0000-0002-8548-5240 title: Local adaptation in metapopulations type: dissertation user_id: c635000d-4b10-11ee-a964-aac5a93f6ac1 year: '2020' ... --- _id: '7514' abstract: - lang: eng text: "We study the interacting homogeneous Bose gas in two spatial dimensions in the thermodynamic limit at fixed density. We shall be concerned with some mathematical aspects of this complicated problem in many-body quantum mechanics. More specifically, we consider the dilute limit where the scattering length of the interaction potential, which is a measure for the effective range of the potential, is small compared to the average distance between the particles. We are interested in a setting with positive (i.e., non-zero) temperature. After giving a survey of the relevant literature in the field, we provide some facts and examples to set expectations for the two-dimensional system. The crucial difference to the three-dimensional system is that there is no Bose–Einstein condensate at positive temperature due to the Hohenberg–Mermin–Wagner theorem. However, it turns out that an asymptotic formula for the free energy holds similarly to the three-dimensional case.\r\nWe motivate this formula by considering a toy model with δ interaction potential. By restricting this model Hamiltonian to certain trial states with a quasi-condensate we obtain an upper bound for the free energy that still has the quasi-condensate fraction as a free parameter. When minimizing over the quasi-condensate fraction, we obtain the Berezinskii–Kosterlitz–Thouless critical temperature for superfluidity, which plays an important role in our rigorous contribution. The mathematically rigorous result that we prove concerns the specific free energy in the dilute limit. We give upper and lower bounds on the free energy in terms of the free energy of the non-interacting system and a correction term coming from the interaction. Both bounds match and thus we obtain the leading term of an asymptotic approximation in the dilute limit, provided the thermal wavelength of the particles is of the same order (or larger) than the average distance between the particles. The remarkable feature of this result is its generality: the correction term depends on the interaction potential only through its scattering length and it holds for all nonnegative interaction potentials with finite scattering length that are measurable. In particular, this allows to model an interaction of hard disks." alternative_title: - ISTA Thesis article_processing_charge: No author: - first_name: Simon full_name: Mayer, Simon id: 30C4630A-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Mayer citation: ama: Mayer S. The free energy of a dilute two-dimensional Bose gas. 2020. doi:10.15479/AT:ISTA:7514 apa: Mayer, S. (2020). The free energy of a dilute two-dimensional Bose gas. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:7514 chicago: Mayer, Simon. “The Free Energy of a Dilute Two-Dimensional Bose Gas.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2020. https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:7514. ieee: S. Mayer, “The free energy of a dilute two-dimensional Bose gas,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2020. ista: Mayer S. 2020. The free energy of a dilute two-dimensional Bose gas. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. mla: Mayer, Simon. The Free Energy of a Dilute Two-Dimensional Bose Gas. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2020, doi:10.15479/AT:ISTA:7514. short: S. Mayer, The Free Energy of a Dilute Two-Dimensional Bose Gas, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2020. date_created: 2020-02-24T09:17:27Z date_published: 2020-02-24T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2023-09-07T13:12:42Z day: '24' ddc: - '510' degree_awarded: PhD department: - _id: RoSe - _id: GradSch doi: 10.15479/AT:ISTA:7514 ec_funded: 1 file: - access_level: open_access checksum: b4de7579ddc1dbdd44ff3f17c48395f6 content_type: application/pdf creator: dernst date_created: 2020-02-24T09:15:06Z date_updated: 2020-07-14T12:47:59Z file_id: '7515' file_name: thesis.pdf file_size: 1563429 relation: main_file - access_level: closed checksum: ad7425867b52d7d9e72296e87bc9cb67 content_type: application/x-zip-compressed creator: dernst date_created: 2020-02-24T09:15:16Z date_updated: 2020-07-14T12:47:59Z file_id: '7516' file_name: thesis_source.zip file_size: 2028038 relation: source_file file_date_updated: 2020-07-14T12:47:59Z has_accepted_license: '1' language: - iso: eng month: '02' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version page: '148' project: - _id: 25C6DC12-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: H2020 grant_number: '694227' name: Analysis of quantum many-body systems publication_identifier: issn: - 2663-337X publication_status: published publisher: Institute of Science and Technology Austria related_material: record: - id: '7524' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public status: public supervisor: - first_name: Robert full_name: Seiringer, Robert id: 4AFD0470-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Seiringer orcid: 0000-0002-6781-0521 title: The free energy of a dilute two-dimensional Bose gas 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: dissertation user_id: c635000d-4b10-11ee-a964-aac5a93f6ac1 year: '2020' ... --- _id: '8353' abstract: - lang: eng text: "Mrp (Multi resistance and pH adaptation) are broadly distributed secondary active antiporters that catalyze the transport of monovalent ions such as sodium and potassium outside of the cell coupled to the inward translocation of protons. Mrp antiporters are unique in a way that they are composed of seven subunits (MrpABCDEFG) encoded in a single operon, whereas other antiporters catalyzing the same reaction are mostly encoded by a single gene. Mrp exchangers are crucial for intracellular pH homeostasis and Na+ efflux, essential mechanisms for H+ uptake under alkaline environments and for reduction of the intracellular concentration of toxic cations. Mrp displays no homology to any other monovalent Na+(K+)/H+ antiporters but Mrp subunits have primary sequence similarity to essential redox-driven proton pumps, such as respiratory complex I and membrane-bound hydrogenases. This similarity reinforces the hypothesis that these present day redox-driven proton pumps are descended from the Mrp antiporter. The Mrp structure serves as a model to understand the yet obscure coupling mechanism between ion or electron transfer and proton translocation in this large group of proteins. In the thesis, I am presenting the purification, biochemical analysis, cryo-EM analysis and molecular structure of the Mrp complex from Anoxybacillus flavithermus solved by cryo-EM at 3.0 Å resolution. Numerous conditions were screened to purify Mrp to high homogeneity and to obtain an appropriate distribution of single particles on cryo-EM grids covered with a continuous layer of ultrathin carbon. A preferred particle orientation problem was solved by performing a tilted data collection. The activity assays showed the specific pH-dependent\r\nprofile of secondary active antiporters. The molecular structure shows that Mrp is a dimer of seven-subunit protomers with 50 trans-membrane helices each. The dimer interface is built by many short and tilted transmembrane helices, probably causing a thinning of the bacterial membrane. The surface charge distribution shows an extraordinary asymmetry within each monomer, revealing presumable proton and sodium translocation pathways. The two largest\r\nand homologous Mrp subunits MrpA and MrpD probably translocate one proton each into the cell. The sodium ion is likely being translocated in the opposite direction within the small subunits along a ladder of charged and conserved residues. Based on the structure, we propose a mechanism were the antiport activity is accomplished via electrostatic interactions between the charged cations and key charged residues. The flexible key TM helices coordinate these\r\nelectrostatic interactions, while the membrane thinning between the monomers enables the translocation of sodium across the charged membrane. The entire family of redox-driven proton pumps is likely to perform their mechanism in a likewise manner." acknowledged_ssus: - _id: LifeSc - _id: EM-Fac - _id: ScienComp acknowledgement: "I acknowledge the scientific service units of the IST Austria for providing resources by the Life Science Facility, the Electron Microscopy Facility and the high-performance computer cluster. Special thanks to the cryo-EM specialists Valentin Hodirnau and Daniel Johann Gütl for spending many hours with me in front of the microscope and for supporting me to collect the data presented here. I also want to thank Professor Masahiro Ito for providing plasmid DNA\r\nencoding Mrp from Anoxybacillus flavithermus WK1. I am a recipient of a DOC Fellowship of the Austrian Academy of Sciences." alternative_title: - ISTA Thesis article_processing_charge: No author: - first_name: Julia full_name: Steiner, Julia id: 3BB67EB0-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Steiner orcid: 0000-0003-0493-3775 citation: ama: Steiner J. Biochemical and structural investigation of the Mrp antiporter, an ancestor of complex I. 2020. doi:10.15479/AT:ISTA:8353 apa: Steiner, J. (2020). Biochemical and structural investigation of the Mrp antiporter, an ancestor of complex I. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:8353 chicago: Steiner, Julia. “Biochemical and Structural Investigation of the Mrp Antiporter, an Ancestor of Complex I.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2020. https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:8353. ieee: J. Steiner, “Biochemical and structural investigation of the Mrp antiporter, an ancestor of complex I,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2020. ista: Steiner J. 2020. Biochemical and structural investigation of the Mrp antiporter, an ancestor of complex I. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. mla: Steiner, Julia. Biochemical and Structural Investigation of the Mrp Antiporter, an Ancestor of Complex I. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2020, doi:10.15479/AT:ISTA:8353. short: J. Steiner, Biochemical and Structural Investigation of the Mrp Antiporter, an Ancestor of Complex I, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2020. date_created: 2020-09-09T14:27:01Z date_published: 2020-09-09T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2023-09-07T13:14:09Z day: '09' ddc: - '572' degree_awarded: PhD department: - _id: LeSa doi: 10.15479/AT:ISTA:8353 file: - access_level: open_access checksum: 2388d7e6e7a4d364c096fa89f305c3de content_type: application/pdf creator: jsteiner date_created: 2020-09-09T14:22:35Z date_updated: 2021-09-16T12:40:56Z file_id: '8354' file_name: Thesis_Julia_Steiner_pdfA.pdf file_size: 117547589 relation: main_file - access_level: closed checksum: ba112f957b7145462d0ab79044873ee9 content_type: application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document creator: jsteiner date_created: 2020-09-09T14:23:25Z date_updated: 2020-09-15T08:48:37Z file_id: '8355' file_name: Thesis_Julia_Steiner.docx file_size: 223328668 relation: source_file file_date_updated: 2021-09-16T12:40:56Z has_accepted_license: '1' language: - iso: eng month: '09' oa: 1 oa_version: None page: '191' project: - _id: 26169496-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 grant_number: '24741' name: Revealing the functional mechanism of Mrp antiporter, an ancestor of complex I publication_identifier: issn: - 2663-337X publication_status: published publisher: Institute of Science and Technology Austria related_material: record: - id: '8284' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public status: public supervisor: - first_name: Leonid A full_name: Sazanov, Leonid A id: 338D39FE-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Sazanov orcid: 0000-0002-0977-7989 title: Biochemical and structural investigation of the Mrp antiporter, an ancestor of complex I type: dissertation user_id: c635000d-4b10-11ee-a964-aac5a93f6ac1 year: '2020' ... --- _id: '8589' abstract: - lang: eng text: The plant hormone auxin plays indispensable roles in plant growth and development. An essential level of regulation in auxin action is the directional auxin transport within cells. The establishment of auxin gradient in plant tissue has been attributed to local auxin biosynthesis and directional intercellular auxin transport, which both are controlled by various environmental and developmental signals. It is well established that asymmetric auxin distribution in cells is achieved by polarly localized PIN-FORMED (PIN) auxin efflux transporters. Despite the initial insights into cellular mechanisms of PIN polarization obtained from the last decades, the molecular mechanism and specific regulators mediating PIN polarization remains elusive. In this thesis, we aim to find novel players in PIN subcellular polarity regulation during Arabidopsis development. We first characterize the physiological effect of piperonylic acid (PA) on Arabidopsis hypocotyl gravitropic bending and PIN polarization. Secondly, we reveal the importance of SCFTIR1/AFB auxin signaling pathway in shoot gravitropism bending termination. In addition, we also explore the role of myosin XI complex, and actin cytoskeleton in auxin feedback regulation on PIN polarity. In Chapter 1, we give an overview of the current knowledge about PIN-mediated auxin fluxes in various plant tropic responses. In Chapter 2, we study the physiological effect of PA on shoot gravitropic bending. Our results show that PA treatment inhibits auxin-mediated PIN3 repolarization by interfering with PINOID and PIN3 phosphorylation status, ultimately leading to hyperbending hypocotyls. In Chapter 3, we provide evidence to show that the SCFTIR1/AFB nuclear auxin signaling pathway is crucial and required for auxin-mediated PIN3 repolarization and shoot gravitropic bending termination. In Chapter 4, we perform a phosphoproteomics approach and identify the motor protein Myosin XI and its binding protein, the MadB2 family, as an essential regulator of PIN polarity for auxin-canalization related developmental processes. In Chapter 5, we demonstrate the vital role of actin cytoskeleton in auxin feedback on PIN polarity by regulating PIN subcellular trafficking. Overall, the data presented in this PhD thesis brings novel insights into the PIN polar localization regulation that resulted in the (re)establishment of the polar auxin flow and gradient in response to environmental stimuli during plant development. acknowledged_ssus: - _id: Bio - _id: LifeSc acknowledgement: I also want to thank the China Scholarship Council for supporting my study during the year from 2015 to 2019. I also want to thank IST facilities – the Bioimaging facility, the media kitchen, the plant facility and all of the campus services, for their support. alternative_title: - ISTA Thesis article_processing_charge: No author: - first_name: Huibin full_name: Han, Huibin id: 31435098-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Han citation: ama: Han H. Novel insights into PIN polarity regulation during Arabidopsis development. 2020. doi:10.15479/AT:ISTA:8589 apa: Han, H. (2020). Novel insights into PIN polarity regulation during Arabidopsis development. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:8589 chicago: Han, Huibin. “Novel Insights into PIN Polarity Regulation during Arabidopsis Development.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2020. https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:8589. ieee: H. Han, “Novel insights into PIN polarity regulation during Arabidopsis development,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2020. ista: Han H. 2020. Novel insights into PIN polarity regulation during Arabidopsis development. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. mla: Han, Huibin. Novel Insights into PIN Polarity Regulation during Arabidopsis Development. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2020, doi:10.15479/AT:ISTA:8589. short: H. Han, Novel Insights into PIN Polarity Regulation during Arabidopsis Development, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2020. date_created: 2020-09-30T14:50:51Z date_published: 2020-09-30T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2023-09-07T13:13:05Z day: '30' ddc: - '580' degree_awarded: PhD department: - _id: JiFr doi: 10.15479/AT:ISTA:8589 file: - access_level: closed checksum: c4bda1947d4c09c428ac9ce667b02327 content_type: application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document creator: dernst date_created: 2020-09-30T14:50:20Z date_updated: 2020-09-30T14:50:20Z file_id: '8590' file_name: 2020_Han_Thesis.docx file_size: 49198118 relation: source_file - access_level: open_access checksum: 3f4f5d1718c2230adf30639ecaf8a00b content_type: application/pdf creator: dernst date_created: 2020-09-30T14:49:59Z date_updated: 2021-10-01T13:33:02Z file_id: '8591' file_name: 2020_Han_Thesis.pdf file_size: 15513963 relation: main_file file_date_updated: 2021-10-01T13:33:02Z has_accepted_license: '1' language: - iso: eng month: '09' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version page: '164' publication_identifier: issn: - 2663-337X publication_status: published publisher: Institute of Science and Technology Austria related_material: record: - id: '7643' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public status: public supervisor: - first_name: Jiří full_name: Friml, Jiří id: 4159519E-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Friml orcid: 0000-0002-8302-7596 title: Novel insights into PIN polarity regulation during Arabidopsis development type: dissertation user_id: c635000d-4b10-11ee-a964-aac5a93f6ac1 year: '2020' ... --- _id: '8155' abstract: - lang: eng text: "In the thesis we focus on the interplay of the biophysics and evolution of gene regulation. We start by addressing how the type of prokaryotic gene regulation – activation and repression – affects spurious binding to DNA, also known as\r\ntranscriptional crosstalk. We propose that regulatory interference caused by excess regulatory proteins in the dense cellular medium – global crosstalk – could be a factor in determining which type of gene regulatory network is evolutionarily preferred. Next,we use a normative approach in eukaryotic gene regulation to describe minimal\r\nnon-equilibrium enhancer models that optimize so-called regulatory phenotypes. We find a class of models that differ from standard thermodynamic equilibrium models by a single parameter that notably increases the regulatory performance. Next chapter addresses the question of genotype-phenotype-fitness maps of higher dimensional phenotypes. We show that our biophysically realistic approach allows us to understand how the mechanisms of promoter function constrain genotypephenotype maps, and how they affect the evolutionary trajectories of promoters.\r\nIn the last chapter we ask whether the intrinsic instability of gene duplication and amplification provides a generic alternative to canonical gene regulation. Using mathematical modeling, we show that amplifications can tune gene expression in many environments, including those where transcription factor-based schemes are\r\nhard to evolve or maintain. " acknowledgement: For the duration of his PhD, Rok was a recipient of a DOC fellowship of the Austrian Academy of Sciences. alternative_title: - ISTA Thesis article_processing_charge: No author: - first_name: Rok full_name: Grah, Rok id: 483E70DE-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Grah orcid: 0000-0003-2539-3560 citation: ama: Grah R. Gene regulation across scales – how biophysical constraints shape evolution. 2020. doi:10.15479/AT:ISTA:8155 apa: Grah, R. (2020). Gene regulation across scales – how biophysical constraints shape evolution. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:8155 chicago: Grah, Rok. “Gene Regulation across Scales – How Biophysical Constraints Shape Evolution.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2020. https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:8155. ieee: R. Grah, “Gene regulation across scales – how biophysical constraints shape evolution,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2020. ista: Grah R. 2020. Gene regulation across scales – how biophysical constraints shape evolution. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. mla: Grah, Rok. Gene Regulation across Scales – How Biophysical Constraints Shape Evolution. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2020, doi:10.15479/AT:ISTA:8155. short: R. Grah, Gene Regulation across Scales – How Biophysical Constraints Shape Evolution, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2020. date_created: 2020-07-23T09:51:28Z date_published: 2020-07-24T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2023-09-07T13:13:27Z day: '24' ddc: - '530' - '570' degree_awarded: PhD department: - _id: CaGu - _id: GaTk doi: 10.15479/AT:ISTA:8155 file: - access_level: open_access content_type: application/pdf creator: rgrah date_created: 2020-07-27T12:00:07Z date_updated: 2020-07-27T12:00:07Z file_id: '8176' file_name: Thesis_RokGrah_200727_convertedNew.pdf file_size: 16638998 relation: main_file success: 1 - access_level: closed content_type: application/zip creator: rgrah date_created: 2020-07-27T12:02:23Z date_updated: 2020-07-30T13:04:55Z file_id: '8177' file_name: Thesis_new.zip file_size: 347459978 relation: main_file file_date_updated: 2020-07-30T13:04:55Z has_accepted_license: '1' language: - iso: eng month: '07' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version page: '310' project: - _id: 267C84F4-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 name: Biophysically realistic genotype-phenotype maps for regulatory networks publication_identifier: issn: - 2663-337X publication_status: published publisher: Institute of Science and Technology Austria related_material: record: - id: '7675' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '7569' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '7652' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public status: public supervisor: - 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: Gašper full_name: Tkačik, Gašper id: 3D494DCA-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Tkačik orcid: 0000-0002-6699-1455 title: Gene regulation across scales – how biophysical constraints shape evolution type: dissertation user_id: c635000d-4b10-11ee-a964-aac5a93f6ac1 year: '2020' ... --- _id: '7460' abstract: - lang: eng text: "Many methods for the reconstruction of shapes from sets of points produce ordered simplicial complexes, which are collections of vertices, edges, triangles, and their higher-dimensional analogues, called simplices, in which every simplex gets assigned a real value measuring its size. This thesis studies ordered simplicial complexes, with a focus on their topology, which reflects the connectedness of the represented shapes and the presence of holes. We are interested both in understanding better the structure of these complexes, as well as in developing algorithms for applications.\r\n\r\nFor the Delaunay triangulation, the most popular measure for a simplex is the radius of the smallest empty circumsphere. Based on it, we revisit Alpha and Wrap complexes and experimentally determine their probabilistic properties for random data. Also, we prove the existence of tri-partitions, propose algorithms to open and close holes, and extend the concepts from Euclidean to Bregman geometries." alternative_title: - ISTA Thesis article_processing_charge: No author: - first_name: Katharina full_name: Ölsböck, Katharina id: 4D4AA390-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Ölsböck orcid: 0000-0002-4672-8297 citation: ama: Ölsböck K. The hole system of triangulated shapes. 2020. doi:10.15479/AT:ISTA:7460 apa: Ölsböck, K. (2020). The hole system of triangulated shapes. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:7460 chicago: Ölsböck, Katharina. “The Hole System of Triangulated Shapes.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2020. https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:7460. ieee: K. Ölsböck, “The hole system of triangulated shapes,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2020. ista: Ölsböck K. 2020. The hole system of triangulated shapes. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. mla: Ölsböck, Katharina. The Hole System of Triangulated Shapes. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2020, doi:10.15479/AT:ISTA:7460. short: K. Ölsböck, The Hole System of Triangulated Shapes, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2020. date_created: 2020-02-06T14:56:53Z date_published: 2020-02-10T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2023-09-07T13:15:30Z day: '10' ddc: - '514' degree_awarded: PhD department: - _id: HeEd - _id: GradSch doi: 10.15479/AT:ISTA:7460 file: - access_level: open_access checksum: 1df9f8c530b443c0e63a3f2e4fde412e content_type: application/pdf creator: koelsboe date_created: 2020-02-06T14:43:54Z date_updated: 2020-07-14T12:47:58Z file_id: '7461' file_name: thesis_ist-final_noack.pdf file_size: 76195184 relation: main_file - access_level: closed checksum: 7a52383c812b0be64d3826546509e5a4 content_type: application/x-zip-compressed creator: koelsboe date_created: 2020-02-06T14:52:45Z date_updated: 2020-07-14T12:47:58Z description: latex source files, figures file_id: '7462' file_name: latex-files.zip file_size: 122103715 relation: source_file file_date_updated: 2020-07-14T12:47:58Z has_accepted_license: '1' keyword: - shape reconstruction - hole manipulation - ordered complexes - Alpha complex - Wrap complex - computational topology - Bregman geometry language: - iso: eng month: '02' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version page: '155' publication_identifier: issn: - 2663-337X publication_status: published publisher: Institute of Science and Technology Austria related_material: record: - id: '6608' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public status: public supervisor: - first_name: Herbert full_name: Edelsbrunner, Herbert id: 3FB178DA-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Edelsbrunner orcid: 0000-0002-9823-6833 title: The hole system of triangulated shapes tmp: image: /images/cc_by_nc_sa.png legal_code_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/legalcode name: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) short: CC BY-NC-SA (4.0) type: dissertation user_id: c635000d-4b10-11ee-a964-aac5a93f6ac1 year: '2020' ... --- _id: '7896' abstract: - lang: eng text: "A search problem lies in the complexity class FNP if a solution to the given instance of the problem can be verified efficiently. The complexity class TFNP consists of all search problems in FNP that are total in the sense that a solution is guaranteed to exist. TFNP contains a host of interesting problems from fields such as algorithmic game theory, computational topology, number theory and combinatorics. Since TFNP is a semantic class, it is unlikely to have a complete problem. Instead, one studies its syntactic subclasses which are defined based on the combinatorial principle used to argue totality. Of particular interest is the subclass PPAD, which contains important problems\r\nlike computing Nash equilibrium for bimatrix games and computational counterparts of several fixed-point theorems as complete. In the thesis, we undertake the study of averagecase hardness of TFNP, and in particular its subclass PPAD.\r\nAlmost nothing was known about average-case hardness of PPAD before a series of recent results showed how to achieve it using a cryptographic primitive called program obfuscation.\r\nHowever, it is currently not known how to construct program obfuscation from standard cryptographic assumptions. Therefore, it is desirable to relax the assumption under which average-case hardness of PPAD can be shown. In the thesis we take a step in this direction. First, we show that assuming the (average-case) hardness of a numbertheoretic\r\nproblem related to factoring of integers, which we call Iterated-Squaring, PPAD is hard-on-average in the random-oracle model. Then we strengthen this result to show that the average-case hardness of PPAD reduces to the (adaptive) soundness of the Fiat-Shamir Transform, a well-known technique used to compile a public-coin interactive protocol into a non-interactive one. As a corollary, we obtain average-case hardness for PPAD in the random-oracle model assuming the worst-case hardness of #SAT. Moreover, the above results can all be strengthened to obtain average-case hardness for the class CLS ⊆ PPAD.\r\nOur main technical contribution is constructing incrementally-verifiable procedures for computing Iterated-Squaring and #SAT. By incrementally-verifiable, we mean that every intermediate state of the computation includes a proof of its correctness, and the proof can be updated and verified in polynomial time. Previous constructions of such procedures relied on strong, non-standard assumptions. Instead, we introduce a technique called recursive proof-merging to obtain the same from weaker assumptions. " alternative_title: - ISTA Thesis article_processing_charge: No author: - first_name: Chethan full_name: Kamath Hosdurg, Chethan id: 4BD3F30E-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Kamath Hosdurg citation: ama: Kamath Hosdurg C. On the average-case hardness of total search problems. 2020. doi:10.15479/AT:ISTA:7896 apa: Kamath Hosdurg, C. (2020). On the average-case hardness of total search problems. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:7896 chicago: Kamath Hosdurg, Chethan. “On the Average-Case Hardness of Total Search Problems.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2020. https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:7896. ieee: C. Kamath Hosdurg, “On the average-case hardness of total search problems,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2020. ista: Kamath Hosdurg C. 2020. On the average-case hardness of total search problems. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. mla: Kamath Hosdurg, Chethan. On the Average-Case Hardness of Total Search Problems. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2020, doi:10.15479/AT:ISTA:7896. short: C. Kamath Hosdurg, On the Average-Case Hardness of Total Search Problems, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2020. date_created: 2020-05-26T14:08:55Z date_published: 2020-05-25T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2023-09-07T13:15:55Z day: '25' ddc: - '000' degree_awarded: PhD department: - _id: KrPi doi: 10.15479/AT:ISTA:7896 ec_funded: 1 file: - access_level: open_access checksum: b39e2e1c376f5819b823fb7077491c64 content_type: application/pdf creator: dernst date_created: 2020-05-26T14:08:13Z date_updated: 2020-07-14T12:48:04Z file_id: '7897' file_name: 2020_Thesis_Kamath.pdf file_size: 1622742 relation: main_file - access_level: closed checksum: 8b26ba729c1a85ac6bea775f5d73cdc7 content_type: application/x-zip-compressed creator: dernst date_created: 2020-05-26T14:08:23Z date_updated: 2020-07-14T12:48:04Z file_id: '7898' file_name: Thesis_Kamath.zip file_size: 15301529 relation: source_file file_date_updated: 2020-07-14T12:48:04Z has_accepted_license: '1' language: - iso: eng month: '05' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version page: '126' project: - _id: 258C570E-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: FP7 grant_number: '259668' name: Provable Security for Physical Cryptography - _id: 258AA5B2-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: H2020 grant_number: '682815' name: Teaching Old Crypto New Tricks publication_identifier: issn: - 2663-337X publication_status: published publisher: Institute of Science and Technology Austria related_material: record: - id: '6677' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public status: public supervisor: - first_name: Krzysztof Z full_name: Pietrzak, Krzysztof Z id: 3E04A7AA-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Pietrzak orcid: 0000-0002-9139-1654 title: On the average-case hardness of total search problems 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: dissertation user_id: c635000d-4b10-11ee-a964-aac5a93f6ac1 year: '2020' ... --- _id: '7944' abstract: - lang: eng text: "This thesis considers two examples of reconfiguration problems: flipping edges in edge-labelled triangulations of planar point sets and swapping labelled tokens placed on vertices of a graph. In both cases the studied structures – all the triangulations of a given point set or all token placements on a given graph – can be thought of as vertices of the so-called reconfiguration graph, in which two vertices are adjacent if the corresponding structures differ by a single elementary operation – by a flip of a diagonal in a triangulation or by a swap of tokens on adjacent vertices, respectively. We study the reconfiguration of one instance of a structure into another via (shortest) paths in the reconfiguration graph.\r\n\r\nFor triangulations of point sets in which each edge has a unique label and a flip transfers the label from the removed edge to the new edge, we prove a polynomial-time testable condition, called the Orbit Theorem, that characterizes when two triangulations of the same point set lie in the same connected component of the reconfiguration graph. The condition was first conjectured by Bose, Lubiw, Pathak and Verdonschot. We additionally provide a polynomial time algorithm that computes a reconfiguring flip sequence, if it exists. Our proof of the Orbit Theorem uses topological properties of a certain high-dimensional cell complex that has the usual reconfiguration graph as its 1-skeleton.\r\n\r\nIn the context of token swapping on a tree graph, we make partial progress on the problem of finding shortest reconfiguration sequences. We disprove the so-called Happy Leaf Conjecture and demonstrate the importance of swapping tokens that are already placed at the correct vertices. We also prove that a generalization of the problem to weighted coloured token swapping is NP-hard on trees but solvable in polynomial time on paths and stars." alternative_title: - ISTA Thesis article_processing_charge: No author: - first_name: Zuzana full_name: Masárová, Zuzana id: 45CFE238-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Masárová orcid: 0000-0002-6660-1322 citation: ama: Masárová Z. Reconfiguration problems. 2020. doi:10.15479/AT:ISTA:7944 apa: Masárová, Z. (2020). Reconfiguration problems. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:7944 chicago: Masárová, Zuzana. “Reconfiguration Problems.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2020. https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:7944. ieee: Z. Masárová, “Reconfiguration problems,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2020. ista: Masárová Z. 2020. Reconfiguration problems. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. mla: Masárová, Zuzana. Reconfiguration Problems. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2020, doi:10.15479/AT:ISTA:7944. short: Z. Masárová, Reconfiguration Problems, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2020. date_created: 2020-06-08T00:49:46Z date_published: 2020-06-09T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2023-09-07T13:17:37Z day: '09' ddc: - '516' - '514' degree_awarded: PhD department: - _id: HeEd - _id: UlWa doi: 10.15479/AT:ISTA:7944 file: - access_level: open_access checksum: df688bc5a82b50baee0b99d25fc7b7f0 content_type: application/pdf creator: zmasarov date_created: 2020-06-08T00:34:00Z date_updated: 2020-07-14T12:48:05Z file_id: '7945' file_name: THESIS_Zuzka_Masarova.pdf file_size: 13661779 relation: main_file - access_level: closed checksum: 45341a35b8f5529c74010b7af43ac188 content_type: application/zip creator: zmasarov date_created: 2020-06-08T00:35:30Z date_updated: 2020-07-14T12:48:05Z file_id: '7946' file_name: THESIS_Zuzka_Masarova_SOURCE_FILES.zip file_size: 32184006 relation: source_file file_date_updated: 2020-07-14T12:48:05Z has_accepted_license: '1' keyword: - reconfiguration - reconfiguration graph - triangulations - flip - constrained triangulations - shellability - piecewise-linear balls - token swapping - trees - coloured weighted token swapping language: - iso: eng license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ month: '06' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version page: '160' publication_identifier: isbn: - 978-3-99078-005-3 issn: - 2663-337X publication_status: published publisher: Institute of Science and Technology Austria related_material: record: - id: '7950' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '5986' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public status: public supervisor: - first_name: Uli full_name: Wagner, Uli id: 36690CA2-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Wagner orcid: 0000-0002-1494-0568 - first_name: Herbert full_name: Edelsbrunner, Herbert id: 3FB178DA-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Edelsbrunner orcid: 0000-0002-9823-6833 title: Reconfiguration problems tmp: image: /images/cc_by_sa.png legal_code_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode name: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International Public License (CC BY-SA 4.0) short: CC BY-SA (4.0) type: dissertation user_id: c635000d-4b10-11ee-a964-aac5a93f6ac1 year: '2020' ... --- _id: '8341' abstract: - lang: eng text: "One of the most striking hallmarks of the eukaryotic cell is the presence of intracellular vesicles and organelles. Each of these membrane-enclosed compartments has a distinct composition of lipids and proteins, which is essential for accurate membrane traffic and homeostasis. Interestingly, their biochemical identities are achieved with the help\r\nof small GTPases of the Rab family, which cycle between GDP- and GTP-bound forms on the selected membrane surface. While this activity switch is well understood for an individual protein, how Rab GTPases collectively transition between states to generate decisive signal propagation in space and time is unclear. In my PhD thesis, I present\r\nin vitro reconstitution experiments with theoretical modeling to systematically study a minimal Rab5 activation network from bottom-up. We find that positive feedback based on known molecular interactions gives rise to bistable GTPase activity switching on system’s scale. Furthermore, we determine that collective transition near the critical\r\npoint is intrinsically stochastic and provide evidence that the inactive Rab5 abundance on the membrane can shape the network response. Finally, we demonstrate that collective switching can spread on the lipid bilayer as a traveling activation wave, representing a possible emergent activity pattern in endosomal maturation. Together, our\r\nfindings reveal new insights into the self-organization properties of signaling networks away from chemical equilibrium. Our work highlights the importance of systematic characterization of biochemical systems in well-defined physiological conditions. This way, we were able to answer long-standing open questions in the field and close the gap between regulatory processes on a molecular scale and emergent responses on system’s level." acknowledged_ssus: - _id: Bio - _id: LifeSc - _id: NanoFab acknowledgement: My thanks goes to the Loose lab members, BioImaging, Life Science and Nanofabrication Facilities and the wonderful international community at IST for sharing this experience with me. alternative_title: - ISTA Thesis article_processing_charge: No author: - first_name: Urban full_name: Bezeljak, Urban id: 2A58201A-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Bezeljak orcid: 0000-0003-1365-5631 citation: ama: Bezeljak U. In vitro reconstitution of a Rab activation switch. 2020. doi:10.15479/AT:ISTA:8341 apa: Bezeljak, U. (2020). In vitro reconstitution of a Rab activation switch. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:8341 chicago: Bezeljak, Urban. “In Vitro Reconstitution of a Rab Activation Switch.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2020. https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:8341. ieee: U. Bezeljak, “In vitro reconstitution of a Rab activation switch,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2020. ista: Bezeljak U. 2020. In vitro reconstitution of a Rab activation switch. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. mla: Bezeljak, Urban. In Vitro Reconstitution of a Rab Activation Switch. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2020, doi:10.15479/AT:ISTA:8341. short: U. Bezeljak, In Vitro Reconstitution of a Rab Activation Switch, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2020. date_created: 2020-09-08T08:53:53Z date_published: 2020-09-08T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2023-09-07T13:17:06Z day: '08' ddc: - '570' degree_awarded: PhD department: - _id: MaLo doi: 10.15479/AT:ISTA:8341 file: - access_level: closed checksum: 70871b335a595252a66c6bbf0824fb02 content_type: application/x-zip-compressed creator: dernst date_created: 2020-09-08T09:00:29Z date_updated: 2021-09-16T12:49:12Z file_id: '8342' file_name: 2020_Urban_Bezeljak_Thesis_TeX.zip file_size: 65246782 relation: source_file - access_level: open_access checksum: 59a62275088b00b7241e6ff4136434c7 content_type: application/pdf creator: dernst date_created: 2020-09-08T09:00:27Z date_updated: 2021-09-16T12:49:12Z file_id: '8343' file_name: 2020_Urban_Bezeljak_Thesis.pdf file_size: 31259058 relation: main_file file_date_updated: 2021-09-16T12:49:12Z has_accepted_license: '1' language: - iso: eng month: '09' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version page: '215' publication_identifier: issn: - 2663-337X publication_status: published publisher: Institute of Science and Technology Austria related_material: record: - id: '7580' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public status: public supervisor: - first_name: Martin full_name: Loose, Martin id: 462D4284-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Loose orcid: 0000-0001-7309-9724 title: In vitro reconstitution of a Rab activation switch tmp: image: /images/cc_by_nc_sa.png legal_code_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/legalcode name: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) short: CC BY-NC-SA (4.0) type: dissertation user_id: c635000d-4b10-11ee-a964-aac5a93f6ac1 year: '2020' ...