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text: "Quantum computation enables the execution of algorithms that have exponential
complexity. This might open the path towards the synthesis of new materials or
medical drugs, optimization of transport or financial strategies etc., intractable
on even the fastest classical computers. A quantum computer consists of interconnected
two level quantum systems, called qubits, that satisfy DiVincezo’s criteria. Worldwide,
there are ongoing efforts to find the qubit architecture which will unite quantum
error correction compatible single and two qubit fidelities, long distance qubit
to qubit coupling and \r\n calability. Superconducting qubits have gone the furthest
in this race, demonstrating an algorithm running on 53 coupled qubits, but still
the fidelities are not even close to those required for realizing a single logical
qubit. emiconductor qubits offer extremely good characteristics, but they are
currently investigated across different platforms. Uniting those good characteristics
into a single platform might be a big step towards the quantum computer realization.\r\nHere
we describe the implementation of a hole spin qubit hosted in a Ge hut wire double
quantum dot. The high and tunable spin-orbit coupling together with a heavy hole
state character is expected to allow fast spin manipulation and long coherence
times. Furthermore large lever arms, for hut wire devices, should allow good coupling
to superconducting resonators enabling efficient long distance spin to spin coupling
and a sensitive gate reflectometry spin readout. The developed cryogenic setup
(printed circuit board sample holders, filtering, high-frequency wiring) enabled
us to perform low temperature spin dynamics experiments. Indeed, we measured the
fastest single spin qubit Rabi frequencies reported so far, reaching 140 MHz,
while the dephasing times of 130 ns oppose the long decoherence predictions. In
order to further investigate this, a double quantum dot gate was connected directly
to a lumped element\r\nresonator which enabled gate reflectometry readout. The
vanishing inter-dot transition signal, for increasing external magnetic field,
revealed the spin nature of the measured quantity."
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and dispersive spin sensing. Institute of Science and Technology Austria.
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chicago: Kukucka, Josip. “Implementation of a Hole Spin Qubit in Ge Hut Wires and
Dispersive Spin Sensing.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2020. https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:7996.
ieee: J. Kukucka, “Implementation of a hole spin qubit in Ge hut wires and dispersive
spin sensing,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2020.
ista: Kukucka J. 2020. Implementation of a hole spin qubit in Ge hut wires and dispersive
spin sensing. Institute of Science and Technology Austria.
mla: Kukucka, Josip. Implementation of a Hole Spin Qubit in Ge Hut Wires and
Dispersive Spin Sensing. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2020,
doi:10.15479/AT:ISTA:7996.
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Spin Sensing, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2020.
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text: "Deep neural networks have established a new standard for data-dependent feature
extraction pipelines in the Computer Vision literature. Despite their remarkable
performance in the standard supervised learning scenario, i.e. when models are
trained with labeled data and tested on samples that follow a similar distribution,
neural networks have been shown to struggle with more advanced generalization
abilities, such as transferring knowledge across visually different domains, or
generalizing to new unseen combinations of known concepts. In this thesis we argue
that, in contrast to the usual black-box behavior of neural networks, leveraging
more structured internal representations is a promising direction\r\nfor tackling
such problems. In particular, we focus on two forms of structure. First, we tackle
modularity: We show that (i) compositional architectures are a natural tool for
modeling reasoning tasks, in that they efficiently capture their combinatorial
nature, which is key for generalizing beyond the compositions seen during training.
We investigate how to to learn such models, both formally and experimentally,
for the task of abstract visual reasoning. Then, we show that (ii) in some settings,
modularity allows us to efficiently break down complex tasks into smaller, easier,
modules, thereby improving computational efficiency; We study this behavior in
the context of generative models for colorization, as well as for small objects
detection. Secondly, we investigate the inherently layered structure of representations
learned by neural networks, and analyze its role in the context of transfer learning
and domain adaptation across visually\r\ndissimilar domains. "
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acknowledgement: Last but not least, I would like to acknowledge the support of the
IST IT and scientific computing team for helping provide a great work environment.
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Learning models,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2020.
ista: Royer A. 2020. Leveraging structure in Computer Vision tasks for flexible
Deep Learning models. Institute of Science and Technology Austria.
mla: Royer, Amélie. Leveraging Structure in Computer Vision Tasks for Flexible
Deep Learning Models. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2020, doi:10.15479/AT:ISTA:8390.
short: A. Royer, Leveraging Structure in Computer Vision Tasks for Flexible Deep
Learning Models, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2020.
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text: 'In this thesis we study certain mathematical aspects of evolution. The two
primary forces that drive an evolutionary process are mutation and selection.
Mutation generates new variants in a population. Selection chooses among the variants
depending on the reproductive rates of individuals. Evolutionary processes are
intrinsically random – a new mutation that is initially present in the population
at low frequency can go extinct, even if it confers a reproductive advantage.
The overall rate of evolution is largely determined by two quantities: the probability
that an invading advantageous mutation spreads through the population (called
fixation probability) and the time until it does so (called fixation time). Both
those quantities crucially depend not only on the strength of the invading mutation
but also on the population structure. In this thesis, we aim to understand how
the underlying population structure affects the overall rate of evolution. Specifically,
we study population structures that increase the fixation probability of advantageous
mutants (called amplifiers of selection). Broadly speaking, our results are of
three different types: We present various strong amplifiers, we identify regimes
under which only limited amplification is feasible, and we propose population
structures that provide different tradeoffs between high fixation probability
and short fixation time.'
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of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:7196
chicago: Tkadlec, Josef. “A Role of Graphs in Evolutionary Processes.” Institute
of Science and Technology Austria, 2020. https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:7196.
ieee: J. Tkadlec, “A role of graphs in evolutionary processes,” Institute of Science
and Technology Austria, 2020.
ista: Tkadlec J. 2020. A role of graphs in evolutionary processes. Institute of
Science and Technology Austria.
mla: Tkadlec, Josef. A Role of Graphs in Evolutionary Processes. Institute
of Science and Technology Austria, 2020, doi:10.15479/AT:ISTA:7196.
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and Technology Austria, 2020.
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abstract:
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text: 'We present solutions to several problems originating from geometry and discrete
mathematics: existence of equipartitions, maps without Tverberg multiple points,
and inscribing quadrilaterals. Equivariant obstruction theory is the natural topological
approach to these type of questions. However, for the specific problems we consider
it had yielded only partial or no results. We get our results by complementing
equivariant obstruction theory with other techniques from topology and geometry.'
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ista: Avvakumov S. 2020. Topological methods in geometry and discrete mathematics.
Institute of Science and Technology Austria.
mla: Avvakumov, Sergey. Topological Methods in Geometry and Discrete Mathematics.
Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2020, doi:10.15479/AT:ISTA:8156.
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text: "Fabrication of curved shells plays an important role in modern design, industry,
and science. Among their remarkable properties are, for example, aesthetics of
organic shapes, ability to evenly distribute loads, or efficient flow separation.
They find applications across vast length scales ranging from sky-scraper architecture
to microscopic devices. But, at\r\nthe same time, the design of curved shells
and their manufacturing process pose a variety of challenges. In this thesis,
they are addressed from several perspectives. In particular, this thesis presents
approaches based on the transformation of initially flat sheets into the target
curved surfaces. This involves problems of interactive design of shells with nontrivial
mechanical constraints, inverse design of complex structural materials, and data-driven
modeling of delicate and time-dependent physical properties. At the same time,
two newly-developed self-morphing mechanisms targeting flat-to-curved transformation
are presented.\r\nIn architecture, doubly curved surfaces can be realized as cold
bent glass panelizations. Originally flat glass panels are bent into frames and
remain stressed. This is a cost-efficient fabrication approach compared to hot
bending, when glass panels are shaped plastically. However such constructions
are prone to breaking during bending, and it is highly\r\nnontrivial to navigate
the design space, keeping the panels fabricable and aesthetically pleasing at
the same time. We introduce an interactive design system for cold bent glass façades,
while previously even offline optimization for such scenarios has not been sufficiently
developed. Our method is based on a deep learning approach providing quick\r\nand
high precision estimation of glass panel shape and stress while handling the shape\r\nmultimodality.\r\nFabrication
of smaller objects of scales below 1 m, can also greatly benefit from shaping
originally flat sheets. In this respect, we designed new self-morphing shell mechanisms
transforming from an initial flat state to a doubly curved state with high precision
and detail. Our so-called CurveUps demonstrate the encodement of the geometric
information\r\ninto the shell. Furthermore, we explored the frontiers of programmable
materials and showed how temporal information can additionally be encoded into
a flat shell. This allows prescribing deformation sequences for doubly curved
surfaces and, thus, facilitates self-collision avoidance enabling complex shapes
and functionalities otherwise impossible.\r\nBoth of these methods include inverse
design tools keeping the user in the design loop."
acknowledged_ssus:
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acknowledgement: "During the work on this thesis, I received substantial support from
IST Austria’s scientific service units. A big thank you to Todor Asenov and other
Miba Machine Shop team members for their help with fabrication of experimental prototypes.
In addition, I would like to thank Scientific Computing team for the support with
high performance computing.\r\nFinancial support was provided by the European Research
Council (ERC) under grant agreement No 715767 - MATERIALIZABLE: Intelligent fabrication-oriented
Computational Design and Modeling, which I gratefully acknowledge."
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façades to programmable matter. Institute of Science and Technology Austria.'
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_id: '7525'
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text: "The medial habenula (MHb) is an evolutionary conserved epithalamic structure
important for the modulation of emotional memory. It is involved in regulation
of anxiety, compulsive behavior, addiction (nicotinic and opioid), sexual and
feeding behavior. MHb receives inputs from septal regions and projects exclusively
to the interpeduncular nucleus (IPN). Distinct sub-regions of the septum project
to different subnuclei of MHb: the bed nucleus of anterior commissure projects
to dorsal MHb and the triangular septum projects to ventral MHb. Furthermore,
the dorsal and ventral MHb project to the lateral and rostral/central IPN, respectively.
Importantly, these projections have unique features of prominent co-release of
different neurotransmitters and requirement of a peculiar type of calcium channel
for release. In general, synaptic neurotransmission requires an activity-dependent
influx of Ca2+ into the presynaptic terminal through voltage-gated calcium channels.
The calcium channel family most commonly involved in neurotransmitter release
comprises three members, P/Q-, N- and R-type with Cav2.1, Cav2.2 and Cav2.3 subunits,
respectively. In contrast to most CNS synapses that mainly express Cav2.1 and/or
Cav2.2, MHb terminals in the IPN exclusively express Cav2.3. In other parts of
the brain, such as the hippocampus, Cav2.3 is mostly located to postsynaptic elements.
This unusual presynaptic location of Cav2.3 in the MHb-IPN pathway implies unique
mechanisms of glutamate release in this pathway. One potential example of such
uniqueness is the facilitation of release by GABAB receptor (GBR) activation.
Presynaptic GBRs usually inhibit the release of neurotransmitters by inhibiting
presynaptic calcium channels. MHb shows the highest expression levels of GBR in
the brain. GBRs comprise two subunits, GABAB1 (GB1) and GABAB2 (GB2), and are
associated with auxiliary subunits, called potassium channel tetramerization domain
containing proteins (KCTD) 8, 12, 12b and 16. Among these four subunits, KCTD12b
is exclusively expressed in ventral MHb, and KCTD8 shows the strongest expression
in the whole MHb among other brain regions, indicating that KCTD8 and KCTD12b
may be involved in the unique mechanisms of neurotransmitter release mediated
by Cav2.3 and regulated by GBRs in this pathway. \r\nIn the present study, we
first verified that neurotransmission in both dorsal and ventral MHb-IPN pathways
is mainly mediated by Cav2.3 using a selective blocker of R-type channels, SNX-482.
We next found that baclofen, a GBR agonist, has facilitatory effects on release
from ventral MHb terminal in rostral IPN, whereas it has inhibitory effects on
release from dorsal MHb terminals in lateral IPN, indicating that KCTD12b expressed
exclusively in ventral MHb may have a role in the facilitatory effects of GBR
activation. In a heterologous expression system using HEK cells, we found that
KCTD8 and KCTD12b but not KCTD12 directly bind with Cav2.3. Pre-embedding immunogold
electron microscopy data show that Cav2.3 and KCTD12b are distributed most densely
in presynaptic active zone in IPN with KCTD12b being present only in rostral/central
but not lateral IPN, whereas GABAB, KCTD8 and KCTD12 are distributed most densely
in perisynaptic sites with KCTD12 present more frequently in postsynaptic elements
and only in rostral/central IPN. In freeze-fracture replica labelling, Cav2.3,
KCTD8 and KCTD12b are co-localized with each other in the same active zone indicating
that they may form complexes regulating vesicle release in rostral IPN. \r\nOn
electrophysiological studies of wild type (WT) mice, we found that paired-pulse
ratio in rostral IPN of KCTD12b knock-out (KO) mice is lower than those of WT
and KCTD8 KO mice. Consistent with this finding, in mean variance analysis, release
probability in rostral IPN of KCTD12b KO mice is higher than that of WT and KCTD8
KO mice. Although paired-pulse ratios are not different between WT and KCTD8 KO
mice, the mean variance analysis revealed significantly lower release probability
in rostral IPN of KCTD8 KO than WT mice. These results demonstrate bidirectional
regulation of Cav2.3-mediated release by KCTD8 and KCTD12b without GBR activation
in rostral IPN. Finally, we examined the baclofen effects in rostral IPN of KCTD8
and KCTD12b KO mice, and found the facilitation of release remained in both KO
mice, indicating that the peculiar effects of the GBR activation in this pathway
do not depend on the selective expression of these KCTD subunits in ventral MHb.
However, we found that presynaptic potentiation of evoked EPSC amplitude by baclofen
falls to baseline after washout faster in KCTD12b KO mice than WT, KCTD8 KO and
KCTD8/12b double KO mice. This result indicates that KCTD12b is involved in sustained
potentiation of vesicle release by GBR activation, whereas KCTD8 is involved in
its termination in the absence of KCTD12b. Consistent with these functional findings,
replica labelling revealed an increase in density of KCTD8, but not Cav2.3 or
GBR at active zone in rostral IPN of KCTD12b KO mice compared with that of WT
mice, suggesting that increased association of KCTD8 with Cav2.3 facilitates the
release probability and termination of the GBR effect in the absence of KCTD12b.\r\nIn
summary, our study provided new insights into the physiological roles of presynaptic
Cav2.3, GBRs and their auxiliary subunits KCTDs at an evolutionary conserved neuronal
circuit. Future studies will be required to identify the exact molecular mechanism
underlying the GBR-mediated presynaptic potentiation on ventral MHb terminals.
It remains to be determined whether the prominent presence of presynaptic KCTDs
at active zone could exert similar neuromodulatory functions in different pathways
of the brain.\r\n"
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habenula to interpeduncular nucleus pathway. Institute of Science and Technology
Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:7525
chicago: Bhandari, Pradeep. “Localization and Functional Role of Cav2.3 in the Medial
Habenula to Interpeduncular Nucleus Pathway.” Institute of Science and Technology
Austria, 2020. https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:7525.
ieee: P. Bhandari, “Localization and functional role of Cav2.3 in the medial habenula
to interpeduncular nucleus pathway,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria,
2020.
ista: Bhandari P. 2020. Localization and functional role of Cav2.3 in the medial
habenula to interpeduncular nucleus pathway. Institute of Science and Technology
Austria.
mla: Bhandari, Pradeep. Localization and Functional Role of Cav2.3 in the Medial
Habenula to Interpeduncular Nucleus Pathway. Institute of Science and Technology
Austria, 2020, doi:10.15479/AT:ISTA:7525.
short: P. Bhandari, Localization and Functional Role of Cav2.3 in the Medial Habenula
to Interpeduncular Nucleus Pathway, Institute of Science and Technology Austria,
2020.
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text: "Synthesis of proteins – translation – is a fundamental process of life. Quantitative
studies anchor translation into the context of bacterial physiology and reveal
several mathematical relationships, called “growth laws,” which capture physiological
feedbacks between protein synthesis and cell growth. Growth laws describe the
dependency of the ribosome abundance as a function of growth rate, which can change
depending on the growth conditions. Perturbations of translation reveal that bacteria
employ a compensatory strategy in which the reduced translation capability results
in increased expression of the translation machinery.\r\nPerturbations of translation
are achieved in various ways; clinically interesting is the application of translation-targeting
antibiotics – translation inhibitors. The antibiotic effects on bacterial physiology
are often poorly understood. Bacterial responses to two or more simultaneously
applied antibiotics are even more puzzling. The combined antibiotic effect determines
the type of drug interaction, which ranges from synergy (the effect is stronger
than expected) to antagonism (the effect is weaker) and suppression (one of the
drugs loses its potency).\r\nIn the first part of this work, we systematically
measure the pairwise interaction network for translation inhibitors that interfere
with different steps in translation. We find that the interactions are surprisingly
diverse and tend to be more antagonistic. To explore the underlying mechanisms,
we begin with a minimal biophysical model of combined antibiotic action. We base
this model on the kinetics of antibiotic uptake and binding together with the
physiological response described by the growth laws. The biophysical model explains
some drug interactions, but not all; it specifically fails to predict suppression.\r\nIn
the second part of this work, we hypothesize that elusive suppressive drug interactions
result from the interplay between ribosomes halted in different stages of translation.
To elucidate this putative mechanism of drug interactions between translation
inhibitors, we generate translation bottlenecks genetically using in- ducible
control of translation factors that regulate well-defined translation cycle steps.
These perturbations accurately mimic antibiotic action and drug interactions,
supporting that the interplay of different translation bottlenecks partially causes
these interactions.\r\nWe extend this approach by varying two translation bottlenecks
simultaneously. This approach reveals the suppression of translocation inhibition
by inhibited translation. We rationalize this effect by modeling dense traffic
of ribosomes that move on transcripts in a translation factor-mediated manner.
This model predicts a dissolution of traffic jams caused by inhibited translocation
when the density of ribosome traffic is reduced by lowered initiation. We base
this model on the growth laws and quantitative relationships between different
translation and growth parameters.\r\nIn the final part of this work, we describe
a set of tools aimed at quantification of physiological and translation parameters.
We further develop a simple model that directly connects the abundance of a translation
factor with the growth rate, which allows us to extract physiological parameters
describing initiation. We demonstrate the development of tools for measuring translation
rate.\r\nThis thesis showcases how a combination of high-throughput growth rate
mea- surements, genetics, and modeling can reveal mechanisms of drug interactions.
Furthermore, by a gradual transition from combinations of antibiotics to precise
genetic interventions, we demonstrated the equivalency between genetic and chemi-
cal perturbations of translation. These findings tile the path for quantitative
studies of antibiotic combinations and illustrate future approaches towards the
quantitative description of translation."
acknowledged_ssus:
- _id: LifeSc
- _id: M-Shop
acknowledgement: I thank Life Science Facilities for their continuous support with
providing top-notch laboratory materials, keeping the devices humming, and coordinating
the repairs and building of custom-designed laboratory equipment with the MIBA Machine
shop.
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and physiology,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2020.'
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and physiology. Institute of Science and Technology Austria.'
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and Physiology. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2020, doi:10.15479/AT:ISTA:8657.'
short: 'B. Kavcic, Perturbations of Protein Synthesis: From Antibiotics to Genetics
and Physiology, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2020.'
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text: "Proteins and their complex dynamic interactions regulate cellular mechanisms
from sensing and transducing extracellular signals, to mediating genetic responses,
and sustaining or changing cell morphology. To manipulate these protein-protein
interactions (PPIs) that govern the behavior and fate of cells, synthetically
constructed, genetically encoded tools provide the means to precisely target proteins
of interest (POIs), and control their subcellular localization and activity in
vitro and in vivo. Ideal synthetic tools react to an orthogonal cue, i.e. a trigger
that does not activate any other endogenous process, thereby allowing manipulation
of the POI alone.\r\nIn optogenetics, naturally occurring photosensory domain
from plants, algae and bacteria are re-purposed and genetically fused to POIs.
Illumination with light of a specific wavelength triggers a conformational change
that can mediate PPIs, such as dimerization or oligomerization. By using light
as a trigger, these tools can be activated with high spatial and temporal precision,
on subcellular and millisecond scales. Chemogenetic tools consist of protein domains
that recognize and bind small molecules. By genetic fusion to POIs, these domains
can mediate PPIs upon addition of their specific ligands, which are often synthetically
designed to provide highly specific interactions and exhibit good bioavailability.\r\nMost
optogenetic tools to mediate PPIs are based on well-studied photoreceptors responding
to red, blue or near-UV light, leaving a striking gap in the green band of the
visible light spectrum. Among both optogenetic and chemogenetic tools, there is
an abundance of methods to induce PPIs, but tools to disrupt them require UV illumination,
rely on covalent linkage and subsequent enzymatic cleavage or initially result
in protein clustering of unknown stoichiometry.\r\nThis work describes how the
recently structurally and photochemically characterized green-light responsive
cobalamin-binding domains (CBDs) from bacterial transcription factors were re-purposed
to function as a green-light responsive optogenetic tool. In contrast to previously
engineered optogenetic tools, CBDs do not induce PPI, but rather confer a PPI
already upon expression, which can be rapidly disrupted by illumination. This
was employed to mimic inhibition of constitutive activity of a growth factor receptor,
and successfully implement for cell signalling in mammalian cells and in vivo
to rescue development in zebrafish. This work further describes the development
and application of a chemically induced de-dimerizer (CDD) based on a recently
identified and structurally described bacterial oxyreductase. CDD forms a dimer
upon expression in absence of its cofactor, the flavin derivative F420. Safety
and of domain expression and ligand exposure are demonstrated in vitro and in
vivo in zebrafish. The system is further applied to inhibit cell signalling output
from a chimeric receptor upon F420 treatment.\r\nCBDs and CDD expand the repertoire
of synthetic tools by providing novel mechanisms of mediating PPIs, and by recognizing
previously not utilized cues. In the future, they can readily be combined with
existing synthetic tools to functionally manipulate PPIs in vitro and in vivo."
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Inhibition of Cellular Signals.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria,
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of cellular signals,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2020.
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of cellular signals. Institute of Science and Technology Austria.
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of Cellular Signals. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2020, doi:10.15479/AT:ISTA:7680.
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text: "The development of the human brain occurs through a tightly regulated series
of dynamic and adaptive processes during prenatal and postnatal life. A disruption
of this strictly orchestrated series of events can lead to a number of neurodevelopmental
conditions, including Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASDs). ASDs are a very common,
etiologically and phenotypically heterogeneous group of disorders sharing the
core symptoms of social interaction and communication deficits and restrictive
and repetitive interests and behaviors. They are estimated to affect one in 59
individuals in the U.S. and, over the last three decades, mutations in more than
a hundred genetic loci have been convincingly linked to ASD pathogenesis. Yet,
for the vast majority of these ASD-risk genes their role during brain development
and precise molecular function still remain elusive.\r\nDe novo loss of function
mutations in the ubiquitin ligase-encoding gene Cullin 3 (CUL3) lead to ASD. In
the study described here, we used Cul3 mouse models to evaluate the consequences
of Cul3 mutations in vivo. Our results show that Cul3 heterozygous knockout mice
exhibit deficits in motor coordination as well as ASD-relevant social and cognitive
impairments. Cul3+/-, Cul3+/fl Emx1-Cre and Cul3fl/fl Emx1-Cre mutant brains display
cortical lamination abnormalities due to defective migration of post-mitotic excitatory
neurons, as well as reduced numbers of excitatory and inhibitory neurons. In line
with the observed abnormal cortical organization, Cul3 heterozygous deletion is
associated with decreased spontaneous excitatory and inhibitory activity in the
cortex. At the molecular level we show that Cul3 regulates cytoskeletal and adhesion
protein abundance in the mouse embryonic cortex. Abnormal regulation of cytoskeletal
proteins in Cul3 mutant neural cells results in atypical organization of the actin
mesh at the cell leading edge. Of note, heterozygous deletion of Cul3 in adult
mice does not induce the majority of the behavioral defects observed in constitutive
Cul3 haploinsufficient animals, pointing to a critical time-window for Cul3 deficiency.\r\nIn
conclusion, our data indicate that Cul3 plays a critical role in the regulation
of cytoskeletal proteins and neuronal migration. ASD-associated defects and behavioral
abnormalities are primarily due to dosage sensitive Cul3 functions at early brain
developmental stages."
acknowledged_ssus:
- _id: Bio
- _id: PreCl
acknowledgement: I would like to especially thank Armel Nicolas from the Proteomics
and Christoph Sommer from the Bioimaging Facilities for the data analysis, and to
thank the team of the Preclinical Facility, especially Sabina Deixler, Angela Schlerka,
Anita Lepold, Mihalea Mihai and Michael Schun for taking care of the mouse line
maintenance and their great support.
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Pathogenesis.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2020. https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:8620.
ieee: J. Morandell, “Illuminating the role of Cul3 in autism spectrum disorder pathogenesis,”
Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2020.
ista: Morandell J. 2020. Illuminating the role of Cul3 in autism spectrum disorder
pathogenesis. Institute of Science and Technology Austria.
mla: Morandell, Jasmin. Illuminating the Role of Cul3 in Autism Spectrum Disorder
Pathogenesis. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2020, doi:10.15479/AT:ISTA:8620.
short: J. Morandell, Illuminating the Role of Cul3 in Autism Spectrum Disorder Pathogenesis,
Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2020.
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text: Mitochondria are sites of oxidative phosphorylation in eukaryotic cells. Oxidative
phosphorylation operates by a chemiosmotic mechanism made possible by redox-driven
proton pumping machines which establish a proton motive force across the inner
mitochondrial membrane. This electrochemical proton gradient is used to drive
ATP synthesis, which powers the majority of cellular processes such as protein
synthesis, locomotion and signalling. In this thesis I investigate the structures
and molecular mechanisms of two inner mitochondrial proton pumping enzymes, respiratory
complex I and transhydrogenase. I present the first high-resolution structure
of the full transhydrogenase from any species, and a significantly improved structure
of complex I. Improving the resolution from 3.3 Å available previously to up to
2.3 Å in this thesis allowed us to model bound water molecules, crucial in the
proton pumping mechanism. For both enzymes, up to five cryo-EM datasets with different
substrates and inhibitors bound were solved to delineate the catalytic cycle and
understand the proton pumping mechanism. In transhydrogenase, the proton channel
is gated by reversible detachment of the NADP(H)-binding domain which opens the
proton channel to the opposite sites of the membrane. In complex I, the proton
channels are gated by reversible protonation of key glutamate and lysine residues
and breaking of the water wire connecting the proton pumps with the quinone reduction
site. The tight coupling between the redox and the proton pumping reactions in
transhydrogenase is achieved by controlling the NADP(H) exchange which can only
happen when the NADP(H)-binding domain interacts with the membrane domain. In
complex I, coupling is achieved by cycling of the whole complex between the closed
state, in which quinone can get reduced, and the open state, in which NADH can
induce quinol ejection from the binding pocket. On the basis of these results
I propose detailed mechanisms for catalytic cycles of transhydrogenase and complex
I that are consistent with a large amount of previous work. In both enzymes, conformational
and electrostatic mechanisms contribute to the overall catalytic process. Results
presented here could be used for better understanding of the human pathologies
arising from deficiencies of complex I or transhydrogenase and could be used to
develop novel therapies.
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acknowledgement: 'I acknowledge the support of IST facilities, especially the Electron
Miscroscopy facility for providing training and resources. Special thanks also go
to cryo-EM specialists who helped me to collect the data present here: Dr Valentin
Hodirnau (IST Austria), Dr Tom Heuser (IMBA, Vienna), Dr Rebecca Thompson (Uni.
of Leeds) and Dr Jirka Nováček (CEITEC). This work has been supported by iNEXT,
project number 653706, funded by the Horizon 2020 programme of the European Union.
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research
and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Grant Agreement No. 665385.'
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Enzymes, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2020.
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text: Metabolic adaptation is a critical feature of migrating cells. It tunes the
metabolic programs of migrating cells to allow them to efficiently exert their
crucial roles in development, inflammatory responses and tumor metastasis. Cell
migration through physically challenging contexts requires energy. However, how
the metabolic reprogramming that underlies in vivo cell invasion is controlled
is still unanswered. In my PhD project, I identify a novel conserved metabolic
shift in Drosophila melanogaster immune cells that by modulating their bioenergetic
potential controls developmentally programmed tissue invasion. We show that this
regulation requires a novel conserved nuclear protein, named Atossa. Atossa enhances
the transcription of a set of proteins, including an RNA helicase Porthos and
two metabolic enzymes, each of which increases the tissue invasion of leading
Drosophila macrophages and can rescue the atossa mutant phenotype. Porthos selectively
regulates the translational efficiency of a subset of mRNAs containing a 5’-UTR
cis-regulatory TOP-like sequence. These 5’TOPL mRNA targets encode mitochondrial-related
proteins, including subunits of mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS)
components III and V and other metabolic-related proteins. Porthos powers up mitochondrial
OXPHOS to engender a sufficient ATP supply, which is required for tissue invasion
of leading macrophages. Atossa’s two vertebrate orthologs rescue the invasion
defect. In my PhD project, I elucidate that Atossa displays a conserved developmental
metabolic control to modulate metabolic capacities and the cellular energy state,
through altered transcription and translation, to aid the tissue infiltration
of leading cells into energy demanding barriers.
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acknowledgement: Also, I would like to express my appreciation and thanks to the Bioimaging
facility, LSF, GSO, library, and IT people at IST Austria.
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Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2020.
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Institute of Science and Technology Austria.
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Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2020, doi:10.15479/AT:ISTA:8983.
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Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2020.
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text: Many flows encountered in nature and applications are characterized by a chaotic
motion known as turbulence. Turbulent flows generate intense friction with pipe
walls and are responsible for considerable amounts of energy losses at world scale.
The nature of turbulent friction and techniques aimed at reducing it have been
subject of extensive research over the last century, but no definite answer has
been found yet. In this thesis we show that in pipes at moderate turbulent Reynolds
numbers friction is better described by the power law first introduced by Blasius
and not by the Prandtl–von Kármán formula. At higher Reynolds numbers, large scale
motions gradually become more important in the flow and can be related to the
change in scaling of friction. Next, we present a series of new techniques that
can relaminarize turbulence by suppressing a key mechanism that regenerates it
at walls, the lift–up effect. In addition, we investigate the process of turbulence
decay in several experiments and discuss the drag reduction potential. Finally,
we examine the behavior of friction under pulsating conditions inspired by the
human heart cycle and we show that under such circumstances turbulent friction
can be reduced to produce energy savings.
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Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2020.
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Institute of Science and Technology Austria.
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Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2020, doi:10.15479/AT:ISTA:7258.
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text: "Mutations are the raw material of evolution and come in many different flavors.
Point mutations change a single letter in the DNA sequence, while copy number
mutations like duplications or deletions add or remove many letters of the DNA
sequence simultaneously. Each type of mutation exhibits specific properties like
its rate of formation and reversal. \r\nGene expression is a fundamental phenotype
that can be altered by both, point and copy number mutations. The following thesis
is concerned with the dynamics of gene expression evolution and how it is affected
by the properties exhibited by point and copy number mutations. Specifically,
we are considering i) copy number mutations during adaptation to fluctuating environments
and ii) the interaction of copy number and point mutations during adaptation to
constant environments. "
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point mutations. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:8653
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Point Mutations.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2020. https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:8653.
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Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2020.
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mutations. Institute of Science and Technology Austria.
mla: Tomanek, Isabella. The Evolution of Gene Expression by Copy Number and Point
Mutations. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2020, doi:10.15479/AT:ISTA:8653.
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text: "Self-organization is a hallmark of plant development manifested e.g. by intricate
leaf vein patterns, flexible formation of vasculature during organogenesis or
its regeneration following wounding. Spontaneously arising channels transporting
the phytohormone auxin, created by coordinated polar localizations of PIN-FORMED
1 (PIN1) auxin exporter, provide positional cues for these as well as other plant
patterning processes. To find regulators acting downstream of auxin and the TIR1/AFB
auxin signaling pathway essential for PIN1 coordinated polarization during auxin
canalization, we performed microarray experiments. Besides the known components
of general PIN polarity maintenance, such as PID and PIP5K kinases, we identified
and characterized a new regulator of auxin canalization, the transcription factor
WRKY DNA-BINDING PROTEIN 23 (WRKY23).\r\nNext, we designed a subsequent microarray
experiment to further uncover other molecular players, downstream of auxin-TIR1/AFB-WRKY23
involved in the regulation of auxin-mediated PIN repolarization. We identified
a novel and crucial part of the molecular machinery underlying auxin canalization.
The auxin-regulated malectin-type receptor-like kinase CAMEL and the associated
leucine-rich repeat receptor-like kinase CANAR target and directly phosphorylate
PIN auxin transporters. camel and canar mutants are impaired in PIN1 subcellular
trafficking and auxin-mediated repolarization leading to defects in auxin transport,
ultimately to leaf venation and vasculature regeneration defects. Our results
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- ISTA Thesis
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of auxin-dependent canalization during vasculature formation and regeneration,”
Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2020.
ista: Hajny J. 2020. Identification and characterization of the molecular machinery
of auxin-dependent canalization during vasculature formation and regeneration.
Institute of Science and Technology Austria.
mla: Hajny, Jakub. Identification and Characterization of the Molecular Machinery
of Auxin-Dependent Canalization during Vasculature Formation and Regeneration.
Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2020, doi:10.15479/AT:ISTA:8822.
short: J. Hajny, Identification and Characterization of the Molecular Machinery
of Auxin-Dependent Canalization during Vasculature Formation and Regeneration,
Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2020.
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text: "Cytoplasm is a gel-like crowded environment composed of tens of thousands
of macromolecules, organelles, cytoskeletal networks and cytosol. The structure
of the cytoplasm is thought to be highly organized and heterogeneous due to the
crowding of its constituents and their effective compartmentalization. In such
an environment, the diffusive dynamics of the molecules is very restricted, an
effect that is further amplified by clustering and anchoring of molecules. Despite
the jammed nature of the cytoplasm at the microscopic scale, large-scale reorganization
of cytoplasm is essential for important cellular functions, such as nuclear positioning
and cell division. How such mesoscale reorganization of the cytoplasm is achieved,
especially for very large cells such as oocytes or syncytial tissues that can
span hundreds of micrometers in size, has only begun to be understood.\r\nIn this
thesis, I focus on the recent advances in elucidating the molecular, cellular
and biophysical principles underlying cytoplasmic organization across different
scales, structures and species. First, I outline which of these principles have
been identified by reductionist approaches, such as in vitro reconstitution assays,
where boundary conditions and components can be modulated at ease. I then describe
how the theoretical and experimental framework established in these reduced systems
have been applied to their more complex in vivo counterparts, in particular oocytes
and embryonic syncytial structures, and discuss how such complex biological systems
can initiate symmetry breaking and establish patterning.\r\nSpecifically, I examine
an example of large-scale reorganizations taking place in zebrafish embryos, where
extensive cytoplasmic streaming leads to the segregation of cytoplasm from yolk
granules along the animal-vegetal axis of the embryo. Using biophysical experimentation
and theory, I investigate the forces underlying this process, to show that this
process does not rely on cortical actin reorganization, as previously thought,
but instead on a cell-cycle-dependent bulk actin polymerization wave traveling
from the animal to the vegetal pole of the embryo. This wave functions in segregation
by both pulling cytoplasm animally and pushing yolk granules vegetally. Cytoplasm
pulling is mediated by bulk actin network flows exerting friction forces on the
cytoplasm, while yolk granule pushing is achieved by a mechanism closely resembling
actin comet formation on yolk granules. This study defines a novel role of bulk
actin polymerization waves in embryo polarization via cytoplasmic segregation.
Lastly, I describe the cytoplasmic reorganizations taking place during zebrafish
oocyte maturation, where the initial segregation of the cytoplasm and yolk granules
occurs. Here, I demonstrate a previously uncharacterized wave of microtubule aster
formation, traveling the oocyte along the animal-vegetal axis. Further research
is required to determine the role of such microtubule structures in cytoplasmic
reorganizations therein.\r\nCollectively, these studies provide further evidence
for the coupling between cell cytoskeleton and cell cycle machinery, which can
underlie a core self-organizing mechanism for orchestrating large-scale reorganizations
in a cell-cycle-tunable manner, where the modulations of the force-generating
machinery and cytoplasmic mechanics can be harbored to fulfill cellular functions."
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acknowledgement: "I would have had no fish and hence no results without our wonderful
fish facility crew, Verena Mayer, Eva Schlegl, Andreas Mlak and Matthias Nowak.
Special thanks to Verena for being always happy to help and dealing with our chaotic
schedules in the lab. Danke auch, Verena, für deine Geduld, mit mir auf Deutsch
zu sprechen. Das hat mir sehr geholfen.\r\nSpecial thanks to the Bioimaging and
EM facilities at IST Austria for supporting us every day. Very special thanks would
go to Robert Hauschild for his continuous support on data analysis and also to Jack
Merrin for designing and building microfabricated chambers for the project and for
the various discussions on making zebrafish extracts."
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text: "Mosaic genetic analysis has been widely used in different model organisms
such as the fruit fly to study gene-function in a cell-autonomous or tissue-specific
fashion. More recently, and less easily conducted, mosaic genetic analysis in
mice has also been enabled with the ambition to shed light on human gene function
and disease. These genetic tools are of particular interest, but not restricted
to, the study of the brain. Notably, the MADM technology offers a genetic approach
in mice to visualize and concomitantly manipulate small subsets of genetically
defined cells at a clonal level and single cell resolution. MADM-based analysis
has already advanced the study of genetic mechanisms regulating brain development
and is expected that further MADM-based analysis of genetic alterations will continue
to reveal important insights on the fundamental principles of development and
disease to potentially assist in the development of new therapies or treatments.\r\nIn
summary, this work completed and characterized the necessary genome-wide genetic
tools to perform MADM-based analysis at single cell level of the vast majority
of mouse genes in virtually any cell type and provided a protocol to perform lineage
tracing using the novel MADM resource. Importantly, this work also explored and
revealed novel aspects of biologically relevant events in an in vivo context,
such as the chromosome-specific bias of chromatid sister segregation pattern,
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elucidating the molecular mechanisms underlying neuronal diversity and astrocyte
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at single cell resolution,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2020.
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disease at single cell resolution. Institute of Science and Technology Austria.
mla: Contreras, Ximena. Genetic Dissection of Neural Development in Health and
Disease at Single Cell Resolution. Institute of Science and Technology Austria,
2020, doi:10.15479/AT:ISTA:7902.
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at Single Cell Resolution, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2020.
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text: "In many shear flows like pipe flow, plane Couette flow, plane Poiseuille
flow, etc. turbulence emerges subcritically. Here, when subjected to strong enough
perturbations, the flow becomes turbulent in spite of the laminar base flow being
linearly stable. The nature of this instability has puzzled the scientific community
for decades. At onset, turbulence appears in localized patches and flows are spatio-temporally
intermittent. In pipe flow the localized turbulent structures are referred to
as puffs and in planar flows like plane Couette and channel flow, patches arise
in the form of localized oblique bands. In this thesis, we study the onset of
turbulence in channel flow in direct numerical simulations from a dynamical system
theory perspective, as well as by performing experiments in a large aspect ratio
channel.\r\n\r\nThe aim of the experimental work is to determine the critical
Reynolds number where turbulence first becomes sustained. Recently, the onset
of turbulence has been described in analogy to absorbing state phase transition
(i.e. directed percolation). In particular, it has been shown that the critical
point can be estimated from the competition between spreading and decay processes.
Here, by performing experiments, we identify the mechanisms underlying turbulence
proliferation in channel flow and find the critical Reynolds number, above which
turbulence becomes sustained. Above the critical point, the continuous growth
at the tip of the stripes outweighs the stochastic shedding of turbulent patches
at the tail and the stripes expand. For growing stripes, the probability to decay
decreases while the probability of stripe splitting increases. Consequently, and
unlike for the puffs in pipe flow, neither of these two processes is time-independent
i.e. memoryless. Coupling between stripe expansion and creation of new stripes
via splitting leads to a significantly lower critical point ($Re_c=670+/-10$)
than most earlier studies suggest. \r\n\r\nWhile the above approach sheds light
on how turbulence first becomes sustained, it provides no insight into the origin
of the stripes themselves. In the numerical part of the thesis we investigate
how turbulent stripes form from invariant solutions of the Navier-Stokes equations.
The origin of these turbulent stripes can be identified by applying concepts from
the dynamical system theory. In doing so, we identify the exact coherent structures
underlying stripes and their bifurcations and how they give rise to the turbulent
attractor in phase space. We first report a family of localized nonlinear traveling
wave solutions of the Navier-Stokes equations in channel flow. These solutions
show structural similarities with turbulent stripes in experiments like obliqueness,
quasi-streamwise streaks and vortices, etc. A parametric study of these traveling
wave solution is performed, with parameters like Reynolds number, stripe tilt
angle and domain size, including the stability of the solutions. These solutions
emerge through saddle-node bifurcations and form a phase space skeleton for the
turbulent stripes observed in the experiments. The lower branches of these TW
solutions at different tilt angles undergo Hopf bifurcation and new solutions
branches of relative periodic orbits emerge. These RPO solutions do not belong
to the same family and therefore the routes to chaos for different angles are
different. \r\n\r\nIn shear flows, turbulence at onset is transient in nature.
\ Consequently,turbulence can not be tracked to lower Reynolds numbers, where
the dynamics may simplify. Before this happens, turbulence becomes short-lived
and laminarizes. In the last part of the thesis, we show that using numerical
simulations we can continue turbulent stripes in channel flow past the 'relaminarization
barrier' all the way to their origin. Here, turbulent stripe dynamics simplifies
and the fluctuations are no longer stochastic and the stripe settles down to a
relative periodic orbit. This relative periodic orbit originates from the aforementioned
traveling wave solutions. Starting from the relative periodic orbit, a small increase
in speed i.e. Reynolds number gives rise to chaos and the attractor dimension
sharply increases in contrast to the classical transition scenario where the instabilities
affect the flow globally and give rise to much more gradual route to turbulence."
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ieee: C. S. Paranjape, “Onset of turbulence in plane Poiseuille flow,” Institute
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of Science and Technology Austria.
mla: Paranjape, Chaitanya S. Onset of Turbulence in Plane Poiseuille Flow.
Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2019, doi:10.15479/AT:ISTA:6957.
short: C.S. Paranjape, Onset of Turbulence in Plane Poiseuille Flow, Institute of
Science and Technology Austria, 2019.
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text: "Tissue morphogenesis in developmental or physiological processes is regulated
by molecular\r\nand mechanical signals. While the molecular signaling cascades
are increasingly well\r\ndescribed, the mechanical signals affecting tissue shape
changes have only recently been\r\nstudied in greater detail. To gain more insight
into the mechanochemical and biophysical\r\nbasis of an epithelial spreading process
(epiboly) in early zebrafish development, we studied\r\ncell-cell junction formation
and actomyosin network dynamics at the boundary between\r\nsurface layer epithelial
cells (EVL) and the yolk syncytial layer (YSL). During zebrafish epiboly,\r\nthe
cell mass sitting on top of the yolk cell spreads to engulf the yolk cell by the
end of\r\ngastrulation. It has been previously shown that an actomyosin ring residing
within the YSL\r\npulls on the EVL tissue through a cable-constriction and a flow-friction
motor, thereby\r\ndragging the tissue vegetal wards. Pulling forces are likely
transmitted from the YSL\r\nactomyosin ring to EVL cells; however, the nature
and formation of the junctional structure\r\nmediating this process has not been
well described so far. Therefore, our main aim was to\r\ndetermine the nature,
dynamics and potential function of the EVL-YSL junction during this\r\nepithelial
tissue spreading. Specifically, we show that the EVL-YSL junction is a\r\nmechanosensitive
structure, predominantly made of tight junction (TJ) proteins. The process\r\nof
TJ mechanosensation depends on the retrograde flow of non-junctional, phase-separated\r\nZonula
Occludens-1 (ZO-1) protein clusters towards the EVL-YSL boundary. Interestingly,
we\r\ncould demonstrate that ZO-1 is present in a non-junctional pool on the surface
of the yolk\r\ncell, and ZO-1 undergoes a phase separation process that likely
renders the protein\r\nresponsive to flows. These flows are directed towards the
junction and mediate proper\r\ntension-dependent recruitment of ZO-1. Upon reaching
the EVL-YSL junction ZO-1 gets\r\nincorporated into the junctional pool mediated
through its direct actin-binding domain.\r\nWhen the non-junctional pool and/or
ZO-1 direct actin binding is absent, TJs fail in their\r\nproper mechanosensitive
responses resulting in slower tissue spreading. We could further\r\ndemonstrate
that depletion of ZO proteins within the YSL results in diminished actomyosin\r\nring
formation. This suggests that a mechanochemical feedback loop is at work during\r\nzebrafish
epiboly: ZO proteins help in proper actomyosin ring formation and actomyosin\r\ncontractility
and flows positively influence ZO-1 junctional recruitment. Finally, such a\r\nmesoscale
polarization process mediated through the flow of phase-separated protein\r\nclusters
might have implications for other processes such as immunological synapse\r\nformation,
C. elegans zygote polarization and wound healing."
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apa: Schwayer, C. (2019). Mechanosensation of tight junctions depends on ZO-1
phase separation and flow. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:7186
chicago: Schwayer, Cornelia. “Mechanosensation of Tight Junctions Depends on ZO-1
Phase Separation and Flow.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2019.
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and flow,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2019.
ista: Schwayer C. 2019. Mechanosensation of tight junctions depends on ZO-1 phase
separation and flow. Institute of Science and Technology Austria.
mla: Schwayer, Cornelia. Mechanosensation of Tight Junctions Depends on ZO-1
Phase Separation and Flow. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2019,
doi:10.15479/AT:ISTA:7186.
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and Flow, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2019.
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text: "The first part of the thesis considers the computational aspects of the homotopy
groups πd(X) of a topological space X. It is well known that there is no algorithm
to decide whether the fundamental group π1(X) of a given finite simplicial complex
X is trivial. On the other hand, there are several algorithms that, given a finite
simplicial complex X that is simply connected (i.e., with π1(X) trivial), compute
the higher homotopy group πd(X) for any given d ≥ 2.\r\nHowever, these algorithms
come with a caveat: They compute the isomorphism type of πd(X), d ≥ 2 as an abstract
finitely generated abelian group given by generators and relations, but they work
with very implicit representations of the elements of πd(X). We present an algorithm
that, given a simply connected space X, computes πd(X) and represents its elements
as simplicial maps from suitable triangulations of the d-sphere Sd to X. For fixed
d, the algorithm runs in time exponential in size(X), the number of simplices
of X. Moreover, we prove that this is optimal: For every fixed d ≥ 2,\r\nwe construct
a family of simply connected spaces X such that for any simplicial map representing
a generator of πd(X), the size of the triangulation of S d on which the map is
defined, is exponential in size(X).\r\nIn the second part of the thesis, we prove
that the following question is algorithmically undecidable for d < ⌊3(k+1)/2⌋,
k ≥ 5 and (k, d) ̸= (5, 7), which covers essentially everything outside the meta-stable
range: Given a finite simplicial complex K of dimension k, decide whether there
exists a piecewise-linear (i.e., linear on an arbitrarily fine subdivision of
K) embedding f : K ↪→ Rd of K into a d-dimensional Euclidean space."
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text: "Hybrid automata combine finite automata and dynamical systems, and model
the interaction of digital with physical systems. Formal analysis that can guarantee
the safety of all behaviors or rigorously witness failures, while unsolvable in
general, has been tackled algorithmically using, e.g., abstraction, bounded model-checking,
assisted theorem proving.\r\nNevertheless, very few methods have addressed the
time-unbounded reachability analysis of hybrid automata and, for current sound
and automatic tools, scalability remains critical. We develop methods for the
polyhedral abstraction of hybrid automata, which construct coarse overapproximations
and tightens them incrementally, in a CEGAR fashion. We use template polyhedra,
i.e., polyhedra whose facets are normal to a given set of directions.\r\nWhile,
previously, directions were given by the user, we introduce (1) the first method\r\nfor
computing template directions from spurious counterexamples, so as to generalize
and\r\neliminate them. The method applies naturally to convex hybrid automata,
i.e., hybrid\r\nautomata with (possibly non-linear) convex constraints on derivatives
only, while for linear\r\nODE requires further abstraction. Specifically, we introduce
(2) the conic abstractions,\r\nwhich, partitioning the state space into appropriate
(possibly non-uniform) cones, divide\r\ncurvy trajectories into relatively straight
sections, suitable for polyhedral abstractions.\r\nFinally, we introduce (3) space-time
interpolation, which, combining interval arithmetic\r\nand template refinement,
computes appropriate (possibly non-uniform) time partitioning\r\nand template
directions along spurious trajectories, so as to eliminate them.\r\nWe obtain
sound and automatic methods for the reachability analysis over dense\r\nand unbounded
time of convex hybrid automata and hybrid automata with linear ODE.\r\nWe build
prototype tools and compare—favorably—our methods against the respective\r\nstate-of-the-art
tools, on several benchmarks."
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systems. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:6894
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Systems.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2019. https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:6894.
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Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2019.
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text: "The development and growth of Arabidopsis thaliana is regulated by a combination
of genetic programing and also by the environmental influences. An important role
in these processes play the phytohormones and among them, auxin is crucial as
it controls many important functions. It is transported through the whole plant
body by creating local and temporal concentration maxima and minima, which have
an impact on the cell status, tissue and organ identity. Auxin has the property
to undergo a directional and finely regulated cell-to-cell transport, which is
enabled by the transport proteins, localized on the plasma membrane. An important
role in this process have the PIN auxin efflux proteins, which have an asymmetric/polar
subcellular localization and determine the directionality of the auxin transport.
During the last years, there were significant advances in understanding how the
trafficking molecular machineries function, including studies on molecular interactions,
function, subcellular localization and intracellular distribution. However, there
is still a lack of detailed characterization on the steps of endocytosis, exocytosis,
endocytic recycling and degradation. Due to this fact, I focused on the identification
of novel trafficking factors and better characterization of the intracellular
trafficking pathways. My PhD thesis consists of an introductory chapter, three
experimental chapters, a chapter containing general discussion, conclusions and
perspectives and also an appendix chapter with published collaborative papers.\r\nThe
first chapter is separated in two different parts: I start by a general introduction
to auxin biology and then I introduce the trafficking pathways in the model plant
Arabidopsis thaliana. Then, I explain also the phosphorylation-signals for polar
targeting and also the roles of the phytohormone strigolactone.\r\nThe second
chapter includes the characterization of bar1/sacsin mutant, which was identified
in a forward genetic screen for novel trafficking components in Arabidopsis thaliana,
where by the implementation of an EMS-treated pPIN1::PIN1-GFP marker line and
by using the established inhibitor of ARF-GEFs, Brefeldin A (BFA) as a tool to
study trafficking processes, we identified a novel factor, which is mediating
the adaptation of the plant cell to ARF-GEF inhibition. The mutation is in a previously
uncharacterized gene, encoding a very big protein that we, based on its homologies,
called SACSIN with domains suggesting roles as a molecular chaperon or as a component
of the ubiquitin-proteasome system. Our physiology and imaging studies revealed
that SACSIN is a crucial plant cell component of the adaptation to the ARF-GEF
inhibition.\r\nThe third chapter includes six subchapters, where I focus on the
role of the phytohormone strigolactone, which interferes with auxin feedback on
PIN internalization. Strigolactone moderates the polar auxin transport by increasing
the internalization of the PIN auxin efflux carriers, which reduces the canalization
related growth responses. In addition, I also studied the role of phosphorylation
in the strigolactone regulation of auxin feedback on PIN internalization. In this
chapter I also present my results on the MAX2-dependence of strigolactone-mediated
root growth inhibition and I also share my results on the auxin metabolomics profiling
after application of GR24.\r\nIn the fourth chapter I studied the effect of two
small molecules ES-9 and ES9-17, which were identified from a collection of small
molecules with the property to impair the clathrin-mediated endocytosis.\r\nIn
the fifth chapter, I discuss all my observations and experimental findings and
suggest alternative hypothesis to interpret my results.\r\nIn the appendix there
are three collaborative published projects. In the first, I participated in the
characterization of the role of ES9 as a small molecule, which is inhibitor of
clathrin- mediated endocytosis in different model organisms. In the second paper,
I contributed to the characterization of another small molecule ES9-17, which
is a non-protonophoric analog of ES9 and also impairs the clathrin-mediated endocytosis
not only in plant cells, but also in mammalian HeLa cells. Last but not least,
I also attach another paper, where I tried to establish the grafting method as
a technique in our lab to study canalization related processes."
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text: "Single cells are constantly interacting with their environment and each other,
more importantly, the accurate perception of environmental cues is crucial for
growth, survival, and reproduction. This communication between cells and their
environment can be formalized in mathematical terms and be quantified as the information
flow between them, as prescribed by information theory. \r\nThe recent availability
of real–time dynamical patterns of signaling molecules in single cells has allowed
us to identify encoding about the identity of the environment in the time–series.
However, efficient estimation of the information transmitted by these signals
has been a data–analysis challenge due to the high dimensionality of the trajectories
and the limited number of samples. In the first part of this thesis, we develop
and evaluate decoding–based estimation methods to lower bound the mutual information
and derive model–based precise information estimates for biological reaction networks
governed by the chemical master equation. This is followed by applying the decoding-based
methods to study the intracellular representation of extracellular changes in
budding yeast, by observing the transient dynamics of nuclear translocation of
10 transcription factors in response to 3 stress conditions. Additionally, we
apply these estimators to previously published data on ERK and Ca2+ signaling
and yeast stress response. We argue that this single cell decoding-based measure
of information provides an unbiased, quantitative and interpretable measure for
the fidelity of biological signaling processes. \r\nFinally, in the last section,
we deal with gene regulation which is primarily controlled by transcription factors
(TFs) that bind to the DNA to activate gene expression. The possibility that non-cognate
TFs activate transcription diminishes the accuracy of regulation with potentially
disastrous effects for the cell. This ’crosstalk’ acts as a previously unexplored
source of noise in biochemical networks and puts a strong constraint on their
performance. To mitigate erroneous initiation we propose an out of equilibrium
scheme that implements kinetic proofreading. We show that such architectures are
favored over their equilibrium counterparts for complex organisms despite introducing
noise in gene expression. "
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the precise spatio-temporal expression of genes inside a cell. However, this specificity
is limited, leading to frequent incorrect binding of transcription factors that
might have deleterious consequences on the cell. By constructing a biophysical
model of TF-DNA binding in the context of gene regulation, I will first explore
how regulatory constraints can strongly shape the distribution of a population
in sequence space. Then, by directly linking this to a picture of multiple types
of transcription factors performing their functions simultaneously inside the
cell, I will explore the extent of regulatory crosstalk -- incorrect binding interactions
between transcription factors and binding sites that lead to erroneous regulatory
states -- and understand the constraints this places on the design of regulatory
systems. I will then develop a generic theoretical framework to investigate the
coevolution of multiple transcription factors and multiple binding sites, in the
context of a gene regulatory network that performs a certain function. As a particular
tractable version of this problem, I will consider the evolution of two transcription
factors when they transmit upstream signals to downstream target genes. Specifically,
I will describe the evolutionary steady states and the evolutionary pathways involved,
along with their timescales, of a system that initially undergoes a transcription
factor duplication event. To connect this important theoretical model to the prominent
biological event of transcription factor duplication giving rise to paralogous
families, I will then describe a bioinformatics analysis of C2H2 Zn-finger transcription
factors, a major family in humans, and focus on the patterns of evolution that
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sequence space,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2019.
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in sequence space. Institute of Science and Technology Austria.
mla: Prizak, Roshan. Coevolution of Transcription Factors and Their Binding Sites
in Sequence Space. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2019, doi:10.15479/at:ista:th6071.
short: R. Prizak, Coevolution of Transcription Factors and Their Binding Sites in
Sequence Space, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2019.
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text: "In the first part of this thesis we consider large random matrices with arbitrary
expectation and a general slowly decaying correlation among its entries. We prove
universality of the local eigenvalue statistics and optimal local laws for the
resolvent in the bulk and edge regime. The main novel tool is a systematic diagrammatic
control of a multivariate cumulant expansion.\r\nIn the second part we consider
Wigner-type matrices and show that at any cusp singularity of the limiting eigenvalue
distribution the local eigenvalue statistics are uni- versal and form a Pearcey
process. Since the density of states typically exhibits only square root or cubic
root cusp singularities, our work complements previous results on the bulk and
edge universality and it thus completes the resolution of the Wigner- Dyson-Mehta
universality conjecture for the last remaining universality type. Our analysis
holds not only for exact cusps, but approximate cusps as well, where an ex- tended
Pearcey process emerges. As a main technical ingredient we prove an optimal local
law at the cusp, and extend the fast relaxation to equilibrium of the Dyson Brow-
nian motion to the cusp regime.\r\nIn the third and final part we explore the
entrywise linear statistics of Wigner ma- trices and identify the fluctuations
for a large class of test functions with little regularity. This enables us to
study the rectangular Young diagram obtained from the interlacing eigenvalues
of the random matrix and its minor, and we find that, despite having the same
limit, the fluctuations differ from those of the algebraic Young tableaux equipped
with the Plancharel measure."
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theory,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2019.'
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matrix theory. Institute of Science and Technology Austria.'
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Matrix Theory. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2019, doi:10.15479/AT:ISTA:th6179.'
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Theory, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2019.'
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text: "Social insect colonies tend to have numerous members which function together
like a single organism in such harmony that the term ``super-organism'' is often
used. In this analogy the reproductive caste is analogous to the primordial germ\r\ncells
of a metazoan, while the sterile worker caste corresponds to somatic cells. The
worker castes, like tissues, are\r\nin charge of all functions of a living being,
besides reproduction. The establishment of new super-organismal units\r\n(i.e.
new colonies) is accomplished by the co-dependent castes. The term oftentimes
goes beyond a metaphor. We invoke it when we speak about the metabolic rate, thermoregulation,
nutrient regulation and gas exchange of a social insect colony. Furthermore, we
assert that the super-organism has an immune system, and benefits from ``social
immunity''.\r\n\r\nSocial immunity was first summoned by evolutionary biologists
to resolve the apparent discrepancy between the expected high frequency of disease
outbreak amongst numerous, closely related tightly-interacting hosts, living in
stable and microbially-rich environments, against the exceptionally scarce epidemic
accounts in natural populations. Social\r\nimmunity comprises a multi-layer assembly
of behaviours which have evolved to effectively keep the pathogenic enemies of
a colony at bay. The field of social immunity has drawn interest, as it becomes
increasingly urgent to stop\r\nthe collapse of pollinator species and curb the
growth of invasive pests. In the past decade, several mechanisms of\r\nsocial
immune responses have been dissected, but many more questions remain open.\r\n\r\nI
present my work in two experimental chapters. In the first, I use invasive garden
ants (*Lasius neglectus*) to study how pathogen load and its distribution among
nestmates affect the grooming response of the group. Any given group of ants will
carry out the same total grooming work, but will direct their grooming effort
towards individuals\r\ncarrying a relatively higher spore load. Contrary to expectation,
the highest risk of transmission does not stem from grooming highly contaminated
ants, but instead, we suggest that the grooming response likely minimizes spore
loss to the environment, reducing contamination from inadvertent pickup from the
substrate.\r\n\r\nThe second is a comparative developmental approach. I follow
black garden ant queens (*Lasius niger*) and their colonies from mating flight,
through hibernation for a year. Colonies which grow fast from the start, have
a lower chance of survival through hibernation, and those which survive grow at
a lower pace later. This is true for colonies of naive\r\nand challenged queens.
Early pathogen exposure of the queens changes colony dynamics in an unexpected
way: colonies from exposed queens are more likely to grow slowly and recover in
numbers only after they survive hibernation.\r\n\r\nIn addition to the two experimental
chapters, this thesis includes a co-authored published review on organisational\r\nimmunity,
where we enlist the experimental evidence and theoretical framework on which this
hypothesis is built,\r\nidentify the caveats and underline how the field is ripe
to overcome them. In a final chapter, I describe my part in\r\ntwo collaborative
efforts, one to develop an image-based tracker, and the second to develop a classifier
for ant\r\nbehaviour."
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text: 'Clathrin-Mediated Endocytosis (CME) is an aspect of cellular trafficking
that is constantly regulated for mediating developmental and physiological responses.
The main aim of my thesis is to decipher the basic mechanisms of CME and post-endocytic
trafficking in the whole multicellular organ systems of Arabidopsis. The first
chapter of my thesis describes the search for new components involved in CME.
Tandem affinity purification was conducted using CLC and its interacting partners
were identified. Amongst the identified proteins were the Auxilin-likes1 and 2
(Axl1/2), putative uncoating factors, for which we made a full functional analysis.
Over-expression of Axl1/2 causes extreme modifications in the dynamics of the
machinery proteins and inhibition of endocytosis altogether. However the loss
of function of the axl1/2 did not present any cellular or physiological phenotype,
meaning Auxilin-likes do not form the major uncoating machinery. The second chapter
of my thesis describes the establishment/utilisation of techniques to capture
the dynamicity and the complexity of CME and post-endocytic trafficking. We have
studied the development of endocytic pits at the PM – specifically, the mode of
membrane remodeling during pit development and the role of actin in it, given
plant cells possess high turgor pressure. Utilizing the improved z-resolution
of TIRF and VAEM techniques, we captured the time-lapse of the endocytic events
at the plasma membrane; and using particle detection software, we quantitatively
analysed all the endocytic trajectories in an unbiased way to obtain the endocytic
rate of the system. This together with the direct analysis of cargo internalisation
from the PM provided an estimate on the endocytic potential of the cell. We also
developed a methodology for ultrastructural analysis of different populations
of Clathrin-Coated Structures (CCSs) in both PM and endomembranes in unroofed
protoplasts. Structural analysis, together with the intensity profile of CCSs
at the PM show that the mode of CCP development at the PM follows ‘Constant curvature
model’; meaning that clathrin polymerisation energy is a major contributing factor
of membrane remodeling. In addition, other analyses clearly show that actin is
not required for membrane remodeling during invagination or any other step of
CCP development, despite the prevalent high turgor pressure. However, actin is
essential in orchestrating the post-endocytic trafficking of CCVs facilitating
the EE formation. We also observed that the uncoating process post-endocytosis
is not immediate; an alternative mechanism of uncoating – Sequential multi-step
process – functions in the cell. Finally we also looked at one of the important
physiological stimuli modulating the process – hormone, auxin. auxin has been
known to influence CME before. We have made a detailed study on the concentration-time
based effect of auxin on the machinery proteins, CCP development, and the specificity
of cargoes endocytosed. To this end, we saw no general effect of auxin on CME
at earlier time points. However, very low concentration of IAA, such as 50nM,
accelerates endocytosis of specifically PIN2 through CME. Such a tight regulatory
control with high specificity to PIN2 could be essential in modulating its polarity. '
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Austria.
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Austria, 2019.
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text: Lymph nodes are es s ential organs of the immune s ys tem where adaptive
immune responses originate, and consist of various leukocyte populations and a
stromal backbone. Fibroblastic reticular cells (FRCs) are the main stromal cells
and form a sponge-like extracellular matrix network, called conduits , which they thems
elves enwrap and contract. Lymph, containing s oluble antigens , arrive
in lymph nodes via afferent lymphatic vessels that connect to the s ubcaps
ular s inus and conduit network. According to the current paradigm, the conduit network dis
tributes afferent lymph through lymph nodes and thus provides acces
s for immune cells to lymph-borne antigens. An elas tic caps ule s urrounds the organ and confines the
immune cells and FRC network. Lymph nodes are completely packed with lymphocytes and lymphocyte numbers directly dictates the
size of the organ. Although lymphocytes cons tantly enter and leave the lymph node, its s
ize remains remarkedly s table under homeostatic conditions. It is only
partly known how the cellularity and s ize of the lymph node is regulated and how the lymph node is
able to swell in inflammation. The role of the FRC network in lymph node s
welling and trans fer of fluids are inves tigated in this thes is. Furthermore, we s
tudied what trafficking routes are us ed by cancer cells in lymph nodes to form distal
metastases.We examined the role of a mechanical feedback in regulation of lymph node
swelling. Using parallel plate compression and UV-las er cutting experiments we dis
s ected the mechanical force dynamics of the whole lymph node, and individually
for FRCs and the caps ule. Physical forces generated by packed lymphocytes directly affect the tens
ion on the FRC network and capsule, which increases its resistance to swelling. This implies a feedback mechanism between tis
s ue pres s ure and ability of lymphocytes to enter the organ. Following inflammation, the lymph node swells
∼10 fold in two weeks . Yet, what is the role for tens ion on the FRC network and caps
ule, and how are lymphocytes able to enter in conditions that resist
swelling remain open ques tions . We s how that tens ion on the FRC network is important
to limit the swelling rate of the organ so that the FRC network can grow in a coordinated fashion.
This is illustrated by interfering with FRC contractility, which leads to faster
swelling rates and a dis organized FRC network in the inflamed lymph node.
Growth of the FRC network in turn is expected to releas e tens ion on thes
e s tructures and lowers the res is tance to swelling, thereby allowing
more lymphocytes to enter the organ and drive more swelling. Halt of swelling
coincides with a thickening of the caps ule, which forms a thick res
is tant band around the organ and lowers tens ion on the FRC network to form
a new force equilibrium.The FRC and conduit network are further believed to be a privileged s
ite of s oluble information within the lymph node, although many details remain uns
olved. We s how by 3D ultra-recons truction that FRCs and antigen pres
enting cells cover the s urface of conduit s ys tem for more than 99%
and we dis cus s the implications for s oluble information exchangeat the conduit
level.Finally, there is an ongoing debate in the cancer field whether and how
cancer cells in lymph nodes s eed dis tal metas tas es . We s how that cancer cells infus
ed into the lymph node can utilize trafficking routes of immune cells and rapidly migrate to blood vessels.
Once in the blood circulation, these cells are able to form metastases in
distal tissues.
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- ISTA Thesis
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morphology and lymphocyte trafficking. 2019. doi:10.15479/AT:ISTA:6947'
apa: 'Assen, F. P. (2019). Lymph node mechanics: Deciphering the interplay between
stroma contractility, morphology and lymphocyte trafficking. Institute of
Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:6947'
chicago: 'Assen, Frank P. “Lymph Node Mechanics: Deciphering the Interplay between
Stroma Contractility, Morphology and Lymphocyte Trafficking.” Institute of Science
and Technology Austria, 2019. https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:6947.'
ieee: 'F. P. Assen, “Lymph node mechanics: Deciphering the interplay between stroma
contractility, morphology and lymphocyte trafficking,” Institute of Science and
Technology Austria, 2019.'
ista: 'Assen FP. 2019. Lymph node mechanics: Deciphering the interplay between stroma
contractility, morphology and lymphocyte trafficking. Institute of Science and
Technology Austria.'
mla: 'Assen, Frank P. Lymph Node Mechanics: Deciphering the Interplay between
Stroma Contractility, Morphology and Lymphocyte Trafficking. Institute of
Science and Technology Austria, 2019, doi:10.15479/AT:ISTA:6947.'
short: 'F.P. Assen, Lymph Node Mechanics: Deciphering the Interplay between Stroma
Contractility, Morphology and Lymphocyte Trafficking, Institute of Science and
Technology Austria, 2019.'
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---
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text: 'Brain function is mediated by complex dynamical interactions between excitatory
and inhibitory cell types. The Cholecystokinin-expressing inhibitory cells (CCK-interneurons)
are one of the least studied types, despite being suspected to play important
roles in cognitive processes. We studied the network effects of optogenetic silencing
of CCK-interneurons in the CA1 hippocampal area during exploration and sleep states.
The cell firing pattern in response to light pulses allowed us to classify the
recorded neurons in 5 classes, including disinhibited and non-responsive pyramidal
cell and interneurons, and the inhibited interneurons corresponding to the CCK
group. The light application, which inhibited the activity of CCK interneurons
triggered wider changes in the firing dynamics of cells. We observed rate changes
(i.e. remapping) of pyramidal cells during the exploration session in which the
light was applied relative to the previous control session that was not restricted
neither in time nor space to the light delivery. Also, the disinhibited pyramidal
cells had higher increase in bursting than in single spike firing rate as a result
of CCK silencing. In addition, the firing activity patterns during exploratory
periods were more weakly reactivated in sleep for those periods in which CCK-interneuron
were silenced than in the unaffected periods. Furthermore, light pulses during
sleep disrupted the reactivation of recent waking patterns. Hence, silencing CCK
neurons during exploration suppressed the reactivation of waking firing patterns
in sleep and CCK interneuron activity was also required during sleep for the normal
reactivation of waking patterns. These findings demonstrate the involvement of
CCK cells in reactivation-related memory consolidation. An important part of our
analysis was to test the relationship of the identified CCKinterneurons to brain
oscillations. Our findings showed that these cells exhibited different oscillatory
behaviour during anaesthesia and natural waking and sleep conditions. We showed
that: 1) Contrary to the past studies performed under anaesthesia, the identified
CCKinterneurons fired on the descending portion of the theta phase in waking exploration.
2) CCKinterneuron preferred phases around the trough of gamma oscillations. 3)
Contrary to anaesthesia conditions, the average firing rate of the CCK-interneurons
increased around the peak activity of the sharp-wave ripple (SWR) events in natural
sleep, which is congruent with new reports about their functional connectivity.
We also found that light driven CCK-interneuron silencing altered the dynamics
on the CA1 network oscillatory activity: 1) Pyramidal cells negatively shifted
their preferred theta phases when the light was applied, while interneurons responses
were less consistent. 2) As a population, pyramidal cells negatively shifted their
preferred activity during gamma oscillations, albeit we did not find gamma modulation
differences related to the light application when pyramidal cells were subdivided
into the disinhibited and unaffected groups. 3) During the peak of SWR events,
all but the CCK-interneurons had a reduction in their relative firing rate change
during the light application as compared to the change observed at SWR initiation.
Finally, regarding to the place field activity of the recorded pyramidal neurons,
we showed that the disinhibited pyramidal cells had reduced place field similarity,
coherence and spatial information, but only during the light application. The
mechanisms behind such observed behaviours might involve eCB signalling and plastic
changes in CCK-interneuron synapses. In conclusion, the observed changes related
to the light-mediated silencing of CCKinterneurons have unravelled characteristics
of this interneuron subpopulation that might change the understanding not only
of their particular network interactions, but also of the current theories about
the emergence of certain cognitive processes such as place coding needed for navigation
or hippocampus-dependent memory consolidation. '
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- ISTA Thesis
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network dynamics. 2019. doi:10.15479/AT:ISTA:6849
apa: Rangel Guerrero, D. K. (2019). The role of CCK-interneurons in regulating
hippocampal network dynamics. Institute of Science and Technology Austria.
https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:6849
chicago: Rangel Guerrero, Dámaris K. “The Role of CCK-Interneurons in Regulating
Hippocampal Network Dynamics.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2019.
https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:6849.
ieee: D. K. Rangel Guerrero, “The role of CCK-interneurons in regulating hippocampal
network dynamics,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2019.
ista: Rangel Guerrero DK. 2019. The role of CCK-interneurons in regulating hippocampal
network dynamics. Institute of Science and Technology Austria.
mla: Rangel Guerrero, Dámaris K. The Role of CCK-Interneurons in Regulating Hippocampal
Network Dynamics. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2019, doi:10.15479/AT:ISTA:6849.
short: D.K. Rangel Guerrero, The Role of CCK-Interneurons in Regulating Hippocampal
Network Dynamics, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2019.
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abstract:
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text: "A major challenge in neuroscience research is to dissect the circuits that
orchestrate behavior in health and disease. Proteins from a wide range of non-mammalian
species, such as microbial opsins, have been successfully transplanted to specific
neuronal targets to override their natural communication patterns. The goal of
our work is to manipulate synaptic communication in a manner that closely incorporates
the functional intricacies of synapses by preserving temporal encoding (i.e. the
firing pattern of the presynaptic neuron) and connectivity (i.e. target specific
synapses rather than specific neurons). Our strategy to achieve this goal builds
on the use of non-mammalian transplants to create a synthetic synapse. The mode
of modulation comes from pre-synaptic uptake of a synthetic neurotransmitter (SN)
into synaptic vesicles by means of a genetically targeted transporter selective
for the SN. Upon natural vesicular release, exposure of the SN to the synaptic
cleft will modify the post-synaptic potential through an orthogonal ligand gated
ion channel. To achieve this goal we have functionally characterized a mixed cationic
methionine-gated ion channel from Arabidopsis thaliana, designed a method to functionally
characterize a synthetic transporter in isolated synaptic vesicles without the
need for transgenic animals, identified and extracted multiple prokaryotic uptake
systems that are substrate specific for methionine (Met), and established a primary/cell
line co-culture system that would allow future combinatorial testing of this orthogonal
transmitter-transporter-channel trifecta.\r\nSynthetic synapses will provide a
unique opportunity to manipulate synaptic communication while maintaining the
electrophysiological integrity of the pre-synaptic cell. In this way, information
may be preserved that was generated in upstream circuits and that could be essential
for concerted function and information processing."
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to realize synthetic neurotransmission. 2019. doi:10.15479/at:ista:7132
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components to realize synthetic neurotransmission. Institute of Science and
Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:7132
chicago: Mckenzie, Catherine. “Design and Characterization of Methods and Biological
Components to Realize Synthetic Neurotransmission.” Institute of Science and Technology
Austria, 2019. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:7132.
ieee: C. Mckenzie, “Design and characterization of methods and biological components
to realize synthetic neurotransmission,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria,
2019.
ista: Mckenzie C. 2019. Design and characterization of methods and biological components
to realize synthetic neurotransmission. Institute of Science and Technology Austria.
mla: Mckenzie, Catherine. Design and Characterization of Methods and Biological
Components to Realize Synthetic Neurotransmission. Institute of Science and
Technology Austria, 2019, doi:10.15479/at:ista:7132.
short: C. Mckenzie, Design and Characterization of Methods and Biological Components
to Realize Synthetic Neurotransmission, Institute of Science and Technology Austria,
2019.
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text: "The solving of complex tasks requires the functions of more than one brain
area and their interaction. Whilst spatial navigation and memory is dependent
on the hippocampus, flexible behavior relies on the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC).
To further examine the roles of the hippocampus and mPFC, we recorded their neural
activity during a task that depends on both of these brain regions.\r\nWith tetrodes,
we recorded the extracellular activity of dorsal hippocampal CA1 (HPC) and mPFC
neurons in Long-Evans rats performing a rule-switching task on the plus-maze.
The plus-maze task had a spatial component since it required navigation along
one of the two start arms and at the maze center a choice between one of the two
goal arms. Which goal contained a reward depended on the rule currently in place.
After an uncued rule change the animal had to abandon the old strategy and switch
to the new rule, testing cognitive flexibility. Investigating the coordination
of activity between the HPC and mPFC allows determination during which task stages
their interaction is required. Additionally, comparing neural activity patterns
in these two brain regions allows delineation of the specialized functions of
the HPC and mPFC in this task. We analyzed neural activity in the HPC and mPFC
in terms of oscillatory interactions, rule coding and replay.\r\nWe found that
theta coherence between the HPC and mPFC is increased at the center and goals
of the maze, both when the rule was stable or has changed. Similar results were
found for locking of HPC and mPFC neurons to HPC theta oscillations. However,
no differences in HPC-mPFC theta coordination were observed between the spatially-
and cue-guided rule. Phase locking of HPC and mPFC neurons to HPC gamma oscillations
was not modulated by\r\nmaze position or rule type. We found that the HPC coded
for the two different rules with cofiring relationships between\r\ncell pairs.
However, we could not find conclusive evidence for rule coding in the mPFC. Spatially-selective
firing in the mPFC generalized between the two start and two goal arms. With Bayesian
positional decoding, we found that the mPFC reactivated non-local positions during
awake immobility periods. Replay of these non-local positions could represent
entire behavioral trajectories resembling trajectory replay of the HPC. Furthermore,
mPFC\r\ntrajectory-replay at the goal positively correlated with rule-switching
performance. \r\nFinally, HPC and mPFC trajectory replay occurred independently
of each other. These results show that the mPFC can replay ordered patterns of
activity during awake immobility, possibly underlying its role in flexible behavior. "
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behavior. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:6825
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Behavior.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2019. https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:6825.
ieee: K. Käfer, “The hippocampus and medial prefrontal cortex during flexible behavior,”
Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2019.
ista: Käfer K. 2019. The hippocampus and medial prefrontal cortex during flexible
behavior. Institute of Science and Technology Austria.
mla: Käfer, Karola. The Hippocampus and Medial Prefrontal Cortex during Flexible
Behavior. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2019, doi:10.15479/AT:ISTA:6825.
short: K. Käfer, The Hippocampus and Medial Prefrontal Cortex during Flexible Behavior,
Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2019.
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...
---
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text: "Invasive migration plays a crucial role not only during development and homeostasis
but also in pathological states, such as tumor metastasis. Drosophila macrophage
migration into the extended germband is an interesting system to study invasive
migration. It carries similarities to immune cell transmigration and cancer cell
invasion, therefore studying this process could also bring new understanding of
invasion in higher organisms. In our work, we uncover a highly conserved member
of the major facilitator family that plays a role in tissue invasion through regulation
of glycosylation on a subgroup of proteins and/or by aiding the precise timing
of DN-Cadherin downregulation. \r\n\r\nAberrant display of the truncated core1
O-glycan T-antigen is a common feature of human cancer cells that correlates with
metastasis. Here we show that T-antigen in Drosophila melanogaster macrophages
is involved in their developmentally programmed tissue invasion. Higher macrophage
T-antigen levels require an atypical major facilitator superfamily (MFS) member
that we named Minerva which enables macrophage dissemination and invasion. We
characterize for the first time the T and Tn glycoform O-glycoproteome of the
Drosophila melanogaster embryo, and determine that Minerva increases the presence
of T-antigen on proteins in pathways previously linked to cancer, most strongly
on the sulfhydryl oxidase Qsox1 which we show is required for macrophage tissue
entry. Minerva’s vertebrate ortholog, MFSD1, rescues the minerva mutant’s migration
and T-antigen glycosylation defects. We thus identify \r\na key conserved regulator
that orchestrates O-glycosylation on a protein subset to activate \r\na program
governing migration steps important for both development and cancer metastasis.
\r\n"
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in Drosophila embryonic macrophage migration. 2019. doi:10.15479/AT:ISTA:6546
apa: Valosková, K. (2019). The role of a highly conserved major facilitator superfamily
member in Drosophila embryonic macrophage migration. Institute of Science
and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:6546
chicago: Valosková, Katarina. “The Role of a Highly Conserved Major Facilitator
Superfamily Member in Drosophila Embryonic Macrophage Migration.” Institute of
Science and Technology Austria, 2019. https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:6546.
ieee: K. Valosková, “The role of a highly conserved major facilitator superfamily
member in Drosophila embryonic macrophage migration,” Institute of Science and
Technology Austria, 2019.
ista: Valosková K. 2019. The role of a highly conserved major facilitator superfamily
member in Drosophila embryonic macrophage migration. Institute of Science and
Technology Austria.
mla: Valosková, Katarina. The Role of a Highly Conserved Major Facilitator Superfamily
Member in Drosophila Embryonic Macrophage Migration. Institute of Science
and Technology Austria, 2019, doi:10.15479/AT:ISTA:6546.
short: K. Valosková, The Role of a Highly Conserved Major Facilitator Superfamily
Member in Drosophila Embryonic Macrophage Migration, Institute of Science and
Technology Austria, 2019.
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title: The role of a highly conserved major facilitator superfamily member in Drosophila
embryonic macrophage migration
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...
---
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abstract:
- lang: eng
text: "Distinguishing between similar experiences is achieved by the brain
\ in a process called pattern separation. In the hippocampus, pattern
\ separation reduces the interference of memories and increases the storage
capacity by decorrelating similar inputs patterns of neuronal activity into
\ non-overlapping output firing patterns. Winners-take-all (WTA) mechanism
\ is a theoretical model for pattern separation in which a \"winner\"
\ cell suppresses the activity of the neighboring neurons through feedback
inhibition. However, if the network properties of the dentate gyrus support WTA
as a biologically conceivable model remains unknown. Here, we showed that the
connectivity rules of PV+interneurons and their synaptic properties are optimizedfor
efficient pattern separation. We found using multiple whole-cell in vitrorecordings
that PV+interneurons mainly connect to granule cells (GC) through lateral inhibition,
a form of feedback inhibition in which a GC inhibits other GCs but not
\ itself through the activation of PV+interneurons. Thus, lateral inhibition
between GC–PV+interneurons was ~10 times more abundant than recurrent connections.
Furthermore, the GC–PV+interneuron connectivity was more spatially confined
\ but less abundant than PV+interneurons–GC connectivity, leading to an
\ asymmetrical distribution of excitatory and inhibitory connectivity. Our
network model of the dentate gyrus with incorporated real connectivity rules efficiently
decorrelates neuronal activity patterns using WTA as the primary mechanism.
\ This process relied on lateral inhibition, fast-signaling properties of
\ PV+interneurons and the asymmetrical distribution of excitatory and inhibitory
connectivity. Finally, we found that silencing the activity of PV+interneurons
in vivoleads to acute deficits in discrimination between similar environments,
suggesting that PV+interneuron networks are necessary for behavioral relevant
computations. Our results demonstrate that PV+interneurons possess unique
connectivity and fast signaling properties that confer to the dentate
\ gyrus network properties that allow the emergence of pattern separation. Thus,
our results contribute to the knowledge of how specific forms of network organization
underlie sophisticated types of information processing. \r\n"
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- ISTA Thesis
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author:
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in hippocampal microcircuits. 2019. doi:10.15479/AT:ISTA:6363
apa: Espinoza Martinez, C. (2019). Parvalbumin+ interneurons enable efficient
pattern separation in hippocampal microcircuits. Institute of Science and
Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:6363
chicago: Espinoza Martinez, Claudia . “Parvalbumin+ Interneurons Enable Efficient
Pattern Separation in Hippocampal Microcircuits.” Institute of Science and Technology
Austria, 2019. https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:6363.
ieee: C. Espinoza Martinez, “Parvalbumin+ interneurons enable efficient pattern
separation in hippocampal microcircuits,” Institute of Science and Technology
Austria, 2019.
ista: Espinoza Martinez C. 2019. Parvalbumin+ interneurons enable efficient pattern
separation in hippocampal microcircuits. Institute of Science and Technology Austria.
mla: Espinoza Martinez, Claudia. Parvalbumin+ Interneurons Enable Efficient Pattern
Separation in Hippocampal Microcircuits. Institute of Science and Technology
Austria, 2019, doi:10.15479/AT:ISTA:6363.
short: C. Espinoza Martinez, Parvalbumin+ Interneurons Enable Efficient Pattern
Separation in Hippocampal Microcircuits, Institute of Science and Technology Austria,
2019.
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...
---
_id: '6891'
abstract:
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text: "While cells of mesenchymal or epithelial origin perform their effector functions
in a purely anchorage dependent manner, cells derived from the hematopoietic lineage
are not committed to operate only within a specific niche. Instead, these cells
are able to function autonomously of the molecular composition in a broad range
of tissue compartments. By this means, cells of the hematopoietic lineage retain
the capacity to disseminate into connective tissue and recirculate between organs,
building the foundation for essential processes such as tissue regeneration or
immune surveillance. \r\nCells of the immune system, specifically leukocytes,
are extraordinarily good at performing this task. These cells are able to flexibly
shift their mode of migration between an adhesion-mediated and an adhesion-independent
manner, instantaneously accommodating for any changes in molecular composition
of the external scaffold. The key component driving directed leukocyte migration
is the chemokine receptor 7, which guides the cell along gradients of chemokine
ligand. Therefore, the physical destination of migrating leukocytes is purely
deterministic, i.e. given by global directional cues such as chemokine gradients.
\r\nNevertheless, these cells typically reside in three-dimensional scaffolds
of inhomogeneous complexity, raising the question whether cells are able to locally
discriminate between multiple optional migration routes. Current literature provides
evidence that leukocytes, specifically dendritic cells, do indeed probe their
surrounding by virtue of multiple explorative protrusions. However, it remains
enigmatic how these cells decide which one is the more favorable route to follow
and what are the key players involved in performing this task. Due to the heterogeneous
environment of most tissues, and the vast adaptability of migrating leukocytes,
at this time it is not clear to what extent leukocytes are able to optimize their
migratory strategy by adapting their level of adhesiveness. And, given the fact
that leukocyte migration is characterized by branched cell shapes in combination
with high migration velocities, it is reasonable to assume that these cells require
fine tuned shape maintenance mechanisms that tightly coordinate protrusion and
adhesion dynamics in a spatiotemporal manner. \r\nTherefore, this study aimed
to elucidate how rapidly migrating leukocytes opt for an ideal migratory path
while maintaining a continuous cell shape and balancing adhesive forces to efficiently
navigate through complex microenvironments. \r\nThe results of this study unraveled
a role for the microtubule cytoskeleton in promoting the decision making process
during path finding and for the first time point towards a microtubule-mediated
function in cell shape maintenance of highly ramified cells such as dendritic
cells. Furthermore, we found that migrating low-adhesive leukocytes are able to
instantaneously adapt to increased tensile load by engaging adhesion receptors.
This response was only occurring tangential to the substrate while adhesive properties
in the vertical direction were not increased. As leukocytes are primed for rapid
migration velocities, these results demonstrate that leukocyte integrins are able
to confer a high level of traction forces parallel to the cell membrane along
the direction of migration without wasting energy in gluing the cell to the substrate.
\r\nThus, the data in the here presented thesis provide new insights into the
pivotal role of cytoskeletal dynamics and the mechanisms of force transduction
during leukocyte migration. \r\nThereby the here presented results help to further
define fundamental principles underlying leukocyte migration and open up potential
therapeutic avenues of clinical relevance.\r\n"
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doi:10.15479/AT:ISTA:6891
apa: Kopf, A. (2019). The implication of cytoskeletal dynamics on leukocyte migration.
Institute of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:6891
chicago: Kopf, Aglaja. “The Implication of Cytoskeletal Dynamics on Leukocyte Migration.”
Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2019. https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:6891.
ieee: A. Kopf, “The implication of cytoskeletal dynamics on leukocyte migration,”
Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2019.
ista: Kopf A. 2019. The implication of cytoskeletal dynamics on leukocyte migration.
Institute of Science and Technology Austria.
mla: Kopf, Aglaja. The Implication of Cytoskeletal Dynamics on Leukocyte Migration.
Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2019, doi:10.15479/AT:ISTA:6891.
short: A. Kopf, The Implication of Cytoskeletal Dynamics on Leukocyte Migration,
Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2019.
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- microfluidics
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...
---
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text: "Decades of studies have revealed the mechanisms of gene regulation in molecular
detail. We make use of such well-described regulatory systems to explore how the
molecular mechanisms of protein-protein and protein-DNA interactions shape the
dynamics and evolution of gene regulation. \r\n\r\ni) We uncover how the biophysics
of protein-DNA binding determines the potential of regulatory networks to evolve
and adapt, which can be captured using a simple mathematical model. \r\nii) The
evolution of regulatory connections can lead to a significant amount of crosstalk
between binding proteins. We explore the effect of crosstalk on gene expression
from a target promoter, which seems to be modulated through binding competition
at non-specific DNA sites. \r\niii) We investigate how the very same biophysical
characteristics as in i) can generate significant fitness costs for cells through
global crosstalk, meaning non-specific DNA binding across the genomic background.
\r\niv) Binding competition between proteins at a target promoter is a prevailing
regulatory feature due to the prevalence of co-regulation at bacterial promoters.
However, the dynamics of these systems are not always straightforward to determine
even if the molecular mechanisms of regulation are known. A detailed model of
the biophysical interactions reveals that interference between the regulatory
proteins can constitute a new, generic form of system memory that records the
history of the input signals at the promoter. \r\n\r\nWe demonstrate how the biophysics
of protein-DNA binding can be harnessed to investigate the principles that shape
and ultimately limit cellular gene regulation. These results provide a basis for
studies of higher-level functionality, which arises from the underlying regulation.
\ \r\n"
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factor binding shapes gene regulation. 2019. doi:10.15479/AT:ISTA:6371
apa: Igler, C. (2019). On the nature of gene regulatory design - The biophysics
of transcription factor binding shapes gene regulation. Institute of Science
and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:6371
chicago: Igler, Claudia. “On the Nature of Gene Regulatory Design - The Biophysics
of Transcription Factor Binding Shapes Gene Regulation.” Institute of Science
and Technology Austria, 2019. https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:6371.
ieee: C. Igler, “On the nature of gene regulatory design - The biophysics of transcription
factor binding shapes gene regulation,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria,
2019.
ista: Igler C. 2019. On the nature of gene regulatory design - The biophysics of
transcription factor binding shapes gene regulation. Institute of Science and
Technology Austria.
mla: Igler, Claudia. On the Nature of Gene Regulatory Design - The Biophysics
of Transcription Factor Binding Shapes Gene Regulation. Institute of Science
and Technology Austria, 2019, doi:10.15479/AT:ISTA:6371.
short: C. Igler, On the Nature of Gene Regulatory Design - The Biophysics of Transcription
Factor Binding Shapes Gene Regulation, Institute of Science and Technology Austria,
2019.
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text: Nowadays, quantum computation is receiving more and more attention as an alternative
to the classical way of computing. For realizing a quantum computer, different
devices are investigated as potential quantum bits. In this thesis, the focus
is on Ge hut wires, which turned out to be promising candidates for implementing
hole spin quantum bits. The advantages of Ge as a material system are the low
hyperfine interaction for holes and the strong spin orbit coupling, as well as
the compatibility with the highly developed CMOS processes in industry. In addition,
Ge can also be isotopically purified which is expected to boost the spin coherence
times. The strong spin orbit interaction for holes in Ge on the one hand enables
the full electrical control of the quantum bit and on the other hand should allow
short spin manipulation times. Starting with a bare Si wafer, this work covers
the entire process reaching from growth over the fabrication and characterization
of hut wire devices up to the demonstration of hole spin resonance. From experiments
with single quantum dots, a large g-factor anisotropy between the in-plane and
the out-of-plane direction was found. A comparison to a theoretical model unveiled
the heavy-hole character of the lowest energy states. The second part of the thesis
addresses double quantum dot devices, which were realized by adding two gate electrodes
to a hut wire. In such devices, Pauli spin blockade was observed, which can serve
as a read-out mechanism for spin quantum bits. Applying oscillating electric fields
in spin blockade allowed the demonstration of continuous spin rotations and the
extraction of a lower bound for the spin dephasing time. Despite the strong spin
orbit coupling in Ge, the obtained value for the dephasing time is comparable
to what has been recently reported for holes in Si. All in all, the presented
results point out the high potential of Ge hut wires as a platform for long-lived,
fast and fully electrically tunable hole spin quantum bits.
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- ISTA Thesis
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author:
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apa: Watzinger, H. (2018). Ge hut wires - from growth to hole spin resonance.
Institute of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:th_1033
chicago: Watzinger, Hannes. “Ge Hut Wires - from Growth to Hole Spin Resonance.”
Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2018. https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:th_1033.
ieee: H. Watzinger, “Ge hut wires - from growth to hole spin resonance,” Institute
of Science and Technology Austria, 2018.
ista: Watzinger H. 2018. Ge hut wires - from growth to hole spin resonance. Institute
of Science and Technology Austria.
mla: Watzinger, Hannes. Ge Hut Wires - from Growth to Hole Spin Resonance.
Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2018, doi:10.15479/AT:ISTA:th_1033.
short: H. Watzinger, Ge Hut Wires - from Growth to Hole Spin Resonance, Institute
of Science and Technology Austria, 2018.
date_created: 2018-12-11T11:44:21Z
date_published: 2018-07-30T00:00:00Z
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text: 'We describe arrangements of three-dimensional spheres from a geometrical
and topological point of view. Real data (fitting this setup) often consist of
soft spheres which show certain degree of deformation while strongly packing against
each other. In this context, we answer the following questions: If we model a
soft packing of spheres by hard spheres that are allowed to overlap, can we measure
the volume in the overlapped areas? Can we be more specific about the overlap
volume, i.e. quantify how much volume is there covered exactly twice, three times,
or k times? What would be a good optimization criteria that rule the arrangement
of soft spheres while making a good use of the available space? Fixing a particular
criterion, what would be the optimal sphere configuration? The first result of
this thesis are short formulas for the computation of volumes covered by at least
k of the balls. The formulas exploit information contained in the order-k Voronoi
diagrams and its closely related Level-k complex. The used complexes lead to a
natural generalization into poset diagrams, a theoretical formalism that contains
the order-k and degree-k diagrams as special cases. In parallel, we define different
criteria to determine what could be considered an optimal arrangement from a geometrical
point of view. Fixing a criterion, we find optimal soft packing configurations
in 2D and 3D where the ball centers lie on a lattice. As a last step, we use tools
from computational topology on real physical data, to show the potentials of higher-order
diagrams in the description of melting crystals. The results of the experiments
leaves us with an open window to apply the theories developed in this thesis in
real applications.'
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last_name: Iglesias Ham
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and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:th_1026
chicago: Iglesias Ham, Mabel. “Multiple Covers with Balls.” Institute of Science
and Technology Austria, 2018. https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:th_1026.
ieee: M. Iglesias Ham, “Multiple covers with balls,” Institute of Science and Technology
Austria, 2018.
ista: Iglesias Ham M. 2018. Multiple covers with balls. Institute of Science and
Technology Austria.
mla: Iglesias Ham, Mabel. Multiple Covers with Balls. Institute of Science
and Technology Austria, 2018, doi:10.15479/AT:ISTA:th_1026.
short: M. Iglesias Ham, Multiple Covers with Balls, Institute of Science and Technology
Austria, 2018.
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text: The most common assumption made in statistical learning theory is the assumption
of the independent and identically distributed (i.i.d.) data. While being very
convenient mathematically, it is often very clearly violated in practice. This
disparity between the machine learning theory and applications underlies a growing
demand in the development of algorithms that learn from dependent data and theory
that can provide generalization guarantees similar to the independent situations.
This thesis is dedicated to two variants of dependencies that can arise in practice.
One is a dependence on the level of samples in a single learning task. Another
dependency type arises in the multi-task setting when the tasks are dependent
on each other even though the data for them can be i.i.d. In both cases we model
the data (samples or tasks) as stochastic processes and introduce new algorithms
for both settings that take into account and exploit the resulting dependencies.
We prove the theoretical guarantees on the performance of the introduced algorithms
under different evaluation criteria and, in addition, we compliment the theoretical
study by the empirical one, where we evaluate some of the algorithms on two real
world datasets to highlight their practical applicability.
alternative_title:
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apa: Zimin, A. (2018). Learning from dependent data. Institute of Science
and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:TH1048
chicago: Zimin, Alexander. “Learning from Dependent Data.” Institute of Science
and Technology Austria, 2018. https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:TH1048.
ieee: A. Zimin, “Learning from dependent data,” Institute of Science and Technology
Austria, 2018.
ista: Zimin A. 2018. Learning from dependent data. Institute of Science and Technology
Austria.
mla: Zimin, Alexander. Learning from Dependent Data. Institute of Science
and Technology Austria, 2018, doi:10.15479/AT:ISTA:TH1048.
short: A. Zimin, Learning from Dependent Data, Institute of Science and Technology
Austria, 2018.
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text: "A proof system is a protocol between a prover and a verifier over a common
input in which an honest prover convinces the verifier of the validity of true
statements. Motivated by the success of decentralized cryptocurrencies, exemplified
by Bitcoin, the focus of this thesis will be on proof systems which found applications
in some sustainable alternatives to Bitcoin, such as the Spacemint and Chia cryptocurrencies.
In particular, we focus on proofs of space and proofs of sequential work.\r\nProofs
of space (PoSpace) were suggested as more ecological, economical, and egalitarian
alternative to the energy-wasteful proof-of-work mining of Bitcoin. However, the
state-of-the-art constructions of PoSpace are based on sophisticated graph pebbling
lower bounds, and are therefore complex. Moreover, when these PoSpace are used
in cryptocurrencies like Spacemint, miners can only start mining after ensuring
that a commitment to their space is already added in a special transaction to
the blockchain. Proofs of sequential work (PoSW) are proof systems in which a
prover, upon receiving a statement x and a time parameter T, computes a proof
which convinces the verifier that T time units had passed since x was received.
Whereas Spacemint assumes synchrony to retain some interesting Bitcoin dynamics,
Chia requires PoSW with unique proofs, i.e., PoSW in which it is hard to come
up with more than one accepting proof for any true statement. In this thesis we
construct simple and practically-efficient PoSpace and PoSW. When using our PoSpace
in cryptocurrencies, miners can start mining on the fly, like in Bitcoin, and
unlike current constructions of PoSW, which either achieve efficient verification
of sequential work, or faster-than-recomputing verification of correctness of
proofs, but not both at the same time, ours achieve the best of these two worlds."
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2018. doi:10.15479/AT:ISTA:TH_1046
apa: Abusalah, H. M. (2018). Proof systems for sustainable decentralized cryptocurrencies.
Institute of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:TH_1046
chicago: Abusalah, Hamza M. “Proof Systems for Sustainable Decentralized Cryptocurrencies.”
Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2018. https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:TH_1046.
ieee: H. M. Abusalah, “Proof systems for sustainable decentralized cryptocurrencies,”
Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2018.
ista: Abusalah HM. 2018. Proof systems for sustainable decentralized cryptocurrencies.
Institute of Science and Technology Austria.
mla: Abusalah, Hamza M. Proof Systems for Sustainable Decentralized Cryptocurrencies.
Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2018, doi:10.15479/AT:ISTA:TH_1046.
short: H.M. Abusalah, Proof Systems for Sustainable Decentralized Cryptocurrencies,
Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2018.
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- lang: eng
text: Modern computer vision systems heavily rely on statistical machine learning
models, which typically require large amounts of labeled data to be learned reliably.
Moreover, very recently computer vision research widely adopted techniques for
representation learning, which further increase the demand for labeled data. However,
for many important practical problems there is relatively small amount of labeled
data available, so it is problematic to leverage full potential of the representation
learning methods. One way to overcome this obstacle is to invest substantial resources
into producing large labelled datasets. Unfortunately, this can be prohibitively
expensive in practice. In this thesis we focus on the alternative way of tackling
the aforementioned issue. We concentrate on methods, which make use of weakly-labeled
or even unlabeled data. Specifically, the first half of the thesis is dedicated
to the semantic image segmentation task. We develop a technique, which achieves
competitive segmentation performance and only requires annotations in a form of
global image-level labels instead of dense segmentation masks. Subsequently, we
present a new methodology, which further improves segmentation performance by
leveraging tiny additional feedback from a human annotator. By using our methods
practitioners can greatly reduce the amount of data annotation effort, which is
required to learn modern image segmentation models. In the second half of the
thesis we focus on methods for learning from unlabeled visual data. We study a
family of autoregressive models for modeling structure of natural images and discuss
potential applications of these models. Moreover, we conduct in-depth study of
one of these applications, where we develop the state-of-the-art model for the
probabilistic image colorization task.
acknowledgement: I also gratefully acknowledge the support of NVIDIA Corporation with
the donation of the GPUs used for this research.
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- ISTA Thesis
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full_name: Kolesnikov, Alexander
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Images. 2018. doi:10.15479/AT:ISTA:th_1021
apa: Kolesnikov, A. (2018). Weakly-Supervised Segmentation and Unsupervised Modeling
of Natural Images. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:th_1021
chicago: Kolesnikov, Alexander. “Weakly-Supervised Segmentation and Unsupervised
Modeling of Natural Images.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2018.
https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:th_1021.
ieee: A. Kolesnikov, “Weakly-Supervised Segmentation and Unsupervised Modeling of
Natural Images,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2018.
ista: Kolesnikov A. 2018. Weakly-Supervised Segmentation and Unsupervised Modeling
of Natural Images. Institute of Science and Technology Austria.
mla: Kolesnikov, Alexander. Weakly-Supervised Segmentation and Unsupervised Modeling
of Natural Images. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2018, doi:10.15479/AT:ISTA:th_1021.
short: A. Kolesnikov, Weakly-Supervised Segmentation and Unsupervised Modeling of
Natural Images, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2018.
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...
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abstract:
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text: This thesis is concerned with the inference of current population structure
based on geo-referenced genetic data. The underlying idea is that population structure
affects its spatial genetic structure. Therefore, genotype information can be
utilized to estimate important demographic parameters such as migration rates.
These indirect estimates of population structure have become very attractive,
as genotype data is now widely available. However, there also has been much concern
about these approaches. Importantly, genetic structure can be influenced by many
complex patterns, which often cannot be disentangled. Moreover, many methods merely
fit heuristic patterns of genetic structure, and do not build upon population
genetics theory. Here, I describe two novel inference methods that address these
shortcomings. In Chapter 2, I introduce an inference scheme based on a new type
of signal, identity by descent (IBD) blocks. Recently, it has become feasible
to detect such long blocks of genome shared between pairs of samples. These blocks
are direct traces of recent coalescence events. As such, they contain ample signal
for inferring recent demography. I examine sharing of IBD blocks in two-dimensional
populations with local migration. Using a diffusion approximation, I derive formulas
for an isolation by distance pattern of long IBD blocks and show that sharing
of long IBD blocks approaches rapid exponential decay for growing sample distance.
I describe an inference scheme based on these results. It can robustly estimate
the dispersal rate and population density, which is demonstrated on simulated
data. I also show an application to estimate mean migration and the rate of recent
population growth within Eastern Europe. Chapter 3 is about a novel method to
estimate barriers to gene flow in a two dimensional population. This inference
scheme utilizes geographically localized allele frequency fluctuations - a classical
isolation by distance signal. The strength of these local fluctuations increases
on average next to a barrier, and there is less correlation across it. I again
use a framework of diffusion of ancestral lineages to model this effect, and provide
an efficient numerical implementation to fit the results to geo-referenced biallelic
SNP data. This inference scheme is able to robustly estimate strong barriers to
gene flow, as tests on simulated data confirm.
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- ISTA Thesis
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last_name: Ringbauer
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doi:10.15479/AT:ISTA:th_963
apa: Ringbauer, H. (2018). Inferring recent demography from spatial genetic structure.
Institute of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:th_963
chicago: Ringbauer, Harald. “Inferring Recent Demography from Spatial Genetic Structure.”
Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2018. https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:th_963.
ieee: H. Ringbauer, “Inferring recent demography from spatial genetic structure,”
Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2018.
ista: Ringbauer H. 2018. Inferring recent demography from spatial genetic structure.
Institute of Science and Technology Austria.
mla: Ringbauer, Harald. Inferring Recent Demography from Spatial Genetic Structure.
Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2018, doi:10.15479/AT:ISTA:th_963.
short: H. Ringbauer, Inferring Recent Demography from Spatial Genetic Structure,
Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2018.
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text: "The aim of this thesis was the development of new strategies for optical
and optogenetic control of proliferative and pro-survival signaling, and characterizing
them from the molecular mechanism up to cellular effects. These new light-based
methods have unique features, such as red light as an activator, or the avoidance
of gene delivery, which enable to overcome current limitations, such as light
delivery to target tissues and feasibility as therapeutic approach. A special
focus was placed on implementing these new light-based approaches in pancreatic
β-cells, as β-cells are the key players in diabetes and especially their loss
in number negatively affects disease progression. Currently no treatment options
are available to compensate the lack of functional β-cells in diabetic patients.\r\nIn
a first approach, red-light-activated growth factor receptors, in particular receptor
tyrosine kinases were engineered and characterized. Receptor activation with light
allows spatio-temporal control compared to ligand-based activation, and especially
red light exhibits deeper tissue penetration than other wavelengths of the visible
spectrum. Red-light-activated receptor tyrosine kinases robustly activated major
growth factor related signaling pathways with a high temporal resolution. Moreover,
the remote activation of the proliferative MAPK/Erk pathway by red-light-activated
receptor tyrosine kinases in a pancreatic β-cell line was also achieved, through
one centimeter thick mouse tissue. Although red-light-activated receptor tyrosine
kinases are particularly attractive for applications in animal models due to the
deep tissue penetration of red light, a drawback, especially with regard to translation
into humans, is the requirement of gene therapy.\r\nIn a second approach an endogenous
light-sensitive mechanism was identified and its potential to promote proliferative
and pro-survival signals was explored, towards light-based tissue regeneration
without the need for gene transfer. Blue-green light illumination was found to
be sufficient for the activation of proliferation and survival promoting signaling
pathways in primary pancreatic murine and human islets. Blue-green light also
led to an increase in proliferation of primary islet cells, an effect which was
shown to be mostly β-cell specific in human islets. Moreover, it was demonstrated
that this approach of pancreatic β-cell expansion did not have any negative effect
on the β-cell function, in particular on their insulin secretion capacity. In
contrast, a trend for enhanced insulin secretion under high glucose conditions
after illumination was detected. In order to unravel the detailed characteristics
of this endogenous light-sensitive mechanism, the precise light requirements were
determined. In addition, the expression of light sensing proteins, OPN3 and rhodopsin,
was detected. The observed effects were found to be independent of handling effects
such as temperature differences and cytochrome c oxidase dependent ATP increase,
but they were found to be enhanced through the knockout of OPN3. The exact mechanism
of how islets cells sense light and the identity of the photoreceptor remains
unknown.\r\nSummarized two new light-based systems with unique features were established
that enable the activation of proliferative and pro-survival signaling pathways.
While red-light-activated receptor tyrosine kinases open a new avenue for optogenetics
research, by allowing non-invasive control of signaling in vivo, the identified
endogenous light-sensitive mechanism has the potential to be the basis of a gene
therapy-free therapeutical approach for light-based β-cell expansion."
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text: In this thesis we will discuss systems of point interacting fermions, their
stability and other spectral properties. Whereas for bosons a point interacting
system is always unstable this ques- tion is more subtle for a gas of two species
of fermions. In particular the answer depends on the mass ratio between these
two species. Most of this work will be focused on the N + M model which consists
of two species of fermions with N, M particles respectively which interact via
point interactions. We will introduce this model using a formal limit and discuss
the N + 1 system in more detail. In particular, we will show that for mass ratios
above a critical one, which does not depend on the particle number, the N + 1
system is stable. In the context of this model we will prove rigorous versions
of Tan relations which relate various quantities of the point-interacting model.
By restricting the N + 1 system to a box we define a finite density model with
point in- teractions. In the context of this system we will discuss the energy
change when introducing a point-interacting impurity into a system of non-interacting
fermions. We will see that this change in energy is bounded independently of the
particle number and in particular the bound only depends on the density and the
scattering length. As another special case of the N + M model we will show stability
of the 2 + 2 model for mass ratios in an interval around one. Further we will
investigate a different model of point interactions which was discussed before
in the literature and which is, contrary to the N + M model, not given by a limiting
procedure but is based on a Dirichlet form. We will show that this system behaves
trivially in the thermodynamic limit, i.e. the free energy per particle is the
same as the one of the non-interacting system.
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chicago: Moser, Thomas. “Point Interactions in Systems of Fermions.” Institute of
Science and Technology Austria, 2018. https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:th_1043.
ieee: T. Moser, “Point interactions in systems of fermions,” Institute of Science
and Technology Austria, 2018.
ista: Moser T. 2018. Point interactions in systems of fermions. Institute of Science
and Technology Austria.
mla: Moser, Thomas. Point Interactions in Systems of Fermions. Institute
of Science and Technology Austria, 2018, doi:10.15479/AT:ISTA:th_1043.
short: T. Moser, Point Interactions in Systems of Fermions, Institute of Science
and Technology Austria, 2018.
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text: 'A qubit, a unit of quantum information, is essentially any quantum mechanical
two-level system which can be coherently controlled. Still, to be used for computation,
it has to fulfill criteria. Qubits, regardless of the system in which they are
realized, suffer from decoherence. This leads to loss of the information stored
in the qubit. The upper bound of the time scale on which decoherence happens is
set by the spin relaxation time. In this thesis I studied a two-level system consisting
of a Zeeman-split hole spin confined in a quantum dot formed in a Ge hut wire.
Such Ge hut wires have emerged as a promising material system for the realization
of spin qubits, due to the combination of two significant properties: long spin
coherence time as expected for group IV semiconductors due to the low hyperfine
interaction and a strong valence band spin-orbit coupling. Here, I present how
to fabricate quantum dot devices suitable for electrical transport measurements.
Coupled quantum dot devices allowed the realization of a charge sensor, which
is electrostatically and tunnel coupled to a quantum dot. By integrating the charge
sensor into a radio-frequency reflectometry setup, I performed for the first time
single-shot readout measurements of hole spins and extracted the hole spin relaxation
times in Ge hut wires.'
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Ge hut wires. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:TH_1047
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Hut Wires.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2018. https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:TH_1047.
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wires. Institute of Science and Technology Austria.
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Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2018.
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text: Neuronal networks in the brain consist of two main types of neuron, glutamatergic
principal neurons and GABAergic interneurons. Although these interneurons only
represent 10–20% of the whole population, they mediate feedback and feedforward
inhibition and are involved in the generation of high-frequency network oscillations.
A hallmark functional property of GABAergic interneurons, especially of the parvalbumin‑expressing
(PV+) subtypes, is the speed of signaling at their output synapse across species
and brain regions. Several molecular and subcellular factors may underlie the
submillisecond signaling at GABAergic synapses. Such as the selective use of P/Q
type Ca2+ channels and the tight coupling between Ca2+ channels and Ca2+ sensors
of exocytosis. However, whether the molecular identity of the release sensor contributes
to these signaling properties remains unclear. Besides, these interneurons are
mainly show depression in response to train of stimuli. How could they keep sufficient
release to control the activity of postsynaptic principal neurons during high
network activity, is largely elusive. For my Ph.D. work, we firstly examined the
Ca2+ sensor of exocytosis at the GABAergic basket cell (BC) to Purkinje cell (PC)
synapse in the cerebellum. Immunolabeling suggested that BC terminals selectively
expressed synaptotagmin 2 (Syt2), whereas synaptotagmin 1 (Syt1) was enriched
in excitatory terminals. Genetic elimination of Syt2 reduced action potential-evoked
release to ~10% compared to the wild-type control, identifying Syt2 as the major
Ca2+ sensor at BC‑PC synapses. Differential adenovirus-mediated rescue revealed
Syt2 triggered release with shorter latency and higher temporal precision, and
mediated faster vesicle pool replenishment than Syt1. Furthermore, deletion of
Syt2 severely reduced and delayed disynaptic inhibition following parallel fiber
stimulation. Thus, the selective use of Syt2 as the release sensor at BC–PC synapse
ensures fast feedforward inhibition in cerebellar microcircuits. Additionally,
we tested the function of another synaptotagmin member, Syt7, for inhibitory synaptic
transmission at the BC–PC synapse. Syt7 is thought to be a Ca2+ sensor that mediates
asynchronous transmitter release and facilitation at synapses. However, it is
strongly expressed in fast-spiking, PV+ GABAergic interneurons and the output
synapses of these neurons produce only minimal asynchronous release and show depression
rather than facilitation. How could Syt7, a facilitation sensor, contribute to
the depressed inhibitory synaptic transmission needs to be further investigated
and understood. Our results indicated that at the BC–PC synapse, Syt7 contributes
to asynchronous release, pool replenishment and facilitation. In combination,
these three effects ensure efficient transmitter release during high‑frequency
activity and guarantee frequency independence of inhibition. Taken together, our
results confirmed that Syt2, which has the fastest kinetic properties among all
synaptotagmin members, is mainly used by the inhibitory BC‑PC synapse for synaptic
transmission, contributing to the speed and temporal precision of transmitter
release. Furthermore, we showed that Syt7, another highly expressed synaptotagmin
member in the output synapses of cerebellar BCs, is used for ensuring efficient
inhibitor synaptic transmission during high activity.
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neurotransmitter release. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:th_997
chicago: Chen, Chong. “Synaptotagmins Ensure Speed and Efficiency of Inhibitory
Neurotransmitter Release.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2018.
https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:th_997.
ieee: C. Chen, “Synaptotagmins ensure speed and efficiency of inhibitory neurotransmitter
release,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2018.
ista: Chen C. 2018. Synaptotagmins ensure speed and efficiency of inhibitory neurotransmitter
release. Institute of Science and Technology Austria.
mla: Chen, Chong. Synaptotagmins Ensure Speed and Efficiency of Inhibitory Neurotransmitter
Release. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2018, doi:10.15479/AT:ISTA:th_997.
short: C. Chen, Synaptotagmins Ensure Speed and Efficiency of Inhibitory Neurotransmitter
Release, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2018.
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text: 'Consortial subscription contracts regulate the digital access to publications
between publishers and scientific libraries. However, since a couple of years
the tendency towards a freely accessible publishing (Open Access) intensifies.
As a consequence of this trend the contractual relationship between licensor and
licensee is gradually changing as well: More and more contracts exercise influence
on open access publishing. The present study attempts to compare Austrian examples
of consortial licence contracts, which include components of open access. It describes
the difference between pure subscription contracts and differing innovative deals
including open access components. Thereby it becomes obvious that for the evaluation
of this licence contracts new methods are needed. An essential new element of
such analyses is the evaluation of the open access publication numbers. So this
study tries to carry out such publication analyses for Austrian open access deals
focusing on quantitative questions: How does the number of publications evolve?
How does the open access share change? Publications reports of the publishers
and database queries from Scopus form the data basis. The analysis of the data
points out that differing approaches of contracts result in highly divergent results:
Particular deals can prioritize a saving in costs or else the increase of the
open access rate. It is to be assumed that within the following years further
numerous open access deals will be negotiated. The finding of this study shall
provide guidance.'
author:
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full_name: Villányi, Márton
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ama: Villányi M. Lizenzverträge mit Open-Access-Komponenten an österreichischen
Bibliotheken. 2018.
apa: Villányi, M. (2018). Lizenzverträge mit Open-Access-Komponenten an österreichischen
Bibliotheken. Universität Wien.
chicago: Villányi, Márton. “Lizenzverträge mit Open-Access-Komponenten an österreichischen
Bibliotheken.” Universität Wien, 2018.
ieee: M. Villányi, “Lizenzverträge mit Open-Access-Komponenten an österreichischen
Bibliotheken,” Universität Wien, 2018.
ista: Villányi M. 2018. Lizenzverträge mit Open-Access-Komponenten an österreichischen
Bibliotheken. Universität Wien.
mla: Villányi, Márton. Lizenzverträge mit Open-Access-Komponenten an österreichischen
Bibliotheken. Universität Wien, 2018.
short: M. Villányi, Lizenzverträge mit Open-Access-Komponenten an österreichischen
Bibliotheken, Universität Wien, 2018.
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text: The eigenvalue density of many large random matrices is well approximated
by a deterministic measure, the self-consistent density of states. In the present
work, we show this behaviour for several classes of random matrices. In fact,
we establish that, in each of these classes, the self-consistent density of states
approximates the eigenvalue density of the random matrix on all scales slightly
above the typical eigenvalue spacing. For large classes of random matrices, the
self-consistent density of states exhibits several universal features. We prove
that, under suitable assumptions, random Gram matrices and Hermitian random matrices
with decaying correlations have a 1/3-Hölder continuous self-consistent density
of states ρ on R, which is analytic, where it is positive, and has either a square
root edge or a cubic root cusp, where it vanishes. We, thus, extend the validity
of the corresponding result for Wigner-type matrices from [4, 5, 7]. We show that
ρ is determined as the inverse Stieltjes transform of the normalized trace of
the unique solution m(z) to the Dyson equation −m(z) −1 = z − a + S[m(z)] on C
N×N with the constraint Im m(z) ≥ 0. Here, z lies in the complex upper half-plane,
a is a self-adjoint element of C N×N and S is a positivity-preserving operator
on C N×N encoding the first two moments of the random matrix. In order to analyze
a possible limit of ρ for N → ∞ and address some applications in free probability
theory, we also consider the Dyson equation on infinite dimensional von Neumann
algebras. We present two applications to random matrices. We first establish that,
under certain assumptions, large random matrices with independent entries have
a rotationally symmetric self-consistent density of states which is supported
on a centered disk in C. Moreover, it is infinitely often differentiable apart
from a jump on the boundary of this disk. Second, we show edge universality at
all regular (not necessarily extreme) spectral edges for Hermitian random matrices
with decaying correlations.
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Institute of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:TH_1040
chicago: Alt, Johannes. “Dyson Equation and Eigenvalue Statistics of Random Matrices.”
Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2018. https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:TH_1040.
ieee: J. Alt, “Dyson equation and eigenvalue statistics of random matrices,” Institute
of Science and Technology Austria, 2018.
ista: Alt J. 2018. Dyson equation and eigenvalue statistics of random matrices.
Institute of Science and Technology Austria.
mla: Alt, Johannes. Dyson Equation and Eigenvalue Statistics of Random Matrices.
Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2018, doi:10.15479/AT:ISTA:TH_1040.
short: J. Alt, Dyson Equation and Eigenvalue Statistics of Random Matrices, Institute
of Science and Technology Austria, 2018.
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text: 'Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are a group of genetic disorders often overlapping
with other neurological conditions. Despite the remarkable number of scientific
breakthroughs of the last 100 years, the treatment of neurodevelopmental disorders
(e.g. autism spectrum disorder, intellectual disability, epilepsy) remains a great
challenge. Recent advancements in geno mics, like whole-exome or whole-genome
sequencing, have enabled scientists to identify numerous mutations underlying
neurodevelopmental disorders. Given the few hundred risk genes that were discovered,
the etiological variability and the heterogeneous phenotypic outcomes, the need
for genotype -along with phenotype- based diagnosis of individual patients becomes
a requisite. Driven by this rationale, in a previous study our group described
mutations, identified via whole - exome sequencing, in the gene BCKDK – encoding
for a key regulator of branched chain amin o acid (BCAA) catabolism - as a cause
of ASD. Following up on the role of BCAAs, in the study described here we show
that the solute carrier transporter 7a5 (SLC7A5), a large neutral amino acid transporter
localized mainly at the blood brain barrier (BBB), has an essential role in maintaining
normal levels of brain BCAAs. In mice, deletion of Slc7a5 from the endothelial
cells of the BBB leads to atypical brain amino acid profile, abnormal mRNA translation
and severe neurolo gical abnormalities. Additionally, deletion of Slc7a5 from
the neural progenitor cell population leads to microcephaly. Interestingly, we
demonstrate that BCAA intracerebroventricular administration ameliorates abnormal
behaviors in adult mutant mice. Furthermore, whole - exome sequencing of patients
diagnosed with neurological dis o r ders helped us identify several patients with
autistic traits, microcephaly and motor delay carrying deleterious homozygous
mutations in the SLC7A5 gene. In conclusion, our data elucidate a neurological
syndrome defined by SLC7A5 mutations and support an essential role for t he BCAA
s in human bra in function. Together with r ecent studies (described in chapter
two) that have successfully made the transition into clinical practice, our findings
on the role of B CAAs might have a crucial impact on the development of novel
individualized therapeutic strategies for ASD. '
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ama: Tarlungeanu D-C. The branched chain amino acids in autism spectrum disorders
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apa: Tarlungeanu, D.-C. (2018). The branched chain amino acids in autism spectrum
disorders . Institute of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:th_992
chicago: Tarlungeanu, Dora-Clara. “The Branched Chain Amino Acids in Autism Spectrum
Disorders .” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2018. https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:th_992.
ieee: D.-C. Tarlungeanu, “The branched chain amino acids in autism spectrum disorders
,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2018.
ista: Tarlungeanu D-C. 2018. The branched chain amino acids in autism spectrum disorders
. Institute of Science and Technology Austria.
mla: Tarlungeanu, Dora-Clara. The Branched Chain Amino Acids in Autism Spectrum
Disorders . Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2018, doi:10.15479/AT:ISTA:th_992.
short: D.-C. Tarlungeanu, The Branched Chain Amino Acids in Autism Spectrum Disorders
, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2018.
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text: Asymmetries have long been known about in the central nervous system. From
gross anatomical differences, such as the presence of the parapineal organ in
only one hemisphere of the developing zebrafish, to more subtle differences in
activity between both hemispheres, as seen in freely roaming animals or human
participants under PET and fMRI imaging analysis. The presence of asymmetries
has been demonstrated to have huge behavioural implications, with their disruption
often leading to the generation of neurological disorders, memory problems, changes
in personality, and in an organism's health and well-being. For my Ph.D. work
I aimed to tackle two important avenues of research. The first being the process
of input-side dependency in the hippocampus, with the goal of finding a key gene
responsible for its development (Gene X). The second project was to do with experience-induced
laterality formation in the hippocampus. Specifically, how laterality in the synapse
density of the CA1 stratum radiatum (s.r.) could be induced purely through environmental
enrichment. Through unilateral tracer injections into the CA3, I was able to selectively
measure the properties of synapses within the CA1 and investigate how they differed
based upon which hemisphere the presynaptic neurone originated. Having found the
existence of a previously unreported reversed (left-isomerism) i.v. mutant, through
morpholocal examination of labelled terminals in the CA1 s.r., I aimed to elucidate
a key gene responsible for the process of left or right determination of inputs
to the CA1 s.r.. This work relates to the previous finding of input-side dependent
asymmetry in the wild-type rodent, where the origin of the projecting neurone
to the CA1 will determine the morphology of a synapse, to a greater degree than
the hemisphere in which the projection terminates. Using left- and right-isomerism
i.v. mice, in combination with whole genome sequence analysis, I highlight Ena/VASP-like
(Evl) as a potential target for Gene X. In relation to this topic, I also highlight
my work in the recently published paper of how knockout of PirB can lead to a
lack of input-side dependency in the murine hippocampus. For the second question,
I show that the environmental enrichment paradigm will lead to an asymmetry in
the synapse densities in the hippocampus of mice. I also highlight that the nature
of the enrichment is of less consequence than the process of enrichment itself.
I demonstrate that the CA3 region will dramatically alter its projection targets,
in relation to environmental stimulation, with the asymmetry in synaptic density,
caused by enrichment, relying heavily on commissural fibres. I also highlight
the vital importance of input-side dependent asymmetry, as a necessary component
of experience-dependent laterality formation in the CA1 s.r.. However, my results
suggest that it isn't the only cause, as there appears to be a CA1 dependent mechanism
also at play. Upon further investigation, I highlight the significant, and highly
important, finding that the changes seen in the CA1 s.r. were predominantly caused
through projections from the left-CA3, with the right-CA3 having less involvement
in this mechanism.
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and hippocampal development. 2018. doi:10.15479/AT:ISTA:th_1032'
apa: 'Case, M. J. (2018). From the left to the right: A tale of asymmetries,
environments, and hippocampal development. Institute of Science and Technology
Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:th_1032'
chicago: 'Case, Matthew J. “From the Left to the Right: A Tale of Asymmetries, Environments,
and Hippocampal Development.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2018.
https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:th_1032.'
ieee: 'M. J. Case, “From the left to the right: A tale of asymmetries, environments,
and hippocampal development,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2018.'
ista: 'Case MJ. 2018. From the left to the right: A tale of asymmetries, environments,
and hippocampal development. Institute of Science and Technology Austria.'
mla: 'Case, Matthew J. From the Left to the Right: A Tale of Asymmetries, Environments,
and Hippocampal Development. Institute of Science and Technology Austria,
2018, doi:10.15479/AT:ISTA:th_1032.'
short: 'M.J. Case, From the Left to the Right: A Tale of Asymmetries, Environments,
and Hippocampal Development, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2018.'
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...
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text: Genomic imprinting is an epigenetic process that leads to parent of origin-specific
gene expression in a subset of genes. Imprinted genes are essential for brain
development, and deregulation of imprinting is associated with neurodevelopmental
diseases and the pathogenesis of psychiatric disorders. However, the cell-type
specificity of imprinting at single cell resolution, and how imprinting and thus
gene dosage regulates neuronal circuit assembly is still largely unknown. Here,
MADM (Mosaic Analysis with Double Markers) technology was employed to assess genomic
imprinting at single cell level. By visualizing MADM-induced uniparental disomies
(UPDs) in distinct colors at single cell level in genetic mosaic animals, this
experimental paradigm provides a unique quantitative platform to systematically
assay the UPD-mediated imbalances in imprinted gene expression at unprecedented
resolution. An experimental pipeline based on FACS, RNA-seq and bioinformatics
analysis was established and applied to systematically map cell-type-specific
‘imprintomes’ in the mouse brain. The results revealed that parental-specific
expression of imprinted genes per se is rarely cell-type-specific even at the
individual cell level. Conversely, when we extended the comparison to downstream
responses resulting from imbalanced imprinted gene expression, we discovered an
unexpectedly high degree of cell-type specificity. Furthermore, we determined
a novel function of genomic imprinting in cortical astrocyte production and in
olfactory bulb (OB) granule cell generation. These results suggest important functional
implication of genomic imprinting for generating cell-type diversity in the brain.
In addition, MADM provides a powerful tool to study candidate genes by concomitant
genetic manipulation and fluorescent labelling of single cells. MADM-based candidate
gene approach was utilized to identify potential imprinted genes involved in the
generation of cortical astrocytes and OB granule cells. We investigated p57Kip2,
a maternally expressed gene and known cell cycle regulator. Although we found
that p57Kip2 does not play a role in these processes, we detected an unexpected
function of the paternal allele previously thought to be silent. Finally, we took
advantage of a key property of MADM which is to allow unambiguous investigation
of environmental impact on single cells. The experimental pipeline based on FACS
and RNA-seq analysis of MADM-labeled cells was established to probe the functional
differences of single cell loss of gene function compared to global loss of function
on a transcriptional level. With this method, both common and distinct responses
were isolated due to cell-autonomous and non-autonomous effects acting on genotypically
identical cells. As a result, transcriptional changes were identified which result
solely from the surrounding environment. Using the MADM technology to study genomic
imprinting at single cell resolution, we have identified cell-type-specific gene
expression, novel gene function and the impact of environment on single cell transcriptomes.
Together, these provide important insights to the understanding of mechanisms
regulating cell-type specificity and thus diversity in the brain.
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- ISTA Thesis
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last_name: Laukoter
orcid: 0000-0002-7903-3010
citation:
ama: Laukoter S. Role of genomic imprinting in cerebral cortex development. 2018:1-139.
doi:10.15479/AT:ISTA:th1057
apa: Laukoter, S. (2018). Role of genomic imprinting in cerebral cortex development.
Institute of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:th1057
chicago: Laukoter, Susanne. “Role of Genomic Imprinting in Cerebral Cortex Development.”
Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2018. https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:th1057.
ieee: S. Laukoter, “Role of genomic imprinting in cerebral cortex development,”
Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2018.
ista: Laukoter S. 2018. Role of genomic imprinting in cerebral cortex development.
Institute of Science and Technology Austria.
mla: Laukoter, Susanne. Role of Genomic Imprinting in Cerebral Cortex Development.
Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2018, pp. 1–139, doi:10.15479/AT:ISTA:th1057.
short: S. Laukoter, Role of Genomic Imprinting in Cerebral Cortex Development, Institute
of Science and Technology Austria, 2018.
date_created: 2018-12-11T11:44:08Z
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text: 'In the here presented thesis, we explore the role of branched actin networks
in cell migration and antigen presentation, the two most relevant processes in
dendritic cell biology. Branched actin networks construct lamellipodial protrusions
at the leading edge of migrating cells. These are typically seen as adhesive structures,
which mediate force transduction to the extracellular matrix that leads to forward
locomotion. We ablated Arp2/3 nucleation promoting factor WAVE in DCs and found
that the resulting cells lack lamellipodial protrusions. Instead, depending on
the maturation state, one or multiple filopodia were formed. By challenging these
cells in a variety of migration assays we found that lamellipodial protrusions
are dispensable for the locomotion of leukocytes and actually dampen the speed
of migration. However, lamellipodia are critically required to negotiate complex
environments that DCs experience while they travel to the next draining lymph
node. Taken together our results suggest that leukocyte lamellipodia have rather
a sensory- than a force transducing function. Furthermore, we show for the first
time structure and dynamics of dendritic cell F-actin at the immunological synapse
with naïve T cells. Dendritic cell F-actin appears as dynamic foci that are nucleated
by the Arp2/3 complex. WAVE ablated dendritic cells show increased membrane tension,
leading to an altered ultrastructure of the immunological synapse and severe T
cell priming defects. These results point towards a previously unappreciated role
of the cellular mechanics of dendritic cells in T cell activation. Additionally,
we present a novel cell culture based system for the differentiation of dendritic
cells from conditionally immortalized hematopoietic precursors. These precursor
cells are genetically tractable via the CRISPR/Cas9 system while they retain their
ability to differentiate into highly migratory dendritic cells and other immune
cells. This will foster the study of all aspects of dendritic cell biology and
beyond. '
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acknowledgement: "First of all I would like to thank Michael Sixt for giving me the
opportunity to work in \r\nhis group and for his support throughout the years. He
is a truly inspiring person and \r\nthe best boss one can imagine. I would
\ also like to thank all current and past \r\nmembers of the Sixt group for
their help and the great working atmosphere in the lab. \r\nIt is a true privilege
to work with such a bright, funny and friendly group of people and \r\nI’m proud
\ that I could be part of it. Furthermore, I would like to say ‘thank
\ you’ to Daria Siekhaus for all the meetings and discussion we had throughout
the years \r\nand to Federica Benvenuti for being part of my committee.
\ I am also grateful to Jack \r\nMerrin in the nanofabrication facility
\ and all the people working in the bioimaging-\r\n, the electron microscopy-
and the preclinical facilities."
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apa: Leithner, A. F. (2018). Branched actin networks in dendritic cell biology.
Institute of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:th_998
chicago: Leithner, Alexander F. “Branched Actin Networks in Dendritic Cell Biology.”
Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2018. https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:th_998.
ieee: A. F. Leithner, “Branched actin networks in dendritic cell biology,” Institute
of Science and Technology Austria, 2018.
ista: Leithner AF. 2018. Branched actin networks in dendritic cell biology. Institute
of Science and Technology Austria.
mla: Leithner, Alexander F. Branched Actin Networks in Dendritic Cell Biology.
Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2018, doi:10.15479/AT:ISTA:th_998.
short: A.F. Leithner, Branched Actin Networks in Dendritic Cell Biology, Institute
of Science and Technology Austria, 2018.
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