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text: "In nature, different species find their niche in a range of environments,
each with its unique characteristics. While some thrive in uniform (homogeneous)
landscapes where environmental conditions stay relatively consistent across space,
others traverse the complexities of spatially heterogeneous terrains. Comprehending
how species are distributed and how they interact within these landscapes holds
the key to gaining insights into their evolutionary dynamics while also informing
conservation and management strategies.\r\n\r\nFor species inhabiting heterogeneous
landscapes, when the rate of dispersal is low compared to spatial fluctuations
in selection pressure, localized adaptations may emerge. Such adaptation in response
to varying selection strengths plays an important role in the persistence of populations
in our rapidly changing world. Hence, species in nature are continuously in a
struggle to adapt to local environmental conditions, to ensure their continued
survival. Natural populations can often adapt in time scales short enough for
evolutionary changes to influence ecological dynamics and vice versa, thereby
creating a feedback between evolution and demography. The analysis of this feedback
and the relative contributions of gene flow, demography, drift, and natural selection
to genetic variation and differentiation has remained a recurring theme in evolutionary
biology. Nevertheless, the effective role of these forces in maintaining variation
and shaping patterns of diversity is not fully understood. Even in homogeneous
environments devoid of local adaptations, such understanding remains elusive.
Understanding this feedback is crucial, for example in determining the conditions
under which extinction risk can be mitigated in peripheral populations subject
to deleterious mutation accumulation at the edges of species’ ranges\r\nas well
as in highly fragmented populations.\r\n\r\nIn this thesis we explore both uniform
and spatially heterogeneous metapopulations, investigating and providing theoretical
insights into the dynamics of local adaptation in the latter and examining the
dynamics of load and extinction as well as the impact of joint ecological and
evolutionary (eco-evolutionary) dynamics in the former. The thesis is divided
into 5 chapters.\r\n\r\nChapter 1 provides a general introduction into the subject
matter, clarifying concepts and ideas used throughout the thesis. In chapter 2,
we explore how fast a species distributed across a heterogeneous landscape adapts
to changing conditions marked by alterations in carrying capacity, selection pressure,
and migration rate.\r\n\r\nIn chapter 3, we investigate how migration selection
and drift influences adaptation and the maintenance of variation in a metapopulation
with three habitats, an extension of previous models of adaptation in two habitats.
We further develop analytical approximations for the critical threshold required
for polymorphism to persist.\r\n\r\nThe focus of chapter 4 of the thesis is on
understanding the interplay between ecology and evolution as coupled processes.
We investigate how eco-evolutionary feedback between migration, selection, drift,
and demography influences eco-evolutionary outcomes in marginal populations subject
to deleterious mutation accumulation. Using simulations as well as theoretical
approximations of the coupled dynamics of population size and allele frequency,
we analyze how gene flow from a large mainland source influences genetic load
and population size on an island (i.e., in a marginal population) under genetically
realistic assumptions. Analyses of this sort are important because small isolated
populations, are repeatedly affected by complex interactions between ecological
and evolutionary processes, which can lead to their death. Understanding these
interactions can therefore provide an insight into the conditions under which
extinction risk can be mitigated in peripheral populations thus, contributing
to conservation and restoration efforts.\r\n\r\nChapter 5 extends the analysis
in chapter 4 to consider the dynamics of load (due to deleterious mutation accumulation)
and extinction risk in a metapopulation. We explore the role of gene flow, selection,
and dominance on load and extinction risk and further pinpoint critical thresholds
required for metapopulation persistence.\r\n\r\nOverall this research contributes
to our understanding of ecological and evolutionary mechanisms that shape species’
persistence in fragmented landscapes, a crucial foundation for successful conservation
efforts and biodiversity management."
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with two themes in common: the concept of optimization in biological systems,
and the use of information-theoretic tools to quantify biological stochasticity
and statistical uncertainty.\r\nChapter 2 develops a statistical framework for
studying biological systems which we believe to be optimized for a particular
utility function, such as retinal neurons conveying information about visual stimuli.
We formalize such beliefs as maximum-entropy Bayesian priors, constrained by the
expected utility. We explore how such priors aid inference of system parameters
with limited data and enable optimality hypothesis testing: is the utility higher
than by chance?\r\nChapter 3 examines the ultimate biological optimization process:
evolution by natural selection. As some individuals survive and reproduce more
successfully than others, populations evolve towards fitter genotypes and phenotypes.
We formalize this as accumulation of genetic information, and use population genetics
theory to study how much such information can be accumulated per generation and
maintained in the face of random mutation and genetic drift. We identify the population
size and fitness variance as the key quantities that control information accumulation
and maintenance.\r\nChapter 4 reuses the concept of genetic information from Chapter
3, but from a different perspective: we ask how much genetic information organisms
actually need, in particular in the context of gene regulation. For example, how
much information is needed to bind transcription factors at correct locations
within the genome? Population genetics provides us with a refined answer: with
an increasing population size, populations achieve higher fitness by maintaining
more genetic information. Moreover, regulatory parameters experience selection
pressure to optimize the fitness-information trade-off, i.e. minimize the information
needed for a given fitness. This provides an evolutionary derivation of the optimization
priors introduced in Chapter 2.\r\nChapter 5 proves an upper bound on mutual information
between a signal and a communication channel output (such as neural activity).
Mutual information is an important utility measure for biological systems, but
its practical use can be difficult due to the large dimensionality of many biological
channels. Sometimes, a lower bound on mutual information is computed by replacing
the high-dimensional channel outputs with decodes (signal estimates). Our result
provides a corresponding upper bound, provided that the decodes are the maximum
posterior estimates of the signal."
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Ca2+ Channels and Release Sensors at a Central GABAergic Synapse.” Institute of
Science and Technology Austria, 2024. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:15101.
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illustrating specific instances where a\r\ntopological perspective, specifically
through discrete Morse theory and persistent homology,\r\nprovides valuable insights.\r\n\r\nAt
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is termed perceptual decision-making (PDM), and is critical for the ability of
an organism to interact with its external world. Individuals with autism, a neurodevelopmental
condition primarily characterised by social and communication difficulties, frequently
exhibit altered sensory processing and PDM difficulties are widely reported. Recent
technological advancements have pushed forward our understanding of the genetic
changes accompanying this condition, however our understanding of how these mutations
affect the function of specific neuronal circuits and bring about the corresponding
behavioural changes remains limited. Here, we use an innate PDM task, the looming
avoidance response (LAR) paradigm, to identify a convergent behavioural abnormality
across three molecularly distinct genetic mouse models of autism (Cul3, Setd5
and Ptchd1). Although mutant mice can rapidly detect threatening visual stimuli,
their responses are consistently delayed, requiring longer to initiate an appropriate
response than their wild-type siblings. Mutant animals show abnormal adaptation
in both their stimulus- evoked escape responses and exploratory dynamics following
repeated stimulus presentations. Similarly delayed behavioural responses are observed
in wild-type animals when faced with more ambiguous threats, suggesting the mutant
phenotype could arise from a dysfunction in the flexible control of this PDM process.\r\nOur
knowledge of the core neuronal circuitry mediating the LAR facilitated a detailed
dissection of the neuronal mechanisms underlying the behavioural impairment. In
vivo extracellular recording revealed that visual responses were unaffected within
a key brain region for the rapid processing of visual threats, the superior colliculus
(SC), indicating that the behavioural delay was unlikely to originate from sensory
impairments. Delayed behavioural responses were recapitulated in the Setd5 model
following optogenetic stimulation of the excitatory output neurons of the SC,
which are known to mediate escape initiation through the activation of cells in
the underlying dorsal periaqueductal grey (dPAG). In vitro patch-clamp recordings
of dPAG cells uncovered a stark hypoexcitability phenotype in two out of the three
genetic models investigated (Setd5 and Ptchd1), that in Setd5, is mediated by
the misregulation of voltage-gated potassium channels. Overall, our results show
that the ability to use visual information to drive efficient escape responses
is impaired in three diverse genetic mouse models of autism and that, in one of
the models studied, this behavioural delay likely originates from differences
in the intrinsic excitability of a key subcortical node, the dPAG. Furthermore,
this work showcases the use of an innate behavioural paradigm to mechanistically
dissect PDM processes in autism."
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rapid perceptual decision-making through subcortical circuits in mouse models
of autism. 2023. doi:10.15479/at:ista:12716
apa: Burnett, L. (2023). To flee, or not to flee? Using innate defensive behaviours
to investigate rapid perceptual decision-making through subcortical circuits in
mouse models of autism. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:12716
chicago: Burnett, Laura. “To Flee, or Not to Flee? Using Innate Defensive Behaviours
to Investigate Rapid Perceptual Decision-Making through Subcortical Circuits in
Mouse Models of Autism.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:12716.
ieee: L. Burnett, “To flee, or not to flee? Using innate defensive behaviours to
investigate rapid perceptual decision-making through subcortical circuits in mouse
models of autism,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023.
ista: Burnett L. 2023. To flee, or not to flee? Using innate defensive behaviours
to investigate rapid perceptual decision-making through subcortical circuits in
mouse models of autism. Institute of Science and Technology Austria.
mla: Burnett, Laura. To Flee, or Not to Flee? Using Innate Defensive Behaviours
to Investigate Rapid Perceptual Decision-Making through Subcortical Circuits in
Mouse Models of Autism. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023,
doi:10.15479/at:ista:12716.
short: L. Burnett, To Flee, or Not to Flee? Using Innate Defensive Behaviours to
Investigate Rapid Perceptual Decision-Making through Subcortical Circuits in Mouse
Models of Autism, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023.
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text: "Understanding the mechanisms of learning and memory formation has always
been one of\r\nthe main goals in neuroscience. Already Pavlov (1927) in his early
days has used his classic\r\nconditioning experiments to study the neural mechanisms
governing behavioral adaptation.\r\nWhat was not known back then was that the
part of the brain that is largely responsible for\r\nthis type of associative
learning is the cerebellum.\r\nSince then, plenty of theories on cerebellar learning
have emerged. Despite their differences,\r\none thing they all have in common
is that learning relies on synaptic and intrinsic plasticity.\r\nThe goal of my
PhD project was to unravel the molecular mechanisms underlying synaptic\r\nplasticity
in two synapses that have been shown to be implicated in motor learning, in an\r\neffort
to understand how learning and memory formation are processed in the cerebellum.\r\nOne
of the earliest and most well-known cerebellar theories postulates that motor
learning\r\nlargely depends on long-term depression at the parallel fiber-Purkinje
cell (PC-PC) synapse.\r\nHowever, the discovery of other types of plasticity in
the cerebellar circuitry, like long-term\r\npotentiation (LTP) at the PC-PC synapse,
potentiation of molecular layer interneurons (MLIs),\r\nand plasticity transfer
from the cortex to the cerebellar/ vestibular nuclei has increased the\r\npopularity
of the idea that multiple sites of plasticity might be involved in learning.\r\nStill
a lot remains unknown about the molecular mechanisms responsible for these types
of\r\nplasticity and whether they occur during physiological learning.\r\nIn the
first part of this thesis we have analyzed the variation and nanodistribution
of voltagegated calcium channels (VGCCs) and α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic
acid\r\ntype glutamate receptors (AMPARs) on the parallel fiber-Purkinje cell
synapse after vestibuloocular reflex phase reversal adaptation, a behavior that
has been suggested to rely on PF-PC\r\nLTP. We have found that on the last day
of adaptation there is no learning trace in form of\r\nVGCCs nor AMPARs variation
at the PF-PC synapse, but instead a decrease in the number of\r\nPF-PC synapses.
These data seem to support the view that learning is only stored in the\r\ncerebellar
cortex in an initial learning phase, being transferred later to the vestibular
nuclei.\r\nNext, we have studied the role of MLIs in motor learning using a relatively
simple and well characterized behavioral paradigm – horizontal optokinetic reflex
(HOKR) adaptation. We\r\nhave found behavior-induced MLI potentiation in form
of release probability increase that\r\ncould be explained by the increase of
VGCCs at the presynaptic side. Our results strengthen\r\nthe idea of distributed
cerebellar plasticity contributing to learning and provide a novel\r\nmechanism
for release probability increase. "
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physiological learning. 2023. doi:10.15479/at:ista:12809'
apa: 'Alcarva, C. (2023). Plasticity in the cerebellum: What molecular mechanisms
are behind physiological learning. Institute of Science and Technology Austria.
https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:12809'
chicago: 'Alcarva, Catarina. “Plasticity in the Cerebellum: What Molecular Mechanisms
Are behind Physiological Learning.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria,
2023. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:12809.'
ieee: 'C. Alcarva, “Plasticity in the cerebellum: What molecular mechanisms are
behind physiological learning,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023.'
ista: 'Alcarva C. 2023. Plasticity in the cerebellum: What molecular mechanisms
are behind physiological learning. Institute of Science and Technology Austria.'
mla: 'Alcarva, Catarina. Plasticity in the Cerebellum: What Molecular Mechanisms
Are behind Physiological Learning. Institute of Science and Technology Austria,
2023, doi:10.15479/at:ista:12809.'
short: 'C. Alcarva, Plasticity in the Cerebellum: What Molecular Mechanisms Are
behind Physiological Learning, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023.'
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text: "During navigation, animals can infer the structure of the environment by
computing the optic flow cues elicited by their own movements, and subsequently
use this information to instruct proper locomotor actions. These computations
require a panoramic assessment of the visual environment in order to disambiguate
similar sensory experiences that may require distinct behavioral responses. The
estimation of the global motion patterns is therefore essential for successful
navigation. Yet, our understanding of the algorithms and implementations that
enable coherent panoramic visual perception remains scarce. Here I pursue this
problem by dissecting the functional aspects of interneuronal communication in
the lobula plate tangential cell network in Drosophila melanogaster. The results
presented in the thesis demonstrate that the basis for effective interpretation
of the optic flow in this circuit are stereotyped synaptic connections that mediate
the formation of distinct subnetworks, each extracting a particular pattern of
global motion. \r\nFirstly, I show that gap junctions are essential for a correct
interpretation of binocular motion cues by horizontal motion-sensitive cells.
HS cells form electrical synapses with contralateral H2 neurons that are involved
in detecting yaw rotation and translation. I developed an FlpStop-mediated mutant
of a gap junction protein ShakB that disrupts these electrical synapses. While
the loss of electrical synapses does not affect the tuning of the direction selectivity
in HS neurons, it severely alters their sensitivity to horizontal motion in the
contralateral side. These physiological changes result in an inappropriate integration
of binocular motion cues in walking animals. While wild-type flies form a binocular
perception of visual motion by non-linear integration of monocular optic flow
cues, the mutant flies sum the monocular inputs linearly. These results indicate
that rather than averaging signals in neighboring neurons, gap-junctions operate
in conjunction with chemical synapses to mediate complex non-linear optic flow
computations.\r\nSecondly, I show that stochastic manipulation of neuronal activity
in the lobula plate tangential cell network is a powerful approach to study the
neuronal implementation of optic flow-based navigation in flies. Tangential neurons
form multiple subnetworks, each mediating course-stabilizing response to a particular
global pattern of visual motion. Application of genetic mosaic techniques can
provide sparse optogenetic activation of HS cells in numerous combinations. These
distinct combinations of activated neurons drive an array of distinct behavioral
responses, providing important insights into how visuomotor transformation is
performed in the lobula plate tangential cell network. This approach can be complemented
by stochastic silencing of tangential neurons, enabling direct assessment of the
functional role of individual tangential neurons in the processing of specific
visual motion patterns.\r\n\tTaken together, the findings presented in this thesis
suggest that establishing specific activity patterns of tangential cells via stereotyped
synaptic connectivity is a key to efficient optic flow-based navigation in Drosophila
melanogaster."
acknowledged_ssus:
- _id: Bio
- _id: LifeSc
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- ISTA Thesis
article_processing_charge: No
author:
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full_name: Pokusaeva, Victoria
id: 3184041C-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
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ama: Pokusaeva V. Neural control of optic flow-based navigation in Drosophila melanogaster.
2023. doi:10.15479/at:ista:12826
apa: Pokusaeva, V. (2023). Neural control of optic flow-based navigation in Drosophila
melanogaster. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:12826
chicago: Pokusaeva, Victoria. “Neural Control of Optic Flow-Based Navigation in
Drosophila Melanogaster.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:12826.
ieee: V. Pokusaeva, “Neural control of optic flow-based navigation in Drosophila
melanogaster,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023.
ista: Pokusaeva V. 2023. Neural control of optic flow-based navigation in Drosophila
melanogaster. Institute of Science and Technology Austria.
mla: Pokusaeva, Victoria. Neural Control of Optic Flow-Based Navigation in Drosophila
Melanogaster. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023, doi:10.15479/at:ista:12826.
short: V. Pokusaeva, Neural Control of Optic Flow-Based Navigation in Drosophila
Melanogaster, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023.
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text: "Most energy in humans is produced in form of ATP by the mitochondrial respiratory
chain consisting of several protein assemblies embedded into lipid membrane (complexes
I-V). Complex I is the first and the largest enzyme of the respiratory chain which
is essential for energy production. It couples the transfer of two electrons from
NADH to ubiquinone with proton translocation across bacterial or inner mitochondrial
membrane. The coupling mechanism between electron transfer and proton translocation
is one of the biggest enigma in bioenergetics and structural biology. Even though
the enzyme has been studied for decades, only recent technological advances in
cryo-EM allowed its extensive structural investigation. \r\n\r\nComplex I from
E.coli appears to be of special importance because it is a perfect model system
with a rich mutant library, however the structure of the entire complex was unknown.
In this thesis I have resolved structures of the minimal complex I version from
E. coli in different states including reduced, inhibited, under reaction turnover
and several others. Extensive structural analyses of these structures and comparison
to structures from other species allowed to derive general features of conformational
dynamics and propose a universal coupling mechanism. The mechanism is straightforward,
robust and consistent with decades of experimental data available for complex
I from different species. \r\n\r\nCyanobacterial NDH (cyanobacterial complex I)
is a part of broad complex I superfamily and was studied as well in this thesis.
It plays an important role in cyclic electron transfer (CET), during which electrons
are cycled within PSI through ferredoxin and plastoquinone to generate proton
gradient without NADPH production. Here, I solved structure of NDH and revealed
additional state, which was not observed before. The novel “resting” state allowed
to propose the mechanism of CET regulation. Moreover, conformational dynamics
of NDH resembles one in complex I which suggest more broad universality of the
proposed coupling mechanism.\r\n\r\nIn summary, results presented here helped
to interpret decades of experimental data for complex I and contributed to fundamental
mechanistic understanding of protein function.\r\n"
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- ISTA Thesis
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cyanobacterial ortholog. 2023. doi:10.15479/at:ista:12781
apa: Kravchuk, V. (2023). Structural and mechanistic study of bacterial complex
I and its cyanobacterial ortholog. Institute of Science and Technology Austria.
https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:12781
chicago: Kravchuk, Vladyslav. “Structural and Mechanistic Study of Bacterial Complex
I and Its Cyanobacterial Ortholog.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria,
2023. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:12781.
ieee: V. Kravchuk, “Structural and mechanistic study of bacterial complex I and
its cyanobacterial ortholog,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023.
ista: Kravchuk V. 2023. Structural and mechanistic study of bacterial complex I
and its cyanobacterial ortholog. Institute of Science and Technology Austria.
mla: Kravchuk, Vladyslav. Structural and Mechanistic Study of Bacterial Complex
I and Its Cyanobacterial Ortholog. Institute of Science and Technology Austria,
2023, doi:10.15479/at:ista:12781.
short: V. Kravchuk, Structural and Mechanistic Study of Bacterial Complex I and
Its Cyanobacterial Ortholog, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023.
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text: "Deep learning has become an integral part of a large number of important
applications, and many of the recent breakthroughs have been enabled by the ability
to train very large models, capable to capture complex patterns and relationships
from the data. At the same time, the massive sizes of modern deep learning models
have made their deployment to smaller devices more challenging; this is particularly
important, as in many applications the users rely on accurate deep learning predictions,
but they only have access to devices with limited memory and compute power. One
solution to this problem is to prune neural networks, by setting as many of their
parameters as possible to zero, to obtain accurate sparse models with lower memory
footprint. Despite the great research progress in obtaining sparse models that
preserve accuracy, while satisfying memory and computational constraints, there
are still many challenges associated with efficiently training sparse models,
as well as understanding their generalization properties.\r\n\r\nThe focus of
this thesis is to investigate how the training process of sparse models can be
made more efficient, and to understand the differences between sparse and dense
models in terms of how well they can generalize to changes in the data distribution.
We first study a method for co-training sparse and dense models, at a lower cost
compared to regular training. With our method we can obtain very accurate sparse
networks, and dense models that can recover the baseline accuracy. Furthermore,
we are able to more easily analyze the differences, at prediction level, between
the sparse-dense model pairs. Next, we investigate the generalization properties
of sparse neural networks in more detail, by studying how well different sparse
models trained on a larger task can adapt to smaller, more specialized tasks,
in a transfer learning scenario. Our analysis across multiple pruning methods
and sparsity levels reveals that sparse models provide features that can transfer
similarly to or better than the dense baseline. However, the choice of the pruning
method plays an important role, and can influence the results when the features
are fixed (linear finetuning), or when they are allowed to adapt to the new task
(full finetuning). Using sparse models with fixed masks for finetuning on new
tasks has an important practical advantage, as it enables training neural networks
on smaller devices. However, one drawback of current pruning methods is that the
entire training cycle has to be repeated to obtain the initial sparse model, for
every sparsity target; in consequence, the entire training process is costly and
also multiple models need to be stored. In the last part of the thesis we propose
a method that can train accurate dense models that are compressible in a single
step, to multiple sparsity levels, without additional finetuning. Our method results
in sparse models that can be competitive with existing pruning methods, and which
can also successfully generalize to new tasks."
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Institute of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:13074
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Networks.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:13074.
ieee: E.-A. Peste, “Efficiency and generalization of sparse neural networks,” Institute
of Science and Technology Austria, 2023.
ista: Peste E-A. 2023. Efficiency and generalization of sparse neural networks.
Institute of Science and Technology Austria.
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Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023, doi:10.15479/at:ista:13074.
short: E.-A. Peste, Efficiency and Generalization of Sparse Neural Networks, Institute
of Science and Technology Austria, 2023.
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text: "Pattern formation is of great importance for its contribution across different
biological behaviours. During developmental processes for example, patterns of
chemical gradients are\r\nestablished to determine cell fate and complex tissue
patterns emerge to define structures such\r\nas limbs and vascular networks. Patterns
are also seen in collectively migrating groups, for\r\ninstance traveling waves
of density emerging in moving animal flocks as well as collectively migrating
cells and tissues. To what extent these biological patterns arise spontaneously
through\r\nthe local interaction of individual constituents or are dictated by
higher level instructions is\r\nstill an open question however there is evidence
for the involvement of both types of process.\r\nWhere patterns arise spontaneously
there is a long standing interest in how far the interplay\r\nof mechanics, e.g.
force generation and deformation, and chemistry, e.g. gene regulation\r\nand signaling,
contributes to the behaviour. This is because many systems are able to both\r\nchemically
regulate mechanical force production and chemically sense mechanical deformation,\r\nforming
mechano-chemical feedback loops which can potentially become unstable towards\r\nspatio
and/or temporal patterning.\r\nWe work with experimental collaborators to investigate
the possibility that this type of\r\ninteraction drives pattern formation in biological
systems at different scales. We focus first on\r\ntissue-level ERK-density waves
observed during the wound healing response across different\r\nsystems where many
previous studies have proposed that patterns depend on polarized cell\r\nmigration
and arise from a mechanical flocking-like mechanism. By combining theory with\r\nmechanical
and optogenetic perturbation experiments on in vitro monolayers we instead find\r\nevidence
for mechanochemical pattern formation involving only scalar bilateral feedbacks\r\nbetween
ERK signaling and cell contraction. We perform further modeling and experiment\r\nto
study how this instability couples with polar cell migration in order to produce
a robust\r\nand efficient wound healing response. In a following chapter we implement
ERK-density\r\ncoupling and cell migration in a 2D active vertex model to investigate
the interaction of\r\nERK-density patterning with different tissue rheologies
and find that the spatio-temporal\r\ndynamics are able to both locally and globally
fluidize a tissue across the solid-fluid glass\r\ntransition. In a last chapter
we move towards lower spatial scales in the context of subcellular\r\npatterning
of the cell cytoskeleton where we investigate the transition between phases of\r\nspatially
homogeneous temporal oscillations and chaotic spatio-temporal patterning in the\r\ndynamics
of myosin and ROCK activities (a motor component of the actomyosin cytoskeleton\r\nand
its activator). Experimental evidence supports an intrinsic chemical oscillator
which we\r\nencode in a reaction model and couple to a contractile active gel
description of the cell cortex.\r\nThe model exhibits phases of chemical oscillations
and contractile spatial patterning which\r\nreproduce many features of the dynamics
seen in Drosophila oocyte epithelia in vivo. However,\r\nadditional pharmacological
perturbations to inhibit myosin contractility leaves the role of\r\ncontractile
instability unclear. We discuss alternative hypotheses and investigate the possibility\r\nof
reaction-diffusion instability."
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scales. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:12964
chicago: Boocock, Daniel R. “Mechanochemical Pattern Formation across Biological
Scales.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:12964.
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Institute of Science and Technology Austria.
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Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023, doi:10.15479/at:ista:12964.
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text: 'High-performance semiconductors rely upon precise control of heat and charge
transport. This can be achieved by precisely engineering defects in polycrystalline
solids. There are multiple approaches to preparing such polycrystalline semiconductors,
and the transformation of solution-processed colloidal nanoparticles is appealing
because colloidal nanoparticles combine low cost with structural and compositional
tunability along with rich surface chemistry. However, the multiple processes
from nanoparticle synthesis to the final bulk nanocomposites are very complex.
They involve nanoparticle purification, post-synthetic modifications, and finally
consolidation (thermal treatments and densification). All these properties dictate
the final material’s composition and microstructure, ultimately affecting its
functional properties. This thesis explores the synthesis, surface chemistry and
consolidation of colloidal semiconductor nanoparticles into dense solids. In particular,
the transformations that take place during these processes, and their effect on
the material’s transport properties are evaluated. '
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to consolidation. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:12885'
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to Consolidation.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:12885.'
ieee: 'M. Calcabrini, “Nanoparticle-based semiconductor solids: From synthesis to
consolidation,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023.'
ista: 'Calcabrini M. 2023. Nanoparticle-based semiconductor solids: From synthesis
to consolidation. Institute of Science and Technology Austria.'
mla: 'Calcabrini, Mariano. Nanoparticle-Based Semiconductor Solids: From Synthesis
to Consolidation. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023, doi:10.15479/at:ista:12885.'
short: 'M. Calcabrini, Nanoparticle-Based Semiconductor Solids: From Synthesis to
Consolidation, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023.'
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text: "The tight spatiotemporal coordination of signaling activity determining embryo\r\npatterning
and the physical processes driving embryo morphogenesis renders\r\nembryonic development
robust, such that key developmental processes can unfold\r\nrelatively normally
even outside of the full embryonic context. For instance, embryonic\r\nstem cell
cultures can recapitulate the hallmarks of gastrulation, i.e. break symmetry\r\nleading
to germ layer formation and morphogenesis, in a very reduced environment.\r\nThis
leads to questions on specific contributions of embryo-specific features, such
as\r\nthe presence of extraembryonic tissues, which are inherently involved in
gastrulation\r\nin the full embryonic context. To address this, we established
zebrafish embryonic\r\nexplants without the extraembryonic yolk cell, an important
player as a signaling\r\nsource and for morphogenesis during gastrulation, as
a model of ex vivo development.\r\nWe found that dorsal-marginal determinants
are required and sufficient in these\r\nexplants to form and pattern all three
germ layers. However, formation of tissues,\r\nwhich require the highest Nodal-signaling
levels, is variable, demonstrating a\r\ncontribution of extraembryonic tissues
for reaching peak Nodal signaling levels.\r\nBlastoderm explants also undergo
gastrulation-like axis elongation. We found that this\r\nelongation movement shows
hallmarks of oriented mesendoderm cell intercalations\r\ntypically associated
with dorsal tissues in the intact embryo. These are disrupted by\r\nuniform upregulation
of BMP signaling activity and concomitant explant ventralization,\r\nsuggesting
that tight spatial control of BMP signaling is a prerequisite for explant\r\nmorphogenesis.
This control is achieved by Nodal signaling, which is critical for\r\neffectively
downregulating BMP signaling in the mesendoderm, highlighting that Nodal\r\nsignaling
is not only directly required for mesendoderm cell fate specification and\r\nmorphogenesis,
but also by maintaining low levels of BMP signaling at the dorsal side.\r\nCollectively,
we provide insights into the capacity and organization of signaling and\r\nmorphogenetic
domains to recapitulate features of zebrafish gastrulation outside of\r\nthe full
embryonic context."
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ama: 'Schauer A. Mesendoderm formation in zebrafish gastrulation: The role of extraembryonic
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apa: 'Schauer, A. (2023). Mesendoderm formation in zebrafish gastrulation: The
role of extraembryonic tissues. Institute of Science and Technology Austria.
https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:12891'
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The Role of Extraembryonic Tissues.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria,
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ieee: 'A. Schauer, “Mesendoderm formation in zebrafish gastrulation: The role of
extraembryonic tissues,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023.'
ista: 'Schauer A. 2023. Mesendoderm formation in zebrafish gastrulation: The role
of extraembryonic tissues. Institute of Science and Technology Austria.'
mla: 'Schauer, Alexandra. Mesendoderm Formation in Zebrafish Gastrulation: The
Role of Extraembryonic Tissues. Institute of Science and Technology Austria,
2023, doi:10.15479/at:ista:12891.'
short: 'A. Schauer, Mesendoderm Formation in Zebrafish Gastrulation: The Role of
Extraembryonic Tissues, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023.'
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conjugate physical variables. These quantum correlations can be used to go beyond
the potential of our inherently noisy universe and obtain a quantum advantage
over the classical applications. \r\n\r\nQuantum noise being inherent also means
that, at the fundamental level, the physical quantities are not well defined and
therefore, objects can stay in multiple states at the same time. For example,
the position of a particle not being well defined means that the particle is in
multiple positions at the same time. About 4 decades ago, we started exploring
the possibility of using objects which can be in multiple states at the same time
to increase the dimensionality in computation. Thus, the field of quantum computing
was born. We discovered that using quantum entanglement, a property closely related
to quantum correlations, can be used to speed up computation of certain problems,
such as factorisation of large numbers, faster than any known classical algorithm.
Thus began the pursuit to make quantum computers a reality. \r\n\r\nTill date,
we have explored quantum control over many physical systems including photons,
spins, atoms, ions and even simple circuits made up of superconducting material.
However, there persists one ubiquitous theme. The more readily a system interacts
with an external field or matter, the more easily we can control it. But this
also means that such a system can easily interact with a noisy environment and
quickly lose its coherence. Consequently, such systems like electron spins need
to be protected from the environment to ensure the longevity of their coherence.
Other systems like nuclear spins are naturally protected as they do not interact
easily with the environment. But, due to the same reason, it is harder to interact
with such systems. \r\n\r\nAfter decades of experimentation with various systems,
we are convinced that no one type of quantum system would be the best for all
the quantum applications. We would need hybrid systems which are all interconnected
- much like the current internet where all sorts of devices can all talk to each
other - but now for quantum devices. A quantum internet. \r\n\r\nOptical photons
are the best contenders to carry information for the quantum internet. They can
carry quantum information cheaply and without much loss - the same reasons which
has made them the backbone of our current internet. Following this direction,
many systems, like trapped ions, have already demonstrated successful quantum
links over a large distances using optical photons. However, some of the most
promising contenders for quantum computing which are based on microwave frequencies
have been left behind. This is because high energy optical photons can adversely
affect fragile low-energy microwave systems. \r\n\r\nIn this thesis, we present
substantial progress on this missing quantum link between microwave and optics
using electrooptical nonlinearities in lithium niobate. The nonlinearities are
enhanced by using resonant cavities for all the involved modes leading to observation
of strong direct coupling between optical and microwave frequencies. With this
strong coupling we are not only able to achieve almost 100\\% internal conversion
efficiency with low added noise, thus presenting a quantum-enabled transducer,
but also we are able to observe novel effects such as cooling of a microwave mode
using optics. The strong coupling regime also leads to direct observation of dynamical
backaction effect between microwave and optical frequencies which are studied
in detail here. Finally, we also report first observation of microwave-optics
entanglement in form of two-mode squeezed vacuum squeezed 0.7dB below vacuum level.
\r\nWith this new bridge between microwave and optics, the microwave-based quantum
technologies can finally be a part of a quantum network which is based on optical
photons - putting us one step closer to a future with quantum internet. "
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conjugate physical variables. These quantum correlations can be used to go beyond
the potential of our inherently noisy universe and obtain a quantum advantage
over the classical applications. \r\n\r\nQuantum noise being inherent also means
that, at the fundamental level, the physical quantities are not well defined and
therefore, objects can stay in multiple states at the same time. For example,
the position of a particle not being well defined means that the particle is in
multiple positions at the same time. About 4 decades ago, we started exploring
the possibility of using objects which can be in multiple states at the same time
to increase the dimensionality in computation. Thus, the field of quantum computing
was born. We discovered that using quantum entanglement, a property closely related
to quantum correlations, can be used to speed up computation of certain problems,
such as factorisation of large numbers, faster than any known classical algorithm.
Thus began the pursuit to make quantum computers a reality. \r\n\r\nTill date,
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spins, atoms, ions and even simple circuits made up of superconducting material.
However, there persists one ubiquitous theme. The more readily a system interacts
with an external field or matter, the more easily we can control it. But this
also means that such a system can easily interact with a noisy environment and
quickly lose its coherence. Consequently, such systems like electron spins need
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are the best contenders to carry information for the quantum internet. They can
carry quantum information cheaply and without much loss - the same reasons which
has made them the backbone of our current internet. Following this direction,
many systems, like trapped ions, have already demonstrated successful quantum
links over a large distances using optical photons. However, some of the most
promising contenders for quantum computing which are based on microwave frequencies
have been left behind. This is because high energy optical photons can adversely
affect fragile low-energy microwave systems. \r\n\r\nIn this thesis, we present
substantial progress on this missing quantum link between microwave and optics
using electrooptical nonlinearities in lithium niobate. The nonlinearities are
enhanced by using resonant cavities for all the involved modes leading to observation
of strong direct coupling between optical and microwave frequencies. With this
strong coupling we are not only able to achieve almost 100\\% internal conversion
efficiency with low added noise, thus presenting a quantum-enabled transducer,
but also we are able to observe novel effects such as cooling of a microwave mode
using optics. The strong coupling regime also leads to direct observation of dynamical
backaction effect between microwave and optical frequencies which are studied
in detail here. Finally, we also report first observation of microwave-optics
entanglement in form of two-mode squeezed vacuum squeezed 0.7dB below vacuum level.
\r\nWith this new bridge between microwave and optics, the microwave-based quantum
technologies can finally be a part of a quantum network which is based on optical
photons - putting us one step closer to a future with quantum internet. "
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provide a fascinating research direction both for fundamental reasons and for
application in state of the art quantum devices.\r\nGoing beyond the description
of statistical mechanics, ergodicity breaking yields a new paradigm in quantum
many-body physics, introducing novel phases of matter with no counterpart at equilibrium.\r\nIn
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models.\r\nIn particular, we contribute to the debate about transport in kinetically
constrained models, studying the effect of $U(1)$ conservation and inversion-symmetry
breaking in a family of quantum East models.\r\nUsing tensor network techniques,
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methods.\r\nIn this setting, we approach the debated topic of the coexistence
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quantum East model.\r\nThe system we study features strong inversion-symmetry
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host so-called quantum Hilbert space fragmentation, consisting of disconnected
subsectors in an entangled basis, and further provide an analytical description
of this phenomenon.\r\nWe further probe its effect on dynamics of simple product
states, showing revivals in fidelity and local observalbes.\r\nThe study of dynamics
within the largest subsector reveals an anomalous transient superdiffusive behavior
crossing over to slow logarithmic dynamics at later times.\r\nThis work suggests
that particle conserving constrained models with inversion-symmetry breaking realize
new universality classes of dynamics and invite their further theoretical and
experimental studies.\r\n\r\nNext, we use kinetic constraints and disorder to
design a model with many-body mobility edges in particle density.\r\nThis feature
allows to study the dynamics of localized and thermal states in large systems
beyond the limitations of previous studies.\r\nThe time-evolution shows typical
signatures of localization at small densities, replaced by thermal behavior at
larger densities.\r\nOur results provide evidence in favor of the stability of
many-body mobility edges, which was recently challenged by a theoretical argument.\r\nTo
support our findings, we probe the mechanism proposed as a cause of delocalization
in many-body localized systems with mobility edges suggesting its ineffectiveness
in the model studied.\r\n\r\nIn the last Chapter of this Thesis, we address the
topic of many-body localization proximity effect.\r\nWe study a model inspired
by recent experiments, featuring Anderson localized coupled to a small bath of
free hard-core bosons.\r\nThe interaction among the two particle species results
in non-trivial dynamics, which we probe using tensor network techniques.\r\nOur
simulations show convincing evidence of many-body localization proximity effect
when the bath is composed by a single free particle and interactions are strong.\r\nWe
furthter observe an anomalous entanglement dynamics, which we explain through
a phenomenological theory.\r\nFinally, we extract highly excited eigenstates of
large systems, providing supplementary evidence in favor of our findings."
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Quantum Many-Body Systems.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023.
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quantum many-body systems. Institute of Science and Technology Austria.
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Quantum Many-Body Systems. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023,
doi:10.15479/at:ista:12732.
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Quantum Many-Body Systems, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023.
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organs. Distinct cellular processes such as cell division and cell rearrangements
underlie tissue morphogenesis. Yet how the distinct processes are controlled and
coordinated, and how they contribute to morphogenesis is poorly understood. In
our study, we addressed these questions using the developing mouse neural tube.
This epithelial organ transforms from a flat epithelial sheet to an epithelial
tube while increasing in size and undergoing morpho-gen-mediated patterning. The
extent and mechanism of neural progenitor rearrangement within the developing
mouse neuroepithelium is unknown. To investigate this, we per-formed high resolution
lineage tracing analysis to quantify the extent of epithelial rear-rangement at
different stages of neural tube development. We quantitatively described the relationship
between apical cell size with cell cycle dependent interkinetic nuclear migra-tions
(IKNM) and performed high cellular resolution live imaging of the neuroepithelium
to study the dynamics of junctional remodeling. Furthermore, developed a vertex
model of the neuroepithelium to investigate the quantitative contribution of cell
proliferation, cell differentiation and mechanical properties to the epithelial
rearrangement dynamics and validated the model predictions through functional
experiments. Our analysis revealed that at early developmental stages, the apical
cell area kinetics driven by IKNM induce high lev-els of cell rearrangements in
a regime of high junctional tension and contractility. After E9.5, there is a
sharp decline in the extent of cell rearrangements, suggesting that the epi-thelium
transitions from a fluid-like to a solid-like state. We found that this transition
is regulated by the growth rate of the tissue, rather than by changes in cell-cell
adhesion and contractile forces. Overall, our study provides a quantitative description
of the relationship between tissue growth, cell cycle dynamics, epithelia rearrangements
and the emergent tissue material properties, and novel insights on how epithelial
cell dynamics influences tissue morphogenesis.
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Institute of Science and Technology Austria.
mla: Bocanegra, Laura. Epithelial Dynamics during Mouse Neural Tube Development.
Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023, doi:10.15479/at:ista:13081.
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the combinatorial structure of exterior algebra by introducing a dictionary that
translates the notions from the set systems into the framework of exterior algebra.
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text: "Animals exhibit a remarkable ability to learn and remember new behaviors,
skills, and associations throughout their lifetime. These capabilities are made
possible thanks to a variety of\r\nchanges in the brain throughout adulthood,
regrouped under the term \"plasticity\". Some cells\r\nin the brain —neurons—
and specifically changes in the connections between neurons, the\r\nsynapses,
were shown to be crucial for the formation, selection, and consolidation of memories\r\nfrom
past experiences. These ongoing changes of synapses across time are called synaptic\r\nplasticity.
Understanding how a myriad of biochemical processes operating at individual\r\nsynapses
can somehow work in concert to give rise to meaningful changes in behavior is
a\r\nfascinating problem and an active area of research.\r\nHowever, the experimental
search for the precise plasticity mechanisms at play in the brain\r\nis daunting,
as it is difficult to control and observe synapses during learning. Theoretical\r\napproaches
have thus been the default method to probe the plasticity-behavior connection.
Such\r\nstudies attempt to extract unifying principles across synapses and model
all observed synaptic\r\nchanges using plasticity rules: equations that govern
the evolution of synaptic strengths across\r\ntime in neuronal network models.
These rules can use many relevant quantities to determine\r\nthe magnitude of
synaptic changes, such as the precise timings of pre- and postsynaptic\r\naction
potentials, the recent neuronal activity levels, the state of neighboring synapses,
etc.\r\nHowever, analytical studies rely heavily on human intuition and are forced
to make simplifying\r\nassumptions about plasticity rules.\r\nIn this thesis,
we aim to assist and augment human intuition in this search for plasticity rules.\r\nWe
explore whether a numerical approach could automatically discover the plasticity
rules\r\nthat elicit desired behaviors in large networks of interconnected neurons.
This approach is\r\ndubbed meta-learning synaptic plasticity: learning plasticity
rules which themselves will make\r\nneuronal networks learn how to solve a desired
task. We first write all the potential plasticity\r\nmechanisms to consider using
a single expression with adjustable parameters. We then optimize\r\nthese plasticity
parameters using evolutionary strategies or Bayesian inference on tasks known\r\nto
involve synaptic plasticity, such as familiarity detection and network stabilization.\r\nWe
show that these automated approaches are powerful tools, able to complement established\r\nanalytical
methods. By comprehensively screening plasticity rules at all synapse types in\r\nrealistic,
spiking neuronal network models, we discover entire sets of degenerate plausible\r\nplasticity
rules that reliably elicit memory-related behaviors. Our approaches allow for
more\r\nrobust experimental predictions, by abstracting out the idiosyncrasies
of individual plasticity\r\nrules, and provide fresh insights on synaptic plasticity
in spiking network models.\r\n"
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of Science and Technology Austria, 2023.'
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Institute of Science and Technology Austria.'
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Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023, doi:10.15479/at:ista:14422.'
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text: "Superconductivity has many important applications ranging from levitating
trains over qubits to MRI scanners. The phenomenon is successfully modeled by
Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer (BCS) theory. From a mathematical perspective, BCS theory
has been studied extensively for systems without boundary. However, little is
known in the presence of boundaries. With the help of numerical methods physicists
observed that the critical temperature may increase in the presence of a boundary.
The goal of this thesis is to understand the influence of boundaries on the critical
temperature in BCS theory and to give a first rigorous justification of these
observations. On the way, we also study two-body Schrödinger operators on domains
with boundaries and prove additional results for superconductors without boundary.\r\n\r\nBCS
theory is based on a non-linear functional, where the minimizer indicates whether
the system is superconducting or in the normal, non-superconducting state. By
considering the Hessian of the BCS functional at the normal state, one can analyze
whether the normal state is possibly a minimum of the BCS functional and estimate
the critical temperature. The Hessian turns out to be a linear operator resembling
a Schrödinger operator for two interacting particles, but with more complicated
kinetic energy. As a first step, we study the two-body Schrödinger operator in
the presence of boundaries.\r\nFor Neumann boundary conditions, we prove that
the addition of a boundary can create new eigenvalues, which correspond to the
two particles forming a bound state close to the boundary.\r\n\r\nSecond, we need
to understand superconductivity in the translation invariant setting. While in
three dimensions this has been extensively studied, there is no mathematical literature
for the one and two dimensional cases. In dimensions one and two, we compute the
weak coupling asymptotics of the critical temperature and the energy gap in the
translation invariant setting. We also prove that their ratio is independent of
the microscopic details of the model in the weak coupling limit; this property
is referred to as universality.\r\n\r\nIn the third part, we study the critical
temperature of superconductors in the presence of boundaries. We start by considering
the one-dimensional case of a half-line with contact interaction. Then, we generalize
the results to generic interactions and half-spaces in one, two and three dimensions.
Finally, we compare the critical temperature of a quarter space in two dimensions
to the critical temperatures of a half-space and of the full space."
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text: "Payment channel networks are a promising approach to improve the scalability
bottleneck\r\nof cryptocurrencies. Two design principles behind payment channel
networks are\r\nefficiency and privacy. Payment channel networks improve efficiency
by allowing users\r\nto transact in a peer-to-peer fashion along multi-hop routes
in the network, avoiding\r\nthe lengthy process of consensus on the blockchain.
Transacting over payment channel\r\nnetworks also improves privacy as these transactions
are not broadcast to the blockchain.\r\nDespite the influx of recent protocols
built on top of payment channel networks and\r\ntheir analysis, a common shortcoming
of many of these protocols is that they typically\r\nfocus only on either improving
efficiency or privacy, but not both. Another limitation\r\non the efficiency front
is that the models used to model actions, costs and utilities of\r\nusers are
limited or come with unrealistic assumptions.\r\nThis thesis aims to address some
of the shortcomings of recent protocols and algorithms\r\non payment channel networks,
particularly in their privacy and efficiency aspects. We\r\nfirst present a payment
route discovery protocol based on hub labelling and private\r\ninformation retrieval
that hides the route query and is also efficient. We then present\r\na rebalancing
protocol that formulates the rebalancing problem as a linear program\r\nand solves
the linear program using multiparty computation so as to hide the channel\r\nbalances.
The rebalancing solution as output by our protocol is also globally optimal.\r\nWe
go on to develop more realistic models of the action space, costs, and utilities
of\r\nboth existing and new users that want to join the network. In each of these
settings,\r\nwe also develop algorithms to optimise the utility of these users
with good guarantees\r\non the approximation and competitive ratios."
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text: "Most motions of many-body systems at any scale in nature with sufficient
degrees\r\nof freedom tend to be chaotic; reaching from the orbital motion of
planets, the air\r\ncurrents in our atmosphere, down to the water flowing through
our pipelines or\r\nthe movement of a population of bacteria. To the observer
it is therefore intriguing\r\nwhen a moving collective exhibits order. Collective
motion of flocks of birds, schools\r\nof fish or swarms of self-propelled particles
or robots have been studied extensively\r\nover the past decades but the mechanisms
involved in the transition from chaos to\r\norder remain unclear. Here, the interactions,
that in most systems give rise to chaos,\r\nsustain order. In this thesis we investigate
mechanisms that preserve, destabilize\r\nor lead to the ordered state. We show
that endothelial cells migrating in circular\r\nconfinements transition to a collective
rotating state and concomitantly synchronize\r\nthe frequencies of nucleating
actin waves within individual cells. Consequently,\r\nthe frequency dependent
cell migration speed uniformizes across the population.\r\nComplementary to the
WAVE dependent nucleation of traveling actin waves, we\r\nshow that in leukocytes
the actin polymerization depending on WASp generates\r\npushing forces locally
at stationary patches. Next, in pipe flows, we study methods\r\nto disrupt the
self–sustaining cycle of turbulence and therefore relaminarize the\r\nflow. While
we find in pulsating flow conditions that turbulence emerges through a\r\nhelical
instability during the decelerating phase. Finally, we show quantitatively in\r\nbrain
slices of mice that wild-type control neurons can compensate the migratory\r\ndeficits
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text: 'Most motions of many-body systems at any scale in nature with sufficient
degrees of freedom tend to be chaotic; reaching from the orbital motion of planets,
the air currents in our atmosphere, down to the water flowing through our pipelines
or the movement of a population of bacteria. To the observer it is therefore intriguing
when a moving collective exhibits order. Collective motion of flocks of birds,
schools of fish or swarms of self-propelled particles or robots have been studied
extensively over the past decades but the mechanisms involved in the transition
from chaos to order remain unclear. Here, the interactions, that in most systems
give rise to chaos, sustain order. In this thesis we investigate mechanisms that
preserve, destabilize or lead to the ordered state. We show that endothelial cells
migrating in circular confinements transition to a collective rotating state and
concomitantly synchronize the frequencies of nucleating actin waves within individual
cells. Consequently, the frequency dependent cell migration speed uniformizes
across the population. Complementary to the WAVE dependent nucleation of traveling
actin waves, we show that in leukocytes the actin polymerization depending on
WASp generates pushing forces locally at stationary patches. Next, in pipe flows,
we study methods to disrupt the self--sustaining cycle of turbulence and therefore
relaminarize the flow. While we find in pulsating flow conditions that turbulence
emerges through a helical instability during the decelerating phase. Finally,
we show quantitatively in brain slices of mice that wild-type control neurons
can compensate the migratory deficits of a genetically modified neuronal sub--population
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amount of research interest and they serve as the physical platform in many proposals
towards topological quantum computation.\r\nDespite being under extensive investigations,
historically using transport techniques, the basic properties of the interface
between the superconductor and the semiconductor remain to be understood.\r\n\r\nIn
this thesis, two separate studies on the Al-InAs heterostructures are reported
with the first focusing on the physics of the material motivated by the emergence
of a new phase, the Bogoliubov-Fermi surface. \r\nThe second focuses on a technological
application, a gate-tunable Josephson parametric amplifier.\r\n\r\nIn the first
study, we investigate the hypothesized unconventional nature of the induced superconductivity
at the interface between the Al thin film and the InAs quantum well.\r\nWe embed
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measurements of change in inductance.\r\nThe behaviour of the resonance in a range
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the theory of conventional s-wave superconductor and a two-component theory that
includes both contribution of the $s$-wave pairing in Al and the intraband $p
\\pm ip$ pairing in InAs.\r\nMeasuring the temperature dependence of resonant
frequency, no discrepancy is found between data and the conventional theory.\r\nWe
observe the breakdown of superconductivity due to an applied magnetic field which
contradicts the conventional theory.\r\nIn contrast, the data can be captured
quantitatively by fitting to a two-component model.\r\nWe find the evidence of
the intraband $p \\pm ip$ pairing in the InAs and the emergence of the Bogoliubov-Fermi
surfaces due to magnetic field with the characteristic value $B^* = 0.33~\\mathrm{T}$.\r\nFrom
the fits, the sheet resistance of Al, the carrier density and mobility in InAs
are determined.\r\nBy systematically studying the anisotropy of the circuit response,
we find weak anisotropy for $B < B^*$ and increasingly strong anisotropy for $B
> B^*$ resulting in a pronounced two-lobe structure in polar plot of frequency
versus field angle.\r\nStrong resemblance between the field dependence of dissipation
and superfluid density hints at a hidden signature of the Bogoliubov-Fermi surface
that is burried in the dissipation data.\r\n\r\nIn the second study, we realize
a parametric amplifier with a Josephson field effect transistor as the active
element.\r\nThe device's modest construction consists of a gated SNS weak link
embedded at the center of a coplanar waveguide resonator.\r\nBy applying a gate
voltage, the resonant frequency is field-effect tunable over a range of 2 GHz.\r\nModelling
the JoFET minimally as a parallel RL circuit, the dissipation introduced by the
JoFET can be quantitatively related to the gate voltage.\r\nWe observed gate-tunable
Kerr nonlinearity qualitatively in line with expectation.\r\nThe JoFET amplifier
has 20 dB of gain, 4 MHz of instantaneous bandwidth, and a 1dB compression point
of -125.5 dBm when operated at a fixed resonant frequency.\r\nIn general, the
signal-to-noise ratio is improved by 5-7 dB when the JoFET amplifier is activated
compared.\r\nThe noise of the measurement chain and insertion loss of relevant
circuit elements are calibrated to determine the expected and the real noise performance
of the JoFET amplifier.\r\nAs a quantification of the noise performance, the measured
total input-referred noise of the JoFET amplifier is in good agreement with the
estimated expectation which takes device loss into account.\r\nWe found that the
noise performance of the device reported in this document approaches one photon
of total input-referred added noise which is the quantum limit imposed in nondegenerate
parametric amplifier."
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text: "Females and males across species are subject to divergent selective pressures
arising\r\nfrom di↵erent reproductive interests and ecological niches. This often
translates into a\r\nintricate array of sex-specific natural and sexual selection
on traits that have a shared\r\ngenetic basis between both sexes, causing a genetic
sexual conflict. The resolution of\r\nthis conflict mostly relies on the evolution
of sex-specific expression of the shared genes,\r\nleading to phenotypic sexual
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populations,\r\nas a response to the temporal and spatial changes in sex-specific
selective forces? To\r\ntackle this question, I analyze the patterns of sex-specific
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the whole geographical range of Rumex\r\nhastatulus, a wind-pollinated angiosperm,
in the first Chapter of the thesis.\r\nSecond, how do gene expression patterns
lead to phenotypic dimorphism, and what\r\nare the molecular mechanisms underlying
the observed transcriptomic variation? I\r\naddress this question by examining
the sex- and tissue-specific expression variation in\r\nnewly-generated datasets
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thesis.\r\nThird, how does intersex correlation, thought to be one of the main
aspects constraining the ability for the two sexes to decouple, interact with
the evolution of sexual\r\ndimorphism? I develop models of sex-specific stabilizing
selection, mutation and drift\r\nto formalize common intuition regarding the patterns
of covariation between intersex\r\ncorrelation and sexual dimorphism in the fourth
Chapter of the thesis.\r\nAlltogether, the work described in this PhD thesis provides
useful insights into the\r\nlinks between genetic, transcriptomic and phenotypic
layers of sex-specific variation,\r\nand contributes to our general understanding
of the dynamics of sexual dimorphism\r\nevolution."
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https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:14058.'
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of sex-specific adaptation. Institute of Science and Technology Austria.'
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and Theoretical Characterization of Phenotypic, Transcriptomic and Genetic Patterns
of Sex-Specific Adaptation. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023,
doi:10.15479/at:ista:14058.'
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Theoretical Characterization of Phenotypic, Transcriptomic and Genetic Patterns
of Sex-Specific Adaptation, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023.'
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Austria, 2023.'
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Austria.'
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short: 'S. Sack, Improving Variational Quantum Algorithms: Innovative Initialization
Techniques and Extensions to Qudit Systems, Institute of Science and Technology
Austria, 2023.'
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to fulfill their effector function. 2023. doi:10.15479/at:ista:14697'
apa: 'Stopp, J. A. (2023). Neutrophils on the hunt: Migratory strategies employed
by neutrophils to fulfill their effector function. Institute of Science and
Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:14697'
chicago: 'Stopp, Julian A. “Neutrophils on the Hunt: Migratory Strategies Employed
by Neutrophils to Fulfill Their Effector Function.” Institute of Science and Technology
Austria, 2023. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:14697.'
ieee: 'J. A. Stopp, “Neutrophils on the hunt: Migratory strategies employed by neutrophils
to fulfill their effector function,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria,
2023.'
ista: 'Stopp JA. 2023. Neutrophils on the hunt: Migratory strategies employed by
neutrophils to fulfill their effector function. Institute of Science and Technology
Austria.'
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Technology Austria, 2023, doi:10.15479/at:ista:14697.'
short: 'J.A. Stopp, Neutrophils on the Hunt: Migratory Strategies Employed by Neutrophils
to Fulfill Their Effector Function, Institute of Science and Technology Austria,
2023.'
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text: 'For self-incompatibility (SI) to be stable in a population, theory predicts
that sufficient inbreeding depression (ID) is required: the fitness of offspring
from self-mated individuals must be low enough to prevent the spread of self-compatibility
(SC). Reviews of natural plant populations have supported this theory, with SI
species generally showing high levels of ID. However, there is thought to be an
under-sampling of self-incompatible taxa in the current literature. In this thesis,
I study inbreeding depression in the SI plant species Antirrhinum majus using
both greenhouse crosses and a large collected field dataset. Additionally, the
gametophytic S-locus of A. majus is highly heterozygous and polymorphic, thus
making assembly and discovery of S-alleles very difficult. Here, 206 new alleles
of the male component SLFs are presented, along with a phylogeny showing the high
conservation with alleles from another Antirrhinum species. Lastly, selected sites
within the protein structure of SLFs are investigated, with one site in particular
highlighted as potentially being involved in the SI recognition mechanism.'
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apa: Arathoon, L. S. (2023). Investigating inbreeding depression and the self-incompatibility
locus of Antirrhinum majus. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:14651
chicago: Arathoon, Louise S. “Investigating Inbreeding Depression and the Self-Incompatibility
Locus of Antirrhinum Majus.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023.
https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:14651.
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locus of Antirrhinum majus,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023.
ista: Arathoon LS. 2023. Investigating inbreeding depression and the self-incompatibility
locus of Antirrhinum majus. Institute of Science and Technology Austria.
mla: Arathoon, Louise S. Investigating Inbreeding Depression and the Self-Incompatibility
Locus of Antirrhinum Majus. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023,
doi:10.15479/at:ista:14651.
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Locus of Antirrhinum Majus, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023.
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text: "Stochastic systems provide a formal framework for modelling and quantifying
uncertainty in systems and have been widely adopted in many application domains.
Formal\r\nverification and control of finite state stochastic systems, a subfield
of formal methods\r\nalso known as probabilistic model checking, is well studied.
In contrast, formal verification and control of infinite state stochastic systems
have received comparatively\r\nless attention. However, infinite state stochastic
systems commonly arise in practice.\r\nFor instance, probabilistic models that
contain continuous probability distributions such\r\nas normal or uniform, or
stochastic dynamical systems which are a classical model for\r\ncontrol under
uncertainty, both give rise to infinite state systems.\r\nThe goal of this thesis
is to contribute to laying theoretical and algorithmic foundations\r\nof fully
automated formal verification and control of infinite state stochastic systems,\r\nwith
a particular focus on systems that may be executed over a long or infinite time.\r\nWe
consider formal verification of infinite state stochastic systems in the setting
of\r\nstatic analysis of probabilistic programs and formal control in the setting
of controller\r\nsynthesis in stochastic dynamical systems. For both problems,
we present some of the\r\nfirst fully automated methods for probabilistic (a.k.a.
quantitative) reachability and\r\nsafety analysis applicable to infinite time
horizon systems. We also advance the state\r\nof the art of probability 1 (a.k.a.
qualitative) reachability analysis for both problems.\r\nFinally, for formal controller
synthesis in stochastic dynamical systems, we present a\r\nnovel framework for
learning neural network control policies in stochastic dynamical\r\nsystems with
formal guarantees on correctness with respect to quantitative reachability,\r\nsafety
or reach-avoid specifications.\r\n"
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apa: Zikelic, D. (2023). Automated verification and control of infinite state
stochastic systems. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/14539
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Systems.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023. https://doi.org/10.15479/14539.
ieee: D. Zikelic, “Automated verification and control of infinite state stochastic
systems,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023.
ista: Zikelic D. 2023. Automated verification and control of infinite state stochastic
systems. Institute of Science and Technology Austria.
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Systems. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023, doi:10.15479/14539.
short: D. Zikelic, Automated Verification and Control of Infinite State Stochastic
Systems, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023.
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abstract:
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text: "Within the human body, the brain exhibits the highest rate of energy consumption
amongst all organs, with the majority of generated ATP being utilized to sustain
neuronal activity. Therefore, the metabolism of the mature cerebral cortex is
geared towards preserving metabolic homeostasis whilst generating significant
amounts of energy. This requires a precise interplay between diverse metabolic
pathways, spanning from a tissue-wide scale to the level of individual neurons.
Disturbances to this delicate metabolic equilibrium, such as those resulting from
maternal malnutrition\r\nor mutations affecting metabolic enzymes, often result
in neuropathological variants of neurodevelopment. For instance, mutations in
SLC7A5, a transporter of metabolically essential large neutral amino acids (LNAAs),
have been associated with autism and microcephaly. However, despite recent progress
in the field, the extent of metabolic restructuring that occurs within the developing
brain and the corresponding alterations in nutrient demands during various critical
periods remain largely unknown. To investigate this, we performed metabolomic
profiling of the murine cerebral cortex to characterize the metabolic state of
the forebrain at different developmental stages. We found that the developing
cortex undergoes substantial metabolic reprogramming, with specific sets of metabolites
displaying stage-specific changes. According to our observations, we determined
a distinct temporal period in postnatal development during which the cortex displays
heightened reliance on LNAAs. Hence, using a conditional knock-out mouse model,
we deleted Slc7a5 in neural cells, allowing us to monitor the impact of a perturbed
neuronal metabolic state across multiple developmental stages of corticogenesis.
We found that manipulating the levels of essential LNAAs in cortical neurons in
vivo affects one particular perinatal developmental period critical for cortical
network refinement. Abnormally low intracellular LNAA levels result in cell-autonomous
alterations in neuronal lipid metabolism, excitability, and survival during this
particular time window. Although most of the effects of Slc7a5 deletion on neuronal
physiology are transient, derailment of these processes during this brief but
crucial window leads to long-term circuit dysfunction in mice. In conclusion,
out data indicate that the cerebral cortex undergoes significant metabolic reorganization
during development. This process involves the intricate integration of multiple
metabolic pathways to ensure optimal neuronal function throughout different developmental
stages. Our findings offer a paradigm for understanding how neurons synchronize
the expression of nutrient-related genes with their activity to allow proper brain
maturation. Further, our results demonstrate that disruptions in these precisely
calibrated metabolic processes during critical periods of brain development may
result in neuropathological outcomes in mice and in humans."
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ama: 'Knaus L. The metabolism of the developing brain : How large neutral amino
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apa: 'Knaus, L. (2023). The metabolism of the developing brain : How large neutral
amino acids modulate perinatal neuronal excitability and survival. Institute
of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:13107'
chicago: 'Knaus, Lisa. “The Metabolism of the Developing Brain : How Large Neutral
Amino Acids Modulate Perinatal Neuronal Excitability and Survival.” Institute
of Science and Technology Austria, 2023. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:13107.'
ieee: 'L. Knaus, “The metabolism of the developing brain : How large neutral amino
acids modulate perinatal neuronal excitability and survival,” Institute of Science
and Technology Austria, 2023.'
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amino acids modulate perinatal neuronal excitability and survival. Institute of
Science and Technology Austria.'
mla: 'Knaus, Lisa. The Metabolism of the Developing Brain : How Large Neutral
Amino Acids Modulate Perinatal Neuronal Excitability and Survival. Institute
of Science and Technology Austria, 2023, doi:10.15479/at:ista:13107.'
short: 'L. Knaus, The Metabolism of the Developing Brain : How Large Neutral Amino
Acids Modulate Perinatal Neuronal Excitability and Survival, Institute of Science
and Technology Austria, 2023.'
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text: "Cell division in Escherichia coli is performed by the divisome, a multi-protein
complex composed of more than 30 proteins. The divisome spans from the cytoplasm
through the inner membrane to the cell wall and the outer membrane. Divisome assembly
is initiated by a cytoskeletal structure, the so-called Z-ring, which localizes
at the center of the E. coli cell and determines the position of the future cell
septum. The Z-ring is composed of the highly conserved bacterial tubulin homologue
FtsZ, which forms treadmilling filaments. These filaments are recruited to the
inner membrane by FtsA, a highly conserved bacterial actin homologue. FtsA interacts
with other proteins in the periplasm and thus connects the cytoplasmic and periplasmic
components of the divisome. \r\nA previous model postulated that FtsA regulates
maturation of the divisome by switching from an oligomeric, inactive state to
a monomeric and active state. This model was based mostly on in vivo studies,
as a biochemical characterization of FtsA has been hampered by difficulties in
purifying the protein. Here, we studied FtsA using an in vitro reconstitution
approach and aimed to answer two questions: (i) How are dynamics from cytoplasmic,
treadmilling FtsZ filaments coupled to proteins acting in the periplasmic space
and (ii) How does FtsA regulate the maturation of the divisome?\r\nWe found that
the cytoplasmic peptides of the transmembrane proteins FtsN and FtsQ interact
directly with FtsA and can follow the spatiotemporal signal of FtsA/Z filaments.
When we investigated the underlying mechanism by imaging single molecules of FtsNcyto,
we found the peptide to interact transiently with FtsA. An in depth analysis of
the single molecule trajectories helped to postulate a model where PG synthases
follow the dynamics of FtsZ by a diffusion and capture mechanism. \r\nFollowing
up on these findings we were interested in how the self-interaction of FtsA changes
when it encounters FtsNcyto and if we can confirm the proposed oligomer-monomer
switch. For this, we compared the behavior of the previously identified, hyperactive
mutant FtsA R286W with wildtype FtsA. The mutant outperforms WT in mirroring and
transmitting the spatiotemporal signal of treadmilling FtsZ filaments. Surprisingly
however, we found that this was not due to a difference in the self-interaction
strength of the two variants, but a difference in their membrane residence time.
Furthermore, in contrast to our expectations, upon binding of FtsNcyto the measured
self-interaction of FtsA actually increased. \r\nWe propose that FtsNcyto induces
a rearrangement of the oligomeric architecture of FtsA. In further consequence
this change leads to more persistent FtsZ filaments which results in a defined
signalling zone, allowing formation of the mature divisome. The observed difference
between FtsA WT and R286W is due to the vastly different membrane turnover of
the proteins. R286W cycles 5-10x faster compared to WT which allows to sample
FtsZ filaments at faster frequencies. These findings can explain the observed
differences in toxicity for overexpression of FtsA WT and R286W and help to understand
how FtsA regulates divisome maturation."
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apa: Radler, P. (2023). Spatiotemporal signaling during assembly of the bacterial
divisome. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:14280
chicago: Radler, Philipp. “Spatiotemporal Signaling during Assembly of the Bacterial
Divisome.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:14280.
ieee: P. Radler, “Spatiotemporal signaling during assembly of the bacterial divisome,”
Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023.
ista: Radler P. 2023. Spatiotemporal signaling during assembly of the bacterial
divisome. Institute of Science and Technology Austria.
mla: Radler, Philipp. Spatiotemporal Signaling during Assembly of the Bacterial
Divisome. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023, doi:10.15479/at:ista:14280.
short: P. Radler, Spatiotemporal Signaling during Assembly of the Bacterial Divisome,
Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023.
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text: Semiconductor-superconductor hybrid systems are the harbour of many intriguing
mesoscopic phenomena. This material combination leads to spatial variations of
the superconducting properties, which gives rise to Andreev bound states (ABSs).
Some of these states might exhibit remarkable properties that render them highly
desirable for topological quantum computing. The most prominent and hunted of
such states are Majorana zero modes (MZMs), quasiparticles equals to their own
quasiparticles that they follow non-abelian statistics. In this thesis, we first
introduce the general framework of such hybrid systems and, then, we unveil a
series of mesoscopic phenomena that we discovered. Firstly, we show tunneling
spectroscopy experiments on full-shell nanowires (NWs) showing that unwanted quantum-dot
states coupled to superconductors (Yu-Shiba-Rusinov states) can mimic MZMs signatures.
Then, we introduce a novel protocol which allowed the integration of tunneling
spectroscopy with Coulomb spectroscopy within the same device. Employing this
approach on both full-shell NWs and partial-shell NWs, we demonstrated that longitudinally
confined states reveal charge transport phenomenology similar to the one expected
for MZMs. These findings shed light on the intricate interplay between superconductivity
and quantum confinement, which brought us to explore another material platform,
i.e. a two-dimensional Germanium hole gas. After developing a robust way to induce
superconductivity in such system, we showed how to engineer the proximity effect
and we revealed a superconducting hard gap. Finally, we created a superconducting
radio frequency driven ideal diode and a generator of non-sinusoidal current-phase
relations. Our results open the path for the exploration of protected superconducting
qubits and more complex hybrid devices in planar Germanium, like Kitaev chains
and hybrid qubit devices.
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From full-shell nanowires to two-dimensional hole gas in germanium. 2023. doi:10.15479/at:ista:13286'
apa: 'Valentini, M. (2023). Mesoscopic phenomena in hybrid semiconductor-superconductor
nanodevices : From full-shell nanowires to two-dimensional hole gas in germanium.
Institute of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:13286'
chicago: 'Valentini, Marco. “Mesoscopic Phenomena in Hybrid Semiconductor-Superconductor
Nanodevices : From Full-Shell Nanowires to Two-Dimensional Hole Gas in Germanium.”
Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:13286.'
ieee: 'M. Valentini, “Mesoscopic phenomena in hybrid semiconductor-superconductor
nanodevices : From full-shell nanowires to two-dimensional hole gas in germanium,”
Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023.'
ista: 'Valentini M. 2023. Mesoscopic phenomena in hybrid semiconductor-superconductor
nanodevices : From full-shell nanowires to two-dimensional hole gas in germanium.
Institute of Science and Technology Austria.'
mla: 'Valentini, Marco. Mesoscopic Phenomena in Hybrid Semiconductor-Superconductor
Nanodevices : From Full-Shell Nanowires to Two-Dimensional Hole Gas in Germanium.
Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023, doi:10.15479/at:ista:13286.'
short: 'M. Valentini, Mesoscopic Phenomena in Hybrid Semiconductor-Superconductor
Nanodevices : From Full-Shell Nanowires to Two-Dimensional Hole Gas in Germanium,
Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023.'
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text: "Social insects fight disease using their individual immune systems and the
cooperative\r\nsanitary behaviors of colony members. These social defenses are
well explored against\r\nexternally-infecting pathogens, but little is known about
defense strategies against\r\ninternally-infecting pathogens, such as viruses.
Viruses are ubiquitous and in the last decades\r\nit has become evident that also
many ant species harbor viruses. We present one of the first\r\nstudies addressing
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on a mechanistic level. I successfully established an experimental ant host –
viral\r\npathogen system as a model for the defense strategies used by social
insects against internal\r\npathogen infections, as outlined in the third chapter.
In particular, we studied how garden ants\r\n(Lasius neglectus) defend themselves
and their colonies against the generalist insect virus\r\nCrPV (cricket paralysis
virus). We chose microinjections of virus directly into the ants’\r\nhemolymph
because it allowed us to use a defined exposure dose. Here we show that this is
a\r\ngood model system, as the virus is replicating and thus infecting the host.
The ants mount a\r\nclear individual immune response against the viral infection,
which is characterized by a\r\nspecific siRNA pattern, namely siRNAs mapping against
the viral genome with a peak of 21\r\nand 22 bp long fragments. The onset of this
immune response is consistent with the timeline\r\nof viral replication that starts
already within two days post injection. The disease manifests in\r\ndecreased
survival over a course of two to three weeks.\r\nRegarding group living, we find
that infected ants show a strong individual immune response,\r\nbut that their
course of disease is little affected by nestmate presence, as described in chapter\r\nfour.
Hence, we do not find social immunity in the context of viral infections in ants.\r\nNestmates,
however, can contract the virus. Using Drosophila S2R+ cells in culture, we\r\nshowed
that 94 % of the nestmates contract active virus within four days of social contact
to\r\nan infected individual. Virus is transmitted in low doses, thus not causing
disease\r\ntransmission within the colony. While virus can be transmitted during
short direct contacts,\r\nwe also assume transmission from deceased ants and show
that the nestmates’ immune\r\nsystem gets activated after contracting a low viral
dose. We find considerable potential for\r\nindirect transmission via the nest
space. Virus is shed to the nest, where it stays viable for one\r\nweek and is
also picked up by other ants. Apart from that, we want to underline the potential\r\nof
ant poison as antiviral agent. We determined that ant poison successfully inactivates
CrPV\r\nin vitro. However, we found no evidence for effective poison use to sanitize
the nest space.\r\nOn the other hand, local application of ant poison by oral
poison uptake, which is part of the\r\nants prophylactic behavioral repertoire,
probably contributes to keeping the gut of each\r\nindividual sanitized. We hypothesize
that oral poison uptake might be the reason why we did\r\nnot find viable virus
in the trophallactic fluid.\r\nThe fifth chapter encompasses preliminary data
on potential social immunization. However,\r\nour experiments do not confirm an
actual survival benefit for the nestmates upon pathogen\r\nchallenge under the
given experimental settings. Nevertheless, we do not want to rule out the\r\npossibility
for nestmate immunization, but rather emphasize that considering different\r\nexperimental
timelines and viral doses would provide a multitude of options for follow-up\r\nexperiments.\r\nIn
conclusion, we find that prophylactic individual behaviors, such as oral poison
uptake,\r\nmight play a role in preventing viral disease transmission. Compared
to colony defense\r\nagainst external pathogens, internal pathogen infections
require a stronger component of\r\nindividual physiological immunity than behavioral
social immunity, yet could still lead to\r\ncollective protection."
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2023. doi:10.15479/at:ista:13984
apa: Franschitz, A. (2023). Individual and social immunity against viral infections
in ants. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:13984
chicago: Franschitz, Anna. “Individual and Social Immunity against Viral Infections
in Ants.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:13984.
ieee: A. Franschitz, “Individual and social immunity against viral infections in
ants,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023.
ista: Franschitz A. 2023. Individual and social immunity against viral infections
in ants. Institute of Science and Technology Austria.
mla: Franschitz, Anna. Individual and Social Immunity against Viral Infections
in Ants. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023, doi:10.15479/at:ista:13984.
short: A. Franschitz, Individual and Social Immunity against Viral Infections in
Ants, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023.
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in pattern formation within developing tissues. In addition to patterning, morphogens
also control tissue growth. However, the underlying mechanisms are poorly understood.
We studied the role of morphogens in regulating tissue growth in the developing
vertebrate neural tube. In this system, opposing morphogen gradients of Shh and
BMP establish the dorsoventral pattern of neural progenitor domains. Perturbations
in these morphogen pathways result in alterations in tissue growth and cell cycle
progression, however, it has been unclear what cellular process is affected. To
address this, we analysed the rates of cell proliferation and cell death in mouse
mutants in which signaling is perturbed, as well as in chick neural plate explants
exposed to defined concentrations of signaling activators or inhibitors. Our results
indicated that the rate of cell proliferation was not altered in these assays.
By contrast, both the Shh and BMP signaling pathways had profound effects on neural
progenitor survival. Our results indicate that these pathways synergise to promote
cell survival within neural progenitors. Consistent with this, we found that progenitors
within the intermediate region of the neural tube, where the combined levels of
Shh and BMP are the lowest, are most prone to cell death when signaling activity
is inhibited. In addition, we found that downregulation of Shh results in increased
apoptosis within the roof plate, which is the dorsal source of BMP ligand production.
This revealed a cross-interaction between the Shh and BMP morphogen signaling
pathways that may be relevant for understanding how gradients scale in neural
tubes with different overall sizes. We further studied the mechanism acting downstream
of Shh in cell survival regulation using genetic and genomic approaches. We propose
that Shh transcriptionally regulates a non-canonical apoptotic pathway. Altogether,
our study points to a novel role of opposing morphogen gradients in tissue size
regulation and provides new insights into complex interactions between Shh and
BMP signaling gradients in the neural tube.
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apa: Kuzmicz-Kowalska, K. (2023). Regulation of neural progenitor survival by
Shh and BMP in the developing spinal cord. Institute of Science and Technology
Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:14323
chicago: Kuzmicz-Kowalska, Katarzyna. “Regulation of Neural Progenitor Survival
by Shh and BMP in the Developing Spinal Cord.” Institute of Science and Technology
Austria, 2023. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:14323.
ieee: K. Kuzmicz-Kowalska, “Regulation of neural progenitor survival by Shh and
BMP in the developing spinal cord,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria,
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ista: Kuzmicz-Kowalska K. 2023. Regulation of neural progenitor survival by Shh
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BMP in the Developing Spinal Cord, Institute of Science and Technology Austria,
2023.
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evolution problems, such as the two-phase Navier–Stokes flow with surface tension
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latter. Furthermore, we discuss a variational approach to the study of a class
of doubly nonlinear wave equations.\r\nFirst, we consider the two-phase Navier–Stokes
flow with surface tension within a bounded domain. The two fluids are immiscible
and separated by a sharp interface, which intersects the boundary of the domain
at a constant contact angle of ninety degree. We devise a suitable concept of
varifolds solutions for the associated interface evolution problem and we establish
a weak-strong uniqueness principle in case of a two dimensional ambient space.
In order to focus on the boundary effects and on the singular geometry of the
evolving domains, we work for simplicity in the regime of same viscosities for
the two fluids.\r\nThe core of the thesis consists in the rigorous proof of the
convergence of the vectorial Allen-Cahn equation towards multiphase mean curvature
flow for a suitable class of multi- well potentials and for well-prepared initial
data. We even establish a rate of convergence. Our relative energy approach relies
on the concept of gradient-flow calibration for branching singularities in multiphase
mean curvature flow and thus enables us to overcome the limitations of other approaches.
To the best of the author’s knowledge, our result is the first quantitative and
unconditional one available in the literature for the vectorial/multiphase setting.\r\nThis
thesis also contains a first study of weak-strong stability for planar multiphase
mean curvature flow beyond the singularity resulting from a topology change. Previous
weak-strong results are indeed limited to time horizons before the first topology
change of the strong solution. We consider circular topology changes and we prove
weak-strong stability for BV solutions to planar multiphase mean curvature flow
beyond the associated singular times by dynamically adapting the strong solutions
to the weak one by means of a space-time shift.\r\nIn the context of interface
evolution problems, our proofs for the main results of this thesis are based on
the relative energy technique, relying on novel suitable notions of relative energy
functionals, which in particular measure the interface error. Our statements follow
from the resulting stability estimates for the relative energy associated to the
problem.\r\nAt last, we introduce a variational approach to the study of nonlinear
evolution problems. This approach hinges on the minimization of a parameter dependent
family of convex functionals over entire trajectories, known as Weighted Inertia-Dissipation-Energy
(WIDE) functionals. We consider a class of doubly nonlinear wave equations and
establish the convergence, up to subsequences, of the associated WIDE minimizers
to a solution of the target problem as the parameter goes to zero."
acknowledgement: The research projects contained in this thesis have received funding
from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020
research and innovation programme (grant agreement No 948819).
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evolution problems in fluid mechanics and in material sciences,” Institute of
Science and Technology Austria, 2023.
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interface evolution problems in fluid mechanics and in material sciences. Institute
of Science and Technology Austria.
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Interface Evolution Problems in Fluid Mechanics and in Material Sciences.
Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023, doi:10.15479/at:ista:14587.
short: A. Marveggio, Weak-Strong Stability and Phase-Field Approximation of Interface
Evolution Problems in Fluid Mechanics and in Material Sciences, Institute of Science
and Technology Austria, 2023.
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network consisting of proteins, polysaccharides, and water. It provides structural
scaffolding for the cells embedded within it and is essential in regulating numerous
physiological processes, including cell migration and proliferation, wound healing,
and stem cell fate. \r\nDespite extensive study, detailed structural knowledge
of ECM components in physiologically relevant conditions is still rudimentary.
This is due to methodological limitations in specimen preparation protocols which
are incompatible with keeping large samples, such as the ECM, in their native
state for subsequent imaging. Conventional electron microscopy (EM) techniques
rely on fixation, dehydration, contrasting, and sectioning. This results in the
alteration of a highly hydrated environment and the potential introduction of
artifacts. Other structural biology techniques, such as nuclear magnetic resonance
(NMR) spectroscopy and X-ray crystallography, allow high-resolution analysis of
protein structures but only work on homogenous and purified samples, hence lacking
contextual information. Currently, no approach exists for the ultrastructural
and structural study of extracellular components under native conditions in a
physiological, 3D environment. \r\nIn this thesis, I have developed a workflow
that allows for the ultrastructural analysis of the ECM in near-native conditions
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novel specimen preparation workflow for cell-derived matrices (CDMs) to render
them compatible with ion-beam milling and subsequent high-resolution cryo-electron
tomography (ET). \r\nTo this end, I have established protocols to generate CDMs
grown over several weeks on EM grids that are compatible with downstream cryo-EM
sample preparation and imaging techniques. Characterization of these ECMs confirmed
that they contain essential ECM components such as collagen I, collagen VI, and
fibronectin I in high abundance and hence represent a bona fide biologically-relevant
sample. I successfully optimized vitrification of these specimens by testing various
vitrification techniques and cryoprotectants. \r\nIn order to obtain high-resolution
molecular insights into the ultrastructure and organization of CDMs, I established
cryo-focused ion beam scanning electron microscopy (FIBSEM) on these challenging
and complex specimens. I explored different approaches for the creation of thin
cryo-lamellae by FIB milling and succeeded in optimizing the cryo-lift-out technique,
resulting in high-quality lamellae of approximately 200 nm thickness. \r\nHigh-resolution
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CDM in the context of matrix-secreting cells. This allowed for the in situ visualization
of fibrillar matrix proteins such as collagen, laying the foundation for future
structural and ultrastructural characterization of these proteins in their near-native
environment. \r\nIn summary, in this thesis, I present a novel workflow that combines
state-of-the-art cryo-EM specimen preparation and imaging technologies to permit
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This innovative and highly versatile workflow will enable addressing far-reaching
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matrix by cryo-electron tomography. 2023. doi:10.15479/at:ista:12491
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extracellular matrix by cryo-electron tomography. Institute of Science and
Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:12491
chicago: Zens, Bettina. “Ultrastructural Characterization of Natively Preserved
Extracellular Matrix by Cryo-Electron Tomography.” Institute of Science and Technology
Austria, 2023. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:12491.
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matrix by cryo-electron tomography,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria,
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Matrix by Cryo-Electron Tomography. Institute of Science and Technology Austria,
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Matrix by Cryo-Electron Tomography, Institute of Science and Technology Austria,
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of smooth\r\nfunctions to generalize the medial axis to critical points of index
larger than 0.\r\nWe construct and implement a general purpose algorithm for approximating
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text: "The brain is an exceptionally sophisticated organ consisting of billions
of cells and trillions of \r\nconnections that orchestrate our cognition and behavior.
To decode its complex connectivity, it is \r\npivotal to disentangle its intricate
architecture spanning from cm-sized circuits down to tens of \r\nnm-small synapses.\r\nTo
achieve this goal, I developed CATS – Comprehensive Analysis of nervous Tissue
across \r\nScales, a versatile toolbox for obtaining a holistic view of nervous
tissue context with (super\x02resolution) fluorescence microscopy. CATS combines
comprehensive labeling of the extracellular\r\nspace, that is compatible with
chemical fixation, with information on molecular markers, super\x02resolved data
acquisition and machine-learning based data analysis for segmentation and synapse
\r\nidentification.\r\nI used CATS to analyze key features of nervous tissue connectivity,
ranging from whole tissue \r\narchitecture, neuronal in- and output-fields, down
to synapse morphology.\r\nFocusing on the hippocampal circuitry, I quantified
synaptic transmission properties of mossy \r\nfiber boutons and analyzed the connectivity
pattern of dentate gyrus granule cells with CA3 \r\npyramidal neurons. This shows
that CATS is a viable tool to study hallmarks of neuronal \r\nconnectivity with
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of nervous tissue organization with light microscopy. Institute of Science
and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:12470
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of Nervous Tissue Organization with Light Microscopy.” Institute of Science and
Technology Austria, 2023. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:12470.
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Austria, 2023.
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nervous tissue organization with light microscopy. Institute of Science and Technology
Austria.
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Nervous Tissue Organization with Light Microscopy. Institute of Science and
Technology Austria, 2023, doi:10.15479/at:ista:12470.
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Tissue Organization with Light Microscopy, Institute of Science and Technology
Austria, 2023.
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text: "All visual experiences of the vertebrates begin with light being converted
into electrical signals\r\nby the eye retina. Retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) are
the neurons of the innermost layer of the\r\nmammal retina, and they transmit
visual information to the rest of the brain.\r\nIt has been shown that RGCs vary
in their morphology and genetic profiles, moreover they can\r\nbe unambiguously
grouped into subtypes that share the same morphological and/or molecular\r\nproperties.
However, in terms of RGCs function, it remains unclear how many distinct types\r\nthere
are and what response properties their typology relies on. Even given the recent
studies\r\nthat successfully classified RGCs in a patch of the retina [1] and
in scotopic conditions [2], the\r\nquestion remains whether the found subtypes
persist across the entire retina.\r\nIn this work, using a novel imaging method,
we show that, when sampled from a large portion\r\nof the retina, RGCs can not
be clearly divided into functional subtypes. We found that in\r\nphotopic conditions,
which implies more prominent natural scene statistic differences across\r\nthe
visual field, response properties can be exhibited by cells differently depending
on their\r\nlocation in the retina, which leads to formation of a gradient of
features rather than distinct\r\nclasses.\r\nThis finding suggests that RGCs follow
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RGC subtype to the requirements imposed by the natural scene statistics."
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mla: Kirillova, Kseniia. Panoramic Functional Gradients across the Mouse Retina.
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of Science and Technology Austria, 2023.
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text: 'The evolutionary processes that brought about today’s plethora of living
species and the many billions more ancient ones all underlie biology. Evolutionary
pathways are neither directed nor deterministic, but rather an interplay between
selection, migration, mutation, genetic drift and other environmental factors.
Hybrid zones, as natural crossing experiments, offer a great opportunity to use
cline analysis to deduce different evolutionary processes - for example, selection
strength. Theoretical cline models, largely assuming uniform distribution of individuals,
often lack the capability of incorporating population structure. Since in reality
organisms mostly live in patchy distributions and their dispersal is hardly ever
Gaussian, it is necessary to unravel the effect of these different elements of
population structure on cline parameters and shape. In this thesis, I develop
a simulation inspired by the A. majus hybrid zone of a single selected locus under
frequency dependent selection. This simulation enables us to untangle the effects
of different elements of population structure as for example a low-density center
and long-range dispersal. This thesis is therefore a first step towards theoretically
untangling the effects of different elements of population structure on cline
parameters and shape. '
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Austria.
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at Selected Loci in the A. Majus Hybrid Zone. Institute of Science and Technology
Austria, 2023, doi:10.15479/at:ista:12800.
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at Selected Loci in the A. Majus Hybrid Zone, Institute of Science and Technology
Austria, 2023.
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apa: Gnyliukh, N. (2023). Mechanism of clathrin-coated vesicle formation during
endocytosis in plants. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:14510
chicago: Gnyliukh, Nataliia. “Mechanism of Clathrin-Coated Vesicle Formation during
Endocytosis in Plants.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:14510.
ieee: N. Gnyliukh, “Mechanism of clathrin-coated vesicle formation during endocytosis
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ista: Gnyliukh N. 2023. Mechanism of clathrin-coated vesicle formation during endocytosis
in plants. Institute of Science and Technology Austria.
mla: Gnyliukh, Nataliia. Mechanism of Clathrin-Coated Vesicle Formation during
Endocytosis in Plants. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023,
doi:10.15479/at:ista:14510.
short: N. Gnyliukh, Mechanism of Clathrin-Coated Vesicle Formation during Endocytosis
in Plants, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023.
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keyword:
- Clathrin-Mediated Endocytosis
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- Dynamin-Related Protein 2
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last_name: Friml
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text: "Inverse design problems in fabrication-aware shape optimization are typically
solved on discrete representations such as polygonal meshes. This thesis argues
that there are benefits to treating these problems in the same domain as human
designers, namely, the parametric one. One reason is that discretizing a parametric
model usually removes the capability of making further manual changes to the design,
because the human intent is captured by the shape parameters. Beyond this, knowledge
about a design problem can sometimes reveal a structure that is present in a smooth
representation, but is fundamentally altered by discretizing. In this case, working
in the parametric domain may even simplify the optimization task. We present two
lines of research that explore both of these aspects of fabrication-aware shape
optimization on parametric representations.\r\n\r\nThe first project studies the
design of plane elastic curves and Kirchhoff rods, which are common mathematical
models for describing the deformation of thin elastic rods such as beams, ribbons,
cables, and hair. Our main contribution is a characterization of all curved shapes
that can be attained by bending and twisting elastic rods having a stiffness that
is allowed to vary across the length. Elements like these can be manufactured
using digital fabrication devices such as 3d printers and digital cutters, and
have applications in free-form architecture and soft robotics.\r\n\r\nWe show
that the family of curved shapes that can be produced this way admits geometric
description that is concise and computationally convenient. In the case of plane
curves, the geometric description is intuitive enough to allow a designer to determine
whether a curved shape is physically achievable by visual inspection alone. We
also present shape optimization algorithms that convert a user-defined curve in
the plane or in three dimensions into the geometry of an elastic rod that will
naturally deform to follow this curve when its endpoints are attached to a support
structure. Implemented in an interactive software design tool, the rod geometry
is generated in real time as the user edits a curve and enables fast prototyping.
\r\n\r\nThe second project tackles the problem of general-purpose shape optimization
on CAD models using a novel variant of the extended finite element method (XFEM).
Our goal is the decoupling between the simulation mesh and the CAD model, so no
geometry-dependent meshing or remeshing needs to be performed when the CAD parameters
change during optimization. This is achieved by discretizing the embedding space
of the CAD model, and using a new high-accuracy numerical integration method to
enable XFEM on free-form elements bounded by the parametric surface patches of
the model. Our simulation is differentiable from the CAD parameters to the simulation
output, which enables us to use off-the-shelf gradient-based optimization procedures.
The result is a method that fits seamlessly into the CAD workflow because it works
on the same representation as the designer, enabling the alternation of manual
editing and fabrication-aware optimization at will."
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Rods and parametric surface models. 2023. doi:10.15479/at:ista:12897'
apa: 'Hafner, C. (2023). Inverse shape design with parametric representations:
Kirchhoff Rods and parametric surface models. Institute of Science and Technology
Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:12897'
chicago: 'Hafner, Christian. “Inverse Shape Design with Parametric Representations:
Kirchhoff Rods and Parametric Surface Models.” Institute of Science and Technology
Austria, 2023. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:12897.'
ieee: 'C. Hafner, “Inverse shape design with parametric representations: Kirchhoff
Rods and parametric surface models,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria,
2023.'
ista: 'Hafner C. 2023. Inverse shape design with parametric representations: Kirchhoff
Rods and parametric surface models. Institute of Science and Technology Austria.'
mla: 'Hafner, Christian. Inverse Shape Design with Parametric Representations:
Kirchhoff Rods and Parametric Surface Models. Institute of Science and Technology
Austria, 2023, doi:10.15479/at:ista:12897.'
short: 'C. Hafner, Inverse Shape Design with Parametric Representations: Kirchhoff
Rods and Parametric Surface Models, Institute of Science and Technology Austria,
2023.'
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text: "In this thesis, we study two of the most important questions in Arithmetic
geometry: that of the existence and density of solutions to Diophantine equations.
In order for a Diophantine equation to have any solutions over the rational numbers,
it must have solutions everywhere locally, i.e., over R and over Qp for every
prime p. The converse, called the Hasse principle, is known to fail in general.
However, it is still a central question in Arithmetic geometry to determine for
which varieties the Hasse principle does hold. In this work, we establish the
Hasse principle for a wide new family of varieties of the form f(t) = NK/Q(x)
̸= 0, where f is a polynomial with integer coefficients and NK/Q denotes the norm\r\nform
associated to a number field K. Our results cover products of arbitrarily many
linear, quadratic or cubic factors, and generalise an argument of Irving [69],
which makes use of the beta sieve of Rosser and Iwaniec. We also demonstrate how
our main sieve results can be applied to treat new cases of a conjecture of Harpaz
and Wittenberg on locally split values of polynomials over number fields, and
discuss consequences for rational points in fibrations.\r\nIn the second question,
about the density of solutions, one defines a height function and seeks to estimate
asymptotically the number of points of height bounded by B as B → ∞. Traditionally,
one either counts rational points, or\r\nintegral points with respect to a suitable
model. However, in this thesis, we study an emerging area of interest in Arithmetic
geometry known as Campana points, which in some sense interpolate between rational
and integral points.\r\nMore precisely, we count the number of nonzero integers
z1, z2, z3 such that gcd(z1, z2, z3) = 1, and z1, z2, z3, z1 + z2 + z3 are all
squareful and bounded by B. Using the circle method, we obtain an asymptotic formula
which agrees in\r\nthe power of B and log B with a bold new generalisation of
Manin’s conjecture to the setting of Campana points, recently formulated by Pieropan,
Smeets, Tanimoto and Várilly-Alvarado [96]. However, in this thesis we also provide
the first known counterexamples to leading constant predicted by their conjecture. "
acknowledgement: I acknowledge the received funding from the European Union’s Horizon
2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Sklodowska Curie Grant Agreement
No. 665385.
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forms to Campana points. 2022. doi:10.15479/at:ista:12072'
apa: 'Shute, A. L. (2022). Existence and density problems in Diophantine geometry:
From norm forms to Campana points. Institute of Science and Technology Austria.
https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:12072'
chicago: 'Shute, Alec L. “Existence and Density Problems in Diophantine Geometry:
From Norm Forms to Campana Points.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria,
2022. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:12072.'
ieee: 'A. L. Shute, “Existence and density problems in Diophantine geometry: From
norm forms to Campana points,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2022.'
ista: 'Shute AL. 2022. Existence and density problems in Diophantine geometry: From
norm forms to Campana points. Institute of Science and Technology Austria.'
mla: 'Shute, Alec L. Existence and Density Problems in Diophantine Geometry:
From Norm Forms to Campana Points. Institute of Science and Technology Austria,
2022, doi:10.15479/at:ista:12072.'
short: 'A.L. Shute, Existence and Density Problems in Diophantine Geometry: From
Norm Forms to Campana Points, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2022.'
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text: "In this dissertation we study coboundary expansion of simplicial complex
with a view of giving geometric applications.\r\nOur main novel tool is an equivariant
version of Gromov's celebrated Topological Overlap Theorem. The equivariant topological
overlap theorem leads to various geometric applications including a quantitative
non-embeddability result for sufficiently thick buildings (which partially resolves
a conjecture of Tancer and Vorwerk) and an improved lower bound on the pair-crossing
number of (bounded degree) expander graphs. Additionally, we will give new proofs
for several known lower bounds for geometric problems such as the number of Tverberg
partitions or the crossing number of complete bipartite graphs.\r\nFor the aforementioned
applications one is naturally lead to study expansion properties of joins of simplicial
complexes. In the presence of a special certificate for expansion (as it is the
case, e.g., for spherical buildings), the join of two expanders is an expander.
On the flip-side, we report quite some evidence that coboundary expansion exhibits
very non-product-like behaviour under taking joins. For instance, we exhibit infinite
families of graphs $(G_n)_{n\\in \\mathbb{N}}$ and $(H_n)_{n\\in\\mathbb{N}}$
whose join $G_n*H_n$ has expansion of lower order than the product of the expansion
constant of the graphs. Moreover, we show an upper bound of $(d+1)/2^d$ on the
normalized coboundary expansion constants for the complete multipartite complex
$[n]^{*(d+1)}$ (under a mild divisibility condition on $n$).\r\nVia the probabilistic
method the latter result extends to an upper bound of $(d+1)/2^d+\\varepsilon$
on the coboundary expansion constant of the spherical building associated with
$\\mathrm{PGL}_{d+2}(\\mathbb{F}_q)$ for any $\\varepsilon>0$ and sufficiently
large $q=q(\\varepsilon)$. This disproves a conjecture of Lubotzky, Meshulam and
Mozes -- in a rather strong sense.\r\nBy improving on existing lower bounds we
make further progress towards closing the gap between the known lower and upper
bounds on the coboundary expansion constants of $[n]^{*(d+1)}$. The best improvements
we achieve using computer-aided proofs and flag algebras. The exact value even
for the complete $3$-partite $2$-dimensional complex $[n]^{*3}$ remains unknown
but we are happy to conjecture a precise value for every $n$. %Moreover, we show
that a previously shown lower bound on the expansion constant of the spherical
building associated with $\\mathrm{PGL}_{2}(\\mathbb{F}_q)$ is not tight.\r\nIn
a loosely structured, last chapter of this thesis we collect further smaller observations
related to expansion. We point out a link between discrete Morse theory and a
technique for showing coboundary expansion, elaborate a bit on the hardness of
computing coboundary expansion constants, propose a new criterion for coboundary
expansion (in a very dense setting) and give one way of making the folklore result
that expansion of links is a necessary condition for a simplicial complex to be
an expander precise."
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complexes. Institute of Science and Technology. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:11777
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Complexes.” Institute of Science and Technology, 2022. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:11777.
ieee: P. Wild, “High-dimensional expansion and crossing numbers of simplicial complexes,”
Institute of Science and Technology, 2022.
ista: Wild P. 2022. High-dimensional expansion and crossing numbers of simplicial
complexes. Institute of Science and Technology.
mla: Wild, Pascal. High-Dimensional Expansion and Crossing Numbers of Simplicial
Complexes. Institute of Science and Technology, 2022, doi:10.15479/at:ista:11777.
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Institute of Science and Technology, 2022.
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text: "Although we often see studies focusing on simple or even discrete traits
in studies of colouration,\r\nthe variation of “appearance” phenotypes found in
nature is often more complex, continuous\r\nand high-dimensional. Therefore, we
developed automated methods suitable for large datasets\r\nof genomes and images,
striving to account for their complex nature, while minimising human\r\nbias.
We used these methods on a dataset of more than 20, 000 plant SNP genomes and\r\ncorresponding
fower images from a hybrid zone of two subspecies of Antirrhinum majus with\r\ndistinctly
coloured fowers to improve our understanding of the genetic nature of the fower\r\ncolour
in our study system.\r\nFirstly, we use the advantage of large numbers of genotyped
plants to estimate the haplotypes in\r\nthe main fower colour regulating region.
We study colour- and geography-related characteristics\r\nof the estimated haplotypes
and how they connect to their relatedness. We show discrepancies\r\nfrom the expected
fower colour distributions given the genotype and identify particular\r\nhaplotypes
leading to unexpected phenotypes. We also confrm a signifcant defcit of the\r\ndouble
recessive recombinant and quite surprisingly, we show that haplotypes of the most\r\nfrequent
parental type are much less variable than others.\r\nSecondly, we introduce our
pipeline capable of processing tens of thousands of full fower\r\nimages without
human interaction and summarising each image into a set of informative scores.\r\nWe
show the compatibility of these machine-measured fower colour scores with the
previously\r\nused manual scores and study impact of external efect on the resulting
scores. Finally, we use\r\nthe machine-measured fower colour scores to ft and
examine a phenotype cline across the\r\nhybrid zone in Planoles using full fower
images as opposed to discrete, manual scores and\r\ncompare it with the genotypic
cline."
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evolution. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:11128
chicago: Matejovicova, Lenka. “Genetic Basis of Flower Colour as a Model for Adaptive
Evolution.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2022. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:11128.
ieee: L. Matejovicova, “Genetic basis of flower colour as a model for adaptive evolution,”
Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2022.
ista: Matejovicova L. 2022. Genetic basis of flower colour as a model for adaptive
evolution. Institute of Science and Technology Austria.
mla: Matejovicova, Lenka. Genetic Basis of Flower Colour as a Model for Adaptive
Evolution. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2022, doi:10.15479/at:ista:11128.
short: L. Matejovicova, Genetic Basis of Flower Colour as a Model for Adaptive Evolution,
Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2022.
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text: "G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) respond to specific ligands and regulate
multiple processes ranging from cell growth and immune responses to neuronal signal
transmission. However, ligands for many GPCRs remain unknown, suffer from off-target
effects or have poor bioavailability. Additional challenges exist to dissect cell-type
specific responses when the same GPCR is expressed on several cell types within
the body. Here, we overcome these limitations by engineering DREADD-based GPCR
chimeras that selectively bind their agonist clozapine-N-oxide (CNO) and mimic
a GPCR-of-interest in a desired cell type.\r\nWe validated our approach with β2-adrenergic
receptor (β2AR/ADRB2) and show that our chimeric DREADD-β2AR triggers comparable
responses on second messenger and kinase activity, post-translational modifications,
and protein-protein interactions. Since β2AR is also enriched in microglia, which
can drive inflammation in the central nervous system, we expressed chimeric DREADD-β2AR
in primary microglia and successfully recapitulate β2AR-mediated filopodia formation
through CNO stimulation. To dissect the role of selected GPCRs during microglial
inflammation, we additionally generated DREADD-based chimeras for microglia-enriched
GPR65 and GPR109A/HCAR2. In a microglia cell line, DREADD-β2AR and DREADD-GPR65
both modulated the inflammatory response with a similar profile as endogenously
expressed β2AR, while DREADD-GPR109A showed no impact.\r\nOur DREADD-based approach
provides the means to obtain mechanistic and functional insights into GPCR signaling
on a cell-type specific level."
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- ISTA Thesis
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ama: Schulz R. Chimeric G protein-coupled receptors mimic distinct signaling pathways
and modulate microglia function. 2022. doi:10.15479/at:ista:11945
apa: Schulz, R. (2022). Chimeric G protein-coupled receptors mimic distinct signaling
pathways and modulate microglia function. Institute of Science and Technology
Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:11945
chicago: Schulz, Rouven. “Chimeric G Protein-Coupled Receptors Mimic Distinct Signaling
Pathways and Modulate Microglia Function.” Institute of Science and Technology
Austria, 2022. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:11945.
ieee: R. Schulz, “Chimeric G protein-coupled receptors mimic distinct signaling
pathways and modulate microglia function,” Institute of Science and Technology
Austria, 2022.
ista: Schulz R. 2022. Chimeric G protein-coupled receptors mimic distinct signaling
pathways and modulate microglia function. Institute of Science and Technology
Austria.
mla: Schulz, Rouven. Chimeric G Protein-Coupled Receptors Mimic Distinct Signaling
Pathways and Modulate Microglia Function. Institute of Science and Technology
Austria, 2022, doi:10.15479/at:ista:11945.
short: R. Schulz, Chimeric G Protein-Coupled Receptors Mimic Distinct Signaling
Pathways and Modulate Microglia Function, Institute of Science and Technology
Austria, 2022.
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text: "The scope of this thesis is to study quantum systems exhibiting a continuous
symmetry that\r\nis broken on the level of the corresponding effective theory.
In particular we are going to\r\ninvestigate translation-invariant Bose gases
in the mean field limit, effectively described by\r\nthe Hartree functional, and
the Fröhlich Polaron in the regime of strong coupling, effectively\r\ndescribed
by the Pekar functional. The latter is a model describing the interaction between
a\r\ncharged particle and the optical modes of a polar crystal. Regarding the
former, we assume in\r\naddition that the particles in the gas are unconfined,
and typically we will consider particles\r\nthat are subject to an attractive
interaction. In both cases the ground state energy of the\r\nHamiltonian is not
a proper eigenvalue due to the underlying translation-invariance, while on\r\nthe
contrary there exists a whole invariant orbit of minimizers for the corresponding
effective\r\nfunctionals. Both, the absence of proper eigenstates and the broken
symmetry of the effective\r\ntheory, make the study significantly more involved
and it is the content of this thesis to\r\ndevelop a frameworks which allows for
a systematic way to circumvent these issues.\r\nIt is a well-established result
that the ground state energy of Bose gases in the mean field limit,\r\nas well
as the ground state energy of the Fröhlich Polaron in the regime of strong coupling,
is\r\nto leading order given by the minimal energy of the corresponding effective
theory. As part\r\nof this thesis we identify the sub-leading term in the expansion
of the ground state energy,\r\nwhich can be interpreted as the quantum correction
to the classical energy, since the effective\r\ntheories under consideration can
be seen as classical counterparts.\r\nWe are further going to establish an asymptotic
expression for the energy-momentum relation\r\nof the Fröhlich Polaron in the
strong coupling limit. In the regime of suitably small momenta,\r\nthis asymptotic
expression agrees with the energy-momentum relation of a free particle having\r\nan
effectively increased mass, and we find that this effectively increased mass agrees
with the\r\nconjectured value in the physics literature.\r\nIn addition we will
discuss two unrelated papers written by the author during his stay at ISTA\r\nin
the appendix. The first one concerns the realization of anyons, which are quasi-particles\r\nacquiring
a non-trivial phase under the exchange of two particles, as molecular impurities.\r\nThe
second one provides a classification of those vector fields defined on a given
manifold\r\nthat can be written as the gradient of a given functional with respect
to a suitable metric,\r\nprovided that some mild smoothness assumptions hold.
This classification is subsequently\r\nused to identify those quantum Markov semigroups
that can be written as a gradient flow of\r\nthe relative entropy.\r\n"
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author:
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Symmetry. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2022, doi:10.15479/at:ista:12390.
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Symmetry, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2022.
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text: "Metazoan development relies on the formation and remodeling of cell-cell
contacts. The \r\nbinding of adhesion receptors and remodeling of the actomyosin
cell cortex at cell-cell \r\ninteraction sites have been implicated in cell-cell
contact formation. Yet, how these two \r\nprocesses functionally interact to drive
cell-cell contact expansion and strengthening \r\nremains unclear. Here, we study
how primary germ layer progenitor cells from zebrafish \r\nbind to supported lipid
bilayers (SLB) functionalized with E-cadherin ectodomains as an \r\nassay system
for monitoring cell-cell contact formation at high spatiotemporal resolution.
\r\nWe show that cell-cell contact formation represents a two-tiered process:
E-cadherin\x02mediated downregulation of the small GTPase RhoA at the forming
contact leads to both \r\ndepletion of Myosin-2 and decrease of F-actin. This
is followed by centrifugal actin \r\nnetwork flows at the contact triggered by
a sharp gradient of Myosin-2 at the rim of the \r\ncontact zone, with Myosin-2
displaying higher cortical localization outside than inside of \r\nthe contact.
These centrifugal cortical actin flows, in turn, not only further dilute the actin
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and E\x02cadherin at the contact rim. Eventually, this combination of actomyosin
downregulation \r\nand flows at the contact contribute to the characteristic molecular
organization implicated \r\nin contact formation and maintenance: depletion of
cortical actomyosin at the contact disc, \r\ndriving contact expansion by lowering
interfacial tension at the contact, and accumulation \r\nof both E-cadherin and
F-actin at the contact rim, mechanically linking the contractile \r\ncortices
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and has emerged as the standard problem-solving tool for computer vision and natural
language processing tasks.\r\nOne exception to this trend is safety-critical tasks
where robustness and resilience requirements contradict the black-box nature of
neural networks. \r\nTo deploy deep learning methods for these tasks, it is vital
to provide guarantees on neural network agents' safety and robustness criteria.
\r\nThis can be achieved by developing formal verification methods to verify the
safety and robustness properties of neural networks.\r\n\r\nOur goal is to design,
develop and assess safety verification methods for neural networks to improve
their reliability and trustworthiness in real-world applications.\r\nThis thesis
establishes techniques for the verification of compressed and adversarially trained
models as well as the design of novel neural networks for verifiably safe decision-making.\r\n\r\nFirst,
we establish the problem of verifying quantized neural networks. Quantization
is a technique that trades numerical precision for the computational efficiency
of running a neural network and is widely adopted in industry.\r\nWe show that
neglecting the reduced precision when verifying a neural network can lead to wrong
conclusions about the robustness and safety of the network, highlighting that
novel techniques for quantized network verification are necessary. We introduce
several bit-exact verification methods explicitly designed for quantized neural
networks and experimentally confirm on realistic networks that the network's robustness
and other formal properties are affected by the quantization.\r\n\r\nFurthermore,
we perform a case study providing evidence that adversarial training, a standard
technique for making neural networks more robust, has detrimental effects on the
network's performance. This robustness-accuracy tradeoff has been studied before
regarding the accuracy obtained on classification datasets where each data point
is independent of all other data points. On the other hand, we investigate the
tradeoff empirically in robot learning settings where a both, a high accuracy
and a high robustness, are desirable.\r\nOur results suggest that the negative
side-effects of adversarial training outweigh its robustness benefits in practice.\r\n\r\nFinally,
we consider the problem of verifying safety when running a Bayesian neural network
policy in a feedback loop with systems over the infinite time horizon. Bayesian
neural networks are probabilistic models for learning uncertainties in the data
and are therefore often used on robotic and healthcare applications where data
is inherently stochastic.\r\nWe introduce a method for recalibrating Bayesian
neural networks so that they yield probability distributions over safe decisions
only.\r\nOur method learns a safety certificate that guarantees safety over the
infinite time horizon to determine which decisions are safe in every possible
state of the system.\r\nWe demonstrate the effectiveness of our approach on a
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and Technology Austria, 2022. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:11362.
ieee: M. Lechner, “Learning verifiable representations,” Institute of Science and
Technology Austria, 2022.
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Science and Technology Austria, 2022, doi:10.15479/at:ista:11362.
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