--- _id: '1188' abstract: - lang: eng text: "We consider a population dynamics model coupling cell growth to a diffusion in the space of metabolic phenotypes as it can be obtained from realistic constraints-based modelling. \r\nIn the asymptotic regime of slow\r\ndiffusion, that coincides with the relevant experimental range, the resulting\r\nnon-linear Fokker–Planck equation is solved for the steady state in the WKB\r\napproximation that maps it into the ground state of a quantum particle in an\r\nAiry potential plus a centrifugal term. We retrieve scaling laws for growth rate\r\nfluctuations and time response with respect to the distance from the maximum\r\ngrowth rate suggesting that suboptimal populations can have a faster response\r\nto perturbations." acknowledgement: D De Martino is supported by the People Programme (Marie Curie Actions) of the European Union's Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007–2013) under REA grant agreement no. [291734]. D Masoero is supported by the FCT scholarship, number SFRH/BPD/75908/2011. D De Martino thanks the Grupo de Física Matemática of the Universidade de Lisboa for the kind hospitality. We also wish to thank Matteo Osella, Vincenzo Vitagliano and Vera Luz Masoero for useful discussions, also late at night. article_number: '123502' author: - first_name: Daniele full_name: De Martino, Daniele id: 3FF5848A-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: De Martino orcid: 0000-0002-5214-4706 - first_name: Davide full_name: Masoero, Davide last_name: Masoero citation: ama: 'De Martino D, Masoero D. Asymptotic analysis of noisy fitness maximization, applied to metabolism & growth. Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment. 2016;2016(12). doi:10.1088/1742-5468/aa4e8f' apa: 'De Martino, D., & Masoero, D. (2016). Asymptotic analysis of noisy fitness maximization, applied to metabolism & growth. Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment. IOPscience. https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-5468/aa4e8f' chicago: 'De Martino, Daniele, and Davide Masoero. “Asymptotic Analysis of Noisy Fitness Maximization, Applied to Metabolism & Growth.” Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment. IOPscience, 2016. https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-5468/aa4e8f.' ieee: 'D. De Martino and D. Masoero, “Asymptotic analysis of noisy fitness maximization, applied to metabolism & growth,” Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment, vol. 2016, no. 12. IOPscience, 2016.' ista: 'De Martino D, Masoero D. 2016. Asymptotic analysis of noisy fitness maximization, applied to metabolism & growth. Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment. 2016(12), 123502.' mla: 'De Martino, Daniele, and Davide Masoero. “Asymptotic Analysis of Noisy Fitness Maximization, Applied to Metabolism & Growth.” Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment, vol. 2016, no. 12, 123502, IOPscience, 2016, doi:10.1088/1742-5468/aa4e8f.' short: 'D. De Martino, D. Masoero, Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment 2016 (2016).' date_created: 2018-12-11T11:50:37Z date_published: 2016-12-30T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2021-01-12T06:48:57Z day: '30' department: - _id: GaTk doi: 10.1088/1742-5468/aa4e8f ec_funded: 1 intvolume: ' 2016' issue: '12' language: - iso: eng main_file_link: - open_access: '1' url: https://arxiv.org/abs/1606.09048 month: '12' oa: 1 oa_version: Preprint project: - _id: 25681D80-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: FP7 grant_number: '291734' name: International IST Postdoc Fellowship Programme publication: ' Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment' publication_status: published publisher: IOPscience publist_id: '6165' quality_controlled: '1' scopus_import: 1 status: public title: Asymptotic analysis of noisy fitness maximization, applied to metabolism & growth type: journal_article user_id: 3E5EF7F0-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 volume: 2016 year: '2016' ... --- _id: '1203' abstract: - lang: eng text: Haemophilus haemolyticus has been recently discovered to have the potential to cause invasive disease. It is closely related to nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae (NT H. influenzae). NT H. influenzae and H. haemolyticus are often misidentified because none of the existing tests targeting the known phenotypes of H. haemolyticus are able to specifically identify H. haemolyticus. Through comparative genomic analysis of H. haemolyticus and NT H. influenzae, we identified genes unique to H. haemolyticus that can be used as targets for the identification of H. haemolyticus. A real-time PCR targeting purT (encoding phosphoribosylglycinamide formyltransferase 2 in the purine synthesis pathway) was developed and evaluated. The lower limit of detection was 40 genomes/PCR; the sensitivity and specificity in detecting H. haemolyticus were 98.9% and 97%, respectively. To improve the discrimination of H. haemolyticus and NT H. influenzae, a testing scheme combining two targets (H. haemolyticus purT and H. influenzae hpd, encoding protein D lipoprotein) was also evaluated and showed 96.7% sensitivity and 98.2% specificity for the identification of H. haemolyticus and 92.8% sensitivity and 100% specificity for the identification of H. influenzae, respectively. The dual-target testing scheme can be used for the diagnosis and surveillance of infection and disease caused by H. haemolyticus and NT H. influenzae. acknowledgement: We are grateful to ABCs for providing strains and the Bacterial Meningitis Laboratory for technical support. author: - first_name: Fang full_name: Hu, Fang last_name: Hu - first_name: Lavanya full_name: Rishishwar, Lavanya last_name: Rishishwar - first_name: Ambily full_name: Sivadas, Ambily last_name: Sivadas - first_name: Gabriel full_name: Mitchell, Gabriel id: 315BCD80-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Mitchell - first_name: Jordan full_name: King, Jordan last_name: King - first_name: Timothy full_name: Murphy, Timothy last_name: Murphy - first_name: Janet full_name: Gilsdorf, Janet last_name: Gilsdorf - first_name: Leonard full_name: Mayer, Leonard last_name: Mayer - first_name: Xin full_name: Wang, Xin last_name: Wang citation: ama: Hu F, Rishishwar L, Sivadas A, et al. Comparative genomic analysis of Haemophilus haemolyticus and nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae and a new testing scheme for their discrimination. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 2016;54(12):3010-3017. doi:10.1128/JCM.01511-16 apa: Hu, F., Rishishwar, L., Sivadas, A., Mitchell, G., King, J., Murphy, T., … Wang, X. (2016). Comparative genomic analysis of Haemophilus haemolyticus and nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae and a new testing scheme for their discrimination. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. American Society for Microbiology. https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.01511-16 chicago: Hu, Fang, Lavanya Rishishwar, Ambily Sivadas, Gabriel Mitchell, Jordan King, Timothy Murphy, Janet Gilsdorf, Leonard Mayer, and Xin Wang. “Comparative Genomic Analysis of Haemophilus Haemolyticus and Nontypeable Haemophilus Influenzae and a New Testing Scheme for Their Discrimination.” Journal of Clinical Microbiology. American Society for Microbiology, 2016. https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.01511-16. ieee: F. Hu et al., “Comparative genomic analysis of Haemophilus haemolyticus and nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae and a new testing scheme for their discrimination,” Journal of Clinical Microbiology, vol. 54, no. 12. American Society for Microbiology, pp. 3010–3017, 2016. ista: Hu F, Rishishwar L, Sivadas A, Mitchell G, King J, Murphy T, Gilsdorf J, Mayer L, Wang X. 2016. Comparative genomic analysis of Haemophilus haemolyticus and nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae and a new testing scheme for their discrimination. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 54(12), 3010–3017. mla: Hu, Fang, et al. “Comparative Genomic Analysis of Haemophilus Haemolyticus and Nontypeable Haemophilus Influenzae and a New Testing Scheme for Their Discrimination.” Journal of Clinical Microbiology, vol. 54, no. 12, American Society for Microbiology, 2016, pp. 3010–17, doi:10.1128/JCM.01511-16. short: F. Hu, L. Rishishwar, A. Sivadas, G. Mitchell, J. King, T. Murphy, J. Gilsdorf, L. Mayer, X. Wang, Journal of Clinical Microbiology 54 (2016) 3010–3017. date_created: 2018-12-11T11:50:41Z date_published: 2016-12-01T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2021-01-12T06:49:04Z day: '01' department: - _id: GaTk doi: 10.1128/JCM.01511-16 intvolume: ' 54' issue: '12' language: - iso: eng main_file_link: - open_access: '1' url: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5121393/ month: '12' oa: 1 oa_version: Submitted Version page: 3010 - 3017 publication: Journal of Clinical Microbiology publication_status: published publisher: American Society for Microbiology publist_id: '6146' quality_controlled: '1' scopus_import: 1 status: public title: Comparative genomic analysis of Haemophilus haemolyticus and nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae and a new testing scheme for their discrimination type: journal_article user_id: 3E5EF7F0-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 volume: 54 year: '2016' ... --- _id: '1214' abstract: - lang: eng text: 'With the accelerated development of robot technologies, optimal control becomes one of the central themes of research. In traditional approaches, the controller, by its internal functionality, finds appropriate actions on the basis of the history of sensor values, guided by the goals, intentions, objectives, learning schemes, and so forth. While very successful with classical robots, these methods run into severe difficulties when applied to soft robots, a new field of robotics with large interest for human-robot interaction. We claim that a novel controller paradigm opens new perspective for this field. This paper applies a recently developed neuro controller with differential extrinsic synaptic plasticity to a muscle-tendon driven arm-shoulder system from the Myorobotics toolkit. In the experiments, we observe a vast variety of self-organized behavior patterns: when left alone, the arm realizes pseudo-random sequences of different poses. By applying physical forces, the system can be entrained into definite motion patterns like wiping a table. Most interestingly, after attaching an object, the controller gets in a functional resonance with the object''s internal dynamics, starting to shake spontaneously bottles half-filled with water or sensitively driving an attached pendulum into a circular mode. When attached to the crank of a wheel the neural system independently develops to rotate it. In this way, the robot discovers affordances of objects its body is interacting with.' acknowledgement: RD thanks for the hospitality at the Max-Planck-Institute and for helpful discussions with Nihat Ay and Keyan Zahedi. article_number: '7759138' author: - first_name: Georg S full_name: Martius, Georg S id: 3A276B68-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Martius - first_name: Raphael full_name: Hostettler, Raphael last_name: Hostettler - first_name: Alois full_name: Knoll, Alois last_name: Knoll - first_name: Ralf full_name: Der, Ralf last_name: Der citation: ama: 'Martius GS, Hostettler R, Knoll A, Der R. Compliant control for soft robots: Emergent behavior of a tendon driven anthropomorphic arm. In: Vol 2016-November. IEEE; 2016. doi:10.1109/IROS.2016.7759138' apa: 'Martius, G. S., Hostettler, R., Knoll, A., & Der, R. (2016). Compliant control for soft robots: Emergent behavior of a tendon driven anthropomorphic arm (Vol. 2016–November). Presented at the IEEE RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems IROS , Daejeon, Korea: IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/IROS.2016.7759138' chicago: 'Martius, Georg S, Raphael Hostettler, Alois Knoll, and Ralf Der. “Compliant Control for Soft Robots: Emergent Behavior of a Tendon Driven Anthropomorphic Arm,” Vol. 2016–November. IEEE, 2016. https://doi.org/10.1109/IROS.2016.7759138.' ieee: 'G. S. Martius, R. Hostettler, A. Knoll, and R. Der, “Compliant control for soft robots: Emergent behavior of a tendon driven anthropomorphic arm,” presented at the IEEE RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems IROS , Daejeon, Korea, 2016, vol. 2016–November.' ista: 'Martius GS, Hostettler R, Knoll A, Der R. 2016. Compliant control for soft robots: Emergent behavior of a tendon driven anthropomorphic arm. IEEE RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems IROS vol. 2016–November, 7759138.' mla: 'Martius, Georg S., et al. Compliant Control for Soft Robots: Emergent Behavior of a Tendon Driven Anthropomorphic Arm. Vol. 2016–November, 7759138, IEEE, 2016, doi:10.1109/IROS.2016.7759138.' short: G.S. Martius, R. Hostettler, A. Knoll, R. Der, in:, IEEE, 2016. conference: end_date: 2016-09-14 location: Daejeon, Korea name: 'IEEE RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems IROS ' start_date: 2016-09-09 date_created: 2018-12-11T11:50:45Z date_published: 2016-11-28T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2021-01-12T06:49:08Z day: '28' department: - _id: ChLa - _id: GaTk doi: 10.1109/IROS.2016.7759138 language: - iso: eng month: '11' oa_version: None publication_status: published publisher: IEEE publist_id: '6121' quality_controlled: '1' scopus_import: 1 status: public title: 'Compliant control for soft robots: Emergent behavior of a tendon driven anthropomorphic arm' type: conference user_id: 3E5EF7F0-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 volume: 2016-November year: '2016' ... --- _id: '1220' abstract: - lang: eng text: Theoretical and numerical aspects of aerodynamic efficiency of propulsion systems coupled to the boundary layer of a fuselage are studied. We discuss the effects of local flow fields, which are affected both by conservative flow acceleration as well as total pressure losses, on the efficiency of boundary layer immersed propulsion devices. We introduce the concept of a boundary layer retardation turbine that helps reduce skin friction over the fuselage. We numerically investigate efficiency gains offered by boundary layer and wake interacting devices. We discuss the results in terms of a total energy consumption framework and show that efficiency gains of any device depend on all the other elements of the propulsion system. author: - first_name: Gregor full_name: Mikić, Gregor last_name: Mikić - first_name: Alex full_name: Stoll, Alex last_name: Stoll - first_name: Joe full_name: Bevirt, Joe last_name: Bevirt - first_name: Rok full_name: Grah, Rok id: 483E70DE-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Grah orcid: 0000-0003-2539-3560 - first_name: Mark full_name: Moore, Mark last_name: Moore citation: ama: 'Mikić G, Stoll A, Bevirt J, Grah R, Moore M. Fuselage boundary layer ingestion propulsion applied to a thin haul commuter aircraft for optimal efficiency. In: AIAA; 2016:1-19. doi:10.2514/6.2016-3764' apa: 'Mikić, G., Stoll, A., Bevirt, J., Grah, R., & Moore, M. (2016). Fuselage boundary layer ingestion propulsion applied to a thin haul commuter aircraft for optimal efficiency (pp. 1–19). Presented at the AIAA: Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations Conference, Washington, D.C., USA: AIAA. https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2016-3764' chicago: Mikić, Gregor, Alex Stoll, Joe Bevirt, Rok Grah, and Mark Moore. “Fuselage Boundary Layer Ingestion Propulsion Applied to a Thin Haul Commuter Aircraft for Optimal Efficiency,” 1–19. AIAA, 2016. https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2016-3764. ieee: 'G. Mikić, A. Stoll, J. Bevirt, R. Grah, and M. Moore, “Fuselage boundary layer ingestion propulsion applied to a thin haul commuter aircraft for optimal efficiency,” presented at the AIAA: Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations Conference, Washington, D.C., USA, 2016, pp. 1–19.' ista: 'Mikić G, Stoll A, Bevirt J, Grah R, Moore M. 2016. Fuselage boundary layer ingestion propulsion applied to a thin haul commuter aircraft for optimal efficiency. AIAA: Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations Conference, 1–19.' mla: Mikić, Gregor, et al. Fuselage Boundary Layer Ingestion Propulsion Applied to a Thin Haul Commuter Aircraft for Optimal Efficiency. AIAA, 2016, pp. 1–19, doi:10.2514/6.2016-3764. short: G. Mikić, A. Stoll, J. Bevirt, R. Grah, M. Moore, in:, AIAA, 2016, pp. 1–19. conference: end_date: 2016-06-17 location: Washington, D.C., USA name: 'AIAA: Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations Conference' start_date: 2016-06-13 date_created: 2018-12-11T11:50:47Z date_published: 2016-06-01T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2023-02-21T10:17:50Z day: '01' department: - _id: CaGu - _id: GaTk doi: 10.2514/6.2016-3764 language: - iso: eng main_file_link: - open_access: '1' url: https://ntrs.nasa.gov/search.jsp?R=20160010167&hterms=Fuselage+boundary+layer+ingestion+propulsion+applied+thin+haul+commuter+aircraft+optimal+efficiency&qs=N%3D0%26Ntk%3DAll%26Ntt%3DFuselage%2520boundary%2520layer%2520ingestion%2520propulsion%2520applied%2520to%2520a%2520thin%2520haul%2520commuter%2520aircraft%2520for%2520optimal%2520efficiency%26Ntx%3Dmode%2520matchallpartial%26Nm%3D123%7CCollection%7CNASA%2520STI%7C%7C17%7CCollection%7CNACA month: '06' oa: 1 oa_version: Preprint page: 1 - 19 publication_status: published publisher: AIAA publist_id: '6114' quality_controlled: '1' scopus_import: 1 status: public title: Fuselage boundary layer ingestion propulsion applied to a thin haul commuter aircraft for optimal efficiency type: conference user_id: 3E5EF7F0-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 year: '2016' ... --- _id: '1242' abstract: - lang: eng text: A crucial step in the regulation of gene expression is binding of transcription factor (TF) proteins to regulatory sites along the DNA. But transcription factors act at nanomolar concentrations, and noise due to random arrival of these molecules at their binding sites can severely limit the precision of regulation. Recent work on the optimization of information flow through regulatory networks indicates that the lower end of the dynamic range of concentrations is simply inaccessible, overwhelmed by the impact of this noise. Motivated by the behavior of homeodomain proteins, such as the maternal morphogen Bicoid in the fruit fly embryo, we suggest a scheme in which transcription factors also act as indirect translational regulators, binding to the mRNA of other regulatory proteins. Intuitively, each mRNA molecule acts as an independent sensor of the input concentration, and averaging over these multiple sensors reduces the noise. We analyze information flow through this scheme and identify conditions under which it outperforms direct transcriptional regulation. Our results suggest that the dual role of homeodomain proteins is not just a historical accident, but a solution to a crucial physics problem in the regulation of gene expression. acknowledgement: "We thank T. Gregor, A. Prochaintz, and others for\r\nhelpful discussions. This work was supported in part by\r\nGrants No. PHY-1305525 and No. CCF-0939370 from the\r\nUS National Science Foundation and by the W.M. Keck\r\nFoundation. A.M.W. acknowledges the support by European\r\nResearch Council (ERC) Grant No. MCCIG PCIG10–GA-\r\n2011–303561. G.T. and T.R.S. were supported by Austrian\r\nScience Fund (FWF) Grant No. P28844S." article_number: '022404' author: - first_name: Thomas R full_name: Sokolowski, Thomas R id: 3E999752-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Sokolowski orcid: 0000-0002-1287-3779 - first_name: Aleksandra full_name: Walczak, Aleksandra last_name: Walczak - first_name: William full_name: Bialek, William last_name: Bialek - first_name: Gasper full_name: Tkacik, Gasper id: 3D494DCA-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Tkacik orcid: 0000-0002-6699-1455 citation: ama: Sokolowski TR, Walczak A, Bialek W, Tkačik G. Extending the dynamic range of transcription factor action by translational regulation. Physical Review E Statistical Nonlinear and Soft Matter Physics. 2016;93(2). doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.93.022404 apa: Sokolowski, T. R., Walczak, A., Bialek, W., & Tkačik, G. (2016). Extending the dynamic range of transcription factor action by translational regulation. Physical Review E Statistical Nonlinear and Soft Matter Physics. American Institute of Physics. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.93.022404 chicago: Sokolowski, Thomas R, Aleksandra Walczak, William Bialek, and Gašper Tkačik. “Extending the Dynamic Range of Transcription Factor Action by Translational Regulation.” Physical Review E Statistical Nonlinear and Soft Matter Physics. American Institute of Physics, 2016. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.93.022404. ieee: T. R. Sokolowski, A. Walczak, W. Bialek, and G. Tkačik, “Extending the dynamic range of transcription factor action by translational regulation,” Physical Review E Statistical Nonlinear and Soft Matter Physics, vol. 93, no. 2. American Institute of Physics, 2016. ista: Sokolowski TR, Walczak A, Bialek W, Tkačik G. 2016. Extending the dynamic range of transcription factor action by translational regulation. Physical Review E Statistical Nonlinear and Soft Matter Physics. 93(2), 022404. mla: Sokolowski, Thomas R., et al. “Extending the Dynamic Range of Transcription Factor Action by Translational Regulation.” Physical Review E Statistical Nonlinear and Soft Matter Physics, vol. 93, no. 2, 022404, American Institute of Physics, 2016, doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.93.022404. short: T.R. Sokolowski, A. Walczak, W. Bialek, G. Tkačik, Physical Review E Statistical Nonlinear and Soft Matter Physics 93 (2016). date_created: 2018-12-11T11:50:54Z date_published: 2016-02-04T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2021-01-12T06:49:20Z day: '04' department: - _id: GaTk doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.93.022404 intvolume: ' 93' issue: '2' language: - iso: eng main_file_link: - open_access: '1' url: https://arxiv.org/abs/1507.02562 month: '02' oa: 1 oa_version: Preprint project: - _id: 254E9036-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: FWF grant_number: P28844-B27 name: Biophysics of information processing in gene regulation publication: Physical Review E Statistical Nonlinear and Soft Matter Physics publication_status: published publisher: American Institute of Physics publist_id: '6088' quality_controlled: '1' scopus_import: 1 status: public title: Extending the dynamic range of transcription factor action by translational regulation type: journal_article user_id: 3E5EF7F0-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 volume: 93 year: '2016' ...