---
_id: '5906'
abstract:
- lang: eng
text: We introduce a simple, exactly solvable strong-randomness renormalization
group (RG) model for the many-body localization (MBL) transition in one dimension.
Our approach relies on a family of RG flows parametrized by the asymmetry between
thermal and localized phases. We identify the physical MBL transition in the limit
of maximal asymmetry, reflecting the instability of MBL against rare thermal inclusions.
We find a critical point that is localized with power-law distributed thermal
inclusions. The typical size of critical inclusions remains finite at the transition,
while the average size is logarithmically diverging. We propose a two-parameter
scaling theory for the many-body localization transition that falls into the Kosterlitz-Thouless
universality class, with the MBL phase corresponding to a stable line of fixed
points with multifractal behavior.
article_number: '040601'
article_processing_charge: No
article_type: original
author:
- first_name: Anna
full_name: Goremykina, Anna
last_name: Goremykina
- first_name: Romain
full_name: Vasseur, Romain
last_name: Vasseur
- first_name: Maksym
full_name: Serbyn, Maksym
id: 47809E7E-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: Serbyn
orcid: 0000-0002-2399-5827
citation:
ama: Goremykina A, Vasseur R, Serbyn M. Analytically solvable renormalization group
for the many-body localization transition. Physical Review Letters. 2019;122(4).
doi:10.1103/physrevlett.122.040601
apa: Goremykina, A., Vasseur, R., & Serbyn, M. (2019). Analytically solvable
renormalization group for the many-body localization transition. Physical Review
Letters. American Physical Society. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.122.040601
chicago: Goremykina, Anna, Romain Vasseur, and Maksym Serbyn. “Analytically Solvable
Renormalization Group for the Many-Body Localization Transition.” Physical
Review Letters. American Physical Society, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.122.040601.
ieee: A. Goremykina, R. Vasseur, and M. Serbyn, “Analytically solvable renormalization
group for the many-body localization transition,” Physical Review Letters,
vol. 122, no. 4. American Physical Society, 2019.
ista: Goremykina A, Vasseur R, Serbyn M. 2019. Analytically solvable renormalization
group for the many-body localization transition. Physical Review Letters. 122(4),
040601.
mla: Goremykina, Anna, et al. “Analytically Solvable Renormalization Group for the
Many-Body Localization Transition.” Physical Review Letters, vol. 122,
no. 4, 040601, American Physical Society, 2019, doi:10.1103/physrevlett.122.040601.
short: A. Goremykina, R. Vasseur, M. Serbyn, Physical Review Letters 122 (2019).
date_created: 2019-02-01T08:22:28Z
date_published: 2019-02-01T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2024-02-28T13:13:38Z
day: '01'
department:
- _id: MaSe
doi: 10.1103/physrevlett.122.040601
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- '1807.04285'
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isi: 1
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language:
- iso: eng
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oa: 1
oa_version: Preprint
publication: Physical Review Letters
publication_identifier:
eissn:
- 1079-7114
issn:
- 0031-9007
publication_status: published
publisher: American Physical Society
quality_controlled: '1'
scopus_import: '1'
status: public
title: Analytically solvable renormalization group for the many-body localization
transition
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user_id: 2DF688A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
volume: 122
year: '2019'
...
---
_id: '6632'
abstract:
- lang: eng
text: We consider a two-component Bose gas in two dimensions at a low temperature
with short-range repulsive interaction. In the coexistence phase where both components
are superfluid, interspecies interactions induce a nondissipative drag between
the two superfluid flows (Andreev-Bashkin effect). We show that this behavior
leads to a modification of the usual Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless (BKT) transition
in two dimensions. We extend the renormalization of the superfluid densities at
finite temperature using the renormalization-group approach and find that the
vortices of one component have a large influence on the superfluid properties
of the other, mediated by the nondissipative drag. The extended BKT flow equations indicate that the occurrence of the
vortex unbinding transition in one of the components can induce the breakdown
of superfluidity also in the other, leading to a locking phenomenon for the critical
temperatures of the two gases.
article_number: '063627'
article_processing_charge: No
author:
- first_name: Volker
full_name: Karle, Volker
last_name: Karle
- first_name: Nicolò
full_name: Defenu, Nicolò
last_name: Defenu
- first_name: Tilman
full_name: Enss, Tilman
last_name: Enss
citation:
ama: Karle V, Defenu N, Enss T. Coupled superfluidity of binary Bose mixtures in
two dimensions. Physical Review A. 2019;99(6). doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.99.063627
apa: Karle, V., Defenu, N., & Enss, T. (2019). Coupled superfluidity of binary
Bose mixtures in two dimensions. Physical Review A. American Physical Society.
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.99.063627
chicago: Karle, Volker, Nicolò Defenu, and Tilman Enss. “Coupled Superfluidity of
Binary Bose Mixtures in Two Dimensions.” Physical Review A. American Physical
Society, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.99.063627.
ieee: V. Karle, N. Defenu, and T. Enss, “Coupled superfluidity of binary Bose mixtures
in two dimensions,” Physical Review A, vol. 99, no. 6. American Physical
Society, 2019.
ista: Karle V, Defenu N, Enss T. 2019. Coupled superfluidity of binary Bose mixtures
in two dimensions. Physical Review A. 99(6), 063627.
mla: Karle, Volker, et al. “Coupled Superfluidity of Binary Bose Mixtures in Two
Dimensions.” Physical Review A, vol. 99, no. 6, 063627, American Physical
Society, 2019, doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.99.063627.
short: V. Karle, N. Defenu, T. Enss, Physical Review A 99 (2019).
date_created: 2019-07-14T21:59:17Z
date_published: 2019-06-28T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2024-02-28T13:12:34Z
day: '28'
department:
- _id: MiLe
doi: 10.1103/PhysRevA.99.063627
external_id:
arxiv:
- '1903.06759'
isi:
- '000473133600007'
intvolume: ' 99'
isi: 1
issue: '6'
language:
- iso: eng
main_file_link:
- open_access: '1'
url: https://arxiv.org/abs/1903.06759
month: '06'
oa: 1
oa_version: Preprint
publication: Physical Review A
publication_identifier:
eissn:
- '24699934'
issn:
- '24699926'
publication_status: published
publisher: American Physical Society
quality_controlled: '1'
scopus_import: '1'
status: public
title: Coupled superfluidity of binary Bose mixtures in two dimensions
type: journal_article
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volume: 99
year: '2019'
...
---
_id: '7396'
abstract:
- lang: eng
text: The angular momentum of molecules, or, equivalently, their rotation in three-dimensional
space, is ideally suited for quantum control. Molecular angular momentum is naturally
quantized, time evolution is governed by a well-known Hamiltonian with only a
few accurately known parameters, and transitions between rotational levels can
be driven by external fields from various parts of the electromagnetic spectrum.
Control over the rotational motion can be exerted in one-, two-, and many-body
scenarios, thereby allowing one to probe Anderson localization, target stereoselectivity
of bimolecular reactions, or encode quantum information to name just a few examples.
The corresponding approaches to quantum control are pursued within separate, and
typically disjoint, subfields of physics, including ultrafast science, cold collisions,
ultracold gases, quantum information science, and condensed-matter physics. It
is the purpose of this review to present the various control phenomena, which
all rely on the same underlying physics, within a unified framework. To this end,
recall the Hamiltonian for free rotations, assuming the rigid rotor approximation
to be valid, and summarize the different ways for a rotor to interact with external
electromagnetic fields. These interactions can be exploited for control—from achieving
alignment, orientation, or laser cooling in a one-body framework, steering bimolecular
collisions, or realizing a quantum computer or quantum simulator in the many-body
setting.
article_number: '035005 '
article_processing_charge: No
article_type: original
author:
- first_name: Christiane P.
full_name: Koch, Christiane P.
last_name: Koch
- first_name: Mikhail
full_name: Lemeshko, Mikhail
id: 37CB05FA-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: Lemeshko
orcid: 0000-0002-6990-7802
- first_name: Dominique
full_name: Sugny, Dominique
last_name: Sugny
citation:
ama: Koch CP, Lemeshko M, Sugny D. Quantum control of molecular rotation. Reviews
of Modern Physics. 2019;91(3). doi:10.1103/revmodphys.91.035005
apa: Koch, C. P., Lemeshko, M., & Sugny, D. (2019). Quantum control of molecular
rotation. Reviews of Modern Physics. American Physical Society. https://doi.org/10.1103/revmodphys.91.035005
chicago: Koch, Christiane P., Mikhail Lemeshko, and Dominique Sugny. “Quantum Control
of Molecular Rotation.” Reviews of Modern Physics. American Physical Society,
2019. https://doi.org/10.1103/revmodphys.91.035005.
ieee: C. P. Koch, M. Lemeshko, and D. Sugny, “Quantum control of molecular rotation,”
Reviews of Modern Physics, vol. 91, no. 3. American Physical Society, 2019.
ista: Koch CP, Lemeshko M, Sugny D. 2019. Quantum control of molecular rotation.
Reviews of Modern Physics. 91(3), 035005.
mla: Koch, Christiane P., et al. “Quantum Control of Molecular Rotation.” Reviews
of Modern Physics, vol. 91, no. 3, 035005, American Physical Society, 2019,
doi:10.1103/revmodphys.91.035005.
short: C.P. Koch, M. Lemeshko, D. Sugny, Reviews of Modern Physics 91 (2019).
date_created: 2020-01-29T16:04:19Z
date_published: 2019-09-18T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2024-02-28T13:15:33Z
day: '18'
department:
- _id: MiLe
doi: 10.1103/revmodphys.91.035005
external_id:
arxiv:
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isi:
- '000486661700001'
intvolume: ' 91'
isi: 1
issue: '3'
language:
- iso: eng
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url: https://arxiv.org/abs/1810.11338
month: '09'
oa: 1
oa_version: Preprint
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call_identifier: FWF
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name: Quantum rotations in the presence of a many-body environment
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issn:
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year: '2019'
...
---
_id: '7606'
abstract:
- lang: eng
text: We derive a tight lower bound on equivocation (conditional entropy), or equivalently
a tight upper bound on mutual information between a signal variable and channel
outputs. The bound is in terms of the joint distribution of the signals and maximum
a posteriori decodes (most probable signals given channel output). As part of
our derivation, we describe the key properties of the distribution of signals,
channel outputs and decodes, that minimizes equivocation and maximizes mutual
information. This work addresses a problem in data analysis, where mutual information
between signals and decodes is sometimes used to lower bound the mutual information
between signals and channel outputs. Our result provides a corresponding upper
bound.
article_number: '8989292'
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author:
- first_name: Michal
full_name: Hledik, Michal
id: 4171253A-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: Hledik
- 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: Gašper
full_name: Tkačik, Gašper
id: 3D494DCA-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: Tkačik
orcid: 0000-0002-6699-1455
citation:
ama: 'Hledik M, Sokolowski TR, Tkačik G. A tight upper bound on mutual information.
In: IEEE Information Theory Workshop, ITW 2019. IEEE; 2019. doi:10.1109/ITW44776.2019.8989292'
apa: 'Hledik, M., Sokolowski, T. R., & Tkačik, G. (2019). A tight upper bound
on mutual information. In IEEE Information Theory Workshop, ITW 2019. Visby,
Sweden: IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/ITW44776.2019.8989292'
chicago: Hledik, Michal, Thomas R Sokolowski, and Gašper Tkačik. “A Tight Upper
Bound on Mutual Information.” In IEEE Information Theory Workshop, ITW 2019.
IEEE, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1109/ITW44776.2019.8989292.
ieee: M. Hledik, T. R. Sokolowski, and G. Tkačik, “A tight upper bound on mutual
information,” in IEEE Information Theory Workshop, ITW 2019, Visby, Sweden,
2019.
ista: Hledik M, Sokolowski TR, Tkačik G. 2019. A tight upper bound on mutual information.
IEEE Information Theory Workshop, ITW 2019. Information Theory Workshop, 8989292.
mla: Hledik, Michal, et al. “A Tight Upper Bound on Mutual Information.” IEEE
Information Theory Workshop, ITW 2019, 8989292, IEEE, 2019, doi:10.1109/ITW44776.2019.8989292.
short: M. Hledik, T.R. Sokolowski, G. Tkačik, in:, IEEE Information Theory Workshop,
ITW 2019, IEEE, 2019.
conference:
end_date: 2019-08-28
location: Visby, Sweden
name: Information Theory Workshop
start_date: 2019-08-25
date_created: 2020-03-22T23:00:47Z
date_published: 2019-08-01T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2024-03-06T14:22:51Z
day: '01'
department:
- _id: GaTk
doi: 10.1109/ITW44776.2019.8989292
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- '1812.01475'
isi:
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isi: 1
language:
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oa: 1
oa_version: Preprint
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call_identifier: H2020
grant_number: '665385'
name: International IST Doctoral Program
publication: IEEE Information Theory Workshop, ITW 2019
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isbn:
- '9781538669006'
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publisher: IEEE
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...
---
_id: '6933'
abstract:
- lang: eng
text: "We design fast deterministic algorithms for distance computation in the CONGESTED
CLIQUE model. Our key contributions include:\r\n\r\n - A (2+ε)-approximation for
all-pairs shortest paths problem in O(log²n / ε) rounds on unweighted undirected
graphs. With a small additional additive factor, this also applies for weighted
graphs. This is the first sub-polynomial constant-factor approximation for APSP
in this model.\r\n - A (1+ε)-approximation for multi-source shortest paths problem
from O(√n) sources in O(log² n / ε) rounds on weighted undirected graphs. This
is the first sub-polynomial algorithm obtaining this approximation for a set of
sources of polynomial size.\r\n\r\nOur main techniques are new distance tools
that are obtained via improved algorithms for sparse matrix multiplication, which
we leverage to construct efficient hopsets and shortest paths. Furthermore, our
techniques extend to additional distance problems for which we improve upon the
state-of-the-art, including diameter approximation, and an exact single-source
shortest paths algorithm for weighted undirected graphs in Õ(n^{1/6}) rounds."
article_processing_charge: No
author:
- first_name: Keren
full_name: Censor-Hillel, Keren
last_name: Censor-Hillel
- first_name: Michal
full_name: Dory, Michal
last_name: Dory
- first_name: Janne
full_name: Korhonen, Janne
id: C5402D42-15BC-11E9-A202-CA2BE6697425
last_name: Korhonen
- first_name: Dean
full_name: Leitersdorf, Dean
last_name: Leitersdorf
citation:
ama: 'Censor-Hillel K, Dory M, Korhonen J, Leitersdorf D. Fast approximate shortest
paths in the congested clique. In: Proceedings of the 2019 ACM Symposium on
Principles of Distributed Computin. ACM; 2019:74-83. doi:10.1145/3293611.3331633'
apa: 'Censor-Hillel, K., Dory, M., Korhonen, J., & Leitersdorf, D. (2019). Fast
approximate shortest paths in the congested clique. In Proceedings of the 2019
ACM Symposium on Principles of Distributed Computin (pp. 74–83). Toronto,
ON, Canada: ACM. https://doi.org/10.1145/3293611.3331633'
chicago: Censor-Hillel, Keren, Michal Dory, Janne Korhonen, and Dean Leitersdorf.
“Fast Approximate Shortest Paths in the Congested Clique.” In Proceedings of
the 2019 ACM Symposium on Principles of Distributed Computin, 74–83. ACM,
2019. https://doi.org/10.1145/3293611.3331633.
ieee: K. Censor-Hillel, M. Dory, J. Korhonen, and D. Leitersdorf, “Fast approximate
shortest paths in the congested clique,” in Proceedings of the 2019 ACM Symposium
on Principles of Distributed Computin, Toronto, ON, Canada, 2019, pp. 74–83.
ista: 'Censor-Hillel K, Dory M, Korhonen J, Leitersdorf D. 2019. Fast approximate
shortest paths in the congested clique. Proceedings of the 2019 ACM Symposium
on Principles of Distributed Computin. PODC: Symposium on Principles of Distributed
Computing, 74–83.'
mla: Censor-Hillel, Keren, et al. “Fast Approximate Shortest Paths in the Congested
Clique.” Proceedings of the 2019 ACM Symposium on Principles of Distributed
Computin, ACM, 2019, pp. 74–83, doi:10.1145/3293611.3331633.
short: K. Censor-Hillel, M. Dory, J. Korhonen, D. Leitersdorf, in:, Proceedings
of the 2019 ACM Symposium on Principles of Distributed Computin, ACM, 2019, pp.
74–83.
conference:
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location: Toronto, ON, Canada
name: 'PODC: Symposium on Principles of Distributed Computing'
start_date: 2019-07-29
date_created: 2019-10-08T12:48:42Z
date_published: 2019-08-01T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2024-03-07T14:43:38Z
day: '01'
department:
- _id: DaAl
doi: 10.1145/3293611.3331633
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isi:
- '000570442000011'
isi: 1
language:
- iso: eng
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oa: 1
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publication: Proceedings of the 2019 ACM Symposium on Principles of Distributed Computin
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isbn:
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publication_status: published
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...
---
_id: '6392'
abstract:
- lang: eng
text: "The regulation of gene expression is one of the most fundamental processes
in living systems. In recent years, thanks to advances in sequencing technology
and automation, it has become possible to study gene expression quantitatively,
genome-wide and in high-throughput. This leads to the possibility of exploring
changes in gene expression in the context of many external perturbations and their
combinations, and thus of characterising the basic principles governing gene regulation.
In this thesis, I present quantitative experimental approaches to studying transcriptional
and protein level changes in response to combinatorial drug treatment, as well
as a theoretical data-driven approach to analysing thermodynamic principles guiding
transcription of protein coding genes. \r\nIn the first part of this work, I
present a novel methodological framework for quantifying gene expression changes
in drug combinations, termed isogrowth profiling. External perturbations through
small molecule drugs influence the growth rate of the cell, leading to wide-ranging
changes in cellular physiology and gene expression. This confounds the gene expression
changes specifically elicited by the particular drug. Combinatorial perturbations,
owing to the increased stress they exert, influence the growth rate even more
strongly and hence suffer the convolution problem to a greater extent when measuring
gene expression changes. Isogrowth profiling is a way to experimentally abstract
non-specific, growth rate related changes, by performing the measurement using
varying ratios of two drugs at such concentrations that the overall inhibition
rate is constant. Using a robotic setup for automated high-throughput re-dilution
culture of Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the budding yeast, I investigate all pairwise
interactions of four small molecule drugs through sequencing RNA along a growth
isobole. Through principal component analysis, I demonstrate here that isogrowth
profiling can uncover drug-specific as well as drug-interaction-specific gene
expression changes. I show that drug-interaction-specific gene expression changes
can be used for prediction of higher-order drug interactions. I propose a simplified
generalised framework of isogrowth profiling, with few measurements needed for
each drug pair, enabling the broad application of isogrowth profiling to high-throughput
screening of inhibitors of cellular growth and beyond. Such high-throughput screenings
of gene expression changes specific to pairwise drug interactions will be instrumental
for predicting the higher-order interactions of the drugs.\r\n\r\nIn the second
part of this work, I extend isogrowth profiling to single-cell measurements of
gene expression, characterising population heterogeneity in the budding yeast
in response to combinatorial drug perturbation while controlling for non-specific
growth rate effects. Through flow cytometry of strains with protein products fused
to green fluorescent protein, I discover multiple proteins with bi-modally distributed
expression levels in the population in response to drug treatment. I characterize
more closely the effect of an ionic stressor, lithium chloride, and find that
it inhibits the splicing of mRNA, most strongly affecting ribosomal protein transcripts
and leading to a bi-stable behaviour of a small ribosomal subunit protein Rps22B.
Time-lapse microscopy of a microfluidic culture system revealed that the induced
Rps22B heterogeneity leads to preferential survival of Rps22B-low cells after
long starvation, but to preferential proliferation of Rps22B-high cells after
short starvation. Overall, this suggests that yeast cells might use splicing of
ribosomal genes for bet-hedging in fluctuating environments. I give specific examples
of how further exploration of cellular heterogeneity in yeast in response to external
perturbation has the potential to reveal yet-undiscovered gene regulation circuitry.\r\n\r\nIn
the last part of this thesis, a re-analysis of a published sequencing dataset
of nascent elongating transcripts is used to characterise the thermodynamic constraints
for RNA polymerase II (RNAP) elongation. Population-level data on RNAP position
throughout the transcribed genome with single nucleotide resolution are used to
infer the sequence specific thermodynamic determinants of RNAP pausing and backtracking.
This analysis reveals that the basepairing strength of the eight nucleotide-long
RNA:DNA duplex relative to the basepairing strength of the same sequence when
in DNA:DNA duplex, and the change in this quantity during RNA polymerase movement,
is the key determinant of RNAP pausing. This is true for RNAP pausing while elongating,
but also of RNAP pausing while backtracking and of the backtracking length. The
quantitative dependence of RNAP pausing on basepairing energetics is used to infer
the increase in pausing due to transcriptional mismatches, leading to a hypothesis
that pervasive RNA polymerase II pausing is due to basepairing energetics, as
an evolutionary cost for increased RNA polymerase II fidelity.\r\n\r\nThis work
advances our understanding of the general principles governing gene expression,
with the goal of making computational predictions of single-cell gene expression
responses to combinatorial perturbations based on the individual perturbations
possible. This ability would substantially facilitate the design of drug combination
treatments and, in the long term, lead to our increased ability to more generally
design targeted manipulations to any biological system. "
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- IST Austria Thesis
author:
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full_name: Lukacisin, Martin
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last_name: Lukacisin
orcid: 0000-0001-6549-4177
citation:
ama: Lukacisin M. Quantitative investigation of gene expression principles through
combinatorial drug perturbation and theory. 2019. doi:10.15479/AT:ISTA:6392
apa: Lukacisin, M. (2019). Quantitative investigation of gene expression principles
through combinatorial drug perturbation and theory. IST Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:6392
chicago: Lukacisin, Martin. “Quantitative Investigation of Gene Expression Principles
through Combinatorial Drug Perturbation and Theory.” IST Austria, 2019. https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:6392.
ieee: M. Lukacisin, “Quantitative investigation of gene expression principles through
combinatorial drug perturbation and theory,” IST Austria, 2019.
ista: Lukacisin M. 2019. Quantitative investigation of gene expression principles
through combinatorial drug perturbation and theory. IST Austria.
mla: Lukacisin, Martin. Quantitative Investigation of Gene Expression Principles
through Combinatorial Drug Perturbation and Theory. IST Austria, 2019, doi:10.15479/AT:ISTA:6392.
short: M. Lukacisin, Quantitative Investigation of Gene Expression Principles through
Combinatorial Drug Perturbation and Theory, IST Austria, 2019.
date_created: 2019-05-09T19:53:00Z
date_published: 2019-05-09T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2023-09-22T09:19:41Z
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text: 'Clathrin-Mediated Endocytosis (CME) is an aspect of cellular trafficking
that is constantly regulated for mediating developmental and physiological responses.
The main aim of my thesis is to decipher the basic mechanisms of CME and post-endocytic
trafficking in the whole multicellular organ systems of Arabidopsis. The first
chapter of my thesis describes the search for new components involved in CME.
Tandem affinity purification was conducted using CLC and its interacting partners
were identified. Amongst the identified proteins were the Auxilin-likes1 and 2
(Axl1/2), putative uncoating factors, for which we made a full functional analysis.
Over-expression of Axl1/2 causes extreme modifications in the dynamics of the
machinery proteins and inhibition of endocytosis altogether. However the loss
of function of the axl1/2 did not present any cellular or physiological phenotype,
meaning Auxilin-likes do not form the major uncoating machinery. The second chapter
of my thesis describes the establishment/utilisation of techniques to capture
the dynamicity and the complexity of CME and post-endocytic trafficking. We have
studied the development of endocytic pits at the PM – specifically, the mode of
membrane remodeling during pit development and the role of actin in it, given
plant cells possess high turgor pressure. Utilizing the improved z-resolution
of TIRF and VAEM techniques, we captured the time-lapse of the endocytic events
at the plasma membrane; and using particle detection software, we quantitatively
analysed all the endocytic trajectories in an unbiased way to obtain the endocytic
rate of the system. This together with the direct analysis of cargo internalisation
from the PM provided an estimate on the endocytic potential of the cell. We also
developed a methodology for ultrastructural analysis of different populations
of Clathrin-Coated Structures (CCSs) in both PM and endomembranes in unroofed
protoplasts. Structural analysis, together with the intensity profile of CCSs
at the PM show that the mode of CCP development at the PM follows ‘Constant curvature
model’; meaning that clathrin polymerisation energy is a major contributing factor
of membrane remodeling. In addition, other analyses clearly show that actin is
not required for membrane remodeling during invagination or any other step of
CCP development, despite the prevalent high turgor pressure. However, actin is
essential in orchestrating the post-endocytic trafficking of CCVs facilitating
the EE formation. We also observed that the uncoating process post-endocytosis
is not immediate; an alternative mechanism of uncoating – Sequential multi-step
process – functions in the cell. Finally we also looked at one of the important
physiological stimuli modulating the process – hormone, auxin. auxin has been
known to influence CME before. We have made a detailed study on the concentration-time
based effect of auxin on the machinery proteins, CCP development, and the specificity
of cargoes endocytosed. To this end, we saw no general effect of auxin on CME
at earlier time points. However, very low concentration of IAA, such as 50nM,
accelerates endocytosis of specifically PIN2 through CME. Such a tight regulatory
control with high specificity to PIN2 could be essential in modulating its polarity. '
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and their regulatory controls in plants ,” Institute of Science and Technology
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and their regulatory controls in plants . Institute of Science and Technology
Austria.
mla: Narasimhan, Madhumitha. Clathrin-Mediated Endocytosis, Post-Endocytic Trafficking
and Their Regulatory Controls in Plants . Institute of Science and Technology
Austria, 2019, doi:10.15479/at:ista:th1075.
short: M. Narasimhan, Clathrin-Mediated Endocytosis, Post-Endocytic Trafficking
and Their Regulatory Controls in Plants , Institute of Science and Technology
Austria, 2019.
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text: "Social insect colonies tend to have numerous members which function together
like a single organism in such harmony that the term ``super-organism'' is often
used. In this analogy the reproductive caste is analogous to the primordial germ\r\ncells
of a metazoan, while the sterile worker caste corresponds to somatic cells. The
worker castes, like tissues, are\r\nin charge of all functions of a living being,
besides reproduction. The establishment of new super-organismal units\r\n(i.e.
new colonies) is accomplished by the co-dependent castes. The term oftentimes
goes beyond a metaphor. We invoke it when we speak about the metabolic rate, thermoregulation,
nutrient regulation and gas exchange of a social insect colony. Furthermore, we
assert that the super-organism has an immune system, and benefits from ``social
immunity''.\r\n\r\nSocial immunity was first summoned by evolutionary biologists
to resolve the apparent discrepancy between the expected high frequency of disease
outbreak amongst numerous, closely related tightly-interacting hosts, living in
stable and microbially-rich environments, against the exceptionally scarce epidemic
accounts in natural populations. Social\r\nimmunity comprises a multi-layer assembly
of behaviours which have evolved to effectively keep the pathogenic enemies of
a colony at bay. The field of social immunity has drawn interest, as it becomes
increasingly urgent to stop\r\nthe collapse of pollinator species and curb the
growth of invasive pests. In the past decade, several mechanisms of\r\nsocial
immune responses have been dissected, but many more questions remain open.\r\n\r\nI
present my work in two experimental chapters. In the first, I use invasive garden
ants (*Lasius neglectus*) to study how pathogen load and its distribution among
nestmates affect the grooming response of the group. Any given group of ants will
carry out the same total grooming work, but will direct their grooming effort
towards individuals\r\ncarrying a relatively higher spore load. Contrary to expectation,
the highest risk of transmission does not stem from grooming highly contaminated
ants, but instead, we suggest that the grooming response likely minimizes spore
loss to the environment, reducing contamination from inadvertent pickup from the
substrate.\r\n\r\nThe second is a comparative developmental approach. I follow
black garden ant queens (*Lasius niger*) and their colonies from mating flight,
through hibernation for a year. Colonies which grow fast from the start, have
a lower chance of survival through hibernation, and those which survive grow at
a lower pace later. This is true for colonies of naive\r\nand challenged queens.
Early pathogen exposure of the queens changes colony dynamics in an unexpected
way: colonies from exposed queens are more likely to grow slowly and recover in
numbers only after they survive hibernation.\r\n\r\nIn addition to the two experimental
chapters, this thesis includes a co-authored published review on organisational\r\nimmunity,
where we enlist the experimental evidence and theoretical framework on which this
hypothesis is built,\r\nidentify the caveats and underline how the field is ripe
to overcome them. In a final chapter, I describe my part in\r\ntwo collaborative
efforts, one to develop an image-based tracker, and the second to develop a classifier
for ant\r\nbehaviour."
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Pathogen, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2019.
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acknowledgement: This work was supported by the ERC and EU Horizon 2020 (ERC 692692;
MSC-IF 708497) and FWF Z 312-B27 Wittgenstein award; W 1205-B09).
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vesicle pool in hippocampal mossy fiber terminals by electron microscopy. Intrinsic
Activity. ANA: Austrian Neuroscience Association ; APHAR: Austrian Pharmacological
Society vol. 7, A3.27.'
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Mossy Fiber Terminals by Electron Microscopy.” Intrinsic Activity, vol.
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short: O. Kim, C. Borges Merjane, P.M. Jonas, in:, Intrinsic Activity, Austrian
Pharmacological Society, 2019.
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title: Functional analysis of the docked vesicle pool in hippocampal mossy fiber terminals
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text: Lymph nodes are es s ential organs of the immune s ys tem where adaptive
immune responses originate, and consist of various leukocyte populations and a
stromal backbone. Fibroblastic reticular cells (FRCs) are the main stromal cells
and form a sponge-like extracellular matrix network, called conduits , which they thems
elves enwrap and contract. Lymph, containing s oluble antigens , arrive
in lymph nodes via afferent lymphatic vessels that connect to the s ubcaps
ular s inus and conduit network. According to the current paradigm, the conduit network dis
tributes afferent lymph through lymph nodes and thus provides acces
s for immune cells to lymph-borne antigens. An elas tic caps ule s urrounds the organ and confines the
immune cells and FRC network. Lymph nodes are completely packed with lymphocytes and lymphocyte numbers directly dictates the
size of the organ. Although lymphocytes cons tantly enter and leave the lymph node, its s
ize remains remarkedly s table under homeostatic conditions. It is only
partly known how the cellularity and s ize of the lymph node is regulated and how the lymph node is
able to swell in inflammation. The role of the FRC network in lymph node s
welling and trans fer of fluids are inves tigated in this thes is. Furthermore, we s
tudied what trafficking routes are us ed by cancer cells in lymph nodes to form distal
metastases.We examined the role of a mechanical feedback in regulation of lymph node
swelling. Using parallel plate compression and UV-las er cutting experiments we dis
s ected the mechanical force dynamics of the whole lymph node, and individually
for FRCs and the caps ule. Physical forces generated by packed lymphocytes directly affect the tens
ion on the FRC network and capsule, which increases its resistance to swelling. This implies a feedback mechanism between tis
s ue pres s ure and ability of lymphocytes to enter the organ. Following inflammation, the lymph node swells
∼10 fold in two weeks . Yet, what is the role for tens ion on the FRC network and caps
ule, and how are lymphocytes able to enter in conditions that resist
swelling remain open ques tions . We s how that tens ion on the FRC network is important
to limit the swelling rate of the organ so that the FRC network can grow in a coordinated fashion.
This is illustrated by interfering with FRC contractility, which leads to faster
swelling rates and a dis organized FRC network in the inflamed lymph node.
Growth of the FRC network in turn is expected to releas e tens ion on thes
e s tructures and lowers the res is tance to swelling, thereby allowing
more lymphocytes to enter the organ and drive more swelling. Halt of swelling
coincides with a thickening of the caps ule, which forms a thick res
is tant band around the organ and lowers tens ion on the FRC network to form
a new force equilibrium.The FRC and conduit network are further believed to be a privileged s
ite of s oluble information within the lymph node, although many details remain uns
olved. We s how by 3D ultra-recons truction that FRCs and antigen pres
enting cells cover the s urface of conduit s ys tem for more than 99%
and we dis cus s the implications for s oluble information exchangeat the conduit
level.Finally, there is an ongoing debate in the cancer field whether and how
cancer cells in lymph nodes s eed dis tal metas tas es . We s how that cancer cells infus
ed into the lymph node can utilize trafficking routes of immune cells and rapidly migrate to blood vessels.
Once in the blood circulation, these cells are able to form metastases in
distal tissues.
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- ISTA Thesis
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author:
- first_name: Frank P
full_name: Assen, Frank P
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citation:
ama: 'Assen FP. Lymph node mechanics: Deciphering the interplay between stroma contractility,
morphology and lymphocyte trafficking. 2019. doi:10.15479/AT:ISTA:6947'
apa: 'Assen, F. P. (2019). Lymph node mechanics: Deciphering the interplay between
stroma contractility, morphology and lymphocyte trafficking. Institute of
Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:6947'
chicago: 'Assen, Frank P. “Lymph Node Mechanics: Deciphering the Interplay between
Stroma Contractility, Morphology and Lymphocyte Trafficking.” Institute of Science
and Technology Austria, 2019. https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:6947.'
ieee: 'F. P. Assen, “Lymph node mechanics: Deciphering the interplay between stroma
contractility, morphology and lymphocyte trafficking,” Institute of Science and
Technology Austria, 2019.'
ista: 'Assen FP. 2019. Lymph node mechanics: Deciphering the interplay between stroma
contractility, morphology and lymphocyte trafficking. Institute of Science and
Technology Austria.'
mla: 'Assen, Frank P. Lymph Node Mechanics: Deciphering the Interplay between
Stroma Contractility, Morphology and Lymphocyte Trafficking. Institute of
Science and Technology Austria, 2019, doi:10.15479/AT:ISTA:6947.'
short: 'F.P. Assen, Lymph Node Mechanics: Deciphering the Interplay between Stroma
Contractility, Morphology and Lymphocyte Trafficking, Institute of Science and
Technology Austria, 2019.'
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title: 'Lymph node mechanics: Deciphering the interplay between stroma contractility,
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