@article{15374,
  abstract     = {Clathrin-mediated endocytosis (CME) is an essential process of cargo uptake operating in all eukaryotes. In animals and yeast, BAR-SH3 domain proteins, endophilins and amphiphysins, function at the conclusion of CME to recruit factors for vesicle scission and uncoating. Arabidopsis thaliana contains the BAR-SH3 domain proteins SH3P1–SH3P3, but their role is poorly understood. Here, we identify SH3Ps as functional homologs of endophilin/amphiphysin. SH3P1–SH3P3 bind to discrete foci at the plasma membrane (PM), and SH3P2 recruits late to a subset of clathrin-coated pits. The SH3P2 PM recruitment pattern is nearly identical to its interactor, a putative uncoating factor, AUXILIN-LIKE1. Notably, SH3P1–SH3P3 are required for most of AUXILIN-LIKE1 recruitment to the PM. This indicates a plant-specific modification of CME, where BAR-SH3 proteins recruit auxilin-like uncoating factors rather than the uncoating phosphatases, synaptojanins. SH3P1–SH3P3 act redundantly in overall CME with the plant-specific endocytic adaptor TPLATE complex but not due to an SH3 domain in its TASH3 subunit.},
  author       = {Adamowski, Maciek and Randuch, Marek and Matijevic, Ivana and Narasimhan, Madhumitha and Friml, Jiří},
  issn         = {2211-1247},
  journal      = {Cell Reports},
  number       = {5},
  publisher    = {Cell Press},
  title        = {{SH3Ps recruit auxilin-like vesicle uncoating factors for clathrin-mediated endocytosis}},
  doi          = {10.1016/j.celrep.2024.114195},
  volume       = {43},
  year         = {2024},
}

@article{15375,
  abstract     = {In the eukaryotic nucleus, heterochromatin forms highly condensed, visible foci known as heterochromatin foci (HF). These HF are enriched with linker histone H1, a key player in heterochromatin condensation and silencing. However, it is unknown how H1 aggregates HF and condenses heterochromatin. In this study, we established that H1 facilitates heterochromatin condensation by enhancing inter- and intrachromosomal interactions between and within heterochromatic regions of the Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) genome. We demonstrated that H1 drives HF formation via phase separation, which requires its C-terminal intrinsically disordered region (C-IDR). A truncated H1 lacking the C-IDR fails to form foci or recover HF in the h1 mutant background, whereas C-IDR with a short stretch of the globular domain (18 out of 71 amino acids) is sufficient to rescue both defects. In addition, C-IDR is essential for H1's roles in regulating nucleosome repeat length and DNA methylation in Arabidopsis, indicating that phase separation capability is required for chromatin functions of H1. Our data suggest that bacterial H1-like proteins, which have been shown to condense DNA, are intrinsically disordered and capable of mediating phase separation. Therefore, we propose that phase separation mediated by H1 or H1-like proteins may represent an ancient mechanism for condensing chromatin and DNA.},
  author       = {He, Shengbo and Yu, Yiming and Wang, Liang and Zhang, Jingyi and Bai, Zhengyong and Li, Guohong and Li, Pilong and Feng, Xiaoqi},
  issn         = {1532-298X},
  journal      = {The Plant Cell},
  number       = {5},
  pages        = {1829--1843},
  publisher    = {Oxford University Press},
  title        = {{Linker histone H1 drives heterochromatin condensation via phase separation in Arabidopsis}},
  doi          = {10.1093/plcell/koae034},
  volume       = {36},
  year         = {2024},
}

@inproceedings{15376,
  abstract     = {Sequential decision-making tasks often require satisfaction of multiple, partially-contradictory objectives. Existing approaches are monolithic, where a single policy fulfills all objectives. We present auction-based scheduling, a decentralized framework for multi-objective sequential decision making. Each objective is fulfilled using a separate and independent policy. Composition of policies is performed at runtime, where at each step, the policies simultaneously bid from pre-allocated budgets for the privilege of choosing the next action. The framework allows policies to be independently created, modified, and replaced. We study path planning problems on finite graphs with two temporal objectives and present algorithms to synthesize policies together with bidding policies in a decentralized manner. We consider three categories of decentralized synthesis problems, parameterized by the assumptions that the policies make on each other. We identify a class of assumptions called assume-admissible for which synthesis is always possible for graphs whose every vertex has at most two outgoing edges.},
  author       = {Avni, Guy and Mallik, Kaushik and Sadhukhan, Suman},
  booktitle    = {30th International Conference on Tools and Algorithms for the Construction and Analysis of Systems},
  isbn         = {9783031572555},
  issn         = {1611-3349},
  location     = {Luxembourg City, Luxembourg},
  pages        = {153--172},
  publisher    = {Springer Nature},
  title        = {{Auction-based scheduling}},
  doi          = {10.1007/978-3-031-57256-2_8},
  volume       = {14572},
  year         = {2024},
}

@inproceedings{15377,
  abstract     = {We provide an algorithmto solve Rabin and Streett games over graphs
with n vertices,m edges, and k colours that runs in ˜O³mn(k!)1+o(1)´time and
O(nk logk logn) space, where ˜O hides poly-logarithmic factors. Our algorithm
is an improvement by a super quadratic dependence on k! from the currently
best known run time of O³mn2(k!)2+o(1)´, obtained by converting a Rabin
gameinto a parity game,while simultaneously improving its exponential space
requirement.
Our main technical ingredient is a characterisation of progress measures for
Rabin games using colourful trees and a combinatorial construction of succinctlyrepresented,
universal colourful trees. Colourful universal trees are generalisations
of universal trees used by Jurdzi´nski and Lazi´c (2017) to solve parity
games, as well as of Rabin progress measures of Klarlund and Kozen (1991).
Our algorithm for Rabin games is a progress measure lifting algorithm where
the lifting is performed on succinct, colourful, universal trees.},
  author       = {Majumdar, Rupak and Sağlam, Irmak and Thejaswini, K. S.},
  booktitle    = {30th International Conference on Tools and Algorithms for the Construction and Analysis of Systems},
  isbn         = {9783031572555},
  issn         = {1611-3349},
  pages        = {213--231},
  publisher    = {Springer Nature},
  title        = {{Rabin games and colourful universal trees}},
  doi          = {10.1007/978-3-031-57256-2_11},
  volume       = {14572},
  year         = {2024},
}

@article{15378,
  abstract     = {We consider N×N non-Hermitian random matrices of the form X+A, where A is a general deterministic matrix and N−−√X consists of independent entries with zero mean, unit variance, and bounded densities. For this ensemble, we prove (i) a Wegner estimate, i.e. that the local density of eigenvalues is bounded by N1+o(1) and (ii) that the expected condition number of any bulk eigenvalue is bounded by N1+o(1); both results are optimal up to the factor No(1). The latter result complements the very recent matching lower bound obtained in [15] (arXiv:2301.03549) and improves the N-dependence of the upper bounds in [5,6,32] (arXiv:1906.11819, arXiv:2005.08930, arXiv:2005.08908). Our main ingredient, a near-optimal lower tail estimate for the small singular values of X+A−z, is of independent interest.},
  author       = {Erdös, László and Ji, Hong Chang},
  issn         = {1097-0312},
  journal      = {Communications on Pure and Applied Mathematics},
  number       = {9},
  pages        = {3785--3840},
  publisher    = {Wiley},
  title        = {{Wegner estimate and upper bound on the eigenvalue condition number of non-Hermitian random matrices}},
  doi          = {10.1002/cpa.22201},
  volume       = {77},
  year         = {2024},
}

@article{15379,
  abstract     = {Long-term potentiation (LTP) of excitatory synapses is a leading model to explain the concept of information storage in the brain. Multiple mechanisms contribute to LTP, but central amongst them is an increased sensitivity of the postsynaptic membrane to neurotransmitter release. This sensitivity is predominantly determined by the abundance and localization of AMPA-type glutamate receptors (AMPARs). A combination of AMPAR structural data, super-resolution imaging of excitatory synapses, and an abundance of electrophysiological studies are providing an ever-clearer picture of how AMPARs are recruited and organized at synaptic junctions. Here, we review the latest insights into this process, and discuss how both cytoplasmic and extracellular receptor elements cooperate to tune the AMPAR response at the hippocampal CA1 synapse.},
  author       = {Stockwell, Imogen and Watson, Jake and Greger, Ingo H.},
  issn         = {1521-1878},
  journal      = {BioEssays},
  number       = {7},
  publisher    = {Wiley},
  title        = {{Tuning synaptic strength by regulation of AMPA glutamate receptor localization}},
  doi          = {10.1002/bies.202400006},
  volume       = {46},
  year         = {2024},
}

@article{15380,
  abstract     = {The depth of a cell in an arrangement of n (non-vertical) great-spheres in Sd is the number of great-spheres that pass above the cell. We prove Euler-type relations, which imply extensions of the classic Dehn–Sommerville relations for convex polytopes to sublevel sets of the depth function, and we use the relations to extend the expressions for the number of faces of neighborly polytopes to the number of cells of levels in neighborly arrangements.},
  author       = {Biswas, Ranita and Cultrera Di Montesano, Sebastiano and Edelsbrunner, Herbert and Saghafian, Morteza},
  issn         = {2367-1734},
  journal      = {Journal of Applied and Computational Topology},
  pages        = {557--578},
  publisher    = {Springer Nature},
  title        = {{Depth in arrangements: Dehn–Sommerville–Euler relations with applications}},
  doi          = {10.1007/s41468-024-00173-w},
  volume       = {8},
  year         = {2024},
}

@article{15381,
  abstract     = {Cholecystokinin-expressing interneurons (CCKIs) are hypothesized to shape pyramidal cell-firing patterns and regulate network oscillations and related network state transitions. To directly probe their role in the CA1 region, we silenced their activity using optogenetic and chemogenetic tools in mice. Opto-tagged CCKIs revealed a heterogeneous population, and their optogenetic silencing triggered wide disinhibitory network changes affecting both pyramidal cells and other interneurons. CCKI silencing enhanced pyramidal cell burst firing and altered the temporal coding of place cells: theta phase precession was disrupted, whereas sequence reactivation was enhanced. Chemogenetic CCKI silencing did not alter the acquisition of spatial reference memories on the Morris water maze but enhanced the recall of contextual fear memories and enabled selective recall when similar environments were tested. This work suggests the key involvement of CCKIs in the control of place-cell temporal coding and the formation of contextual memories.},
  author       = {Rangel Guerrero, Dámaris K and Balueva, Kira and Barayeu, Uladzislau and Baracskay, Peter and Gridchyn, Igor and Nardin, Michele and Roth, Chiara N and Wulff, Peer and Csicsvari, Jozsef L},
  issn         = {1097-4199},
  journal      = {Neuron},
  number       = {12},
  pages        = {2045--2061.e10},
  publisher    = {Cell Press},
  title        = {{Hippocampal cholecystokinin-expressing interneurons regulate temporal coding and contextual learning}},
  doi          = {10.1016/j.neuron.2024.03.019},
  volume       = {112},
  year         = {2024},
}

@misc{15385,
  abstract     = {Relevant information about the data can be found in the 'Readme_Data.txt' file. 
A previous version of the publication can be found on BioRxiv: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.10.11.511691v4
and published in Plos Biology (2024)},
  author       = {Burnett, Laura and Koppensteiner, Peter and Symonova, Olga and Masson, Tomas and Vega Zuniga, Tomas A and Contreras, Ximena and Rülicke, Thomas and Shigemoto, Ryuichi and Novarino, Gaia and Jösch, Maximilian A},
  keywords     = {ASD, periaqueductal gray, perception, behavior, potassium channels},
  publisher    = {Institute of Science and Technology Austria},
  title        = {{Shared behavioural impairments in visual perception and place avoidance across different autism models are driven by periaqueductal grey hypoexcitability in Setd5 haploinsufficient mice}},
  doi          = {10.15479/AT:ISTA:15385},
  year         = {2024},
}

@article{15404,
  abstract     = {We used diverse methods to characterize the role of avian lateral spiriform nucleus (SpL) in basal ganglia motor function. Connectivity analysis showed that SpL receives input from globus pallidus (GP), and the intrapeduncular nucleus (INP) located ventromedial to GP, whose neurons express numerous striatal markers. SpL-projecting GP neurons were large and aspiny, while SpL-projecting INP neurons were medium sized and spiny. Connectivity analysis further showed that SpL receives inputs from subthalamic nucleus (STN) and substantia nigra pars reticulata (SNr), and that the SNr also receives inputs from GP, INP, and STN. Neurochemical analysis showed that SpL neurons express ENK, GAD, and a variety of pallidal neuron markers, and receive GABAergic terminals, some of which also contain DARPP32, consistent with GP pallidal and INP striatal inputs. Connectivity and neurochemical analysis showed that the SpL input to tectum prominently ends on GABAA receptor-enriched tectobulbar neurons. Behavioral studies showed that lesions of SpL impair visuomotor behaviors involving tracking and pecking moving targets. Our results suggest that SpL modulates brainstem-projecting tectobulbar neurons in a manner comparable to the demonstrated influence of GP internus on motor thalamus and of SNr on tectobulbar neurons in mammals. Given published data in amphibians and reptiles, it seems likely the SpL circuit represents a major direct pathway-type circuit by which the basal ganglia exerts its motor influence in nonmammalian tetrapods. The present studies also show that avian striatum is divided into three spatially segregated territories with differing connectivity, a medial striato-nigral territory, a dorsolateral striato-GP territory, and the ventrolateral INP motor territory.},
  author       = {Reiner, Anton and Medina, Loreta and Abellan, Antonio and Deng, Yunping and Toledo, Claudio A.B. and Luksch, Harald and Vega Zuniga, Tomas A and Riley, Nell B. and Hodos, William and Karten, Harvey J.},
  issn         = {1096-9861},
  journal      = {Journal of Comparative Neurology},
  number       = {5},
  publisher    = {Wiley},
  title        = {{Neurochemistry and circuit organization of the lateral spiriform nucleus of birds: A uniquely nonmammalian direct pathway component of the basal ganglia}},
  doi          = {10.1002/cne.25620},
  volume       = {532},
  year         = {2024},
}

@article{15405,
  abstract     = {We report JWST/NIRCam measurements of quasar host galaxy emissions and supermassive black hole (SMBH) masses for six quasars at 5.9 < z < 7.1 in the Emission-line galaxies and Intergalactic Gas in the Epoch of Reionization (EIGER) project. We obtain deep NIRCam imaging in the F115W, F200W, and F356W bands, as well as F356W grism spectroscopy of the quasars. We use bright unsaturated stars to construct models of the point-spread functions (PSFs) and estimate the errors of these PSFs. We then measure or constrain the fluxes and morphology of the quasar host galaxies by fitting the quasar images as a point source plus an exponential disk. We successfully detect the host galaxies of three quasars, which have host-to-quasar-flux ratios of ∼1%–5%. Spectral energy distribution fitting suggests that these quasar host galaxies have stellar masses of M* ≳ 1010M⊙. For quasars with host galaxy nondetections, we estimate the upper limits of their stellar masses. We use the grism spectra to measure the Hβ line profile and the continuum luminosity, then estimate the SMBH masses for the quasars. Our results indicate that the positive relation between SMBH masses and host galaxy stellar masses already exists at redshift z ≳ 6. The quasars in our sample show a high BH-to-stellar-mass ratio of MBH/M* ∼ 0.15, which is about ∼2 dex higher than local relations. We find that selection effects only contribute partially to the high MBH/M* ratios of high-redshift quasars. This result hints at a possible redshift evolution of the MBH–M* relation.},
  author       = {Yue, Minghao and Eilers, Anna Christina and Simcoe, Robert A. and Mackenzie, Ruari and Matthee, Jorryt J and Kashino, Daichi and Bordoloi, Rongmon and Lilly, Simon J. and Naidu, Rohan P.},
  issn         = {1538-4357},
  journal      = {Astrophysical Journal},
  number       = {2},
  publisher    = {IOP Publishing},
  title        = {{EIGER. V. Characterizing the host galaxies of luminous quasars at z ≳ 6}},
  doi          = {10.3847/1538-4357/ad3914},
  volume       = {966},
  year         = {2024},
}

@article{15406,
  abstract     = {We report on dynamic Shubnikov–de Haas (SdH) oscillations that are measured in the optical response, subterahertz transmittance of two-dimensional systems, and reveal two distinct types of oscillation nodes: “universal” nodes at integer ratios of radiation and cyclotron frequencies and “tunable” nodes at positions sensitive to all parameters of the structure. The nodes in both real and imaginary parts of the measured complex transmittance are analyzed using a dynamic version of the static Lifshitz-Kosevich formula. These results demonstrate that the node structure of the dynamic SdH oscillations provides an all-optical access to quantization- and interaction-induced renormalization effects, in addition to parameters one can obtain from the static SdH oscillations.},
  author       = {Savchenko, M. L. and Gospodarič, J. and Shuvaev, A. and Dmitriev, I. A. and Dziom, Vlad and Dobretsova, A. A. and Mikhailov, N. N. and Kvon, Z. D. and Pimenov, A.},
  issn         = {2643-1564},
  journal      = {Physical Review Research},
  number       = {2},
  publisher    = {American Physical Society},
  title        = {{Optical Shubnikov-de Haas oscillations in two-dimensional electron systems}},
  doi          = {10.1103/PhysRevResearch.6.L022027},
  volume       = {6},
  year         = {2024},
}

@article{15407,
  abstract     = {We propose and implement a family of quantum-informed recursive optimization (QIRO) algorithms for combinatorial optimization problems. Our approach leverages quantum resources to obtain information that is used in problem-specific classical reduction steps that recursively simplify the problem. These reduction steps address the limitations of the quantum component (e.g., locality) and ensure solution feasibility in constrained optimization problems. Additionally, we use backtracking techniques to further improve the performance of the algorithm without increasing the requirements on the quantum hardware. We showcase the capabilities of our approach by informing QIRO with correlations from classical simulations of shallow circuits of the quantum approximate optimization algorithm, solving instances of maximum independent set and maximum satisfiability problems with hundreds of variables. We also demonstrate how QIRO can be deployed on a neutral atom quantum processor to find large independent sets of graphs. In summary, our scheme achieves results comparable to classical heuristics even with relatively weak quantum resources. Furthermore, enhancing the quality of these quantum resources improves the performance of the algorithms. Notably, the modular nature of QIRO offers various avenues for modifications, positioning our work as a template for a broader class of hybrid quantum-classical algorithms for combinatorial optimization.},
  author       = {Finžgar, Jernej Rudi and Kerschbaumer, Aron and Schuetz, Martin J.A. and Mendl, Christian B. and Katzgraber, Helmut G.},
  issn         = {2691-3399},
  journal      = {PRX Quantum},
  number       = {2},
  publisher    = {American Physical Society},
  title        = {{Quantum-informed recursive optimization algorithms}},
  doi          = {10.1103/PRXQuantum.5.020327},
  volume       = {5},
  year         = {2024},
}

@article{15408,
  abstract     = {Background: IgE-mediated degranulation of mast cells (MCs) provides rapid protection against environmental hazards, including animal venoms. A fraction of tissue-resident MCs intimately associates with blood vessels. These perivascular MCs were reported to extend projections into the vessel lumen and to be the first MCs to acquire intravenously injected IgE, suggesting that IgE loading of MCs depends on their vascular association.
Objective: We sought to elucidate the molecular basis of the MC–blood vessel interaction and to determine its relevance for IgE-mediated immune responses.
Methods: We selectively inactivated the Itgb1 gene, encoding the β1 chain of integrin adhesion molecules (ITGB1), in MCs by conditional gene targeting in mice. We analyzed skin MCs for blood vessel association, surface IgE density, and capability to bind circulating antibody specific for MC surface molecules, as well as in vivo responses to antigen administered via different routes.
Results: Lack of ITGB1 expression severely compromised MC–blood vessel association. ITGB1-deficient MCs showed normal densities of surface IgE but reduced binding of intravenously injected antibodies. While their capacity to degranulate in response to IgE ligation in vivo was unimpaired, anaphylactic responses to antigen circulating in the vasculature were largely abolished.
Conclusions: ITGB1-mediated association of MCs with blood vessels is key for MC immune surveillance of blood vessel content, but is dispensable for slow steady-state loading of endogenous IgE onto tissue-resident MCs.},
  author       = {Link, Kristina and Muhandes, Lina and Polikarpova, Anastasia and Lämmermann, Tim and Sixt, Michael K and Fässler, Reinhard and Roers, Axel},
  issn         = {1097-6825},
  journal      = {Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology},
  number       = {3},
  pages        = {745--753},
  publisher    = {Elsevier},
  title        = {{Integrin β1–mediated mast cell immune-surveillance of blood vessel content}},
  doi          = {10.1016/j.jaci.2024.03.022},
  volume       = {154},
  year         = {2024},
}

@misc{17042,
  abstract     = {Bacterial cell walls are gigadalton-large cross-linked polymers with a wide range of motional amplitudes, including rather rigid as well as highly flexible parts. Magic-angle spinning NMR is a powerful method to obtain atomic-level information about intact cell walls. Here we investigate sensitivity and information content of different homonuclear 13C-13C and heteronuclear H-N, H-C and N-C correlation experiments. We demonstrate that a CPMAS CryoProbe yields ca. 8-fold increased signal-to-noise over a room-temperature probe, or a ca. 3-4-fold larger per-mass sensitivity. The increased sensitivity allowed to obtain high-resolution spectra even on intact bacteria. Moreover, we compare resolution and sensitivity of 1H MAS experiments obtained at 100 kHz vs. 55 kHz. Our study provides useful hints for choosing experiments to extract atomic-level details on cell-wall samples. },
  author       = {Schanda, Paul},
  keywords     = {nuclear magnetic resonance, NMR, cellwall, structural biology, spectroscopy},
  publisher    = {Institute of Science and Technology Austria},
  title        = {{Raw data to "MAS NMR experiments of corynebacterial cell walls: complementary 1H- and CPMAS CryoProbe-enhanced 13C-detected experiments"}},
  doi          = {10.15479/AT:ISTA:17042},
  year         = {2024},
}

@article{17047,
  abstract     = {We provide a dynamical study of a model of multiplicative perturbation of a unitary matrix introduced by Fyodorov. In particular, we identify a flow of deterministic domains that bound the spectrum with high probability, separating the outlier from the typical eigenvalues at all sub-critical timescales. These results are obtained under generic assumptions on U that hold for a variety of unitary random matrix models.},
  author       = {Dubach, Guillaume and Reker, Jana},
  issn         = {2010-3271},
  journal      = {Random Matrices: Theory and Applications},
  number       = {2},
  publisher    = {World Scientific Publishing},
  title        = {{Dynamics of a rank-one multiplicative perturbation of a unitary matrix}},
  doi          = {10.1142/s2010326324500072},
  volume       = {13},
  year         = {2024},
}

@article{17048,
  abstract     = {A key mechanism employed by plants to adapt to salinity stress involves maintaining ion homeostasis via the actions of ion transporters. While the function of cation transporters in maintaining ion homeostasis in plants has been extensively studied, little is known about the roles of their anion counterparts in this process. Here, we describe a mechanism of salt adaptation in plants. We characterized the chloride channel (CLC) gene AtCLCf, whose expression is regulated by WRKY transcription factor under salt stress in Arabidopsis thaliana. Loss-of-function atclcf seedlings show increased sensitivity to salt, whereas AtCLCf overexpression confers enhanced resistance to salt stress. Salt stress induces the translocation of GFP-AtCLCf fusion protein to the plasma membrane (PM). Blocking AtCLCf translocation using the exocytosis inhibitor brefeldin-A or mutating the small GTPase gene AtRABA1b/BEX5 (RAS GENES FROM RAT BRAINA1b homolog) increases salt sensitivity in plants. Electrophysiology and liposome-based assays confirm the Cl−/H+ antiport function of AtCLCf. Therefore, we have uncovered a mechanism of plant adaptation to salt stress involving the NaCl-induced translocation of AtCLCf to the PM, thus facilitating Cl− removal at the roots, and increasing the plant’s salinity tolerance.},
  author       = {Rajappa, Sivamathini and Krishnamurthy, Pannaga and Huang, Hua and Yu, Dejie and Friml, Jiří and Xu, Jian and Kumar, Prakash P.},
  issn         = {2041-1723},
  journal      = {Nature Communications},
  publisher    = {Springer Nature},
  title        = {{The translocation of a chloride channel from the Golgi to the plasma membrane helps plants adapt to salt stress}},
  doi          = {10.1038/s41467-024-48234-z},
  volume       = {15},
  year         = {2024},
}

@article{17050,
  abstract     = {The process of polymer condensation, i.e., the formation of bonds between reactive end groups, is ubiquitous in both industry and biology. Here we study generic systems undergoing polymer condensation in competition with cyclization. Using a generalized Smoluchowski theory, molecular dynamics simulations and experiments with DNA and ATP-consuming T4 ligase, we find that this system displays a transition, from a ring-dominated regime with finite-length chains at infinite time to a linear-polymers-dominated one with chains that keep growing in time. Finally, we show that fluids prepared close to the transition may have widely different compositions and rheology at large condensation times.},
  author       = {Panoukidou, Maria and Weir, Simon and Sorichetti, Valerio and Fosado, Yair Gutierrez and Lenz, Martin and Michieletto, Davide},
  issn         = {2643-1564},
  journal      = {Physical Review Research},
  number       = {2},
  publisher    = {American Physical Society},
  title        = {{Runaway transition in irreversible polymer condensation with cyclization}},
  doi          = {10.1103/PhysRevResearch.6.023189},
  volume       = {6},
  year         = {2024},
}

@inproceedings{17051,
  abstract     = {Memory-hard functions (MHF) are functions whose evaluation provably requires
a lot of memory. While MHFs are an unkeyed primitive, it is natural to consider the
notion of trapdoor MHFs (TMHFs). A TMHF is like an MHF, but when sampling
the public parameters one also samples a trapdoor which allows evaluating the
function much cheaper.
Biryukov and Perrin (Asiacrypt’17) were the first to consider TMHFs and put
forth a candidate TMHF construction called Diodon that is based on the Scrypt
MHF (Percival, BSDCan’09). To allow for a trapdoor, Scrypt’s initial hash chain
is replaced by a sequence of squares in a group of unknown order where the order of
the group is the trapdoor. For a length n sequence of squares and a group of order
N, Diodon’s cumulative memory complexity (CMC) is O(n2log N) without the
trapdoor and O(n log(n) log(N)2) with knowledge of it.
While Scrypt is proven to be optimally memory-hard in the random oracle
model (Alwen et al., Eurocrypt’17), Diodon’s memory-hardness has not been
proven so far. In this work, we fill this gap by rigorously analyzing a specific
instantiation of Diodon. We show that its CMC is lower bounded by Ω( n2log nlog N)
which almost matches the upper bound. Our proof is based Alwen et al.’s lower
bound on Scrypt’s CMC but requires non-trivial modifications due to the algebraic
structure of Diodon. Most importantly, our analysis involves a more elaborate
compression argument and a solvability criterion for certain systems of Diophantine
equations.},
  author       = {Auerbach, Benedikt and Günther, Christoph Ullrich and Pietrzak, Krzysztof Z},
  booktitle    = {43rd Annual International Conference on the Theory and Applications of Cryptographic Techniques},
  isbn         = {9783031587337},
  issn         = {1611-3349},
  location     = {Zurich, Switzerland},
  pages        = {315--344},
  publisher    = {Springer Nature},
  title        = {{Trapdoor memory-hard functions}},
  doi          = {10.1007/978-3-031-58734-4_11},
  volume       = {14653},
  year         = {2024},
}

@article{17054,
  abstract     = {Photoisomerization and photoluminescence are two distinct energy dissipation pathways in light-driven molecular motors. The photoisomerization properties of discrete molecular motors have been well established in solution, but their photoluminescent properties have been rarely reported—especially in aggregates. Here, it is shown that an overcrowded alkene-based molecular motor exhibits distinct dynamic properties in solution and aggregate states, for example, gel and solid states. Despite the poor emissive properties of molecular motors in solution, a bright emission is observed in the aggregate states, including in gel and the crystalline solid. The emission wavelength is highly dependent on the nature of the supramolecular packing and order in the aggregates. As a result, the fluorescent color can be readily tuned reversibly via mechanical grinding and vapor fuming, which provides a new platform for developing multi-stimuli functional materials.},
  author       = {Shan, Yahan and Sheng, Jinyu and Zhang, Qi and Stuart, Marc C.A. and Qu, Da Hui and Feringa, Ben L.},
  issn         = {2692-4560},
  journal      = {Aggregate},
  number       = {5},
  publisher    = {Wiley},
  title        = {{Multi-state photoluminescent properties of an overcrowded alkene-based molecular motor in aggregates}},
  doi          = {10.1002/agt2.584},
  volume       = {5},
  year         = {2024},
}