--- OA_place: publisher _id: '14323' abstract: - lang: eng text: Morphogens are signaling molecules that are known for their prominent role in pattern formation within developing tissues. In addition to patterning, morphogens also control tissue growth. However, the underlying mechanisms are poorly understood. We studied the role of morphogens in regulating tissue growth in the developing vertebrate neural tube. In this system, opposing morphogen gradients of Shh and BMP establish the dorsoventral pattern of neural progenitor domains. Perturbations in these morphogen pathways result in alterations in tissue growth and cell cycle progression, however, it has been unclear what cellular process is affected. To address this, we analysed the rates of cell proliferation and cell death in mouse mutants in which signaling is perturbed, as well as in chick neural plate explants exposed to defined concentrations of signaling activators or inhibitors. Our results indicated that the rate of cell proliferation was not altered in these assays. By contrast, both the Shh and BMP signaling pathways had profound effects on neural progenitor survival. Our results indicate that these pathways synergise to promote cell survival within neural progenitors. Consistent with this, we found that progenitors within the intermediate region of the neural tube, where the combined levels of Shh and BMP are the lowest, are most prone to cell death when signaling activity is inhibited. In addition, we found that downregulation of Shh results in increased apoptosis within the roof plate, which is the dorsal source of BMP ligand production. This revealed a cross-interaction between the Shh and BMP morphogen signaling pathways that may be relevant for understanding how gradients scale in neural tubes with different overall sizes. We further studied the mechanism acting downstream of Shh in cell survival regulation using genetic and genomic approaches. We propose that Shh transcriptionally regulates a non-canonical apoptotic pathway. Altogether, our study points to a novel role of opposing morphogen gradients in tissue size regulation and provides new insights into complex interactions between Shh and BMP signaling gradients in the neural tube. acknowledged_ssus: - _id: Bio - _id: PreCl alternative_title: - ISTA Thesis article_processing_charge: No author: - first_name: Katarzyna full_name: Kuzmicz-Kowalska, Katarzyna id: 4CED352A-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Kuzmicz-Kowalska citation: ama: Kuzmicz-Kowalska K. Regulation of neural progenitor survival by Shh and BMP in the developing spinal cord. 2023. doi:10.15479/at:ista:14323 apa: Kuzmicz-Kowalska, K. (2023). Regulation of neural progenitor survival by Shh and BMP in the developing spinal cord. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:14323 chicago: Kuzmicz-Kowalska, Katarzyna. “Regulation of Neural Progenitor Survival by Shh and BMP in the Developing Spinal Cord.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:14323. ieee: K. Kuzmicz-Kowalska, “Regulation of neural progenitor survival by Shh and BMP in the developing spinal cord,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023. ista: Kuzmicz-Kowalska K. 2023. Regulation of neural progenitor survival by Shh and BMP in the developing spinal cord. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. mla: Kuzmicz-Kowalska, Katarzyna. Regulation of Neural Progenitor Survival by Shh and BMP in the Developing Spinal Cord. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023, doi:10.15479/at:ista:14323. short: K. Kuzmicz-Kowalska, Regulation of Neural Progenitor Survival by Shh and BMP in the Developing Spinal Cord, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023. corr_author: '1' date_created: 2023-09-13T10:07:18Z date_published: 2023-09-13T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2026-04-14T09:50:54Z day: '13' ddc: - '570' degree_awarded: PhD department: - _id: GradSch - _id: AnKi doi: 10.15479/at:ista:14323 file: - access_level: open_access checksum: bd83596869c814b24aeff7077d031c0e content_type: application/pdf creator: kkuzmicz date_created: 2023-09-13T09:52:52Z date_updated: 2025-03-13T23:30:05Z embargo: 2025-03-13 file_id: '14324' file_name: PhDThesis_KK_final_pdfA.pdf file_size: 10147911 relation: main_file - access_level: closed checksum: aa2757ae4c3478041fd7e62c587d3e4d content_type: application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document creator: kkuzmicz date_created: 2023-09-13T09:53:29Z date_updated: 2025-03-13T23:30:05Z embargo_to: open_access file_id: '14325' file_name: thesis_KK_final_corrections_092023.docx file_size: 103980668 relation: source_file file_date_updated: 2025-03-13T23:30:05Z fulldoi: https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:14323 has_accepted_license: '1' language: - iso: eng license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ month: '09' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version page: '151' project: - _id: 267AF0E4-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 name: The role of morphogens in the regulation of neural tube growth publication_identifier: issn: - 2663-337X publication_status: published publisher: Institute of Science and Technology Austria related_material: record: - id: '7883' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public status: public supervisor: - first_name: Anna full_name: Kicheva, Anna id: 3959A2A0-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Kicheva orcid: 0000-0003-4509-4998 title: Regulation of neural progenitor survival by Shh and BMP in the developing spinal cord tmp: image: /images/cc_by_nc_nd.png legal_code_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode name: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) short: CC BY-NC-ND (4.0) type: dissertation user_id: ba8df636-2132-11f1-aed0-ed93e2281fdd year: '2023' ... --- _id: '12837' abstract: - lang: eng text: As developing tissues grow in size and undergo morphogenetic changes, their material properties may be altered. Such changes result from tension dynamics at cell contacts or cellular jamming. Yet, in many cases, the cellular mechanisms controlling the physical state of growing tissues are unclear. We found that at early developmental stages, the epithelium in the developing mouse spinal cord maintains both high junctional tension and high fluidity. This is achieved via a mechanism in which interkinetic nuclear movements generate cell area dynamics that drive extensive cell rearrangements. Over time, the cell proliferation rate declines, effectively solidifying the tissue. Thus, unlike well-studied jamming transitions, the solidification uncovered here resembles a glass transition that depends on the dynamical stresses generated by proliferation and differentiation. Our finding that the fluidity of developing epithelia is linked to interkinetic nuclear movements and the dynamics of growth is likely to be relevant to multiple developing tissues. acknowledgement: 'We thank S. Hippenmeyer for the reagents and C. P. Heisenberg, J. Briscoe and K. Page for comments on the manuscript. This work was supported by IST Austria; the European Research Council under Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme grant no. 680037 and Horizon Europe grant 101044579 (A.K.); Austrian Science Fund (FWF): F78 (Stem Cell Modulation) (A.K.); ISTFELLOW postdoctoral program (A.S.); Narodowe Centrum Nauki, Poland SONATA, 2017/26/D/NZ2/00454 (M.Z.); and the Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange (M.Z.).' article_processing_charge: No article_type: original author: - first_name: Laura full_name: Bocanegra, Laura id: 4896F754-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Bocanegra - first_name: Amrita full_name: Singh, Amrita id: 76250f9f-3a21-11eb-9a80-a6180a0d7958 last_name: Singh - first_name: Edouard B full_name: Hannezo, Edouard B id: 3A9DB764-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Hannezo orcid: 0000-0001-6005-1561 - first_name: Marcin P full_name: Zagórski, Marcin P id: 343DA0DC-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Zagórski orcid: 0000-0001-7896-7762 - first_name: Anna full_name: Kicheva, Anna id: 3959A2A0-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Kicheva orcid: 0000-0003-4509-4998 citation: ama: Bocanegra L, Singh A, Hannezo EB, Zagórski MP, Kicheva A. Cell cycle dynamics control fluidity of the developing mouse neuroepithelium. Nature Physics. 2023;19:1050-1058. doi:10.1038/s41567-023-01977-w apa: Bocanegra, L., Singh, A., Hannezo, E. B., Zagórski, M. P., & Kicheva, A. (2023). Cell cycle dynamics control fluidity of the developing mouse neuroepithelium. Nature Physics. Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-023-01977-w chicago: Bocanegra, Laura, Amrita Singh, Edouard B Hannezo, Marcin P Zagórski, and Anna Kicheva. “Cell Cycle Dynamics Control Fluidity of the Developing Mouse Neuroepithelium.” Nature Physics. Springer Nature, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-023-01977-w. ieee: L. Bocanegra, A. Singh, E. B. Hannezo, M. P. Zagórski, and A. Kicheva, “Cell cycle dynamics control fluidity of the developing mouse neuroepithelium,” Nature Physics, vol. 19. Springer Nature, pp. 1050–1058, 2023. ista: Bocanegra L, Singh A, Hannezo EB, Zagórski MP, Kicheva A. 2023. Cell cycle dynamics control fluidity of the developing mouse neuroepithelium. Nature Physics. 19, 1050–1058. mla: Bocanegra, Laura, et al. “Cell Cycle Dynamics Control Fluidity of the Developing Mouse Neuroepithelium.” Nature Physics, vol. 19, Springer Nature, 2023, pp. 1050–58, doi:10.1038/s41567-023-01977-w. short: L. Bocanegra, A. Singh, E.B. Hannezo, M.P. Zagórski, A. Kicheva, Nature Physics 19 (2023) 1050–1058. corr_author: '1' date_created: 2023-04-16T22:01:09Z date_published: 2023-07-01T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2026-10-07T22:30:23Z day: '01' ddc: - '570' department: - _id: EdHa - _id: AnKi doi: 10.1038/s41567-023-01977-w ec_funded: 1 external_id: isi: - '000964029300003' pmid: - '37456593' file: - access_level: open_access checksum: 858225a4205b74406e5045006cdd853f content_type: application/pdf creator: dernst date_created: 2023-10-04T11:13:28Z date_updated: 2023-10-04T11:13:28Z file_id: '14392' file_name: 2023_NaturePhysics_Boncanegra.pdf file_size: 5532285 relation: main_file success: 1 file_date_updated: 2023-10-04T11:13:28Z fulldoi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-023-01977-w has_accepted_license: '1' intvolume: ' 19' isi: 1 language: - iso: eng month: '07' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version page: 1050-1058 pmid: 1 project: - _id: B6FC0238-B512-11E9-945C-1524E6697425 call_identifier: H2020 grant_number: '680037' name: Coordination of Patterning And Growth In the Spinal Cord - _id: bd7e737f-d553-11ed-ba76-d69ffb5ee3aa grant_number: '101044579' name: Mechanisms of tissue size regulation in spinal cord development - _id: 059DF620-7A3F-11EA-A408-12923DDC885E grant_number: F7802 name: Stem Cell Modulation in Neural Development and Regeneration/ P02-Morphogen control of growth and pattern in the spinal cord - _id: 25681D80-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: FP7 grant_number: '291734' name: International IST Postdoc Fellowship Programme publication: Nature Physics publication_identifier: eissn: - 1745-2481 issn: - 1745-2473 publication_status: published publisher: Springer Nature quality_controlled: '1' related_material: record: - id: '13081' relation: dissertation_contains status: public scopus_import: '1' status: public title: Cell cycle dynamics control fluidity of the developing mouse neuroepithelium tmp: image: /images/cc_by.png legal_code_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode name: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0) short: CC BY (4.0) type: journal_article user_id: 2DF688A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 volume: 19 year: '2023' ... --- OA_place: publisher _id: '13081' abstract: - lang: eng text: During development, tissues undergo changes in size and shape to form functional organs. Distinct cellular processes such as cell division and cell rearrangements underlie tissue morphogenesis. Yet how the distinct processes are controlled and coordinated, and how they contribute to morphogenesis is poorly understood. In our study, we addressed these questions using the developing mouse neural tube. This epithelial organ transforms from a flat epithelial sheet to an epithelial tube while increasing in size and undergoing morpho-gen-mediated patterning. The extent and mechanism of neural progenitor rearrangement within the developing mouse neuroepithelium is unknown. To investigate this, we per-formed high resolution lineage tracing analysis to quantify the extent of epithelial rear-rangement at different stages of neural tube development. We quantitatively described the relationship between apical cell size with cell cycle dependent interkinetic nuclear migra-tions (IKNM) and performed high cellular resolution live imaging of the neuroepithelium to study the dynamics of junctional remodeling. Furthermore, developed a vertex model of the neuroepithelium to investigate the quantitative contribution of cell proliferation, cell differentiation and mechanical properties to the epithelial rearrangement dynamics and validated the model predictions through functional experiments. Our analysis revealed that at early developmental stages, the apical cell area kinetics driven by IKNM induce high lev-els of cell rearrangements in a regime of high junctional tension and contractility. After E9.5, there is a sharp decline in the extent of cell rearrangements, suggesting that the epi-thelium transitions from a fluid-like to a solid-like state. We found that this transition is regulated by the growth rate of the tissue, rather than by changes in cell-cell adhesion and contractile forces. Overall, our study provides a quantitative description of the relationship between tissue growth, cell cycle dynamics, epithelia rearrangements and the emergent tissue material properties, and novel insights on how epithelial cell dynamics influences tissue morphogenesis. acknowledged_ssus: - _id: Bio - _id: LifeSc alternative_title: - ISTA Thesis article_processing_charge: No author: - first_name: Laura full_name: Bocanegra, Laura id: 4896F754-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Bocanegra citation: ama: Bocanegra L. Epithelial dynamics during mouse neural tube development. 2023. doi:10.15479/at:ista:13081 apa: Bocanegra, L. (2023). Epithelial dynamics during mouse neural tube development. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:13081 chicago: Bocanegra, Laura. “Epithelial Dynamics during Mouse Neural Tube Development.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:13081. ieee: L. Bocanegra, “Epithelial dynamics during mouse neural tube development,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023. ista: Bocanegra L. 2023. Epithelial dynamics during mouse neural tube development. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. mla: Bocanegra, Laura. Epithelial Dynamics during Mouse Neural Tube Development. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023, doi:10.15479/at:ista:13081. short: L. Bocanegra, Epithelial Dynamics during Mouse Neural Tube Development, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023. corr_author: '1' date_created: 2023-05-23T19:10:42Z date_published: 2023-05-23T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2026-04-14T09:50:54Z day: '23' ddc: - '570' degree_awarded: PhD department: - _id: GradSch - _id: AnKi doi: 10.15479/at:ista:13081 file: - access_level: closed checksum: 74f3f89e59a0189bee53ebfad9c1b9af content_type: application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document creator: lbocaneg date_created: 2023-05-25T06:32:12Z date_updated: 2024-06-01T22:30:04Z embargo_to: open_access file_id: '13089' file_name: Thesis_final_LauraBocanegra.docx file_size: 25615534 relation: source_file - access_level: open_access checksum: c6cdef6323eacfb4b7a8af20f32eae97 content_type: application/pdf creator: lbocaneg date_created: 2023-05-25T06:32:16Z date_updated: 2024-06-01T22:30:04Z embargo: 2024-05-31 file_id: '13090' file_name: TotalFinal_Thesis_LauraBocanegraArx.pdf file_size: 12386046 relation: main_file file_date_updated: 2024-06-01T22:30:04Z fulldoi: https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:13081 has_accepted_license: '1' language: - iso: eng month: '05' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version page: '93' publication_identifier: issn: - 2663-337X publication_status: published publisher: Institute of Science and Technology Austria related_material: record: - id: '9349' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '12837' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public status: public supervisor: - first_name: Anna full_name: Kicheva, Anna id: 3959A2A0-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Kicheva orcid: 0000-0003-4509-4998 title: Epithelial dynamics during mouse neural tube development tmp: image: /images/cc_by_nc_nd.png legal_code_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode name: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) short: CC BY-NC-ND (4.0) type: dissertation user_id: ba8df636-2132-11f1-aed0-ed93e2281fdd year: '2023' ... --- OA_place: publisher _id: '12800' abstract: - lang: eng text: 'The evolutionary processes that brought about today’s plethora of living species and the many billions more ancient ones all underlie biology. Evolutionary pathways are neither directed nor deterministic, but rather an interplay between selection, migration, mutation, genetic drift and other environmental factors. Hybrid zones, as natural crossing experiments, offer a great opportunity to use cline analysis to deduce different evolutionary processes - for example, selection strength. Theoretical cline models, largely assuming uniform distribution of individuals, often lack the capability of incorporating population structure. Since in reality organisms mostly live in patchy distributions and their dispersal is hardly ever Gaussian, it is necessary to unravel the effect of these different elements of population structure on cline parameters and shape. In this thesis, I develop a simulation inspired by the A. majus hybrid zone of a single selected locus under frequency dependent selection. This simulation enables us to untangle the effects of different elements of population structure as for example a low-density center and long-range dispersal. This thesis is therefore a first step towards theoretically untangling the effects of different elements of population structure on cline parameters and shape. ' alternative_title: - ISTA Master's Thesis article_processing_charge: No author: - first_name: Mara full_name: Julseth, Mara id: 1cf464b2-dc7d-11ea-9b2f-f9b1aa9417d1 last_name: Julseth citation: ama: Julseth M. The effect of local population structure on genetic variation at selected loci in the A. majus hybrid zone. 2023. doi:10.15479/at:ista:12800 apa: Julseth, M. (2023). The effect of local population structure on genetic variation at selected loci in the A. majus hybrid zone. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:12800 chicago: Julseth, Mara. “The Effect of Local Population Structure on Genetic Variation at Selected Loci in the A. Majus Hybrid Zone.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:12800. ieee: M. Julseth, “The effect of local population structure on genetic variation at selected loci in the A. majus hybrid zone,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023. ista: Julseth M. 2023. The effect of local population structure on genetic variation at selected loci in the A. majus hybrid zone. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. mla: Julseth, Mara. The Effect of Local Population Structure on Genetic Variation at Selected Loci in the A. Majus Hybrid Zone. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023, doi:10.15479/at:ista:12800. short: M. Julseth, The Effect of Local Population Structure on Genetic Variation at Selected Loci in the A. Majus Hybrid Zone, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023. corr_author: '1' date_created: 2023-04-04T18:57:11Z date_published: 2023-04-05T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2026-04-07T14:01:51Z day: '05' ddc: - '576' degree_awarded: MS department: - _id: GradSch - _id: NiBa doi: 10.15479/at:ista:12800 file: - access_level: closed checksum: b76cf6d69f2093d8248f6a3f9d4654a4 content_type: application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet creator: mjulseth date_created: 2023-04-06T06:09:40Z date_updated: 2023-06-02T22:30:04Z embargo_to: open_access file_id: '12805' file_name: Dispersaldata.xlsx file_size: 52795 relation: supplementary_material - access_level: open_access checksum: 5a13b6d204371572e249f03795bc0d04 content_type: application/vnd.wolfram.nb creator: mjulseth date_created: 2023-04-06T06:11:27Z date_updated: 2023-06-02T22:30:04Z embargo: 2023-06-01 file_id: '12806' file_name: 2023_MSc_ThesisMaraJulseth_Notebook.nb file_size: 787239 relation: supplementary_material - access_level: closed checksum: c3ec842839ed1e66bf2618ae33047df8 content_type: application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document creator: mjulseth date_created: 2023-04-06T08:26:12Z date_updated: 2023-06-02T22:30:04Z embargo_to: open_access file_id: '12812' file_name: ThesisMaraJulseth_04_23.docx file_size: 1061763 relation: source_file - access_level: open_access checksum: 3132cc998fbe3ae2a3a83c2a69367f37 content_type: application/pdf creator: mjulseth date_created: 2023-04-06T08:26:37Z date_updated: 2023-06-02T22:30:04Z embargo: 2023-06-01 file_id: '12813' file_name: ThesisMaraJulseth_04_23.pdf file_size: 1741364 relation: main_file file_date_updated: 2023-06-02T22:30:04Z fulldoi: https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:12800 has_accepted_license: '1' language: - iso: eng month: '04' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version page: '21' publication_identifier: issn: - 2791-4585 publication_status: published publisher: Institute of Science and Technology Austria status: public supervisor: - first_name: Nicholas H full_name: Barton, Nicholas H id: 4880FE40-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Barton orcid: 0000-0002-8548-5240 title: The effect of local population structure on genetic variation at selected loci in the A. majus hybrid zone type: dissertation user_id: ba8df636-2132-11f1-aed0-ed93e2281fdd year: '2023' ... --- OA_place: publisher _id: '14422' abstract: - lang: eng text: "Animals exhibit a remarkable ability to learn and remember new behaviors, skills, and associations throughout their lifetime. These capabilities are made possible thanks to a variety of\r\nchanges in the brain throughout adulthood, regrouped under the term \"plasticity\". Some cells\r\nin the brain —neurons— and specifically changes in the connections between neurons, the\r\nsynapses, were shown to be crucial for the formation, selection, and consolidation of memories\r\nfrom past experiences. These ongoing changes of synapses across time are called synaptic\r\nplasticity. Understanding how a myriad of biochemical processes operating at individual\r\nsynapses can somehow work in concert to give rise to meaningful changes in behavior is a\r\nfascinating problem and an active area of research.\r\nHowever, the experimental search for the precise plasticity mechanisms at play in the brain\r\nis daunting, as it is difficult to control and observe synapses during learning. Theoretical\r\napproaches have thus been the default method to probe the plasticity-behavior connection. Such\r\nstudies attempt to extract unifying principles across synapses and model all observed synaptic\r\nchanges using plasticity rules: equations that govern the evolution of synaptic strengths across\r\ntime in neuronal network models. These rules can use many relevant quantities to determine\r\nthe magnitude of synaptic changes, such as the precise timings of pre- and postsynaptic\r\naction potentials, the recent neuronal activity levels, the state of neighboring synapses, etc.\r\nHowever, analytical studies rely heavily on human intuition and are forced to make simplifying\r\nassumptions about plasticity rules.\r\nIn this thesis, we aim to assist and augment human intuition in this search for plasticity rules.\r\nWe explore whether a numerical approach could automatically discover the plasticity rules\r\nthat elicit desired behaviors in large networks of interconnected neurons. This approach is\r\ndubbed meta-learning synaptic plasticity: learning plasticity rules which themselves will make\r\nneuronal networks learn how to solve a desired task. We first write all the potential plasticity\r\nmechanisms to consider using a single expression with adjustable parameters. We then optimize\r\nthese plasticity parameters using evolutionary strategies or Bayesian inference on tasks known\r\nto involve synaptic plasticity, such as familiarity detection and network stabilization.\r\nWe show that these automated approaches are powerful tools, able to complement established\r\nanalytical methods. By comprehensively screening plasticity rules at all synapse types in\r\nrealistic, spiking neuronal network models, we discover entire sets of degenerate plausible\r\nplasticity rules that reliably elicit memory-related behaviors. Our approaches allow for more\r\nrobust experimental predictions, by abstracting out the idiosyncrasies of individual plasticity\r\nrules, and provide fresh insights on synaptic plasticity in spiking network models.\r\n" alternative_title: - ISTA Thesis article_processing_charge: No author: - first_name: Basile J full_name: Confavreux, Basile J id: C7610134-B532-11EA-BD9F-F5753DDC885E last_name: Confavreux citation: ama: 'Confavreux BJ. Synapseek: Meta-learning synaptic plasticity rules. 2023. doi:10.15479/at:ista:14422' apa: 'Confavreux, B. J. (2023). Synapseek: Meta-learning synaptic plasticity rules. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:14422' chicago: 'Confavreux, Basile J. “Synapseek: Meta-Learning Synaptic Plasticity Rules.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:14422.' ieee: 'B. J. Confavreux, “Synapseek: Meta-learning synaptic plasticity rules,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023.' ista: 'Confavreux BJ. 2023. Synapseek: Meta-learning synaptic plasticity rules. Institute of Science and Technology Austria.' mla: 'Confavreux, Basile J. Synapseek: Meta-Learning Synaptic Plasticity Rules. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023, doi:10.15479/at:ista:14422.' short: 'B.J. Confavreux, Synapseek: Meta-Learning Synaptic Plasticity Rules, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023.' corr_author: '1' date_created: 2023-10-12T14:13:25Z date_published: 2023-10-12T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2026-07-07T06:53:33Z day: '12' ddc: - '610' degree_awarded: PhD department: - _id: GradSch - _id: TiVo doi: 10.15479/at:ista:14422 ec_funded: 1 file: - access_level: open_access checksum: 7f636555eae7803323df287672fd13ed content_type: application/pdf creator: cchlebak date_created: 2023-10-12T14:53:50Z date_updated: 2024-10-13T22:30:04Z embargo: 2024-10-12 file_id: '14424' file_name: Confavreux_Thesis_2A.pdf file_size: 30599717 relation: main_file - access_level: closed checksum: 725e85946db92290a4583a0de9779e1b content_type: application/x-zip-compressed creator: cchlebak date_created: 2023-10-18T07:38:34Z date_updated: 2024-10-13T22:30:04Z embargo_to: open_access file_id: '14440' file_name: Confavreux Thesis.zip file_size: 68406739 relation: source_file file_date_updated: 2024-10-13T22:30:04Z fulldoi: https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:14422 has_accepted_license: '1' language: - iso: eng license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ month: '10' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version page: '148' project: - _id: 0aacfa84-070f-11eb-9043-d7eb2c709234 call_identifier: H2020 grant_number: '819603' name: Learning the shape of synaptic plasticity rules for neuronal architectures and function through machine learning. publication_identifier: issn: - 2663-337X publication_status: published publisher: Institute of Science and Technology Austria related_material: record: - id: '9633' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public status: public supervisor: - first_name: Tim P full_name: Vogels, Tim P id: CB6FF8D2-008F-11EA-8E08-2637E6697425 last_name: Vogels orcid: 0000-0003-3295-6181 title: 'Synapseek: Meta-learning synaptic plasticity rules' tmp: image: /images/cc_by_nc_sa.png legal_code_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/legalcode name: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) short: CC BY-NC-SA (4.0) type: dissertation user_id: ba8df636-2132-11f1-aed0-ed93e2281fdd year: '2023' ... --- _id: '14656' abstract: - lang: eng text: Although much is known about how single neurons in the hippocampus represent an animal's position, how circuit interactions contribute to spatial coding is less well understood. Using a novel statistical estimator and theoretical modeling, both developed in the framework of maximum entropy models, we reveal highly structured CA1 cell-cell interactions in male rats during open field exploration. The statistics of these interactions depend on whether the animal is in a familiar or novel environment. In both conditions the circuit interactions optimize the encoding of spatial information, but for regimes that differ in the informativeness of their spatial inputs. This structure facilitates linear decodability, making the information easy to read out by downstream circuits. Overall, our findings suggest that the efficient coding hypothesis is not only applicable to individual neuron properties in the sensory periphery, but also to neural interactions in the central brain. acknowledgement: M.N. was supported by the European Union Horizon 2020 Grant 665385. J.C. was supported by the European Research Council Consolidator Grant 281511. G.T. was supported by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) Grant P34015. C.S. was supported by an Institute of Science and Technology fellow award and by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Award No. 1922658. We thank Peter Baracskay, Karola Kaefer, and Hugo Malagon-Vina for the acquisition of the data. We also thank Federico Stella, Wiktor Młynarski, Dori Derdikman, Colin Bredenberg, Roman Huszar, Heloisa Chiossi, Lorenzo Posani, and Mohamady El-Gaby for comments on an earlier version of the manuscript. article_processing_charge: Yes (in subscription journal) article_type: original author: - first_name: Michele full_name: Nardin, Michele id: 30BD0376-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Nardin orcid: 0000-0001-8849-6570 - first_name: Jozsef L full_name: Csicsvari, Jozsef L id: 3FA14672-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Csicsvari orcid: 0000-0002-5193-4036 - first_name: Gašper full_name: Tkačik, Gašper id: 3D494DCA-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Tkačik orcid: 0000-0002-6699-1455 - first_name: Cristina full_name: Savin, Cristina id: 3933349E-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Savin citation: ama: Nardin M, Csicsvari JL, Tkačik G, Savin C. The structure of hippocampal CA1 interactions optimizes spatial coding across experience. The Journal of Neuroscience. 2023;43(48):8140-8156. doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0194-23.2023 apa: Nardin, M., Csicsvari, J. L., Tkačik, G., & Savin, C. (2023). The structure of hippocampal CA1 interactions optimizes spatial coding across experience. The Journal of Neuroscience. Society for Neuroscience. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0194-23.2023 chicago: Nardin, Michele, Jozsef L Csicsvari, Gašper Tkačik, and Cristina Savin. “The Structure of Hippocampal CA1 Interactions Optimizes Spatial Coding across Experience.” The Journal of Neuroscience. Society for Neuroscience, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0194-23.2023. ieee: M. Nardin, J. L. Csicsvari, G. Tkačik, and C. Savin, “The structure of hippocampal CA1 interactions optimizes spatial coding across experience,” The Journal of Neuroscience, vol. 43, no. 48. Society for Neuroscience, pp. 8140–8156, 2023. ista: Nardin M, Csicsvari JL, Tkačik G, Savin C. 2023. The structure of hippocampal CA1 interactions optimizes spatial coding across experience. The Journal of Neuroscience. 43(48), 8140–8156. mla: Nardin, Michele, et al. “The Structure of Hippocampal CA1 Interactions Optimizes Spatial Coding across Experience.” The Journal of Neuroscience, vol. 43, no. 48, Society for Neuroscience, 2023, pp. 8140–56, doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0194-23.2023. short: M. Nardin, J.L. Csicsvari, G. Tkačik, C. Savin, The Journal of Neuroscience 43 (2023) 8140–8156. date_created: 2023-12-10T23:00:58Z date_published: 2023-11-29T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2026-07-06T12:47:25Z day: '29' ddc: - '570' department: - _id: JoCs - _id: GaTk doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0194-23.2023 ec_funded: 1 external_id: isi: - '001148071000005' pmid: - '37758476' file: - access_level: open_access checksum: e2503c8f84be1050e28f64320f1d5bd2 content_type: application/pdf creator: dernst date_created: 2023-12-11T11:30:37Z date_updated: 2024-06-02T22:30:03Z embargo: 2024-06-01 file_id: '14674' file_name: 2023_JourNeuroscience_Nardin.pdf file_size: 2280632 relation: main_file file_date_updated: 2024-06-02T22:30:03Z fulldoi: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0194-23.2023 has_accepted_license: '1' intvolume: ' 43' isi: 1 issue: '48' language: - iso: eng month: '11' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version page: 8140-8156 pmid: 1 project: - _id: 257A4776-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: FP7 grant_number: '281511' name: Memory-related information processing in neuronal circuits of the hippocampus and entorhinal cortex - _id: 626c45b5-2b32-11ec-9570-e509828c1ba6 grant_number: P34015 name: Efficient coding with biophysical realism - _id: 2564DBCA-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: H2020 grant_number: '665385' name: International IST Doctoral Program publication: The Journal of Neuroscience publication_identifier: eissn: - 1529-2401 publication_status: published publisher: Society for Neuroscience quality_controlled: '1' related_material: record: - id: '10077' relation: earlier_version status: public scopus_import: '1' status: public title: The structure of hippocampal CA1 interactions optimizes spatial coding across experience tmp: image: /images/cc_by.png legal_code_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode name: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0) short: CC BY (4.0) type: journal_article user_id: 317138e5-6ab7-11ef-aa6d-ffef3953e345 volume: 43 year: '2023' ... --- _id: '14759' abstract: - lang: eng text: "Proper operation of electro-optic I/Q modulators relies on precise adjustment and control of the relative phase biases between the modulator’s internal interferometer arms. We present an all-analog phase bias locking scheme where error signals are obtained from the beat between the optical carrier and optical tones generated by an auxiliary 2 MHz \U0001D445\U0001D439 tone to lock the phases of all three involved interferometers for operation up to 10 GHz. With the developed method, we demonstrate an I/Q modulator in carrier-suppressed single-sideband mode, where the suppressed carrier and sideband are locked at optical power levels <−27dB\r\n relative to the transmitted sideband. We describe a simple analytical model for calculating the error signals and detail the implementation of the electronic circuitry for the implementation of the method." acknowledgement: We thank Jakob Vorlaufer for technical contributions and Vyacheslav Li and Sofia Agafonova for comments on the manuscript. article_processing_charge: No article_type: original arxiv: 1 author: - first_name: Sebastian full_name: Wald, Sebastian id: 133F200A-B015-11E9-AD41-0EDAE5697425 last_name: Wald orcid: 0000-0002-5869-1604 - first_name: Fritz R full_name: Diorico, Fritz R id: 2E054C4C-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Diorico orcid: 0000-0002-4947-8924 - first_name: Onur full_name: Hosten, Onur id: 4C02D85E-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Hosten orcid: 0000-0002-2031-204X citation: ama: Wald S, Diorico FR, Hosten O. Analog stabilization of an electro-optic I/Q modulator with an auxiliary modulation tone. Applied Optics. 2023;62(1):1-7. doi:10.1364/ao.474118 apa: Wald, S., Diorico, F. R., & Hosten, O. (2023). Analog stabilization of an electro-optic I/Q modulator with an auxiliary modulation tone. Applied Optics. Optica Publishing Group. https://doi.org/10.1364/ao.474118 chicago: Wald, Sebastian, Fritz R Diorico, and Onur Hosten. “Analog Stabilization of an Electro-Optic I/Q Modulator with an Auxiliary Modulation Tone.” Applied Optics. Optica Publishing Group, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1364/ao.474118. ieee: S. Wald, F. R. Diorico, and O. Hosten, “Analog stabilization of an electro-optic I/Q modulator with an auxiliary modulation tone,” Applied Optics, vol. 62, no. 1. Optica Publishing Group, pp. 1–7, 2023. ista: Wald S, Diorico FR, Hosten O. 2023. Analog stabilization of an electro-optic I/Q modulator with an auxiliary modulation tone. Applied Optics. 62(1), 1–7. mla: Wald, Sebastian, et al. “Analog Stabilization of an Electro-Optic I/Q Modulator with an Auxiliary Modulation Tone.” Applied Optics, vol. 62, no. 1, Optica Publishing Group, 2023, pp. 1–7, doi:10.1364/ao.474118. short: S. Wald, F.R. Diorico, O. Hosten, Applied Optics 62 (2023) 1–7. corr_author: '1' das_tickbox: '1' dataavailabilitystatement: Data underlying the results presented in this paper are not publicly available at this time but may be obtained from the authors upon reasonable request. date_created: 2024-01-08T13:19:14Z date_published: 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2026-10-07T22:30:35Z day: '01' department: - _id: OnHo doi: 10.1364/ao.474118 external_id: arxiv: - '2208.11591' isi: - '000906607900001' fulldoi: https://doi.org/10.1364/ao.474118 intvolume: ' 62' isi: 1 issue: '1' keyword: - Atomic and Molecular Physics - and Optics - Engineering (miscellaneous) - Electrical and Electronic Engineering language: - iso: eng main_file_link: - open_access: '1' url: https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2208.11591 month: '01' oa: 1 oa_version: Preprint page: 1-7 publication: Applied Optics publication_identifier: eissn: - 2155-3165 issn: - 1559-128X publication_status: published publisher: Optica Publishing Group quality_controlled: '1' related_material: record: - id: '20798' relation: dissertation_contains status: public researchdata_availability: upon request scopus_import: '1' status: public supplementarymaterial: yes title: Analog stabilization of an electro-optic I/Q modulator with an auxiliary modulation tone type: journal_article user_id: 68b8ca59-c5b3-11ee-8790-cd641c68093d volume: 62 year: '2023' ... --- APC_amount: 6228 EUR DOAJ_listed: '1' OA_place: publisher OA_type: gold _id: '13200' abstract: - lang: eng text: Recent quantum technologies have established precise quantum control of various microscopic systems using electromagnetic waves. Interfaces based on cryogenic cavity electro-optic systems are particularly promising, due to the direct interaction between microwave and optical fields in the quantum regime. Quantum optical control of superconducting microwave circuits has been precluded so far due to the weak electro-optical coupling as well as quasi-particles induced by the pump laser. Here we report the coherent control of a superconducting microwave cavity using laser pulses in a multimode electro-optical device at millikelvin temperature with near-unity cooperativity. Both the stationary and instantaneous responses of the microwave and optical modes comply with the coherent electro-optical interaction, and reveal only minuscule amount of excess back-action with an unanticipated time delay. Our demonstration enables wide ranges of applications beyond quantum transductions, from squeezing and quantum non-demolition measurements of microwave fields, to entanglement generation and hybrid quantum networks. acknowledgement: This work was supported by the European Research Council under grant agreement no. 758053 (ERC StG QUNNECT), the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under grant agreement no. 899354 (FETopen SuperQuLAN), and the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) through BeyondC (F7105). L.Q. acknowledges generous support from the ISTFELLOW programme. W.H. is the recipient of an ISTplus postdoctoral fellowship with funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement no. 754411. G.A. is the recipient of a DOC fellowship of the Austrian Academy of Sciences at IST Austria. article_number: '3784' article_processing_charge: Yes article_type: original arxiv: 1 author: - first_name: Liu full_name: Qiu, Liu id: 45e99c0d-1eb1-11eb-9b96-ed8ab2983cac last_name: Qiu orcid: 0000-0003-4345-4267 - first_name: Rishabh full_name: Sahu, Rishabh id: 47D26E34-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Sahu orcid: 0000-0001-6264-2162 - first_name: William J full_name: Hease, William J id: 29705398-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Hease orcid: 0000-0001-9868-2166 - first_name: Georg M full_name: Arnold, Georg M id: 3770C838-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Arnold orcid: 0000-0003-1397-7876 - first_name: Johannes M full_name: Fink, Johannes M id: 4B591CBA-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Fink orcid: 0000-0001-8112-028X citation: ama: Qiu L, Sahu R, Hease WJ, Arnold GM, Fink JM. Coherent optical control of a superconducting microwave cavity via electro-optical dynamical back-action. Nature Communications. 2023;14. doi:10.1038/s41467-023-39493-3 apa: Qiu, L., Sahu, R., Hease, W. J., Arnold, G. M., & Fink, J. M. (2023). Coherent optical control of a superconducting microwave cavity via electro-optical dynamical back-action. Nature Communications. Nature Research. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-39493-3 chicago: Qiu, Liu, Rishabh Sahu, William J Hease, Georg M Arnold, and Johannes M Fink. “Coherent Optical Control of a Superconducting Microwave Cavity via Electro-Optical Dynamical Back-Action.” Nature Communications. Nature Research, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-39493-3. ieee: L. Qiu, R. Sahu, W. J. Hease, G. M. Arnold, and J. M. Fink, “Coherent optical control of a superconducting microwave cavity via electro-optical dynamical back-action,” Nature Communications, vol. 14. Nature Research, 2023. ista: Qiu L, Sahu R, Hease WJ, Arnold GM, Fink JM. 2023. Coherent optical control of a superconducting microwave cavity via electro-optical dynamical back-action. Nature Communications. 14, 3784. mla: Qiu, Liu, et al. “Coherent Optical Control of a Superconducting Microwave Cavity via Electro-Optical Dynamical Back-Action.” Nature Communications, vol. 14, 3784, Nature Research, 2023, doi:10.1038/s41467-023-39493-3. short: L. Qiu, R. Sahu, W.J. Hease, G.M. Arnold, J.M. Fink, Nature Communications 14 (2023). corr_author: '1' date_created: 2023-07-09T22:01:11Z date_published: 2023-06-24T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2026-10-07T22:30:38Z day: '24' ddc: - '000' department: - _id: JoFi doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-39493-3 ec_funded: 1 external_id: arxiv: - '2210.12443' isi: - '001018100800002' pmid: - '37355691' file: - access_level: open_access checksum: ec7ccd2c08f90d59cab302fd0d7776a4 content_type: application/pdf creator: alisjak date_created: 2023-07-10T10:10:54Z date_updated: 2023-07-10T10:10:54Z file_id: '13206' file_name: 2023_NatureComms_Qiu.pdf file_size: 1349134 relation: main_file success: 1 file_date_updated: 2023-07-10T10:10:54Z fulldoi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-39493-3 has_accepted_license: '1' intvolume: ' 14' isi: 1 language: - iso: eng month: '06' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version pmid: 1 project: - _id: 26336814-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: H2020 grant_number: '758053' name: A Fiber Optic Transceiver for Superconducting Qubits - _id: 9B868D20-BA93-11EA-9121-9846C619BF3A call_identifier: H2020 grant_number: '899354' name: Quantum Local Area Networks with Superconducting Qubits - _id: bdb108fd-d553-11ed-ba76-83dc74a9864f grant_number: F07105 name: QUANTUM INFORMATION SYSTEMS BEYOND CLASSICAL CAPABILITIES / P5- Integration of Superconducting Quantum Circuits - _id: 260C2330-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: H2020 grant_number: '754411' name: ISTplus - Postdoctoral Fellowships - _id: 25681D80-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: FP7 grant_number: '291734' name: International IST Postdoc Fellowship Programme - _id: 2671EB66-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 name: Coherent on-chip conversion of superconducting qubit signals from microwaves to optical frequencies - _id: 3AC91DDA-15DF-11EA-824D-93A3E7B544D1 call_identifier: FWF name: FWF Open Access Fund publication: Nature Communications publication_identifier: eissn: - 2041-1723 publication_status: published publisher: Nature Research quality_controlled: '1' related_material: record: - id: '18871' relation: dissertation_contains status: public scopus_import: '1' status: public title: Coherent optical control of a superconducting microwave cavity via electro-optical dynamical back-action tmp: image: /images/cc_by.png legal_code_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode name: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0) short: CC BY (4.0) type: journal_article user_id: 2DF688A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 volume: 14 year: '2023' ... --- OA_place: repository _id: '18953' abstract: - lang: eng text: The rapid development of superconducting quantum hardware is expected to run into significant I/O restrictions due to the need for large-scale error correction in a cryogenic environment. Classical data centers rely on fiber-optic interconnects to remove similar networking bottlenecks and to allow for reconfigurable, software-defined infrastructures. In the same spirit, ultra-cold electro-optic links have been proposed and used to generate qubit control signals, or to replace cryogenic readout electronics. So far, the latter suffered from either low efficiency, low bandwidth and the need for additional microwave drives, or breaking of Cooper pairs and qubit states. In this work we realize electro-optic microwave photonics at millikelvin temperatures to implement a radio-over-fiber qubit readout that does not require any active or passive cryogenic microwave equipment. We demonstrate all-optical single-shot-readout by means of the Jaynes-Cummings nonlinearity in a circulator-free readout scheme. Importantly, we do not observe any direct radiation impact on the qubit state as verified with high-fidelity quantum-non-demolition measurements despite the absence of shielding elements. This compatibility between superconducting circuits and telecom wavelength light is not only a prerequisite to establish modular quantum networks, it is also relevant for multiplexed readout of superconducting photon detectors and classical superconducting logic. Moreover, this experiment showcases the potential of electro-optic radiometry in harsh environments - an electronics-free sensing principle that extends into the THz regime with applications in radio astronomy, planetary missions and earth observation. acknowledgement: "We thank F. Hassani and M. Zemlicka for assistance\r\nwith qubit design and high power readout respectively,\r\nand P. Winkel and I. Pop at KIT for providing the JPA.\r\nThis work was supported by the European Research\r\nCouncil under grant agreement no. 758053 (ERC StG\r\nQUNNECT) and no. 101089099 (ERC CoG cQEO), the\r\nEuropean Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation\r\nprogram under grant agreement no. 899354 (FETopen\r\nSuperQuLAN) and the Austrian Science Fund (FWF)\r\nthrough BeyondC (grant no. F7105). L.Q. acknowledges\r\ngenerous support from the ISTFELLOW programme\r\nand G.A. is the recipient of a DOC fellowship of the\r\nAustrian Academy of Sciences at IST Austria." article_processing_charge: No arxiv: 1 author: - first_name: Georg M full_name: Arnold, Georg M id: 3770C838-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Arnold orcid: 0000-0003-1397-7876 - first_name: Thomas full_name: Werner, Thomas id: 1fcd8497-dba3-11ea-a45e-c6fbd715f7c7 last_name: Werner orcid: 0009-0001-2346-5236 - first_name: Rishabh full_name: Sahu, Rishabh id: 47D26E34-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Sahu orcid: 0000-0001-6264-2162 - first_name: Lucky full_name: Kapoor, Lucky id: 84b9700b-15b2-11ec-abd3-831089e67615 last_name: Kapoor orcid: 0000-0001-8319-2148 - first_name: Liu full_name: Qiu, Liu id: 45e99c0d-1eb1-11eb-9b96-ed8ab2983cac last_name: Qiu orcid: 0000-0003-4345-4267 - first_name: Johannes M full_name: Fink, Johannes M id: 4B591CBA-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Fink orcid: 0000-0001-8112-028X citation: ama: Arnold GM, Werner T, Sahu R, Kapoor L, Qiu L, Fink JM. All-optical single-shot readout of a superconducting qubit. arXiv. doi:10.48550/ARXIV.2310.16817 apa: Arnold, G. M., Werner, T., Sahu, R., Kapoor, L., Qiu, L., & Fink, J. M. (n.d.). All-optical single-shot readout of a superconducting qubit. arXiv. https://doi.org/10.48550/ARXIV.2310.16817 chicago: Arnold, Georg M, Thomas Werner, Rishabh Sahu, Lucky Kapoor, Liu Qiu, and Johannes M Fink. “All-Optical Single-Shot Readout of a Superconducting Qubit.” ArXiv, n.d. https://doi.org/10.48550/ARXIV.2310.16817. ieee: G. M. Arnold, T. Werner, R. Sahu, L. Kapoor, L. Qiu, and J. M. Fink, “All-optical single-shot readout of a superconducting qubit,” arXiv. . ista: Arnold GM, Werner T, Sahu R, Kapoor L, Qiu L, Fink JM. All-optical single-shot readout of a superconducting qubit. arXiv, 10.48550/ARXIV.2310.16817. mla: Arnold, Georg M., et al. “All-Optical Single-Shot Readout of a Superconducting Qubit.” ArXiv, doi:10.48550/ARXIV.2310.16817. short: G.M. Arnold, T. Werner, R. Sahu, L. Kapoor, L. Qiu, J.M. Fink, ArXiv (n.d.). corr_author: '1' date_created: 2025-01-29T11:11:34Z date_published: 2023-10-25T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2026-10-07T22:30:38Z day: '25' department: - _id: JoFi doi: 10.48550/ARXIV.2310.16817 ec_funded: 1 external_id: arxiv: - '2310.16817' fulldoi: https://doi.org/10.48550/ARXIV.2310.16817 language: - iso: eng main_file_link: - open_access: '1' url: https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2310.16817 month: '10' oa: 1 oa_version: Preprint project: - _id: 26336814-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: H2020 grant_number: '758053' name: A Fiber Optic Transceiver for Superconducting Qubits - _id: bdadfa0d-d553-11ed-ba76-fb85edbd456a grant_number: '101089099' name: 'Cavity Quantum Electro Optics: Microwave photonics with nonclassical states' - _id: 9B868D20-BA93-11EA-9121-9846C619BF3A call_identifier: H2020 grant_number: '899354' name: Quantum Local Area Networks with Superconducting Qubits - _id: 2671EB66-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 name: Coherent on-chip conversion of superconducting qubit signals from microwaves to optical frequencies - _id: bdb108fd-d553-11ed-ba76-83dc74a9864f grant_number: F07105 name: QUANTUM INFORMATION SYSTEMS BEYOND CLASSICAL CAPABILITIES / P5- Integration of Superconducting Quantum Circuits publication: arXiv publication_status: draft related_material: record: - id: '19073' relation: later_version status: public - id: '18871' relation: dissertation_contains status: public status: public title: All-optical single-shot readout of a superconducting qubit tmp: image: /images/cc_by.png legal_code_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode name: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0) short: CC BY (4.0) type: preprint user_id: 2DF688A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 year: '2023' ... --- _id: '14274' abstract: - lang: eng text: Immune responses rely on the rapid and coordinated migration of leukocytes. Whereas it is well established that single-cell migration is often guided by gradients of chemokines and other chemoattractants, it remains poorly understood how these gradients are generated, maintained, and modulated. By combining experimental data with theory on leukocyte chemotaxis guided by the G protein–coupled receptor (GPCR) CCR7, we demonstrate that in addition to its role as the sensory receptor that steers migration, CCR7 also acts as a generator and a modulator of chemotactic gradients. Upon exposure to the CCR7 ligand CCL19, dendritic cells (DCs) effectively internalize the receptor and ligand as part of the canonical GPCR desensitization response. We show that CCR7 internalization also acts as an effective sink for the chemoattractant, dynamically shaping the spatiotemporal distribution of the chemokine. This mechanism drives complex collective migration patterns, enabling DCs to create or sharpen chemotactic gradients. We further show that these self-generated gradients can sustain the long-range guidance of DCs, adapt collective migration patterns to the size and geometry of the environment, and provide a guidance cue for other comigrating cells. Such a dual role of CCR7 as a GPCR that both senses and consumes its ligand can thus provide a novel mode of cellular self-organization. acknowledgement: "We thank I. de Vries and the Scientific Service Units (Life Sciences, Bioimaging, Nanofabrication, Preclinical and Miba Machine Shop) of the Institute of Science and Technology Austria for excellent support, as well as all the rotation students assisting in the laboratory work (B. Zens, H. Schön, and D. Babic).\r\nThis work was supported by grants from the European Research Council under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research to M.S. (grant agreement no. 724373) and to E.H. (grant agreement no. 851288), and a grant by the Austrian Science Fund (DK Nanocell W1250-B20) to M.S. J.A. was supported by the Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation and Research Council of Finland's Flagship Programme InFLAMES (decision number: 357910). M.C.U. was supported by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement no. 754411." article_number: adc9584 article_processing_charge: No article_type: original author: - first_name: Jonna H full_name: Alanko, Jonna H id: 2CC12E8C-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Alanko orcid: 0000-0002-7698-3061 - first_name: Mehmet C full_name: Ucar, Mehmet C id: 50B2A802-6007-11E9-A42B-EB23E6697425 last_name: Ucar orcid: 0000-0003-0506-4217 - first_name: Nikola full_name: Canigova, Nikola id: 3795523E-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Canigova orcid: 0000-0002-8518-5926 - first_name: Julian A full_name: Stopp, Julian A id: 489E3F00-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Stopp - first_name: Jan full_name: Schwarz, Jan id: 346C1EC6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Schwarz - first_name: Jack full_name: Merrin, Jack id: 4515C308-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Merrin orcid: 0000-0001-5145-4609 - first_name: Edouard B full_name: Hannezo, Edouard B id: 3A9DB764-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Hannezo orcid: 0000-0001-6005-1561 - first_name: Michael K full_name: Sixt, Michael K id: 41E9FBEA-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Sixt orcid: 0000-0002-6620-9179 citation: ama: Alanko JH, Ucar MC, Canigova N, et al. CCR7 acts as both a sensor and a sink for CCL19 to coordinate collective leukocyte migration. Science Immunology. 2023;8(87). doi:10.1126/sciimmunol.adc9584 apa: Alanko, J. H., Ucar, M. C., Canigova, N., Stopp, J. A., Schwarz, J., Merrin, J., … Sixt, M. K. (2023). CCR7 acts as both a sensor and a sink for CCL19 to coordinate collective leukocyte migration. Science Immunology. American Association for the Advancement of Science. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciimmunol.adc9584 chicago: Alanko, Jonna H, Mehmet C Ucar, Nikola Canigova, Julian A Stopp, Jan Schwarz, Jack Merrin, Edouard B Hannezo, and Michael K Sixt. “CCR7 Acts as Both a Sensor and a Sink for CCL19 to Coordinate Collective Leukocyte Migration.” Science Immunology. American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciimmunol.adc9584. ieee: J. H. Alanko et al., “CCR7 acts as both a sensor and a sink for CCL19 to coordinate collective leukocyte migration,” Science Immunology, vol. 8, no. 87. American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2023. ista: Alanko JH, Ucar MC, Canigova N, Stopp JA, Schwarz J, Merrin J, Hannezo EB, Sixt MK. 2023. CCR7 acts as both a sensor and a sink for CCL19 to coordinate collective leukocyte migration. Science Immunology. 8(87), adc9584. mla: Alanko, Jonna H., et al. “CCR7 Acts as Both a Sensor and a Sink for CCL19 to Coordinate Collective Leukocyte Migration.” Science Immunology, vol. 8, no. 87, adc9584, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2023, doi:10.1126/sciimmunol.adc9584. short: J.H. Alanko, M.C. Ucar, N. Canigova, J.A. Stopp, J. Schwarz, J. Merrin, E.B. Hannezo, M.K. Sixt, Science Immunology 8 (2023). corr_author: '1' date_created: 2023-09-06T08:07:51Z date_published: 2023-09-01T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2026-10-07T22:30:40Z day: '01' ddc: - '570' department: - _id: MiSi - _id: EdHa - _id: NanoFab doi: 10.1126/sciimmunol.adc9584 ec_funded: 1 external_id: isi: - '001062110600003' pmid: - '37656776' fulldoi: https://doi.org/10.1126/sciimmunol.adc9584 intvolume: ' 8' isi: 1 issue: '87' keyword: - General Medicine - Immunology language: - iso: eng main_file_link: - open_access: '1' url: https://doi.org/10.1126/sciimmunol.adc9584 month: '09' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version pmid: 1 project: - _id: 25FE9508-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: H2020 grant_number: '724373' name: Cellular Navigation Along Spatial Gradients - _id: 05943252-7A3F-11EA-A408-12923DDC885E call_identifier: H2020 grant_number: '851288' name: Design Principles of Branching Morphogenesis - _id: 265E2996-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: FWF grant_number: W01250-B20 name: Nano-Analytics of Cellular Systems - _id: 260C2330-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: H2020 grant_number: '754411' name: ISTplus - Postdoctoral Fellowships publication: Science Immunology publication_identifier: issn: - 2470-9468 publication_status: published publisher: American Association for the Advancement of Science quality_controlled: '1' related_material: record: - id: '14279' relation: research_data status: public - id: '14697' relation: dissertation_contains status: public - id: '19745' relation: dissertation_contains status: public scopus_import: '1' status: public title: CCR7 acts as both a sensor and a sink for CCL19 to coordinate collective leukocyte migration type: journal_article user_id: 2DF688A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 volume: 8 year: '2023' ... --- OA_place: publisher _id: '14226' abstract: - lang: eng text: "We introduce the notion of a Faustian interchange in a 1-parameter family of smooth\r\nfunctions to generalize the medial axis to critical points of index larger than 0.\r\nWe construct and implement a general purpose algorithm for approximating such\r\ngeneralized medial axes." alternative_title: - ISTA Master's Thesis article_processing_charge: No author: - first_name: Elizabeth R full_name: Stephenson, Elizabeth R id: 2D04F932-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Stephenson orcid: 0000-0002-6862-208X citation: ama: Stephenson ER. Generalizing medial axes with homology switches. 2023. doi:10.15479/at:ista:14226 apa: Stephenson, E. R. (2023). Generalizing medial axes with homology switches. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:14226 chicago: Stephenson, Elizabeth R. “Generalizing Medial Axes with Homology Switches.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:14226. ieee: E. R. Stephenson, “Generalizing medial axes with homology switches,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023. ista: Stephenson ER. 2023. Generalizing medial axes with homology switches. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. mla: Stephenson, Elizabeth R. Generalizing Medial Axes with Homology Switches. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023, doi:10.15479/at:ista:14226. short: E.R. Stephenson, Generalizing Medial Axes with Homology Switches, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023. corr_author: '1' date_created: 2023-08-24T13:01:18Z date_published: 2023-08-24T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2026-04-07T14:02:30Z day: '24' ddc: - '500' degree_awarded: MS department: - _id: GradSch - _id: HeEd doi: 10.15479/at:ista:14226 file: - access_level: closed checksum: 453caf851d75c3478c10ed09bd242a91 content_type: application/x-zip-compressed creator: cchlebak date_created: 2023-08-24T13:02:49Z date_updated: 2024-02-26T23:30:03Z embargo_to: open_access file_id: '14227' file_name: documents-export-2023-08-24.zip file_size: 15501411 relation: source_file - access_level: open_access checksum: 7349d29963d6695e555e171748648d9a content_type: application/pdf creator: cchlebak date_created: 2023-08-24T13:03:42Z date_updated: 2024-02-26T23:30:03Z embargo: 2024-02-25 file_id: '14228' file_name: thesis_pdf_a.pdf file_size: 6854783 relation: main_file file_date_updated: 2024-02-26T23:30:03Z fulldoi: https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:14226 has_accepted_license: '1' language: - iso: eng month: '08' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version page: '43' publication_identifier: issn: - 2791-4585 publication_status: published publisher: Institute of Science and Technology Austria status: public supervisor: - first_name: Herbert full_name: Edelsbrunner, Herbert id: 3FB178DA-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Edelsbrunner orcid: 0000-0002-9823-6833 title: Generalizing medial axes with homology switches type: dissertation user_id: ba8df636-2132-11f1-aed0-ed93e2281fdd year: '2023' ... --- _id: '12159' abstract: - lang: eng text: The term “haplotype block” is commonly used in the developing field of haplotype-based inference methods. We argue that the term should be defined based on the structure of the Ancestral Recombination Graph (ARG), which contains complete information on the ancestry of a sample. We use simulated examples to demonstrate key features of the relationship between haplotype blocks and ancestral structure, emphasizing the stochasticity of the processes that generate them. Even the simplest cases of neutrality or of a “hard” selective sweep produce a rich structure, often missed by commonly used statistics. We highlight a number of novel methods for inferring haplotype structure, based on the full ARG, or on a sequence of trees, and illustrate how they can be used to define haplotype blocks using an empirical data set. While the advent of new, computationally efficient methods makes it possible to apply these concepts broadly, they (and additional new methods) could benefit from adding features to explore haplotype blocks, as we define them. Understanding and applying the concept of the haplotype block will be essential to fully exploit long and linked-read sequencing technologies. acknowledgement: 'We thank the Barton group for useful discussion and feedback during the writing of this article. Comments from Roger Butlin, Molly Schumer''s Group, the tskit development team, editors and three reviewers greatly improved the manuscript. Funding was provided by SCAS (Natural Sciences Programme, Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation), an FWF Wittgenstein grant (PT1001Z211), an FWF standalone grant (grant P 32166), and an ERC Advanced Grant. YFC was supported by the Max Planck Society and an ERC Proof of Concept Grant #101069216 (HAPLOTAGGING).' article_processing_charge: Yes (via OA deal) article_type: original author: - first_name: Daria full_name: Shipilina, Daria id: 428A94B0-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Shipilina orcid: 0000-0002-1145-9226 - first_name: Arka full_name: Pal, Arka id: 6AAB2240-CA9A-11E9-9C1A-D9D1E5697425 last_name: Pal orcid: 0000-0002-4530-8469 - first_name: Sean full_name: Stankowski, Sean id: 43161670-5719-11EA-8025-FABC3DDC885E last_name: Stankowski - first_name: Yingguang Frank full_name: Chan, Yingguang Frank last_name: Chan - first_name: Nicholas H full_name: Barton, Nicholas H id: 4880FE40-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Barton orcid: 0000-0002-8548-5240 citation: ama: Shipilina D, Pal A, Stankowski S, Chan YF, Barton NH. On the origin and structure of haplotype blocks. Molecular Ecology. 2023;32(6):1441-1457. doi:10.1111/mec.16793 apa: Shipilina, D., Pal, A., Stankowski, S., Chan, Y. F., & Barton, N. H. (2023). On the origin and structure of haplotype blocks. Molecular Ecology. Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.16793 chicago: Shipilina, Daria, Arka Pal, Sean Stankowski, Yingguang Frank Chan, and Nicholas H Barton. “On the Origin and Structure of Haplotype Blocks.” Molecular Ecology. Wiley, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.16793. ieee: D. Shipilina, A. Pal, S. Stankowski, Y. F. Chan, and N. H. Barton, “On the origin and structure of haplotype blocks,” Molecular Ecology, vol. 32, no. 6. Wiley, pp. 1441–1457, 2023. ista: Shipilina D, Pal A, Stankowski S, Chan YF, Barton NH. 2023. On the origin and structure of haplotype blocks. Molecular Ecology. 32(6), 1441–1457. mla: Shipilina, Daria, et al. “On the Origin and Structure of Haplotype Blocks.” Molecular Ecology, vol. 32, no. 6, Wiley, 2023, pp. 1441–57, doi:10.1111/mec.16793. short: D. Shipilina, A. Pal, S. Stankowski, Y.F. Chan, N.H. Barton, Molecular Ecology 32 (2023) 1441–1457. corr_author: '1' date_created: 2023-01-12T12:09:17Z date_published: 2023-03-01T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2026-10-07T22:30:45Z day: '01' ddc: - '570' department: - _id: NiBa doi: 10.1111/mec.16793 external_id: isi: - '000900762000001' pmid: - '36433653' file: - access_level: open_access checksum: b10e0f8fa3dc4d72aaf77a557200978a content_type: application/pdf creator: dernst date_created: 2023-08-16T08:15:41Z date_updated: 2023-08-16T08:15:41Z file_id: '14062' file_name: 2023_MolecularEcology_Shipilina.pdf file_size: 7144607 relation: main_file success: 1 file_date_updated: 2023-08-16T08:15:41Z fulldoi: https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.16793 has_accepted_license: '1' intvolume: ' 32' isi: 1 issue: '6' keyword: - Genetics - Ecology - Evolution - Behavior and Systematics language: - iso: eng month: '03' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version page: 1441-1457 pmid: 1 project: - _id: 05959E1C-7A3F-11EA-A408-12923DDC885E grant_number: P32166 name: Snapdragon Speciation - _id: 25F42A32-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: FWF grant_number: Z211 name: Formal methods for the design and analysis of complex systems - _id: bd6958e0-d553-11ed-ba76-86eba6a76c00 grant_number: '101055327' name: Understanding the evolution of continuous genomes publication: Molecular Ecology publication_identifier: eissn: - 1365-294X issn: - 0962-1083 publication_status: published publisher: Wiley quality_controlled: '1' related_material: record: - id: '20694' relation: dissertation_contains status: public scopus_import: '1' status: public title: On the origin and structure of haplotype blocks tmp: image: /images/cc_by.png legal_code_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode name: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0) short: CC BY (4.0) type: journal_article user_id: 2DF688A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 volume: 32 year: '2023' ... --- OA_place: publisher _id: '14510' abstract: - lang: eng text: "Clathrin-mediated endocytosis (CME) is vital for the regulation of plant growth and\r\ndevelopment by controlling plasma membrane protein composition and cargo uptake. CME\r\nrelies on the precise recruitment control of protein regulators for vesicle maturation and\r\nrelease. During the early stages of endocytosis, an area of flat membrane is remodelled by\r\nproteins to create a spherical vesicle against intracellular forces. After the Clathrin-coated\r\nvesicle (CCV) is fully formed, scission machinery releases it from the plasma membrane,\r\nand cargo proceeds for recycling or degradation through early endosomes / Trans Golgi\r\nnetwork. Protein machineries that mediate membrane bending and vesicle release in plants\r\nare unknown. However, studies show, that plant endocytosis is actin independent, thus\r\nindicating that plants utilize a unique mechanism to mediate membrane bending against highturgor pressure compared to other model systems. First, by using biochemical and advanced\r\nlive microscopy approaches we investigate the TPLATE complex, a plant-specific\r\nendocytosis protein complex. We found that TPLATE is peripherally associated with\r\nclathrin-coated vesicles and localises at the rim of endocytosis events. Next, our study of\r\nplant Dynamin-related protein 1C (DRP1C), which was hypothesised previously to play a\r\nrole in vesicle release, shows the recruitment of the protein already at the early stages of\r\nendocytosis. Moreover, DRP1C assembles into organised ring-like structures and is able to\r\ninduce membrane deformation and tubulation, suggesting its role also in membrane bending\r\nduring early CME. Based on the data from mammalian and yeast systems, plant DynaminRelated Proteins 2 and SH3P2 protein are strong candidates to be part of the plant vesicle\r\nscission machinery; however, their precise role in plant CME has not been yet elucidated.\r\nHere, we characterised DRP2s and SH3P2 roles in CME by combining high-resolution\r\nimaging of endocytic events in vivo and protein characterisation. Although DRP2s and\r\nSH3P2 arrive together during late CME and physically interact, genetic analysis using\r\n∆sh3p1,2,3 mutant and complementation with non-DRP2-interacting SH3P2 variants suggest\r\nthat SH3P2 does not directly recruit DRP2s to the site of endocytosis. Summarising our\r\nresearch, these observations provide new important insights into the mechanism of plant\r\nCME and show that, despite plants posses many homologues of mammalian and yeast CME\r\ncomponents, they do not necessarily act in the same manner. " acknowledged_ssus: - _id: EM-Fac - _id: Bio - _id: LifeSc alternative_title: - ISTA Thesis article_processing_charge: No author: - first_name: Nataliia full_name: Gnyliukh, Nataliia id: 390C1120-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Gnyliukh orcid: 0000-0002-2198-0509 citation: ama: Gnyliukh N. Mechanism of clathrin-coated vesicle  formation during endocytosis in plants. 2023. doi:10.15479/at:ista:14510 apa: Gnyliukh, N. (2023). Mechanism of clathrin-coated vesicle  formation during endocytosis in plants. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:14510 chicago: Gnyliukh, Nataliia. “Mechanism of Clathrin-Coated Vesicle  Formation during Endocytosis in Plants.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:14510. ieee: N. Gnyliukh, “Mechanism of clathrin-coated vesicle  formation during endocytosis in plants,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023. ista: Gnyliukh N. 2023. Mechanism of clathrin-coated vesicle  formation during endocytosis in plants. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. mla: Gnyliukh, Nataliia. Mechanism of Clathrin-Coated Vesicle  Formation during Endocytosis in Plants. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023, doi:10.15479/at:ista:14510. short: N. Gnyliukh, Mechanism of Clathrin-Coated Vesicle  Formation during Endocytosis in Plants, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023. corr_author: '1' date_created: 2023-11-10T09:10:06Z date_published: 2023-11-10T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2026-10-07T22:30:57Z day: '10' ddc: - '570' degree_awarded: PhD department: - _id: GradSch - _id: JiFr - _id: MaLo doi: 10.15479/at:ista:14510 ec_funded: 1 file: - access_level: closed checksum: 3d5e680bfc61f98e308c434f45cc9bd6 content_type: application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document creator: ngnyliuk date_created: 2023-11-20T09:18:51Z date_updated: 2024-11-23T23:30:38Z embargo_to: open_access file_id: '14567' file_name: Thesis_Gnyliukh_final_08_11_23.docx file_size: 20824903 relation: source_file - access_level: open_access checksum: bfc96d47fc4e7e857dd71656097214a4 content_type: application/pdf creator: ngnyliuk date_created: 2023-11-20T09:23:11Z date_updated: 2024-11-23T23:30:38Z embargo: 2024-11-23 file_id: '14568' file_name: Thesis_Gnyliukh_final_20_11_23.pdf file_size: 24871844 relation: main_file file_date_updated: 2024-11-23T23:30:38Z fulldoi: https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:14510 has_accepted_license: '1' keyword: - Clathrin-Mediated Endocytosis - vesicle scission - Dynamin-Related Protein 2 - SH3P2 - TPLATE complex - Total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy - Arabidopsis thaliana language: - iso: eng month: '11' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version page: '180' project: - _id: 2564DBCA-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: H2020 grant_number: '665385' name: International IST Doctoral Program publication_identifier: isbn: - 978-3-99078-037-4 issn: - 2663-337X publication_status: published publisher: Institute of Science and Technology Austria related_material: record: - id: '14591' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '9887' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '8139' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public status: public supervisor: - first_name: Jiří full_name: Friml, Jiří id: 4159519E-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Friml orcid: 0000-0002-8302-7596 - first_name: Martin full_name: Loose, Martin id: 462D4284-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Loose orcid: 0000-0001-7309-9724 title: Mechanism of clathrin-coated vesicle formation during endocytosis in plants tmp: image: /images/cc_by.png legal_code_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode name: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0) short: CC BY (4.0) type: dissertation user_id: ba8df636-2132-11f1-aed0-ed93e2281fdd year: '2023' ... --- OA_place: repository _id: '14591' abstract: - lang: eng text: Clathrin-mediated endocytosis (CME) is vital for the regulation of plant growth and development by controlling plasma membrane protein composition and cargo uptake. CME relies on the precise recruitment of regulators for vesicle maturation and release. Homologues of components of mammalian vesicle scission are strong candidates to be part of the scissin machinery in plants, but the precise roles of these proteins in this process is not fully understood. Here, we characterised the roles of Plant Dynamin-Related Proteins 2 (DRP2s) and SH3-domain containing protein 2 (SH3P2), the plant homologue to Dynamins’ recruiters, like Endophilin and Amphiphysin, in the CME by combining high-resolution imaging of endocytic events in vivo and characterisation of the purified proteins in vitro. Although DRP2s and SH3P2 arrive similarly late during CME and physically interact, genetic analysis of the Dsh3p1,2,3 triple-mutant and complementation assays with non-SH3P2-interacting DRP2 variants suggests that SH3P2 does not directly recruit DRP2s to the site of endocytosis. These observations imply that despite the presence of many well-conserved endocytic components, plants have acquired a distinct mechanism for CME. One Sentence Summary In contrast to predictions based on mammalian systems, plant Dynamin-related proteins 2 are recruited to the site of Clathrin-mediated endocytosis independently of BAR-SH3 proteins. acknowledged_ssus: - _id: EM-Fac - _id: LifeSc - _id: Bio article_processing_charge: No author: - first_name: Nataliia full_name: Gnyliukh, Nataliia id: 390C1120-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Gnyliukh orcid: 0000-0002-2198-0509 - first_name: Alexander J full_name: Johnson, Alexander J id: 46A62C3A-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Johnson orcid: 0000-0002-2739-8843 - first_name: Marie-Kristin full_name: Nagel, Marie-Kristin last_name: Nagel - first_name: Aline full_name: Monzer, Aline id: 2DB5D88C-D7B3-11E9-B8FD-7907E6697425 last_name: Monzer - first_name: Annamaria full_name: Hlavata, Annamaria id: 36062FEC-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Hlavata - first_name: Erika full_name: Isono, Erika last_name: Isono - first_name: Martin full_name: Loose, Martin id: 462D4284-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Loose orcid: 0000-0001-7309-9724 - first_name: Jiří full_name: Friml, Jiří id: 4159519E-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Friml orcid: 0000-0002-8302-7596 citation: ama: Gnyliukh N, Johnson AJ, Nagel M-K, et al. Role of dynamin-related proteins 2 and SH3P2 in clathrin-mediated endocytosis in plants. bioRxiv. doi:10.1101/2023.10.09.561523 apa: Gnyliukh, N., Johnson, A. J., Nagel, M.-K., Monzer, A., Hlavata, A., Isono, E., … Friml, J. (n.d.). Role of dynamin-related proteins 2 and SH3P2 in clathrin-mediated endocytosis in plants. bioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.10.09.561523 chicago: Gnyliukh, Nataliia, Alexander J Johnson, Marie-Kristin Nagel, Aline Monzer, Annamaria Hlavata, Erika Isono, Martin Loose, and Jiří Friml. “Role of Dynamin-Related Proteins 2 and SH3P2 in Clathrin-Mediated Endocytosis in Plants.” BioRxiv, n.d. https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.10.09.561523. ieee: N. Gnyliukh et al., “Role of dynamin-related proteins 2 and SH3P2 in clathrin-mediated endocytosis in plants,” bioRxiv. . ista: Gnyliukh N, Johnson AJ, Nagel M-K, Monzer A, Hlavata A, Isono E, Loose M, Friml J. Role of dynamin-related proteins 2 and SH3P2 in clathrin-mediated endocytosis in plants. bioRxiv, 10.1101/2023.10.09.561523. mla: Gnyliukh, Nataliia, et al. “Role of Dynamin-Related Proteins 2 and SH3P2 in Clathrin-Mediated Endocytosis in Plants.” BioRxiv, doi:10.1101/2023.10.09.561523. short: N. Gnyliukh, A.J. Johnson, M.-K. Nagel, A. Monzer, A. Hlavata, E. Isono, M. Loose, J. Friml, BioRxiv (n.d.). corr_author: '1' date_created: 2023-11-22T10:17:49Z date_published: 2023-10-10T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2026-10-07T22:30:56Z day: '10' department: - _id: JiFr - _id: MaLo - _id: CaBe doi: 10.1101/2023.10.09.561523 ec_funded: 1 fulldoi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.10.09.561523 language: - iso: eng main_file_link: - open_access: '1' url: https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.10.09.561523 month: '10' oa: 1 oa_version: Preprint project: - _id: 2564DBCA-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: H2020 grant_number: '665385' name: International IST Doctoral Program publication: bioRxiv publication_status: draft related_material: record: - id: '15330' relation: later_version status: public - id: '14510' relation: dissertation_contains status: public status: public title: Role of dynamin-related proteins 2 and SH3P2 in clathrin-mediated endocytosis in plants type: preprint user_id: 2DF688A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 year: '2023' ... --- OA_place: publisher _id: '12470' abstract: - lang: eng text: "The brain is an exceptionally sophisticated organ consisting of billions of cells and trillions of \r\nconnections that orchestrate our cognition and behavior. To decode its complex connectivity, it is \r\npivotal to disentangle its intricate architecture spanning from cm-sized circuits down to tens of \r\nnm-small synapses.\r\nTo achieve this goal, I developed CATS – Comprehensive Analysis of nervous Tissue across \r\nScales, a versatile toolbox for obtaining a holistic view of nervous tissue context with (super\x02resolution) fluorescence microscopy. CATS combines comprehensive labeling of the extracellular\r\nspace, that is compatible with chemical fixation, with information on molecular markers, super\x02resolved data acquisition and machine-learning based data analysis for segmentation and synapse \r\nidentification.\r\nI used CATS to analyze key features of nervous tissue connectivity, ranging from whole tissue \r\narchitecture, neuronal in- and output-fields, down to synapse morphology.\r\nFocusing on the hippocampal circuitry, I quantified synaptic transmission properties of mossy \r\nfiber boutons and analyzed the connectivity pattern of dentate gyrus granule cells with CA3 \r\npyramidal neurons. This shows that CATS is a viable tool to study hallmarks of neuronal \r\nconnectivity with light microscopy." acknowledged_ssus: - _id: Bio - _id: LifeSc - _id: PreCl - _id: EM-Fac - _id: M-Shop - _id: ScienComp alternative_title: - ISTA Thesis article_processing_charge: No author: - first_name: Julia M full_name: Michalska, Julia M id: 443DB6DE-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Michalska orcid: 0000-0003-3862-1235 citation: ama: Michalska JM. A versatile toolbox for the comprehensive analysis of nervous tissue organization with light microscopy. 2023. doi:10.15479/at:ista:12470 apa: Michalska, J. M. (2023). A versatile toolbox for the comprehensive analysis of nervous tissue organization with light microscopy. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:12470 chicago: Michalska, Julia M. “A Versatile Toolbox for the Comprehensive Analysis of Nervous Tissue Organization with Light Microscopy.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:12470. ieee: J. M. Michalska, “A versatile toolbox for the comprehensive analysis of nervous tissue organization with light microscopy,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023. ista: Michalska JM. 2023. A versatile toolbox for the comprehensive analysis of nervous tissue organization with light microscopy. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. mla: Michalska, Julia M. A Versatile Toolbox for the Comprehensive Analysis of Nervous Tissue Organization with Light Microscopy. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023, doi:10.15479/at:ista:12470. short: J.M. Michalska, A Versatile Toolbox for the Comprehensive Analysis of Nervous Tissue Organization with Light Microscopy, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023. corr_author: '1' date_created: 2023-01-31T15:10:53Z date_published: 2023-01-09T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2026-07-06T12:50:45Z day: '09' ddc: - '610' degree_awarded: PhD department: - _id: GradSch - _id: JoDa doi: 10.15479/at:ista:12470 ec_funded: 1 file: - access_level: open_access checksum: 1a2306e5f59f52df598e7ecfadf921ac content_type: application/pdf creator: cchlebak date_created: 2023-01-31T15:11:42Z date_updated: 2023-07-27T22:30:54Z embargo: 2023-07-09 file_id: '12471' file_name: 20230109_PhD_thesis_JM_final.pdf file_size: 41771714 relation: main_file - access_level: closed checksum: 0bebbdee0773443959e1f6ab8caf281f content_type: application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document creator: cchlebak date_created: 2023-01-31T15:11:51Z date_updated: 2023-07-10T22:30:04Z embargo_to: open_access file_id: '12472' file_name: 20230109_PhD_thesis_JM_final.docx file_size: 66983464 relation: source_file file_date_updated: 2023-07-27T22:30:54Z fulldoi: https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:12470 has_accepted_license: '1' language: - iso: eng month: '01' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version page: '201' project: - _id: 2564DBCA-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: H2020 grant_number: '665385' name: International IST Doctoral Program - _id: 26AA4EF2-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: FWF grant_number: W1232-B24 name: Molecular Drug Targets publication_identifier: isbn: - 978-3-99078-026-8 issn: - 2663-337X publication_status: published publisher: Institute of Science and Technology Austria related_material: record: - id: '11943' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '11950' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public status: public supervisor: - first_name: Johann G full_name: Danzl, Johann G id: 42EFD3B6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Danzl orcid: 0000-0001-8559-3973 title: A versatile toolbox for the comprehensive analysis of nervous tissue organization with light microscopy tmp: image: /images/cc_by.png legal_code_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode name: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0) short: CC BY (4.0) type: dissertation user_id: ba8df636-2132-11f1-aed0-ed93e2281fdd year: '2023' ... --- _id: '13117' abstract: - lang: eng text: The ability to control the direction of scattered light is crucial to provide flexibility and scalability for a wide range of on-chip applications, such as integrated photonics, quantum information processing, and nonlinear optics. Tunable directionality can be achieved by applying external magnetic fields that modify optical selection rules, by using nonlinear effects, or interactions with vibrations. However, these approaches are less suitable to control microwave photon propagation inside integrated superconducting quantum devices. Here, we demonstrate on-demand tunable directional scattering based on two periodically modulated transmon qubits coupled to a transmission line at a fixed distance. By changing the relative phase between the modulation tones, we realize unidirectional forward or backward photon scattering. Such an in-situ switchable mirror represents a versatile tool for intra- and inter-chip microwave photonic processors. In the future, a lattice of qubits can be used to realize topological circuits that exhibit strong nonreciprocity or chirality. acknowledged_ssus: - _id: M-Shop - _id: NanoFab acknowledgement: The authors thank W.D. Oliver for discussions, L. Drmic and P. Zielinski for software development, and the MIBA workshop and the IST nanofabrication facility for technical support. This work was supported by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) through BeyondC (F7105) and IST Austria. E.R. is the recipient of a DOC fellowship of the Austrian Academy of Sciences at IST Austria. J.M.F. and M.Z. acknowledge support from the European Research Council under grant agreement No 758053 (ERC StG QUNNECT) and a NOMIS foundation research grant. The work of A.N.P. and A.V.P. has been supported by the Russian Science Foundation under the grant No 20-12-00194. article_number: '2998' article_processing_charge: No article_type: original arxiv: 1 author: - first_name: Elena full_name: Redchenko, Elena id: 2C21D6E8-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Redchenko - first_name: Alexander V. full_name: Poshakinskiy, Alexander V. last_name: Poshakinskiy - first_name: Riya full_name: Sett, Riya id: 2E6D040E-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Sett orcid: 0000-0001-7641-8348 - first_name: Martin full_name: Zemlicka, Martin id: 2DCF8DE6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Zemlicka orcid: 0009-0005-0878-3032 - first_name: Alexander N. full_name: Poddubny, Alexander N. last_name: Poddubny - first_name: Johannes M full_name: Fink, Johannes M id: 4B591CBA-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Fink orcid: 0000-0001-8112-028X citation: ama: Redchenko E, Poshakinskiy AV, Sett R, Zemlicka M, Poddubny AN, Fink JM. Tunable directional photon scattering from a pair of superconducting qubits. Nature Communications. 2023;14. doi:10.1038/s41467-023-38761-6 apa: Redchenko, E., Poshakinskiy, A. V., Sett, R., Zemlicka, M., Poddubny, A. N., & Fink, J. M. (2023). Tunable directional photon scattering from a pair of superconducting qubits. Nature Communications. Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-38761-6 chicago: Redchenko, Elena, Alexander V. Poshakinskiy, Riya Sett, Martin Zemlicka, Alexander N. Poddubny, and Johannes M Fink. “Tunable Directional Photon Scattering from a Pair of Superconducting Qubits.” Nature Communications. Springer Nature, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-38761-6. ieee: E. Redchenko, A. V. Poshakinskiy, R. Sett, M. Zemlicka, A. N. Poddubny, and J. M. Fink, “Tunable directional photon scattering from a pair of superconducting qubits,” Nature Communications, vol. 14. Springer Nature, 2023. ista: Redchenko E, Poshakinskiy AV, Sett R, Zemlicka M, Poddubny AN, Fink JM. 2023. Tunable directional photon scattering from a pair of superconducting qubits. Nature Communications. 14, 2998. mla: Redchenko, Elena, et al. “Tunable Directional Photon Scattering from a Pair of Superconducting Qubits.” Nature Communications, vol. 14, 2998, Springer Nature, 2023, doi:10.1038/s41467-023-38761-6. short: E. Redchenko, A.V. Poshakinskiy, R. Sett, M. Zemlicka, A.N. Poddubny, J.M. Fink, Nature Communications 14 (2023). corr_author: '1' date_created: 2023-06-04T22:01:02Z date_published: 2023-05-24T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2026-10-07T22:31:14Z day: '24' ddc: - '530' department: - _id: JoFi doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-38761-6 ec_funded: 1 external_id: arxiv: - '2205.03293' isi: - '001001099700002' pmid: - '37225689' file: - access_level: open_access checksum: a857df40f0882859c48a1ff1e2001ec2 content_type: application/pdf creator: dernst date_created: 2023-06-06T07:31:20Z date_updated: 2023-06-06T07:31:20Z file_id: '13123' file_name: 2023_NaturePhysics_Redchenko.pdf file_size: 1654389 relation: main_file success: 1 file_date_updated: 2023-06-06T07:31:20Z fulldoi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-38761-6 has_accepted_license: '1' intvolume: ' 14' isi: 1 language: - iso: eng month: '05' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version pmid: 1 project: - _id: 26336814-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: H2020 grant_number: '758053' name: A Fiber Optic Transceiver for Superconducting Qubits - _id: 26B354CA-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 name: Controllable Collective States of Superconducting Qubit Ensembles - _id: eb9b30ac-77a9-11ec-83b8-871f581d53d2 name: Protected states of quantum matter - _id: bdb108fd-d553-11ed-ba76-83dc74a9864f grant_number: F07105 name: QUANTUM INFORMATION SYSTEMS BEYOND CLASSICAL CAPABILITIES / P5- Integration of Superconducting Quantum Circuits publication: Nature Communications publication_identifier: eissn: - 2041-1723 publication_status: published publisher: Springer Nature quality_controlled: '1' related_material: record: - id: '13124' relation: research_data status: public - id: '19533' relation: dissertation_contains status: public scopus_import: '1' status: public title: Tunable directional photon scattering from a pair of superconducting qubits tmp: image: /images/cc_by.png legal_code_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode name: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0) short: CC BY (4.0) type: journal_article user_id: 2DF688A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 volume: 14 year: '2023' ... --- OA_place: publisher _id: '14622' abstract: - lang: eng text: "This Ph.D. thesis presents a detailed investigation into Variational Quantum Algorithms\r\n(VQAs), a promising class of quantum algorithms that are well suited for near-term quantum\r\ncomputation due to their moderate hardware requirements and resilience to noise. Our\r\nprimary focus lies on two particular types of VQAs: the Quantum Approximate Optimization\r\nAlgorithm (QAOA), used for solving binary optimization problems, and the Variational Quantum\r\nEigensolver (VQE), utilized for finding ground states of quantum many-body systems.\r\nIn the first part of the thesis, we examine the issue of effective parameter initialization for\r\nthe QAOA. The work demonstrates that random initialization of the QAOA often leads to\r\nconvergence in local minima with sub-optimal performance. To mitigate this issue, we propose\r\nan initialization of QAOA parameters based on the Trotterized Quantum Annealing (TQA).\r\nWe show that TQA initialization leads to the same performance as the best of an exponentially\r\nscaling number of random initializations.\r\nThe second study introduces Transition States (TS), stationary points with a single direction\r\nof descent, as a tool for systematically exploring the QAOA optimization landscape. This\r\nleads us to propose a novel greedy parameter initialization strategy that guarantees for the\r\nenergy to decrease with increasing number of circuit layers.\r\nIn the third section, we extend the QAOA to qudit systems, which are higher-dimensional\r\ngeneralizations of qubits. This chapter provides theoretical insights and practical strategies for\r\nleveraging the increased computational power of qudits in the context of quantum optimization\r\nalgorithms and suggests a quantum circuit for implementing the algorithm on an ion trap\r\nquantum computer.\r\nFinally, we propose an algorithm to avoid “barren plateaus”, regions in parameter space with\r\nvanishing gradients that obstruct efficient parameter optimization. This novel approach relies\r\non defining a notion of weak barren plateaus based on the entropies of local reduced density\r\nmatrices and showcases how these can be efficiently quantified using shadow tomography.\r\nTo illustrate the approach we employ the strategy in the VQE and show that it allows to\r\nsuccessfully avoid barren plateaus in the initialization and throughout the optimization.\r\nTaken together, this thesis greatly enhances our understanding of parameter initialization and\r\noptimization in VQAs, expands the scope of QAOA to higher-dimensional quantum systems,\r\nand presents a method to address the challenge of barren plateaus using the VQE. These\r\ninsights are instrumental in advancing the field of near-term quantum computation." alternative_title: - ISTA Thesis article_processing_charge: No author: - first_name: Stefan full_name: Sack, Stefan id: dd622248-f6e0-11ea-865d-ce382a1c81a5 last_name: Sack orcid: 0000-0001-5400-8508 citation: ama: 'Sack S. Improving variational quantum algorithms: Innovative initialization techniques and extensions to qudit systems. 2023. doi:10.15479/at:ista:14622' apa: 'Sack, S. (2023). Improving variational quantum algorithms: Innovative initialization techniques and extensions to qudit systems. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:14622' chicago: 'Sack, Stefan. “Improving Variational Quantum Algorithms: Innovative Initialization Techniques and Extensions to Qudit Systems.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:14622.' ieee: 'S. Sack, “Improving variational quantum algorithms: Innovative initialization techniques and extensions to qudit systems,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023.' ista: 'Sack S. 2023. Improving variational quantum algorithms: Innovative initialization techniques and extensions to qudit systems. Institute of Science and Technology Austria.' mla: 'Sack, Stefan. Improving Variational Quantum Algorithms: Innovative Initialization Techniques and Extensions to Qudit Systems. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023, doi:10.15479/at:ista:14622.' short: 'S. Sack, Improving Variational Quantum Algorithms: Innovative Initialization Techniques and Extensions to Qudit Systems, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023.' corr_author: '1' date_created: 2023-11-28T10:58:13Z date_published: 2023-11-30T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2026-09-14T08:36:32Z day: '30' ddc: - '530' degree_awarded: PhD department: - _id: GradSch - _id: MaSe doi: 10.15479/at:ista:14622 doi_confirm: '1' ec_funded: 1 file: - access_level: open_access checksum: 068fd3570506ec42b2faa390de784bc4 content_type: application/pdf creator: ssack date_created: 2023-11-30T15:53:10Z date_updated: 2024-11-30T23:30:03Z embargo: 2024-11-30 file_id: '14635' file_name: PhD_Thesis.pdf file_size: 11947523 relation: main_file - access_level: closed checksum: 0fa3bc0d108aed0ac59d2c6beef2220a content_type: application/zip creator: ssack date_created: 2023-11-30T15:54:11Z date_updated: 2024-11-30T23:30:03Z embargo_to: open_access file_id: '14636' file_name: PhD Thesis (1).zip file_size: 18422964 relation: source_file file_date_updated: 2024-11-30T23:30:03Z fulldoi: https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:14622 has_accepted_license: '1' language: - iso: eng month: '11' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version page: '142' project: - _id: bd660c93-d553-11ed-ba76-fb0fb6f49c0d name: IBM PhD Nomination Fellowship - Stefan Sack - _id: 23841C26-32DE-11EA-91FC-C7463DDC885E call_identifier: H2020 grant_number: '850899' name: 'Non-Ergodic Quantum Matter: Universality, Dynamics and Control' publication_identifier: issn: - 2663-337X publication_status: published publisher: Institute of Science and Technology Austria related_material: record: - id: '13125' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '11471' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '9760' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public status: public supervisor: - first_name: Maksym full_name: Serbyn, Maksym id: 47809E7E-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Serbyn orcid: 0000-0002-2399-5827 title: 'Improving variational quantum algorithms: Innovative initialization techniques and extensions to qudit systems' tmp: image: /images/cc_by_nc_sa.png legal_code_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/legalcode name: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) short: CC BY-NC-SA (4.0) type: dissertation user_id: 8b945eb4-e2f2-11eb-945a-df72226e66a9 year: '2023' ... --- _id: '13125' abstract: - lang: eng text: 'The quantum approximate optimization algorithm (QAOA) is a variational quantum algorithm, where a quantum computer implements a variational ansatz consisting of p layers of alternating unitary operators and a classical computer is used to optimize the variational parameters. For a random initialization, the optimization typically leads to local minima with poor performance, motivating the search for initialization strategies of QAOA variational parameters. Although numerous heuristic initializations exist, an analytical understanding and performance guarantees for large p remain evasive.We introduce a greedy initialization of QAOA which guarantees improving performance with an increasing number of layers. Our main result is an analytic construction of 2p + 1 transition states—saddle points with a unique negative curvature direction—for QAOA with p + 1 layers that use the local minimum of QAOA with p layers. Transition states connect to new local minima, which are guaranteed to lower the energy compared to the minimum found for p layers. We use the GREEDY procedure to navigate the exponentially increasing with p number of local minima resulting from the recursive application of our analytic construction. The performance of the GREEDY procedure matches available initialization strategies while providing a guarantee for the minimal energy to decrease with an increasing number of layers p. ' acknowledgement: 'We thank V. Verteletskyi for a joint collaboration on numerical studies of the QAOA during his internship at ISTA that inspired analytic results on TS reported in this work. We acknowledge A. A. Mele and M. Brooks for discussions and D. Egger, P. Love, and D. Wierichs for valuable feedback on the manuscript. S.H.S., R.A.M., and M.S. acknowledge support by the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program (Grant Agreement No. 850899). R.K. is supported by the SFB BeyondC (Grant No. F7107-N38) and the project QuantumReady (FFG 896217). ' article_number: '062404' article_processing_charge: No article_type: original arxiv: 1 author: - first_name: Stefan full_name: Sack, Stefan id: dd622248-f6e0-11ea-865d-ce382a1c81a5 last_name: Sack orcid: 0000-0001-5400-8508 - first_name: Raimel A full_name: Medina Ramos, Raimel A id: CE680B90-D85A-11E9-B684-C920E6697425 last_name: Medina Ramos orcid: 0000-0002-5383-2869 - first_name: Richard full_name: Kueng, Richard last_name: Kueng - first_name: Maksym full_name: Serbyn, Maksym id: 47809E7E-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Serbyn orcid: 0000-0002-2399-5827 citation: ama: Sack S, Medina Ramos RA, Kueng R, Serbyn M. Recursive greedy initialization of the quantum approximate optimization algorithm with guaranteed improvement. Physical Review A. 2023;107(6). doi:10.1103/physreva.107.062404 apa: Sack, S., Medina Ramos, R. A., Kueng, R., & Serbyn, M. (2023). Recursive greedy initialization of the quantum approximate optimization algorithm with guaranteed improvement. Physical Review A. American Physical Society. https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.107.062404 chicago: Sack, Stefan, Raimel A Medina Ramos, Richard Kueng, and Maksym Serbyn. “Recursive Greedy Initialization of the Quantum Approximate Optimization Algorithm with Guaranteed Improvement.” Physical Review A. American Physical Society, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.107.062404. ieee: S. Sack, R. A. Medina Ramos, R. Kueng, and M. Serbyn, “Recursive greedy initialization of the quantum approximate optimization algorithm with guaranteed improvement,” Physical Review A, vol. 107, no. 6. American Physical Society, 2023. ista: Sack S, Medina Ramos RA, Kueng R, Serbyn M. 2023. Recursive greedy initialization of the quantum approximate optimization algorithm with guaranteed improvement. Physical Review A. 107(6), 062404. mla: Sack, Stefan, et al. “Recursive Greedy Initialization of the Quantum Approximate Optimization Algorithm with Guaranteed Improvement.” Physical Review A, vol. 107, no. 6, 062404, American Physical Society, 2023, doi:10.1103/physreva.107.062404. short: S. Sack, R.A. Medina Ramos, R. Kueng, M. Serbyn, Physical Review A 107 (2023). corr_author: '1' date_created: 2023-06-07T06:57:32Z date_published: 2023-06-02T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2026-10-07T22:31:19Z day: '02' ddc: - '530' department: - _id: MaSe doi: 10.1103/physreva.107.062404 ec_funded: 1 external_id: arxiv: - '2209.01159' isi: - '001016927100012' file: - access_level: open_access checksum: 0d71423888eeccaa60d8f41197f26306 content_type: application/pdf creator: dernst date_created: 2023-06-13T07:28:36Z date_updated: 2023-06-13T07:28:36Z file_id: '13131' file_name: 2023_PhysRevA_Sack.pdf file_size: 2524611 relation: main_file success: 1 file_date_updated: 2023-06-13T07:28:36Z fulldoi: https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.107.062404 has_accepted_license: '1' intvolume: ' 107' isi: 1 issue: '6' language: - iso: eng month: '06' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version project: - _id: 23841C26-32DE-11EA-91FC-C7463DDC885E call_identifier: H2020 grant_number: '850899' name: 'Non-Ergodic Quantum Matter: Universality, Dynamics and Control' publication: Physical Review A publication_identifier: eissn: - 2469-9934 issn: - 2469-9926 publication_status: published publisher: American Physical Society quality_controlled: '1' related_material: record: - id: '17208' relation: dissertation_contains status: public - id: '14622' relation: dissertation_contains status: public scopus_import: '1' status: public title: Recursive greedy initialization of the quantum approximate optimization algorithm with guaranteed improvement tmp: image: /images/cc_by.png legal_code_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode name: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0) short: CC BY (4.0) type: journal_article user_id: 4359f0d1-fa6c-11eb-b949-802e58b17ae8 volume: 107 year: '2023' ... --- _id: '13136' abstract: - lang: eng text: Despite its fundamental importance for development, the question of how organs achieve their correct size and shape is poorly understood. This complex process requires coordination between the generation of cell mass and the morphogenetic mechanisms that sculpt tissues. These processes are regulated by morphogen signalling pathways and mechanical forces. Yet, in many systems, it is unclear how biochemical and mechanical signalling are quantitatively interpreted to determine the behaviours of individual cells and how they contribute to growth and morphogenesis at the tissue scale. In this review, we discuss the development of the vertebrate neural tube and somites as an example of the state of knowledge, as well as the challenges in understanding the mechanisms of tissue size control in vertebrate organogenesis. We highlight how the recent advances in stem cell differentiation and organoid approaches can be harnessed to provide new insights into this question. acknowledgement: 'We thank J. Briscoe for comments on the manuscript. Work in the AK lab is supported by ISTA, the European Research Council under Horizon Europe: grant 101044579, and Austrian Science Fund (FWF): F78 (Stem Cell Modulation). SR is supported by Gesellschaft für Forschungsförderung Niederösterreich m.b.H. fellowship SC19-011.' article_number: '100459' article_processing_charge: Yes (via OA deal) article_type: original author: - first_name: Thomas full_name: Minchington, Thomas id: 7d1648cb-19e9-11eb-8e7a-f8c037fb3e3f last_name: Minchington - first_name: Stefanie full_name: Rus, Stefanie id: 4D9EC9B6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Rus orcid: 0000-0001-8703-1093 - first_name: Anna full_name: Kicheva, Anna id: 3959A2A0-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Kicheva orcid: 0000-0003-4509-4998 citation: ama: Minchington T, Rus S, Kicheva A. Control of tissue dimensions in the developing neural tube and somites. Current Opinion in Systems Biology. 2023;35. doi:10.1016/j.coisb.2023.100459 apa: Minchington, T., Rus, S., & Kicheva, A. (2023). Control of tissue dimensions in the developing neural tube and somites. Current Opinion in Systems Biology. Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coisb.2023.100459 chicago: Minchington, Thomas, Stefanie Rus, and Anna Kicheva. “Control of Tissue Dimensions in the Developing Neural Tube and Somites.” Current Opinion in Systems Biology. Elsevier, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coisb.2023.100459. ieee: T. Minchington, S. Rus, and A. Kicheva, “Control of tissue dimensions in the developing neural tube and somites,” Current Opinion in Systems Biology, vol. 35. Elsevier, 2023. ista: Minchington T, Rus S, Kicheva A. 2023. Control of tissue dimensions in the developing neural tube and somites. Current Opinion in Systems Biology. 35, 100459. mla: Minchington, Thomas, et al. “Control of Tissue Dimensions in the Developing Neural Tube and Somites.” Current Opinion in Systems Biology, vol. 35, 100459, Elsevier, 2023, doi:10.1016/j.coisb.2023.100459. short: T. Minchington, S. Rus, A. Kicheva, Current Opinion in Systems Biology 35 (2023). corr_author: '1' date_created: 2023-06-18T22:00:46Z date_published: 2023-09-01T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2026-10-07T22:31:20Z day: '01' ddc: - '570' department: - _id: AnKi doi: 10.1016/j.coisb.2023.100459 file: - access_level: open_access checksum: 8a75c4e29fd9b62e3c50663c2265b173 content_type: application/pdf creator: dernst date_created: 2024-01-29T11:06:45Z date_updated: 2024-01-29T11:06:45Z file_id: '14896' file_name: 2023_CurrOpSystBioloy_Minchington.pdf file_size: 598842 relation: main_file success: 1 file_date_updated: 2024-01-29T11:06:45Z fulldoi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coisb.2023.100459 has_accepted_license: '1' intvolume: ' 35' language: - iso: eng month: '09' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version project: - _id: bd7e737f-d553-11ed-ba76-d69ffb5ee3aa grant_number: '101044579' name: Mechanisms of tissue size regulation in spinal cord development - _id: 059DF620-7A3F-11EA-A408-12923DDC885E grant_number: F7802 name: Stem Cell Modulation in Neural Development and Regeneration/ P02-Morphogen control of growth and pattern in the spinal cord - _id: 9B9B39FA-BA93-11EA-9121-9846C619BF3A grant_number: SC19-011 name: The regulatory logic of pattern formation in the vertebrate dorsal neural tube publication: Current Opinion in Systems Biology publication_identifier: eissn: - 2452-3100 publication_status: published publisher: Elsevier quality_controlled: '1' related_material: record: - id: '19763' relation: dissertation_contains status: public scopus_import: '1' status: public title: Control of tissue dimensions in the developing neural tube and somites tmp: image: /images/cc_by_nc_nd.png legal_code_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode name: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) short: CC BY-NC-ND (4.0) type: journal_article user_id: 2DF688A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 volume: 35 year: '2023' ... --- _id: '14613' abstract: - lang: eng text: 'Many insects carry an ancient X chromosome - the Drosophila Muller element F - that likely predates their origin. Interestingly, the X has undergone turnover in multiple fly species (Diptera) after being conserved for more than 450 MY. The long evolutionary distance between Diptera and other sequenced insect clades makes it difficult to infer what could have contributed to this sudden increase in rate of turnover. Here, we produce the first genome and transcriptome of a long overlooked sister-order to Diptera: Mecoptera. We compare the scorpionfly Panorpa cognata X-chromosome gene content, expression, and structure, to that of several dipteran species as well as more distantly-related insect orders (Orthoptera and Blattodea). We find high conservation of gene content between the mecopteran X and the dipteran Muller F element, as well as several shared biological features, such as the presence of dosage compensation and a low amount of genetic diversity, consistent with a low recombination rate. However, the two homologous X chromosomes differ strikingly in their size and number of genes they carry. Our results therefore support a common ancestry of the mecopteran and ancestral dipteran X chromosomes, and suggest that Muller element F shrank in size and gene content after the split of Diptera and Mecoptera, which may have contributed to its turnover in dipteran insects.' acknowledged_ssus: - _id: ScienComp acknowledgement: "We thank the Vicoso lab for their assistance with specimen collection, and Tim Connallon for valuable comments and suggestions on earlier versions of the manuscript. Computational resources and support were provided by the Scientific Computing unit at the ISTA. This research was supported by grants from the Austrian Science Foundation to C.L.\r\n(FWF ESP 39), and to B.V. (FWF SFB F88-10)." article_number: msad245 article_processing_charge: Yes article_type: original author: - first_name: Clementine full_name: Lasne, Clementine id: 02225f57-50d2-11eb-9ed8-8c92b9a34237 last_name: Lasne orcid: 0000-0002-1197-8616 - first_name: Marwan N full_name: Elkrewi, Marwan N id: 0B46FACA-A8E1-11E9-9BD3-79D1E5697425 last_name: Elkrewi orcid: 0000-0002-5328-7231 - first_name: Melissa A full_name: Toups, Melissa A id: 4E099E4E-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Toups orcid: 0000-0002-9752-7380 - first_name: Lorena Alexandra full_name: Layana Franco, Lorena Alexandra id: 02814589-eb8f-11eb-b029-a70074f3f18f last_name: Layana Franco orcid: 0000-0002-1253-6297 - first_name: Ariana full_name: Macon, Ariana id: 2A0848E2-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Macon - first_name: Beatriz full_name: Vicoso, Beatriz id: 49E1C5C6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Vicoso orcid: 0000-0002-4579-8306 citation: ama: Lasne C, Elkrewi MN, Toups MA, Layana Franco LA, Macon A, Vicoso B. The scorpionfly (Panorpa cognata) genome highlights conserved and derived features of the peculiar dipteran X chromosome. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 2023;40(12). doi:10.1093/molbev/msad245 apa: Lasne, C., Elkrewi, M. N., Toups, M. A., Layana Franco, L. A., Macon, A., & Vicoso, B. (2023). The scorpionfly (Panorpa cognata) genome highlights conserved and derived features of the peculiar dipteran X chromosome. Molecular Biology and Evolution. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msad245 chicago: Lasne, Clementine, Marwan N Elkrewi, Melissa A Toups, Lorena Alexandra Layana Franco, Ariana Macon, and Beatriz Vicoso. “The Scorpionfly (Panorpa Cognata) Genome Highlights Conserved and Derived Features of the Peculiar Dipteran X Chromosome.” Molecular Biology and Evolution. Oxford University Press, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msad245. ieee: C. Lasne, M. N. Elkrewi, M. A. Toups, L. A. Layana Franco, A. Macon, and B. Vicoso, “The scorpionfly (Panorpa cognata) genome highlights conserved and derived features of the peculiar dipteran X chromosome,” Molecular Biology and Evolution, vol. 40, no. 12. Oxford University Press, 2023. ista: Lasne C, Elkrewi MN, Toups MA, Layana Franco LA, Macon A, Vicoso B. 2023. The scorpionfly (Panorpa cognata) genome highlights conserved and derived features of the peculiar dipteran X chromosome. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 40(12), msad245. mla: Lasne, Clementine, et al. “The Scorpionfly (Panorpa Cognata) Genome Highlights Conserved and Derived Features of the Peculiar Dipteran X Chromosome.” Molecular Biology and Evolution, vol. 40, no. 12, msad245, Oxford University Press, 2023, doi:10.1093/molbev/msad245. short: C. Lasne, M.N. Elkrewi, M.A. Toups, L.A. Layana Franco, A. Macon, B. Vicoso, Molecular Biology and Evolution 40 (2023). corr_author: '1' date_created: 2023-11-27T16:14:37Z date_published: 2023-12-01T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2026-10-07T22:31:22Z day: '01' ddc: - '570' department: - _id: BeVi doi: 10.1093/molbev/msad245 external_id: isi: - '001122489000003' pmid: - '37988296' file: - access_level: open_access checksum: 47c1c72fb499f26ea52d216b242208c8 content_type: application/pdf creator: dernst date_created: 2024-01-02T11:39:38Z date_updated: 2024-01-02T11:39:38Z file_id: '14727' file_name: 2023_MolecularBioEvo_Lasne.pdf file_size: 8623505 relation: main_file success: 1 file_date_updated: 2024-01-02T11:39:38Z fulldoi: https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msad245 has_accepted_license: '1' intvolume: ' 40' isi: 1 issue: '12' keyword: - Genetics - Molecular Biology - Ecology - Evolution - Behavior and Systematics language: - iso: eng month: '12' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version pmid: 1 project: - _id: 34ae1506-11ca-11ed-8bc3-c14f4c474396 grant_number: F8810 name: The highjacking of meiosis for asexual reproduction - _id: ebb230e0-77a9-11ec-83b8-87a37e0241d3 grant_number: ESP39 49461 name: Mechanisms and Evolution of Reproductive Plasticity publication: Molecular Biology and Evolution publication_identifier: eissn: - 1537-1719 issn: - 0737-4038 publication_status: published publisher: Oxford University Press quality_controlled: '1' related_material: link: - description: News on ISTA webpage relation: press_release url: https://ista.ac.at/en/news/on-the-hunt/ record: - id: '14614' relation: research_data status: public - id: '19386' relation: dissertation_contains status: public scopus_import: '1' status: public title: The scorpionfly (Panorpa cognata) genome highlights conserved and derived features of the peculiar dipteran X chromosome tmp: image: /images/cc_by.png legal_code_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode name: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0) short: CC BY (4.0) type: journal_article user_id: 317138e5-6ab7-11ef-aa6d-ffef3953e345 volume: 40 year: '2023' ...