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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\u0002resolution) fluorescence microscopy. CATS combines comprehensive labeling of the extracellular\r\nspace, that is compatible with chemical fixation, with information on molecular markers, super\u0002resolved 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. 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This thesis argues that there are benefits to treating these problems in the same domain as human designers, namely, the parametric one. One reason is that discretizing a parametric model usually removes the capability of making further manual changes to the design, because the human intent is captured by the shape parameters. Beyond this, knowledge about a design problem can sometimes reveal a structure that is present in a smooth representation, but is fundamentally altered by discretizing. In this case, working in the parametric domain may even simplify the optimization task. We present two lines of research that explore both of these aspects of fabrication-aware shape optimization on parametric representations.\r\n\r\nThe first project studies the design of plane elastic curves and Kirchhoff rods, which are common mathematical models for describing the deformation of thin elastic rods such as beams, ribbons, cables, and hair. Our main contribution is a characterization of all curved shapes that can be attained by bending and twisting elastic rods having a stiffness that is allowed to vary across the length. Elements like these can be manufactured using digital fabrication devices such as 3d printers and digital cutters, and have applications in free-form architecture and soft robotics.\r\n\r\nWe show that the family of curved shapes that can be produced this way admits geometric description that is concise and computationally convenient. In the case of plane curves, the geometric description is intuitive enough to allow a designer to determine whether a curved shape is physically achievable by visual inspection alone. We also present shape optimization algorithms that convert a user-defined curve in the plane or in three dimensions into the geometry of an elastic rod that will naturally deform to follow this curve when its endpoints are attached to a support structure. Implemented in an interactive software design tool, the rod geometry is generated in real time as the user edits a curve and enables fast prototyping. \r\n\r\nThe second project tackles the problem of general-purpose shape optimization on CAD models using a novel variant of the extended finite element method (XFEM). Our goal is the decoupling between the simulation mesh and the CAD model, so no geometry-dependent meshing or remeshing needs to be performed when the CAD parameters change during optimization. This is achieved by discretizing the embedding space of the CAD model, and using a new high-accuracy numerical integration method to enable XFEM on free-form elements bounded by the parametric surface patches of the model. Our simulation is differentiable from the CAD parameters to the simulation output, which enables us to use off-the-shelf gradient-based optimization procedures. 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These social defenses are well explored against\r\nexternally-infecting pathogens, but little is known about defense strategies against\r\ninternally-infecting pathogens, such as viruses. Viruses are ubiquitous and in the last decades\r\nit has become evident that also many ant species harbor viruses. We present one of the first\r\nstudies addressing transmission dynamics and collective disease defenses against viruses in\r\nants on a mechanistic level. I successfully established an experimental ant host – viral\r\npathogen system as a model for the defense strategies used by social insects against internal\r\npathogen infections, as outlined in the third chapter. In particular, we studied how garden ants\r\n(Lasius neglectus) defend themselves and their colonies against the generalist insect virus\r\nCrPV (cricket paralysis virus). We chose microinjections of virus directly into the ants’\r\nhemolymph because it allowed us to use a defined exposure dose. Here we show that this is a\r\ngood model system, as the virus is replicating and thus infecting the host. The ants mount a\r\nclear individual immune response against the viral infection, which is characterized by a\r\nspecific siRNA pattern, namely siRNAs mapping against the viral genome with a peak of 21\r\nand 22 bp long fragments. The onset of this immune response is consistent with the timeline\r\nof viral replication that starts already within two days post injection. The disease manifests in\r\ndecreased survival over a course of two to three weeks.\r\nRegarding group living, we find that infected ants show a strong individual immune response,\r\nbut that their course of disease is little affected by nestmate presence, as described in chapter\r\nfour. Hence, we do not find social immunity in the context of viral infections in ants.\r\nNestmates, however, can contract the virus. Using Drosophila S2R+ cells in culture, we\r\nshowed that 94 % of the nestmates contract active virus within four days of social contact to\r\nan infected individual. Virus is transmitted in low doses, thus not causing disease\r\ntransmission within the colony. While virus can be transmitted during short direct contacts,\r\nwe also assume transmission from deceased ants and show that the nestmates’ immune\r\nsystem gets activated after contracting a low viral dose. We find considerable potential for\r\nindirect transmission via the nest space. Virus is shed to the nest, where it stays viable for one\r\nweek and is also picked up by other ants. Apart from that, we want to underline the potential\r\nof ant poison as antiviral agent. We determined that ant poison successfully inactivates CrPV\r\nin vitro. However, we found no evidence for effective poison use to sanitize the nest space.\r\nOn the other hand, local application of ant poison by oral poison uptake, which is part of the\r\nants prophylactic behavioral repertoire, probably contributes to keeping the gut of each\r\nindividual sanitized. We hypothesize that oral poison uptake might be the reason why we did\r\nnot find viable virus in the trophallactic fluid.\r\nThe fifth chapter encompasses preliminary data on potential social immunization. However,\r\nour experiments do not confirm an actual survival benefit for the nestmates upon pathogen\r\nchallenge under the given experimental settings. 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During developmental processes for example, patterns of chemical gradients are\r\nestablished to determine cell fate and complex tissue patterns emerge to define structures such\r\nas limbs and vascular networks. Patterns are also seen in collectively migrating groups, for\r\ninstance traveling waves of density emerging in moving animal flocks as well as collectively migrating cells and tissues. To what extent these biological patterns arise spontaneously through\r\nthe local interaction of individual constituents or are dictated by higher level instructions is\r\nstill an open question however there is evidence for the involvement of both types of process.\r\nWhere patterns arise spontaneously there is a long standing interest in how far the interplay\r\nof mechanics, e.g. force generation and deformation, and chemistry, e.g. gene regulation\r\nand signaling, contributes to the behaviour. This is because many systems are able to both\r\nchemically regulate mechanical force production and chemically sense mechanical deformation,\r\nforming mechano-chemical feedback loops which can potentially become unstable towards\r\nspatio and/or temporal patterning.\r\nWe work with experimental collaborators to investigate the possibility that this type of\r\ninteraction drives pattern formation in biological systems at different scales. We focus first on\r\ntissue-level ERK-density waves observed during the wound healing response across different\r\nsystems where many previous studies have proposed that patterns depend on polarized cell\r\nmigration and arise from a mechanical flocking-like mechanism. By combining theory with\r\nmechanical and optogenetic perturbation experiments on in vitro monolayers we instead find\r\nevidence for mechanochemical pattern formation involving only scalar bilateral feedbacks\r\nbetween ERK signaling and cell contraction. We perform further modeling and experiment\r\nto study how this instability couples with polar cell migration in order to produce a robust\r\nand efficient wound healing response. In a following chapter we implement ERK-density\r\ncoupling and cell migration in a 2D active vertex model to investigate the interaction of\r\nERK-density patterning with different tissue rheologies and find that the spatio-temporal\r\ndynamics are able to both locally and globally fluidize a tissue across the solid-fluid glass\r\ntransition. In a last chapter we move towards lower spatial scales in the context of subcellular\r\npatterning of the cell cytoskeleton where we investigate the transition between phases of\r\nspatially homogeneous temporal oscillations and chaotic spatio-temporal patterning in the\r\ndynamics of myosin and ROCK activities (a motor component of the actomyosin cytoskeleton\r\nand its activator). Experimental evidence supports an intrinsic chemical oscillator which we\r\nencode in a reaction model and couple to a contractile active gel description of the cell cortex.\r\nThe model exhibits phases of chemical oscillations and contractile spatial patterning which\r\nreproduce many features of the dynamics seen in Drosophila oocyte epithelia in vivo. However,\r\nadditional pharmacological perturbations to inhibit myosin contractility leaves the role of\r\ncontractile instability unclear. We discuss alternative hypotheses and investigate the possibility\r\nof reaction-diffusion instability.","lang":"eng"}],"title":"Mechanochemical pattern formation across biological scales","project":[{"call_identifier":"H2020","name":"International IST Doctoral Program","grant_number":"665385","_id":"2564DBCA-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425"}],"supervisor":[{"full_name":"Hannezo, Edouard B","id":"3A9DB764-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87","orcid":"0000-0001-6005-1561","first_name":"Edouard B","last_name":"Hannezo"}],"article_processing_charge":"No","page":"146","publication_identifier":{"isbn":["978-3-99078-032-9"],"issn":["2663-337X"]},"_id":"12964","related_material":{"record":[{"id":"8602","status":"public","relation":"part_of_dissertation"}]},"doi":"10.15479/at:ista:12964","date_created":"2023-05-15T14:52:36Z","citation":{"ista":"Boocock DR. 2023. Mechanochemical pattern formation across biological scales. Institute of Science and Technology Austria.","apa":"Boocock, D. R. 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The coupling mechanism between electron transfer and proton translocation is one of the biggest enigma in bioenergetics and structural biology. Even though the enzyme has been studied for decades, only recent technological advances in cryo-EM allowed its extensive structural investigation. \r\n\r\nComplex I from E.coli appears to be of special importance because it is a perfect model system with a rich mutant library, however the structure of the entire complex was unknown. In this thesis I have resolved structures of the minimal complex I version from E. coli in different states including reduced, inhibited, under reaction turnover and several others. Extensive structural analyses of these structures and comparison to structures from other species allowed to derive general features of conformational dynamics and propose a universal coupling mechanism. The mechanism is straightforward, robust and consistent with decades of experimental data available for complex I from different species. \r\n\r\nCyanobacterial NDH (cyanobacterial complex I) is a part of broad complex I superfamily and was studied as well in this thesis. It plays an important role in cyclic electron transfer (CET), during which electrons are cycled within PSI through ferredoxin and plastoquinone to generate proton gradient without NADPH production. Here, I solved structure of NDH and revealed additional state, which was not observed before. The novel “resting” state allowed to propose the mechanism of CET regulation. Moreover, conformational dynamics of NDH resembles one in complex I which suggest more broad universality of the proposed coupling mechanism.\r\n\r\nIn summary, results presented here helped to interpret decades of experimental data for complex I and contributed to fundamental mechanistic understanding of protein function.\r\n"}],"file_date_updated":"2024-04-22T22:30:06Z","title":"Structural and mechanistic study of bacterial complex I and its cyanobacterial ortholog","acknowledged_ssus":[{"_id":"EM-Fac"}],"supervisor":[{"last_name":"Sazanov","first_name":"Leonid A","id":"338D39FE-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87","full_name":"Sazanov, Leonid A","orcid":"0000-0002-0977-7989"}],"article_processing_charge":"No","page":"127","project":[{"name":"Structural characterization of E. coli complex I: an important mechanistic model","_id":"238A0A5A-32DE-11EA-91FC-C7463DDC885E","grant_number":"25541"},{"name":"Structure and mechanism of respiratory chain molecular machines","call_identifier":"H2020","_id":"627abdeb-2b32-11ec-9570-ec31a97243d3","grant_number":"101020697"}],"publication_status":"published","status":"public","date_updated":"2026-04-07T14:10:40Z","publisher":"Institute of Science and Technology Austria","year":"2023","day":"23","file":[{"embargo":"2024-04-20","file_name":"VladyslavKravchuk_PhD_Thesis_PostSub_Final_1.pdf","file_id":"12852","creator":"vkravchu","content_type":"application/pdf","date_updated":"2024-04-22T22:30:06Z","file_size":6071553,"relation":"main_file","checksum":"5ebb6345cb4119f93460c81310265a6d","date_created":"2023-04-19T14:33:41Z","access_level":"open_access"},{"embargo":"2024-04-20","file_id":"12853","file_name":"VladyslavKravchuk_PhD_Thesis_PostSub_Final.docx","file_size":19468766,"date_updated":"2024-04-22T22:30:06Z","content_type":"application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document","creator":"vkravchu","access_level":"open_access","relation":"source_file","checksum":"c12055c48411d030d2afa51de2166221","date_created":"2023-04-19T14:33:52Z"}],"corr_author":"1","date_published":"2023-03-23T00:00:00Z","ddc":["570","572"],"author":[{"full_name":"Kravchuk, Vladyslav","id":"4D62F2A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87","orcid":"0000-0001-9523-9089","first_name":"Vladyslav","last_name":"Kravchuk"}],"has_accepted_license":"1"},{"supervisor":[{"orcid":"0000-0002-3937-1330","full_name":"Jösch, Maximilian A","id":"2BD278E6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87","first_name":"Maximilian A","last_name":"Jösch"}],"article_processing_charge":"No","page":"46","title":"Panoramic functional gradients across the mouse retina","file_date_updated":"2024-02-09T23:30:03Z","alternative_title":["ISTA Master's Thesis"],"abstract":[{"lang":"eng","text":"All visual experiences of the vertebrates begin with light being converted into electrical signals\r\nby the eye retina. Retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) are the neurons of the innermost layer of the\r\nmammal retina, and they transmit visual information to the rest of the brain.\r\nIt has been shown that RGCs vary in their morphology and genetic profiles, moreover they can\r\nbe unambiguously grouped into subtypes that share the same morphological and/or molecular\r\nproperties. However, in terms of RGCs function, it remains unclear how many distinct types\r\nthere are and what response properties their typology relies on. Even given the recent studies\r\nthat successfully classified RGCs in a patch of the retina [1] and in scotopic conditions [2], the\r\nquestion remains whether the found subtypes persist across the entire retina.\r\nIn this work, using a novel imaging method, we show that, when sampled from a large portion\r\nof the retina, RGCs can not be clearly divided into functional subtypes. We found that in\r\nphotopic conditions, which implies more prominent natural scene statistic differences across\r\nthe visual field, response properties can be exhibited by cells differently depending on their\r\nlocation in the retina, which leads to formation of a gradient of features rather than distinct\r\nclasses.\r\nThis finding suggests that RGCs follow a global organization across the visual field of the\r\nanimal, adapting each RGC subtype to the requirements imposed by the natural scene statistics."}],"department":[{"_id":"GradSch"},{"_id":"MaJö"}],"oa_version":"Published Version","oa":1,"language":[{"iso":"eng"}],"OA_place":"publisher","citation":{"apa":"Kirillova, K. (2023). <i>Panoramic functional gradients across the mouse retina</i>. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:12531\">https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:12531</a>","ista":"Kirillova K. 2023. Panoramic functional gradients across the mouse retina. 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(2023). <i>The effect of local population structure on genetic variation at selected loci in the A. majus hybrid zone</i>. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:12800\">https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:12800</a>","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.","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. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:12800\">https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:12800</a>.","ama":"Julseth M. The effect of local population structure on genetic variation at selected loci in the A. majus hybrid zone. 2023. doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:12800\">10.15479/at:ista:12800</a>","ieee":"M. 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Hybrid zones, as natural crossing experiments, offer a great opportunity to use cline analysis to deduce different evolutionary processes - for example, selection strength. Theoretical cline models, largely assuming uniform distribution of individuals, often lack the capability of incorporating population structure. Since in reality organisms mostly live in patchy distributions and their dispersal is hardly ever Gaussian, it is necessary to unravel the effect of these different elements of population structure on cline parameters and shape. In this thesis, I develop a simulation inspired by the A. majus hybrid zone of a single selected locus under frequency dependent selection. This simulation enables us to untangle the effects of different elements of population structure as for example a low-density center and long-range dispersal. This thesis is therefore a first step towards theoretically untangling the effects of different elements of population structure on cline parameters and shape. 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The divisome spans from the cytoplasm through the inner membrane to the cell wall and the outer membrane. Divisome assembly is initiated by a cytoskeletal structure, the so-called Z-ring, which localizes at the center of the E. coli cell and determines the position of the future cell septum. The Z-ring is composed of the highly conserved bacterial tubulin homologue FtsZ, which forms treadmilling filaments. These filaments are recruited to the inner membrane by FtsA, a highly conserved bacterial actin homologue. FtsA interacts with other proteins in the periplasm and thus connects the cytoplasmic and periplasmic components of the divisome. \r\nA previous model postulated that FtsA regulates maturation of the divisome by switching from an oligomeric, inactive state to a monomeric and active state. This model was based mostly on in vivo studies, as a biochemical characterization of FtsA has been hampered by difficulties in purifying the protein. Here, we studied FtsA using an in vitro reconstitution approach and aimed to answer two questions: (i) How are dynamics from cytoplasmic, treadmilling FtsZ filaments coupled to proteins acting in the periplasmic space and (ii) How does FtsA regulate the maturation of the divisome?\r\nWe found that the cytoplasmic peptides of the transmembrane proteins FtsN and FtsQ interact directly with FtsA and can follow the spatiotemporal signal of FtsA/Z filaments. When we investigated the underlying mechanism by imaging single molecules of FtsNcyto, we found the peptide to interact transiently with FtsA. An in depth analysis of the single molecule trajectories helped to postulate a model where PG synthases follow the dynamics of FtsZ by a diffusion and capture mechanism. \r\nFollowing up on these findings we were interested in how the self-interaction of FtsA changes when it encounters FtsNcyto and if we can confirm the proposed oligomer-monomer switch. For this, we compared the behavior of the previously identified, hyperactive mutant FtsA R286W with wildtype FtsA. The mutant outperforms WT in mirroring and transmitting the spatiotemporal signal of treadmilling FtsZ filaments. Surprisingly however, we found that this was not due to a difference in the self-interaction strength of the two variants, but a difference in their membrane residence time. Furthermore, in contrast to our expectations, upon binding of FtsNcyto the measured self-interaction of FtsA actually increased. \r\nWe propose that FtsNcyto induces a rearrangement of the oligomeric architecture of FtsA. In further consequence this change leads to more persistent FtsZ filaments which results in a defined signalling zone, allowing formation of the mature divisome. The observed difference between FtsA WT and R286W is due to the vastly different membrane turnover of the proteins. R286W cycles 5-10x faster compared to WT which allows to sample FtsZ filaments at faster frequencies. These findings can explain the observed differences in toxicity for overexpression of FtsA WT and R286W and help to understand how FtsA regulates divisome maturation."}],"file_date_updated":"2024-10-05T22:30:03Z","supervisor":[{"last_name":"Loose","first_name":"Martin","orcid":"0000-0001-7309-9724","id":"462D4284-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87","full_name":"Loose, Martin"}],"article_processing_charge":"No","page":"156","project":[{"_id":"2595697A-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425","grant_number":"679239","call_identifier":"H2020","name":"Self-Organization of the Bacterial Cell"},{"_id":"fc38323b-9c52-11eb-aca3-ff8afb4a011d","grant_number":"P34607","name":"In vitro reconstitution of bacterial cell division"},{"_id":"2596EAB6-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425","grant_number":"ALTF 2015-1163","name":"Synthesis of bacterial cell wall"},{"_id":"259B655A-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425","grant_number":"LT000824/2016","name":"Reconstitution of bacterial cell wall synthesis"}],"acknowledged_ssus":[{"_id":"Bio"},{"_id":"LifeSc"}],"type":"dissertation","user_id":"ba8df636-2132-11f1-aed0-ed93e2281fdd","month":"09","citation":{"ista":"Radler P. 2023. Spatiotemporal signaling during assembly of the bacterial divisome. Institute of Science and Technology Austria.","apa":"Radler, P. (2023). <i>Spatiotemporal signaling during assembly of the bacterial divisome</i>. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:14280\">https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:14280</a>","mla":"Radler, Philipp. <i>Spatiotemporal Signaling during Assembly of the Bacterial Divisome</i>. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023, doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:14280\">10.15479/at:ista:14280</a>.","ieee":"P. Radler, “Spatiotemporal signaling during assembly of the bacterial divisome,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023.","short":"P. Radler, Spatiotemporal Signaling during Assembly of the Bacterial Divisome, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023.","chicago":"Radler, Philipp. “Spatiotemporal Signaling during Assembly of the Bacterial Divisome.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:14280\">https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:14280</a>.","ama":"Radler P. Spatiotemporal signaling during assembly of the bacterial divisome. 2023. doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:14280\">10.15479/at:ista:14280</a>"},"degree_awarded":"PhD","related_material":{"record":[{"id":"10934","relation":"research_data","status":"public"},{"relation":"part_of_dissertation","status":"public","id":"11373"},{"status":"public","relation":"part_of_dissertation","id":"7387"}]},"_id":"14280","publication_identifier":{"isbn":["978-3-99078-033-6"],"issn":["2663-337X"]},"doi":"10.15479/at:ista:14280","date_created":"2023-09-06T10:58:25Z","oa":1,"oa_version":"Published Version","department":[{"_id":"GradSch"},{"_id":"MaLo"}],"OA_place":"publisher","language":[{"iso":"eng"}],"author":[{"orcid":"0000-0001-9198-2182 ","id":"40136C2A-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87","full_name":"Radler, Philipp","last_name":"Radler","first_name":"Philipp"}],"corr_author":"1","date_published":"2023-09-25T00:00:00Z","ddc":["572"],"has_accepted_license":"1","keyword":["Cell Division","Reconstitution","FtsZ","FtsA","Divisome","E.coli"],"tmp":{"name":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0)","legal_code_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode","short":"CC BY (4.0)","image":"/images/cc_by.png"},"date_updated":"2026-04-07T14:06:05Z","publisher":"Institute of Science and Technology Austria","publication_status":"published","status":"public","file":[{"date_updated":"2024-10-05T22:30:03Z","content_type":"application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document","embargo_to":"open_access","file_size":114932847,"creator":"pradler","access_level":"closed","date_created":"2023-10-04T10:11:53Z","checksum":"87eef11fbc5c7df0826f12a3a629b444","relation":"source_file","file_id":"14390","file_name":"PhD Thesis_Philipp Radler_20231004.docx"},{"access_level":"open_access","relation":"main_file","date_created":"2023-10-04T10:11:21Z","checksum":"3253e099b7126469d941fd9419d68b4f","file_size":37838778,"date_updated":"2024-10-05T22:30:03Z","content_type":"application/pdf","creator":"pradler","file_id":"14391","file_name":"PhD Thesis_Philipp Radler_20231004.pdf","embargo":"2024-10-04"}],"year":"2023","day":"25"},{"has_accepted_license":"1","author":[{"first_name":"Alexandra","last_name":"Schauer","full_name":"Schauer, Alexandra","id":"30A536BA-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87","orcid":"0000-0001-7659-9142"}],"date_published":"2023-05-05T00:00:00Z","ddc":["570"],"corr_author":"1","file":[{"access_level":"open_access","date_created":"2023-05-05T13:01:14Z","checksum":"59b0303dc483f40a96a610a90aab7ee9","relation":"main_file","content_type":"application/pdf","date_updated":"2024-05-06T22:30:03Z","file_size":31434230,"creator":"aschauer","file_id":"12907","file_name":"Thesis_Schauer_final.pdf","embargo":"2024-05-05"},{"creator":"aschauer","embargo_to":"open_access","file_size":43809109,"date_updated":"2024-05-06T22:30:03Z","content_type":"application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document","relation":"source_file","date_created":"2023-05-05T13:04:15Z","checksum":"25f54e12479b6adaabd129a20568e6c1","access_level":"closed","file_name":"Thesis_Schauer_final.docx","file_id":"12908"}],"day":"05","year":"2023","publisher":"Institute of Science and Technology Austria","date_updated":"2025-06-12T06:56:58Z","publication_status":"published","status":"public","project":[{"name":"Interaction and feedback between cell mechanics and fate specification in vertebrate gastrulation","call_identifier":"H2020","grant_number":"742573","_id":"260F1432-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425"},{"name":"Mesendoderm specification in zebrafish: The role of extraembryonic tissues","grant_number":"25239","_id":"26B1E39C-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425"}],"supervisor":[{"id":"39427864-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87","full_name":"Heisenberg, Carl-Philipp J","orcid":"0000-0002-0912-4566","last_name":"Heisenberg","first_name":"Carl-Philipp J"}],"page":"190","article_processing_charge":"No","acknowledged_ssus":[{"_id":"Bio"},{"_id":"LifeSc"}],"title":"Mesendoderm formation in zebrafish gastrulation: The role of extraembryonic tissues","file_date_updated":"2024-05-06T22:30:03Z","ec_funded":1,"alternative_title":["ISTA Thesis"],"abstract":[{"text":"The tight spatiotemporal coordination of signaling activity determining embryo\r\npatterning and the physical processes driving embryo morphogenesis renders\r\nembryonic development robust, such that key developmental processes can unfold\r\nrelatively normally even outside of the full embryonic context. For instance, embryonic\r\nstem cell cultures can recapitulate the hallmarks of gastrulation, i.e. break symmetry\r\nleading to germ layer formation and morphogenesis, in a very reduced environment.\r\nThis leads to questions on specific contributions of embryo-specific features, such as\r\nthe presence of extraembryonic tissues, which are inherently involved in gastrulation\r\nin the full embryonic context. To address this, we established zebrafish embryonic\r\nexplants without the extraembryonic yolk cell, an important player as a signaling\r\nsource and for morphogenesis during gastrulation, as a model of ex vivo development.\r\nWe found that dorsal-marginal determinants are required and sufficient in these\r\nexplants to form and pattern all three germ layers. However, formation of tissues,\r\nwhich require the highest Nodal-signaling levels, is variable, demonstrating a\r\ncontribution of extraembryonic tissues for reaching peak Nodal signaling levels.\r\nBlastoderm explants also undergo gastrulation-like axis elongation. We found that this\r\nelongation movement shows hallmarks of oriented mesendoderm cell intercalations\r\ntypically associated with dorsal tissues in the intact embryo. These are disrupted by\r\nuniform upregulation of BMP signaling activity and concomitant explant ventralization,\r\nsuggesting that tight spatial control of BMP signaling is a prerequisite for explant\r\nmorphogenesis. This control is achieved by Nodal signaling, which is critical for\r\neffectively downregulating BMP signaling in the mesendoderm, highlighting that Nodal\r\nsignaling is not only directly required for mesendoderm cell fate specification and\r\nmorphogenesis, but also by maintaining low levels of BMP signaling at the dorsal side.\r\nCollectively, we provide insights into the capacity and organization of signaling and\r\nmorphogenetic domains to recapitulate features of zebrafish gastrulation outside of\r\nthe full embryonic context.","lang":"eng"}],"department":[{"_id":"GradSch"},{"_id":"CaHe"}],"oa":1,"oa_version":"Published Version","language":[{"iso":"eng"}],"citation":{"mla":"Schauer, Alexandra. <i>Mesendoderm Formation in Zebrafish Gastrulation: The Role of Extraembryonic Tissues</i>. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023, doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:12891\">10.15479/at:ista:12891</a>.","ieee":"A. Schauer, “Mesendoderm formation in zebrafish gastrulation: The role of extraembryonic tissues,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023.","short":"A. Schauer, Mesendoderm Formation in Zebrafish Gastrulation: The Role of Extraembryonic Tissues, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023.","chicago":"Schauer, Alexandra. “Mesendoderm Formation in Zebrafish Gastrulation: The Role of Extraembryonic Tissues.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:12891\">https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:12891</a>.","ama":"Schauer A. Mesendoderm formation in zebrafish gastrulation: The role of extraembryonic tissues. 2023. doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:12891\">10.15479/at:ista:12891</a>","ista":"Schauer A. 2023. Mesendoderm formation in zebrafish gastrulation: The role of extraembryonic tissues. Institute of Science and Technology Austria.","apa":"Schauer, A. (2023). <i>Mesendoderm formation in zebrafish gastrulation: The role of extraembryonic tissues</i>. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:12891\">https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:12891</a>"},"degree_awarded":"PhD","type":"dissertation","month":"05","user_id":"2DF688A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87","related_material":{"record":[{"status":"public","relation":"part_of_dissertation","id":"7888"},{"id":"8966","status":"public","relation":"part_of_dissertation"}]},"_id":"12891","publication_identifier":{"issn":["2663-337X"]},"doi":"10.15479/at:ista:12891","date_created":"2023-05-05T08:48:20Z"},{"department":[{"_id":"JiFr"}],"oa_version":"Published Version","oa":1,"language":[{"iso":"eng"}],"quality_controlled":"1","issue":"25","citation":{"ista":"Wang Y, Yuan Z, Wang J, Xiao H, Wan L, Li L, Guo Y, Gong Z, Friml J, Zhang J. 2023. The nitrate transporter NRT2.1 directly antagonizes PIN7-mediated auxin transport for root growth adaptation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 120(25), e2221313120.","apa":"Wang, Y., Yuan, Z., Wang, J., Xiao, H., Wan, L., Li, L., … Zhang, J. (2023). The nitrate transporter NRT2.1 directly antagonizes PIN7-mediated auxin transport for root growth adaptation. <i>Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America</i>. National Academy of Sciences. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2221313120\">https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2221313120</a>","short":"Y. Wang, Z. Yuan, J. Wang, H. Xiao, L. Wan, L. Li, Y. Guo, Z. Gong, J. Friml, J. Zhang, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 120 (2023).","mla":"Wang, Yalu, et al. “The Nitrate Transporter NRT2.1 Directly Antagonizes PIN7-Mediated Auxin Transport for Root Growth Adaptation.” <i>Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America</i>, vol. 120, no. 25, e2221313120, National Academy of Sciences, 2023, doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2221313120\">10.1073/pnas.2221313120</a>.","ieee":"Y. Wang <i>et al.</i>, “The nitrate transporter NRT2.1 directly antagonizes PIN7-mediated auxin transport for root growth adaptation,” <i>Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America</i>, vol. 120, no. 25. National Academy of Sciences, 2023.","ama":"Wang Y, Yuan Z, Wang J, et al. The nitrate transporter NRT2.1 directly antagonizes PIN7-mediated auxin transport for root growth adaptation. <i>Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America</i>. 2023;120(25). doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2221313120\">10.1073/pnas.2221313120</a>","chicago":"Wang, Yalu, Zhi Yuan, Jinyi Wang, Huixin Xiao, Lu Wan, Lanxin Li, Yan Guo, Zhizhong Gong, Jiří Friml, and Jing Zhang. “The Nitrate Transporter NRT2.1 Directly Antagonizes PIN7-Mediated Auxin Transport for Root Growth Adaptation.” <i>Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America</i>. National Academy of Sciences, 2023. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2221313120\">https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2221313120</a>."},"scopus_import":"1","type":"journal_article","month":"06","user_id":"4359f0d1-fa6c-11eb-b949-802e58b17ae8","_id":"13201","publication_identifier":{"issn":["0027-8424"],"eissn":["1091-6490"]},"doi":"10.1073/pnas.2221313120","date_created":"2023-07-09T22:01:12Z","acknowledgement":"We are grateful to Caifu Jiang for providing ethyl metha-nesulfonate- mutagenized population, Yi Wang for providing Xenopus oocytes, Jun Fan and Zhaosheng Kong for providing tobacco BY- 2 cells, and Claus Schwechheimer, Alain Gojon, and Shutang Tan for helpful discussions. This work was supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (2021YFF1000500), the  National  Natural  Science  Foundation  of  China  (32170265  and  32022007),  Hainan  Provincial  Natural  Science  Foundation  of  China  (323CXTD379),  Chinese  Universities  Scientific  Fund  (2023TC019),  Beijing  Municipal  Natural  Science  Foundation  (5192011),  Beijing  Outstanding  University  Discipline  Program,  and  China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (BH2020259460).","article_processing_charge":"No","external_id":{"isi":["001030689600003"],"pmid":["37307446"]},"article_number":"e2221313120","title":"The nitrate transporter NRT2.1 directly antagonizes PIN7-mediated auxin transport for root growth adaptation","file_date_updated":"2023-12-13T23:30:03Z","volume":120,"abstract":[{"lang":"eng","text":"As a crucial nitrogen source, nitrate (NO3−) is a key nutrient for plants. Accordingly, root systems adapt to maximize NO3− availability, a developmental regulation also involving the phytohormone auxin. Nonetheless, the molecular mechanisms underlying this regulation remain poorly understood. Here, we identify low-nitrate-resistant mutant (lonr) in Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana), whose root growth fails to adapt to low-NO3− conditions. lonr2 is defective in the high-affinity NO3− transporter NRT2.1. lonr2 (nrt2.1) mutants exhibit defects in polar auxin transport, and their low-NO3−-induced root phenotype depends on the PIN7 auxin exporter activity. NRT2.1 directly associates with PIN7 and antagonizes PIN7-mediated auxin efflux depending on NO3− levels. These results reveal a mechanism by which NRT2.1 in response to NO3− limitation directly regulates auxin transport activity and, thus, root growth. This adaptive mechanism contributes to the root developmental plasticity to help plants cope with changes in NO3− availability."}],"publication":"Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America","file":[{"file_size":5244581,"content_type":"application/pdf","date_updated":"2023-12-13T23:30:03Z","creator":"alisjak","access_level":"open_access","date_created":"2023-07-10T08:48:40Z","checksum":"d800e06252eaefba28531fa9440f23f0","relation":"main_file","embargo":"2023-12-12","file_id":"13204","file_name":"2023_PNAS_Wang.pdf"}],"day":"12","year":"2023","article_type":"original","publisher":"National Academy of Sciences","date_updated":"2023-12-13T23:30:04Z","pmid":1,"publication_status":"published","status":"public","has_accepted_license":"1","tmp":{"name":"Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)","short":"CC BY-NC-ND (4.0)","image":"/images/cc_by_nc_nd.png","legal_code_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode"},"isi":1,"intvolume":"       120","author":[{"full_name":"Wang, Yalu","first_name":"Yalu","last_name":"Wang"},{"last_name":"Yuan","first_name":"Zhi","full_name":"Yuan, Zhi"},{"full_name":"Wang, Jinyi","last_name":"Wang","first_name":"Jinyi"},{"full_name":"Xiao, Huixin","first_name":"Huixin","last_name":"Xiao"},{"full_name":"Wan, Lu","first_name":"Lu","last_name":"Wan"},{"orcid":"0000-0002-5607-272X","id":"367EF8FA-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87","full_name":"Li, Lanxin","last_name":"Li","first_name":"Lanxin"},{"first_name":"Yan","last_name":"Guo","full_name":"Guo, Yan"},{"full_name":"Gong, Zhizhong","first_name":"Zhizhong","last_name":"Gong"},{"id":"4159519E-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87","full_name":"Friml, Jiří","orcid":"0000-0002-8302-7596","last_name":"Friml","first_name":"Jiří"},{"full_name":"Zhang, Jing","last_name":"Zhang","first_name":"Jing"}],"ddc":["570"],"date_published":"2023-06-12T00:00:00Z"},{"oa_version":"Published Version","oa":1,"department":[{"_id":"GradSch"},{"_id":"TiVo"}],"OA_place":"publisher","language":[{"iso":"eng"}],"type":"dissertation","month":"10","user_id":"ba8df636-2132-11f1-aed0-ed93e2281fdd","citation":{"apa":"Confavreux, B. J. (2023). <i>Synapseek: Meta-learning synaptic plasticity rules</i>. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:14422\">https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:14422</a>","ista":"Confavreux BJ. 2023. Synapseek: Meta-learning synaptic plasticity rules. Institute of Science and Technology Austria.","ama":"Confavreux BJ. Synapseek: Meta-learning synaptic plasticity rules. 2023. doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:14422\">10.15479/at:ista:14422</a>","chicago":"Confavreux, Basile J. “Synapseek: Meta-Learning Synaptic Plasticity Rules.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:14422\">https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:14422</a>.","short":"B.J. Confavreux, Synapseek: Meta-Learning Synaptic Plasticity Rules, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023.","mla":"Confavreux, Basile J. <i>Synapseek: Meta-Learning Synaptic Plasticity Rules</i>. 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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","lang":"eng"}],"file_date_updated":"2024-10-13T22:30:04Z","file":[{"access_level":"open_access","checksum":"7f636555eae7803323df287672fd13ed","date_created":"2023-10-12T14:53:50Z","relation":"main_file","content_type":"application/pdf","date_updated":"2024-10-13T22:30:04Z","file_size":30599717,"creator":"cchlebak","file_id":"14424","file_name":"Confavreux_Thesis_2A.pdf","embargo":"2024-10-12"},{"creator":"cchlebak","file_size":68406739,"embargo_to":"open_access","date_updated":"2024-10-13T22:30:04Z","content_type":"application/x-zip-compressed","date_created":"2023-10-18T07:38:34Z","relation":"source_file","checksum":"725e85946db92290a4583a0de9779e1b","access_level":"closed","file_name":"Confavreux Thesis.zip","file_id":"14440"}],"year":"2023","day":"12","date_updated":"2026-06-18T19:55:49Z","publisher":"Institute of Science and Technology Austria","publication_status":"published","status":"public","has_accepted_license":"1","tmp":{"legal_code_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/legalcode","short":"CC BY-NC-SA (4.0)","image":"/images/cc_by_nc_sa.png","name":"Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)"},"author":[{"full_name":"Confavreux, Basile J","id":"C7610134-B532-11EA-BD9F-F5753DDC885E","first_name":"Basile J","last_name":"Confavreux"}],"corr_author":"1","date_published":"2023-10-12T00:00:00Z","ddc":["610"]},{"title":"Cell cycle dynamics control fluidity of the developing mouse neuroepithelium","file_date_updated":"2023-10-04T11:13:28Z","publication":"Nature Physics","abstract":[{"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.","lang":"eng"}],"volume":19,"ec_funded":1,"project":[{"name":"Coordination of Patterning And Growth In the Spinal Cord","call_identifier":"H2020","_id":"B6FC0238-B512-11E9-945C-1524E6697425","grant_number":"680037"},{"grant_number":"101044579","_id":"bd7e737f-d553-11ed-ba76-d69ffb5ee3aa","name":"Mechanisms of tissue size regulation in spinal cord development"},{"name":"Stem Cell Modulation in Neural Development and Regeneration/ P02-Morphogen control of growth and pattern in the spinal cord","grant_number":"F7802","_id":"059DF620-7A3F-11EA-A408-12923DDC885E"},{"grant_number":"291734","_id":"25681D80-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425","name":"International IST Postdoc Fellowship Programme","call_identifier":"FP7"}],"article_processing_charge":"No","external_id":{"pmid":["37456593"],"isi":["000964029300003"]},"page":"1050-1058","scopus_import":"1","citation":{"short":"L. Bocanegra, A. Singh, E.B. Hannezo, M.P. Zagórski, A. Kicheva, Nature Physics 19 (2023) 1050–1058.","mla":"Bocanegra, Laura, et al. “Cell Cycle Dynamics Control Fluidity of the Developing Mouse Neuroepithelium.” <i>Nature Physics</i>, vol. 19, Springer Nature, 2023, pp. 1050–58, doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-023-01977-w\">10.1038/s41567-023-01977-w</a>.","ieee":"L. Bocanegra, A. Singh, E. B. Hannezo, M. P. Zagórski, and A. Kicheva, “Cell cycle dynamics control fluidity of the developing mouse neuroepithelium,” <i>Nature Physics</i>, vol. 19. Springer Nature, pp. 1050–1058, 2023.","ama":"Bocanegra L, Singh A, Hannezo EB, Zagórski MP, Kicheva A. 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Springer Nature. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-023-01977-w\">https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-023-01977-w</a>"},"month":"07","user_id":"2DF688A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87","type":"journal_article","doi":"10.1038/s41567-023-01977-w","date_created":"2023-04-16T22:01:09Z","_id":"12837","publication_identifier":{"issn":["1745-2473"],"eissn":["1745-2481"]},"related_material":{"record":[{"id":"13081","relation":"dissertation_contains","status":"public"}]},"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.).","department":[{"_id":"EdHa"},{"_id":"AnKi"}],"oa_version":"Published Version","oa":1,"language":[{"iso":"eng"}],"quality_controlled":"1","author":[{"first_name":"Laura","last_name":"Bocanegra","full_name":"Bocanegra, Laura","id":"4896F754-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87"},{"first_name":"Amrita","last_name":"Singh","full_name":"Singh, Amrita","id":"76250f9f-3a21-11eb-9a80-a6180a0d7958"},{"first_name":"Edouard B","last_name":"Hannezo","full_name":"Hannezo, Edouard B","id":"3A9DB764-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87","orcid":"0000-0001-6005-1561"},{"first_name":"Marcin P","last_name":"Zagórski","full_name":"Zagórski, Marcin P","id":"343DA0DC-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87","orcid":"0000-0001-7896-7762"},{"orcid":"0000-0003-4509-4998","id":"3959A2A0-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87","full_name":"Kicheva, Anna","last_name":"Kicheva","first_name":"Anna"}],"ddc":["570"],"date_published":"2023-07-01T00:00:00Z","corr_author":"1","has_accepted_license":"1","tmp":{"name":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0)","legal_code_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode","short":"CC BY (4.0)","image":"/images/cc_by.png"},"isi":1,"intvolume":"        19","publisher":"Springer Nature","article_type":"original","date_updated":"2026-06-27T22:30:16Z","status":"public","pmid":1,"publication_status":"published","file":[{"file_size":5532285,"content_type":"application/pdf","date_updated":"2023-10-04T11:13:28Z","creator":"dernst","access_level":"open_access","relation":"main_file","checksum":"858225a4205b74406e5045006cdd853f","date_created":"2023-10-04T11:13:28Z","success":1,"file_id":"14392","file_name":"2023_NaturePhysics_Boncanegra.pdf"}],"day":"01","year":"2023"},{"author":[{"last_name":"Bocanegra","first_name":"Laura","id":"4896F754-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87","full_name":"Bocanegra, Laura"}],"corr_author":"1","ddc":["570"],"date_published":"2023-05-23T00:00:00Z","has_accepted_license":"1","tmp":{"name":"Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)","short":"CC BY-NC-ND (4.0)","image":"/images/cc_by_nc_nd.png","legal_code_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode"},"date_updated":"2026-04-14T09:50:54Z","publisher":"Institute of Science and Technology Austria","status":"public","publication_status":"published","file":[{"file_size":25615534,"embargo_to":"open_access","date_updated":"2024-06-01T22:30:04Z","content_type":"application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document","creator":"lbocaneg","access_level":"closed","date_created":"2023-05-25T06:32:12Z","relation":"source_file","checksum":"74f3f89e59a0189bee53ebfad9c1b9af","file_id":"13089","file_name":"Thesis_final_LauraBocanegra.docx"},{"creator":"lbocaneg","file_size":12386046,"content_type":"application/pdf","date_updated":"2024-06-01T22:30:04Z","date_created":"2023-05-25T06:32:16Z","checksum":"c6cdef6323eacfb4b7a8af20f32eae97","relation":"main_file","access_level":"open_access","embargo":"2024-05-31","file_name":"TotalFinal_Thesis_LauraBocanegraArx.pdf","file_id":"13090"}],"year":"2023","day":"23","title":"Epithelial dynamics during mouse neural tube development","abstract":[{"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.","lang":"eng"}],"alternative_title":["ISTA Thesis"],"file_date_updated":"2024-06-01T22:30:04Z","article_processing_charge":"No","page":"93","supervisor":[{"orcid":"0000-0003-4509-4998","id":"3959A2A0-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87","full_name":"Kicheva, Anna","last_name":"Kicheva","first_name":"Anna"}],"acknowledged_ssus":[{"_id":"Bio"},{"_id":"LifeSc"}],"month":"05","user_id":"ba8df636-2132-11f1-aed0-ed93e2281fdd","type":"dissertation","degree_awarded":"PhD","citation":{"ista":"Bocanegra L. 2023. Epithelial dynamics during mouse neural tube development. 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