---
_id: '196'
abstract:
- lang: eng
text: 'The abelian sandpile serves as a model to study self-organized criticality,
a phenomenon occurring in biological, physical and social processes. The identity
of the abelian group is a fractal composed of self-similar patches, and its limit
is subject of extensive collaborative research. Here, we analyze the evolution
of the sandpile identity under harmonic fields of different orders. We show that
this evolution corresponds to periodic cycles through the abelian group characterized
by the smooth transformation and apparent conservation of the patches constituting
the identity. The dynamics induced by second and third order harmonics resemble
smooth stretchings, respectively translations, of the identity, while the ones
induced by fourth order harmonics resemble magnifications and rotations. Starting
with order three, the dynamics pass through extended regions of seemingly random
configurations which spontaneously reassemble into accentuated patterns. We show
that the space of harmonic functions projects to the extended analogue of the
sandpile group, thus providing a set of universal coordinates identifying configurations
between different domains. Since the original sandpile group is a subgroup of
the extended one, this directly implies that it admits a natural renormalization.
Furthermore, we show that the harmonic fields can be induced by simple Markov
processes, and that the corresponding stochastic dynamics show remarkable robustness
over hundreds of periods. Finally, we encode information into seemingly random
configurations, and decode this information with an algorithm requiring minimal
prior knowledge. Our results suggest that harmonic fields might split the sandpile
group into sub-sets showing different critical coefficients, and that it might
be possible to extend the fractal structure of the identity beyond the boundaries
of its domain. '
acknowledgement: "M.L. is grateful to the members of the C Guet and G Tkacik groups
for valuable comments and support. M.S. is grateful to Nikita Kalinin for inspiring
communications.\r\n"
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author:
- first_name: Moritz
full_name: Lang, Moritz
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last_name: Lang
- first_name: Mikhail
full_name: Shkolnikov, Mikhail
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last_name: Shkolnikov
orcid: 0000-0002-4310-178X
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ama: Lang M, Shkolnikov M. Harmonic dynamics of the Abelian sandpile. Proceedings
of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2019;116(8):2821-2830.
doi:10.1073/pnas.1812015116
apa: Lang, M., & Shkolnikov, M. (2019). Harmonic dynamics of the Abelian sandpile.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.
National Academy of Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1812015116
chicago: Lang, Moritz, and Mikhail Shkolnikov. “Harmonic Dynamics of the Abelian
Sandpile.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States
of America. National Academy of Sciences, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1812015116.
ieee: M. Lang and M. Shkolnikov, “Harmonic dynamics of the Abelian sandpile,” Proceedings
of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol.
116, no. 8. National Academy of Sciences, pp. 2821–2830, 2019.
ista: Lang M, Shkolnikov M. 2019. Harmonic dynamics of the Abelian sandpile. Proceedings
of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 116(8), 2821–2830.
mla: Lang, Moritz, and Mikhail Shkolnikov. “Harmonic Dynamics of the Abelian Sandpile.”
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America,
vol. 116, no. 8, National Academy of Sciences, 2019, pp. 2821–30, doi:10.1073/pnas.1812015116.
short: M. Lang, M. Shkolnikov, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of
the United States of America 116 (2019) 2821–2830.
corr_author: '1'
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and results. Public Library of Science. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1007168.s001
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Text and Results.” Public Library of Science, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1007168.s001.
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Public Library of Science, 2019.
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_id: '5817'
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text: We theoretically study the shapes of lipid vesicles confined to a spherical
cavity, elaborating a framework based on the so-called limiting shapes constructed
from geometrically simple structural elements such as double-membrane walls and
edges. Partly inspired by numerical results, the proposed non-compartmentalized
and compartmentalized limiting shapes are arranged in the bilayer-couple phase
diagram which is then compared to its free-vesicle counterpart. We also compute
the area-difference-elasticity phase diagram of the limiting shapes and we use
it to interpret shape transitions experimentally observed in vesicles confined
within another vesicle. The limiting-shape framework may be generalized to theoretically
investigate the structure of certain cell organelles such as the mitochondrion.
article_processing_charge: No
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id: 350F91D2-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
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last_name: Sakashita
- first_name: H.
full_name: Noguchi, H.
last_name: Noguchi
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full_name: Ziherl, P.
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ama: Kavcic B, Sakashita A, Noguchi H, Ziherl P. Limiting shapes of confined lipid
vesicles. Soft Matter. 2019;15(4):602-614. doi:10.1039/c8sm01956h
apa: Kavcic, B., Sakashita, A., Noguchi, H., & Ziherl, P. (2019). Limiting shapes
of confined lipid vesicles. Soft Matter. Royal Society of Chemistry. https://doi.org/10.1039/c8sm01956h
chicago: Kavcic, Bor, A. Sakashita, H. Noguchi, and P. Ziherl. “Limiting Shapes
of Confined Lipid Vesicles.” Soft Matter. Royal Society of Chemistry, 2019.
https://doi.org/10.1039/c8sm01956h.
ieee: B. Kavcic, A. Sakashita, H. Noguchi, and P. Ziherl, “Limiting shapes of confined
lipid vesicles,” Soft Matter, vol. 15, no. 4. Royal Society of Chemistry,
pp. 602–614, 2019.
ista: Kavcic B, Sakashita A, Noguchi H, Ziherl P. 2019. Limiting shapes of confined
lipid vesicles. Soft Matter. 15(4), 602–614.
mla: Kavcic, Bor, et al. “Limiting Shapes of Confined Lipid Vesicles.” Soft Matter,
vol. 15, no. 4, Royal Society of Chemistry, 2019, pp. 602–14, doi:10.1039/c8sm01956h.
short: B. Kavcic, A. Sakashita, H. Noguchi, P. Ziherl, Soft Matter 15 (2019) 602–614.
corr_author: '1'
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_id: '5945'
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text: In developing organisms, spatially prescribed cell identities are thought
to be determined by the expression levels of multiple genes. Quantitative tests
of this idea, however, require a theoretical framework capable of exposing the
rules and precision of cell specification over developmental time. We use the
gap gene network in the early fly embryo as an example to show how expression
levels of the four gap genes can be jointly decoded into an optimal specification
of position with 1% accuracy. The decoder correctly predicts, with no free parameters,
the dynamics of pair-rule expression patterns at different developmental time
points and in various mutant backgrounds. Precise cellular identities are thus
available at the earliest stages of development, contrasting the prevailing view
of positional information being slowly refined across successive layers of the
patterning network. Our results suggest that developmental enhancers closely approximate
a mathematically optimal decoding strategy.
article_processing_charge: No
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- first_name: Mariela D.
full_name: Petkova, Mariela D.
last_name: Petkova
- first_name: Gasper
full_name: Tkacik, Gasper
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- first_name: William
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- first_name: Eric F.
full_name: Wieschaus, Eric F.
last_name: Wieschaus
- first_name: Thomas
full_name: Gregor, Thomas
last_name: Gregor
citation:
ama: Petkova MD, Tkačik G, Bialek W, Wieschaus EF, Gregor T. Optimal decoding of
cellular identities in a genetic network. Cell. 2019;176(4):844-855.e15.
doi:10.1016/j.cell.2019.01.007
apa: Petkova, M. D., Tkačik, G., Bialek, W., Wieschaus, E. F., & Gregor, T.
(2019). Optimal decoding of cellular identities in a genetic network. Cell.
Cell Press. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2019.01.007
chicago: Petkova, Mariela D., Gašper Tkačik, William Bialek, Eric F. Wieschaus,
and Thomas Gregor. “Optimal Decoding of Cellular Identities in a Genetic Network.”
Cell. Cell Press, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2019.01.007.
ieee: M. D. Petkova, G. Tkačik, W. Bialek, E. F. Wieschaus, and T. Gregor, “Optimal
decoding of cellular identities in a genetic network,” Cell, vol. 176,
no. 4. Cell Press, p. 844–855.e15, 2019.
ista: Petkova MD, Tkačik G, Bialek W, Wieschaus EF, Gregor T. 2019. Optimal decoding
of cellular identities in a genetic network. Cell. 176(4), 844–855.e15.
mla: Petkova, Mariela D., et al. “Optimal Decoding of Cellular Identities in a Genetic
Network.” Cell, vol. 176, no. 4, Cell Press, 2019, p. 844–855.e15, doi:10.1016/j.cell.2019.01.007.
short: M.D. Petkova, G. Tkačik, W. Bialek, E.F. Wieschaus, T. Gregor, Cell 176 (2019)
844–855.e15.
date_created: 2019-02-10T22:59:16Z
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doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2019.01.007
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...
---
_id: '6046'
abstract:
- lang: eng
text: Sudden stress often triggers diverse, temporally structured gene expression
responses in microbes, but it is largely unknown how variable in time such responses
are and if genes respond in the same temporal order in every single cell. Here,
we quantified timing variability of individual promoters responding to sublethal
antibiotic stress using fluorescent reporters, microfluidics, and time‐lapse microscopy.
We identified lower and upper bounds that put definite constraints on timing variability,
which varies strongly among promoters and conditions. Timing variability can be
interpreted using results from statistical kinetics, which enable us to estimate
the number of rate‐limiting molecular steps underlying different responses. We
found that just a few critical steps control some responses while others rely
on dozens of steps. To probe connections between different stress responses, we
then tracked the temporal order and response time correlations of promoter pairs
in individual cells. Our results support that, when bacteria are exposed to the
antibiotic nitrofurantoin, the ensuing oxidative stress and SOS responses are
part of the same causal chain of molecular events. In contrast, under trimethoprim,
the acid stress response and the SOS response are part of different chains of
events running in parallel. Our approach reveals fundamental constraints on gene
expression timing and provides new insights into the molecular events that underlie
the timing of stress responses.
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article_number: e8470
article_processing_charge: No
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last_name: Mitosch
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last_name: Rieckh
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ama: Mitosch K, Rieckh G, Bollenbach MT. Temporal order and precision of complex
stress responses in individual bacteria. Molecular systems biology. 2019;15(2).
doi:10.15252/msb.20188470
apa: Mitosch, K., Rieckh, G., & Bollenbach, M. T. (2019). Temporal order and
precision of complex stress responses in individual bacteria. Molecular Systems
Biology. Embo Press. https://doi.org/10.15252/msb.20188470
chicago: Mitosch, Karin, Georg Rieckh, and Mark Tobias Bollenbach. “Temporal Order
and Precision of Complex Stress Responses in Individual Bacteria.” Molecular
Systems Biology. Embo Press, 2019. https://doi.org/10.15252/msb.20188470.
ieee: K. Mitosch, G. Rieckh, and M. T. Bollenbach, “Temporal order and precision
of complex stress responses in individual bacteria,” Molecular systems biology,
vol. 15, no. 2. Embo Press, 2019.
ista: Mitosch K, Rieckh G, Bollenbach MT. 2019. Temporal order and precision of
complex stress responses in individual bacteria. Molecular systems biology. 15(2),
e8470.
mla: Mitosch, Karin, et al. “Temporal Order and Precision of Complex Stress Responses
in Individual Bacteria.” Molecular Systems Biology, vol. 15, no. 2, e8470,
Embo Press, 2019, doi:10.15252/msb.20188470.
short: K. Mitosch, G. Rieckh, M.T. Bollenbach, Molecular Systems Biology 15 (2019).
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grant_number: P27201-B22
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...
---
_id: '6049'
abstract:
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text: 'In this article it is shown that large systems with many interacting units
endowing multiple phases display self-oscillations in the presence of linear feedback
between the control and order parameters, where an Andronov–Hopf bifurcation takes
over the phase transition. This is simply illustrated through the mean field Landau
theory whose feedback dynamics turn out to be described by the Van der Pol equation
and it is then validated for the fully connected Ising model following heat bath
dynamics. Despite its simplicity, this theory accounts potentially for a rich
range of phenomena: here it is applied to describe in a stylized way (i) excess
demand-price cycles due to strong herding in a simple agent-based market model;
(ii) congestion waves in queuing networks triggered by user feedback to delays
in overloaded conditions; and (iii) metabolic network oscillations resulting from
cell growth control in a bistable phenotypic landscape.'
article_number: '045002'
article_processing_charge: Yes (in subscription journal)
author:
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id: 3FF5848A-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: De Martino
orcid: 0000-0002-5214-4706
citation:
ama: 'De Martino D. Feedback-induced self-oscillations in large interacting systems
subjected to phase transitions. Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical.
2019;52(4). doi:10.1088/1751-8121/aaf2dd'
apa: 'De Martino, D. (2019). Feedback-induced self-oscillations in large interacting
systems subjected to phase transitions. Journal of Physics A: Mathematical
and Theoretical. IOP Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1088/1751-8121/aaf2dd'
chicago: 'De Martino, Daniele. “Feedback-Induced Self-Oscillations in Large Interacting
Systems Subjected to Phase Transitions.” Journal of Physics A: Mathematical
and Theoretical. IOP Publishing, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1088/1751-8121/aaf2dd.'
ieee: 'D. De Martino, “Feedback-induced self-oscillations in large interacting systems
subjected to phase transitions,” Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical,
vol. 52, no. 4. IOP Publishing, 2019.'
ista: 'De Martino D. 2019. Feedback-induced self-oscillations in large interacting
systems subjected to phase transitions. Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and
Theoretical. 52(4), 045002.'
mla: 'De Martino, Daniele. “Feedback-Induced Self-Oscillations in Large Interacting
Systems Subjected to Phase Transitions.” Journal of Physics A: Mathematical
and Theoretical, vol. 52, no. 4, 045002, IOP Publishing, 2019, doi:10.1088/1751-8121/aaf2dd.'
short: 'D. De Martino, Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical 52 (2019).'
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_id: '6090'
abstract:
- lang: eng
text: Cells need to reliably sense external ligand concentrations to achieve various
biological functions such as chemotaxis or signaling. The molecular recognition
of ligands by surface receptors is degenerate in many systems, leading to crosstalk
between ligand-receptor pairs. Crosstalk is often thought of as a deviation from
optimal specific recognition, as the binding of noncognate ligands can interfere
with the detection of the receptor's cognate ligand, possibly leading to a false
triggering of a downstream signaling pathway. Here we quantify the optimal precision
of sensing the concentrations of multiple ligands by a collection of promiscuous
receptors. We demonstrate that crosstalk can improve precision in concentration
sensing and discrimination tasks. To achieve superior precision, the additional
information about ligand concentrations contained in short binding events of the
noncognate ligand should be exploited. We present a proofreading scheme to realize
an approximate estimation of multiple ligand concentrations that reaches a precision
close to the derived optimal bounds. Our results help rationalize the observed
ubiquity of receptor crosstalk in molecular sensing.
article_number: '022423'
article_processing_charge: No
author:
- first_name: Martín
full_name: Carballo-Pacheco, Martín
last_name: Carballo-Pacheco
- first_name: Jonathan
full_name: Desponds, Jonathan
last_name: Desponds
- first_name: Tatyana
full_name: Gavrilchenko, Tatyana
last_name: Gavrilchenko
- first_name: Andreas
full_name: Mayer, Andreas
last_name: Mayer
- first_name: Roshan
full_name: Prizak, Roshan
id: 4456104E-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: Prizak
- first_name: Gautam
full_name: Reddy, Gautam
last_name: Reddy
- first_name: Ilya
full_name: Nemenman, Ilya
last_name: Nemenman
- first_name: Thierry
full_name: Mora, Thierry
last_name: Mora
citation:
ama: Carballo-Pacheco M, Desponds J, Gavrilchenko T, et al. Receptor crosstalk improves
concentration sensing of multiple ligands. Physical Review E. 2019;99(2).
doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.99.022423
apa: Carballo-Pacheco, M., Desponds, J., Gavrilchenko, T., Mayer, A., Prizak, R.,
Reddy, G., … Mora, T. (2019). Receptor crosstalk improves concentration sensing
of multiple ligands. Physical Review E. American Physical Society. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.99.022423
chicago: Carballo-Pacheco, Martín, Jonathan Desponds, Tatyana Gavrilchenko, Andreas
Mayer, Roshan Prizak, Gautam Reddy, Ilya Nemenman, and Thierry Mora. “Receptor
Crosstalk Improves Concentration Sensing of Multiple Ligands.” Physical Review
E. American Physical Society, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.99.022423.
ieee: M. Carballo-Pacheco et al., “Receptor crosstalk improves concentration
sensing of multiple ligands,” Physical Review E, vol. 99, no. 2. American
Physical Society, 2019.
ista: Carballo-Pacheco M, Desponds J, Gavrilchenko T, Mayer A, Prizak R, Reddy G,
Nemenman I, Mora T. 2019. Receptor crosstalk improves concentration sensing of
multiple ligands. Physical Review E. 99(2), 022423.
mla: Carballo-Pacheco, Martín, et al. “Receptor Crosstalk Improves Concentration
Sensing of Multiple Ligands.” Physical Review E, vol. 99, no. 2, 022423,
American Physical Society, 2019, doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.99.022423.
short: M. Carballo-Pacheco, J. Desponds, T. Gavrilchenko, A. Mayer, R. Prizak, G.
Reddy, I. Nemenman, T. Mora, Physical Review E 99 (2019).
date_created: 2019-03-10T22:59:20Z
date_published: 2019-02-26T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2024-02-28T13:12:06Z
day: '26'
department:
- _id: NiBa
- _id: GaTk
doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.99.022423
external_id:
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isi: 1
issue: '2'
language:
- iso: eng
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url: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/448118v1.abstract
month: '02'
oa: 1
oa_version: Preprint
publication: Physical Review E
publication_status: published
publisher: American Physical Society
quality_controlled: '1'
scopus_import: '1'
status: public
title: Receptor crosstalk improves concentration sensing of multiple ligands
type: journal_article
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volume: 99
year: '2019'
...
---
_id: '6784'
abstract:
- lang: eng
text: Mathematical models have been used successfully at diverse scales of biological
organization, ranging from ecology and population dynamics to stochastic reaction
events occurring between individual molecules in single cells. Generally, many
biological processes unfold across multiple scales, with mutations being the best
studied example of how stochasticity at the molecular scale can influence outcomes
at the population scale. In many other contexts, however, an analogous link between
micro- and macro-scale remains elusive, primarily due to the challenges involved
in setting up and analyzing multi-scale models. Here, we employ such a model to
investigate how stochasticity propagates from individual biochemical reaction
events in the bacterial innate immune system to the ecology of bacteria and bacterial
viruses. We show analytically how the dynamics of bacterial populations are shaped
by the activities of immunity-conferring enzymes in single cells and how the ecological
consequences imply optimal bacterial defense strategies against viruses. Our results
suggest that bacterial populations in the presence of viruses can either optimize
their initial growth rate or their population size, with the first strategy favoring
simple immunity featuring a single restriction modification system and the second
strategy favoring complex bacterial innate immunity featuring several simultaneously
active restriction modification systems.
article_number: e1007168
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author:
- first_name: Jakob
full_name: Ruess, Jakob
id: 4A245D00-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: Ruess
orcid: 0000-0003-1615-3282
- first_name: Maros
full_name: Pleska, Maros
id: 4569785E-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: Pleska
orcid: 0000-0001-7460-7479
- first_name: Calin C
full_name: Guet, Calin C
id: 47F8433E-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: Guet
orcid: 0000-0001-6220-2052
- first_name: Gašper
full_name: Tkačik, Gašper
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last_name: Tkačik
orcid: 0000-0002-6699-1455
citation:
ama: Ruess J, Pleska M, Guet CC, Tkačik G. Molecular noise of innate immunity shapes
bacteria-phage ecologies. PLoS Computational Biology. 2019;15(7). doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1007168
apa: Ruess, J., Pleska, M., Guet, C. C., & Tkačik, G. (2019). Molecular noise
of innate immunity shapes bacteria-phage ecologies. PLoS Computational Biology.
Public Library of Science. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1007168
chicago: Ruess, Jakob, Maros Pleska, Calin C Guet, and Gašper Tkačik. “Molecular
Noise of Innate Immunity Shapes Bacteria-Phage Ecologies.” PLoS Computational
Biology. Public Library of Science, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1007168.
ieee: J. Ruess, M. Pleska, C. C. Guet, and G. Tkačik, “Molecular noise of innate
immunity shapes bacteria-phage ecologies,” PLoS Computational Biology,
vol. 15, no. 7. Public Library of Science, 2019.
ista: Ruess J, Pleska M, Guet CC, Tkačik G. 2019. Molecular noise of innate immunity
shapes bacteria-phage ecologies. PLoS Computational Biology. 15(7), e1007168.
mla: Ruess, Jakob, et al. “Molecular Noise of Innate Immunity Shapes Bacteria-Phage
Ecologies.” PLoS Computational Biology, vol. 15, no. 7, e1007168, Public
Library of Science, 2019, doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1007168.
short: J. Ruess, M. Pleska, C.C. Guet, G. Tkačik, PLoS Computational Biology 15
(2019).
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date_published: 2019-07-02T00:00:00Z
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ddc:
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doi: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1007168
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name: Effects of Stochasticity on the Function of Restriction-Modi cation Systems
at the Single-Cell Level
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grant_number: RGY0079/2011
name: Multi-Level Conflicts in Evolutionary Dynamics of Restriction-Modification
Systems
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- 1553-7358
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title: Molecular noise of innate immunity shapes bacteria-phage ecologies
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abstract:
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text: Origin and functions of intermittent transitions among sleep stages, including
short awakenings and arousals, constitute a challenge to the current homeostatic
framework for sleep regulation, focusing on factors modulating sleep over large
time scales. Here we propose that the complex micro-architecture characterizing
the sleep-wake cycle results from an underlying non-equilibrium critical dynamics,
bridging collective behaviors across spatio-temporal scales. We investigate θ
and δ wave dynamics in control rats and in rats with lesions of sleep-promoting
neurons in the parafacial zone. We demonstrate that intermittent bursts in θ and
δ rhythms exhibit a complex temporal organization, with long-range power-law correlations
and a robust duality of power law (θ-bursts, active phase) and exponential-like
(δ-bursts, quiescent phase) duration distributions, typical features of non-equilibrium
systems self-organizing at criticality. Crucially, such temporal organization
relates to anti-correlated coupling between θ- and δ-bursts, and is independent
of the dominant physiologic state and lesions, a solid indication of a basic principle
in sleep dynamics.
article_number: e1007268
article_processing_charge: No
article_type: original
author:
- first_name: Jilin W. J. L.
full_name: Wang, Jilin W. J. L.
last_name: Wang
- first_name: Fabrizio
full_name: Lombardi, Fabrizio
id: A057D288-3E88-11E9-986D-0CF4E5697425
last_name: Lombardi
orcid: 0000-0003-2623-5249
- first_name: Xiyun
full_name: Zhang, Xiyun
last_name: Zhang
- first_name: Christelle
full_name: Anaclet, Christelle
last_name: Anaclet
- first_name: Plamen Ch.
full_name: Ivanov, Plamen Ch.
last_name: Ivanov
citation:
ama: Wang JWJL, Lombardi F, Zhang X, Anaclet C, Ivanov PC. Non-equilibrium critical
dynamics of bursts in θ and δ rhythms as fundamental characteristic of sleep and
wake micro-architecture. PLoS Computational Biology. 2019;15(11). doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1007268
apa: Wang, J. W. J. L., Lombardi, F., Zhang, X., Anaclet, C., & Ivanov, P. C.
(2019). Non-equilibrium critical dynamics of bursts in θ and δ rhythms as fundamental
characteristic of sleep and wake micro-architecture. PLoS Computational Biology.
Public Library of Science. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1007268
chicago: Wang, Jilin W. J. L., Fabrizio Lombardi, Xiyun Zhang, Christelle Anaclet,
and Plamen Ch. Ivanov. “Non-Equilibrium Critical Dynamics of Bursts in θ and δ
Rhythms as Fundamental Characteristic of Sleep and Wake Micro-Architecture.” PLoS
Computational Biology. Public Library of Science, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1007268.
ieee: J. W. J. L. Wang, F. Lombardi, X. Zhang, C. Anaclet, and P. C. Ivanov, “Non-equilibrium
critical dynamics of bursts in θ and δ rhythms as fundamental characteristic of
sleep and wake micro-architecture,” PLoS Computational Biology, vol. 15,
no. 11. Public Library of Science, 2019.
ista: Wang JWJL, Lombardi F, Zhang X, Anaclet C, Ivanov PC. 2019. Non-equilibrium
critical dynamics of bursts in θ and δ rhythms as fundamental characteristic of
sleep and wake micro-architecture. PLoS Computational Biology. 15(11), e1007268.
mla: Wang, Jilin W. J. L., et al. “Non-Equilibrium Critical Dynamics of Bursts in
θ and δ Rhythms as Fundamental Characteristic of Sleep and Wake Micro-Architecture.”
PLoS Computational Biology, vol. 15, no. 11, e1007268, Public Library of
Science, 2019, doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1007268.
short: J.W.J.L. Wang, F. Lombardi, X. Zhang, C. Anaclet, P.C. Ivanov, PLoS Computational
Biology 15 (2019).
date_created: 2019-11-25T08:20:47Z
date_published: 2019-11-01T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2025-04-14T07:44:06Z
day: '01'
ddc:
- '570'
- '000'
department:
- _id: GaTk
doi: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1007268
ec_funded: 1
external_id:
isi:
- '000500976100014'
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- '31725712'
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creator: dernst
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date_updated: 2020-07-14T12:47:49Z
file_id: '7104'
file_name: 2019_PLOSComBio_Wang.pdf
file_size: 3982516
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intvolume: ' 15'
isi: 1
issue: '11'
language:
- iso: eng
month: '11'
oa: 1
oa_version: Published Version
pmid: 1
project:
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call_identifier: H2020
grant_number: '754411'
name: ISTplus - Postdoctoral Fellowships
publication: PLoS Computational Biology
publication_identifier:
issn:
- 1553-7358
publication_status: published
publisher: Public Library of Science
quality_controlled: '1'
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title: Non-equilibrium critical dynamics of bursts in θ and δ rhythms as fundamental
characteristic of sleep and wake micro-architecture
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: 15
year: '2019'
...
---
_id: '7422'
abstract:
- lang: eng
text: Biochemical reactions often occur at low copy numbers but at once in crowded
and diverse environments. Space and stochasticity therefore play an essential
role in biochemical networks. Spatial-stochastic simulations have become a prominent
tool for understanding how stochasticity at the microscopic level influences the
macroscopic behavior of such systems. While particle-based models guarantee the
level of detail necessary to accurately describe the microscopic dynamics at very
low copy numbers, the algorithms used to simulate them typically imply trade-offs
between computational efficiency and biochemical accuracy. eGFRD (enhanced Green’s
Function Reaction Dynamics) is an exact algorithm that evades such trade-offs
by partitioning the N-particle system into M ≤ N analytically tractable one- and
two-particle systems; the analytical solutions (Green’s functions) then are used
to implement an event-driven particle-based scheme that allows particles to make
large jumps in time and space while retaining access to their state variables
at arbitrary simulation times. Here we present “eGFRD2,” a new eGFRD version that
implements the principle of eGFRD in all dimensions, thus enabling efficient particle-based
simulation of biochemical reaction-diffusion processes in the 3D cytoplasm, on
2D planes representing membranes, and on 1D elongated cylinders representative
of, e.g., cytoskeletal tracks or DNA; in 1D, it also incorporates convective motion
used to model active transport. We find that, for low particle densities, eGFRD2
is up to 6 orders of magnitude faster than conventional Brownian dynamics. We
exemplify the capabilities of eGFRD2 by simulating an idealized model of Pom1
gradient formation, which involves 3D diffusion, active transport on microtubules,
and autophosphorylation on the membrane, confirming recent experimental and theoretical
results on this system to hold under genuinely stochastic conditions.
article_number: '054108'
article_processing_charge: No
article_type: original
arxiv: 1
author:
- first_name: Thomas R
full_name: Sokolowski, Thomas R
id: 3E999752-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: Sokolowski
orcid: 0000-0002-1287-3779
- first_name: Joris
full_name: Paijmans, Joris
last_name: Paijmans
- first_name: Laurens
full_name: Bossen, Laurens
last_name: Bossen
- first_name: Thomas
full_name: Miedema, Thomas
last_name: Miedema
- first_name: Martijn
full_name: Wehrens, Martijn
last_name: Wehrens
- first_name: Nils B.
full_name: Becker, Nils B.
last_name: Becker
- first_name: Kazunari
full_name: Kaizu, Kazunari
last_name: Kaizu
- first_name: Koichi
full_name: Takahashi, Koichi
last_name: Takahashi
- first_name: Marileen
full_name: Dogterom, Marileen
last_name: Dogterom
- first_name: Pieter Rein
full_name: ten Wolde, Pieter Rein
last_name: ten Wolde
citation:
ama: Sokolowski TR, Paijmans J, Bossen L, et al. eGFRD in all dimensions. The
Journal of Chemical Physics. 2019;150(5). doi:10.1063/1.5064867
apa: Sokolowski, T. R., Paijmans, J., Bossen, L., Miedema, T., Wehrens, M., Becker,
N. B., … ten Wolde, P. R. (2019). eGFRD in all dimensions. The Journal of Chemical
Physics. AIP Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5064867
chicago: Sokolowski, Thomas R, Joris Paijmans, Laurens Bossen, Thomas Miedema, Martijn
Wehrens, Nils B. Becker, Kazunari Kaizu, Koichi Takahashi, Marileen Dogterom,
and Pieter Rein ten Wolde. “EGFRD in All Dimensions.” The Journal of Chemical
Physics. AIP Publishing, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5064867.
ieee: T. R. Sokolowski et al., “eGFRD in all dimensions,” The Journal
of Chemical Physics, vol. 150, no. 5. AIP Publishing, 2019.
ista: Sokolowski TR, Paijmans J, Bossen L, Miedema T, Wehrens M, Becker NB, Kaizu
K, Takahashi K, Dogterom M, ten Wolde PR. 2019. eGFRD in all dimensions. The Journal
of Chemical Physics. 150(5), 054108.
mla: Sokolowski, Thomas R., et al. “EGFRD in All Dimensions.” The Journal of
Chemical Physics, vol. 150, no. 5, 054108, AIP Publishing, 2019, doi:10.1063/1.5064867.
short: T.R. Sokolowski, J. Paijmans, L. Bossen, T. Miedema, M. Wehrens, N.B. Becker,
K. Kaizu, K. Takahashi, M. Dogterom, P.R. ten Wolde, The Journal of Chemical Physics
150 (2019).
date_created: 2020-01-30T10:34:36Z
date_published: 2019-02-07T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2023-09-06T14:59:28Z
day: '07'
department:
- _id: GaTk
doi: 10.1063/1.5064867
external_id:
arxiv:
- '1708.09364'
isi:
- '000458109300009'
intvolume: ' 150'
isi: 1
issue: '5'
language:
- iso: eng
main_file_link:
- open_access: '1'
url: https://arxiv.org/abs/1708.09364
month: '02'
oa: 1
oa_version: Preprint
publication: The Journal of Chemical Physics
publication_identifier:
eissn:
- 1089-7690
issn:
- 0021-9606
publication_status: published
publisher: AIP Publishing
quality_controlled: '1'
status: public
title: eGFRD in all dimensions
type: journal_article
user_id: c635000d-4b10-11ee-a964-aac5a93f6ac1
volume: 150
year: '2019'
...
---
_id: '7552'
abstract:
- lang: eng
text: 'There is increasing evidence that protein binding to specific sites along
DNA can activate the reading out of genetic information without coming into direct
physical contact with the gene. There also is evidence that these distant but
interacting sites are embedded in a liquid droplet of proteins which condenses
out of the surrounding solution. We argue that droplet-mediated interactions can
account for crucial features of gene regulation only if the droplet is poised
at a non-generic point in its phase diagram. We explore a minimal model that embodies
this idea, show that this model has a natural mechanism for self-tuning, and suggest
direct experimental tests. '
article_number: '1912.08579'
article_processing_charge: No
arxiv: 1
author:
- first_name: William
full_name: Bialek, William
last_name: Bialek
- first_name: Thomas
full_name: Gregor, Thomas
last_name: Gregor
- first_name: Gašper
full_name: Tkačik, Gašper
id: 3D494DCA-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: Tkačik
orcid: 0000-0002-6699-1455
citation:
ama: Bialek W, Gregor T, Tkačik G. Action at a distance in transcriptional regulation.
arXiv. doi:10.48550/arXiv.1912.08579
apa: Bialek, W., Gregor, T., & Tkačik, G. (n.d.). Action at a distance in transcriptional
regulation. arXiv. ArXiv. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.1912.08579
chicago: Bialek, William, Thomas Gregor, and Gašper Tkačik. “Action at a Distance
in Transcriptional Regulation.” ArXiv. ArXiv, n.d. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.1912.08579.
ieee: W. Bialek, T. Gregor, and G. Tkačik, “Action at a distance in transcriptional
regulation,” arXiv. ArXiv.
ista: Bialek W, Gregor T, Tkačik G. Action at a distance in transcriptional regulation.
arXiv, 1912.08579.
mla: Bialek, William, et al. “Action at a Distance in Transcriptional Regulation.”
ArXiv, 1912.08579, ArXiv, doi:10.48550/arXiv.1912.08579.
short: W. Bialek, T. Gregor, G. Tkačik, ArXiv (n.d.).
date_created: 2020-02-28T10:57:08Z
date_published: 2019-12-18T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2025-05-19T10:54:36Z
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department:
- _id: GaTk
doi: 10.48550/arXiv.1912.08579
external_id:
arxiv:
- '1912.08579'
language:
- iso: eng
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url: https://arxiv.org/abs/1912.08579
month: '12'
oa: 1
oa_version: Preprint
project:
- _id: 254E9036-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425
call_identifier: FWF
grant_number: P28844-B27
name: Biophysics of information processing in gene regulation
publication: arXiv
publication_status: submitted
publisher: ArXiv
status: public
title: Action at a distance in transcriptional regulation
type: preprint
user_id: 2DF688A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
year: '2019'
...
---
_id: '7606'
abstract:
- lang: eng
text: We derive a tight lower bound on equivocation (conditional entropy), or equivalently
a tight upper bound on mutual information between a signal variable and channel
outputs. The bound is in terms of the joint distribution of the signals and maximum
a posteriori decodes (most probable signals given channel output). As part of
our derivation, we describe the key properties of the distribution of signals,
channel outputs and decodes, that minimizes equivocation and maximizes mutual
information. This work addresses a problem in data analysis, where mutual information
between signals and decodes is sometimes used to lower bound the mutual information
between signals and channel outputs. Our result provides a corresponding upper
bound.
article_number: '8989292'
article_processing_charge: No
arxiv: 1
author:
- first_name: Michal
full_name: Hledik, Michal
id: 4171253A-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: Hledik
- first_name: Thomas R
full_name: Sokolowski, Thomas R
id: 3E999752-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: Sokolowski
orcid: 0000-0002-1287-3779
- first_name: Gašper
full_name: Tkačik, Gašper
id: 3D494DCA-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: Tkačik
orcid: 0000-0002-6699-1455
citation:
ama: 'Hledik M, Sokolowski TR, Tkačik G. A tight upper bound on mutual information.
In: IEEE Information Theory Workshop, ITW 2019. IEEE; 2019. doi:10.1109/ITW44776.2019.8989292'
apa: 'Hledik, M., Sokolowski, T. R., & Tkačik, G. (2019). A tight upper bound
on mutual information. In IEEE Information Theory Workshop, ITW 2019. Visby,
Sweden: IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/ITW44776.2019.8989292'
chicago: Hledik, Michal, Thomas R Sokolowski, and Gašper Tkačik. “A Tight Upper
Bound on Mutual Information.” In IEEE Information Theory Workshop, ITW 2019.
IEEE, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1109/ITW44776.2019.8989292.
ieee: M. Hledik, T. R. Sokolowski, and G. Tkačik, “A tight upper bound on mutual
information,” in IEEE Information Theory Workshop, ITW 2019, Visby, Sweden,
2019.
ista: Hledik M, Sokolowski TR, Tkačik G. 2019. A tight upper bound on mutual information.
IEEE Information Theory Workshop, ITW 2019. Information Theory Workshop, 8989292.
mla: Hledik, Michal, et al. “A Tight Upper Bound on Mutual Information.” IEEE
Information Theory Workshop, ITW 2019, 8989292, IEEE, 2019, doi:10.1109/ITW44776.2019.8989292.
short: M. Hledik, T.R. Sokolowski, G. Tkačik, in:, IEEE Information Theory Workshop,
ITW 2019, IEEE, 2019.
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text: 'Transcription factors, by binding to specific sequences on the DNA, control
the precise spatio-temporal expression of genes inside a cell. However, this specificity
is limited, leading to frequent incorrect binding of transcription factors that
might have deleterious consequences on the cell. By constructing a biophysical
model of TF-DNA binding in the context of gene regulation, I will first explore
how regulatory constraints can strongly shape the distribution of a population
in sequence space. Then, by directly linking this to a picture of multiple types
of transcription factors performing their functions simultaneously inside the
cell, I will explore the extent of regulatory crosstalk -- incorrect binding interactions
between transcription factors and binding sites that lead to erroneous regulatory
states -- and understand the constraints this places on the design of regulatory
systems. I will then develop a generic theoretical framework to investigate the
coevolution of multiple transcription factors and multiple binding sites, in the
context of a gene regulatory network that performs a certain function. As a particular
tractable version of this problem, I will consider the evolution of two transcription
factors when they transmit upstream signals to downstream target genes. Specifically,
I will describe the evolutionary steady states and the evolutionary pathways involved,
along with their timescales, of a system that initially undergoes a transcription
factor duplication event. To connect this important theoretical model to the prominent
biological event of transcription factor duplication giving rise to paralogous
families, I will then describe a bioinformatics analysis of C2H2 Zn-finger transcription
factors, a major family in humans, and focus on the patterns of evolution that
paralogs have undergone in their various protein domains in the recent past. '
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text: "Single cells are constantly interacting with their environment and each other,
more importantly, the accurate perception of environmental cues is crucial for
growth, survival, and reproduction. This communication between cells and their
environment can be formalized in mathematical terms and be quantified as the information
flow between them, as prescribed by information theory. \r\nThe recent availability
of real–time dynamical patterns of signaling molecules in single cells has allowed
us to identify encoding about the identity of the environment in the time–series.
However, efficient estimation of the information transmitted by these signals
has been a data–analysis challenge due to the high dimensionality of the trajectories
and the limited number of samples. In the first part of this thesis, we develop
and evaluate decoding–based estimation methods to lower bound the mutual information
and derive model–based precise information estimates for biological reaction networks
governed by the chemical master equation. This is followed by applying the decoding-based
methods to study the intracellular representation of extracellular changes in
budding yeast, by observing the transient dynamics of nuclear translocation of
10 transcription factors in response to 3 stress conditions. Additionally, we
apply these estimators to previously published data on ERK and Ca2+ signaling
and yeast stress response. We argue that this single cell decoding-based measure
of information provides an unbiased, quantitative and interpretable measure for
the fidelity of biological signaling processes. \r\nFinally, in the last section,
we deal with gene regulation which is primarily controlled by transcription factors
(TFs) that bind to the DNA to activate gene expression. The possibility that non-cognate
TFs activate transcription diminishes the accuracy of regulation with potentially
disastrous effects for the cell. This ’crosstalk’ acts as a previously unexplored
source of noise in biochemical networks and puts a strong constraint on their
performance. To mitigate erroneous initiation we propose an out of equilibrium
scheme that implements kinetic proofreading. We show that such architectures are
favored over their equilibrium counterparts for complex organisms despite introducing
noise in gene expression. "
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text: Across diverse biological systems—ranging from neural networks to intracellular
signaling and genetic regulatory networks—the information about changes in the
environment is frequently encoded in the full temporal dynamics of the network
nodes. A pressing data-analysis challenge has thus been to efficiently estimate
the amount of information that these dynamics convey from experimental data. Here
we develop and evaluate decoding-based estimation methods to lower bound the mutual
information about a finite set of inputs, encoded in single-cell high-dimensional
time series data. For biological reaction networks governed by the chemical Master
equation, we derive model-based information approximations and analytical upper
bounds, against which we benchmark our proposed model-free decoding estimators.
In contrast to the frequently-used k-nearest-neighbor estimator, decoding-based
estimators robustly extract a large fraction of the available information from
high-dimensional trajectories with a realistic number of data samples. We apply
these estimators to previously published data on Erk and Ca2+ signaling in mammalian
cells and to yeast stress-response, and find that substantial amount of information
about environmental state can be encoded by non-trivial response statistics even
in stationary signals. We argue that these single-cell, decoding-based information
estimates, rather than the commonly-used tests for significant differences between
selected population response statistics, provide a proper and unbiased measure
for the performance of biological signaling networks.
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signals. PLoS computational biology. 2019;15(9):e1007290. doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1007290
apa: Cepeda Humerez, S. A., Ruess, J., & Tkačik, G. (2019). Estimating information
in time-varying signals. PLoS Computational Biology. Public Library of
Science. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1007290
chicago: Cepeda Humerez, Sarah A, Jakob Ruess, and Gašper Tkačik. “Estimating Information
in Time-Varying Signals.” PLoS Computational Biology. Public Library of
Science, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1007290.
ieee: S. A. Cepeda Humerez, J. Ruess, and G. Tkačik, “Estimating information in
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short: S.A. Cepeda Humerez, J. Ruess, G. Tkačik, PLoS Computational Biology 15 (2019)
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text: 'Retina is a paradigmatic system for studying sensory encoding: the transformation
of light into spiking activity of ganglion cells. The inverse problem, where stimulus
is reconstructed from spikes, has received less attention, especially for complex
stimuli that should be reconstructed “pixel-by-pixel”. We recorded around a hundred
neurons from a dense patch in a rat retina and decoded movies of multiple small
randomly-moving discs. We constructed nonlinear (kernelized and neural network)
decoders that improved significantly over linear results. An important contribution
to this was the ability of nonlinear decoders to reliably separate between neural
responses driven by locally fluctuating light signals, and responses at locally
constant light driven by spontaneous-like activity. This improvement crucially
depended on the precise, non-Poisson temporal structure of individual spike trains,
which originated in the spike-history dependence of neural responses. We propose
a general principle by which downstream circuitry could discriminate between spontaneous
and stimulus-driven activity based solely on higher-order statistical structure
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ama: Botella Soler V, Deny S, Martius GS, Marre O, Tkačik G. Nonlinear decoding
of a complex movie from the mammalian retina. PLoS Computational Biology.
2018;14(5). doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1006057
apa: Botella Soler, V., Deny, S., Martius, G. S., Marre, O., & Tkačik, G. (2018).
Nonlinear decoding of a complex movie from the mammalian retina. PLoS Computational
Biology. Public Library of Science. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1006057
chicago: Botella Soler, Vicente, Stephane Deny, Georg S Martius, Olivier Marre,
and Gašper Tkačik. “Nonlinear Decoding of a Complex Movie from the Mammalian Retina.”
PLoS Computational Biology. Public Library of Science, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1006057.
ieee: V. Botella Soler, S. Deny, G. S. Martius, O. Marre, and G. Tkačik, “Nonlinear
decoding of a complex movie from the mammalian retina,” PLoS Computational
Biology, vol. 14, no. 5. Public Library of Science, 2018.
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of a complex movie from the mammalian retina. PLoS Computational Biology. 14(5),
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mla: Botella Soler, Vicente, et al. “Nonlinear Decoding of a Complex Movie from
the Mammalian Retina.” PLoS Computational Biology, vol. 14, no. 5, e1006057,
Public Library of Science, 2018, doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1006057.
short: V. Botella Soler, S. Deny, G.S. Martius, O. Marre, G. Tkačik, PLoS Computational
Biology 14 (2018).
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text: The hanging-drop network (HDN) is a technology platform based on a completely
open microfluidic network at the bottom of an inverted, surface-patterned substrate.
The platform is predominantly used for the formation, culturing, and interaction
of self-assembled spherical microtissues (spheroids) under precisely controlled
flow conditions. Here, we describe design, fabrication, and operation of microfluidic
hanging-drop networks.
acknowledgement: This work was financially supported by FP7 of the EU through the
project “Body on a chip,” ICT-FET-296257, and the ERC Advanced Grant “NeuroCMOS”
(contract 267351), as well as by an individual Ambizione Grant 142440 from the Swiss
National Science Foundation for Olivier Frey. The research leading to these results
also received funding from the People Programme (Marie Curie Actions) of the European
Union’s Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) under REA grant agreement no.
[291734]. We would like to thank Alexander Stettler, ETH Zurich for his expertise
and support in the cleanroom, and we acknowledge the Single Cell Unit of D-BSSE,
ETH Zurich for assistance in microscopy issues. M.L. is grateful to the members
of the Guet and Tkačik groups, IST Austria, for valuable comments and support.
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last_name: Frey
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ama: Misun P, Birchler A, Lang M, Hierlemann A, Frey O. Fabrication and operation
of microfluidic hanging drop networks. Methods in Molecular Biology. 2018;1771:183-202.
doi:10.1007/978-1-4939-7792-5_15
apa: Misun, P., Birchler, A., Lang, M., Hierlemann, A., & Frey, O. (2018). Fabrication
and operation of microfluidic hanging drop networks. Methods in Molecular Biology.
Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-7792-5_15
chicago: Misun, Patrick, Axel Birchler, Moritz Lang, Andreas Hierlemann, and Olivier
Frey. “Fabrication and Operation of Microfluidic Hanging Drop Networks.” Methods
in Molecular Biology. Springer, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-7792-5_15.
ieee: P. Misun, A. Birchler, M. Lang, A. Hierlemann, and O. Frey, “Fabrication and
operation of microfluidic hanging drop networks,” Methods in Molecular Biology,
vol. 1771. Springer, pp. 183–202, 2018.
ista: Misun P, Birchler A, Lang M, Hierlemann A, Frey O. 2018. Fabrication and operation
of microfluidic hanging drop networks. Methods in Molecular Biology. 1771, 183–202.
mla: Misun, Patrick, et al. “Fabrication and Operation of Microfluidic Hanging Drop
Networks.” Methods in Molecular Biology, vol. 1771, Springer, 2018, pp.
183–202, doi:10.1007/978-1-4939-7792-5_15.
short: P. Misun, A. Birchler, M. Lang, A. Hierlemann, O. Frey, Methods in Molecular
Biology 1771 (2018) 183–202.
date_created: 2018-12-11T11:45:43Z
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name: International IST Postdoc Fellowship Programme
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publication_status: published
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publist_id: '7574'
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title: Fabrication and operation of microfluidic hanging drop networks
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...
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text: A cornerstone of statistical inference, the maximum entropy framework is being
increasingly applied to construct descriptive and predictive models of biological
systems, especially complex biological networks, from large experimental data
sets. Both its broad applicability and the success it obtained in different contexts
hinge upon its conceptual simplicity and mathematical soundness. Here we try to
concisely review the basic elements of the maximum entropy principle, starting
from the notion of ‘entropy’, and describe its usefulness for the analysis of
biological systems. As examples, we focus specifically on the problem of reconstructing
gene interaction networks from expression data and on recent work attempting to
expand our system-level understanding of bacterial metabolism. Finally, we highlight
some extensions and potential limitations of the maximum entropy approach, and
point to more recent developments that are likely to play a key role in the upcoming
challenges of extracting structures and information from increasingly rich, high-throughput
biological data.
article_number: e00596
author:
- first_name: Andrea
full_name: De Martino, Andrea
last_name: De Martino
- first_name: Daniele
full_name: De Martino, Daniele
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last_name: De Martino
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citation:
ama: De Martino A, De Martino D. An introduction to the maximum entropy approach
and its application to inference problems in biology. Heliyon. 2018;4(4).
doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2018.e00596
apa: De Martino, A., & De Martino, D. (2018). An introduction to the maximum
entropy approach and its application to inference problems in biology. Heliyon.
Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2018.e00596
chicago: De Martino, Andrea, and Daniele De Martino. “An Introduction to the Maximum
Entropy Approach and Its Application to Inference Problems in Biology.” Heliyon.
Elsevier, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2018.e00596.
ieee: A. De Martino and D. De Martino, “An introduction to the maximum entropy approach
and its application to inference problems in biology,” Heliyon, vol. 4,
no. 4. Elsevier, 2018.
ista: De Martino A, De Martino D. 2018. An introduction to the maximum entropy approach
and its application to inference problems in biology. Heliyon. 4(4), e00596.
mla: De Martino, Andrea, and Daniele De Martino. “An Introduction to the Maximum
Entropy Approach and Its Application to Inference Problems in Biology.” Heliyon,
vol. 4, no. 4, e00596, Elsevier, 2018, doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2018.e00596.
short: A. De Martino, D. De Martino, Heliyon 4 (2018).
corr_author: '1'
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abstract:
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text: Correlations in sensory neural networks have both extrinsic and intrinsic
origins. Extrinsic or stimulus correlations arise from shared inputs to the network
and, thus, depend strongly on the stimulus ensemble. Intrinsic or noise correlations
reflect biophysical mechanisms of interactions between neurons, which are expected
to be robust to changes in the stimulus ensemble. Despite the importance of this
distinction for understanding how sensory networks encode information collectively,
no method exists to reliably separate intrinsic interactions from extrinsic correlations
in neural activity data, limiting our ability to build predictive models of the
network response. In this paper we introduce a general strategy to infer population
models of interacting neurons that collectively encode stimulus information. The
key to disentangling intrinsic from extrinsic correlations is to infer the couplings
between neurons separately from the encoding model and to combine the two using
corrections calculated in a mean-field approximation. We demonstrate the effectiveness
of this approach in retinal recordings. The same coupling network is inferred
from responses to radically different stimulus ensembles, showing that these couplings
indeed reflect stimulus-independent interactions between neurons. The inferred
model predicts accurately the collective response of retinal ganglion cell populations
as a function of the stimulus.
acknowledgement: This work was supported by ANR Trajectory, the French State program
Investissements d’Avenir managed by the Agence Nationale de la Recherche (LIFESENSES;
ANR-10-LABX-65), EC Grant No. H2020-785907 from the Human Brain Project, NIH Grant
No. U01NS090501, and an AVIESAN-UNADEV grant to O.M. M.C. was supported by the Agence
Nationale de la Recherche Jeune Chercheur/Jeune Chercheuse grant (ANR-17-CE37-0013).
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full_name: Ferrari, Ulisse
last_name: Ferrari
- first_name: Stephane
full_name: Deny, Stephane
last_name: Deny
- first_name: Matthew J
full_name: Chalk, Matthew J
last_name: Chalk
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full_name: Tkacik, Gasper
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last_name: Tkacik
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full_name: Marre, Olivier
last_name: Marre
- first_name: Thierry
full_name: Mora, Thierry
last_name: Mora
citation:
ama: Ferrari U, Deny S, Chalk MJ, Tkačik G, Marre O, Mora T. Separating intrinsic
interactions from extrinsic correlations in a network of sensory neurons. Physical
Review E. 2018;98(4). doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.98.042410
apa: Ferrari, U., Deny, S., Chalk, M. J., Tkačik, G., Marre, O., & Mora, T.
(2018). Separating intrinsic interactions from extrinsic correlations in a network
of sensory neurons. Physical Review E. American Physical Society. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.98.042410
chicago: Ferrari, Ulisse, Stephane Deny, Matthew J Chalk, Gašper Tkačik, Olivier
Marre, and Thierry Mora. “Separating Intrinsic Interactions from Extrinsic Correlations
in a Network of Sensory Neurons.” Physical Review E. American Physical
Society, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.98.042410.
ieee: U. Ferrari, S. Deny, M. J. Chalk, G. Tkačik, O. Marre, and T. Mora, “Separating
intrinsic interactions from extrinsic correlations in a network of sensory neurons,”
Physical Review E, vol. 98, no. 4. American Physical Society, 2018.
ista: Ferrari U, Deny S, Chalk MJ, Tkačik G, Marre O, Mora T. 2018. Separating intrinsic
interactions from extrinsic correlations in a network of sensory neurons. Physical
Review E. 98(4), 042410.
mla: Ferrari, Ulisse, et al. “Separating Intrinsic Interactions from Extrinsic Correlations
in a Network of Sensory Neurons.” Physical Review E, vol. 98, no. 4, 042410,
American Physical Society, 2018, doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.98.042410.
short: U. Ferrari, S. Deny, M.J. Chalk, G. Tkačik, O. Marre, T. Mora, Physical Review
E 98 (2018).
date_created: 2018-12-11T11:44:15Z
date_published: 2018-10-17T00:00:00Z
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title: Separating intrinsic interactions from extrinsic correlations in a network
of sensory neurons
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...
---
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abstract:
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text: 'Self-incompatibility (SI) is a genetically based recognition system that
functions to prevent self-fertilization and mating among related plants. An enduring
puzzle in SI is how the high diversity observed in nature arises and is maintained.
Based on the underlying recognition mechanism, SI can be classified into two main
groups: self- and non-self recognition. Most work has focused on diversification
within self-recognition systems despite expected differences between the two groups
in the evolutionary pathways and outcomes of diversification. Here, we use a deterministic
population genetic model and stochastic simulations to investigate how novel S-haplotypes
evolve in a gametophytic non-self recognition (SRNase/S Locus F-box (SLF)) SI
system. For this model the pathways for diversification involve either the maintenance
or breakdown of SI and can vary in the order of mutations of the female (SRNase)
and male (SLF) components. We show analytically that diversification can occur
with high inbreeding depression and self-pollination, but this varies with evolutionary
pathway and level of completeness (which determines the number of potential mating
partners in the population), and in general is more likely for lower haplotype
number. The conditions for diversification are broader in stochastic simulations
of finite population size. However, the number of haplotypes observed under high
inbreeding and moderate to high self-pollination is less than that commonly observed
in nature. Diversification was observed through pathways that maintain SI as well
as through self-compatible intermediates. Yet the lifespan of diversified haplotypes
was sensitive to their level of completeness. By examining diversification in
a non-self recognition SI system, this model extends our understanding of the
evolution and maintenance of haplotype diversity observed in a self recognition
system common in flowering plants.'
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author:
- first_name: Katarina
full_name: Bodova, Katarina
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last_name: Bodova
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- first_name: Tadeas
full_name: Priklopil, Tadeas
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last_name: Priklopil
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last_name: Field
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- first_name: Nicholas H
full_name: Barton, Nicholas H
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last_name: Barton
orcid: 0000-0002-8548-5240
- first_name: Melinda
full_name: Pickup, Melinda
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last_name: Pickup
orcid: 0000-0001-6118-0541
citation:
ama: Bodova K, Priklopil T, Field D, Barton NH, Pickup M. Evolutionary pathways
for the generation of new self-incompatibility haplotypes in a non-self recognition
system. Genetics. 2018;209(3):861-883. doi:10.1534/genetics.118.300748
apa: Bodova, K., Priklopil, T., Field, D., Barton, N. H., & Pickup, M. (2018).
Evolutionary pathways for the generation of new self-incompatibility haplotypes
in a non-self recognition system. Genetics. Genetics Society of America.
https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.118.300748
chicago: Bodova, Katarina, Tadeas Priklopil, David Field, Nicholas H Barton, and
Melinda Pickup. “Evolutionary Pathways for the Generation of New Self-Incompatibility
Haplotypes in a Non-Self Recognition System.” Genetics. Genetics Society
of America, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.118.300748.
ieee: K. Bodova, T. Priklopil, D. Field, N. H. Barton, and M. Pickup, “Evolutionary
pathways for the generation of new self-incompatibility haplotypes in a non-self
recognition system,” Genetics, vol. 209, no. 3. Genetics Society of America,
pp. 861–883, 2018.
ista: Bodova K, Priklopil T, Field D, Barton NH, Pickup M. 2018. Evolutionary pathways
for the generation of new self-incompatibility haplotypes in a non-self recognition
system. Genetics. 209(3), 861–883.
mla: Bodova, Katarina, et al. “Evolutionary Pathways for the Generation of New Self-Incompatibility
Haplotypes in a Non-Self Recognition System.” Genetics, vol. 209, no. 3,
Genetics Society of America, 2018, pp. 861–83, doi:10.1534/genetics.118.300748.
short: K. Bodova, T. Priklopil, D. Field, N.H. Barton, M. Pickup, Genetics 209 (2018)
861–883.
date_created: 2018-12-11T11:45:47Z
date_published: 2018-07-01T00:00:00Z
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- _id: GaTk
doi: 10.1534/genetics.118.300748
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name: Mating system and the evolutionary dynamics of hybrid zones
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name: Limits to selection in biology and in evolutionary computation
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