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  text: "High kinetic inductance superconductors are gaining increasing interest for\r\nthe
    realisation of qubits, amplifiers and detectors. Moreover, thanks to their\r\nhigh
    impedance, quantum buses made of such materials enable large zero-point\r\nfluctuations
    of the voltage, boosting the coupling rates to spin and charge\r\nqubits. However,
    fully exploiting the potential of disordered or granular\r\nsuperconductors is
    challenging, as their inductance and, therefore, impedance\r\nat high values are
    difficult to control. Here we have integrated a granular\r\naluminium resonator,
    having a characteristic impedance exceeding the resistance\r\nquantum, with a
    germanium double quantum dot and demonstrate strong\r\ncharge-photon coupling
    with a rate of $g_\\text{c}/2\\pi= (566 \\pm 2)$ MHz. This\r\nwas achieved due
    to the realisation of a wireless ohmmeter, which allows\r\n\\emph{in situ} measurements
    during film deposition and, therefore, control of\r\nthe kinetic inductance of
    granular aluminium films. Reproducible fabrication of\r\ncircuits with impedances
    (inductances) exceeding 13 k$\\Omega$ (1 nH per square)\r\nis now possible. This
    broadly applicable method opens the path for novel qubits\r\nand high-fidelity,
    long-distance two-qubit gates."
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acknowledgement: "We acknowledge Franco De Palma, Mahya Khorramshahi, Fabian Oppliger,
  Thomas Reisinger, Pasquale Scarlino and Xiao Xue for helpful discussions. This research
  was supported by the Scientific Service Units of ISTA through resources provided
  by the MIBA Machine Shop and the Nanofabrication facility. This research and related
  results were made possible with the support of the NOMIS Foundation, the HORIZON-RIA
  101069515 project, the FWF Projects with DOI:10.55776/P32235, DOI:10.55776/I5060
  and DOI:10.55776/P36507. IMP acknowledges funding from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
  (DFG – German Research Foundation) under project number 450396347 (GeHoldeQED).
  ICN2 acknowledges funding from Generalitat de Catalunya 2021SGR00457. We acknowledge
  support from CSIC Interdisciplinary Thematic Platform (PTI+) on Quantum Technologies
  (PTI-QTEP+). This research work has been funded by the European Commission – NextGenerationEU
  (Regulation EU 2020/2094), through CSIC’s\r\nQuantum Technologies Platform (QTEP).
  ICN2 is supported by the Severo Ochoa program from Spanish MCIN/AEI (Grant No.:
  CEX2021-001214-S) and is funded by the CERCA Programme/Generalitat de Catalunya.
  Part of the present work has been performed in the framework of Universitat Autònoma
  de Barcelona Materials Science PhD program. AGM has received funding from Grant
  RYC2021-033479-I funded by MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 and by European Union
  NextGenerationEU/PRTR. M.B. acknowledges support from SUR Generalitat de Catalunya
  and the EU Social Fund; project ref. 2020 FI 00103. The authors\r\nacknowledge the
  use of instrumentation and the technical advice provided by the Joint Electron Microscopy
  Center at ALBA (JEMCA). ICN2 acknowledges funding from Grant IU16-014206 (METCAM-FIB)
  funded by the European Union through the European Regional Development\r\nFund (ERDF),
  with the support of the Ministry of Research and Universities, Generalitat de Catalunya.
  ICN2 is a founding member of e-DREAM [60]."
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- first_name: Alba Garzón
  full_name: Manjón, Alba Garzón
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- first_name: Jordi
  full_name: Arbiol, Jordi
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  apa: Janik, M., Roux, K. E. R., Borja Espinosa, C. N., Sagi, O., Baghdadi, A., Adletzberger,
    T., … Katsaros, G. (n.d.). Strong charge-photon coupling in planar germanium enabled
    by granular  aluminium superinductors. <i>arXiv</i>. <a href="https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2407.03079">https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2407.03079</a>
  chicago: Janik, Marian, Kevin Etienne Robert Roux, Carla N Borja Espinosa, Oliver
    Sagi, Abdulhamid Baghdadi, Thomas Adletzberger, Stefano Calcaterra, et al. “Strong
    Charge-Photon Coupling in Planar Germanium Enabled by Granular  Aluminium Superinductors.”
    <i>ArXiv</i>, n.d. <a href="https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2407.03079">https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2407.03079</a>.
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    Calcaterra S, Botifoll M, Manjón AG, Arbiol J, Chrastina D, Isella G, Pop IM,
    Katsaros G. Strong charge-photon coupling in planar germanium enabled by granular 
    aluminium superinductors. arXiv, 2407.03079.
  mla: Janik, Marian, et al. “Strong Charge-Photon Coupling in Planar Germanium Enabled
    by Granular  Aluminium Superinductors.” <i>ArXiv</i>, 2407.03079, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2407.03079">10.48550/arXiv.2407.03079</a>.
  short: M. Janik, K.E.R. Roux, C.N. Borja Espinosa, O. Sagi, A. Baghdadi, T. Adletzberger,
    S. Calcaterra, M. Botifoll, A.G. Manjón, J. Arbiol, D. Chrastina, G. Isella, I.M.
    Pop, G. Katsaros, ArXiv (n.d.).
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  text: The coupling between Ca2+ channels and release sensors is a key factor defining
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    many synapses remains unknown, and it is unclear how it changes during development.
    To address these questions, we examined coupling at the cerebellar inhibitory
    basket cell (BC)-Purkinje cell (PC) synapse. Biophysical analysis of transmission
    by paired recording and intracellular pipette perfusion revealed that the effects
    of exogenous Ca2+ chelators decreased during development, despite constant reliance
    of release on P/Q-type Ca2+ channels. Structural analysis by freeze-fracture replica
    labeling (FRL) and transmission electron microscopy (EM) indicated that presynaptic
    P/Q-type Ca2+ channels formed nanoclusters throughout development, whereas docked
    vesicles were only clustered at later developmental stages. Modeling suggested
    a developmental transformation from a more random to a more clustered coupling
    nanotopography. Thus, presynaptic signaling developmentally approaches a point-to-point
    configuration, optimizing speed, reliability, and energy efficiency of synaptic
    transmission.
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acknowledgement: We thank Drs. David DiGregorio and Erwin Neher for critically reading
  an earlier version of the manuscript, Ralf Schneggenburger for helpful discussions,
  Benjamin Suter and Katharina Lichter for support with image analysis, Chris Wojtan
  for advice on numerical solution of partial differential equations, Maria Reva for
  help with Ripley analysis, Alois Schlögl for programming, and Akari Hagiwara and
  Toshihisa Ohtsuka for anti-ELKS antibody. We are grateful to Florian Marr, Christina
  Altmutter, and Vanessa Zheden for excellent technical assistance and to Eleftheria
  Kralli-Beller for manuscript editing. This research was supported by the Scientific
  Services Units (SSUs) of ISTA (Electron Microscopy Facility, Preclinical Facility,
  and Machine Shop). The project received funding from the European Research Council
  (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program (grant
  agreement no. 692692), the Fonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung
  (Z 312-B27, Wittgenstein award; P 36232-B), all to P.J., and a DOC fellowship of
  the Austrian Academy of Sciences to J.-J.C.
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    doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2023.12.002">10.1016/j.neuron.2023.12.002</a>
  apa: Chen, J., Kaufmann, W., Chen, C., Arai,  itaru, Kim, O., Shigemoto, R., &#38;
    Jonas, P. M. (2024). Developmental transformation of Ca2+ channel-vesicle nanotopography
    at a central GABAergic synapse. <i>Neuron</i>. Elsevier. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2023.12.002">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2023.12.002</a>
  chicago: Chen, JingJing, Walter Kaufmann, Chong Chen, itaru Arai, Olena Kim, Ryuichi
    Shigemoto, and Peter M Jonas. “Developmental Transformation of Ca2+ Channel-Vesicle
    Nanotopography at a Central GABAergic Synapse.” <i>Neuron</i>. Elsevier, 2024.
    <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2023.12.002">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2023.12.002</a>.
  ieee: J. Chen <i>et al.</i>, “Developmental transformation of Ca2+ channel-vesicle
    nanotopography at a central GABAergic synapse,” <i>Neuron</i>, vol. 112, no. 5.
    Elsevier, p. 755–771.e9, 2024.
  ista: Chen J, Kaufmann W, Chen C, Arai  itaru, Kim O, Shigemoto R, Jonas PM. 2024.
    Developmental transformation of Ca2+ channel-vesicle nanotopography at a central
    GABAergic synapse. Neuron. 112(5), 755–771.e9.
  mla: Chen, JingJing, et al. “Developmental Transformation of Ca2+ Channel-Vesicle
    Nanotopography at a Central GABAergic Synapse.” <i>Neuron</i>, vol. 112, no. 5,
    Elsevier, 2024, p. 755–771.e9, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2023.12.002">10.1016/j.neuron.2023.12.002</a>.
  short: J. Chen, W. Kaufmann, C. Chen,  itaru Arai, O. Kim, R. Shigemoto, P.M. Jonas,
    Neuron 112 (2024) 755–771.e9.
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  text: "The coupling between presynaptic Ca2+ channels and release sensors is a key
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  ieee: J. Chen, “Developmental transformation of nanodomain coupling between Ca2+
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  ista: Chen J. 2024. Developmental transformation of nanodomain coupling between
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  mla: Chen, JingJing. <i>Developmental Transformation of Nanodomain Coupling between
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    Channels and Release Sensors at a Central GABAergic Synapse, Institute of Science
    and Technology Austria, 2024.
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  text: "This work can be broadly classified into the study of critical phenomena
    in a one dimensional\r\narray of Josephson junctions. While we study quantum criticality
    when the array is in thermal\r\nequilibrium at zero bias, the non-equilibrium
    study involves understanding the bistability of the\r\narray at a critical non-zero
    bias. This work furthers our knowledge in understanding quantum\r\ncritical behaviour
    at finite temperatures in a one dimensional Josephson array, while also\r\nestablishing
    relaxation behaviour dual to that observed in a single Josephson junction.\r\nChapter
    1 briefly introduces the model to understand superconductor-insulator phase transition\r\nin
    a one dimensional Josephson array and points out the state of the field from where
    we\r\nstarted our zero-bias experiments. In this context it discusses the phase-charge
    duality observed\r\nin a Josephson array and its dual hysteretic behaviour to
    that of a single junction, setting the\r\nground for our non-equilibrium study
    of the array.\r\nChapter 2 shows the experimental setup and the chip layout of
    the device we measured.\r\nIn chapter 3 we show that, unlike the typical quantum-critical
    broadening scenario, in one dimensional Josephson arrays temperature dramatically
    shifts the critical region. This shift leads\r\nto a regime of superconductivity
    at high temperature, arising from the melted zero-temperature\r\ninsulator. Our
    results quantitatively explain the low-temperature onset of superconductivity
    in\r\nnominally insulating regimes, and the transition to the strongly insulating
    phase. We further\r\npresent, to our knowledge, the first understanding of the
    onset of anomalous-metallic resistance\r\nsaturation [30]. This work demonstrates
    a non-trivial interplay between thermal effects and\r\nquantum criticality. A
    practical consequence is that, counterintuitively, the coherence of\r\nhigh-impedance
    quantum circuits is expected to be stabilized by thermal fluctuations.\r\nIn chapter
    4, we show relaxation oscillations in a current-biased one dimensional array of\r\nJosephson
    junctions. These oscillations are well described by a circuit model, dual to the\r\nordinary
    Josephson relaxation oscillations [72]. Injection locking these oscillations results
    in\r\ncurrent plateaux. The relaxation step is found to obey a characteristic
    self-consistent relation,\r\nsuggesting that it is governed by overheating effects.\r\nChapter
    5 describes the various checks and analysis we performed to support our conclusions\r\nmade
    in chapters 3 and 4.\r\nFinally, chapter 6 describes the nanofabrication steps
    and the finite element electromagnetic\r\nsimulations we performed to fabricate
    our devices."
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  ama: Mukhopadhyay S. Thermal effects in one dimensional Josephson chains. 2024.
    doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:17881">10.15479/at:ista:17881</a>
  apa: Mukhopadhyay, S. (2024). <i>Thermal effects in one dimensional Josephson chains</i>.
    Institute of Science and Technology Austria. <a href="https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:17881">https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:17881</a>
  chicago: Mukhopadhyay, Soham. “Thermal Effects in One Dimensional Josephson Chains.”
    Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2024. <a href="https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:17881">https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:17881</a>.
  ieee: S. Mukhopadhyay, “Thermal effects in one dimensional Josephson chains,” Institute
    of Science and Technology Austria, 2024.
  ista: Mukhopadhyay S. 2024. Thermal effects in one dimensional Josephson chains.
    Institute of Science and Technology Austria.
  mla: Mukhopadhyay, Soham. <i>Thermal Effects in One Dimensional Josephson Chains</i>.
    Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2024, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:17881">10.15479/at:ista:17881</a>.
  short: S. Mukhopadhyay, Thermal Effects in One Dimensional Josephson Chains, Institute
    of Science and Technology Austria, 2024.
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  text: "We report relaxation oscillations in a one-dimensional array of Josephson\r\njunctions.
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    The dual circuit quantitatively accounts for temporal\r\ndynamics of the array,
    including the dependence on biasing conditions.\r\nInjection locking the oscillations
    results in well-developed current plateaux.\r\nA thermal model explains the relaxation
    step of the oscillations."
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acknowledgement: "We gratefully acknowledge support from the MIBA machine shop and
  Nanofabrication Facility at IST Austria. Work was supported by Austrian FWF grant
  P33692-N (S.M., J.S. and A.P.H.), the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and
  Innovation program under the Marie Sk lodowska-Curie Grant Agreement No. 754411
  (J.S.), and a NOMIS foundation research grant (A.P.H.).\r\n"
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  ama: Mukhopadhyay S, Lancheros Naranjo DA, Senior JL, Higginbotham AP. Dual relaxation
    oscillations in a Josephson junction array. <i>arXiv</i>. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2408.07829">10.48550/arXiv.2408.07829</a>
  apa: Mukhopadhyay, S., Lancheros Naranjo, D. A., Senior, J. L., &#38; Higginbotham,
    A. P. (n.d.). Dual relaxation oscillations in a Josephson junction array. <i>arXiv</i>.
    <a href="https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2408.07829">https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2408.07829</a>
  chicago: Mukhopadhyay, Soham, Diego A Lancheros Naranjo, Jorden L Senior, and Andrew
    P Higginbotham. “Dual Relaxation Oscillations in a Josephson Junction Array.”
    <i>ArXiv</i>, n.d. <a href="https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2408.07829">https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2408.07829</a>.
  ieee: S. Mukhopadhyay, D. A. Lancheros Naranjo, J. L. Senior, and A. P. Higginbotham,
    “Dual relaxation oscillations in a Josephson junction array,” <i>arXiv</i>. .
  ista: Mukhopadhyay S, Lancheros Naranjo DA, Senior JL, Higginbotham AP. Dual relaxation
    oscillations in a Josephson junction array. arXiv, 2408.07829.
  mla: Mukhopadhyay, Soham, et al. “Dual Relaxation Oscillations in a Josephson Junction
    Array.” <i>ArXiv</i>, 2408.07829, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2408.07829">10.48550/arXiv.2408.07829</a>.
  short: S. Mukhopadhyay, D.A. Lancheros Naranjo, J.L. Senior, A.P. Higginbotham,
    ArXiv (n.d.).
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  text: "GABAB receptor (GBR) activation inhibits neurotransmitter release in axon
    terminals in the brain, except in medial habenula (MHb) terminals, which show
    robust potentiation. However, mechanisms underlying this enigmatic potentiation
    remain elusive. Here, we report that GBR activation on MHb terminals induces an
    activity-dependent transition from a facilitating, tonic to a depressing, phasic
    neurotransmitter release mode. This transition is accompanied by a 4.1-fold increase
    in readily releasable vesicle pool (RRP) size and a 3.5-fold increase of docked
    synaptic vesicles (SVs) at the presynaptic active zone (AZ). Strikingly, the depressing
    phasic release exhibits looser coupling distance than the tonic release. Furthermore,
    the tonic and phasic release are selectively affected by deletion of synaptoporin
    (SPO) and Ca\r\n            <jats:sup>2+</jats:sup>\r\n            -dependent
    activator protein for secretion 2 (CAPS2), respectively. SPO modulates augmentation,
    the short-term plasticity associated with tonic release, and CAPS2 retains the
    increased RRP for initial responses in phasic response trains. The cytosolic protein
    CAPS2 showed a SV-associated distribution similar to the vesicular transmembrane
    protein SPO, and they were colocalized in the same terminals. We developed the
    “Flash and Freeze-fracture” method, and revealed the release of SPO-associated
    vesicles in both tonic and phasic modes and activity-dependent recruitment of
    CAPS2 to the AZ during phasic release, which lasted several minutes. Overall,
    these results indicate that GBR activation translocates CAPS2 to the AZ along
    with the fusion of CAPS2-associated SVs, contributing to persistency of the RRP
    increase. Thus, we identified structural and molecular mechanisms underlying tonic
    and phasic neurotransmitter release and their transition by GBR activation in
    MHb terminals."
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acknowledgement: We thank Erwin Neher and Ipe Ninan for critical comments on the manuscript.
  This project has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) and European
  Commission, under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program
  (ERC grant agreement no. 694539 to R.S. and the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement
  no. 665385 to C.Ö.). This study was supported by the Cooperative Study Program of
  Center for Animal Resources and Collaborative Study of NINS. We thank Kohgaku Eguchi
  for statistical analysis, Yu Kasugai for additional EM imaging, Robert Beattie for
  the design of the slice recovery chamber for Flash and Freeze experiments, Todor
  Asenov from the ISTA machine shop for custom part preparations for high-pressure
  freezing, the ISTA preclinical facility for animal caretaking, and the ISTA EM facilities
  for technical support.
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  ama: Koppensteiner P, Bhandari P, Önal C, et al. GABAB receptors induce phasic release
    from medial habenula terminals through activity-dependent recruitment of release-ready
    vesicles. <i>Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States
    of America</i>. 2024;121(8). doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2301449121">10.1073/pnas.2301449121</a>
  apa: Koppensteiner, P., Bhandari, P., Önal, C., Borges Merjane, C., Le Monnier,
    E., Roy, U., … Shigemoto, R. (2024). GABAB receptors induce phasic release from
    medial habenula terminals through activity-dependent recruitment of release-ready
    vesicles. <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.2301449121">https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2301449121</a>
  chicago: Koppensteiner, Peter, Pradeep Bhandari, Cihan Önal, Carolina Borges Merjane,
    Elodie Le Monnier, Utsa Roy, Yukihiro Nakamura, et al. “GABAB Receptors Induce
    Phasic Release from Medial Habenula Terminals through Activity-Dependent Recruitment
    of Release-Ready Vesicles.” <i>Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
    of the United States of America</i>. National Academy of Sciences, 2024. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2301449121">https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2301449121</a>.
  ieee: P. Koppensteiner <i>et al.</i>, “GABAB receptors induce phasic release from
    medial habenula terminals through activity-dependent recruitment of release-ready
    vesicles,” <i>Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States
    of America</i>, vol. 121, no. 8. National Academy of Sciences, 2024.
  ista: Koppensteiner P, Bhandari P, Önal C, Borges Merjane C, Le Monnier E, Roy U,
    Nakamura Y, Sadakata T, Sanbo M, Hirabayashi M, Rhee J, Brose N, Jonas PM, Shigemoto
    R. 2024. GABAB receptors induce phasic release from medial habenula terminals
    through activity-dependent recruitment of release-ready vesicles. Proceedings
    of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 121(8), e2301449121.
  mla: Koppensteiner, Peter, et al. “GABAB Receptors Induce Phasic Release from Medial
    Habenula Terminals through Activity-Dependent Recruitment of Release-Ready Vesicles.”
    <i>Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America</i>,
    vol. 121, no. 8, e2301449121, National Academy of Sciences, 2024, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2301449121">10.1073/pnas.2301449121</a>.
  short: P. Koppensteiner, P. Bhandari, C. Önal, C. Borges Merjane, E. Le Monnier,
    U. Roy, Y. Nakamura, T. Sadakata, M. Sanbo, M. Hirabayashi, J. Rhee, N. Brose,
    P.M. Jonas, R. Shigemoto, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the
    United States of America 121 (2024).
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    of sex chromosome degeneration patterns observed in nature.\r\nTo test for direct
    evidence of a Slower-X (or Slower-Z) effect, we analyzed the\r\nZW sex chromosomes
    of the flatworm Schistosoma japonicum, which have a very\r\nyoung non-recombining
    region with non-degenerated W. Diploid Z-linked genes have\r\nhigher ratios of
    non-synonymous to synonymous polymorphisms than autosomal\r\ngenes, supporting
    reduced efficiency of selection on the diploid Z region. These results\r\nprovide
    evidence of sheltering by the W chromosome, a mechanism that could\r\ncontribute
    to Z (X) chromosome degeneration, and illustrate contrasting evolutionary\r\npatterns
    in old and young sex chromosome regions. In addition, genes with sexspecific patterns
    of expression show opposite patterns of selection in the young\r\n(diploid) and
    old (hemizygous) Z, showing the complex manner in which sex-specific selection
    shapes the evolutionary patterns of sex chromosomes. "
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  chicago: Mrnjavac, Andrea. “Early Stages of Sex Chromosome Evolution.” Institute
    of Science and Technology Austria, 2024. <a href="https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:18531">https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:18531</a>.
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  short: A. Mrnjavac, Early Stages of Sex Chromosome Evolution, Institute of Science
    and Technology Austria, 2024.
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    membranes. By contrast, archaea in many cases possess\r\nboth bilayer and double-headed,
    monolayer spanning bolalipids. This composition is believed\r\nto enable extremophile
    archaea to survive harsh environments. Here, through the creation of a\r\nminimal
    computational model for bolalipid membranes, we discover trade-offs when forming\r\nmembranes
    using lipids of a single type. Similar to living archaea, we can tune the stiffness
    of\r\nbolalipid molecules. We find that membranes made out of flexible bolalipid
    molecules resemble\r\nbilayer membranes as they can adopt U-shaped conformations
    to enable higher curvatures.\r\nConversely, rigid bolalipid molecules, like those
    found in archaea at higher temperatures,\r\npreferentially take on a straight
    conformation to self-assemble into liquid membranes that are\r\nstable, stiff,
    prone to pore formation, and which tear during membrane reshaping. Strikingly,\r\nhowever,
    our analysis reveals that it is possible to achieve the best of both worlds –
    membranes\r\nthat are fluid, stable at high temperatures and flexible enough to
    be reshaped without leaking –\r\nthrough the inclusion of a small fraction of
    bilayer lipids into a bolalipid membrane. Additionally,\r\nthe curvature-dependent
    softening of bolalipid membranes made of lipids with tension-sensitive\r\nconformation
    can also enable high rigidity at low curvatures while softening at high curvatures,\r\nmaking
    the membrane effectively a plastic material. Taken together, our study compares
    the\r\ndifferent membrane designs across the tree of life and indicates how combining
    lipids can be\r\nused to resolve trade-offs when generating membranes for (bio)technological
    applications.\r\n"
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  ama: 'Santana de Freitas Amaral M. Archaeal membranes : In silico modelling and
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  apa: 'Santana de Freitas Amaral, M. (2024). <i>Archaeal membranes : In silico modelling
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  ista: 'Santana de Freitas Amaral M. 2024. Archaeal membranes : In silico modelling
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  mla: 'Santana de Freitas Amaral, Miguel. <i>Archaeal Membranes : In Silico Modelling
    and Design</i>. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2024, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:18661">10.15479/at:ista:18661</a>.'
  short: 'M. Santana de Freitas Amaral, Archaeal Membranes : In Silico Modelling and
    Design, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2024.'
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  text: Across the tree of life, distinct designs of cellular membranes have evolved.
    In bacteria and eukaryotes single-headed lipids self-assemble into flexible bilayer
    membranes. By contrast, archaea often possess double-headed, monolayer spanning
    bolalipids, mixed with bilayer lipids, enabling them to survive in harsh environments.
    Here, using a minimal computational model for bolalipid membranes, we discover
    trade-offs when forming membranes. We find that membranes made out of flexible
    bolalipids resemble bilayer membranes as bolalipids exhibit conformational switch
    into U-shaped conformations to enable higher curvatures. Conversely, stiffer bolalipids,
    resembling those in extremophile archaea, take on straight conformations and form
    liquid membranes that are stiff, and prone to pore formation during membrane reshaping.
    Strikingly, we show how to achieve fluid bolalipid membranes that are both stable
    and flexible – by including small amounts of bilayer lipids, as archaea do. Our
    study explains how different organisms resolve trade-offs when generating membranes
    of desired material properties.
acknowledgement: "MA, BB, and AŠ acknowledge funding by the\r\nVolkswagen Foundation
  Grant Az 96727. FF\r\nacknowledges fnancial support by the NOMIS\r\nfoundation.
  AŠ acknowledges funding by ERC\r\nStarting Grant “NEPA” 802960. We thank\r\nClaudia
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  ama: 'Santana de Freitas Amaral M, Frey FF, Jiang X, Baum B, Šarić A. Stability
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    href="https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.10.18.619072">10.1101/2024.10.18.619072</a>'
  apa: 'Santana de Freitas Amaral, M., Frey, F. F., Jiang, X., Baum, B., &#38; Šarić,
    A. (n.d.). Stability vs flexibility: Reshaping archaeal membranes in silico. <i>bioRxiv</i>.
    <a href="https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.10.18.619072">https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.10.18.619072</a>'
  chicago: 'Santana de Freitas Amaral, Miguel, Felix F Frey, Xiuyun Jiang, Buzz Baum,
    and Anđela Šarić. “Stability vs Flexibility: Reshaping Archaeal Membranes in Silico.”
    <i>BioRxiv</i>, n.d. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.10.18.619072">https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.10.18.619072</a>.'
  ieee: 'M. Santana de Freitas Amaral, F. F. Frey, X. Jiang, B. Baum, and A. Šarić,
    “Stability vs flexibility: Reshaping archaeal membranes in silico,” <i>bioRxiv</i>.
    .'
  ista: 'Santana de Freitas Amaral M, Frey FF, Jiang X, Baum B, Šarić A. Stability
    vs flexibility: Reshaping archaeal membranes in silico. bioRxiv, <a href="https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.10.18.619072">10.1101/2024.10.18.619072</a>.'
  mla: 'Santana de Freitas Amaral, Miguel, et al. “Stability vs Flexibility: Reshaping
    Archaeal Membranes in Silico.” <i>BioRxiv</i>, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.10.18.619072">10.1101/2024.10.18.619072</a>.'
  short: M. Santana de Freitas Amaral, F.F. Frey, X. Jiang, B. Baum, A. Šarić, BioRxiv
    (n.d.).
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  text: "Sex-linked and autosomal loci experience different selective pressures and\r\nevolutionary
    dynamics. X (or Z) chromosomes are often hemizygous, as Y (or W)\r\nchromosomes
    often degenerate. Such hemizygous regions can be under greater\r\nefficacy of
    selection, as recessive mutations are immediately exposed to selection in\r\nthe
    heterogametic sex (the so-called Faster-X or Faster-Z effect). However, in young\r\nnon-recombining
    regions, Y/W chromosomes often have many functional genes, and\r\nmany X/Z-linked
    loci are therefore diploid. The sheltering of recessive mutations on\r\nthe X/Z
    by the Y/W homolog is expected to drive a Slower-X (Slower-Z) effect for\r\ndiploid
    X/Z loci, i.e. a reduction in the efficacy of selection. While the Faster-X effect\r\nhas
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  ama: Mrnjavac A, Vicoso B. Evidence of a Slower-Z effect in Schistosoma japonicum.
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  apa: Mrnjavac, A., &#38; Vicoso, B. (n.d.). Evidence of a Slower-Z effect in Schistosoma
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  chicago: Mrnjavac, Andrea, and Beatriz Vicoso. “Evidence of a Slower-Z Effect in
    Schistosoma Japonicum.” <i>BioRxiv</i>, n.d. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.07.02.601697">https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.07.02.601697</a>.
  ieee: A. Mrnjavac and B. Vicoso, “Evidence of a Slower-Z effect in Schistosoma japonicum,”
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  ista: Mrnjavac A, Vicoso B. Evidence of a Slower-Z effect in Schistosoma japonicum.
    bioRxiv, <a href="https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.07.02.601697">10.1101/2024.07.02.601697</a>.
  mla: Mrnjavac, Andrea, and Beatriz Vicoso. “Evidence of a Slower-Z Effect in Schistosoma
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  short: A. Mrnjavac, B. Vicoso, BioRxiv (n.d.).
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  text: "We introduce a new all-electric platform, that strong couples light to mechanical
    motion\r\nby ensuring that the external environmental coupling dominates over
    internal mechanical\r\ndissipation. The system only has three everyday components:
    AC, DC, and a fip-chip, in which\r\na metallized silicon nitride membrane is fipped
    on top of the device under test. This everyday\r\nelectromechanical device can
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  ama: 'Puglia D. Everyday electromechanics: Capacitive strong coupling to mechanical
    motion. 2024. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:18104">10.15479/at:ista:18104</a>'
  apa: 'Puglia, D. (2024). <i>Everyday electromechanics: Capacitive strong coupling
    to mechanical motion</i>. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. <a href="https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:18104">https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:18104</a>'
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  ieee: 'D. Puglia, “Everyday electromechanics: Capacitive strong coupling to mechanical
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  ista: 'Puglia D. 2024. Everyday electromechanics: Capacitive strong coupling to
    mechanical motion. Institute of Science and Technology Austria.'
  mla: 'Puglia, Denise. <i>Everyday Electromechanics: Capacitive Strong Coupling to
    Mechanical Motion</i>. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2024, doi:<a
    href="https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:18104">10.15479/at:ista:18104</a>.'
  short: 'D. Puglia, Everyday Electromechanics: Capacitive Strong Coupling to Mechanical
    Motion, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2024.'
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  text: "Strong optomechanical coupling -- a regime where mechanical motion is damped\r\nby
    environmental radiation -- has traditionally required demanding experimental\r\ningredients
    such as superconducting resonators, high-quality optical cavities,\r\nor large
    magnetic fields. Here we demonstrate a room temperature, cavity-free,\r\nall-electric
    device reaching this regime at radio frequencies, enabled by a\r\nmechanically
    compliant parallel-plate capacitor with a nanoscale plate\r\nseparation and an
    aspect ratio exceeding 1,000. The device has four orders of\r\nmagnitude lower
    insertion loss than a comparable commercial quartz crystal, and\r\nachieves a
    position imprecision rivaling an optical interferometer. With the\r\nhelp of a
    back-action isolation scheme, we observe radiative cooling of\r\nmechanical motion
    by a remote cryogenic load. This work provides a\r\ntechnologically accessible
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  ama: Puglia D, Odessey RH, Burns PS, Luhmann N, Schmid S, Higginbotham AP. Room
    temperature, cavity-free capacitive strong coupling to mechanical  motion. <i>arXiv</i>.
    doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2407.15314">10.48550/arXiv.2407.15314</a>
  apa: Puglia, D., Odessey, R. H., Burns, P. S., Luhmann, N., Schmid, S., &#38; Higginbotham,
    A. P. (n.d.). Room temperature, cavity-free capacitive strong coupling to mechanical 
    motion. <i>arXiv</i>. <a href="https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2407.15314">https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2407.15314</a>
  chicago: Puglia, Denise, Rachel H Odessey, Peter S. Burns, Niklas Luhmann, Silvan
    Schmid, and Andrew P Higginbotham. “Room Temperature, Cavity-Free Capacitive Strong
    Coupling to Mechanical  Motion.” <i>ArXiv</i>, n.d. <a href="https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2407.15314">https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2407.15314</a>.
  ieee: D. Puglia, R. H. Odessey, P. S. Burns, N. Luhmann, S. Schmid, and A. P. Higginbotham,
    “Room temperature, cavity-free capacitive strong coupling to mechanical  motion,”
    <i>arXiv</i>. .
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    temperature, cavity-free capacitive strong coupling to mechanical  motion. arXiv,
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  mla: Puglia, Denise, et al. “Room Temperature, Cavity-Free Capacitive Strong Coupling
    to Mechanical  Motion.” <i>ArXiv</i>, 2407.15314, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2407.15314">10.48550/arXiv.2407.15314</a>.
  short: D. Puglia, R.H. Odessey, P.S. Burns, N. Luhmann, S. Schmid, A.P. Higginbotham,
    ArXiv (n.d.).
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  text: "This thesis consists of two pieces of work in the broader feld of computational
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    data, implemented in\r\nefcient software.\r\nChapter 2 introduces a statistical
    software for causal discovery and inference from observed\r\ngenetic marker and
    phenotypic trait data. We explore in simulation how well the method\r\ncan fne-map
    genetic efects, fnd the correct causal structure among tens of traits and\r\nmillions
    of genetic markers, and infer the causal efect size for the discovered causal\r\nrelations.
    We then apply the method to 8 million markers and 17 traits from the UK\r\nBiobank
    and show that many relationships found with other methods are likely due to\r\nthe
    efects of hidden confounders.\r\nChapter 3 describes how this method can be applied
    to longitudinal data. I show how one\r\ncan incorporate the background knowledge
    present in the known order of measurements to\r\nimprove the accuracy of the causal
    discovery process, and explore the method’s ability to\r\nidentify age specifc
    genetic efects, and how the error rates of this recovery are infuenced\r\nby missing
    data due to diferent censoring mechanisms.\r\nChapter 4 introduces a statistical
    software for the comparison of chromatin contact maps\r\nbased on the structural
    similarity index. We explore the robustness of the method to\r\nnoise and size
    diferences of the compared maps, show how it can measure evolutionary\r\nconservation
    of topological features by providing a similarity ranking of syntenic regions,\r\nand
    fnally how it can detect alterations in 3D genome structure due to genetic mutations\r\nin
    samples of medical relevance.\r\n"
acknowledgement: "I would like to thank the Swiss National Science Foundation for
  funding parts of this work\r\nthrough the Eccellenza Grant \"Improving estimation
  and prediction of common complex\r\ndisease risk\" with grant number PCEGP3_181181."
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  ama: Machnik NN. Algorithms for causal learning and comparative analysis for genomic
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  apa: Machnik, N. N. (2024). <i>Algorithms for causal learning and comparative analysis
    for genomic data</i>. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. <a href="https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:18642">https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:18642</a>
  chicago: Machnik, Nick N. “Algorithms for Causal Learning and Comparative Analysis
    for Genomic Data.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2024. <a href="https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:18642">https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:18642</a>.
  ieee: N. N. Machnik, “Algorithms for causal learning and comparative analysis for
    genomic data,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2024.
  ista: Machnik NN. 2024. Algorithms for causal learning and comparative analysis
    for genomic data. Institute of Science and Technology Austria.
  mla: Machnik, Nick N. <i>Algorithms for Causal Learning and Comparative Analysis
    for Genomic Data</i>. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2024, doi:<a
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  short: N.N. Machnik, Algorithms for Causal Learning and Comparative Analysis for
    Genomic Data, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2024.
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  text: "Statistical causal learning in genomics relies on the instrumental variable
    method of\r\nMendelian Randomization (MR). Currently, an overwhelming number of
    MR studies\r\npurport to show causal relationships among a wide range of risk
    factors and outcomes.\r\nHere, we show that selecting instrument variables from
    genome-wide association study\r\nestimates leads to high false discovery rates
    for many MR approaches, which can be\r\ngreatly reduced by employing a graphical
    inference approach which: (i) explicitly tests\r\ninstrumental variable assumptions;
    (ii) distinguishes direct from indirect factors in very\r\nhigh-dimensional data;
    (iii) discriminates pleiotropic from trait-specific markers, controlling for LD
    genome-wide; (iv) accommodates rare variants and binary outcomes in a\r\nprincipled
    way; and (v) identifies potential unobserved latent confounding. For 17 traits\r\nand
    8.4M variants recorded for 458,747 individuals in the UK Biobank, we show that\r\nstandard
    MR analysis gives an abundance of findings that disappear under stringent\r\nassumption
    checks, with many relationships reflecting potential unmeasured confounding. This
    implies that mixtures of temporal precedence and potential for reverse-causality\r\nprohibit
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  ISTA for their comments, which improved this manuscript. This work was funded \r\nby
  a research collaboration agreement between Boehringer Ingelheim and the research
  \r\ngroup of MRR at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria. Additional
  funding \r\nwas also provided by an SNSF Eccellenza Grant to MRR (PCEGP3-181181),
  and by \r\ncore funding from the Institute of Science and Technology Austria. We
  would like \r\nto acknowledge the participants and investigators of the UK Biobank
  study. High- \r\nperformance computing was supported by the Scientific Service Units
  (SSU) of IST \r\nAustria through resources provided by Scientific Computing (SciComp). "
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citation:
  ama: Machnik NN, Mahmoudi SM, Borczyk M, Krätschmer I, Bauer MJ, Robinson MR. Causal
    inference for multiple risk factors and diseases from genomics data. <i>bioRxiv</i>.
    2024. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.12.06.570392">10.1101/2023.12.06.570392</a>
  apa: Machnik, N. N., Mahmoudi, S. M., Borczyk, M., Krätschmer, I., Bauer, M. J.,
    &#38; Robinson, M. R. (2024). Causal inference for multiple risk factors and diseases
    from genomics data. <i>bioRxiv</i>. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.12.06.570392">https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.12.06.570392</a>
  chicago: Machnik, Nick N, Seyed Mahdi Mahmoudi, Malgorzata Borczyk, Ilse Krätschmer,
    Markus J. Bauer, and Matthew Richard Robinson. “Causal Inference for Multiple
    Risk Factors and Diseases from Genomics Data.” <i>BioRxiv</i>, 2024. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.12.06.570392">https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.12.06.570392</a>.
  ieee: N. N. Machnik, S. M. Mahmoudi, M. Borczyk, I. Krätschmer, M. J. Bauer, and
    M. R. Robinson, “Causal inference for multiple risk factors and diseases from
    genomics data,” <i>bioRxiv</i>. 2024.
  ista: Machnik NN, Mahmoudi SM, Borczyk M, Krätschmer I, Bauer MJ, Robinson MR. 2024.
    Causal inference for multiple risk factors and diseases from genomics data. bioRxiv,
    <a href="https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.12.06.570392">10.1101/2023.12.06.570392</a>.
  mla: Machnik, Nick N., et al. “Causal Inference for Multiple Risk Factors and Diseases
    from Genomics Data.” <i>BioRxiv</i>, 2024, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.12.06.570392">10.1101/2023.12.06.570392</a>.
  short: N.N. Machnik, S.M. Mahmoudi, M. Borczyk, I. Krätschmer, M.J. Bauer, M.R.
    Robinson, BioRxiv (2024).
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  text: "Biological vision is unlike a camera; rather than transmitting light information
    faithfully, early\r\nvisual circuits process the visual scene to convey only the
    relevant information in an efficient\r\nmanner. Consequentially, the nature of
    this visual processing then depends on what is the\r\nrelevant information in
    a scene and on the notion of efficiency. In this work, I study how visual\r\nprocessing
    is modulated by two different variations in the visual scene. First, I discovered
    that\r\nin the mouse (Mus musculus) retina, Retinal Ganglion Cells in the upper
    and lower visual\r\nfield have differences in the center surround structure of
    their receptive fields. Comparison\r\nwith models of efficient coding show that
    this adaptation likely evolved to cope with the\r\nbrightness gradient from the
    sky to the ground that is pervasive in natural scenes. In the\r\nsecond project,
    I study how the downstream neurons in the Superior Colliculus dynamically\r\nchange
    their temporal selectivity depending on the ambient luminance and behavioral state.\r\nAs
    the scene gets darker or when the animal is is less aroused, the neuronal responses
    get\r\nlaggier, while still maintaining their relative timing with respect to
    the population. Overall, this\r\nwork emphasises the need to understand visual
    processing in the context of specific demands\r\nof the animal in its the environment.
    The adaptive changes in the visual system, from the\r\nretinal ganglion cells
    to the superior colliculus, highlight the intricate ways in which biological\r\nvision
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acknowledgement: "This work would have been impossible without the Scientific Service
  Units of IST Austria. The resources and expertise provided by Scientific Computing
  (especially Alois Schlögl), the MIBA Machine Shop (especially Todor Asenov), the
  Preclinical Facility (especially Freyja Langer), the Library, the Lab Support Facility
  and the Imaging and Optics Facility were the essential bedrock I could build upon.
  I would also like to thank IT support at ISTA for powering through remote work and
  a cyberattack.\r\nI am grateful for having been funded initially by the European
  Union Horizon 2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant 665385 and later by Prof. Maximilian
  Joesch's the European Research Council Starting (756502) and Consolidator (101086580)
  Grants."
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  apa: Gupta, D. (2024). <i>Visual adaptations to natural statistics</i>. Institute
    of Science and Technology Austria. <a href="https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:18574">https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:18574</a>
  chicago: Gupta, Divyansh. “Visual Adaptations to Natural Statistics.” Institute
    of Science and Technology Austria, 2024. <a href="https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:18574">https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:18574</a>.
  ieee: D. Gupta, “Visual adaptations to natural statistics,” Institute of Science
    and Technology Austria, 2024.
  ista: Gupta D. 2024. Visual adaptations to natural statistics. Institute of Science
    and Technology Austria.
  mla: Gupta, Divyansh. <i>Visual Adaptations to Natural Statistics</i>. Institute
    of Science and Technology Austria, 2024, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:18574">10.15479/at:ista:18574</a>.
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    and Technology Austria, 2024.
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  text: "Spatial omics technologies are enriching our understanding of complex biological
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  chicago: Agudelo Duenas, Nathalie. “Visualizing the Neuronal Transcriptional Landscape
    with Tissue Context.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2024. <a href="https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:18471">https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:18471</a>.
  ieee: N. Agudelo Duenas, “Visualizing the neuronal transcriptional landscape with
    tissue context,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2024.
  ista: Agudelo Duenas N. 2024. Visualizing the neuronal transcriptional landscape
    with tissue context. Institute of Science and Technology Austria.
  mla: Agudelo Duenas, Nathalie. <i>Visualizing the Neuronal Transcriptional Landscape
    with Tissue Context</i>. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2024, doi:<a
    href="https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:18471">10.15479/at:ista:18471</a>.
  short: N. Agudelo Duenas, Visualizing the Neuronal Transcriptional Landscape with
    Tissue Context, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2024.
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  text: During neural tube (NT) development, the notochord induces an organizer, the
    floorplate, which secretes Sonic Hedgehog (SHH) to pattern neural progenitors.
    Conversely, NT organoids (NTOs) from embryonic stem cells (ESCs) spontaneously
    form floorplates without the notochord, demonstrating that stem cells can self-organize
    without embryonic inducers. Here, we investigated floorplate self-organization
    in clonal mouse NTOs. Expression of the floorplate marker FOXA2 was initially
    spatially scattered before resolving into multiple clusters, which underwent competition
    and sorting, resulting in a stable “winning” floorplate. We identified that BMP
    signaling governed long-range cluster competition. FOXA2+ clusters expressed BMP4,
    suppressing FOXA2 in receiving cells while simultaneously expressing the BMP-inhibitor
    NOGGIN, promoting cluster persistence. Noggin mutation perturbed floorplate formation
    in NTOs and in the NT in vivo at mid/hindbrain regions, demonstrating how the
    floorplate can form autonomously without the notochord. Identifying the pathways
    governing organizer self-organization is critical for harnessing the developmental
    plasticity of stem cells in tissue engineering.
acknowledgement: We thank P. Pasierbek, A.C. Moreno, T. Lendl, and K. Aumayr for microscopy
  support; G. Schmauss for FACS support; M. Novatchkova for assistance with Bioinformatic
  analyses; J. Ahel, A. Polikarpova, S. Horer, E. Cesare, and E. Norouzi for technical
  assistance; A. Meinhardt for supervision; DRESDEN-concept Genome Center, A. Vogt,
  A. Sommer, and the Vienna BioCenter NGS facility for RNA sequencing. We are grateful
  to M. Placzek and E. Martí for discussions about the floorplate; to S. Shvartsman
  for valuable input; to A. Aszodi, W. Masselink, and S. Raiders for advice on statistical
  analyses; to J. Cornwall Scoones, G. Martello, and Tanaka lab members for critical
  reading of the manuscript; E. Bassat and E. Chatzidaki for contributing schematics;
  and to K. Lust for support. This project has received funding from the European
  Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation
  programme (grant agreement ERC AdG 742046) to E.M.T. This research was funded in
  whole or in part by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) (10.55776/F7803-B) (Stem Cell
  Modulation) to E.M.T. and A.K., Sir Henry Wellcome postdoctoral fellowship to H.T.S.,
  ELBE fellowship to K.I., and National Science Foundation (US) Phy 2013131 to E.S.
  The A.K. lab is also supported by ISTA and the European Research Council under Horizon
  Europe grant 101044579, and S.L. is supported by Gesellschaft für Forschungsförderung
  Niederösterreich m.b.H. fellowship SC19-011. This work was supported in part by
  the Francis Crick Institute, which receives its core funding from Cancer Research
  UK (CC001051), the UK Medical Research Council (CC001051), and the Wellcome Trust
  (CC001051). For the purpose of open access, the authors have applied a CC BY public
  copyright license to any author accepted manuscript (AAM) version arising from this
  submission.
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  last_name: Stuart
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  full_name: Hörmann, Alexandra
  last_name: Hörmann
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  full_name: Neumüller, Ralph A.
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  full_name: Elvassore, Nicola
  last_name: Elvassore
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  ama: Krammer T, Stuart HT, Gromberg E, et al. Mouse neural tube organoids self-organize
    floorplate through BMP-mediated cluster competition. <i>Developmental Cell</i>.
    2024;59(15):1940-1953.e10. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.devcel.2024.04.021">10.1016/j.devcel.2024.04.021</a>
  apa: Krammer, T., Stuart, H. T., Gromberg, E., Ishihara, K., Cislo, D., Melchionda,
    M., … Tanaka, E. M. (2024). Mouse neural tube organoids self-organize floorplate
    through BMP-mediated cluster competition. <i>Developmental Cell</i>. Elsevier.
    <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.devcel.2024.04.021">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.devcel.2024.04.021</a>
  chicago: Krammer, Teresa, Hannah T. Stuart, Elena Gromberg, Keisuke Ishihara, Dillon
    Cislo, Manuela Melchionda, Fernando Becerril Perez, et al. “Mouse Neural Tube
    Organoids Self-Organize Floorplate through BMP-Mediated Cluster Competition.”
    <i>Developmental Cell</i>. Elsevier, 2024. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.devcel.2024.04.021">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.devcel.2024.04.021</a>.
  ieee: T. Krammer <i>et al.</i>, “Mouse neural tube organoids self-organize floorplate
    through BMP-mediated cluster competition,” <i>Developmental Cell</i>, vol. 59,
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    Perez F, Wang J, Costantini E, Rus S, Arbanas L, Hörmann A, Neumüller RA, Elvassore
    N, Siggia E, Briscoe J, Kicheva A, Tanaka EM. 2024. Mouse neural tube organoids
    self-organize floorplate through BMP-mediated cluster competition. Developmental
    Cell. 59(15), 1940–1953.e10.
  mla: Krammer, Teresa, et al. “Mouse Neural Tube Organoids Self-Organize Floorplate
    through BMP-Mediated Cluster Competition.” <i>Developmental Cell</i>, vol. 59,
    no. 15, Elsevier, 2024, p. 1940–1953.e10, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.devcel.2024.04.021">10.1016/j.devcel.2024.04.021</a>.
  short: T. Krammer, H.T. Stuart, E. Gromberg, K. Ishihara, D. Cislo, M. Melchionda,
    F. Becerril Perez, J. Wang, E. Costantini, S. Rus, L. Arbanas, A. Hörmann, R.A.
    Neumüller, N. Elvassore, E. Siggia, J. Briscoe, A. Kicheva, E.M. Tanaka, Developmental
    Cell 59 (2024) 1940–1953.e10.
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  text: "Geometrically controlled stem cell differentiation promotes reproducible
    pattern formation. Here, we present a protocol to fabricate elastomeric stencils
    for patterned stem cell differentiation. We describe procedures for using photolithography
    to produce molds, followed by molding polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) to obtain stencils
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    2024;5(4). doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xpro.2024.103187">10.1016/j.xpro.2024.103187</a>
  apa: Rus, S., Merrin, J., Kulig, M. A., Minchington, T., &#38; Kicheva, A. (2024).
    Protocol for fabricating elastomeric stencils for patterned stem cell differentiation.
    <i>STAR Protocols</i>. Elsevier. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xpro.2024.103187">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xpro.2024.103187</a>
  chicago: Rus, Stefanie, Jack Merrin, Monika Aleksandra Kulig, Thomas Minchington,
    and Anna Kicheva. “Protocol for Fabricating Elastomeric Stencils for Patterned
    Stem Cell Differentiation.” <i>STAR Protocols</i>. Elsevier, 2024. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xpro.2024.103187">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xpro.2024.103187</a>.
  ieee: S. Rus, J. Merrin, M. A. Kulig, T. Minchington, and A. Kicheva, “Protocol
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    <i>STAR Protocols</i>, vol. 5, no. 4. Elsevier, 2024.
  ista: Rus S, Merrin J, Kulig MA, Minchington T, Kicheva A. 2024. Protocol for fabricating
    elastomeric stencils for patterned stem cell differentiation. STAR Protocols.
    5(4), 103187.
  mla: Rus, Stefanie, et al. “Protocol for Fabricating Elastomeric Stencils for Patterned
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    2024, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xpro.2024.103187">10.1016/j.xpro.2024.103187</a>.
  short: S. Rus, J. Merrin, M.A. Kulig, T. Minchington, A. Kicheva, STAR Protocols
    5 (2024).
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  text: Our understanding of the molecular pathways that regulate oogenesis and define
    cellular identity in the Arthropod female reproductive system and the extent of
    their conservation is currently very limited. This is due to the focus on model
    systems, including Drosophila and Daphnia, which do not reflect the observed diversity
    of morphologies, reproductive modes, and sex chromosome systems. We use single-nucleus
    RNA and ATAC sequencing to produce a comprehensive single nucleus atlas of the
    adult Artemia franciscana female reproductive system. We map our data to the Fly
    Cell Atlas single-nucleus dataset of the Drosophila melanogaster ovary, shedding
    light on the conserved regulatory programs between the two distantly related Arthropod
    species. We identify the major cell types known to be present in the Artemia ovary,
    including germ cells, follicle cells, and ovarian muscle cells. Additionally,
    we use the germ cells to explore gene regulation and expression of the Z chromosome
    during meiosis, highlighting its unique regulatory dynamics and allowing us to
    explore the presence of meiotic sex chromosome silencing in this group.
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acknowledgement: "We thank the Vicoso group for their valuable comments on the earlier
  draft of the manuscript. We would also like to thank the Vienna BioCenter Next Generation
  Sequencing (NGS) facility staff, and in particular, Thomas Grentzinger for his support
  with the handling and sequencing of the samples, the scientific computing unit at
  ISTA for the computational resources, Brittney Wick for the help with hosting our
  data on the UCSC Cell Browser, and Lora B. Sweeney for her valuable input at the
  different stages of the project.\r\nThis research was funded by the Austrian science
  fund (FWF), as part of the SFB Meiosis consortium https://sfbmeiosis.org/, grant
  ID FWF SFB F88-10) to BV. "
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  ama: Elkrewi MN, Vicoso B. Single-nucleus atlas of the Artemia female reproductive
    system suggests germline repression of the Z chromosome. <i>PLoS Genetics</i>.
    2024;20(8). doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1011376">10.1371/journal.pgen.1011376</a>
  apa: Elkrewi, M. N., &#38; Vicoso, B. (2024). Single-nucleus atlas of the Artemia
    female reproductive system suggests germline repression of the Z chromosome. <i>PLoS
    Genetics</i>. Public Library of Science. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1011376">https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1011376</a>
  chicago: Elkrewi, Marwan N, and Beatriz Vicoso. “Single-Nucleus Atlas of the Artemia
    Female Reproductive System Suggests Germline Repression of the Z Chromosome.”
    <i>PLoS Genetics</i>. Public Library of Science, 2024. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1011376">https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1011376</a>.
  ieee: M. N. Elkrewi and B. Vicoso, “Single-nucleus atlas of the Artemia female reproductive
    system suggests germline repression of the Z chromosome,” <i>PLoS Genetics</i>,
    vol. 20, no. 8. Public Library of Science, 2024.
  ista: Elkrewi MN, Vicoso B. 2024. Single-nucleus atlas of the Artemia female reproductive
    system suggests germline repression of the Z chromosome. PLoS Genetics. 20(8),
    e1011376.
  mla: Elkrewi, Marwan N., and Beatriz Vicoso. “Single-Nucleus Atlas of the Artemia
    Female Reproductive System Suggests Germline Repression of the Z Chromosome.”
    <i>PLoS Genetics</i>, vol. 20, no. 8, e1011376, Public Library of Science, 2024,
    doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1011376">10.1371/journal.pgen.1011376</a>.
  short: M.N. Elkrewi, B. Vicoso, PLoS Genetics 20 (2024).
corr_author: '1'
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  text: Since the commercialization of brine shrimp (genus Artemia) in the 1950s,
    this lineage, and in particular the model species Artemia franciscana, has been
    the subject of extensive research. However, our understanding of the genetic mechanisms
    underlying various aspects of their reproductive biology, including sex determination,
    is still lacking. This is partly due to the scarcity of genomic resources for
    Artemia species and crustaceans in general. Here, we present a chromosome-level
    genome assembly of A. franciscana (Kellogg 1906), from the Great Salt Lake, United
    States. The genome is 1 GB, and the majority of the genome (81%) is scaffolded
    into 21 linkage groups using a previously published high-density linkage map.
    We performed coverage and FST analyses using male and female genomic and transcriptomic
    reads to quantify the extent of differentiation between the Z and W chromosomes.
    Additionally, we quantified the expression levels in male and female heads and
    gonads and found further evidence for dosage compensation in this species.
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  ama: Bett VK, Macon A, Vicoso B, Elkrewi MN. Chromosome-level assembly of Artemia
    franciscana sheds light on sex chromosome differentiation. <i>Genome Biology and
    Evolution</i>. 2024;16(1). doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evae006">10.1093/gbe/evae006</a>
  apa: Bett, V. K., Macon, A., Vicoso, B., &#38; Elkrewi, M. N. (2024). Chromosome-level
    assembly of Artemia franciscana sheds light on sex chromosome differentiation.
    <i>Genome Biology and Evolution</i>. Oxford University Press. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evae006">https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evae006</a>
  chicago: Bett, Vincent K, Ariana Macon, Beatriz Vicoso, and Marwan N Elkrewi. “Chromosome-Level
    Assembly of Artemia Franciscana Sheds Light on Sex Chromosome Differentiation.”
    <i>Genome Biology and Evolution</i>. Oxford University Press, 2024. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evae006">https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evae006</a>.
  ieee: V. K. Bett, A. Macon, B. Vicoso, and M. N. Elkrewi, “Chromosome-level assembly
    of Artemia franciscana sheds light on sex chromosome differentiation,” <i>Genome
    Biology and Evolution</i>, vol. 16, no. 1. Oxford University Press, 2024.
  ista: Bett VK, Macon A, Vicoso B, Elkrewi MN. 2024. Chromosome-level assembly of
    Artemia franciscana sheds light on sex chromosome differentiation. Genome Biology
    and Evolution. 16(1), evae006.
  mla: Bett, Vincent K., et al. “Chromosome-Level Assembly of Artemia Franciscana
    Sheds Light on Sex Chromosome Differentiation.” <i>Genome Biology and Evolution</i>,
    vol. 16, no. 1, evae006, Oxford University Press, 2024, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evae006">10.1093/gbe/evae006</a>.
  short: V.K. Bett, A. Macon, B. Vicoso, M.N. Elkrewi, Genome Biology and Evolution
    16 (2024).
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