- Gaze Tracking and Assistive Technology
- Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
- Biomedical Text Mining and Ontologies
- EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
- Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education
- Pluripotent Stem Cells Research
- Dermatology and Skin Diseases
- RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
- Image Retrieval and Classification Techniques
- Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology
- Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus
- Mitochondrial Function and Pathology
- Genetic diversity and population structure
- Data Visualization and Analytics
- Forensic and Genetic Research
- Retinal Imaging and Analysis
- Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing
- Blind Source Separation Techniques
- Polyamine Metabolism and Applications
- Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways
- Pregnancy-related medical research
- ATP Synthase and ATPases Research
- Biotin and Related Studies
- Veterinary Equine Medical Research
- Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease
University of Tübingen
2018-2025
University Children's Hospital Tübingen
2024
TH Bingen University of Applied Sciences
2023
Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems
2022
University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation
2006
Max Planck Institute for Biology
1970
Max Planck Society
1970
Tail-anchored (TA) proteins are anchored to their corresponding membrane via a single transmembrane segment (TMS) at C-terminus. In yeast, the targeting of TA endoplasmic reticulum (ER) can be mediated by guided entry (GET) pathway, whereas it is not yet clear how mitochondrial targeted destination. It has been widely observed that some outer (MOM) mistargeted ER when overexpressed or signal masked. However, mechanism this erroneous sorting currently unknown. study, we demonstrate...
The increasing importance of artificial intelligence (AI) in health care has generated a growing need for professionals to possess comprehensive understanding AI technologies, requiring an adaptation medical education.
Abstract Certain skin bacteria are able to convert aromatic amino acids (AAA) into trace amines (TA) that act as neuromodulators. Since the human and sweat contain a comparatively high content of AAA one can expect such produce TA on our skin. Here we show TA-producing Staphylococcus epidermidis strains expressing SadA predominant accelerate wound healing. In wounded skin, keratinocytes epinephrine (EPI) leads cell motility inhibition by β2-adrenergic receptor (β2-AR) activation thus delay...
<title>Abstract</title> Principal Component Analysis (PCA) is widely used in population genetics to visualize genetic relationships. Methods like SmartPCA enable the projection of ancient samples despite missing genotype data due degraded DNA, but do not quantify uncertainty, risking misinterpretation. We introduce TrustPCA, a probabilistic framework that models impact loci and provides uncertainty estimates for projections. Using simulations with high-coverage human genomes, we show...
Abstract The mechanisms behind carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) dependency in non-autotrophic bacterial isolates are unclear. Here we show that the Staphylococcus aureus mpsAB operon, known to play a role membrane potential generation, is crucial for growth at atmospheric CO levels. genes can complement an Escherichia coli carbonic anhydrase (CA) mutant, and CA from E. S. delta- mpsABC mutant. In comparison with wild type, mps mutants produce less hemolytic toxin virulent animal models of infection....
The skin colonizing coagulase-negative Staphylococcus epidermidis causes nosocomial infections and is an important opportunistic highly adaptable pathogen. To gain more insight into this species, we sequenced the genome of biofilm positive, methicillin susceptible S. O47 strain (hereafter O47). This belongs to most frequently isolated sequence type 2. In comparison RP62A strain, can be transformed, which makes it a preferred for molecular studies. O47's has single chromosome about 2.5...
Secondary cultures of embryonic rat cells (17–19 day gestation) require for growth the presence serum in culture medium; a stimulating fraction has been isolated from fetal calf serum. It will be shown that incubated medium without this active are stopped G1 phase cell cycle about 3 hours prior to beginning DNA synthesis. This confirmed by incorporation methyl-[3H]thymidine, labelling index, mitosis index and cytophotometry. Cells already triggered at critical point come into spite fact...
Trace amines (TA) are endogenously produced in mammals, have a low concentration the central nervous system (CNS), but trigger variety of neurological effects and intervene host cell communication. It emerged that neurotransmitters TA also by microbiota. As it has been shown contribute to wound healing, we examined skin microbiome probands using shotgun metagenomics. The phyla Actinobacteria, Proteobacteria, Firmicutes, Bacteroidetes were predominant. Since SadA is highly promiscuous...
In this paper, we present two approaches and algorithms that adapt areas of interest (AOI) or regions (ROI), respectively, to the eye tracking data quality classification task. The first approach uses feature importance in a greedy way grows shrinks AOIs all directions. second is an extension approach, which divides into calculates direction growth, i.e. gradient. Both improve results considerably case generalized AOIs, but can also be used for qualitative analysis. analysis, presented allow...
In this paper, we present two approaches and algorithms that adapt areas of interest. We a new deep neural network (DNN) can be used to directly determine gaze position using EEG data. EEG-based eye tracking is difficult research topic in the field tracking, but it provides an alternative image-based with input data set comparable conventional image processing. The presented DNN exploits spatial dependencies signal uses convolutions similar filtering, which for preprocessing signals. By...
Variables obtained by experimental measurements or statistical inference typically carry uncertainties. When an algorithm uses such quantities as input variables, this uncertainty should propagate to the algorithm's output. Concretely, we consider classic notion of principal component analysis (PCA): If it is applied a finite data matrix containing imperfect (i.e. uncertain) multidimensional measurements, its output—a lower-dimensional representation—is itself subject uncertainty. We...
Background: The increasing significance of artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare has generated an need for professionals to possess a comprehensive understanding AI technologies, requiring adaptation medical education. This paper explores stakeholder perceptions and expectations regarding medicine examines their potential impact on the curriculum. study project aims assess experiences awareness different stakeholders as well identify essential AI-related topics education delineate...
Modern high-throughput sequencing technologies, such as metagenomic sequencing, generate millions of sequences that need to be assigned their taxonomic rank. approaches either apply local alignment existing databases, MMseqs2, or use deep neural networks, in DeepMicrobes and BERTax. Due the increasing size datasets alignment-based are expensive terms runtime. Deep learning-based can require specialized hardware consume large amounts energy. In this article, we propose k-mer profiles DNA...
Abstract Flippase proteins exchanging phospholipids between the cytoplasmic membrane leaflets have been identified in Eukaryotes but remained largely unknown Prokaryotes. Only MprF that synthesize aminoacyl some bacteria found to contain a domain translocates produced lipids. We show here this domain, which we named ‘prokaryotic phospholipid translocator’ (PplT), is widespread Bacteria and Archaea, encoded as separate protein or fused different types of enzymes. also demonstrate Escherichia...
In this paper, we present two approaches and algorithms that adapt areas of interest We a new deep neural network (DNN) can be used to directly determine gaze position using EEG data. EEG-based eye tracking is difficult research topic in the field tracking, but it provides an alternative image-based with input data set comparable conventional image processing. The presented DNN exploits spatial dependencies signal uses convolutions similar filtering, which for preprocessing signals. By this,...
Modern high throughput sequencing technologies like metagenomic generate millions of sequences which have to be classified based on their taxonomic rank. approaches either apply local alignment and comparison existing data sets MMseqs2 or use deep neural networks as it is done in DeepMicrobes BERTax. Alignment-based are costly terms runtime, especially since databases get larger larger. For the learning-based approaches, specialized hardware necessary for a computation, consumes large...
In this paper, we present a new feature that can be used to classify cognitive load based on pupil information. The consists of temporal segmentation the eye tracking recordings. For each segment partition, probability distribution size is computed and stored. These distributions then load. presented significantly improves classification accuracy compared other statistical values obtained from data, which represent state art in field. applications determining Cognitive Load data are numerous...
In this paper, we present two approaches and algorithms that adapt areas of interest (AOI) or regions (ROI), respectively, to the eye tracking data quality classification task. The first approach uses feature importance in a greedy way grows shrinks AOIs all directions. second is an extension approach, which divides into calculates direction growth, i.e. gradient. Both improve results considerably case generalized AOIs, but can also be used for qualitative analysis. analysis, presented allow...
Identifying a protein's function is crucial to reveal its role in the cellular complex. Computationally, most common approach search for homologous proteins large database of known using BLAST. One goal such an analysis identification and visualization protein taxonomy interest. Another reconstruction phylogenetic history protein. However, BLAST result provides information about occurrence putative mainly tabular format. This requires manual interventions makes taxonomic laborious. Although...
<p>This work offers a generic example for the visualization of uncertainty propagated through nonlinear algorithms by automatic differentiation. Scientists use increasingly elaborate to assess and analyze empirical data. Uncertainty estimates — error bars are crucial scientific analysis, but many modern computational analysis methods do not propagate from their inputs outputs. Our treatment PCA combines classic notion linearization propagation with power differentiation, can be applied...
<p>This work offers a generic example for the visualization of uncertainty propagated through nonlinear algorithms by automatic differentiation. Scientists use increasingly elaborate to assess and analyze empirical data. Uncertainty estimates — error bars are crucial scientific analysis, but many modern computational analysis methods do not propagate from their inputs outputs. Our treatment PCA combines classic notion linearization propagation with power differentiation, can be applied...