Naturwissenschaften, Mathematik und Informatik
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Functional Reconstitution of SLC18 Family Transporters
(2025-12-12)The Solute Carrier (SLC) family proteins are a diverse group of proteins performing many vital functions from bacteria to humans. Vesicular neurotransmitter transporters (VNTs) also belong to the SLC family. Based on ... -
Spatial Predictions of Evapotranspiration from Tropical Landscapes Using Remote Sensing Data
(2025-12-11)Tropical forests play a crucial role in global terrestrial evapotranspiration (ET). As these forests continue to be converted to other land uses, the resulting changes in ET could have significant implications for both ... -
Micrometeorological measurements of CO2, H2O and energy exchanges between agroforestry systems and the atmosphere
(2025-12-11)Alternative land-use systems, such as agroforestry (AF), provide nature-based solutions to mitigate the impact of agriculture on climate change. Despite their multiple environmental benefits, AF systems remain poorly ... -
Green Bonding: Unlocking the Potential of Canola (Brassica napus) Protein for Sustainable Wood Composite Materials
(2025-12-11)This dissertation explores the potential of canola meal and canola protein isolate as a sustainable alternative for developing bioadhesives in the wood-based panel industry, particularly focusing on Medium Density ... -
Establishing proximity-dependent protein labeling to investigate co-chaperone mediated effector secretion in Ustilago maydis
(2025-12-10)The complex process of protein folding within the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) of the corn smut fungi Ustilago maydis depends on the coordinated action of chaperone and their associated co-chaperone proteins. The unfolded ... -
Coulomb Correlations in Femtosecond Electron Pulses
(2025-12-10)Electron beams are a key resource for exploring and manipulating objects on the nanometre scale. While the spatial, spectral, and temporal resolution of a dilute electron microscope beam is limited by imperfections in ... -
Synthesis and characterization of fluorescent probes targeting Histone Deacetylase 6 for live cell imaging
(2025-12-10)Histone Deacetylase 6 (HDAC6) is a unique enzyme that plays a central role in major cellular processes, including cytoskeletal regulation, protein quality control, and stress responses. Its dysregulation is linked to many ... -
Learning the shape of neurons: Representation learning, generative modeling and hierarchical clustering
(2025-12-10)The remarkable diversity of neuronal morphologies has continued to fascinate researchers since Ramón y Cajal's pioneering work in 1911. A neuron's dendritic shape determines the inputs it receives, and, consequently, the ... -
Designing a System for Tracking and Spatio-Temporal Action Classification of Primates
(2025-12-10)Primate researchers in both laboratory settings and natural environments are fundamentally interested in primate behavior. Approaches range from controlled laboratory setups enabling implant-based neuronal recordings to ... -
β-Hydrogen Eliminations from Organoaluminates and -Cuprates in the Gas Phase
(2025-12-10)The β-hydride elimination is a fundamental process in many organometallic reaction mechanisms and decomposition pathways. This thesis investigates the β-hydride elimination of alkyl organoaluminates and alkyl organocuprates ... -
Resolving intermediate states of mitotic entry
(2025-12-08)Mitosis, the division of cells, is a fundamental biological process essential for growth, tissue repair, and the propagation of genetic material. Mitosis is tightly regulated and its dysregulation has severe consequences, ... -
Investigating biocompatibility of super-resolution compatible fluorescent DNA probes in mouse living tissues
(2025-12-08)Fluorescence nanoscopy allows the observation of living biological structures at the nanometer scale. However, choosing the best fluorophore for in-vivo imaging often is a challenging task as systematic studies investigating ... -
Achieving Scalable AI Inference in a Unified Cloud and HPC Environment by Employing System of Systems Architecture Design
(2025-12-04)Providing access to AI powered services commonly requires access to powerful compute infrastructure equipped with hardware accelerators such as GPUs. The recent rise of LLMs further emphasized this need and already caused ... -
Enhancing RNAi-Based Pest Control through Effective Target Gene Selection and Optimal dsRNA Design
(2025-12-04)The growing global population demands new strategies for sustainable pest management. Chemical insecticides, while historically successful in controlling pest populations to protect agricultural yields and suppress disease ... -
Generation and characterization of an otic bioengineered neuronal organoid (oBENO) from human pluripotent stem cells
(2025-12-03)Hearing loss impacts nearly 20% of the global population, and according to estimations its prevalence will increase by 2050, affecting around 1 in 4 individuals. The most common form of hearing impairment, sensorineural ... -
Graph Neural Networks for Spatial Data Analysis: Theoretical Results and Applications
(2025-12-02)Overall, this thesis explores the advantages and challenges of spatial data prediction tasks with Graph Neural Networks (GNN). Kriging, the best linear unbiased predictor presents a great number of advantages over other ... -
OH NO! - Investigating the microsolvation of aminoxyl radicals via FTIR spectroscopy
(2025-12-02)This work investigates complexes of stable organic radicals with halogenated alcohols using FTIR jet spectroscopy combined with quantum chemical calculations. Due to the formation of a hydrogen bond, the OH stretching ... -
Smartphone-Experimente als Übungsaufgaben: Entwicklung, Implementation und Evaluation im Kontext der Studieneingangsphase Physik
(2025-12-02)Against the background of efforts to design a solid, effective, yet student-friendly introductory phase of physics study programs, there is particular interest in (i) how students can be supported in their learning, ... -
Development of ¹⁹F and ³¹P Dynamic Nuclear Polarization in the Liquid State
(2025-12-02)Within the last decades, nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy in the liquid state has become one of the most powerful techniques allowing for the analysis of structures and dynamics of chemical systems at atomic ... -
Community assembly processes of intertidal salt marsh microarthropods
(2025-12-01)Salt marshes are highly dynamic ecosystems at the land–sea interface, shaped by steep environmental gradients and frequent disturbances. They provide critical ecosystem services, including coastal protection, nutrient ...