1. The assembly platform FimD is required to obtain the most stable quaternary structure of type 1 pili 

   Zyla D.S.; Wiegand T.; Bachmann P.; et al. (2024)

   Nature Communications

   Type 1 pili are important virulence factors of uropathogenic Escherichia coli that mediate bacterial attachment to epithelial cells in the urinary tract. The pilus rod is comprised of thousands of copies of the main structural subunit FimA and is assembled in vivo by the assembly platform FimD. Although type 1 pilus rods can self-assemble from FimA in vitro, this reaction is slower and produces structures with lower kinetic stability ...

   Journal Article

2. Explaining the socio-economic output of urban regions with a model combining urban scaling and polycentricity 

   Khiali Miab, Amin; Grêt-Regamey, Adrienne; Axhausen, Kay W.; et al. (2024)

   Urban Scaling

   Urban scaling theory and polycentric urban development are two well-known concepts that draw parallels between configurations and socio-economic conditions of urban regions. Both concepts, however, have some drawbacks, which could potentially be alleviated by combining them in a new model. In this study, income in urban regions in Switzerland is explained by combining the hierarchy of a region’s commuter network (i.e. indicator for ...

   Book Chapter

3. On-chip quantum interference between independent lithium niobate-on-insulator photon-pair sources 

   Chapman, Robert James; Kuttner, Tristan; Kellner, Jost; et al. (2024)

   arXiv

   Journal Article

4. Modular Navigation and Autonomy for Aerial Robots 

   Pantic, Michael (2024)

   A wealth of novel use cases and applications were made possible with the advent of Micro Aerial Vehicles (MAVs). Typical examples include aerial delivery, photogrammetry, inspection, and monitoring. The low hardware cost and general availability sparked an explosion in adoption not only in industry but also in the interest of the scientific community. A large body of research on flight control, state estimation, perception, navigation, ...

   Doctoral Thesis

5. Text-image Alignment for Diffusion-based Perception 

   Kondapaneni, Neehar; Marks, Markus; Knott, Manuel; et al. (2023)

   arXiv

   Diffusion models are generative models with impressive text-to-image synthesis capabilities and have spurred a new wave of creative methods for classical machine learning tasks. However, the best way to harness the perceptual knowledge of these generative models for visual tasks is still an open question. Specifically, it is unclear how to use the prompting interface when applying diffusion backbones to vision tasks. We find that automatically ...

   Working Paper

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