11 research outputs found
Theodor Mommsen (1817-1903) auf Medaillen und Plaketten. Sammlung des Instituts fĂŒr Klassische ArchĂ€ologie der UniversitĂ€t TĂŒbingen.
Zusammenstellung mehrer BeitrĂ€ge zu den Medaillen und Plaketten auf Theodor Mommsen aus der Sammlung des Instituts fĂŒr Klassische ArchĂ€ologie der UniversitĂ€t TĂŒbingen
Zum Zusammenhang von Geschlechterungleichheiten in Bildung, Beruf und Karriere : ein Ausblick
Ziel der folgenden AusfĂŒhrungen im abschliessenden Teil dieses Sammelbands zur Entwicklung und Genese von geschlechtsspezifischen Bildungsungleichheiten ist es, den Blick zu öffnen in Richtung Berufsleben. Wie sind die verbesserten Bildungsmöglichkeiten von Frauen zu interpretieren? Ist es in den letzten Jahrzehnten gelungen, eines der grundlegendsten gesellschaftlichen UngleichheitsverhĂ€ltnisse zu beseitigen? Oder beginnt sich dieses sogar zu verkehren in eine gesellschaftliche Benachteiligung der MĂ€nner? Wir gehen bei unseren Ăberlegungen von der These aus, dass ein Abbau von Benachteiligungen der Frauen im Bildungssystem fĂŒr sich genommen noch wenig aussagekrĂ€ftig ist, wenn wir uns mit der klassischen soziologischen Frage der Persistenz bzw. des Wandels von gesellschaftlichen Ungleichheiten befassen wollen. Erst wenn die ganze VerknĂŒpfung von Bildung und gesellschaftlicher Ungleichheit in den Blick genommen wird und sich dabei zeigt, dass Frauen ihre Bildungsgewinne auch in entsprechende Chancen im BeschĂ€ftigungssystem umsetzen können, sind ihre verbesserten Bildungschancen ein Gewinn fĂŒr die Individuen und ein Fortschritt fĂŒr die Gesellschaft â und erst dann könnten mögliche Bildungsvorteile von Frauen, wie sie in den vorliegenden AufsĂ€tzen z.T. diagnostiziert werden, gar als neue gesellschaftliche Benachteiligungen von MĂ€nnern skandalisiert werden
StreAM-Tg : algorithms for analyzing coarse grained RNA dynamics based on Markov models of connectivity-graphs
Background
In this work, we present a new coarse grained representation of RNA dynamics. It is based on adjacency matrices and their interactions patterns obtained from molecular dynamics simulations. RNA molecules are well-suited for this representation due to their composition which is mainly modular and assessable by the secondary structure alone. These interactions can be represented as adjacency matrices of k nucleotides. Based on those, we define transitions between states as changes in the adjacency matrices which form Markovian dynamics. The intense computational demand for deriving the transition probability matrices prompted us to develop StreAM-Tg, a stream-based algorithm for generating such Markov models of k-vertex adjacency matrices representing the RNA.
Results
We benchmark StreAM-Tg(a) for random and RNA unit sphere dynamic graphs (b) for the robustness of our method against different parameters. Moreover, we address a riboswitch design problem by applying StreAM-Tg on six long term molecular dynamics simulation of a synthetic tetracycline dependent riboswitch (500 ns) in combination with five different antibiotics.
Conclusions
The proposed algorithm performs well on large simulated as well as real world dynamic graphs. Additionally, StreAM-Tg
provides insights into nucleotide based RNA dynamics in comparison to conventional metrics like the root-mean square fluctuation. In the light of experimental data our results show important design opportunities for the riboswitch
Effect of macrocyclization and tetramethylrhodamine labeling on chemokine binding peptides
Receptorâderived peptides have played an important role in elucidating chemokineâreceptor interactions. For the inflammatory chemokine CXCâclass chemokine ligand 8 (CXCL8), a site IIâmimetic peptide has been derived from parts of extracellular loops 2 and 3 and adjacent transmembrane helices of its receptor CXCâclass chemokine receptor 1 (Helmer et al., RSC Adv., 2015, 5, 25657). The peptide sequence with a Câterminal glutamine did not bind to CXCL8, whereas one with a Câterminal glutamate did but with low micromolar affinity. We sought to improve the affinity and protease stability of the latter peptide through cyclization while also cyclizing the former for control purposes. To identify a cyclization strategy that permits a receptorâlike interaction, we conducted a molecular dynamics simulation of CXCL8 in complex with fullâlength CXCâclass chemokine receptor 1. We introduced a linker to provide an appropriate spacing between the termini and used an onâresin sideâchainâtoâtail cyclization strategy. Upon chemokine binding, the fluorescence intensity of the tetramethylrhodamine (TAMRA)âlabeled cyclic peptides increased whereas the fluorescence anisotropy decreased. Additional molecular dynamics simulations indicated that the fluorophore interacts with the peptide macrocycle so that chemokine binding leads to its displacement and observed changes in fluorescence. Macrocyclization of both 18âamino acidâlong peptides led to the same low micromolar affinity for CXCL8. Likewise, both TAMRAâlabeled linear peptides interacted with CXCL8 with similar affinities. Interestingly, the linear TAMRAâlabeled peptides were more resistant to tryptic digestion than the unlabeled counterparts, whereas the cyclized peptides were not degraded at all. We conclude that the TAMRA fluorophore tends to interact with peptides altering their protease stability and behavior in fluorescenceâbased assays
StreAM- T g : algorithms for analyzing coarse grained RNA dynamics based on Markov models of connectivity-graphs
The Immunome of Colon Cancer: Functional In Silico Analysis of Antigenic Proteins Deduced from IgG Microarray Profiling
Peptide-specific recognition of human cytomegalovirus strains controls adaptive natural killer cells
Natural killer (NK) cells are innate lymphocytes that lack antigen-specific rearranged receptors, a hallmark of adaptive lymphocytes. In some people infected with human cytomegalovirus (HCMV), an NK cell subset expressing the activating receptor NKG2C undergoes clonal-like expansion that partially resembles anti-viral adaptive responses. However, the viral ligand that drives the activation and differentiation of adaptive NKG2C+NK cells has remained unclear. Here we found that adaptive NKG2C+NK cells differentially recognized distinct HCMV strains encoding variable UL40 peptides that, in combination with pro-inflammatory signals, controlled the population expansion and differentiation of adaptive NKG2C+NK cells. Thus, we propose that polymorphic HCMV peptides contribute to shaping of the heterogeneity of adaptive NKG2C+NK cell populations among HCMV-seropositive people