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Transcriptome Sequencing and Comparative Analysis of Saccharina japonica (Laminariales, Phaeophyceae) under Blue Light Induction
BACKGROUND: Light has significant effect on the growth and development of Saccharina japonica, but there are limited reports on blue light mediated physiological responses and molecular mechanism. In this study, high-throughput paired-end RNA-sequencing (RNA-Seq) technology was applied to transcriptomes of S. japonica exposed to blue light and darkness, respectively. Comparative analysis of gene expression was designed to correlate the effect of blue light and physiological mechanisms on the molecular level. PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: RNA-seq analysis yielded 70,497 non-redundant unigenes with an average length of 538 bp. 28,358 (40.2%) functional transcripts encoding regions were identified. Annotation through Swissprot, Nr, GO, KEGG, and COG databases showed 25,924 unigenes compared well (E-value <10(-5)) with known gene sequences, and 43 unigenes were putative BL photoreceptor. 10,440 unigenes were classified into Gene Ontology, and 8,476 unigenes were involved in 114 known pathways. Based on RPKM values, 11,660 (16.5%) differentially expressed unigenes were detected between blue light and dark exposed treatments, including 7,808 upregulated and 3,852 downregulated unigenes, suggesting S. japonica had undergone extensive transcriptome re-orchestration during BL exposure. The BL-specific responsive genes were indentified to function in processes of circadian rhythm, flavonoid biosynthesis, photoreactivation and photomorphogenesis. SIGNIFICANCE: Transcriptome profiling of S. japonica provides clues to potential genes identification and future functional genomics study. The global survey of expression changes under blue light will enhance our understanding of molecular mechanisms underlying blue light induced responses in lower plants as well as facilitate future blue light photoreceptor identification and specific responsive pathways analysis
Probe of Spin Dynamics in Superconducting NbN Thin Films via Spin Pumping
The emerging field of superconductor (SC) spintronics has attracted intensive
attentions recently. Many fantastic spin dependent properties in SC have been
discovered, including the observation of large magnetoresistance, long spin
lifetimes and the giant spin Hall effect in SC, as well as spin supercurrent in
Josephson junctions, etc. Regarding the spin dynamic in SC films, few studies
has been reported yet. Here, we report the investigation of the spin dynamics
in an s-wave superconducting NbN film via spin pumping from an adjacent
insulating ferromagnet GdN layer. A profound coherence peak of the Gilbert
damping is observed slightly below the superconducting critical temperature of
the NbN layer, which is consistent with recent theoretical studies. Our results
further indicate that spin pumping could be a powerful tool for investigating
the spin dynamics in 2D crystalline superconductors.Comment: 11 pages, 4 figures, and S
Dirac-Surface-State Modulated Spin Dynamics in a Ferrimagnetic Insulator at Room Temperature
This work demonstrates dramatically modified spin dynamics of magnetic
insulator (MI) by the spin-momentum locked Dirac surface states of the adjacent
topological insulator (TI) which can be harnessed for spintronic applications.
As the Bi-concentration x is systematically tuned in 5 nm thick (BixSb1-x)2Te3
TI film, the weight of the surface relative to bulk states peaks at x = 0.32
when the chemical potential approaches the Dirac point. At this concentration,
the Gilbert damping constant of the precessing magnetization in 10 nm thick
Y3Fe5O12 MI film in the MI/TI heterostructures is enhanced by an order of
magnitude, the largest among all concentrations. In addition, the MI acquires
additional strong magnetic anisotropy that favors the in-plane orientation with
similar Bi-concentration dependence. These extraordinary effects of the Dirac
surface states distinguish TI from other materials such as heavy metals in
modulating spin dynamics of the neighboring magnetic layer
Observation of many-body Fock space dynamics in two dimensions
Quantum many-body simulation provides a straightforward way to understand
fundamental physics and connect with quantum information applications. However,
suffering from exponentially growing Hilbert space size, characterization in
terms of few-body probes in real space is often insufficient to tackle
challenging problems such as quantum critical behavior and many-body
localization (MBL) in higher dimensions. Here, we experimentally employ a new
paradigm on a superconducting quantum processor, exploring such elusive
questions from a Fock space view: mapping the many-body system onto an
unconventional Anderson model on a complex Fock space network of many-body
states. By observing the wave packet propagating in Fock space and the
emergence of a statistical ergodic ensemble, we reveal a fresh picture for
characterizing representative many-body dynamics: thermalization, localization,
and scarring. In addition, we observe a quantum critical regime of anomalously
enhanced wave packet width and deduce a critical point from the maximum wave
packet fluctuations, which lend support for the two-dimensional MBL transition
in finite-sized systems. Our work unveils a new perspective of exploring
many-body physics in Fock space, demonstrating its practical applications on
contentious MBL aspects such as criticality and dimensionality. Moreover, the
entire protocol is universal and scalable, paving the way to finally solve a
broader range of controversial many-body problems on future larger quantum
devices.Comment: 8 pages, 4 figures + supplementary informatio