Publications
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Expression of emotion in music and vocal communication
(2014)
Two of the most important social skills in humans are the ability to determine the moods of those around us, and to use this to guide our behavior. To accomplish this, we make use of numerous cues. Among the most important ...
Fast Ionic Conductors and Solid-Solid Interfaces Designed for Next Generation Solid-State Batteries
(2018)
The EV Everywhere Grand Challenge requires a breakthrough in energy storage technology. State-of-the-art Li-ion technology is currently used in low volume production plug-in hybrid and niche high performance vehicles; ...
Feedforward and Feedback Processes in Vision
(2015)
The visual system consists of hierarchically organized distinct anatomical areas functionally specialized for processing different aspects of a visual object (Felleman & Van Essen, 1991). These visual areas are interconnected ...
Ethylene's Role in Plant Mineral Nutrition
(2016)
Terrestrial plants are sessile organisms that, differently from animals, can not move in searching of the nutrients and water they need. Instead, they have to change continuously their physiology and morphology to adapt ...
Filamentous Bacteriophage in Bio/Nano/Technology, Bacterial Pathogenesis and Ecology
(2017)
Filamentous phage (genus Inovirus) infect almost invariably Gram-negative bacteria. They are distinguished from all other bacteriophage not only by morphology, but also by the mode of their assembly, a secretion-like process ...
From soil to seed: micronutrient movement into and within the plant
(2014)
In all living organisms, essential micronutrients are cofactors of many ubiquitous proteins that participate in crucial metabolic pathways, but can also be toxic when present in excessive concentrations. In order to achieve ...
From Sex Differences in Neuroscience to a Neuroscience of Sex Differences: New Directions and Perspectives
(2015)
This research topic aims to integrate scattered findings on sex differences in neuroscience into a broader theory of how the human brain is shaped by sex and sex hormones in order to cause the great variety of sex differences ...
Function and Flexibility: Friend or Foe?
(2016)
Louis Sullivan (1856 - 1924) revolutionized architecture by designing the first skyscraper and he became famous by proclaiming that “form follows function”. When x-ray crystallographers visualized the structures of proteins ...
Game Changer - Next Generation Sequencing and its Impact on Food Microbiology
(2018)
Advances in next-generation sequencing technologies (NGS) are revolutionizing the field of food microbiology. Microbial whole genome sequencing (WGS) can provide identification, characterization, and subtyping of pathogens ...
General Anesthesia: From Theory to Experiments
(2016)
General anesthesia is a standard medical procedure in today's hospital practice. Although in most cases the administration of anesthetics does not affect severely the patients health, side effects of anesthesia are well-known, ...