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Field study to investigate consequences of the genetic modification resulting in the fire blight resistant cisgenic apple line C44.4.146
(2021)Apple is the third main produced fruit crop globally, with a production of around 87 million tons in 2019. Apple production relies on a few, mainly disease-susceptible, cultivars, which require the recurrent use of plant protection products during the growing season. One of the most devastating diseases in apple is fire blight, a bacterial disease caused by Erwinia amylovora. The management of fire blight produced estimated annual costs ...Doctoral Thesis -
A Smart Wearable Sensing Platform for Gait Monitoring and Real-Time Haptic Feedback
(2022)Doctoral Thesis -
Establishing CRISPR/Cas9-mediated mutagenesis in perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.)
(2022)Doctoral Thesis -
Strategies and mechanisms of Acanthamoeba predation
(2021)Acanthamoeba is a genus of amoebae that commonly exists in the nature or human-related environments. To adapt to changing conditions in living environments, Acanthamoeba employs two typical life stages: a vegetative trophozoite stage for taking up nutrients and multiply, and a dormant cyst stage to overcome unfavourable conditions. Due to the outstanding predatory capability of Acanthamoeba trophozoites on bacteria, fungi, or smaller ...Doctoral Thesis -
Wearable luminescent solar concentrators employing amphiphilic polymer conetworks
(2022)Luminescent solar concentrators (LSCs) have attracted considerable attention in recent years for their advantages in absorbing diffusive light and increasing the cost-effectiveness of solar cells; however, the compatibility with flexible photovoltaics and the energy transfer (ET) efficiency still require improvement. In this thesis, amphiphilic polymer conetworks (APCNs) are employed as polymer matrices for wearable LSCs owing to their ...Doctoral Thesis -
Structural studies of human ABC transporters ABCB1 and ABCB4
(2022)Human organs have to be protected from a myriad of xenobiotic compounds. One of the mechanisms mitigating the toxic effects of drugs is to actively extrude them from the cell. ATP-binding cassette transporters play a major role by harnessing the energy from binding and hydrolyzing ATP molecules to translocate these xenobiotics across the membrane. ABC transporters can also be overexpressed in cancer cells, where they contribute to multi-drug ...Doctoral Thesis -
Alternative protein and energy sources for intensive production of high-quality beef in Switzerland
(2022)Doctoral Thesis -