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• #### Ecology and Evolutionary Biology [67]

Papers from the EEB Department

### Recent Submissions

• #### Single-cell stochastic modelling of the action of antimicrobial peptides on bacteria ﻿

(2021)
Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) produced by multi-cellular organisms as their immune system's defence against microbes are actively considered as natural alternatives to conventional antibiotics. Although substantial progress has been achieved in studying the AMPs, the microscopic mechanisms of their functioning remain not well understood. Here, we ...
• #### Urban mining by flash Joule heating ﻿

(2021)
Precious metal recovery from electronic waste, termed urban mining, is important for a circular economy. Present methods for urban mining, mainly smelting and leaching, suffer from lengthy purification processes and negative environmental impacts. Here, a solvent-free and sustainable process by flash Joule heating is disclosed to recover precious ...
• #### Triple reassortment increases compatibility among viral ribonucleoprotein genes of contemporary avian and human influenza A viruses ﻿

(2021)
Compatibility among the influenza A virus (IAV) ribonucleoprotein (RNP) genes affects viral replication efficiency and can limit the emergence of novel reassortants, including those with potential pandemic risks. In this study, we determined the polymerase activities of 2,451 RNP reassortants among three seasonal and eight enzootic IAVs by using a ...
• #### UBER v1.0: a universal kinetic equation solver for radiation belts ﻿

(2021)
Recent proceedings in radiation belt studies have proposed new requirements for numerical methods to solve the kinetic equations involved. In this article, we present a numerical solver that can solve the general form of the radiation belt Fokker–Planck equation and Boltzmann equation in arbitrarily provided coordinate systems and with user-specified ...
• #### Simplified Communities of Seed-Dispersers Limit the Composition and Flow of Seeds in Edge Habitats ﻿

(2021)
Edge effects, driven by human modification of landscapes, can have critical impacts on ecological processes such as species interactions, with cascading impacts on biodiversity as a whole. Characterizing how edges affect vital biotic interactions such as seed dispersal by frugivores is important for better understanding potential mechanisms that drive ...
• #### BMP-treated human embryonic stem cells transcriptionally resemble amnion cells in the monkey embryo ﻿

(2021)
Human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) possess an immense potential to generate clinically relevant cell types and unveil mechanisms underlying early human development. However, using hESCs for discovery or translation requires accurately identifying differentiated cell types through comparison with their in vivo counterparts. Here, we set out to determine ...
• #### Structural characterization of DynU16, a START/Bet v1-like protein involved in dynemicin biosynthesis ﻿

(2021)
The 1.5 Å resolution crystal structure of DynU16, a protein identified in the dynemicin-biosynthetic gene cluster, is reported. The structure adopts a di-domain helix-grip fold with a uniquely positioned open cavity connecting the domains. The elongated dimensions of the cavity appear to be compatible with the geometry of a linear polyene, suggesting ...
• #### Constraints on anomalous Higgs boson couplings to vector bosons and fermions in its production and decay using the four-lepton final state ﻿

(2021)
Studies of CP violation and anomalous couplings of the Higgs boson to vector bosons and fermions are presented. The data were acquired by the CMS experiment at the LHC and correspond to an integrated luminosity of 137 fb−1 at a proton-proton collision energy of 13 TeV. The kinematic effects in the Higgs boson’s four-lepton decay H→4ℓ and its production ...
• #### Search for long-lived particles decaying to jets with displaced vertices in proton-proton collisions at √s=13 TeV ﻿

(2021)
A search is presented for long-lived particles produced in pairs in proton-proton collisions at the LHC operating at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV. The data were collected with the CMS detector during the period from 2015 through 2018, and correspond to a total integrated luminosity of 140 fb−1. This search targets pairs of long-lived particles ...
• #### Design of organic structure directing agents to control the synthesis of zeolites for carbon capture and storage ﻿

(2019)
We have de novo designed organic structure directing agents (OSDAs) for zeolites that have been predicted to be effective materials for carbon capture and storage. The zeolites were selected for their reduced parasitic energy when used as CO2 adsorbants in a pressure–temperature swing process in coal- or natural gas-fired power plants. Synthetically ...
• #### Study of the underlying event in top quark pair production in pp collisions at 13 TeV ﻿

(2019)
Measurements of normalized differential cross sections as functions of the multiplicity and kinematic variables of charged-particle tracks from the underlying event in top quark and antiquark pair production are presented. The measurements are performed in proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV, and are based on data collected ...
• #### Search for single production of vector-like quarks decaying to a top quark and a W boson in proton–proton collisions at s√=13TeV ﻿

(2019)
A search is presented for the single production of vector-like quarks in proton–proton collisions at s√=13TeV. The data, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 35.9fb−1, were recorded with the CMS experiment at the LHC. The analysis focuses on the vector-like quark decay into a top quark and a W boson, with one muon or electron in the final ...
• #### Search for rare decays of Z and Higgs bosons to J/ψ and a photon in proton-proton collisions at s√ = 13TeV ﻿

(2019)
A search is presented for decays of Z and Higgs bosons to a J/ψ meson and a photon, with the subsequent decay of the J/ψ to μ+μ−. The analysis uses data from proton-proton collisions with an integrated luminosity of 35.9fb−1 at s√=13TeV collected with the CMS detector at the LHC. The observed limit on the Z→J/ψγ decay branching fraction, assuming ...
• #### Search for new physics in final states with a single photon and missing transverse momentum in proton-proton collisions at s√=13 TeV ﻿

(2019)
A search is conducted for new physics in final states containing a photon and missing transverse momentum in proton-proton collisions at s√=13 TeV, using the data collected in 2016 by the CMS experiment at the LHC, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 35.9 fb−1. No deviations from the predictions of the standard model are observed. The results ...
• #### Search for Narrow Hγ Resonances in Proton-Proton Collisions at √s=13 TeV ﻿

(2019)
A search for heavy, narrow resonances decaying to a Higgs boson and a photon (Hγ) has been performed in proton-proton collision data at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 35.9 fb−1 collected with the CMS detector at the LHC in 2016. Events containing a photon and a Lorentz-boosted hadronically decaying ...
• #### Search for new particles decaying to a jet and an emerging jet ﻿

(2019)
A search is performed for events consistent with the pair production of a new heavy particle that acts as a mediator between a dark sector and normal matter, and that decays to a light quark and a new fermion called a dark quark. The search is based on data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 16.1 fb−1 from proton-proton collisions at s√=13 ...
• #### First Results on the Scalar WIMP-Pion Coupling, Using the XENON1T Experiment ﻿

(2019)
We present first results on the scalar coupling of weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) to pions from 1 t yr of exposure with the XENON1T experiment. This interaction is generated when the WIMP couples to a virtual pion exchanged between the nucleons in a nucleus. In contrast to most nonrelativistic operators, these pion-exchange currents can ...
• #### Search for the Higgs Boson Decaying to Two Muons in Proton-Proton Collisions at √s=13 TeV ﻿

(2019)
A search for the Higgs boson decaying to two oppositely charged muons is presented using data recorded by the CMS experiment at the CERN LHC in 2016 at a center-of-mass energy √s=13 TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 35.9 fb−1. Data are found to be compatible with the predicted background. For a Higgs boson with a mass of 125.09 GeV, ...
• #### Search for long-lived particles decaying into displaced jets in proton-proton collisions at √s=13 TeV ﻿

(2019)
A search for long-lived particles decaying into jets is presented. Data were collected with the CMS detector at the LHC from proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV in 2016, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 35.9 fb−1. The search examines the distinctive topology of displaced tracks and secondary vertices. The selected ...
• #### Search for Dark Matter Particles Produced in Association with a Top Quark Pair at √s=13 TeV ﻿

(2019)
A search is performed for dark matter particles produced in association with a top quark pair in proton-proton collisions at √s=13 TeV. The data correspond to an integrated luminosity of 35.9 fb−1 recorded by the CMS detector at the LHC. No significant excess over the standard model expectation is observed. The results are interpreted using simplified ...