Scientific Output Nanobiophysics Group

2012

Hunting the Chameleon: Structural Conformations of the Intrinsically Disordered Protein Alpha-Synuclein.

Drescher M, Huber M, Subramaniam V.

Chembiochem. 2012 Mar 21. [Epub ahead of print]

PMID: 22438319 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

doi: 10.1002/cbic.201200059

Locally resolved membrane binding affinity of the α-Synuclein N-terminus.

Robotta M, Hintze C, Schildknecht S, Zijlstra N, Jüngst C, Karreman C, Huber M, Leist M, Subramaniam V, Drescher M.

Biochemistry. 2012 Apr 12. [Epub ahead of print]

PMID: 22494024 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

doi:10.1021/bi300357a

Lateral mobility of individual integrin nanoclusters orchestrates the onset for leukocyte adhesion.

Gert Jan Bakker, Christina Eich, Juan Torreno-Pina, Ruth Diez-Ahedo, Gemma Perez-Samper, Thomas S. van Zanten, Carl G. Figdor, Alessandra Cambi, and Maria F. Garcia-Parajo

Proc Natl Acad Sci USA vol. 109 no. 13, 4869-4874.

doi: 10.1073/pnas.1116425109

Kinetic measurements give new insights into lipid membrane permeabilization by ɑ-synuclein oligomers

Stöckl M, Claessens MMAE, Subramaniam V

Mol. BioSyst., 8 (1), 338 - 345 (2012)

doi:10.1039/C1MB05293D

2011

Integrin-Dependent Activation of the JNK Signaling Pathway by Mechanical Stress

Pereira AM, Tudor C, Kanger JS, Subramaniam V, Martin-Blanco E

PLoS ONE 6(12): e26182 (2011)

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0026182

The structural basis for increased toxicity of pathological Abeta42:Abeta40 ratios in Alzheimer's disease

Kris Pauwels, Thomas L. Williams, Kyle L. Morris, Wim Jonckheere, Annelies Vandersteen, Geoff Kelly, Joost Schymkowitz, Frederic Rousseau, Annalisa Pastore, Louise C. Serpell, Kerensa Broersen.

JBC December (2011)

doi:/10.1074/jbc.M111.264473

Wafer-scale thin encapsulated two-dimensional nanochannels and its application toward visualization of single molecules

Hoang, H.T., Tong, H.D., Segers-Nolten, I.M., Tas, N.R., Subramaniam, V. and Elwenspoek, M.C.

J. Colloid & Interface Sci. (2011)

doi:10.1016/j.jcis.2011.10.001

Biophysical Analysis of Amyloid Formation

Segers-Nolten I., van Raaij M., and Subramaniam V.

P. Ducheyne, K.E. Healy, D.W. Hutmacher, D.W. Grainger, C.J. Kirkpatrick (eds.)

Comprehensive Biomaterials, vol. 2, pp. 347-359 Elsevier.

Room temperature excitation spectroscopy of single quantum dots

Christian Blum, Frank Schleifenbaum, Martijn Stopel, Sébastien Peter, Marcus Sackrow, Vinod Subramaniam, Alfred J. Meixner   

Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology 2011, 2, 516-524

doi:10.3762/bjnano.2.56

Femtomolar DNA detection by parallel colorimetric darkfield microscopy of functionalized gold nanoparticles

Verdoold, R., Gill, R., Ungureanu, F., Molenaar, R., Kooyman, R.P.H.

Biosensors and Bioelectronics 27 (2011) 77– 81

doi:10.1016/j.bios.2011.06.019 

Dark proteins disturb multichromophore coupling in tetrameric fluorescent proteins

Blum, C., A.J. Meixner, and V. Subramaniam

Journal of Biophotonics, 2011. 4(1-2): p. 114-12

doi:0.1002/jbio.201000075

Interactions of Perylene Bisimide in the One-Dimensional Channels of Zeolite L

Busby, M., A. Devaux, C. Blum, V. Subramaniam, G. Calzaferri, and L. De Cola

J. Phys. Chem. C 2011, 115, 5974–5988

doi:10.1021/jp1108625

Microspectroscopic analysis of green fluorescent proteins infiltrated into mesoporous silica nanochannels

Ma, Y.J., P. Rajendran, C. Blum, Y. Cesa, N. Gartmann, D. Bruhwiler, and V. Subramaniam

Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 2011. 356(1): p. 123-130;

doi:10.1016/j.jcis.2010.12.082

Spectral versatility of Fluorescent Proteins observed on the single molecule

Blum, C., and V. Subramaniam

Springer Series on Fluorescence, ed. G. Jung: Springer, 2012, Volume 11, 217-240

doi:10.1007/4243_2011_22

Analysis of single quantum-dot mobility inside 1D nanochannel devices

Hoang, H.T., Segers-Nolten, I.M., Tas, N.R., van Honschoten, J.W., Subramaniam, V. and Elwenspoek, M.C.

Nanotechnology, 22, 275201-275209

doi:10.1088/0957-4484/22/27/275201

Acousto-optic-assisted diffuse optical tomography

Aliaksandr Bratchenia, Robert Molenaar, Ton G. van Leeuwen, and Rob P.H. Kooyman

Optics Letters, Vol. 36, Issue 9, pp. 1539-1541 (2011)

doi:10.1364/OL.36.001539

A standardized and biocompatible preparation of aggregate-free amyloid beta peptide for biophysical and biological studies of Alzheimer’s disease

Broersen K, Jonckheere W, Rozenski J, Vandersteen A, Pauwels K, Pastore A, Rousseau F, Schymkowitz J.

Protein Engineering, Design & Selection pp. 1–8, 2011

doi:10.1093/protein/gzr020

Amyloid Precursor Protein mutation E682K at the alternative beta-secretase cleavage beta’- site increases Abeta generation

Zhou L, Brouwers N, Benilova I, Vandersteen A, Mercken M, Van Laere K, Van Damme P, Demedts D, Van Leuven F, Sleegers K, Broersen K, Van Broeckhoven C, Vandenberghe R, De Strooper B.

EMBO Mol Med 3, 1–12 (2011)

doi:10.1002/emmm.201100138

2010

Long-range energy propagation in nanometer arrays of light harvesting antenna complexes

Escalante, M., A. Lenferink, Y. Zhao, N. Tas, J. Huskens, C. N. Hunter, V. Subramaniam, and C. Otto

Nano Letters, 10: 1450–1457

doi:10.1021/nl1003569

Microbioreactors for Raman microscopy of stromal cell differentiation

Pully, V. V., A. T. M. Lenferink, H. W. J. van Manen, V. Subramaniam, C. A. van Blitterswijk, and C. Otto

Analytical Chemistry 82: 1844–1850

doi:10.1021/ac902515c

Evidence of Coexisting Horseshoe and Extended Helix Conformations of Membrane-Bound Alpha-Synuclein

Robotta, M., P. Braun, B. van Rooijen, V. Subramaniam, Huber M., Drescher M.

ChemPhysChem, in press.

Membrane Permeabilization by Oligomeric α-Synuclein: In Search of the Mechanism

Van Rooijen, B. D., Claessens M. M. A. E., Subramaniam V.

PLoS ONE 5(12): e14292.

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0014292

Strategies for Patterning Biomolecules with Dip-Pen Nanolithography

Wu, C.-C., Reinhoudt D. N. , Otto C. , Subramaniam V., Velders A. H.

Volume 7, Issue 8, pages 989–1002 (2011)

doi:10.1002/smll.201001749

Dendritic Ruthenium(II)-based Dyes Tunable for Diagnostic or Therapeutic Applications

Ruggi, A., Beekman C. , Wasserberg D., Subramaniam V., Reinhoudt D. N., van Leeuwen F. W. B., Velders A. H.

Chem. Eur. J. 2011, 17, 464 – 467 (2011)

doi:10.1002/chem.201002514

Visualizing Resonance Energy Transfer in Supramolecular Surface Patterns of β-CD Functionalized QD Hosts and Organic Dye Guests by Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging

Dorokhin, D. Hsu S.-H. , Tomczak N. , Blum C. , Subramaniam V. , Huskens J. , Reinhoudt D. N. , Velders A.H., Vancso G.J.

Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim, small 2010, 6, No. 24, 2870–2876

doi:10.1002/smll.201000713

Patterning of Peptide Nucleic Acids using Reactive Microcontact Printing

Calabretta, A., Wasserberg D. , Posthuma T. , Subramaniam V. , Van Amerongen A. , Corradini R. , Tedeschi T. , Sforza S. , Reinhoudt D.N. , Marchelli R. , Huskens J. , Jonkheijm P.

Langmuir 2011, 27(4), 1536–1542

doi:10.1021/la102756k

Neurotoxicity of Alzheimer disease Aβ-peptides is induced by small changes in the Aβ42 to Aβ40 ratio

Kuperstein, I., K. Broersen, I. Benilova, Iryna, J. Rozenski, W. Jonckheere, M. Debulpaep, A. Vandersteen, I. Segers-Nolten, K. van der Werf, V. Subramaniam, D. Braeken, G. Callewaert, C. Bartic, R. D’Hooge, I. C. Martins, F. Rousseau, J. Schymkowitz, and B. de Strooper

The EMBO Journal, 29: 3408 - 3420

doi:10.1038/emboj.2010.211

Studies of Interaction Between Cyanine Dye T-284 and Fibrillar Alpha-Synuclein

Volkova K. D., V. B. Kovalska, M. Yu Losytskyy, G. Veldhuis, G. M. J. Segers-Nolten, O. I. Tolmachev, V. Subramaniam, and S. M. Yarmoluk

J Fluoresc (2010) 20:1267–1274

doi:10.1007/s10895-010-0678-1

Pyrylium monolayers as amino-reactive platform

Scaramuzzo, F. A., A. González-Campo, C-C. Wu, A. H. Velders, V. Subramaniam, G. Doddi, P. Mencarelli, M. Barteri, P. Jonkheijm and J. Huskens

Chem. Commun. 46: 4193-4195

doi:10.1039/c002203a

Simultaneous time-resolved measurement of the reaction rates and the refractive index of photopolymerisation processes

Bak, T. M., J. B. Beusink, V. Subramaniam, and J. S. Kanger

Applied Optics, 49: 3316-3322

doi:10.1364/AO.49.003316

Spatially resolved local intracellular chemical sensing using magnetic particles

Shekhar, S., A. Klaver, C. Figdor, V. Subramaniam, and J. S. Kanger

Sensors and Actuators: B, 148: 531-538

doi:10.1016/j.snb.2010.05.006

Membrane Interactions of Oligomeric Alpha-Synuclein: Potential Role in Parkinson's Disease

van Rooijen BD, Claessens MM, Subramaniam V

Curr Protein Pept Sci. 2010, 11(5), pp. 334-342(9)

doi:10.2174/138920310791330659

A Stable Lipid-Induced Aggregate of alpha-Synuclein

Drescher M, Rooijen BD, Veldhuis G, Subrmaniam V, Huber M

J Am Chem Soc. 2010, 132 (12), pp 4080–4082

doi:10.1021/ja909247j

Force spectroscopy and fluorescence microscopy of dsDNA–YOYO-1 complexes: implications for the structure of dsDNA in the overstretching region

Murade CU, Subramaniam V, Otto C, Bennink ML

Nucleic Acids Res. 2010, 38(10):3423-3431

doi:10.1093/nar/gkq034

Protein Immobilization on Ni(II) Ion Patterns Prepared by Microcontact Printing and Dip-Pen Nanolithography

Wu CC, Reinhoudt DN, Otto C, Velders AH, Subramaniam V

ACS Nano 2010, 4 (2), pp 1083–1091

doi:10.1021/nn901270c

The use of fluorescent dyes and probes in surgical oncology

te Velde, E.A, Veerman, Th, Subramaniam, V, Ruers, Th

European Journal of Surgical Oncology 36 (1), pp. 6-15 doi:10.1016/j.ejso.2009.10.014

 

 

2009

Tryptophan Fluorescence Reveals Structural Features of α-Synuclein Oligomers

van Rooijen, B.D., van Leijenhorst-Groener, K.A., Claessens, M.M.A.E., Subramaniam, V.

Journal of Molecular Biology 394 (5), pp. 826-833

doi:10.1016/j.jmb.2009.10.021

Single Molecule Spectral Dynamics at Room Temperature

Schleifenbaum, F., C. Blum, V. Subramaniam, and A.J. Meixner

Molecular Physics, 2009. 107(18): p. 1923-1942;

doi:10.1080/00268970802635004

Multiparameter Single Molecule Spectroscopy gives insight into the complex Photophysics of Fluorescence Energy Transfer (FRET) coupled Biosystems.

Schleifenbaum, F., C. Blum, K. Elgass, S. Peter, V. Subramaniam, and A.J. Meixner.

Proc. of SPIE Vol. 7190 71900U-1 (2009)

doi:10.1117/12.809298

Method to deterministically study photonic nanostructures in different experimental instruments.

Husken, B.H., L.A. Woldering, C. Blum, and W.L. Vos,

Journal of Microscopy-Oxford, 2009. 233(1): p. 18-23;

doi:10.1111/j.1365-2818.2008.03091.x

Expression of sensitized Eu3+ luminescence at a multivalent interface.

Hsu, S.H., M.D. Yilmaz, C. Blum, V. Subramaniam, D.N. Reinhoudt, A.H. Velders, and J. Huskens

Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2009. 131(35): p. 12567-12569;

doi:10.1021/ja904747p

Interaction of oxazole yellow dyes with DNA studied with hybrid optical tweezers and fluorescence microscopy

Murade, C.U., Subramaniam, V., Otto, C., Bennink, M.L.

Biophysical Journal 97 (3), pp. 835-843

doi:10.1016/j.bpj.2009.05.024

Modulation of protein dimerization by a supramolecular host-guest system

Uhlenheuer, D.A., Wasserberg, D., Nguyen, H., Zhang, L., Blum, C., Subramaniam, V., Brunsveld, L.

Chemistry - A European Journal 15 (35), pp. 8779-8790

doi:10.1002/chem.200900462

Manipulation of the local density of photonic states to elucidate fluorescent protein emission rates

Cesa, Y., Blum, C., Van Den Broek, J.M., Mosk, A.P., Vos, W.L., Subramaniam, V.

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 11 (14), pp. 2525-2531

doi:10.1039/b817902f

Spectral emission imaging to map photonic properties below the crystal surface of 3D photonic crystals.

Blum, C., A.P. Mosk, W.L. Vos, and V. Subramaniam,

Journal of the Optical Society of America B, 2009. 26(11): p. 2101–2108;

doi:10.1364/JOSAB.26.002101

Controlling fluorescent proteins by manipulating the local density of photonic states.

Blum, C., Y. Cesa, J.M. van den Broek, A.P. Mosk, W.L. Vos, and V. Subramaniam.

Proc. of SPIE. 2009. Munich, Germany: SPIE.

Temperature-modulated quenching of quantum dots covalently coupled to chain ends of poly(N-isopropyl acrylamide) brushes on gold

Tagit, O., Tomczak, N., Benetti, E.M., Cesa, Y., Blum, C., Subramaniam, V., Herek, J.L., Julius Vancso, G.

Nanotechnology 20 (18), art. no. 185501

doi:10.1088/0957-4484/20/18/185501

Gold nanoparticle assays: Towards single molecule unamplified DNA detection

Verdoold, R., Ungureanu, F., Wasserberg, D., Kooyman, R.P.H.

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering 7312, art. no. 73120N

doi:10.1117/12.818120

The use of a colour camera for quantitative detection of proteinbinding nanoparticles

Ungureanu, F., Halamek, J., Verdoold, R., Kooyman, R.P.H.

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE 7192, art. no. 71920O

doi:10.1117/12.806522

Sequence-specific physical properties of African green monkey alpha-satellite DNA contribute to centromeric heterochromatin formation

Bussiek, M., Hoischen, C., Diekmann, S., Bennink, M.L.

Journal of Structural Biology 167 (1), pp. 36-46

doi:10.1016/j.jsb.2009.03.010

Fabrication of nano structures in thin membranes with focused ion beam technology

Gadgil, V.J., Tong, H.D., Cesa, Y., Bennink, M.L.

Surface and Coatings Technology 203 (17-18), pp. 2436-2441

doi:10.1016/j.surfcoat.2009.02.036

Single-molecule FRET reveals structural heterogeneity of SDS-bound α-synuclein

Veldhuis, G., Segers-Nolten, I., Ferlemann, E., Subramaniam, V.

ChemBioChem 10 (3), pp. 436-439

doi:10.1002/cbic.200800644

Multimode microscopy: Spectral and lifetime imaging

Blum, C., Cesa, Y., Escalante, M., Subramaniam, V.

Journal of the Royal Society Interface 6 (SUPPL. 1), pp. S35-S43

doi:10.1098/ rsif.2008.0356.focus

Single-molecule spectroscopy of fluorescent proteins.

Blum, C. and V. Subramaniam

Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, 2009. 393(2): p. 527-541;

doi:10.1007/s00216-008-2425-x

FRET Pair Printing of Fluorescent Proteins.

Escalante, M., C. Blum, Y. Cesa, C. Otto, and V. Subramaniam,

Langmuir, 2009. 25(12): p. 7019-7024;

doi:10.1021/la900223f

A hybrid total internal reflection fluorescence and optical tweezers microscope to study cell adhesion and membrane protein dynamics of single living cells

Snijder-Van As, M.I., Rieger, B., Joosten, B., Subramaniam, V., Figdor, C.G., Kanger, J.S.

Journal of Microscopy 233 (1), pp. 84-92

doi:10.1111/j.1365-2818.2008.03099.x

Rapid, ultrasensitive detection of microorganisms based on interferometry and lab-on-a-chip nanotechnology

Ymeti, A., Nederkoorn, P.H.J., Dudia, A., Subramaniam, V., Kanger, J.S.

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering 7306, art. no. 73060J

doi:10.1117/12.818466

Porous multilayer-coated AFM tips for dip-pen nanolithography of proteins

Wu, C.-C., Xu, H., Otto, C., Reinhoudt, D.N., Lammertink, R.G.H., Huskens, J., Subramaniam, V., Velders, A.H.

Journal of the American Chemical Society 131 (22), pp. 7526-7527

doi:10.1021/ja901756a

Explorations of the application of cyanine dyes for quantitative aα-synuclein detection

Volkova, K.D., Kovalska, V.B., Segers-Nolten, G.M., Veldhuis, G., Subramaniam, V., Yarmoluk, S.M.

Biotechnic and Histochemistry 84 (2), pp. 55-61

doi:10.1080/10520290902798799

2008

Intracellular manipulation of chromatin using magnetic nanoparticles

Kanger, J.S., Subramaniam, V., Van Driel, R.

Chromosome Research 16 (3), pp. 511-522

doi:10.1007/s10577-008-1239-1

Biofunctionalized lipid-polymer hybrid nanocontainers with controlled permeability

Dudia, A., Koçer, A., Subramaniam, V., Kanger, J.S.

Nano Letters 8 (4), pp. 1105-1109

doi:10.1021/nl073211b

Lipid bilayer disruption by oligomeric α-synuclein depends on bilayer charge and accessibility of the hydrophobic core

van Rooijen, B.D., Claessens, M.M.A.E., Subramaniam, V.

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Biomembranes 1788 (6), pp. 1271-1278

doi:10.1016/j.bbamem.2009.03.010

Membrane binding of oligomeric α-synuclein depends on bilayer charge and packing

van Rooijen, B.D., Claessens, M.M.A.E., Subramaniam, V.

FEBS Letters 582 (27), pp. 3788-3792

doi:10.1016/j.febslet.2008.10.009

Concentration dependence of α-synuclein fibril length assessed by quantitative atomic force microscopy and statistical-mechanical theory

Van Raaij, M.E., Van Gestel, J., Segers-Nolten, I.M.J., De Leeuw, S.W., Subramaniam, V.

Biophysical Journal 95 (10), pp. 4871-4878

doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.127464

Tissue transglutaminase modulates α-synuclein oligomerization

Segers-Nolten, I.M.J., Wilhelmus, M.M.M., Veldhuis, G., Van Rooijen, B.D., Drukarch, B., Subramaniam, V.

Protein Science 17 (8), pp. 1395-1402

doi: 10.1110/ps.036103.108

PhD Theses

Marieke Snijder - van As

Controlled initiation and quantitative visualization of cell interaction dynamics - a novel hybrid microscopy method-

doi:org/10.3990/1.9789036531252

2 December, 2010

Chien-Ching Wu

Novel Dip-Pen Nanolithography Strategies for Nanopatterning

doi:10.3990/1.9789036530170

18 June, 2010

Chandrashekhar Murade

Insights into DNA intercalation using combined optical tweezers and fluorescence microscopy

doi:10.3990/1.9789036530460

11 June, 2010

Tomasz Bak

Two photon microstereolithography of polymers for tissue engineering

doi:10.3990/1.9789036528471

16 December, 2009

Maryana Escalante Marun

Nanofabrication of bio-inspired architectures with light harvesting proteins

doi:10.3990/1.9789036529198

11 December, 2009

Bart van Rooijen

Structural and functional insights into interactions of oligomeric α-synuclein with lipid membranes

doi:10.3990/1.9789036529310

26 November, 2009

Martijn van Raaij

Biophysical characterization of alpha-synuclein aggregates: Parkinson's disease at the nanoscale

doi:10.3990/1.9789036527477

10 December, 2008

Inaugural Lecture

Prof. Dr. Vinod Subramaniam

Biophysics of Protein Misfolding

21 June, 2007