- Our new paper titled ” On the role of individual subunits in MscL gating: “All for one, one for all?” is accepted for publication in FASEB J (31 October 2012). The research reports that hydrophobic gating alone is not sufficient for full opening of the channel. This suggests the presence of supplementary mechanisms and/or insufficient expansion of the channel by hydrophobic gating in the absence of applied tension.
- Congratulations to Nobina Mukherjee for winning the best talk prize in the 20th annual GBB Symposium.
- Congratulations to Duygu Yilmaz for winning third poster prize in the 20th annual GBB Symposium.
- Our new paper titled “Hydrophobic gating of mechanosensitive channel of large conductance evidenced by single-subunit resolution” has been published in Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. The research reports a method that allows single-subunit resolution for manipulating and monitoring of a homopentameric mechanosensitive channel protein.
- A collaborative review paper with Prof. P. Déjardin group on “nanopore sensors: from hybrid to abiotic systems” has been publisjed in Biosensors & Bioelectronics. The review focuses on synthetic treck-etch pores in polymer foils and on biological nanopores.
- A new collaborative research paper with Prof. P. Déjardin group titled “Phosphatidylcholine background surfaces for biosensors” has been published in Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces
- Postdoc Martin Walko is leaving the Kocerlab where he worked for 2 years. He will be working at P. J. Safarik University in Kosice, Slovakia, as an Assist. Prof. We wish him all the best and success in his new position.
- Bachelor student Martijn Zwama successfully completed his bachelor thesis on “Bilayer mediated modification of MscL function by phytochemicals”. We wish him lots of success in his Master studies.