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Mareike Stephan Defended her PhD!

October 19, 2023

Congratulations to Mareike!

Thesis title: A bacterial mimetic system to study bacterial inactivation and infection.

Mareike’s Articles:

Biomimetic asymmetric bacterial membranes incorporating lipopolysaccharide, M. Stephan, V. Dunsing, S. Pramanik, S. Chiantia, S. Barbirz, T. Robinson and R. Dimova, Biophys. J. 122, 2147-2161 (2023) 
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2022.12.017 Full text

Tunable biomimetic bacterial membranes from binary and ternary lipid mixtures and their application in antimicrobial testing, E. Krok, M. Stephan, R. Dimova and L. PiatkowskiBiochim. Biophys. Acta – Biomembranes 1865, 184194 (2023) 
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2023.184194 Full text BioRxiv link

Bilayer charge asymmetry and oil residues  destabilizes membranes upon poration, F.S.C. Leomil, M. Stephan, S. Pramanik, K.A. Riske and R. Dimova, Langmuir 40, 4719-4731 (2024)
DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.3c03370 Full text BioRxiv link
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Effect of leaflet asymmetry on the stretching elasticity of lipid bilayers with phosphatidic acid, D, Drabik, P. Hinc, M. Stephan, R.R.M. Cavalcanti, A. Czogalla and R. Dimova, Biophys. J123, 2406-2421 (2024)
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2024.05.031 Full text BioRxiv link