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Controlled Membrane Remodeling By Nanospheres And Nanorods: Experiments Targeting The Design Principles For Membrane-Based Materials, Sarah Zuraw-Weston
Controlled Membrane Remodeling By Nanospheres And Nanorods: Experiments Targeting The Design Principles For Membrane-Based Materials, Sarah Zuraw-Weston
Doctoral Dissertations
In this thesis we explore two experimental systems probing the interactions of nanoparticles with lipid bilayer membranes. Inspired by the ability of cell membranes to alter their shape in response to bound particles, we report two experimental studies: one of nanospheres the other of long, slender nano-rods binding to lipid bilayer vesicles and altering the membrane shape. Our work illuminates the role of particle geometry, particle concentration, adhesion strength and membrane tension in how membrane morphology is determined. We combine giant unilamellar vesicles with oppositely charged nanoparticles, carefully tuning adhesion strength, membrane tension and particle concentration. In the case of …
Probing Structure, Function And Dynamics In Bacterial Primary And Secondary Transporter-Associated Binding Proteins, Shantanu Shukla
Probing Structure, Function And Dynamics In Bacterial Primary And Secondary Transporter-Associated Binding Proteins, Shantanu Shukla
Doctoral Dissertations
Substrate binding proteins (SBPs) are ubiquitous in all life forms and have evolved to perform diverse physiological functions, such as in membrane transport, gene regulation, neurotransmission, and quorum sensing. It is quite astounding to observe such functional diversity among the SBPs even when they are restricted by their fold space. Therefore, the SBPs are an excellent set of proteins that can reveal how proteins evolution novel function in a structurally conserved/constrained fold. This study attempts to understand the phenomenon of affinity and specificity evolution in SBPs by combining a set of biochemical, biophysical, and structural studies on the SBPs involved …
Approaches To Studying Bacterial Biofilms In The Bioeconomy With Nanofabrication Techniques And Engineered Platforms., Michelle Caroline Halsted
Approaches To Studying Bacterial Biofilms In The Bioeconomy With Nanofabrication Techniques And Engineered Platforms., Michelle Caroline Halsted
Doctoral Dissertations
Studies that estimate more than 90% of bacteria subsist in a biofilm state to survive environmental stressors. These biofilms persist on man-made and natural surfaces, and examples of the rich biofilm diversity extends from the roots of bioenergy crops to electroactive biofilms in bioelectrochemical reactors. Efforts to optimize microbial systems in the bioeconomy will benefit from an improved fundamental understanding of bacterial biofilms. An understanding of these microbial systems shows promise to increase crop yields with precision agriculture (e.g. biosynthetic fertilizer, microbial pesticides, and soil remediation) and increase commodity production yields in bioreactors. Yet conventional laboratory methods investigate these micron-scale …
Using Second Harmonic Generation To Study Gram-Positive Bacterial Membranes, Lindsey N. Miller
Using Second Harmonic Generation To Study Gram-Positive Bacterial Membranes, Lindsey N. Miller
Doctoral Dissertations
Understanding how small-molecules, such as drugs, interact with bacterial membranes can quickly unravel into much more perplexing questions. No two bacterial species are alike, especially when comparing their membrane compositions which can even be altered by incorporating fatty acids from their surrounding environment into their lipid-membrane composition. To further complicate the comparison, discrete alterations in small-molecule structures can result in vastly different membrane-interaction outcomes, giving rise to the need for more "label-free" studies when analyzing drug mechanisms. The work presented in this dissertation highlights the benefits to using nonlinear spectroscopy and microscopy techniques for probing small-molecule interactions in living bacteria. …