Expertise
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
- Protein
- Synuclein
- Membrane
- Molecule
Chemistry
- Surface
- Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer
Physics
- Photonics
- Nanophotonics
Organisations
Publications
2025
Making the Invisible Visible: A Molecular View on Early Stage Protein Aggregation of α-Synuclein (2025)[Thesis › PhD Thesis - Research UT, graduation UT]. University of Twente. Heesink, G.https://doi.org/10.3990/1.9789036568401Balancing act: lipid-to-protein ratios steer the aggregation fate of α-synuclein (2025)Trends in Biochemical Sciences, 50(4), 285-286. Blum, C. & Claessens, M. M. A. E.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tibs.2025.02.001
2024
Exploring fluorescence-based methods for detection and quantification of model viruses and nanoplastics (2024)[Thesis › PhD Thesis - Research UT, graduation UT]. University of Twente. Chatterjee, S.https://doi.org/10.3990/1.978903656161714-3-3τ as a Modulator of Early α-Synuclein Multimerization and Amyloid Formation (2024)ACS chemical neuroscience, 15(9), 1926-1936. Heesink, G., van den Oetelaar, M. C. M., Semerdzhiev, S. A., Ottmann, C., Brunsveld, L., Blum, C. & Claessens, M. M. A. E.https://doi.org/10.1021/acschemneuro.4c00100
2023
SARS-CoV-2 N-protein induces the formation of composite α-synuclein/N-protein fibrils that transform into a strain of α-synuclein fibrils (2023)Nanoscale, 15(45), 18337-18346. Semerdzhiev, S. A., Segers-Nolten, I., van der Schoot, P., Blum, C. & Claessens, M. M. A. E.https://doi.org/10.1039/d3nr03556eNile Red staining for nanoplastic quantification: Overcoming the challenge of false positive counts due to fluorescent aggregates (2023)Environmental Challenges, 13. Article 100744. Chatterjee, S., Krolis, E., Molenaar, R., Claessens, M. M. A. E. & Blum, C.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envc.2023.100744Exploring Intra- and Inter-Regional Interactions in the IDP α-Synuclein Using smFRET and MD Simulations (2023)Biomacromolecules, 24(8), 3680-3688. Heesink, G., Marseille, M. J., Fakhree, M. A. A., Driver, M. D., van Leijenhorst-Groener, K. A., Onck, P. R., Blum, C. & Claessens, M. M. A. E.https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.biomac.3c00404Quantitative Seed Amplification Assay: A Proof-of-Principle Study (2023)The Journal of physical chemistry B, 127(8), 1735-1743. Vaneyck, J., Yousif, T. A., Segers-Nolten, I., Blum, C. & Claessens, M. M. A. E.https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcb.2c08326
2022
Quantification of Dark Protein Populations in Fluorescent Proteins by Two-Color Coincidence Detection and Nanophotonic Manipulation (2022)The Journal of physical chemistry B, 126(40), 7906-7915. Heesink, G., Caron, C., Van Leijenhorst-Groener, K., Molenaar, R., Gadella, T. W. J., Claessens, M. M. A. E. & Blum, C.https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcb.2c04627Quantification of the Retention and Disassembly of Virus Particles by a PEI-Functionalized Microfiltration Membrane (2022)ACS Applied Polymer Materials, 4(7), 5173-5179. Chatterjee, S., Molenaar, R., De Vos, W. M., Roesink, H. D. W., Wagterveld, R. M., Cornelissen, J. J. L. M., Claessens, M. M. A. E. & Blum, C.https://doi.org/10.1021/acsapm.2c00560
Research profiles
Courses academic year 2025/2026
Courses in the current academic year are added at the moment they are finalised in the Osiris system. Therefore it is possible that the list is not yet complete for the whole academic year.
- 193599010 - Internship
- 193640999 - Internship BME
- 193650999 - Masters Assignment
- 201400275 - Capita Selecta BME TNW-NBP
- 201700185 - Internship
- 201800344 - Master's Assignment: Physics Aspects
- 201800345 - Master's Assignment: General Aspects
- 202001433 - Bachelor’s Assignment AM-AP
- 202400318 - M12 BSc Assignment BMT
Courses academic year 2024/2025
- 193599010 - Internship
- 193599039 - Master Thesis: Physics Aspects
- 193599089 - Master Thesis: General Aspects
- 193640020 - Biophysical Techniques & Molecular Imag.
- 193640999 - Internship BME
- 193650999 - Masters Assignment
- 200900058 - CS NBP
- 201100185 - Case Study International Study Tour BME
- 201100186 - Assignment International Study Tour BME
- 201400275 - Capita Selecta BME TNW-NBP
- 201700185 - Internship
- 201800344 - Master's Assignment: Physics Aspects
- 201800345 - Master's Assignment: General Aspects
- 202000716 - Bachelor Assignment
- 202000757 - Biochemistry
- 202001433 - Bachelor’s Assignment AM-AP
- 202200048 - Classical and Quantum Emitters
- 202400318 - M12 BSc Assignment BMT
- 202400518 - Physics for Eye and Ear
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