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Barbara Mertins

Philipps University of Marburg

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Approach:experimental assay· 3 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 2 Research Focus:differential expression· 2 Organism:human· 2 Organism:mouse· 2 Assay:proteomics· 2 Organism:bacteria (other)· 1 Research Focus:cell-cell communication· 1

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Controlling reactogenicity while preserving immunogenicity from a self-amplifying RNA vaccine by modulating nucleocytoplasmic transport

Jason A. Wojcechowskyj, Robyn M. Jong, Imre Mäger, Britta Flach, Paul V. Munson, Progya P Mukherjee, Barbara Mertins, Katherine R Barcay, Thomas Folliard

This study shows that RNAx, a leader-protein-encoding mRNA, reduces reactogenicity while maintaining immunogenicity in saRNA-LNP vaccines.

npj Vaccines · Apr 29, 2025Peer-reviewedImmunology

Interaction between BID and VDAC1 is required for mitochondrial demise and cell death in neurons

Sina Oppermann, Barbara Mertins, Lilja Meissner, Cornelius Krasel, Georgios Psakis, Philipp Reiß, Amalia M. Dolga, Nikolaus Plesnila, Moritz Bünemann, Lars‐Oliver Essen, Carsten Culmsee

The paper shows that BID interacts with VDAC1 to mediate mitochondrial permeabilization and neuronal cell death in response to stress.

bioRxiv · Sep 14, 2021 · PreprintMolecular Biology

Ribo-attenuators: novel elements for reliable and modular riboswitch engineering

Thomas Folliard, Barbara Mertins, Harrison Steel, Thomas P. Prescott, Thomas D. Newport, Christopher W. Jones, George H. Wadhams, Travis S. Bayer, Judith P. Armitage, Antonis Papachristodoulou, Lynn J. Rothschild

This paper introduces Ribo-attenuators, a novel genetic element that improves the modularity and reliability of riboswitches in bacteria by reducing expression variation and contextual sensitivity.

Scientific Reports · Jun 28, 2017Peer-reviewedSynthetic Biology