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K. Al Nahas

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Approach:experimental assay· 4 Research Focus:drug response / drug discovery· 2 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 2 Research Focus:cell signaling & trafficking· 1 Organism:E. coli· 1 Organism:human· 1 Assay:imaging· 1 Research Focus:metabolism & bioenergetics· 1

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U. F. Keyser· 5 shared J. Cama· 4 shared K. Hammond· 2 shared M. Fletcher· 2 shared M. G. Ryadnov· 2 shared A. Aksimentiev· 1 shared A. Ohmann· 1 shared A. Zarkan· 1 shared

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An ultrasensitive microfluidic approach reveals correlations between the physico-chemical and biological activity of experimental peptide antibiotics

J. Cama, K. Al Nahas, M. Fletcher, K. Hammond, M. G. Ryadnov, U. F. Keyser, S. Pagliara

This study uses microfluidic platforms to show strong correlations between peptide antibiotics' physicochemical membrane activity and their cellular biological activity.

bioRxiv · Sep 8, 2021Microbiology

Measuring thousands of single vesicle leakage events reveals the mode of action of antimicrobial peptides

K. Al Nahas, M. Fletcher, K. Hammond, C. Nehls, J. Cama, M. G. Ryadnov, U. F. Keyser

The paper uses high-resolution microscopy to study antimicrobial peptides' effects on vesicles, revealing their modes of action through detailed disruption measurements.

bioRxiv · Aug 13, 2021Biophysics

An integrated microfluidic platform for quantifying drug permeation across biomimetic vesicle membranes

M. Schaich, J. Cama, K. Al Nahas, D. Sobota, K. Jahnke, S. Deshpande, C. Dekker, U. F. Keyser

The paper develops a microfluidic platform to measure drug permeability across biomimetic liposome membranes, demonstrating improved control and yield compared to existing methods.

bioRxiv · Jan 17, 2019Biophysics

Indole Pulse Signalling Regulates the Cytoplasmic pH of E. coli in a Memory-Like Manner

A. Zarkan, S. Cano-Muniz, J. Zhu, K. Al Nahas, J. Cama, U. F. Keyser, D. K. Summers

This study shows that indole pulses in E. coli regulate cytoplasmic pH in a memory-like manner, maintaining pH at 7.2 during stationary phase and protecting against stress.

bioRxiv · Sep 24, 2018Microbiology

Outperforming nature: synthetic enzyme built from DNA flips lipids of biological membranes at record rates

A. Ohmann, C.-Y. Li, C. Maffeo, K. Al Nahas, K. N. Baumann, K. Göpfrich, J. Yoo, U. F. Keyser, A. Aksimentiev

This paper describes a synthetic DNA enzyme that rapidly transports lipids between membrane leaflets, outperforming natural enzymes by three orders of magnitude.

bioRxiv · Dec 30, 2017Biophysics