Web spiders connect silk proteins, so-called spidroins, into fibers of extraordinary toughness. The spidroin N-terminal domain (NTD) plays a pivotal… Continue reading Methionine in a protein hydrophobic core drives tight interactions required for assembly of spider silk
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
March 24, 2020
We harness a synergy between morphology and the electromagnetic response of semiconducting material to engineer the chiro-optical properties of metamaterials… Continue reading Shape-Dependent, Chiro-optical Response of UV-Active, Nanohelix Metamaterials
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
March 24, 2020
A type of cellulose solvent, i.e., aqueous N-methylmorpholine- N-O xide (NMMO) solutions, was used to modify cellulose nanocrystal (CNC) photonic films. CNC… Continue reading Responsive and patterned cellulose nanocrystal films modified by N-methylmorpholine-N-oxide
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
March 24, 2020
Cellular delivery of biomacromolecules is vital to medical research and therapeutic development. Cationic polymers are promising and affordable candidate vehicles… Continue reading Polycation Architecture and Assembly Direct Successful Gene Delivery: Micelleplexes Outperform Polyplexes via Optimal DNA Packaging
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
March 24, 2020
A poly(ethylene glycol)-based thermogel can capture an iron ion (Fe3+) through a crown ether-like coordination bond between the oxygen atom… Continue reading Iron Ion-Releasing Polypeptide Thermogel for Neuronal Differentiation of Mesenchymal Stem Cells
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
March 24, 2020
Biocompatible silver-based nanofibrous frameworks have attracted intensive attention in wound dressing materials ascribed to their greater stability, minimal toxicity, excellent… Continue reading Preparation of silver nanoparticles and riboflavin embedded electrospun polymer nanofibrous scaffolds for in vivo wound dressing application
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
March 24, 2020
Mycobacterium abscessus belongs to a group of rapidly growing mycobacteria (RGM) and accounts for approximately 65–80% of lung disease caused by… Continue reading Characterization of the genomically encoded fosfomycin resistance enzyme from Mycobacterium abscessus
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
March 24, 2020
Most known thioredoxin-type proteins (Trx) participate in redox pathways, using two highly conserved cysteine residues to catalyze thiol-disulfide exchange reactions.… Continue reading An essential thioredoxin-type protein of Trypanosoma brucei acts as redox-regulated mitochondrial chaperone
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
March 24, 2020
Odorant-binding proteins (OBPs) are small soluble proteins that are thought to transport hydrophobic odorants across the aqueous sensillar lymph to… Continue reading The Drosophila odorant-binding protein 28a is involved in the detection of the floral odour ß-ionone
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
March 24, 2020
Heterotypic collagen fibril has long been found in the tissues of organisms, which plays an important role in the formation… Continue reading Reconstituted Fibril from Heterogenic Collagens-A New Method to Regulate Properties of Collagen Gels
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
March 24, 2020
Water assisted cobalt quinolinate complex with general formula [Co(Hqui)2(H2O)2], is used as the solid solution precursors for the synthesis of… Continue reading Simple and facile synthesis of pure nanocrystalline spinel cobaltite by thermal decomposition of solid solution precursors
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
March 24, 2020
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
March 24, 2020
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
March 24, 2020
A crystal growth of hydrothermal ZnO nanowires essentially requires a concentration control within so-called “concentration window”, where the anisotropic crystal… Continue reading Substantial Narrowing on the Width of “Concentration Window” of Hydrothermal ZnO Nanowires via Ammonia Addition
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
March 24, 2020
The trinucleotide repeat expansion disorders (TREDs) constitute of a group of >40 hereditary neurodegenerative human diseases associated with abnormal expansion… Continue reading Structural insights into synthetic ligands targeting A–A pairs in disease-related CAG RNA repeats
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
March 24, 2020
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
March 24, 2020
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
March 24, 2020
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
March 24, 2020
Proteins primarily absorb UV light due to the presence of tryptophan, tyrosine, and phenylalanine residues, with absorbance maxima at 280,… Continue reading A method to probe protein structure from UV absorbance spectra
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
March 27, 2020
Aquasomes (AQ) are self-assembled nanostructures, made up of a spherical hydroxyapatite core and a carbohydrate layer on top, for delivering… Continue reading Synthesis, Detailed Characterization, and Dual Drug Delivery Application of BSA Loaded Aquasomes
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
March 24, 2020