Silver nanoparticles (SNPs) play very significant roles in biomedical applications, e.g., biosensors in numerous assays for quantitative detection, and the… Continue reading Surface Plasmon Resonance of Counterions coated Charged Silver Nanoparticles and Application in Bio-interaction
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
May 22, 2018
Narrowly distributed poly(l-lysine-b-N-isopropylacrylamide) (PLL-b-PNIPAM) was prepared through ring-opening polymerization of ε-benzyloxycarbonyl-l-lysine N-carboxy-α-amino anhydride and atom transfer radical polymerization of NIPAM, followed… Continue reading Gold Nanoparticles Grafted with PLL-b-PNIPAM: Interplay on Thermal/pH Dual-Response and Optical Properties
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
May 22, 2018
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
May 22, 2018
Control of ionomer thin films on metal surfaces is important for a range of electrodes used in electrochemical applications. Engineered… Continue reading Engineered interaction between short elastin-like peptides and perfluorinated sulfonic-acid ionomer
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
May 22, 2018
Plants are extensively used in traditional medicine, and several plant antimicrobial peptides have been described as potential alternatives to conventional antibiotics. However,… Continue reading In silico optimization of a guava antimicrobial peptide enables combinatorial exploration for peptide design
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
May 22, 2018
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
May 22, 2018
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
May 22, 2018
Staphylococcus epidermidis is a common nosocomial pathogen able to form biofilms in indwelling devices, resulting in chronic infections, which are refractory… Continue reading LL‐37 fragments have antimicrobial activity against Staphylococcus epidermidis biofilms and wound healing potential in HaCaT cell line
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
May 22, 2018
Striking synergy between nucleic acids and proteins is exhibited in living cells. Whether such mutual activity can be performed using… Continue reading Functional Assemblies Emerging in Complex Mixtures of Peptides and Nucleic Acid‐Peptide Chimeras
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
May 22, 2018
This work analyzes the involvement of arginines in copper/H2O2-induced DNA breakage. Copper is a highly redox active metal which has… Continue reading Relevance of arginine residues in Cu(II)-induced DNA breakage and Proteinase K resistance of H1 histones
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
May 22, 2018
Soy protein isolate (SPI) has promising applications in various food products because of its excellent functional properties and nutritional quality.… Continue reading Covalent modification of soy protein isolate by (–)‐epigallocatechin‐3‐gallate: effects on structural and emulsifying properties
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
May 22, 2018
A photochromic molecule composed of a helical tetrathiazole framework and two pyrene units bridged by amino acid spacers exhibited on‐off… Continue reading Dynamic Modulation of Circularly Polarized Luminescence in Photoresponsive Assemblies
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
May 24, 2018
Well‐defined copolymers synthesized by combining poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) and amino acid based building blocks are investigated with regard to their… Continue reading Self‐Assembly and Responsive Behavior of Poly(peptide)‐Based Copolymers
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
May 22, 2018
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
May 22, 2018
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
May 22, 2018
Cisplatin is a widely used anticancer drug in clinic, and ammonium tetrathiomolybdate ([(NH4)2MoS4], TM) is a copper chelator used in… Continue reading Tetrathiomolybdate inhibits the reaction of cisplatin with human copper chaperone Atox1
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
May 22, 2018
Simple peptide—Fmoc-tyrosine (Fmoc-Y) with self-assembled nanofiber structure was incorporated in Ca-alginate hydrogels to create a hybrid hydrogel of interpenetrating network… Continue reading Incorporation of Fmoc-Y nanofiber in Ca-alginate hydrogels for improving mechanical properties and controlled release of small molecules
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
May 22, 2018
Recent advances in Recombinant antibody technology / Antibody Engineering has given impetus to the genetic manipulation of antibody fragments that has paved the way for better… Continue reading Surface plasmon resonance (SPR) based binding studies of refolded single chain antibody fragments
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
May 22, 2018
Protein-protein interactions play important roles in regulating human aquaporins (AQP) by gating as well as trafficking. While structural and functional… Continue reading Protein-protein interactions in AQP regulation – biophysical characterization of AQP0- CaM and AQP2-LIP5 complex formation
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
May 22, 2018
Mmi1 is an essential RNA-binding protein in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe that eliminates meiotic transcripts during normal vegetative growth. Mmi1 contains… Continue reading A low-complexity region in the YTH domain protein Mmi1 enhances RNA binding
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
May 22, 2018