
Publications
2022
An ultrasensitive microfluidic approach reveals correlations between the physico-chemical and biological activity of experimental peptide antibiotics
Journal:
Scientific Reports
Published:
30/11/2022
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-07973-z
ISSN: 2045-2322
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-07973-z
Nutrient and salt depletion synergistically boosts glucose metabolism in individual Escherichia coli cells.
Journal:
Communications Biology
Published:
30/11/2022
DOI: 10.1038/s42003-022-03336-6
ISSN: 2399-3642
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-03336-6
Numerical investigation of flexible Purcell-like integrated microfluidic pumps
Journal:
Journal of Applied Physics
Published:
28/10/2022
DOI: 10.1063/5.0109263
URL: https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0109263
Exaggerated trans-membrane charge of ammonium transporters in nutrient-poor marine environments
Journal:
Open Biology
Published:
30/06/2022
DOI: 10.1098/rsob.220041
URL: https://doi.org/10.1098/rsob.220041
Fast bacterial growth reduces antibiotic accumulation and efficacy.
Journal:
eLife
Published:
07/06/2022
DOI: 10.7554/elife.74062
ISSN: 2050-084X
DOI: 10.1101/2021.10.18.464851
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/elife.74062
2021
Nutrient and salt depletion synergistically boosts glucose metabolism in individual bacteria
Published: 31/12/2021PPR: PPR446913
DOI: 10.1101/2022.01.26.477826
URL: http://europepmc.org/abstract/PPR/PPR446913
Bacteriostatic antibiotics promote CRISPR-Cas adaptive immunity by enabling increased spacer acquisition
Journal:
Cell Host & Microbe
Published:
31/12/2021
DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.2021.11.014
ISSN: 1931-3128
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chom.2021.11.014
CryoEM structure of the outer membrane secretin channel pIV from the f1 filamentous bacteriophage
Journal:
Nature Communications
Published:
30/11/2021
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-26610-3
ISSN: 2041-1723
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-26610-3
Fast bacterial growth reduces antibiotic accumulation and efficacy
Published: 19/10/2021DOI: 10.1101/2021.10.18.464851
URL: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.10.18.464851
Membrane permeability differentiation at the lipid divide
Journal:
Biorxiv
Published:
13/10/2021
DOI: 10.1101/2021.10.12.464042
URL: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.10.12.464042
Individual bacteria in structured environments rely on phenotypic resistance to phage
Journal:
PLOS Biology
Published:
12/10/2021
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3001406
URL: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001406
Persister Escherichia coli Cells Have a Lower Intracellular pH than Susceptible Cells but Maintain Their pH in Response to Antibiotic Treatment
Journal:
mBio
Published:
31/08/2021
DOI: 10.1128/mbio.00909-21
ISSN: 2150-7511
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/mbio.00909-21
Editorial: Probing the Chromatin Architecture
Journal:
Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
Published:
29/07/2021
DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2021.727803
ISSN: 2296-634X
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fcell.2021.727803
Switching Cytolytic Nanopores into Antimicrobial Fractal Ruptures by a Single Side Chain Mutation
Journal:
ACS Nano
Published:
22/06/2021
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.1c00218
ISSN: 1936-0851
ISSN: 1936-086X
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.1c00218
Heterologous Protein Expression Favors the Formation of Protein Aggregates in Persister and Viable but Nonculturable Bacteria.
Journal:
ACS Infectious Diseases
Published:
11/06/2021
DOI: 10.1021/acsinfecdis.1c00154
URL: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsinfecdis.1c00154
Heterologous Protein Expression Favors the Formation of Protein Aggregates in Persister and Viable but Nonculturable Bacteria
Journal:
ACS Infectious Diseases
Published:
17/05/2021
DOI: 10.1021/acsinfecdis.1c00154
ISSN: 2373-8227
ISSN: 2373-8227
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsinfecdis.1c00154
Single Cell Label-Free Probing of Chromatin Dynamics During B Lymphocyte Maturation.
Journal:
Frontiers in cell and developmental biology
Published:
28/02/2021
PMID: 33842468
PMC: PMC8033168
DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2021.646616
URL: http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/33842468
2020
Microfluidic Single-Cell Phenotyping of the Activity of Peptide-Based Antimicrobials
Journal:
Methods in Molecular Biology
Published:
30/11/2020
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-0928-6_16
ISBN: 9781071609279
ISBN: 9781071609286
ISSN: 1064-3745
ISSN: 1940-6029
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-0928-6_16
Effect of DMSO on the Mechanical and Structural Properties of Model and Biological Membranes
Journal:
Biophysical Journal
Published:
30/06/2020
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2020.05.037
ISSN: 0006-3495
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bpj.2020.05.037
Waterborne Electrospinning of α-Lactalbumin Generates Tunable and Biocompatible Nanofibers for Drug Delivery
Journal:
ACS Applied Nano Materials
Published:
28/02/2020
DOI: 10.1021/acsanm.9b02557
URL: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsanm.9b02557
Engineering Chirally Blind Protein Pseudocapsids into Antibacterial Persisters
Journal:
ACS Nano
Published:
25/02/2020
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.9b06814
URL: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.9b06814
2019
Fluorescent macrolide probes – synthesis and use in evaluation of bacterial resistance
Journal:
RSC Chemical Biology
Published:
30/11/2019
DOI: 10.1039/D0CB00118J
URL: https://doi.org/10.1039/D0CB00118J
Microfluidic devices powered by integrated elasto-magnetic pumps
Journal:
Lab on a Chip
Published:
30/11/2019
DOI: 10.1039/D0LC00935K
URL: https://doi.org/10.1039/D0LC00935K
Single-cell microfluidics facilitates the rapid quantification of antibiotic accumulation in Gram-negative bacteria
Journal:
Lab on a Chip
Published:
30/11/2019
DOI: 10.1039/D0LC00242A
URL: https://doi.org/10.1039/D0LC00242A
Single-cell microfluidics facilitates the rapid quantification of antibiotic accumulation in Gram-negative bacteria.
Journal:
Lab on a Chip
Published:
30/11/2019
DOI: 10.1039/D0LC00242A
URL: https://doi.org/10.1039/D0LC00242A
Bacterial ageing in the absence of external stressors
Journal:
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Published:
25/11/2019
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2018.0442
URL: https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2018.0442
Single cell ecology
Journal:
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Published:
25/11/2019
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2019.0076
URL: https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2019.0076
Antibiotic-derived molecular probes for bacterial imaging
Journal:
Photonic Diagnosis and Treatment of Infections and Inflammatory Diseases II
Published:
07/03/2019
DOI: 10.1117/12.2507329
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.2507329
2018
Advanced Processing of Micropatterned Elasto-Magnetic Membranes
Journal:
IEEE Transactions on Magnetics
Published:
30/11/2018
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2018.2887347
WOSUID: WOS:000472562100001
URL: https://publons.com/publon/26968868/
MMHelper: An automated framework for the analysis of microscopy images acquired with the mother machine
Journal:
Scientific Reports
Published:
30/11/2018
DOI: 10.1038/S41598-019-46567-0
WOSUID: WOS:000475293200025
URL: https://publons.com/publon/20985526/
Single Cell Imaging of Nuclear Architecture Changes
Journal:
Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
Published:
30/11/2018
DOI: 10.3389/FCELL.2019.00141
WOSUID: WOS:000476946200002
URL: https://publons.com/publon/26968869/
2017
The Culture Environment Influences Both Gene Regulation and Phenotypic Heterogeneity in Escherichia coli
Journal:
Frontiers in Microbiology
Published:
30/11/2017
DOI: 10.3389/FMICB.2018.01739
WOSUID: WOS:000441566100001
URL: https://publons.com/publon/17764384/
Versatile Multiplexed Super-Resolution Imaging of Nanostructures by Quencher-Exchange-Paint
Journal:
Biophysical Journal
Published:
30/11/2017
DOI: 10.1007/S12274-018-1971-6
WOSUID: WOS:000430450000243
URL: https://publons.com/publon/17764383/
Investigating the physiology of viable but non-culturable bacteria by microfluidics and time-lapse microscopy
Journal:
BMC Biology
Published:
30/11/2017
DOI: 10.1186/s12915-017-0465-4
URL: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12915-017-0465-4
Investigating the physiology of viable but non-culturable bacteria by microfluidics and time-lapse microscopy.
Journal:
BMC Biology
Published:
30/11/2017
DOI: 10.1186/s12915-017-0465-4
URL: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12915-017-0465-4
2016
A microfluidic device for characterizing nuclear deformations
Journal:
Lab on a Chip
Published:
30/11/2016
DOI: 10.1039/C6LC01308B
WOSUID: WOS:000395893500005
URL: https://publons.com/publon/11342592/
Particle transport across a channel via an oscillating potential
Journal:
Physical Review E
Published:
30/11/2016
DOI: 10.1103/PHYSREVE.96.052401
WOSUID: WOS:000414135000005
URL: https://publons.com/publon/11342591/
2015
Direct Optofluidic Measurement of the Lipid Permeability of Fluoroquinolones
Journal:
Scientific Reports
Published:
30/11/2015
DOI: 10.1038/SREP32824
WOSUID: WOS:000382644200001
URL: https://publons.com/publon/3686885/
Single-File Escape of Colloidal Particles from Microfluidic Channels
Journal:
Physical Review Letters
Published:
30/11/2015
DOI: 10.1103/PHYSREVLETT.117.038001
WOSUID: WOS:000379514500017
URL: https://publons.com/publon/11342593/
2014
Nondecaying Hydrodynamic Interactions along Narrow Channels
Journal:
Physical Review Letters
Published:
30/11/2014
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.115.038301
WOSUID: WOS:000358024500011
URL: http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000358024500011&KeyUID=WOS:000358024500011
Quantification of Fluoroquinolone Uptake through the Outer Membrane Channel OmpF of Escherichia coil
Journal:
Journal of the American Chemical Society
Published:
30/11/2014
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5b08960
WOSUID: WOS:000364355900025
URL: http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000364355900025&KeyUID=WOS:000364355900025
Real-time deformability cytometry: on-the-fly cell mechanical phenotyping
Journal:
Nature Methods
Published:
30/11/2014
DOI: 10.1038/nmeth.3281
WOSUID: WOS:000350670300015
URL: http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000350670300015&KeyUID=WOS:000350670300015
Diffusion coefficients and particle transport in synthetic membrane channels
Journal:
The European Physical Journal Special Topics
Published:
30/11/2014
DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2014-02324-6
ISSN: 1951-6355
ISSN: 1951-6401
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1140/epjst/e2014-02324-6
2013
A label-free microfluidic assay to quantitatively study antibiotic diffusion through lipid membranes
Journal:
Lab on a Chip
Published:
30/11/2013
DOI: 10.1039/c4lc00217b
URL:
Anisotropic diffusion of spherical particles in closely confining microchannels
Journal:
Physical Review E
Published:
30/11/2013
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.89.062305
URL:
Auxetic nuclei in embryonic stem cells exiting pluripotency
Journal:
Nature Materials
Published:
30/11/2013
DOI: 10.1038/NMAT3943
URL:
Channel-Facilitated Diffusion Boosted by Particle Binding at the Channel Entrance
Journal:
Physical Review Letters
Published:
30/11/2013
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.113.048102
URL:
Local characterization of hindered Brownian motion by using digital video microscopy and 3D particle tracking
Journal:
Review of Scientific Instruments
Published:
30/11/2013
DOI: 10.1063/1.4865552
URL:
Selective transport control on molecular velcro made from intrinsically disordered proteins
Journal:
Nature Nanotechnology
Published:
30/11/2013
DOI: 10.1038/NNANO.2014.103
URL:
2012
Local Mechanical Properties of Electrospun Fibers Correlate to Their Internal Nanostructure
Journal:
Nano Letters
Published:
30/11/2012
DOI: 10.1021/nl4033439
URL:
Optimizing Diffusive Transport Through a Synthetic Membrane Channel
Journal:
Advanced Materials
Published:
30/11/2012
DOI: 10.1002/adma.201203500
URL:
2011
Colloid Flow Control in Microchannels and Detection by Laser Scattering
Journal:
UK Colloids 2011
Published:
30/11/2011
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-28974-3_9
ISBN: 9783642289736
ISBN: 9783642289743
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-28974-3_9
Electrical properties of in vitro biomineralized recombinant silicatein deposited by microfluidics
Journal:
Applied Physics Letters
Published:
30/11/2011
DOI: 10.1063/1.4766186
URL:
Microfluidics Reveals a Flow-Induced Large-Scale Polymorphism of Protein Aggregates
Journal:
Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
Published:
30/11/2011
DOI: 10.1021/jz301375d
URL:
Optical properties of in-vitro biomineralised silica
Journal:
Scientific Reports
Published:
30/11/2011
DOI: 10.1038/srep00607
URL:
Perpendicular coupling to in-plane photonics using arc waveguides fabricated via two-photon polymerization
Journal:
Applied Physics Letters
Published:
30/11/2011
DOI: 10.1063/1.4704358
URL:
Viscoelastic Properties of Differentiating Blood Cells Are Fate- and Function-Dependent
Journal:
Plos One
Published:
30/11/2011
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0045237
URL:
2010
An electrospun fiber phototransistor by the conjugated polymer poly[2-methoxy-5-(2 ‘-ethylhexyloxy)-1,4-phenylene-vinylene]
Journal:
Applied Physics Letters
Published:
30/11/2010
DOI: 10.1063/1.3534803
URL:
Biosilica Electrically-Insulating Layers by Soft Lithography-Assisted Biomineralisation with Recombinant Silicatein
Journal:
Advanced Materials
Published:
30/11/2010
DOI: 10.1002/adma.201102691
URL:
Flow-induced polymorphism of protein aggregates in micro channels
Journal:
European Biophysics Journal With Biophysics Letters
Published:
30/11/2010
WOSUID: WOS:000293637300180
URL: https://publons.com/publon/6197534/
Optical Anisotropy in Single Light-Emitting Polymer Nanofibers
Journal:
Journal of Physical Chemistry C
Published:
30/11/2010
DOI: 10.1021/jp204582j
URL:
Parallel sub-micrometre channels with different dimensions for laser scattering detection
Journal:
Lab on a Chip
Published:
30/11/2010
DOI: 10.1039/c1lc20399a
URL:
Soft Nanolithography by Polymer Fibers
Journal:
Advanced Functional Materials
Published:
30/11/2010
DOI: 10.1002/adfm.201001901
URL:
Silicon Derivate Layers/Films Produced by Silicatein-Mediated Templating and Process for Making the Same
Published: 11/05/2010URL: https://patents.google.com/patent/US20110281077A1/en
2009
Collagen-functionalised electrospun polymer fibers for bioengineering applications
Journal:
Soft Matter
Published:
30/11/2009
DOI: 10.1039/b921932c
URL:
Enhancement of light polarization from electrospun polymer fibers by room temperature nanoimprint lithography
Journal:
Nanotechnology
Published:
30/11/2009
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/21/21/215304
URL:
Rotational dynamics of optically trapped nanofibers
Journal:
Optics Express
Published:
30/11/2009
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.000822
URL:
Single light-emitting polymer nanofiber field-effect transistors
Journal:
Nanoscale
Published:
30/11/2009
DOI: 10.1039/c0nr00181c
URL:
Study of optical properties of electrospun light-emitting polymer fibers
Journal:
Superlattices and Microstructures
Published:
30/11/2009
DOI: 10.1016/j.spmi.2009.07.032
URL:
2008
Electrospun light-emitting nanofibers as excitation source in microfluidic devices
Journal:
Lab on a Chip
Published:
30/11/2008
DOI: 10.1039/b906188f
URL:
Hierarchical assembly of light-emitting polymer nanofibers in helical morphologies
Journal:
Applied Physics Letters
Published:
30/11/2008
DOI: 10.1063/1.3275727
URL:
2007
Patterning of light-emitting conjugated polymer nanofibres
Journal:
Nature Nanotechnology
Published:
30/11/2007
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2008.232
URL:
2006
Registration accuracy in multilevel soft lithography
Journal:
Nanotechnology
Published:
30/11/2006
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/18/17/175302
URL: