TY - CHAP A1 - Digel, Ilya A1 - Dachwald, Bernd A1 - Artmann, Gerhard A1 - Linder, Peter A1 - Funke, O. T1 - A concept of a probe for particle analysis and life detection in icy environments N2 - A melting probe equipped with autofluorescence-based detection system combined with a light scattering unit, and, optionally, with a microarray chip would be ideally suited to probe icy environments like Europa’s ice layer as well as the polar ice layers of Earth and Mars for recent and extinct live. KW - Sonde KW - Eisschicht KW - Autofluoreszenzverfahren KW - Lichtstreuungsbasierte Instrumente KW - autofluorescence-based detection system KW - light scattering analysis Y1 - 2009 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Zhubanova, Azhar A. A1 - Aknazarov, S. K. A1 - Mansurov, Zulkhair A1 - Digel, Ilya A1 - Kozhalakova, A. A. A1 - Akimbekov, Nuraly Shardarbekovich A1 - O'Heras, Carlos A1 - Tazhibayeva, S. A1 - Artmann, Gerhard A1 - Temiz Artmann, Aysegül T1 - Adsorption of bacterial Lipopolysaccharides and blood plasma proteins on modified carbonized materials N2 - Bacterial lipopolysaccharides (endotoxins) show strong biological effects at very low concentrations in human beings and many animals when entering the blood stream. These include affecting structure and function of organs and cells, changing metabolic functions, raising body temperature, triggering the coagulation cascade, modifying hemodynamics and causing septic shock. Because of this toxicity, the removal of even minute amounts is essential for safe parenteral administration of drugs and also for septic shock patients' care. The absence of a general method for endotoxin removal from liquid interfaces urgently requires finding new methods and materials to overcome this gap. Nanostructured carbonized plant parts is a promising material that showed good adsorption properties due to its vast pore network and high surface area. The aim of this study was comparative measurement of endotoxin- and blood proteins-related adsorption rate and adsorption capacity for different carboneous materials produced at different temperatures and under different surface modifications. As a main surface modificator, positively cbarged polymer, polyethileneimine (PEl) was used. Activated carbon materials showed good adsorption properties for LPS and some proteins used in the experiments. During the batch experiments, several techniques (dust removal, autoclaving) were used and optimized for improving the material's adsorption behavior. Also, with the results obtained it was possible to differentiate the materials according to their adsorption capacity and kinetic characteristics. Modification of the surface apparently has not affected hemoglobin binding to the adsorbent's surface. Obtained adsorption isotherms can be used as a powerful tool for designing of future column-based setups for blood purification from LPS, which is especially important for septic shock treatment. KW - Kohlenstofffaser KW - Lipopolysaccharide KW - nanostrukturierte carbonisierte Pflanzenteile KW - lipopolysaccharides KW - nanostructured carbonized plant parts Y1 - 2010 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Bassam, Rasha A1 - Artmann, Gerhard A1 - Hescheler, Jürgen A1 - Graef, T. A1 - Temiz Artmann, Aysegül A1 - Porst, Dariusz A1 - Linder, Peter A1 - Kayser, Peter A1 - Arinkin, Vladimir A1 - Gossmann, Matthias A1 - Digel, Ilya T1 - Alterations in human hemoglobin structure related to red blood cell storage N2 - The importance of the availability of stored blood or blood cells, respectively, for urgent transfusion cannot be overestimated. Nowadays, blood storage becomes even more important since blood products are used for epidemiological studies, bio-technical research or banked for transfusion purposes. Thus blood samples must not only be processed, stored, and shipped to preserve their efficacy and safety, but also all parameters of storage must be recorded and reported for Quality Assurance. Therefore, blood banks and clinical research facilities are seeking more accurate, automated means for blood storage and blood processing. KW - Hämoglobin KW - Hämoglobinstruktur KW - Blutzellenlagerung KW - Hemoglobin structure KW - Red blood cell storage Y1 - 2011 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Digel, Ilya A1 - Akimbekov, Nuraly A1 - Rogachev, Evgeniy A1 - Pogorelova, Natalia T1 - Bacterial cellulose produced by Medusomyces gisevii on glucose and sucrose: biosynthesis and structural properties JF - Cellulose N2 - In this work, the effects of carbon sources and culture media on the production and structural properties of bacterial cellulose (BC) synthesized by Medusomyces gisevii have been studied. The culture medium was composed of different initial concentrations of glucose or sucrose dissolved in 0.4% extract of plain green tea. Parameters of the culture media (titratable acidity, substrate conversion degree etc.) were monitored daily for 20 days of cultivation. The BC pellicles produced on different carbon sources were characterized in terms of biomass yield, crystallinity and morphology by field emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM), atomic force microscopy and X-ray diffraction. Our results showed that Medusomyces gisevii had higher BC yields in media with sugar concentrations close to 10 g L−1 after a 18–20 days incubation period. Glucose in general lead to a higher BC yield (173 g L−1) compared to sucrose (163.5 g L−1). The BC crystallinity degree and surface roughness were higher in the samples synthetized from sucrose. Obtained FE-SEM micrographs show that the BC pellicles synthesized in the sucrose media contained densely packed tangles of cellulose fibrils whereas the BC produced in the glucose media displayed rather linear geometry of the BC fibrils without noticeable aggregates. KW - Bacterial cellulose KW - Medusomyces gisevi KW - Carbon sources KW - Culture media KW - Cellulose nanostructure Y1 - 2023 U6 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10570-023-05592-z SN - 1572-882X (Online) SN - 0969-0239 (Print) N1 - Corresponding author: Ilya Digel PB - Springer Science + Business Media CY - Dordrecht ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Artmann, Gerhard A1 - Digel, Ilya A1 - Linder, Peter A1 - Temiz Artmann, Aysegül T1 - Biophysical and Engineering Contributions to Plant Research N2 - Tests with palm tree leaves have just started yet and scan data are in the process to be analyzed. The final goal of future project for palm tree gender and species recognition will be to develop optical scanning technology to be applied to date palm tree leaves for in–situ screening purposes. Depending on the software used and the particular requirements of the users the technology potentially shall be able to identify palm tree diseases, palm tree gender, and species of young date palm trees by scanning leaves. KW - Pflanzenphysiologie KW - Dattel KW - Pflanzenscanner KW - plant scanner KW - date palm tree Y1 - 2011 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Dachwald, Bernd A1 - Xu, Changsheng A1 - Feldmann, Marco A1 - Plescher, Engelbert A1 - Digel, Ilya A1 - Artmann, Gerhard T1 - Development and testing of a subsurface probe for detection of life in deep ice : [abstract] N2 - We present the novel concept of a combined drilling and melting probe for subsurface ice research. This probe, named “IceMole”, is currently developed, built, and tested at the FH Aachen University of Applied Sciences’ Astronautical Laboratory. Here, we describe its first prototype design and report the results of its field tests on the Swiss Morteratsch glacier. Although the IceMole design is currently adapted to terrestrial glaciers and ice shields, it may later be modified for the subsurface in-situ investigation of extraterrestrial ice, e.g., on Mars, Europa, and Enceladus. If life exists on those bodies, it may be present in the ice (as life can also be found in the deep ice of Earth). KW - Eisschicht KW - Sonde KW - subsurface probe KW - subsurface ice research Y1 - 2011 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - ElBashir, Rasha A1 - Digel, Ilya T1 - Effect of nitric oxide gas on hydrogels : [abstract] N2 - The results support our theory that the NO gas has an influence in increasing the translational diffusion of hydrogels and it accelerates the melting process of the gels. KW - Stickstoffmonoxid KW - Hydrogel KW - nitric oxide gas KW - hydrogel Y1 - 2009 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Bassam, Rasha A1 - Digel, Ilya A1 - Artmann, Gerhard T1 - Effect of nitric oxide on protein thermal stability : [abstract] N2 - As a deduction from these results, we can conclude that proteins mainly in vitro, denaturate totally at a temperature between 57°C -62°C, and they also affected by NO and different ions types. In which mainly, NO cause earlier protein denaturation, which means that, NO has a destabilizing effect on proteins, and also different ions will alter the protein denaturation in which, some ions will cause earlier protein denaturation while others not. KW - Stickstoffmonoxid KW - Proteine KW - Hämoglobin KW - nitric oxide gas KW - protein KW - hemoglobin Y1 - 2009 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Digel, Ilya A1 - Temiz Artmann, Aysegül A1 - Nojima, H. A1 - Artmann, Gerhard T1 - Effects of plasma generated ions on bacteria : [poster] N2 - Summary and Conclusions PCIs were clearly effective in terms of their antibacterial effects with the strains tested. This efficacy increased with the time the bacteries were exposed to PCIs. The bactericidal action has proved to be irreversible. PCIs were significantly less effective in shadowed areas. PCI exposure caused multiple protein damages as observed in SDS PAGE studies. There was no single but multiple molecular mechanism causing the bacterial death. KW - Clusterion KW - Bakterien KW - plasma generated ions Y1 - 2003 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Preiß, C. A1 - Linder, Peter A1 - Wendt, K. A1 - Krystek, M. A1 - Digel, Ilya A1 - Gossmann, Matthias A1 - Temiz Artmann, Aysegül A1 - Porst, Dariusz A1 - Kayser, Peter A1 - Bassam, Rasha A1 - Artmann, Gerhard T1 - Engineering technology for plant physiology and plant stress research N2 - Plant physiology and plant stress: Plant physiology will be much more important for human mankind because of yield and cultivation limits of crops determined by their resistance to stress. To assess and counteract various stress factors it is necessary to conduct plant research to gain information and results on plant physiology. KW - Pflanzenphysiologie KW - Pflanzenstress KW - Pflanzenscanner KW - plant stress KW - plant scanner Y1 - 2011 ER -