TY - JOUR A1 - Behbahani, Mehdi A1 - Behr, Marek A1 - Nicolai, Mike A1 - Probst, Markus T1 - Towards Shape Optimization for Ventricular Assist Devices Using Parallel Stabilized FEM JF - NIC Symposium 2008 : symposium, 20 - 21 February 2008, Forschungszentrum Jülich ; proceedings / organized by John von Neumann Institute for Computing. Ed. by Gernot Münster; Dietrich Wolf; Manfred Kremer (ed.) Y1 - 2008 SN - 978-3-9810843-5-1 N1 - NIC series ; 39 SP - 325 EP - 332 PB - Forschungszentrum CY - Jülich ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Frotscher, Ralf A1 - Staat, Manfred ED - Artmann, Gerhard ED - Temiz Artmann, Aysegül ED - Zhubanova, Azhar A. ED - Digel, Ilya T1 - Towards Patient-Specific Computational Modeling of hiPS-Derived Cardiomyocyte Function and Drug Action T2 - Biological, Physical and Technical Basics of Cell Engineering N2 - Human-induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes (hiPS-CM) today are widely used for the investigation of normal electromechanical cardiac function, of cardiac medication and of mutations. Computational models are thus established that simulate the behavior of this kind of cells. This section first motivates the modeling of hiPS-CM and then presents and discusses several modeling approaches of microscopic and macroscopic constituents of human-induced pluripotent stem cell-derived and mature human cardiac tissue. The focus is led on the mapping of the computational results one can achieve with these models onto mature human cardiomyocyte models, the latter being the real matter of interest. Model adaptivity is the key feature that is discussed because it opens the way for modeling various biological effects like biological variability, medication, mutation and phenotypical expression. We compare the computational with experimental results with respect to normal cardiac function and with respect to inotropic and chronotropic drug effects. The section closes with a discussion on the status quo of the specificity of computational models and on what challenges have to be solved to reach patient-specificity. Y1 - 2018 SN - 978-981-10-7904-7 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-7904-7_10 SP - 233 EP - 250 PB - Springer CY - Singapore ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Stadler, Andreas M. A1 - Garvey, G. J. A1 - Bocahut, A. A1 - Sacquin-Mora, S. A1 - Digel, Ilya A1 - Schneider, G. J. A1 - Natali, F. A1 - Artmann, Gerhard A1 - Zaccai, G. T1 - Thermal fluctuations of haemoglobin from different species : adaptation to temperature via conformational dynamics JF - Journal of the Royal Society Interface N2 - Thermodynamic stability, configurational motions and internal forces of haemoglobin (Hb) of three endotherms (platypus, Ornithorhynchus anatinus; domestic chicken, Gallus gallus domesticus and human, Homo sapiens) and an ectotherm (salt water crocodile, Crocodylus porosus) were investigated using circular dichroism, incoherent elastic neutron scattering and coarse-grained Brownian dynamics simulations. The experimental results from Hb solutions revealed a direct correlation between protein resilience, melting temperature and average body temperature of the different species on the 0.1 ns time scale. Molecular forces appeared to be adapted to permit conformational fluctuations with a root mean square displacement close to 1.2 Å at the corresponding average body temperature of the endotherms. Strong forces within crocodile Hb maintain the amplitudes of motion within a narrow limit over the entire temperature range in which the animal lives. In fully hydrated powder samples of human and chicken, Hb mean square displacements and effective force constants on the 1 ns time scale showed no differences over the whole temperature range from 10 to 300 K, in contrast to the solution case. A complementary result of the study, therefore, is that one hydration layer is not sufficient to activate all conformational fluctuations of Hb in the pico- to nanosecond time scale which might be relevant for biological function. Coarse-grained Brownian dynamics simulations permitted to explore residue-specific effects. They indicated that temperature sensing of human and chicken Hb occurs mainly at residues lining internal cavities in the β-subunits. Y1 - 2012 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2012.0364 SN - 1742-5689 VL - 9 IS - 76 SP - 2845 EP - 2855 PB - The Royal Society CY - London ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Ciobanu, Octavian A1 - Staat, Manfred A1 - Rahimi, Alireza T1 - The use of open source software in biomechanical finite element analysis JF - Buletinul Institutului Politehnic din Iaşi / Universitatea Tehnică Gh. Asachi, Iaşi Secţia 5, Construcţii de maşini = Machine construction = Bulletin of the Polytechnic Institute of Jassy = Izvestija Jasskogo Politechničeskogo Instituta Y1 - 2008 SN - 1011-2855 VL - 54 IS - 7/8 SP - 213 EP - 220 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Azat, Seitkhan A1 - Kerimkulova, Almagul R. A1 - Mansurov, Zulkhair A. A1 - Adekenov, Sergazy A1 - Artmann, Gerhard T1 - The Use of Fusicoccin as Anticancer Compound T2 - Carbon Nanomaterials in Biomedicine and the Environment N2 - The problem of creation and use of sorption materials is of current interest for the practice of the modern medicine and agriculture. Practical importance is production of a biostimulant using a carbon sorbent for a significant increase in productivity, which is very relevant for the regions of Kazakhstan. It is known that a plant phytohormone—fusicoccin—in nanogram concentrations transforms cancer cells to the state of apoptosis. In this regard, there is a scientific practical interest in the development of a highly efficient method for producing fusicoccin from extract of germinated wheat seeds. According to the results of computer modeling, cleaning composite components of fusicoccin using microporous carbon adsorbents not suitable as the size of the molecule of fusicoccin more than micropores and the optimum pore size for purification of constituents of fusicoccin was determined by computer simulation. Y1 - 2020 SN - 978-0-429-42864-7 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1201/9780429428647-8 SP - 149 EP - 172 PB - Jenny Stanford Publishing CY - New York ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Digel, Ilya A1 - Zhubanova, Azhar A. A1 - Nojima, H. A1 - Artmann, Gerhard T1 - The use of bactericidal effects of cluster ions generated by plasma in medical biotechnology JF - Biotechnologija : teorija i praktika (2004) Y1 - 2004 SN - 1028-9399 SP - 46 EP - 52 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Jean-Pierre P., de Vera A1 - Baque, Mickael A1 - Billi, Daniela A1 - Böttger, Ute A1 - Bulat, Sergey A1 - Czupalla, Markus A1 - Dachwald, Bernd A1 - de la Torre, Rosa A1 - Elsaesser, Andreas A1 - Foucher, Frédéric A1 - Korsitzky, Hartmut A1 - Kozyrovska, Natalia A1 - Läufer, Andreas A1 - Moeller, Ralf A1 - Olsson-Francis, Karen A1 - Onofri, Silvano A1 - Sommer, Stefan A1 - Wagner, Dirk A1 - Westall, Frances T1 - The search for life on Mars and in the Solar System - strategies, logistics and infrastructures T2 - 69th International Astronautical Congress (IAC) N2 - The question "Are we alone in the Universe?" is perhaps the most fundamental one that affects mankind. How can we address the search for life in our Solar System? Mars, Enceladus and Europa are the focus of the search for life outside the terrestrial biosphere. While it is more likely to find remnants of life (fossils of extinct life) on Mars because of its past short time window of the surface habitability, it is probably more likely to find traces of extant life on the icy moons and ocean worlds of Jupiter and Saturn. Nevertheless, even on Mars there could still be a chance to find extant life in niches near to the surface or in just discovered subglacial lakes beneath the South Pole ice cap. Here, the different approaches for the detection of traces of life in the form of biosignatures including pre-biotic molecules will be presented. We will outline the required infrastructure for this enterprise and give examples of future mission concepts to investigate the presence of life on other planets and moons. Finally, we will provide suggestions on methods, techniques, operations and strategies for preparation and realization of future life detection missions. KW - life detection KW - Mars KW - icy moons KW - habitability KW - space missions Y1 - 2018 N1 - 69th International Astronautical Congress (IAC), Bremen, Germany, 1-5 October 2018. SP - 1 EP - 8 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Duprat, J. A1 - Dachwald, Bernd A1 - Hilchenbach, M. A1 - Engrand, Cecile A1 - Espe, C. A1 - Feldmann, M. A1 - Francke, Gero A1 - Görög, Mark A1 - Lüsing, N. A1 - Langenhorst, Falko T1 - The MARVIN project: a micrometeorite harvester in Antarctic snow T2 - 44th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference N2 - MARVIN is an automated drilling and melting probe dedicated to collect pristine interplanetary dust particles (micrometeorites) from central Antarctica snow. Y1 - 2013 N1 - 44th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, March 18-22, 2013, The Woodlands, Texas ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Behbahani, Mehdi A1 - Probst, M. A1 - Mai, A. A1 - Tran, L. A1 - Vonderstein, K. A1 - Keschenau, P. A1 - Linde, T. A1 - Steinseifer, U. A1 - Behr, M. A1 - Mottaghy, K. T1 - The influence of high shear on thrombosis and hemolysis in artificial organs JF - Artificial Organs Y1 - 2010 SN - 0391-3988 N1 - Special Issue: SI ; Meeting abstract VL - 33 IS - 7 SP - 426 EP - 426 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Lyons, W. Berry A1 - Mikucki, Jill A. A1 - German, Laura A. A1 - Welch, Kathleen A. A1 - Welch, Susan A. A1 - Gardener, Christopher B. A1 - Tulaczyk, Slawek M. A1 - Pettit, Erin C. A1 - Kowalski, Julia A1 - Dachwald, Bernd T1 - The Geochemistry of Englacial Brine from Taylor Glacier, Antarctica JF - Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences Y1 - 2019 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JG004411 SN - 2169-8961 PB - Wiley CY - Hoboken ER -