TY  - BOOK
A1  - Lauth, Jakob
T1  - Physical chemistry in a nutshell: Basics for engineers and scientists
N2  - This book is based on a multimedia course for biological and chemical engineers, which is designed to trigger students' curiosity and initiative. A solid basic knowledge of thermodynamics and kinetics is necessary for understanding many technical, chemical, and biological processes.
The one-semester basic lecture course was divided into 12 workshops (chapters). Each chapter covers a practically relevant area of physical chemistry and contains the following didactic elements that make this book particularly exciting and understandable:
- Links to Videos at the start of each chapter as preparation for the workshop
- Key terms (in bold) for further research of your own
- Comprehension questions and calculation exercises with solutions as learning checks
- Key illustrations as simple, easy-to-replicate blackboard pictures
Humorous cartoons for each workshop (by Faelis) additionally lighten up the text and facilitate the learning process as a mnemonic. To round out the book, the appendix includes a summary of the most popular experiments in basic physical chemistry courses, as well as suggestions for designing workshops with exhibits, experiments, and "questions of the day."
Suitable for students minoring in chemistry; chemistry majors are sure to find this slimmed-down, didactically valuable book helpful as well. The book is excellent for self-study.
KW  - Physical chemistry
KW  - Thermodynamics as minor
KW  - Physical chemistry starters
KW  - Minor chemistry
KW  - Physical chemistry basics
Y1  - 2023
SN  - 978-3-662-67636-3 (Softcover)
SN  - 978-3-662-67637-0 (eBook)
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-67637-0
PB  - Springer
CY  - Berlin
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Dellmann, Sophia Florence
A1  - Glorius, J.
A1  - Litvinov, Yu A.
A1  - Reifarth, R.
A1  - Al-Khasawneh, Kafa
A1  - Aliotta, M.
A1  - Bott, L.
A1  - Brückner, Benjamin
A1  - Bruno, C. G.
A1  - Chen, Ruijiu
A1  - Davinson, T.
A1  - Dickel, T.
A1  - Dillmann, Iris
A1  - Dmytriev, D.
A1  - Erbacher, P.
A1  - Freire-Fernández, D.
A1  - Forstner, Oliver
A1  - Geissel, H.
A1  - Göbel, K.
A1  - Griffin, Christopher J.
A1  - Grisenti, R.
A1  - Gumberidze, Alexandre
A1  - Haettner, Emma
A1  - Hagmann, Siegbert
A1  - Heil, M.
A1  - Heß, R.
A1  - Hillenbrand, P.-M.
A1  - Joseph, R.
A1  - Jurado, B.
A1  - Kozhuharov, Christophor
A1  - Kulikov, I.
A1  - Löher, Bastian
A1  - Langer, Christoph
A1  - Leckenby, Guy
A1  - Lederer-Woods, C.
A1  - Lestinsky, M.
A1  - Litvinov, S. A.
A1  - Lorenz, B. A.
A1  - Lorenz, E.
A1  - Marsh, J.
A1  - Menz, Esther Babette
A1  - Morgenroth, T.
A1  - Petridis, N.
A1  - Pibernat, Jerome
A1  - Popp, U.
A1  - Psaltis, Athanasios
A1  - Sanjari, Shahab
A1  - Scheidenberger, C.
A1  - Sguazzin, M.
A1  - Sidhu, Ragandeep Singh
A1  - Spillmann, Uwe
A1  - Steck, M.
A1  - Stöhlker, T.
A1  - Surzhykov, A.
A1  - Swartz, J. A.
A1  - Törnqvist, H.
A1  - Varga, L.
A1  - Vescovi, Diego
A1  - Weick, H.
A1  - Weigand, M.
A1  - Woods, P.
A1  - Xing, Y.
A1  - Yamaguchi, Taiyo
T1  - Proton capture on stored radioactive ¹¹⁸Te ions
JF  - EPJ Web of Conferences
N2  - Experimental determination of the cross sections of proton capture on radioactive nuclei is extremely difficult. Therefore, it is of substantial interest for the understanding of the production of the p-nuclei. For the first time, a direct measurement of proton-capture cross sections on stored, radioactive ions became possible in an energy range of interest for nuclear astrophysics. The experiment was performed at the Experimental Storage Ring (ESR) at GSI by making use of a sensitive method to measure (p,γ) and (p,n) reactions in inverse kinematics. These reaction channels are of high relevance for the nucleosyn-thesis processes in supernovae, which are among the most violent explosions in the universe and are not yet well understood. The cross section of the ¹¹⁸Te(p,γ) reaction has been measured at energies of 6 MeV/u and 7 MeV/u. The heavy ions interacted with a hydrogen gas jet target. The radiative recombination process of the fully stripped ¹¹⁸Te ions and electrons from the hydrogen target was used as a luminosity monitor. An overview of the experimental method and preliminary results from the ongoing analysis will be presented.
Y1  - 2023
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202327911018
SN  - 2100-014X
N1  - Volume 279, 2023. Nuclear Physics in Astrophysics – X (NPA-X 2022).
VL  - 279
IS  - Article Number: 11018
SP  - 1
EP  - 5
PB  - EDP Sciences
ER  - 
TY  - INPR
A1  - Greiner, Lasse
A1  - Jeromin, Günter Erich
A1  - Sithole, Patience
A1  - Petersen, Soenke
T1  - Preprint: Studies on the enzymatic reduction of levulinic acid using Chiralidon-R and Chiralidon-S
T2  - ChemRxiv
N2  - The enzymatic reduction of levulinic acid by the chiral catalysts Chiralidon-R and Chiralidon-S which are commercially available superabsorbed alcohol dehydrogenases is described. The Chiralidon®-R/S reduces the levulinic acid to the (R,S)-4-hydroxy valeric acid and the (R)- or (S)- gamma-valerolactone.
KW  - Levulinic acid
KW  - Chiralidon-R
KW  - Chiralidon-S
KW  - 4-hydroxy valeric acid
KW  - (R)- or (S)- gamma-valerolactone
Y1  - 2023
U6  - https://doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv-2023-jlvcv
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Degering, Christian
A1  - Eggert, Thorsten
A1  - Puls, Michael
A1  - Bongaerts, Johannes
A1  - Evers, Stefan
A1  - Maurer, Karl-Heinz
A1  - Jaeger, Karl-Erich
T1  - Optimization of protease secretion in Bacillus subtilis and Bacillus licheniformis by screening of homologous and herologous signal peptides
JF  - Applied and environmental microbiology
N2  - Bacillus subtilis and Bacillus licheniformis are widely used for the large-scale industrial production of proteins. These strains can efficiently secrete proteins into the culture medium using the general secretion (Sec) pathway. A characteristic feature of all secreted proteins is their N-terminal signal peptides, which are recognized by the secretion machinery. Here, we have studied the production of an industrially important secreted protease, namely, subtilisin BPN′ from Bacillus amyloliquefaciens. One hundred seventy-three signal peptides originating from B. subtilis and 220 signal peptides from the B. licheniformis type strain were fused to this secretion target and expressed in B. subtilis, and the resulting library was analyzed by high-throughput screening for extracellular proteolytic activity. We have identified a number of signal peptides originating from both organisms which produced significantly increased yield of the secreted protease. Interestingly, we observed that levels of extracellular protease were improved not only in B. subtilis, which was used as the screening host, but also in two different B. licheniformis strains. To date, it is impossible to predict which signal peptide will result in better secretion and thus an improved yield of a given extracellular target protein. Our data show that screening a library consisting of homologous and heterologous signal peptides fused to a target protein can identify more-effective signal peptides, resulting in improved protein export not only in the original screening host but also in different production strains.
Y1  - 2010
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1128/AEM.01146-10
SN  - 1098-5336 (E-Journal); 0003-6919 (Print); 0099-2240 (Print)
VL  - 76
IS  - 19
SP  - 6370
EP  - 6378
PB  - American Society for Microbiology
CY  - Washington, DC
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Deppe, Veronika Maria
A1  - Bongaerts, Johannes
A1  - O'Connell, Timothy
A1  - Maurer, Karl-Heinz
A1  - Meinhardt, Friedhelm
T1  - Enzymatic deglycation of Amadori products in bacteria
JF  - Applied microbiology and biotechnology
Y1  - 2011
SN  - 1432-0614 (E-Journal); 0171-1741 (Print); 0175-7598 (Print); 0340-2118 (Print)
VL  - Vol. 90
IS  - Iss. 2
SP  - 399
EP  - 406
PB  - Springer
CY  - Berlin
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Muschallik, Lukas
A1  - Molinnus, Denise
A1  - Bongaerts, Johannes
A1  - Pohl, Martina
A1  - Wagner, Torsten
A1  - Schöning, Michael Josef
A1  - Siegert, Petra
A1  - Selmer, Thorsten
T1  - (R,R)-Butane-2,3-diol Dehydrogenase from Bacillus clausii DSM 8716T: Cloning and Expression of the bdhA-Gene, and Initial Characterization of Enzyme
JF  - Journal of Biotechnology
N2  - The gene encoding a putative (R,R)-butane-2,3-diol dehydrogenase (bdhA) from Bacillus clausii DSM 8716T was isolated, sequenced and expressed in Escherichia coli. The amino acid sequence of the encoded protein is only distantly related to previously studied enzymes (identity 33–43%) and exhibited some uncharted peculiarities. An N-terminally StrepII-tagged enzyme variant was purified and initially characterized. The isolated enzyme catalyzed the (R)-specific oxidation of (R,R)- and meso-butane-2,3-diol to (R)- and (S)-acetoin with specific activities of 12 U/mg and 23 U/mg, respectively. Likewise, racemic acetoin was reduced with a specific activity of up to 115 U/mg yielding a mixture of (R,R)- and meso-butane-2,3-diol, while the enzyme reduced butane-2,3-dione (Vmax 74 U/mg) solely to (R,R)-butane-2,3-diol via (R)-acetoin. For these reactions only activity with the co-substrates NADH/NAD+ was observed. The enzyme accepted a selection of vicinal diketones, α-hydroxy ketones and vicinal diols as alternative substrates. Although the physiological function of the enzyme in B. clausii remains elusive, the data presented herein clearly demonstrates that the encoded enzyme is a genuine (R,R)-butane-2,3-diol dehydrogenase with potential for applications in biocatalysis and sensor development.
Y1  - 2017
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiotec.2017.07.020
SN  - 0168-1656
VL  - 258
SP  - 41
EP  - 50
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - Amsterdam
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Jossek, Ralf
A1  - Bongaerts, Johannes
A1  - Sprenger, Georg A.
T1  - Characterization of a new feedback-resistant 3-deoxy-D-arabinoheptulosonate 7-phosphate synthase AroF of Escherichia coli
JF  - FEMS microbiology letters
Y1  - 2001
SN  - 1574-6968
VL  - Vol. 202
IS  - Iss. 1
SP  - 145
EP  - 148
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Wilming, Anja
A1  - Begemann, Jens
A1  - Kuhne, Stefan
A1  - Regestein, Lars
A1  - Bongaerts, Johannes
A1  - Evers, Stefan
A1  - Maurer, Karl-Heinz
A1  - Büchs, Jochen
T1  - Metabolic studies of γ-polyglutamic acid production in Bacillus licheniformis by small-scale continuous cultivations
JF  - Biochemical engineering journal
Y1  - 2013
SN  - 1873-295X (E-Journal); 1369-703X (Print)
VL  - Vol. 73
SP  - 29
EP  - 37
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - Amsterdam
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Seifarth, Volker
A1  - Grosse, Joachim O.
A1  - Grossmann, Matthias
A1  - Janke, Heinz Peter
A1  - Arndt, Patrick
A1  - Koch, Sabine
A1  - Epple, Matthias
A1  - Artmann, Gerhard
A1  - Temiz Artmann, Aysegül
T1  - Mechanical induction of bi-directional orientation of primary porcine bladder smooth muscle cells in tubular fibrin-poly(vinylidene fluoride) scaffolds for ureteral and urethral repair using cyclic and focal balloon catheter stimulation
JF  - Journal of Biomaterials Applications
Y1  - 2017
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1177/0885328217723178
SN  - 1530-8022
VL  - 32
IS  - 3
SP  - 321
EP  - 330
PB  - Sage
CY  - London
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Seifarth, Volker
A1  - Goßmann, Matthias
A1  - Grosse, J. O.
A1  - Becker, C.
A1  - Heschel, I.
A1  - Artmann, Gerhard
A1  - Temiz Artmann, Aysegül
T1  - Development of a Bioreactor to Culture Tissue Engineered Ureters Based on the Application of Tubular OPTIMAIX 3D Scaffolds
JF  - Urologia Internationalis
Y1  - 2015
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1159/000368419
SN  - 0042-1138
VL  - 2015
IS  - 95
SP  - 106
EP  - 113
PB  - Karger
CY  - Basel
ER  -