TY  - JOUR
A1  - Poghossian, Arshak
A1  - Schöning, Michael Josef
T1  - Label-free sensing of biomolecules with field-effect devices for clinical applications
JF  - Electroanalysis
N2  - Among the variety of transducer concepts proposed for label-free detection of biomolecules, the semiconductor field-effect device (FED) is one of the most attractive platforms. As medical techniques continue to progress towards diagnostic and therapies based on biomarkers, the ability of FEDs for a label-free, fast and real-time detection of multiple pathogenic and physiologically relevant molecules with high specificity and sensitivity offers very promising prospects for their application in point-of-care and personalized medicine for an early diagnosis and treatment of diseases. The presented paper reviews recent advances and current trends in research and development of different FEDs for label-free, direct electrical detection of charged biomolecules by their intrinsic molecular charge. The authors are mainly focusing on the detection of the DNA hybridization event, antibody-antigen affinity reaction as well as clinically relevant biomolecules such as cardiac and cancer biomarkers.
Y1  - 2014
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/elan.201400073
SN  - 1521-4109 (E-Journal); 1040-0397 (Print)
VL  - 26
IS  - 6
SP  - 1197
EP  - 1213
PB  - Wiley-VCH
CY  - Weinheim
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Oberländer, Jan
A1  - Kirchner, Patrick
A1  - Boyen, Hans-Gerd
A1  - Schöning, Michael Josef
T1  - Detection of hydrogen peroxide vapor by use of manganese(IV) oxide as catalyst for calorimetric gas sensors
JF  - Physica status solidi A: Applications and materials science
N2  - In this work, the catalyst manganese(IV) oxide (MnO2), of calorimetric gas sensors (to monitor the sterilization agent vaporized hydrogen peroxide) has been investigated in more detail. Chemical analyses by means of X-ray-induced photoelectron spectroscopy have been performed to unravel the surface chemistry prior and after exposure to hydrogen peroxide vapor at elevated temperature, as applied in the sterilization processes of beverage cartons. The surface characterization reveals a change in oxidation states of the metal oxide catalyst after exposure to hydrogen peroxide. Additionally, a cleaning effect of the catalyst, which itself is attached to the sensor surface by means of a polymer interlayer, could be observed.
Y1  - 2014
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pssa.201330359
SN  - 1521-396X (E-Journal); 1862-6319 (E-Journal); 0031-8965 (Print); 1862-6300 (Print)
VL  - 211
IS  - 6
SP  - 1372
EP  - 1376
PB  - Wiley-VCH
CY  - Weinheim
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Schroeter, Rebecca
A1  - Hoffmann, Tamara
A1  - Voigt, Birgit
A1  - Meyer, Hanna
A1  - Bleisteiner, Monika
A1  - Muntel, Jan
A1  - Jürgen, Britta
A1  - Albrecht, Dirk
A1  - Becher, Dörte
A1  - Lalk, Michael
A1  - Evers, Stefan
A1  - Bongaerts, Johannes
A1  - Maurer, Karl-Heinz
A1  - Putzer, Harald
A1  - Hecker, Michael
A1  - Schweder, Thomas
A1  - Bremer, Erhard
T1  - Stress responses of the industrial workhorse Bacillus licheniformis to osmotic challenges
JF  - PLoS ONE
N2  - The Gram-positive endospore-forming bacterium Bacillus licheniformis can be found widely in nature and it is exploited in industrial processes for the manufacturing of antibiotics, specialty chemicals, and enzymes. Both in its varied natural habitats and in industrial settings, B. licheniformis cells will be exposed to increases in the external osmolarity, conditions that trigger water efflux, impair turgor, cause the cessation of growth, and negatively affect the productivity of cell factories in biotechnological processes. We have taken here both systems-wide and targeted physiological approaches to unravel the core of the osmostress responses of B. licheniformis. Cells were suddenly subjected to an osmotic upshift of considerable magnitude (with 1 M NaCl), and their transcriptional profile was then recorded in a time-resolved fashion on a genome-wide scale. A bioinformatics cluster analysis was used to group the osmotically up-regulated genes into categories that are functionally associated with the synthesis and import of osmostress-relieving compounds (compatible solutes), the SigB-controlled general stress response, and genes whose functional annotation suggests that salt stress triggers secondary oxidative stress responses in B. licheniformis. The data set focusing on the transcriptional profile of B. licheniformis was enriched by proteomics aimed at identifying those proteins that were accumulated by the cells through increased biosynthesis in response to osmotic stress. Furthermore, these global approaches were augmented by a set of experiments that addressed the synthesis of the compatible solutes proline and glycine betaine and assessed the growth-enhancing effects of various osmoprotectants. Combined, our data provide a blueprint of the cellular adjustment processes of B. licheniformis to both sudden and sustained osmotic stress.
Y1  - 2014
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0080956
SN  - 1932-6203
VL  - 8
IS  - 11
PB  - PLOS
CY  - San Francisco
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Almajhdi, Fahad N.
A1  - Senger, Tilo
A1  - Amer, Haitham M.
A1  - Gissmann, Lutz
A1  - Öhlschläger, Peter
T1  - Design of a highly effective therapeutic HPV16 E6/E7-specific DNA vaccine: optimization by different ways of sequence rearrangements (Shuffling)
JF  - PLOS one
N2  - Persistent infection with the high-risk Human Papillomavirus type 16 (HPV 16) is the causative event for the development of cervical cancer and other malignant tumors of the anogenital tract and of the head and neck. Despite many attempts to develop therapeutic vaccines no candidate has entered late clinical trials. An interesting approach is a DNA based vaccine encompassing the nucleotide sequence of the E6 and E7 viral oncoproteins. Because both proteins are consistently expressed in HPV infected cells they represent excellent targets for immune therapy. Here we report the development of 8 DNA vaccine candidates consisting of differently rearranged HPV-16 E6 and E7 sequences within one molecule providing all naturally occurring epitopes but supposedly lacking transforming activity. The HPV sequences were fused to the J-domain and the SV40 enhancer in order to increase immune responses. We demonstrate that one out of the 8 vaccine candidates induces very strong cellular E6- and E7- specific cellular immune responses in mice and, as shown in regression experiments, efficiently controls growth of HPV 16 positive syngeneic tumors. This data demonstrates the potential of this vaccine candidate to control persistent HPV 16 infection that may lead to malignant disease. It also suggests that different sequence rearrangements influence the immunogenecity by an as yet unknown mechanism.
Y1  - 2014
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0113461
SN  - 1932-6203
VL  - 11
IS  - 9
PB  - PLOS
CY  - San Francisco
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Bohrn, Ulrich
A1  - Stütz, Evamaria
A1  - Fleischer, Maximilian
A1  - Schöning, Michael Josef
A1  - Wagner, Patrick
T1  - Using a cell-based gas biosensor for investigation of adverse effects of acetone vapors in vitro
JF  - Biosensors and Bioelectronics. 40 (2013), H. 1
Y1  - 2013
SN  - 0956-5663
SP  - 393
EP  - 400
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - Amsterdam
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Murib, M. S.
A1  - Grinsven, B. van
A1  - Grieten, L.
A1  - Janssens, S. D.
A1  - Vermeeren, V.
A1  - Eersels, K.
A1  - Broeders, J.
A1  - Ameloot, M.
A1  - Michiels, L.
A1  - Ceuninck, W. De
A1  - Haenen, K.
A1  - Schöning, Michael Josef
A1  - Wagner, Patrick
T1  - Electronic monitoring of chemical DNA denaturation on nanocrystalline diamond electrodes with different molarities and flow rates
JF  - Physica Status Solidi (A). Vol. 210 (2013), iss. 5
Y1  - 2013
SN  - 0031-8965
SP  - 911
EP  - 917
PB  - Wiley-VCH
CY  - Berlin
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Schiffels, Johannes
A1  - Pinkenburg, Olaf
A1  - Schelden, Maximilian
A1  - Aboulnaga, El-Hussiny A. A.
A1  - Baumann, Marcus
A1  - Selmer, Thorsten
T1  - An innovative cloning platform enables large-scale production and maturation of an oxygen-tolerant [NiFe]-hydrogenase from cupriavidus necator in Escherichia coli
JF  - PLOS one. 2013
Y1  - 2013
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0068812
SN  - 1932-6203
PB  - Public Library of Science
CY  - San Francisco, California
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Abulnaga, El-Hussiny
A1  - Pinkenburg, Olaf
A1  - Schiffels, Johannes
A1  - E-Refai, Ahmed
A1  - Buckel, Wolfgang
A1  - Selmer, Thorsten
T1  - Effect of an Oxygen-Tolerant Bifurcating Butyryl Coenzyme A Dehydrogenase/Electron-Transferring Flavoprotein Complex from Clostridium difficile on Butyrate Production in Escherichia coli
JF  - Journal of bacteriology
Y1  - 2013
SN  - 1098-5530 [E-Journal]
SN  - 0021-9193 [Print]
VL  - 195
IS  - 16
SP  - 3704
EP  - 3713
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Bohrn, Ulrich
A1  - Mucha, Andreas
A1  - Werner, Frederik
A1  - Trattner, Barbara
A1  - Bäcker, Matthias
A1  - Krumbe, Christoph
A1  - Schienle, Meinrad
A1  - Stütz, Evamaria
A1  - Schmitt-Landsiedel, Doris
A1  - Fleischer, Maximilian
A1  - Wagner, Patrick
A1  - Schöning, Michael Josef
T1  - A critical comparison of cell-based sensor systems for the detection of Cr (VI) in aquatic environment
JF  - Sensors and actuators. B: Chemical
Y1  - 2013
SN  - 1873-3077 (E-Journal); 0925-4005 (Print)
VL  - Vol. 182
SP  - 58
EP  - 65
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - Amsterdam
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Kramer, Friederike
A1  - Halamkova, Lenka
A1  - Poghossian, Arshak
A1  - Schöning, Michael Josef
A1  - Katz, Evgeny
A1  - Halamek, Jan
T1  - Biocatalytic analysis of biomarkers for forensic identification of ethnicity between Caucasian and African American
JF  - The analyst. August 2013
Y1  - 2013
SN  - 1364-5528 (E-Journal); 0003-2654 (Print)
VL  - Vol. 138
SP  - 6251
EP  - 6257
PB  - Royal Society of Chemistry
CY  - Cambridge
ER  -