TY - JOUR A1 - Heuermann, Holger A1 - Stolle, Reinhard A1 - Schiek, Burkhard T1 - Novel Algorithms for FMCW Range Finding with Microwaves. Stolle, R.; Heuermann, H.; Schiek, B. Y1 - 1995 N1 - Conference proceedings / IEEE NTC '95, the Microwave Systems Conference; NTC <1995, Orlando, Fla.> SP - 129 EP - 132 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Haeger, Gerrit A1 - Probst, Johanna A1 - Jaeger, Karl-Erich A1 - Bongaerts, Johannes A1 - Siegert, Petra T1 - Novel aminoacylases from Streptomyces griseus DSM 40236 and their recombinant production in Streptomyces lividans JF - FEBS Open Bio N2 - Amino acid-based surfactants are valuable compounds for cosmetic formulations. The chemical synthesis of acyl-amino acids is conventionally performed by the Schotten-Baumann reaction using fatty acyl chlorides, but aminoacylases have also been investigated for use in biocatalytic synthesis with free fatty acids. Aminoacylases and their properties are diverse; they belong to different peptidase families and show differences in substrate specificity and biocatalytic potential. Bacterial aminoacylases capable of synthesis have been isolated from Burkholderia, Mycolicibacterium, and Streptomyces. Although several proteases and peptidases from S. griseus have been described, no aminoacylases from this species have been identified yet. In this study, we investigated two novel enzymes produced by S. griseus DSM 40236ᵀ . We identified and cloned the respective genes and recombinantly expressed an α-aminoacylase (EC 3.5.1.14), designated SgAA, and an ε-lysine acylase (EC 3.5.1.17), designated SgELA, in S. lividans TK23. The purified aminoacylase SgAA was biochemically characterized, focusing on its hydrolytic activity to determine temperature- and pH optima and stabilities. The aminoacylase could hydrolyze various acetyl-amino acids at the Nα -position with a broad specificity regarding the sidechain. Substrates with longer acyl chains, like lauroyl-amino acids, were hydrolyzed to a lesser extent. Purified aminoacylase SgELA specific for the hydrolysis of Nε -acetyl-L-lysine was unstable and lost its enzymatic activity upon storage for a longer period but could initially be characterized. The pH optimum of SgELA was pH 8.0. While synthesis of acyl-amino acids was not observed with SgELA, SgAA catalyzed the synthesis of lauroyl-methionine. KW - Streptomyces lividans KW - recombinant expression KW - Streptomyces griseus KW - ε-lysine acylase KW - α-aminoacylase Y1 - 2023 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1002/2211-5463.13723 SN - 2211-5463 N1 - Corresponding author: Petra Siegert VL - 13 IS - 12 SP - 2224 EP - 2238 PB - Wiley CY - Hoboken, NJ ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Ringers, Christa A1 - Bialonski, Stephan A1 - Ege, Mert A1 - Solovev, Anton A1 - Hansen, Jan Niklas A1 - Jeong, Inyoung A1 - Friedrich, Benjamin M. A1 - Jurisch-Yaksi, Nathalie T1 - Novel analytical tools reveal that local synchronization of cilia coincides with tissue-scale metachronal waves in zebrafish multiciliated epithelia JF - eLife N2 - Motile cilia are hair-like cell extensions that beat periodically to generate fluid flow along various epithelial tissues within the body. In dense multiciliated carpets, cilia were shown to exhibit a remarkable coordination of their beat in the form of traveling metachronal waves, a phenomenon which supposedly enhances fluid transport. Yet, how cilia coordinate their regular beat in multiciliated epithelia to move fluids remains insufficiently understood, particularly due to lack of rigorous quantification. We combine experiments, novel analysis tools, and theory to address this knowledge gap. To investigate collective dynamics of cilia, we studied zebrafish multiciliated epithelia in the nose and the brain. We focused mainly on the zebrafish nose, due to its conserved properties with other ciliated tissues and its superior accessibility for non-invasive imaging. We revealed that cilia are synchronized only locally and that the size of local synchronization domains increases with the viscosity of the surrounding medium. Even though synchronization is local only, we observed global patterns of traveling metachronal waves across the zebrafish multiciliated epithelium. Intriguingly, these global wave direction patterns are conserved across individual fish, but different for left and right noses, unveiling a chiral asymmetry of metachronal coordination. To understand the implications of synchronization for fluid pumping, we used a computational model of a regular array of cilia. We found that local metachronal synchronization prevents steric collisions, i.e., cilia colliding with each other, and improves fluid pumping in dense cilia carpets, but hardly affects the direction of fluid flow. In conclusion, we show that local synchronization together with tissue-scale cilia alignment coincide and generate metachronal wave patterns in multiciliated epithelia, which enhance their physiological function of fluid pumping. Y1 - 2023 U6 - https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.77701 SN - 2050-084X VL - 12 PB - eLife Sciences Publications ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Monakhova, Yulia A1 - Diehl, Bernd W.K. T1 - Novel approach of qNMR workflow by standardization using 2H integral: Application to any intrinsic calibration standard JF - Talanta N2 - Quantitative nuclear magnetic resonance (qNMR) is routinely performed by the internal or external standardization. The manuscript describes a simple alternative to these common workflows by using NMR signal of another active nuclei of calibration compound. For example, for any arbitrary compound quantification by NMR can be based on the use of an indirect concentration referencing that relies on a solvent having both 1H and 2H signals. To perform high-quality quantification, the deuteration level of the utilized deuterated solvent has to be estimated. In this contribution the new method was applied to the determination of deuteration levels in different deuterated solvents (MeOD, ACN, CDCl3, acetone, benzene, DMSO-d6). Isopropanol-d6, which contains a defined number of deuterons and protons, was used for standardization. Validation characteristics (precision, accuracy, robustness) were calculated and the results showed that the method can be used in routine practice. Uncertainty budget was also evaluated. In general, this novel approach, using standardization by 2H integral, benefits from reduced sample preparation steps and uncertainties, and can be applied in different application areas (purity determination, forensics, pharmaceutical analysis, etc.). KW - qNMR KW - Deuterium NMR KW - Deuterated solvents KW - Standardization Y1 - 2021 SN - 0039-9140 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.talanta.2020.121504 VL - 222 IS - Article number: 121504 PB - Elsevier ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Schöning, Michael Josef T1 - Novel approaches to design siliconbased field-effect sensors JF - Electrochemical Microsystem Technologies, New Trends in Electrochemistry Vol. 2 Y1 - 2002 SP - 384 EP - 408 PB - Taylor & Francis CY - London New York ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Heuermann, Holger A1 - Sadeghfam, Arash T1 - Novel balanced inductor for compact differential systems / Sadeghfam, Arash; Heuermann, Holger JF - Conference proceedings : Tuesday 12th, Wednesday 13th and Thursday 14th October, [RAI International Exhibition and Congress Centre, Amsterdam ; part of European Microwave Week 2004] / EuMA, European Microwave Association Y1 - 2004 SN - 1-580-53992-0 N1 - European Microwave Conference ; (34, 2004, Amsterdam) ; European Microwave Week ; (7, 2004, Amsterdam) SP - 709 EP - 712 PB - Horizon House Publ. CY - London ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Biselli, Manfred A1 - Jelinek, N. A1 - Schmidt, S. A1 - Hilbert, U. T1 - Novel bioreactors for the ex vivo cultivation of hematopoietic cells / Jelinek, N. ; Schmidt, S. ; Hilbert, U. ; Thoma, S. ; Biselli, M. ; Wandrey, C. JF - Engineering in Life Sciences. 2 (2002), H. 1 Y1 - 2002 SN - 1618-0240 SP - 15 EP - 18 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Wagner, Torsten A1 - Miyamoto, Ko-ichiro A1 - Schöning, Michael Josef A1 - Yoshinobu, Tatsuo T1 - Novel combination of digital light processing (DLP) and light-addressable potentiometric sensors (LAPS) for flexible chemical imaging JF - Procedia Engineering. 5 (2010) Y1 - 2010 SN - 1877-7058 N1 - Eurosensor XXIV Conference SP - 520 EP - 523 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Heuermann, Holger A1 - Hillebrand, Jürgen A1 - Sadeghfam, Arash T1 - Novel Concept of a Digital SigmaDelta-PLL-Phase-Shift-Modulator / Hillebrand, Jürgen ; Sadeghfam, Arash ; Heuermann, Holger Y1 - 2008 SN - 978-3-8007-3086-5 N1 - Microwave Conference (GeMIC), 2008 German SP - 123 EP - 126 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Poghossian, Arshak A1 - Berndsen, Lars A1 - Lüth, Hans A1 - Schöning, Michael Josef T1 - Novel concepts for flow-rate and flow-direction determination by means of pH-sensitive ISFETs JF - Proceedings of SPIE. 4560 (2001) Y1 - 2001 SP - 19 EP - 27 ER -