Prof. Dr. Conny Aerts
Physical sciences, Asteroseismology
Physical sciences
Physics
Soft matter physics, biophysics, synthetic biology, liquids and disordered solutions
European Research Council Starting Grant, 2010
EPSRC Engineering Challenges Network, 2010
Chair Gordon Research Seminar Protein Folding, USA, 2010
Royal Society Travel Award, 2009
Biochemical Society Guildford Bench Fund, 2009
Biochemical Society Travel Award, 2008
Henry Eyring Early Career Scientist Award, 2008
T. Hoffmann, K.M. Tych, M.L. Hughes, D.J. Brockwell and L. Dougan, Towards design principles for determining the mechanical stability of proteins, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics (2013)
K.M. Tych, T. Hoffmann, D.J. Brockwell and L. Dougan, Single molecule force spectroscopy reveals the temperature-dependent robustness and malleability of a hyperthermophilic protein, Soft Matter, 9(37), 9016-9025 (2013)
J.J. Towey, A.K. Soper and L. Dougan, What happens to the structure of water in cryoprotectant solutions?, Faraday Discussions, DOI: 10.1039/C3FD00084B (2013)
T. Hoffmann, K.M. Tych, D.J. Brockwell and L. Dougan, Single molecule force spectroscopy identifies a small cold shock protein as being mechanically robust, Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 117(6):1819-26 (2013)
N.H. Rhys and L. Dougan, The emerging role of hydrogen bonds in polyglutamine structure, stability and association, Soft Matter, 9, 2359-2364 (2013)
J.J. Towey, A.K. Soper and L. Dougan, Molecular insight into the hydrogen bonding and micro-segregation of a cryoprotectant molecule, Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 116(47) 13898 (2012)
N. H. Rhys, A.K. Soper and L. Dougan, The hydrogen bonding ability of the amino acid glutamine revealed by neutron diffraction experiments, Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 116(45) 13308 (2012)
L. Dougan, Measuring molecular forces, Physics Review, 22, 6 (2012)
T. Hoffmann and L. Dougan, Single molecule force spectroscopy using polyproteins, ChemSocRev, 41, 4781 (2012)
K. Tych and L. Dougan, A single molecule approach to explore the role of the solvent environment in protein folding, in Proteins in solution and at interfaces: Methods and applications in biotechnology and materials science, Wiley Series on surface and interfacial chemistry, ISBN:9780470952511 (2012)
J. Towey and L. Dougan, Structural examination of the impact of glycerol on water structure, Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 116, 1633 (2012)
J. Towey, A.K. Soper and L. Dougan, Preference for isolated water molecules in a concentrated glycerol-water mixture, Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 115, 7799 (2011)
J. Towey, A.K. Soper and L. Dougan, The structure of glycerol in the liquid state: a neutron diffraction study, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 12, 9397 (2011)
L. Dougan, J. Crain, J.L. Finney and A.K. Soper, Molecular Self-assembly in a model amphiphile system, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 12, 10221 (2010)
J.M. Fernandez, S. Garcia-Manyes, L. Dougan, Force-clamp spectroscopy of single proteins, in Single Molecule Spectroscopy in Chemistry, Physics and Biology: Nobel Symposium, Edited by A. Gräslund, R. Rigler and J. Widengren (Springer Series in Chemical Physics) (2010)
Life in extreme environments
Self-assembly of biological molecules and synthetic systems
Cryopreservation
Protein aggregation
Mechanical properites of molecular motors
Neutron diffraction of water and aqueous solutions
Single molecule force spectroscopy
Institute of Physics
European Molecular Liquids group
Biochemical Society
Biophysical Society
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