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Gaseous signaling molecules

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Hitting the Bullseye: Endogenous Electrophiles Show Remarkable Nuance in Signaling Regulation

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Our bodies produce a host of electrophilic species that can label specific endogenous proteins in cells. The signaling roles of these molecules are under active debate. However, in our opinion, it is becoming increasingly likely that electrophiles can rewi ...

AMER CHEMICAL SOC2022

Computational tools and resources for designing new pathways to small molecules

Vassily Hatzimanikatis, Anastasia Sveshnikova

The metabolic engineering community relies on computational methods for pathway design to produce important small molecules in microbial hosts. Metabolic network databases are continuously curated and updated with known and novel reactions that expand the ...

CURRENT BIOLOGY LTD2022

Single-Walled Black Phosphorus Nanotube as a NO(2 )Gas Sensor

Xiao Zhou

An ab initio density functional theory study on the candidacy of single-walled black phosphorus nanotubes (BPNTs) towards sensing several common toxic gas molecules (NH3, CO, NO, NO2, and SO2) was conducted. Various adsorption characteristics, including th ...

ELSEVIER2022

Motor state transitions and Breathing in Brain Machine Interfaces

Bastien Orset

Brain-Machine interfaces aim to create a direct neural link between user's brain and machines. This goal has pushed scientists to investigate a large spectrum of applications in the realm of assistive and rehabilitation technologies. However, despite great ...

EPFL2021

Design, synthesis, reactivity, and magnetic properties of uranium based oxide and nitride complexes

Luciano Barluzzi

The activation of small molecules is a paramount challenge in modern chemistry. The use of cheap and abundant molecules such as N2, H2, CO2, or CO as energy supplies or as precursors for fine chemicals production is highly desirable. In particular, the onl ...

EPFL2021

The gram-negative sensing receptor PGRP-LC contributes to grooming induction in Drosophila

Bruno Lemaitre, Claudine Danielle Patricia Öngen

Behavioral resistance protects insects from microbial infection. However, signals inducing insect hygiene behavior are still relatively unexplored. Our previous study demonstrated that olfactory signals from microbes enhance insect hygiene behavior, and gu ...

Public Library of Science2017

On-chip microfluidic biocommunication assay for studying male-induced demise in C. elegans hermaphrodites

Martinus Adela Maria Gijs, Thomas Lehnert, Matteo Cornaglia, Li Dong

Like other animals, C. elegans nematodes have the ability to socially interact and to communicate through exchange and sensing of small soluble signaling compounds that help them cope with complex environmental conditions. For the time being, worm biocommu ...

Royal Soc Chemistry2016

Non-invasive drawable electrode for neuromuscular electrical stimulation and biological signal sensing

Andrea Biasiucci, Andrea Maesani, Stefano Silvio Giovanni Varricchio

Non-invasive "drawable", or "paintable", electrode for electrical stimulation or biological signal sensing comprising a pervious and electrically conductive layer (1), at least one electrically insulating element (2) for maintaining the electrically conduc ...

2016

Compact low-power recording architecture for multichannel acquisition of biological signals and method for compressing said biological signal data

Alexandre Schmid, Mahsa Shoaran, Mahdad Hosseini Kamal

The present invention relates to a method for compressing signal data of a plurality of biological signals captured by a plurality of implanted measurement devices. The present invention further relates to an implantable sensor configured to carry out said ...

2016

Anticytolytic Screen Identifies Inhibitors of Mycobacterial Virulence Protein Secretion

Stewart Cole, Claudia Sala, Andrej Benjak, Anthony Vocat, Ruben Hartkoorn, Ming Zhang, Jan Lars Rybniker, Edina Rita Székely

Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) requires protein secretion systems like ESX-1 for intracellular survival and virulence. The major virulence determinant and ESX-1 substrate, EsxA, arrests phagosome maturation and lyses cell membranes, resulting in tissue d ...

Cell Press2014

MQN-Mapplet: Visualization of Chemical Space with Interactive Maps of Drug Bank, ChEMBL, Pub Chem, GDB-11, and GDB-13

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Amer Chemical Soc2013

Ultrasensititve system for the real time detection of H2O2 based on strong coupling in a bio-plasmonic system

Olivier Martin, Christian Santschi, Shourya Dutta Gupta

We theoretically investigate the dependence of the different parameters of an optical biosensor for the detection of Hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) based on absorption enhancement of Cytochrome c molecules near gold nanoparticles. H2O2 is a major reactive oxygen ...

Spie-Int Soc Optical Engineering, Po Box 10, Bellingham, Wa 98227-0010 Usa2012

Carbon Monoxide-Releasing Micelles for Immunotherapy

Jeffrey Alan Hubbell, Jutta Christine Wandrey

With the discovery of important biological roles of carbon monoxide (CO), the use of this gas as a therapeutic agent has attracted attention. However, the medical application of this gas has been hampered by the complexity of the administration method. To ...

American Chemical Society2010

Surveying Molecular Vibrations during the Formation of Metal-Molecule Nanocontacts

Klaus Kern

Molecular junctions have been characterized to determine the influence of the metal contact formation in the electron transport process through a single molecule. With inelastic electron tunneling spectroscopy and first-principles calculations, the vibrati ...

American Chemical Society (ACS)2010

Impact of Carbon-Nanotube Substrate Coating in Neuronal Networks

The interest in new materials and their application in the neuroscience are growing incredibly fast. Current research interests are increasingly focusing on new artificial materials and their direct effects on the central nervous systems so that it would b ...

EPFL2010

Dual activities of odorants on olfactory and nuclear hormone receptors

Horst Arthur Vogel, Horst Pick, Olivia Baud, Sylvain Etter

We have screened an odorant compound library and discovered molecules acting as chemical signals that specifically activate both G-protein-coupled olfactory receptors (ORs) on the cell surface of olfactory sensory neurons and the human nuclear estrogen rec ...

American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology2009

Role and mechanism of transient receptor potential (TRP) channels in gustatory and chemesthetic sensations associated with dietary molecules

"Chemosensory perception", the perception of food chemicals, relies on the complex cooperation of gustatory, olfactory and somatosensory detection systems. In the oral cavity, the taste buds and the lingual branch of the trigeminal nerve are the organs tha ...

EPFL2008