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Abraham J. Koster is affiliated with Leiden University Medical Center in the Netherlands. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology as well as Medicine. Within these broad areas, Koster's work focuses on specialized subfields including Structural Biology, Infectious Diseases, Surfaces, Coatings and Films, Molecular Biology, and Radiation.

Their scientific contributions emphasize several main topics:

  • Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications
  • Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques
  • Advanced X-ray Imaging Techniques
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Viral Gastroenteritis Research and Epidemiology
  • Animal Virus Infections Studies
  • Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology

Koster's recent scholarly articles include works published in a range of respected journals and preprint servers. Notable papers feature:

  • "Human-iPSC-Derived Cardiac Stromal Cells Enhance Maturation in 3D Cardiac Microtissues and Reveal Non-cardiomyocyte Contributions to Heart Disease," 2020, Cell Stem Cell
  • "A molecular pore spans the double membrane of the coronavirus replication organelle," 2020, Science
  • "A unifying structural and functional model of the coronavirus replication organelle: Tracking down RNA synthesis," 2020, PLoS Biology
  • "AreTomo: An integrated software package for automated marker-free, motion-corrected cryo-electron tomographic alignment and reconstruction," 2022, Journal of Structural Biology X
  • "AreTomo: An integrated software package for automated marker-free, motion-corrected cryo-electron tomographic alignment and reconstruction," 2022, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Koster has frequently published in venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Microscopy and Microanalysis
  • Cell Stem Cell
  • Science
  • PLoS Biology

Their collaboration network includes frequent co-authors with multiple joint publications. These include Roman I. Koning, Montserrat Bárcena, Daan B Boltje, Jacob P. Hoogenboom, and Arjen J. Jakobi.

Best Publications

  • SARS-Coronavirus Replication Is Supported by a Reticulovesicular Network of Modified Endoplasmic Reticulum

    Kèvin Knoops;Marjolein Kikkert;Sjoerd H E van den Worm;Jessika C Zevenhoven-Dobbe

  • Complement is activated by IgG hexamers assembled at the cell surface.

    Christoph A. Diebolder;Christoph A. Diebolder;Frank J. Beurskens;Rob N. de Jong;Roman I. Koning

  • Nucleosomes, linker DNA, and linker histone form a unique structural motif that directs the higher-order folding and compaction of chromatin

    Jan Bednar;Rachel A. Horowitz;Sergei A. Grigoryev;Lenny M. Carruthers

  • A unifying structural and functional model of the coronavirus replication organelle: Tracking down RNA synthesis.

    Eric J. Snijder;Ronald W. A. L. Limpens;Adriaan H. de Wilde;Anja W. M. de Jong

  • Perspectives of molecular and cellular electron tomography.

    Abraham J. Koster;Rudo Grimm;Dieter Typke;Reiner Hegerl

  • A molecular pore spans the double membrane of the coronavirus replication organelle.

    Georg Wolff;Ronald W. A. L. Limpens;Jessika C. Zevenhoven-Dobbe;Ulrike Laugks

  • Human-iPSC-Derived Cardiac Stromal Cells Enhance Maturation in 3D Cardiac Microtissues and Reveal Non-cardiomyocyte Contributions to Heart Disease

    Elisa Giacomelli;Viviana Meraviglia;Giulia Campostrini;Amy Cochrane

  • Three-Dimensional Transmission Electron Microscopic Observations of Mesopores in Dealuminated Zeolite Y

    Andries H. Janssen;Abraham J. Koster;Krijn P. de Jong

  • Cryo-electron tomography of mouse hepatitis virus: Insights into the structure of the coronavirion

    Montserrat Barcena;Gert T. Oostergetel;Willem Bartelink;Frank G. A. Faas

  • Secretory traffic triggers the formation of tubular continuities across Golgi sub-compartments

    Alvar Trucco;Roman S Polishchuk;Oliviano Martella;Alessio Di Pentima

  • Exploratory study of mesopore templating with carbon during zeolite synthesis

    A.H. Janssen;I. Schmidt;C.J.H. Jacobsen;A.J. Koster

  • Renal Subcapsular Transplantation of PSC-Derived Kidney Organoids Induces Neo-vasculogenesis and Significant Glomerular and Tubular Maturation In Vivo.

    Cathelijne W. van den Berg;Laila Ritsma;M. Cristina Avramut;Loes E. Wiersma

  • Three-Dimensional Transmission Electron Microscopy: A Novel Imaging and Characterization Technique with Nanometer Scale Resolution for Materials Science

    A.J. Koster;Ulrike Ziese;A.J. Verkleij;A.H. Janssen

  • Corneal collagen fibril structure in three dimensions: Structural insights into fibril assembly, mechanical properties, and tissue organization

    David F. Holmes;Christopher J. Gilpin;Clair Baldock;Ulrike Ziese

  • ER-to-Golgi Carriers Arise through Direct En Bloc Protrusion and Multistage Maturation of Specialized ER Exit Domains

    Alexander A Mironov;Galina V Beznoussenko;Alvar Trucco;Pietro Lupetti

  • Cryo-electron microscopy of extracellular vesicles in fresh plasma.

    Yuana Yuana;Roman I. Koning;Maxim E. Kuil;Patrick C. N. Rensen

  • Towards automatic electron tomography

    K. Dierksen;D. Typke;R. Hegerl;A.J. Koster

  • Expression and Cleavage of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus nsp3-4 Polyprotein Induce the Formation of Double-Membrane Vesicles That Mimic Those Associated with Coronaviral RNA Replication.

    Diede Oudshoorn;Kevin Rijs;Ronald W. A. L. Limpens;Kevin Groen

  • 26s proteasome structure revealed by three-dimensional electron microscopy

    Jochen Walz;Annette Erdmann;Mary Kania;Dieter Typke

  • Correlative microscopy and electron tomography of GFP through photooxidation

    Markus Grabenbauer;Willie J C Geerts;Julia Fernadez-Rodriguez;Andreas Hoenger

Frequent Co-Authors

Eric J. Snijder
Eric J. Snijder Leiden University Medical Center
Arie J. Verkleij
Arie J. Verkleij Utrecht University
Wolfgang Baumeister
Wolfgang Baumeister Max Planck Society
Piet Gros
Piet Gros Utrecht University
Raimond B. G. Ravelli
Raimond B. G. Ravelli Maastricht University
Jan Wijnholds
Jan Wijnholds Leiden University Medical Center
Jan Voorberg
Jan Voorberg University of Amsterdam
David A. Agard
David A. Agard University of California, San Francisco
Gilles P. van Wezel
Gilles P. van Wezel Leiden University
Krijn P. de Jong
Krijn P. de Jong Utrecht University

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