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Biology and Biochemistry
Netherlands
2023

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
95
Citations
33167
World Ranking
1902
National Ranking
36

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Netherlands Leader Award
  • 2009 - Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

Bert Poolman is affiliated with the University of Groningen in the Netherlands. Their research focuses predominantly on the field of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with an emphasis on Molecular Biology, Genetics, Biochemistry, Materials Chemistry, and Oncology.

The scientist's work covers several main topics:

  • Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior
  • Protein Structure and Dynamics
  • Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology
  • Fungal and yeast genetics research
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • Amino Acid Enzymes and Metabolism
  • Drug Transport and Resistance Mechanisms

The recent publications by Bert Poolman include:

  • Structural and functional diversity calls for a new classification of ABC transporters, 2020, FEBS Letters
  • Membrane thickness, lipid phase and sterol type are determining factors in the permeability of membranes to small solutes, 2022, Nature Communications
  • Macromolecular Crowding, Phase Separation, and Homeostasis in the Orchestration of Bacterial Cellular Functions, 2024, Chemical Reviews
  • Periprotein lipidomes of Saccharomyces cerevisiae provide a flexible environment for conformational changes of membrane proteins, 2020, eLife
  • Gating by ionic strength and safety check by cyclic-di-AMP in the ABC transporter OpuA, 2020, Science Advances

Bert Poolman frequently collaborates with several researchers, including Marco van den Noort, Dirk Jan Slotboom, Gea K. Schuurman-Wolters, Siewert J. Marrink, and Hendrik R. Sikkema.

The scientist's publications are often found in key venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), eLife, Journal of Molecular Biology, Trends in Biochemical Sciences, and ACS Synthetic Biology.

In recognition of their contributions, Bert Poolman was awarded membership in the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2009.

Best Publications

  • Mechanisms of membrane toxicity of hydrocarbons.

    J. Sikkema;J.A.M. de Bont;B. Poolman

  • Mechanisms of membrane toxcity of hydrocarbons.

    Jan Sikkema;J.A.M. de Bont;Bert Poolman

  • Interactions of cyclic hydrocarbons with biological membranes.

    J. Sikkema;J.A.M. de Bont;B. Poolman

  • The proteolytic systems of lactic acid bacteria

    Edmund R.S. Kunji;Igor Mierau;Anja Hagting;Berend Poolman

  • Probing lipid mobility of raft-exhibiting model membranes by fluorescence correlation spectroscopy

    Nicoletta Kahya;Dag Scherfeld;Kirsten Bacia;Bert Poolman

  • Osmosensing and osmoregulatory compatible solute accumulation by bacteria

    Janet M. Wood;Erhard Bremer;Laszlo N. Csonka;Reinhard Kraemer

  • A structural classification of substrate-binding proteins

    Ronnie P.-A. Berntsson;Sander H.J. Smits;Lutz Schmitt;Dirk-Jan Slotboom

  • The plasma membrane of Saccharomyces cerevisiae: structure, function, and biogenesis.

    M E van der Rest;A H Kamminga;A Nakano;Y Anraku

  • Thrombocidins, Microbicidal Proteins from Human Blood Platelets, Are C-terminal Deletion Products of CXC Chemokines

    J. Krijgsveld;S.A.J. Zaat;J. Meeldijk;P.A. van Veelen

  • Lateral diffusion of membrane proteins.

    Sivaramakrishnan Ramadurai;Andrea Holt;Victor Krasnikov;Geert van den Bogaart

  • Multidrug resistance mediated by a bacterial homolog of the human multidrug transporter MDR1

    Hendrik W. van Veen;Koen Venema;Henk Bolhuis;Irina Oussenko

  • ABC transporter architecture and regulatory roles of accessory domains

    Esther Biemans-Oldehinkel;Mark K. Doeven;Bert Poolman

  • Regulation of compatible solute accumulation in bacteria

    Bert Poolman;Erwin Glaasker

  • An updated structural classification of substrate-binding proteins

    Giel H Scheepers;Jelger A Lycklama A Nijeholt;Bert Poolman

  • Lipid packing drives the segregation of transmembrane helices into disordered lipid domains in model membranes

    Lars V. Schäfer;Djurre H. de Jong;Andrea Holt;Andrzej J. Rzepiela

  • SECONDARY SOLUTE TRANSPORT IN BACTERIA

    Bert Poolman;Wil N. Konings

  • Proteolytic enzymes of Lactococcus lactis

    P. S. Tjwan Tan;Bert Poolman;Wil N. Konings

  • Lactococcus lactis as host for overproduction of functional membrane proteins

    Edmund R.S. Kunji;Dirk Jan Slotboom;Bert Poolman

  • Multidrug resistance in Lactococcus lactis: evidence for ATP-dependent drug extrusion from the inner leaflet of the cytoplasmic membrane.

    H Bolhuis;H.W. van Veen;D. Molenaar;Berend Poolman

  • MetabolismEnergy transduction in lactic acid bacteria

    Bert Poolman

Frequent Co-Authors

Wil N. Konings
Wil N. Konings University of Groningen
Jan Kok
Jan Kok University of Groningen
Arnold J. M. Driessen
Arnold J. M. Driessen University of Groningen
Jan Knol
Jan Knol Wageningen University & Research
Siewert J. Marrink
Siewert J. Marrink University of Groningen
Oscar P. Kuipers
Oscar P. Kuipers University of Groningen
Edmund R. S. Kunji
Edmund R. S. Kunji University of Cambridge
Marc C. A. Stuart
Marc C. A. Stuart University of Groningen
Douwe Molenaar
Douwe Molenaar Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Gerard Roelfes
Gerard Roelfes University of Groningen

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