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Dietmar Pum

Dietmar Pum

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Materials Science

D-Index
57
Citations
9611
World Ranking
8074
National Ranking
35

Overview

Dietmar Pum is a researcher affiliated with BOKU University in Austria. Their work spans several main fields including Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Materials Science, and Engineering. The focus of their research is distributed across molecular biology, biomedical engineering, ecology, materials chemistry, and biomaterials.

Their contributions to academic literature include several recent papers such as:

  • Patterns in Nature-S-Layer Lattices of Bacterial and Archaeal Cells, 2021, published in Crystals
  • A New Method for Dispersing Pristine Carbon Nanotubes Using Regularly Arranged S-Layer Proteins, 2021, published in Nanomaterials
  • Alkaline treatment enhances mass transfer in Protein A affinity chromatography, 2022, published in Journal of Chromatography A
  • Reaction and Diffusion Kinetics during Hydrothermal Carbonization by Means of SEM-EDX Analysis, 2020, published in Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research
  • The application of bacteria-derived dehydrogenases and oxidases in the synthesis of gold nanoparticles, 2024, published in Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Their research topics reflect an interest in microbial and nanomaterial interfaces and broader ecological and biochemical systems, including:

  • Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
  • Genomics and phylogenetic studies
  • Microbial community ecology and physiology
  • Diatoms and algae research
  • Nanopore and nanochannel transport studies
  • Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications
  • Advanced nanomaterials in catalysis

Frequent collaborators in Dietmar Pum's work include Uwe B. Sleytr, Andreas Breitwieser, Lela Martinaga, Roland Ludwig, and Iva Rezić. These partnerships have contributed to multi-author studies, particularly in the fields of materials science and molecular biology.

The scientist's publications commonly appear in journals such as Crystals, Nanomaterials, Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, Journal of Chromatography A, and Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, indicating a multidisciplinary approach that intersects physical, chemical, and biological sciences.

Best Publications

  • Synthesis of cadmium sulphide superlattices using self-assembled bacterial S-layers

    Wayne Shenton;Dietmar Pum;Uwe B. Sleytr;Stephen Mann

  • Crystalline bacterial cell surface layers (s layers): from supramolecular cell structure to biomimetics and nanotechnology.

    Uwe B. Sleytr;Paul Messner;Dietmar Pum;Margit Sára

  • Crystalline bacterial cell surface layers

    Uwe B. Sleytr;Paul Messner;Dietmar Pum;Margit Sára

  • S-layer-streptavidin fusion proteins as template for nanopatterned molecular arrays.

    Dieter Moll;Carina Huber;Birgit Schlegel;Dietmar Pum

  • The application of bacterial S-layers in molecular nanotechnology

    Dietmar Pum;Uwe B. Sleytr

  • S‐layers as a tool kit for nanobiotechnological applications

    Uwe B. Sleytr;Carina Huber;Nicola Ilk;Dietmar Pum

  • Small extracellular vesicles and their miRNA cargo are anti-apoptotic members of the senescence-associated secretory phenotype.

    Lucia Terlecki-Zaniewicz;Ingo Lämmermann;Julie Latreille;Madhusudhan Reddy Bobbili

  • S-Layers as a basic building block in a molecular construction kit.

    Uwe B Sleytr;Eva M Egelseer;Nicola Ilk;Dietmar Pum

  • Characterization and use of crystalline bacterial cell surface layers

    Uwe B Sleytr;Margit Sára;Dietmar Pum;Bernhard Schuster

  • Ultrastructure of the cell envelope of the archaebacteria Thermoproteus tenax and Thermoproteus neutrophilus.

    P Messner;D Pum;M Sára;K O Stetter

  • Self-assembly and recrystallization of bacterial S-layer proteins at silicon supports imaged in real time by atomic force microscopy.

    E S Györvary;O Stein;D Pum;U B Sleytr

  • Role of the S layer in morphogenesis and cell division of the archaebacterium Methanocorpusculum sinense.

    D Pum;P Messner;U B Sleytr

  • Large-scale reconstitution of crystalline bacterial surface layer proteins at the air-water interface and on lipid films

    D. Pum;U.B. Sleytr

  • Large-scale recrystallization of the S-layer of Bacillus coagulans E38-66 at the air/water interface and on lipid films.

    D Pum;M Weinhandl;C Hödl;U B Sleytr

  • Formation of a gold superlattice on an S-layer with square lattice symmetry

    S. Dieluweit;D. Pum;U.B. Sleytr

  • Bacterial S-Layer Protein Coupling to Lipids: X-Ray Reflectivity and Grazing Incidence Diffraction Studies

    Markus Weygand;Barbara Wetzer;Dietmar Pum;Uwe B. Sleytr

  • S-layer protein self-assembly.

    Dietmar Pum;Jose Luis Toca-Herrera;Uwe B Sleytr

  • Structure, surface charge, and self-assembly of the S-layer lattice from Bacillus coagulans E38-66.

    D Pum;M Sára;U B Sleytr

  • Permeability and charge-dependent adsorption properties of the S-layer lattice from Bacillus coagulans E38-66.

    M Sára;D Pum;U B Sleytr

  • Self-assembled α-hemolysin pores in an S-layer-supported lipid bilayer

    Bernhard Schuster;Dietmar Pum;Orit Braha;Hagan Bayley

  • Crystalline bacterial cell surface layers: general principles and application potential

    U.B. Sleytr;P. Messner;D. Pum;M. Sára

Frequent Co-Authors

Uwe B. Sleytr
Uwe B. Sleytr BOKU University
Paul Messner
Paul Messner BOKU University
Wolfgang Kautek
Wolfgang Kautek University of Vienna
Mathias Lösche
Mathias Lösche Carnegie Mellon University
Volker Ribitsch
Volker Ribitsch University of Graz
Peter Hinterdorfer
Peter Hinterdorfer Johannes Kepler University of Linz
Johannes Grillari
Johannes Grillari BOKU University
Karl O. Stetter
Karl O. Stetter University of Regensburg
Herwig Peterlik
Herwig Peterlik University of Vienna
Andreas Fery
Andreas Fery Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden e. V.

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