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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2006 - Stern–Gerlach Medal, German Physical Society
  • 2002 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For distinguished contributions to understanding the physics of biological membranes, macromolecular networks, and the actinbased cytoskeleton as well as for developing techniques to measure viscoelasticity and adhesion forces

Overview

Erich Sackmann is affiliated with the Technical University of Munich in Germany and conducts research primarily in the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work spans several subfields, including Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering, Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes, and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine.

Their recent published papers include:

  • Critical role of lipid membranes in polarization and migration of cells: a biophysical view, 2021, Biophysical Reviews
  • Local Measurements of Viscoelastic Parameters of Adherent Cell Surfaces by Magnetic Bead Microrheometry, 2020, UNC Libraries

Frequent co-authors in their research have been:

  • Motomu Tanaka
  • Andreas R. Bausch
  • Florian Ziemann
  • Alexei Boulbitch
  • Ken Jacobson

Sackmann's primary research topics cover:

  • Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior
  • Protein Structure and Dynamics
  • ATP Synthase and ATPases Research
  • Characterization and Applications of Magnetic Nanoparticles
  • Rheology and Fluid Dynamics Studies
  • Blood properties and coagulation

The venues where Sackmann frequently publishes include Biophysical Reviews and UNC Libraries.

Among the distinctions awarded to Sackmann are the Stern-Gerlach Medal from the German Physical Society in 2006 and Fellowship of the American Physical Society in 2002. The APS fellowship citation notes contributions to understanding the physics of biological membranes, macromolecular networks, and the actin-based cytoskeleton, as well as advancing techniques to measure viscoelasticity and adhesion forces.

Best Publications

  • Supported Membranes: Scientific and Practical Applications

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  • Polymer-supported membranes as models of the cell surface

    Motomu Tanaka;Motomu Tanaka;Erich Sackmann

  • Measurement of Local Viscoelasticity and Forces in Living Cells by Magnetic Tweezers

    Andreas R. Bausch;Winfried Möller;Erich Sackmann

  • Structure and dynamics of membranes

    R. Lipowsky;E. Sackmann

  • Local measurements of viscoelastic parameters of adherent cell surfaces by magnetic bead microrheometry.

    Andreas R. Bausch;Florian Ziemann;Alexei A. Boulbitch;Ken Jacobson

  • Structure of an adsorbed dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine bilayer measured with specular reflection of neutrons

    S.J. Johnson;T.M. Bayerl;D.C. McDermott;G.W. Adam

  • Polymorphism of phospholipid monolayers

    O. Albrecht;H. Gruler;E. Sackmann

  • Supported membranes on soft polymer cushions: fabrication, characterization and applications

    Erich Sackmann;Motomu Tanaka

  • Shape transitions and shape stability of giant phospholipid vesicles in pure water induced by area-to-volume changes.

    J. Käs;E. Sackmann

  • Phenomenology and kinetics of lipid bilayer spreading on hydrophilic surfaces

    J. Raedler;H. Strey;E. Sackmann

  • A Fluorescence Microscopic Study Concerning the Phase Diagram of Phospholipids

    M. Lösche;E. Sackmann;Helmuth Möhwald

  • Local measurements of viscoelastic moduli of entangled actin networks using an oscillating magnetic bead micro-rheometer.

    F. Ziemann;Joachim O. Rädler;E. Sackmann

  • Membrane bending energy concept of vesicle- and cell-shapes and shape-transitions

    E. Sackmann

  • Molecular friction and epitactic coupling between monolayers in supported bilayers

    R. Merkel;E. Sackmann;E. Evans

  • Bacterial turgor pressure can be measured by atomic force microscopy

    Markus Arnoldi;Monika Fritz;Edmund Bäuerlein;Manfred Radmacher

  • Chemically induced lipid phase separation in model membranes containing charged lipids: a spin label study.

    H.-J. Galla;E. Sackmann

  • Membrane Bending Modulus and Adhesion Energy of Wild-Type and Mutant Cells of Dictyostelium Lacking Talin or Cortexillins

    Rudolf Simson;Eva Wallraff;Jan Faix;Jens Niewöhner

  • Shape Transformations of Giant Vesicles: Extreme Sensitivity to Bilayer Asymmetry

    Karin Berndl;Josef Käs;Reinhard Lipowsky;Erich Sackmann

  • Direct imaging of reptation for semiflexible actin filaments

    J. Käs;H. Strey;E. Sackmann

  • Bending elastic moduli of lipid bilayers : modulation by solutes

    H.P. Duwe;J. Kaes;E. Sackmann

  • Entanglement, Elasticity, and Viscous Relaxation of Actin Solutions

    B. Hinner;M. Tempel;E. Sackmann;K. Kroy

Frequent Co-Authors

Motomu Tanaka
Motomu Tanaka Heidelberg University
Joachim O. Rädler
Joachim O. Rädler Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Udo Seifert
Udo Seifert University of Stuttgart
Wolfgang Knoll
Wolfgang Knoll Austrian Institute of Technology
Helmut Ringsdorf
Helmut Ringsdorf Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Andreas R. Bausch
Andreas R. Bausch Technical University of Munich
Reinhard Lipowsky
Reinhard Lipowsky Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces
Joachim P. Spatz
Joachim P. Spatz Max Planck Society
Bert Nickel
Bert Nickel Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Dieter Richter
Dieter Richter Forschungszentrum Jülich

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