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Jean Marie Ruysschaert

Jean Marie Ruysschaert

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Chemistry
Belgium
2025

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Chemistry

D-Index
88
Citations
26328
World Ranking
2304
National Ranking
26

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Belgium Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Belgium Leader Award

Overview

Jean Marie Ruysschaert is affiliated with the Université Libre de Bruxelles in Belgium. Their primary research domain is within Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, focusing on a diverse range of subfields including Molecular Biology, Genetics, Biomaterials, Endocrinology, and Ecology.

The scientist's work gravitates around several main topics, such as:

  • Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • Supramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials
  • Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior
  • Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
  • Protein Structure and Dynamics
  • ATP Synthase and ATPases Research

Jean Marie Ruysschaert has contributed to various publication venues, with notable frequency in:

  • Biomolecules
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • UNC Libraries
  • Journal of Proteome Research
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Their recent papers illustrate a focus on membrane proteins, lipid structures, and biochemical sensing systems. These include:

  • A Transmembrane Histidine Kinase Functions as a pH Sensor, 2020, Biomolecules
  • Interhelical H-Bonds Modulate the Activity of a Polytopic Transmembrane Kinase, 2021, Biomolecules
  • Tertiary conformational changes of the Neurospora crassa plasma membrane H (+)-ATPase monitored by hydrogen/deuterium exchange kinetics. A Fourier transformed infrared spectroscopy approach., 2021, UNC Libraries
  • Spontaneous Nanotube Formation of a Very Asymmetric Glycolipid, 2024, SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Tuning the Spontaneous Formation of Helical Lipid Nanotubes by Bilayer Compositional Control, 2025, SSRN Electronic Journal

Frequent collaborators in their research include Ana Bortolotti, Juan Cruz Almada, María Eugenia Inda, Larisa E. Cybulski, and Patricia Losada Pérez.

Best Publications

  • Attenuated total reflection infrared spectroscopy of proteins and lipids in biological membranes.

    Erik Goormaghtigh;Vincent Raussens;Jean Marie Ruysschaert

  • Secondary structure and dosage of soluble and membrane proteins by attenuated total reflection Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy on hydrated films.

    Erik Goormaghtigh;Véronique Cabiaux;Jean Marie Ruysschaert

  • Determination of soluble and membrane protein structure by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. I. Assignments and model compounds.

    Erik Goormaghtigh;Véronique Cabiaux;Jean Marie Ruysschaert

  • Formation and intracellular trafficking of lipoplexes and polyplexes.

    Abdelatif Elouahabi;Jean Marie Ruysschaert

  • Antiparallel beta-sheet: a signature structure of the oligomeric amyloid beta-peptide.

    Emilie Cerf;Rabia Sarroukh;Shiori Tamamizu-Kato;Leonid Breydo

  • Secretion of Yop proteins by Yersiniae.

    Theresa Michiels;P Wattiau;Robert Brasseur;Jean Marie Ruysschaert

  • Determination of soluble and membrane protein structure by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. III. Secondary structures.

    Erik Goormaghtigh;Véronique Cabiaux;Jean Marie Ruysschaert

  • ATR-FTIR: a "rejuvenated" tool to investigate amyloid proteins.

    Rabia Sarroukh;Erik Goormaghtigh;Jean Marie Ruysschaert;Vincent Raussens

  • Evaluation of the Information Content in Infrared Spectra for Protein Secondary Structure Determination

    Erik Goormaghtigh;Jean Marie Ruysschaert;Vincent Raussens

  • Phosphatidylethanolamine Is a Key Regulator of Membrane Fluidity in Eukaryotic Cells

    Rosie Dawaliby;Cataldo Trubbia;Cédric Delporte;Caroline Noyon

  • Evidence of a specific complex between adriamycin and negatively-charged phospholipids.

    Erik Goormaghtigh;Pierre Chatelain;Jacques Caspers;Jean Marie Ruysschaert

  • What studies of fusion peptides tell us about viral envelope glycoprotein-mediated membrane fusion (Review)

    Stewart R. Durell;Isabelle Martin;Jean-Marie Ruysschaert;Yechiel Shai

  • Saposin fold revealed by the NMR structure of NK-lysin

    Edvards Liepinsh;Mats Andersson;Jean-Marie Ruysschaert;Gottfried Otting

  • Toxic prefibrillar α-synuclein amyloid oligomers adopt a distinctive antiparallel β-sheet structure.

    María Soledad Celej;Rabia Sarroukh;Erik Goormaghtigh;Gerardo D. Fidelio

  • Cationic liposomal lipids: from gene carriers to cell signaling.

    Caroline Lonez;Michel Vandenbranden;Jean Marie Ruysschaert

  • Cationic lipids activate intracellular signaling pathways

    Caroline Lonez;Michel Vandenbranden;Jean Marie Ruysschaert

  • Structure of the adriamycin-cardiolipin complex Role in mitochondrial toxicity

    Erik Goormaghtigh;Pascal Huart;Michel Praet;Robert Brasseur

  • Structural Characterization of the Hydrophobin SC3, as a Monomer and after Self-Assembly at Hydrophobic/Hydrophilic Interfaces

    Marcel L. de Vocht;Karin Scholtmeijer;Eric W. van der Vegte;Onno M.H. de Vries

  • The optimization of protein secondary structure determination with infrared and circular dichroism spectra

    Keith A. Oberg;Jean-Marie Ruysschaert;Erik Goormaghtigh

  • Anthracycline glycoside-membrane interactions.

    Erik Goormaghtigh;Jean Marie Ruysschaert

  • Structure and orientation of the surfactant-associated protein C in a lipid bilayer.

    Guy Vandenbussche;Anne Clercx;Tore Curstedt;Jan Johansson

  • ABC proteins: from bacteria to man

    Gerrit Poelarends;C Vigano;J.M. Ruysschaert;W.N Konings

Frequent Co-Authors

Erik Goormaghtigh
Erik Goormaghtigh Université Libre de Bruxelles
Robert Brasseur
Robert Brasseur Université Libre de Bruxelles
Ruddy Wattiez
Ruddy Wattiez University of Mons
Maryvonne Rosseneu
Maryvonne Rosseneu Ghent University
Laurence Lins
Laurence Lins Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech
Richard M. Epand
Richard M. Epand McMaster University
Jan Johansson
Jan Johansson Karolinska Institute
Etienne Decroly
Etienne Decroly Aix-Marseille University
Arsène Burny
Arsène Burny Université Libre de Bruxelles
Willy Malaisse
Willy Malaisse Université Libre de Bruxelles

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