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Overview

Joachim Seelig is affiliated with the University of Basel in Switzerland and has contributed extensively to the fields of biochemistry, chemistry, and physics. Their research primarily focuses on molecular biology, physical and theoretical chemistry, and atomic and molecular physics and optics.

The main topics covered in their work include:

  • Protein Structure and Dynamics
  • Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies
  • thermodynamics and calorimetric analyses
  • Protein purification and stability
  • Crystallography and molecular interactions
  • Enzyme Structure and Function
  • Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research

Their recent publications highlight diverse aspects of protein stability and unfolding. Notable papers include:

  • Protein StabilityAnalysis of Heat and Cold Denaturation without and with Unfolding Models, 2023, The Journal of Physical Chemistry B
  • Protein Unfolding-Thermodynamic Perspectives and Unfolding Models, 2023, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Chemical Protein Unfolding - A Simple Cooperative Model, 2023, The Journal of Physical Chemistry B
  • Molecular understanding of calorimetric protein unfolding experiments, 2021, Biophysical Reports
  • Thermal and Chemical Unfolding of a Monoclonal IgG1 Antibody: Application of the Multistate Zimm-Bragg Theory, 2020, Biophysical Journal

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Anna Seelig
  • Patrick Garidel
  • Andrea Eiperle
  • Michaela Blech
  • Salahaldeen Dababat

The scientist's work has been published in various venues, demonstrating a focus on biophysical and chemical aspects of protein research. Major publication venues include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry B
  • Biophysical Journal
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Biophysical Reports

Best Publications

  • Deuterium magnetic resonance: theory and application to lipid membranes.

    Joachim Seelig

  • The dynamic structure of fatty acyl chains in a phospholipid bilayer measured by deuterium magnetic resonance

    Anna Seelig;Joachim Seelig

  • 31P nuclear magnetic resonance and the head group structure of phospholipids in membranes.

    Joachim Seelig

  • Lipid conformation in model membranes and biological membranes.

    Joachim Seelig;Anna Seelig

  • Phospholipid head groups as sensors of electric charge in membranes.

    Joachim Seelig;Peter M. MacDonald;Peter G. Scherer

  • Molecular order in cis and trans unsaturated phospholipid bilayers.

    Joachim Seelig;Nada Waespe-Sarcevic

  • Interaction of Alzheimer beta-amyloid peptide(1-40) with lipid membranes.

    Evelyne Terzi;Günter Hölzemann;Joachim Seelig

  • Spin label studies of oriented smectic liquid crystals (a model system for bilayer membranes)

    Joachim Seelig

  • Neutron diffraction studies on selectively deuterated phospholipid bilayers

    G. Büldt;H. U. Gally;A. Seelig;J. Seelig

  • Thermodynamics of lipid-peptide interactions

    Joachim Seelig

  • Self-association of beta-amyloid peptide (1-40) in solution and binding to lipid membranes

    Evelyne Terzi;Günter Hölzemann;Günter Hölzemann;Joachim Seelig;Joachim Seelig

  • Deuterium order parameters in relation to thermodynamic properties of a phospholiped bilayer. A statistical mechanical interpretation

    Hansgeorg Schindler;Joachim Seelig

  • Interaction of metal ions with phosphatidylcholine bilayer membranes.

    Hideo Akutsu;Joachim Seelig

  • Melittin binding to mixed phosphatidylglycerol/phosphatidylcholine membranes.

    Georgi Beschiaschvili;Joachim Seelig

  • Neutron diffraction studies on phosphatidylcholine model membranes : I. Head group conformation

    G. Büldt;H.U. Gally;J. Seelig;G. Zaccai

  • Amyloid fibril formation from full-length and fragments of amylin.

    C. Goldsbury;K. Goldie;J. Pellaud;J. Seelig

  • The cationic cell-penetrating peptide CPPTAT derived from the HIV-1 protein TAT is rapidly transported into living fibroblasts: Optical, biophysical, and metabolic evidence

    André Ziegler;Pierluigi Nervi;Markus Dürrenberger;Joachim Seelig

  • Electric charge effects on phospholipid headgroups. Phosphatidylcholine in mixtures with cationic and anionic amphiphiles

    Peter G. Scherer;Joachim Seelig

  • Cerebral metabolism of [1,2-13C2]acetate as detected by in vivo and in vitro 13C NMR.

    S Cerdan;B Künnecke;J Seelig

  • Effect of a single cis double bond on the structures of a phospholipid bilayer.

    Anna Seelig;Joachim Seelig

  • Conformation and motion of the choline head group in bilayers of dipalmitoyl-3-sn-phosphatidylcholine.

    Hans U. Gally;Werner Niederberger;Joachim Seelig

Frequent Co-Authors

Klaus Scheffler
Klaus Scheffler Max Planck Society
Heiko Heerklotz
Heiko Heerklotz University of Freiburg
Timothy A. Cross
Timothy A. Cross Florida State University
Michael Beyermann
Michael Beyermann Leibniz Association
Giuseppe Zaccai
Giuseppe Zaccai Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Michael F. Brown
Michael F. Brown University of Arizona
G.H. de Haas
G.H. de Haas Utrecht University
Peter M. Macdonald
Peter M. Macdonald University of Toronto
Sidney Fleischer
Sidney Fleischer Vanderbilt University
Ludwig Kappos
Ludwig Kappos University Hospital of Basel

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