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4820
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2018 - Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)

Overview

John Katsaras is affiliated with Oak Ridge National Laboratory in the United States. Their research predominantly spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a significant number of publications in Molecular Biology, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and related subfields such as Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering.

The scientist's work focuses extensively on lipid membrane structure and behavior, accumulating a substantial body of research addressing this area. Other main research topics include spectroscopy and quantum chemical studies, photoreceptor and optogenetics research, nanopore and nanochannel transport studies, protein structure and dynamics, force microscopy techniques, and applications in neuroscience and neural engineering.

Frequent co-authors in Katsaras's research include Haden L. Scott, Dima Bolmatov, C. Patrick Collier, Jacob J. Kinnun, and Benjamin Doughty. This network indicates a collaborative approach across diverse subfields.

John Katsaras has published numerous articles in several scientific journals. Their most frequent publication venues are:

  • Biophysical Journal
  • Chemistry and Physics of Lipids
  • Langmuir
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes

Selected recent publications illustrate the scope of their research:

  • "How cholesterol stiffens unsaturated lipid membranes," 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Evidence for long-term potentiation in phospholipid membranes," 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Molecular Structure of Sphingomyelin in Fluid Phase Bilayers Determined by the Joint Analysis of Small-Angle Neutron and X-ray Scattering Data," 2020, The Journal of Physical Chemistry B
  • "The antioxidant vitamin E as a membrane raft modulator: Tocopherols do not abolish lipid domains," 2020, Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes
  • "Bicelles Rich in both Sphingolipids and Cholesterol and Their Use in Studies of Membrane Proteins," 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society

Their research contributions have been recognized with the honor of Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE) awarded in 2018.

Best Publications

  • Fluid Phase Lipid Areas and Bilayer Thicknesses of Commonly Used Phosphatidylcholines as a Function of Temperature

    Norbert Kučerka;Mu-Ping Nieh;John Katsaras;John Katsaras

  • Lipid bilayer structure determined by the simultaneous analysis of neutron and X-ray scattering data.

    Norbert Kučerka;John F. Nagle;Jonathan N. Sachs;Scott E. Feller

  • How cholesterol stiffens unsaturated lipid membranes

    Saptarshi Chakraborty;Milka Doktorova;Trivikram R. Molugu;Frederick A. Heberle

  • Bilayer Thickness Mismatch Controls Domain Size in Model Membranes

    Frederick A. Heberle;Robin S. Petruzielo;Jianjun Pan;Paul Drazba

  • Bilayer thickness mismatch controls domain size in model membranes.

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  • Molecular structures of fluid phase phosphatidylglycerol bilayers as determined by small angle neutron and X-ray scattering.

    Jianjun Pan;Frederick A. Heberle;Stephanie Tristram-Nagle;Michelle Szymanski

  • Cholesterol shows preference for the interior of polyunsaturated lipid membranes.

    Siewert J. Marrink;Alex H. de Vries;Thad. A. Harroun;John Katsaras

  • Applications of neutron and X-ray scattering to the study of biologically relevant model membranes.

    G. Pabst;N. Kučerka;N. Kučerka;M.-P. Nieh;M.C. Rheinstädter;M.C. Rheinstädter

  • The location and behavior of α‐tocopherol in membranes

    Jeffrey Atkinson;Thad Harroun;Stephen R. Wassall;William Stillwell

  • The Effect of Cholesterol on Short- and Long-Chain Monounsaturated Lipid Bilayers as Determined by Molecular Dynamics Simulations and X-Ray Scattering

    Norbert Kučerka;Jason D. Perlmutter;Jianjun Pan;Stephanie Tristram-Nagle

  • SANS Study of the Structural Phases of Magnetically Alignable Lanthanide-Doped Phospholipid Mixtures

    Mu-Ping Nieh, ,†,‡;and Charles J. Glinka;Susan Krueger;R. Scott Prosser

  • Method for obtaining structure and interactions from oriented lipid bilayers

    Yulia Lyatskaya;Yufeng Liu;Stephanie Tristram-Nagle;John Katsaras

  • SANS Study on the Effect of Lanthanide Ions and Charged Lipids on the Morphology of Phospholipid Mixtures

    Mu-Ping Nieh;Mu-Ping Nieh;Charles J. Glinka;Susan Krueger;Susan Krueger;R. Scott Prosser

  • Morphology of fast-tumbling bicelles: a small angle neutron scattering and NMR study.

    Paul A Luchette;Tatiana N Vetman;R.Scott Prosser;Robert E.W Hancock

  • Cholesterol is found to reside in the center of a polyunsaturated lipid membrane.

    Thad A. Harroun;John Katsaras;Stephen R. Wassall

  • Cholesterol Hydroxyl Group Is Found To Reside in the Center of a Polyunsaturated Lipid Membrane

    Thad A. Harroun;John Katsaras;Stephen R. Wassall

  • Preparation of asymmetric phospholipid vesicles for use as cell membrane models.

    Milka Doktorova;Frederick A. Heberle;Barbara Eicher;Robert F. Standaert;Robert F. Standaert

  • Curvature Effect on the Structure of Phospholipid Bilayers

    Norbert Kučerka;Jeremy Pencer;Jonathan N. Sachs;John F. Nagle

  • Structure and Interactions in the Anomalous Swelling Regime of Phospholipid Bilayers

    Georg Pabst;John Katsaras;Velayudhan A. Raghunathan;Michael Rappolt

  • Magnetically alignable phase of phospholipid "bicelle" mixtures is a chiral nematic made up of wormlike micelles.

    Mu-Ping Nieh;V. A. Raghunathan;Charles J. Glinka;Thad A. Harroun

  • Lipid Bilayers: Structure and Interactions

    J. Katsaras;T. Gutberlet

  • Bicellar lipid mixtures as used in biochemical and biophysical studies

    John Katsaras;Thad A. Harroun;Thad A. Harroun;Jeremy Pencer;Jeremy Pencer;Mu-Ping Nieh

Frequent Co-Authors

Norbert Kučerka
Norbert Kučerka Joint Institute for Nuclear Research
Stephen R. Wassall
Stephen R. Wassall Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis
Jeffrey Atkinson
Jeffrey Atkinson Brock University
Stephanie Tristram-Nagle
Stephanie Tristram-Nagle Carnegie Mellon University
Richard M. Epand
Richard M. Epand McMaster University
Jeremy C. Smith
Jeremy C. Smith University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Bobby G. Sumpter
Bobby G. Sumpter Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peter M. Macdonald
Peter M. Macdonald University of Toronto
Eugene Mamontov
Eugene Mamontov Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Hugh O'Neill
Hugh O'Neill Oak Ridge National Laboratory

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