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Markus Linder

Markus Linder

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Chemistry

D-Index
65
Citations
14241
World Ranking
7710
National Ranking
34

Overview

Markus Linder is affiliated with Aalto University in Finland and has an extensive publication record primarily in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Materials Science. Their research covers a range of subfields including Molecular Biology, Biomaterials, Biomedical Engineering, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, and Materials Chemistry.

The scientist's work frequently addresses topics such as:

  • Silk-based biomaterials and applications
  • Biochemical and Structural Characterization
  • Advanced Cellulose Research Studies
  • RNA Research and Splicing
  • Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research
  • Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing
  • Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications

Markus Linder has published in a variety of scientific journals, with a notable presence in:

  • Biomacromolecules
  • International Journal of Biological Macromolecules
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Advanced Functional Materials
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Recent publications include:

  • "Nanocellulose: Recent Fundamental Advances and Emerging Biological and Biomimicking Applications," 2020, Advanced Materials
  • "Three-Dimensional Printed Cell Culture Model Based on Spherical Colloidal Lignin Particles and Cellulose Nanofibril-Alginate Hydrogel," 2020, Biomacromolecules
  • "Stiff and self-healing hydrogels by polymer entanglements in co-planar nanoconfinement," 2025, Nature Materials
  • "Biological activity of multicomponent bio-hydrogels loaded with tragacanth gum," 2022, International Journal of Biological Macromolecules
  • "Effect of oxidation on cellulose and water structure: a molecular dynamics simulation study," 2021, Cellulose

The scientist has collaborated extensively, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Maria Sammalkorpi
  • Christopher Jonkergouw
  • A. Sesilja Aranko
  • Ekaterina Osmekhina
  • D. L. Fedorov

Best Publications

  • Hydrophobins: the protein-amphiphiles of filamentous fungi.

    Markus B. Linder;Géza R. Szilvay;Géza R. Szilvay;Tiina Nakari-Setälä;Merja E. Penttilä

  • Advanced Materials through Assembly of Nanocelluloses.

    Eero Kontturi;Päivi Laaksonen;Markus B. Linder;Nonappa

  • The roles and function of cellulose-binding domains

    Markus Linder;Tuula T. Teeri

  • Hydrophobins: Proteins that self assemble at interfaces

    Markus B. Linder

  • The binding specificity and affinity determinants of family 1 and family 3 cellulose binding modules

    Janne Lehtiö;Junji Sugiyama;Malin Gustavsson;Linda Fransson

  • Nanocellulose: Recent Fundamental Advances and Emerging Biological and Biomimicking Applications.

    Katja Heise;Eero Kontturi;Yagut Allahverdiyeva;Tekla Tammelin

  • Trichoderma reesei cellobiohydrolases: why so efficient on crystalline cellulose?

    T T Teeri;A Koivula;M Linder;G Wohlfahrt

  • Identification of functionally important amino acids in the cellulose-binding domain of Trichoderma reesei cellobiohydrolase I.

    Markus Linder;Maija-Liisa Mattinen;Maarit Kontteli;Gunnar Lindeberg

  • Drug release from nanoparticles embedded in four different nanofibrillar cellulose aerogels

    Hanna Valo;Suvi Arola;Päivi Laaksonen;Mika Torkkeli

  • Atomic resolution structure of the HFBII hydrophobin, a self-assembling amphiphile.

    Johanna Hakanpää;Arja Paananen;Sanna Askolin;Tiina Nakari-Setälä

  • The cellulose-binding domain of the major cellobiohydrolase of Trichoderma reesei exhibits true reversibility and a high exchange rate on crystalline cellulose.

    Markus Linder;Tuula T. Teeri

  • Two crystal structures of Trichoderma reesei hydrophobin HFBI--the structure of a protein amphiphile with and without detergent interaction.

    Johanna Hakanpää;Géza R. Szilvay;Heidi Kaljunen;Mirko Maksimainen

  • Self-assembled hydrophobin protein films at the air-water interface: Structural analysis and molecular engineering

    Géza R. Szilvay;Arja Paananen;Katri Laurikainen;Elina Vuorimaa

  • The hydrophobins HFBI and HFBII from Trichoderma reesei showing efficient interactions with nonionic surfactants in aqueous two-phase systems.

    Markus Linder;Klaus Selber;Tiina Nakari-Setälä;Mingqiang Qiao

  • Hydrophobin Fusions for High-Level Transient Protein Expression and Purification in Nicotiana benthamiana

    Jussi J. Joensuu;Andrew J. Conley;Michael Lienemann;Jim E. Brandle

  • Characterization of a Double Cellulose-binding Domain SYNERGISTIC HIGH AFFINITY BINDING TO CRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE

    Markus Linder;Irma Salovuori;Laura Ruohonen;Tuula T. Teeri

  • Interfacial engineering by proteins: exfoliation and functionalization of graphene by hydrophobins

    Päivi Laaksonen;Markku Kainlauri;Timo Laaksonen;Andrey Shchepetov

  • Surface adhesion of fusion proteins containing the hydrophobins HFBI and HFBII from Trichoderma reesei

    Markus Linder;Geza R. Szilvay;Tiina Nakari-Setälä;Hans Söderlund

  • Ten years of CAZypedia: a living encyclopedia of carbohydrate-active enzymes

    Wade Abbott;Orly Alber;Ed Bayer;Jean-Guy Berrin

  • Immobilization of protein-coated drug nanoparticles in nanofibrillar cellulose matrices--enhanced stability and release.

    Hanna Katriina Valo;Miia Kovalainen;Päivi Laaksonen;Merja Häkkinen

  • Efficient Purification of Recombinant Proteins Using Hydrophobins as Tags in Surfactant-Based Two-Phase Systems†

    Markus B. Linder;Mingqiang Qiao;Frank Laumen;Klaus Selber

Frequent Co-Authors

Olli Ikkala
Olli Ikkala Aalto University
Merja Penttilä
Merja Penttilä Aalto University
Timo Laaksonen
Timo Laaksonen University of Helsinki
Tuula T. Teeri
Tuula T. Teeri Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences
Pierangelo Metrangolo
Pierangelo Metrangolo Polytechnic University of Milan
Jouni Hirvonen
Jouni Hirvonen University of Helsinki
Mika Torkkeli
Mika Torkkeli Technical University of Denmark
Orlando J. Rojas
Orlando J. Rojas University of British Columbia
Hans Söderlund
Hans Söderlund VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland
Juha Rouvinen
Juha Rouvinen University of Eastern Finland

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