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Martin Hof is affiliated with the Czech Academy of Sciences in the Czech Republic. Their research primarily focuses on areas within Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with a particular emphasis on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Physiology, Biomedical Engineering, and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics.

The scientist's work covers several main topics including Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior, RNA Interference and Gene Delivery, Cellular Transport and Secretion, Erythrocyte Function and Pathophysiology, Advanced Biosensing and Bioanalysis Techniques, Nanopore and Nanochannel Transport Studies, and Molecular Sensors and Ion Detection.

Martin Hof has published research in a variety of venues. Among the most frequent publication outlets are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Biophysical Journal
  • Scientific Reports
  • eLife
  • Analytical Chemistry

Several recent papers by Martin Hof include:

  • Effect of helical kink in antimicrobial peptides on membrane pore formation, 2020, eLife
  • Highly synergistic antimicrobial activity of magainin 2 and PGLa peptides is rooted in the formation of supramolecular complexes with lipids, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Protein Corona Inhibits Endosomal Escape of Functionalized DNA Nanostructures in Living Cells, 2021, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • Interleaflet Coupling of Lipid Nanodomains - Insights From in vitro Systems, 2020, Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
  • Controlled Peptide-Mediated Vesicle Fusion Assessed by Simultaneous Dual-Colour Time-Lapsed Fluorescence Microscopy, 2020, Scientific Reports

Among frequent coauthors who have collaborated extensively with Martin Hof are:

  • Radek Šachl
  • Piotr Jurkiewicz
  • Ilpo Vattulainen
  • Jan Sýkora
  • Petra Riegerová

Best Publications

  • Lipid diffusion in giant unilamellar vesicles is more than 2 times faster than in supported phospholipid bilayers under identical conditions.

    Magdalena Przybylo;Jan Sýkora;Jana Humpolíčková;Aleš Benda

  • Lipid diffusion in planar membranes investigated by fluorescence correlation spectroscopy

    Radek Macháň;Martin Hof

  • How To Determine Diffusion Coefficients in Planar Phospholipid Systems by Confocal Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy

    A. Benda;M. Beneš;V. Mareček;A. Lhotský

  • The complex nature of calcium cation interactions with phospholipid bilayers.

    Adéla Melcrová;Sarka Pokorna;Saranya Pullanchery;Miriam Kohagen

  • Molecular rheometry: direct determination of viscosity in Lo and Ld lipid phases via fluorescence lifetime imaging

    Yilei Wu;Martin Štefl;Martin Štefl;Agnieszka Olzyńska;Martin Hof

  • Arginine-rich cell-penetrating peptides induce membrane multilamellarity and subsequently enter via formation of a fusion pore.

    Christoph Allolio;Aniket Magarkar;Aniket Magarkar;Piotr Jurkiewicz;Katarína Baxová

  • Fluorescence Lifetime Correlation Spectroscopy

    Peter Kapusta;Michael Wahl;Aleš Benda;Martin Hof

  • Dual epitope recognition by the VASP EVH1 domain modulates polyproline ligand specificity and binding affinity.

    Linda J. Ball;Ronald Kühne;Berit Hoffmann;Angelika Häfner

  • Membrane Lipid Nanodomains.

    Marek Cebecauer;Mariana Amaro;Piotr Jurkiewicz;Maria João Sarmento

  • Probing Diffusion Laws within Cellular Membranes by Z-Scan Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy

    Jana Humpolíčková;Ellen Gielen;Ellen Gielen;Aleš Benda;Veronika Fagulova

  • Headgroup hydration and mobility of DOTAP/DOPC bilayers: a fluorescence solvent relaxation study.

    Piotr Jurkiewicz;Agnieszka Olzyńska;Marek Langner;Martin Hof

  • Effects of alkali cations and halide anions on the DOPC lipid membrane.

    Robert Vácha;Shirley W. I. Siu;Michal Petrov;Rainer A. Böckmann

  • Laurdan and Di-4-ANEPPDHQ probe different properties of the membrane.

    Mariana Amaro;Francesco Reina;Martin Hof;Christian Eggeling

  • On What Time Scale Does Solvent Relaxation in Phospholipid Bilayers Happen

    J. Sýkora;P. Kapusta;and V. Fidler;M. Hof

  • Structure, dynamics, and hydration of POPC/POPS bilayers suspended in NaCl, KCl, and CsCl solutions

    Piotr Jurkiewicz;Lukasz Cwiklik;Alžběta Vojtíšková;Pavel Jungwirth

  • Biophysics of lipid bilayers containing oxidatively modified phospholipids: Insights from fluorescence and EPR experiments and from MD simulations

    Piotr Jurkiewicz;Agnieszka Olżyńska;Lukasz Cwiklik;Elena Conte

  • Oxidation changes physical properties of phospholipid bilayers: fluorescence spectroscopy and molecular simulations.

    Lenka Beranova;Lukasz Cwiklik;Piotr Jurkiewicz;Martin Hof

  • Solvent Relaxation in Phospholipid Bilayers: Principles and Recent Applications

    Piotr Jurkiewicz;Jan Sýkora;Agnieszka Ol żyńska;Jana Humpolíčková

  • A Rotational BODIPY Nucleotide: An Environment‐Sensitive Fluorescence‐Lifetime Probe for DNA Interactions and Applications in Live‐Cell Microscopy

    Dmytro Dziuba;Piotr Jurkiewicz;Marek Cebecauer;Martin Hof

  • The differential interaction of snRNPs with pre-mRNA reveals splicing kinetics in living cells

    Martina Huranová;Ivan Ivani;Aleš Benda;Ina Poser

  • Fluorescence lifetime correlation spectroscopy

    Jana Humpolickova;Jan Sýkora;Petr Kapusta;Michael Wahl

Frequent Co-Authors

Pavel Jungwirth
Pavel Jungwirth Czech Academy of Sciences
Tomasz Róg
Tomasz Róg University of Helsinki
Antonín Vlček
Antonín Vlček Czech Academy of Sciences
Michal Hocek
Michal Hocek Czech Academy of Sciences
Kamil Lang
Kamil Lang Czech Academy of Sciences
Paavo K.J. Kinnunen
Paavo K.J. Kinnunen Aalto University
Raz Jelinek
Raz Jelinek Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Harry B. Gray
Harry B. Gray California Institute of Technology
Rudolf M. Tromp
Rudolf M. Tromp IBM (United States)

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