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Michael Famulok

Michael Famulok

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Chemistry

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National Ranking
334

Biology and Biochemistry

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Overview

Michael Famulok is affiliated with the University of Bonn in Germany. Their research focus lies within the broad field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a specific concentration on Molecular Biology.

Their work spans several subfields, including Infectious Diseases, Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Ecology. The scientist's research also emphasizes several main topics, such as:

  • Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques
  • RNA Interference and Gene Delivery
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry
  • Nanopore and Nanochannel Transport Studies
  • Advanced Materials and Mechanics
  • SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Michael Famulok include:

  • Julián Valero
  • Mathias Centola
  • Günter Mayer
  • Daniel Keppner
  • Anton Schmitz

The scientist regularly publishes in several venues, with the most frequent being:

  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • CCS Chemistry
  • Nature Nanotechnology

Selected papers authored by Michael Famulok demonstrate a variety of research interests and were published in notable journals, including:

  • A SARS-CoV-2 Spike Binding DNA Aptamer that Inhibits Pseudovirus Infection by an RBD-Independent Mechanism, 2021, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Regeneration of Burnt Bridges on a DNA Catenane Walker, 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • A rhythmically pulsing leaf-spring DNA-origami nanoengine that drives a passive follower, 2023, Nature Nanotechnology
  • ADAPT identifies an ESCRT complex composition that discriminates VCaP from LNCaP prostate cancer cell exosomes, 2020, Nucleic Acids Research
  • A SARS-CoV-2 Spike Binding DNA Aptamer that Inhibits Pseudovirus Infection by an RBD-Independent Mechanism, 2021, Angewandte Chemie

Best Publications

  • Functional Aptamers and Aptazymes in Biotechnology, Diagnostics, and Therapy

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  • Nucleic Acid AptamersFrom Selection in Vitro to Applications in Vivo

    Michael Famulok;Günter Mayer;Michael Blind

  • RNA Aptamers That Bind l-Arginine with Sub-Micromolar Dissociation Constants and High Enantioselectivity

    Albert Geiger;Petra Burgstaller;Herbert von der Eltz;Albert Roeder

  • All you wanted to know about SELEX.

    Stefanie J. Klug;Michael Famulok

  • Molecular Recognition of Amino Acids by RNA-Aptamers: An L-Citrulline Binding RNA Motif and Its Evolution into an L-Arginine Binder

    Michael Famulok

  • The nuclear receptor PPAR gamma selectively inhibits Th17 differentiation in a T cell-intrinsic fashion and suppresses CNS autoimmunity.

    Luisa Klotz;Sven Burgdorf;Indra Dani;Kaoru Saijo

  • Aptamer modules as sensors and detectors.

    Michael Famulok;Günter Mayer

  • OLIGONUCLEOTIDE APTAMERS THAT RECOGNIZE SMALL MOLECULES

    Michael Famulok

  • A Versatile Toolbox for Variable DNA Functionalization at High Density

    Stefan Jäger;Goran Rasched;Hagit Kornreich-Leshem;Marianne Engeser

  • Isolation of RNA Aptamers for Biological Cofactors by In Vitro Selection

    Petra Burgstaller;Michael Famulok

  • RNA aptamers specifically interact with the prion protein PrP.

    Stefan Weiss;Daniela Proske;Manuela Neumann;Martin H. Groschup

  • Inhibition of cytohesins by SecinH3 leads to hepatic insulin resistance

    Markus Hafner;Anton Schmitz;Imke Grüne;Seergazhi G. Srivatsan

  • Fluorescence-activated cell sorting for aptamer SELEX with cell mixtures

    Günter Mayer;Marie-Sophie L Ahmed;Andreas Dolf;Elmar Endl

  • The Ca2+ Ion as a Cofactor for a Novel RNA-Cleaving Deoxyribozyme†

    Dirk Faulhammer;Michael Famulok

  • A novel RNA motif for neomycin recognition

    Mary G. Wallis;Mary G. Wallis;Uwe von Ahsen;Renee Schroeder;Michael Famulok

  • Slit2-Robo4 signalling promotes vascular stability by blocking Arf6 activity

    Christopher A. Jones;Naoyuki Nishiya;Naoyuki Nishiya;Nyall R. London;Weiquan Zhu

  • Repression of the genome organizer SATB1 in regulatory T cells is required for suppressive function and inhibition of effector differentiation

    Marc Beyer;Yasser Thabet;Roman Ulrich Müller;Timothy Sadlon

  • Aptamers for allosteric regulation

    Jan L Vinkenborg;Nora Karnowski;Michael Famulok

  • Enrichment of cell-targeting and population-specific aptamers by fluorescence-activated cell sorting.

    Marie‐Sophie L. Raddatz;Andreas Dolf;Elmar Endl;Percy Knolle

  • Stereospecific recognition of tryptophan agarose by in vitro selected RNA

    Michael Famulok;Jack W. Szostak

  • A Love-wave biosensor using nucleic acids as ligands

    Marc D. Schlensog;Thomas M.A. Gronewold;Michael Tewes;Michael Famulok;Michael Famulok

Frequent Co-Authors

Eckhard Quandt
Eckhard Quandt Kiel University
Achim Hoerauf
Achim Hoerauf University of Bonn
Peter Broekmann
Peter Broekmann University of Bern
Sandeep Verma
Sandeep Verma Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
Markus Hafner
Markus Hafner National Institutes of Health
Percy A. Knolle
Percy A. Knolle Technical University of Munich
Joachim L. Schultze
Joachim L. Schultze University of Bonn
James S. Nowick
James S. Nowick University of California, Irvine
Kang Zhang
Kang Zhang Macau University of Science and Technology
Jens Schneider-Mergener
Jens Schneider-Mergener Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

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