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2025

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Netherlands Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Netherlands Leader Award
  • 2020 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Nico A. J. M. Sommerdijk is affiliated with Radboud University Medical Center in the Netherlands. Their research primarily spans Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology as well as Materials Science, with a significant focus on Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering, Biomaterials, Structural Biology, and Rheumatology.

The scientist's work encompasses a range of specialized topics, including:

  • Bone Tissue Engineering Materials
  • Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications
  • Bone and Dental Protein Studies
  • Calcium Carbonate Crystallization and Inhibition
  • Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques
  • Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior
  • Advanced X-ray Imaging Techniques

Sommerdijk has published extensively in various scientific venues. The most frequent publication platforms include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Advanced Functional Materials
  • Journal of Structural Biology
  • Advanced Materials
  • Nature Communications

Some of their recent papers are:

  • "SARS-CoV-2 infects the human kidney and drives fibrosis in kidney organoids" (2021, Cell stem cell)
  • "Trained Immunity-Promoting Nanobiologic Therapy Suppresses Tumor Growth and Potentiates Checkpoint Inhibition" (2020, Cell)
  • "Anionic Lipid Nanoparticles Preferentially Deliver mRNA to the Hepatic Reticuloendothelial System" (2022, Advanced Materials)
  • "Intermolecular channels direct crystal orientation in mineralized collagen" (2020, Nature Communications)
  • "Liquid-Phase Electron Microscopy for Soft Matter Science and Biology" (2020, Advanced Materials)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Sommerdijk include Anat Akiva, Luco Rutten, Rona Roverts, Elena Macías-Sánchez, and Marit de Beer.

In 2020, Nico A. J. M. Sommerdijk was recognized as a Member of Academia Europaea.

Best Publications

  • Crystallization by particle attachment in synthetic, biogenic, and geologic environments

    James J. De Yoreo;James J. De Yoreo;Pupa U. P. A. Gilbert;Pupa U. P. A. Gilbert;Nico A. J. M. Sommerdijk;R. Lee Penn

  • The role of collagen in bone apatite formation in the presence of hydroxyapatite nucleation inhibitors

    F Fabio Nudelman;K Koen Pieterse;A George;Phh Paul Bomans

  • Chiral Architectures from Macromolecular Building Blocks

    Jeroen J. L. M. Cornelissen;Alan E. Rowan;Roeland J. M. Nolte;Nico A. J. M Sommerdijk

  • Ion-association complexes unite classical and non-classical theories for the biomimetic nucleation of calcium phosphate

    Wouter J. E. M. Habraken;Jinhui Tao;Laura J. Brylka;Heiner Friedrich

  • Nucleation and growth of magnetite from solution.

    Jens Baumgartner;Archan Dey;Paul H. H. Bomans;Cécile Le Coadou

  • Helical Superstructures from Charged Poly(styrene)-Poly(isocyanodipeptide) Block Copolymers

    Jeroen J. L. M. Cornelissen;Matthias Fischer;Nico A. J. M. Sommerdijk;Roeland J. M. Nolte

  • The role of prenucleation clusters in surface-induced calcium phosphate crystallization

    Archan Dey;Paul H. H. Bomans;Frank A. Müller;Julia Will

  • Sol-gel materials

    John D. Wright;Nico A.J.M. Sommerdijk

  • A virus-based single-enzyme nanoreactor

    Marta Comellas-Aragonès;Hans Engelkamp;Victor I. Claessen;Nico A. J. M. Sommerdijk

  • Calcium carbonate nucleation driven by ion binding in a biomimetic matrix revealed by in situ electron microscopy

    Paul J. M. Smeets;Kang Rae Cho;Ralph G. E. Kempen;Nico A. J. M. Sommerdijk

  • beta -Helical polymers from isocyanopeptides.

    Jjlm Cornelissen;Jjjm Jack Donners;R de Gelder;WS Graswinckel

  • In vitro models of collagen biomineralization

    Fabio Nudelman;Alexander J. Lausch;Nico A.J.M. Sommerdijk;Eli D. Sone

  • New micellar morphologies from amphiphilic block copolymers: disks, toroids and bicontinuous micelles

    Simon J. Holder;Nico A. J. M. Sommerdijk

  • Hierarchical formation of supramolecular transient networks in water : a modular injectable delivery system

    Patricia Y. W. Dankers;Patricia Y. W. Dankers;Thomas M. Hermans;Travis W. Baughman;Yuko Kamikawa

  • Glucose-oxidase based self-destructing polymeric vesicles.

    Alessandro Napoli;Mark J. Boerakker;Nicola Tirelli;Roeland J M Nolte

  • Liquid-liquid phase separation during amphiphilic self-assembly.

    Alessandro Ianiro;Hanglong Wu;Mark M. J. van Rijt;M. Paula Vena

  • A classical view on nonclassical nucleation

    Paul J. M. Smeets;Aaron R. Finney;Aaron R. Finney;Wouter J. E. M. Habraken;Wouter J. E. M. Habraken;Fabio Nudelman;Fabio Nudelman

  • Investigating materials formation with liquid-phase and cryogenic TEM

    J De Yoreo;J De Yoreo;Nico Ajm Nico Sommerdijk

  • Conducting polymers with confined dimensions: Track-etch membranes for amperometric biosensor applications

    Alexander Kros;Roeland J. M. Nolte;Nico A. J. M. Sommerdijk

  • Influence of inflammatory cells and serum on the performance of implantable glucose sensors

    ME Martijn Gerritsen;JA Jansen;A Kros;DM Vriezema

Frequent Co-Authors

Roeland J. M. Nolte
Roeland J. M. Nolte Radboud University
Heiner Friedrich
Heiner Friedrich Eindhoven University of Technology
Alexander Kros
Alexander Kros Leiden University
Binne Zwanenburg
Binne Zwanenburg Radboud University
E. W. Meijer
E. W. Meijer Eindhoven University of Technology
James J. De Yoreo
James J. De Yoreo Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Jeroen J. L. M. Cornelissen
Jeroen J. L. M. Cornelissen University of Twente
John A. Jansen
John A. Jansen Radboud University
Alan E. Rowan
Alan E. Rowan University of Queensland
Albertus P. H. J. Schenning
Albertus P. H. J. Schenning Eindhoven University of Technology

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