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Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry

 

Research Associate

 

Education

​2016 - PhD in Biophysical Chemistry, University of Cambridge

2011 - MSci in Natural Sciences, Chemistry, UNiversity of Cambridge

2010 - Cambridge-MIT Exchange Program, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

 

Research Interests

Development and application of fundamental biophysical theories to data analysis in a biologically relevant context, Protein Aggregation, Biophysical Chemistry, High Throughput Screening

 

Selected Publications

 

Publications

On-chip measurements of protein unfolding from direct observations of micron-scale diffusion
Y Zhang, EV Yates, L Hong, KL Saar, G Meisl, CM Dobson, TPJ Knowles
– Chemical science
(2018)
9,
3503
Absolute Quantification of Amyloid Propagons by Digital Microfluidics
M Pfammatter, M Andreasen, G Meisl, CG Taylor, J Adamcik, S Bolisetty, A Sánchez-Ferrer, D Klenerman, CM Dobson, R Mezzenga, TPJ Knowles, A Aguzzi, S Hornemann
– Analytical Chemistry
(2017)
89,
12306
Scaling behaviour and rate-determining steps in filamentous self-assembly.
G Meisl, L Rajah, SAI Cohen, M Pfammatter, A Šarić, E Hellstrand, AK Buell, A Aguzzi, S Linse, M Vendruscolo, CM Dobson, TPJ Knowles
– Chem Sci
(2017)
8,
7087
Phage display and kinetic selection of antibodies that specifically inhibit amyloid self-replication
A Munke, J Persson, T Weiffert, E De Genst, G Meisl, P Arosio, A Carnerup, CM Dobson, M Vendruscolo, TPJ Knowles, S Linse
– Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
(2017)
114,
6444
Modulation of electrostatic interactions to reveal a reaction network unifying the aggregation behaviour of the Aβ42 peptide and its variants.
G Meisl, X Yang, CM Dobson, S Linse, TPJ Knowles
– Chemical science
(2017)
8,
4352
Physical principles of filamentous protein self-assembly kinetics.
TCT Michaels, LX Liu, G Meisl, TPJ Knowles
– Journal of physics. Condensed matter : an Institute of Physics journal
(2017)
29,
153002
A natural product inhibits the initiation of α-synuclein aggregation and suppresses its toxicity (vol 114, pg E1009, 2017)
M Perni, C Galvagnion, A Maltsev, G Meisl, MBD Mueller, PK Challa, JB Kirkegaard, P Flagmeier, SIA Cohen, R Cascella, SW Chen, R Limboker, P Sormanni, GT Heller, FA Aprile, N Cremades, C Cecchi, F Chiti, EAA Nollen, TPJ Knowles, M Vendruscolo, A Bax, M Zasloff, CM Dobson
– Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
(2017)
114,
E2543
Acceleration of α-synuclein aggregation
R Gaspar, G Meisl, AK Buell, L Young, CF Kaminski, TPJ Knowles, E Sparr, S Linse
– Amyloid
(2017)
24,
20
A natural product inhibits the initiation of α-synuclein aggregation and suppresses its toxicity
M Perni, C Galvagnion, A Maltsev, G Meisl, MBD Müller, PK Challa, JB Kirkegaard, P Flagmeier, SIA Cohen, R Cascella, SW Chen, R Limboker, P Sormanni, GT Heller, FA Aprile, N Cremades, C Cecchi, F Chiti, EAA Nollen, TPJ Knowles, M Vendruscolo, A Bax, M Zasloff, CM Dobson
– Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
(2017)
114,
e1009
Attenuating the Toxicity of Amyloid-Beta Aggregation with Specific Species
R Limbocker, B Mannini, M Perni, S Chia, G Heller, FS Ruggeri, J Habchi, G Meisl, PK Challa, M Zasloff, TPJ Knowles, M Vendruscolo, CM Dobson
– Biophysical Journal
(2017)
112,
494a
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Research Group

Telephone number

01223 763842
01223 763845 (shared)

Email address

gm373@cam.ac.uk