Volker Kiessling, Ph.D., Assistant Professor

Publications:

C. Wan, V. Kiessling, D.S. Cafiso and L.K. Tamm (2011) Partitioning of Synaptotagamin 1 C2 Domains between Liquid-Ordered and Liquid-Disordered Inner Leaflet Lipid Phases Biochemistry 50: 2478-2485. (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21322640)

A. Arouri, V. Kiessling, L.K. Tamm, M. Dathe and A. Blume (2011). “Morphological changes induced by the action of antimicrobial peptides on supported lipid bilayers”, Journal of Physical Chemistry B 115: 158-167. (http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jp107577k)

V. Kiessling, M.K. Domanska and L.K. Tamm (2010). “Single SNARE-mediated vesicle fusion observed in vitro by polarized TIRFM”, Biophysical Journal 99: 4047-4055. (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21156148)

M.K. Domanska, V. Kiessling and L.K. Tamm (2010). “Docking and fast fusion of synaptobrevin vesicles depends on the lipid compositions of the vesicle and the acceptor SNARE complex-containing target membrane.” Biophysical Journal 99: 2936-2946.
(http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21044591)

M.K. Domanska, V. Kiessling, A. Stein, D. Fasshauer, and L.K. Tamm (2009). "Single Vesicle Millisecond Fusion Kinetics Reveals Number of SNARE Complexes Optimal for Fast SNARE-mediated Membrane Fusion.” Journal of Biological Chemistry. 284(46): 32158-32166.
(http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19759010)

Murray, D.H., Tamm, L.K., Kiessling, V. (2009). Supported Double Membranes. J. Structural Biology 168, 183-189. (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19236921)

Kiessling, V., Wan, C., and Tamm, L.K. (2009). Domain coupling in asymmetric lipid bilayers. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta, 1788: 64-71. (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18848518)

Wan, C., Kiessling, V., and Tamm, L.K.(2008). Coupling of Cholesterol-Rich Lipid Phases in Assymmetric Bilayers. Biochemistry 47: 2190-2198. (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18215072)

Kiessling, V., Domanska, M.K., Murray, D., Wan, C., and Tamm L.K.(2008). Supported Lipid Bilayers: Development and Application in Chemical Biology.  Wiley Encyclopedia of Chemical Biology, John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken, Volume 4, pp. 411-422. (Full text in PDF)

Kiessling V., Crane, J.M., Tamm L.K. (2006). Transbilayer Effects of Raft-Like Lipid Domains in Asymmetric Planar Bilayer Measured by Single Molecule Tracking Biophysical Journal. 91: 3313-3326. (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1614489/) (Erratum)

V. Kiessling (2005). Imaging Fast SNARE Mediated-Membrane Fusion in Planar-Supported Bilayers Biophysical Journal. 89: 2185-2186. (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1366721/)

V. Kiessling, S. Vassanelli (2005). Potassium Channel Gating in Adhesion: from an Oocyte-Silicon to a Neuron-Astrocyte Adhesion Contact. Eur Biophys J. 34: 113-126. (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15776285)

Crane, J.M., V. Kiessling, and L.K. Tamm (2005). Measuring Lipid Asymmetry In Planar Supported Bilayers by Fluorescence Interference Contrast Micorscopy. Langmuir. 21: 1377-1388. (http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/la047654w)

Tamm, L.K., J. Crane, and V. Kiessling (2003). Membrane fusion: a structural perspective on the interplay of lipids and proteins. (Review) Curr. Op. Struct. Biol. 13: 453-466. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959440X03001076)

Kiessling, V. and L.K. Tamm (2003). Measuring distances in supported bilayers by fluorescence interference-contrast microscopy: polymer supports and SNARE proteins. Biophys. J. 84: 408-418. (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12524294)

Tamm, L.K., V. Kiessling, and M.L. Wagner (2001). Membrane Dynamics. Encyclopedia of Life Sciences. Nature Publishing Group, Macmillan Publishers, Ltd. (http://www.els.net)

Kiessling, V., B. Müller, P. Fromherz (2000). Extracellular Resistance in Cell Adhesion measured with a Transistor Probe. Langmuir. 16(7): 3517-3521.

Fromherz, P., V. Kiessling, K. Kottig, G. Zeck (1999). Membrane transistor with giant lipid vesicle touching a silicon chip. Applied Physics A. 69(5): 571-576.