The COVID-19 pandemic caused by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus has stretched national testing capacities to breaking points in almost all countries of the world. The need to rapidly screen vast numbers of a country's population in...
Applying MALDI-ToF mass spectrometry as a clinical diagnostic test for viruses is different from that of bacteria, fungi and other micro-organisms. This is because the systems biology of viral infections, the size and chemical...
The COVID-19 pandemic caused by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus has stretched national testing capacities to breaking points in almost all countries of the world. The need to rapidly screen vast numbers of a country’s population in...
While pathogenic bacteria contribute to a large number of globally important diseases and infections, current clinical diagnosis is based on processes that last a few days, employing complex and expensive techniques. Therefore...
The immune response to SARS-CoV-2 infection requires antibody recognition of the spike protein. In a study designed to examine the molecular features of anti-spike and anti-nucleocapsid antibodies, patient plasma proteins...
Plant type II arabinogalactan (AG) polysaccharides are attached to arabinogalactan proteins (AGPs) at hydroxyproline residues, and they are very diverse and heterogeneous structures. The AG consists of a β-(1 → 3)-linked...
While pathogenic bacteria contribute to a large number of globally important diseases and infections, current clinical diagnosis is based on processes that last a few days, employing complex and expensive techniques. Therefore...
The immune response to SARS-CoV-2 infection requires antibody recognition of the spike protein. In a study designed to examine the molecular features of anti-spike and anti-nucleocapsid antibodies, patient plasma proteins...
Identifying cancer drivers and actionable mutations is critical for precision oncology. In epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) the majority of mutations lack biological or clinical validation. We fully characterized 43 lines of...
The involvement of immunoglobulin (Ig) G3 in the humoral immune response to SARS-CoV-2 infection has been implicated in the pathogenesis of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) in COVID-19. The exact molecular mechanism is...
We present evidence for Cp* being a sacrificial placeholder ligand in the [Cp*IrIII(chelate)X] series of homogeneous oxidation catalysts. UV-vis and 1H-NMR profiles as well as MALDI-MS data show a rapid and irreversible loss of...
Identifying cancer drivers and actionable mutations is critical for precision oncology. In epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) the majority of mutations lack biological or clinical validation. We fully characterized 43 lines of...
Fourteen new complexes of the form cis-[Ru IIX 2(R 2qpy 2+) 2] 4+ (R 2qpy 2+ = a 4,4′:2′,2″:4″,4‴-quaterpyridinium ligand, X = Cl - or NCS -) have been prepared and isolated as their PF 6 - salts. Characterisation involved...
Fourteen new complexes of the form cis-[Ru IIX 2(R 2qpy 2+) 2] 4+ (R 2qpy 2+ = a 4,4′:2′,2″:4″,4‴-quaterpyridinium ligand, X = Cl - or NCS -) have been prepared and isolated as their PF 6 - salts. Characterisation involved...
We present evidence for Cp* being a sacrificial placeholder ligand in the [Cp*IrIII(chelate)X] series of homogeneous oxidation catalysts. UV-vis and 1H-NMR profiles as well as MALDI-MS data show a rapid and irreversible loss of...
The involvement of immunoglobulin (Ig) G3 in the humoral immune response to SARS-CoV-2 infection has been implicated in the pathogenesis of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) in COVID-19. The exact molecular mechanism is...
Powerful new techniques in mass spectrometry (MS) provide an unprecedented opportunity to develop methods that facilitate protein characterization. This thesis utilizes matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization and...