Sandor Kasas
Faculty of Biology and Medicine
Department of Basic Neurosciences
University of Lausanne
Switzerland
Biography
Dr. Sandor Kasas; hosts, collaborates and co-ordinates the research works pertaining to the International Joint Research Group VUB-Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (Switzerland)BioNanotechnology & NanoMedicine, and the Alliance Research Group VUB-Ghent University (Ghent, Belgium) (Prof. Bart Devreese) NanoMicrobiology.
Research Interest
Expertised in atomic force microscopy of Proteins, enzymes, DNA, etc.,Sandor Kasas presented a study on the "complex snare", the cell membrane of the end of the axons where the neurotransmitters are released to transmit the nerve impulses between the neurons. By measuring the adhesion forces between the proteins syntaxin 1 ( sx1), SNAP-25 ( S25 ) and VAMP 2 ( V2 ), the researchers were able to understand how they were arranged and how the toxin tetanus (TeTx) disrupts functioning of these proteins.
Publications
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Goossens KV, Ielasi FS, Nookaew I, Stals I, Alonso-Sarduy L, et al., (2015). Molecular mechanism of flocculation self-recognition in yeast and its role in mating and survival. Mbio.6: e00427-15.
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Arnal L, Longo G, Stupar P, Castez MF, Cattelan N, et al., (2015). Localization of adhesins on the surface of a pathogenic bacterial envelope through atomic force microscopy. Nanoscale.7: 17563-72.
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Kasas S, Ruggeri FS, Benadiba C, Maillard C, Stupar P, et al., (2015). Detecting nanoscale vibrations as signature of life. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.112: 378-81.
