Joshua A. Maurer

Generation and evaluation of a large mutational library from the Escherichia coli mechanosensitive channel of large conductance, MscL: implications for channel gating and evolutionary design.

Total chemical synthesis and electrophysiological characterization of mechanosensitive channels from Escherichia coli and Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

Reconstitution of ion channels in agarose-supported silicon orifices.

Confirming the revised C-terminal domain of the MscL crystal structure.

Direct printing of trichlorosilanes on glass for selective protein adsorption and cell growth.

Identification and experimental verification of a novel family of bacterial cyclic nucleotide-gated (bCNG) ion channels.

Sequence or structure: using bioinformatics and homology modeling to understand functional relationships in cAMP/cGMP binding domains.

Recycling and reusing patterned self-assembled monolayers for cell culture.

Defining the role of the tension sensor in the mechanosensitive channel of small conductance.

Microcontact printing for creation of patterned lipid bilayers on tetraethylene glycol self-assembled monolayers.

Mechanosensitive behavior of bacterial cyclic nucleotide gated (bCNG) ion channels: Insights into the mechanism of channel gating in the mechanosensitive channel of small conductance superfamily.

Unmasking Photolithography: A Versatile Way to Site-Selectively Pattern Gold Substrates.

Increased Stability of Glycol-Terminated Self-Assembled Monolayers for Long-Term Patterned Cell Culture.