Jenny Isaksson

10.06.2011
Department of Biosciences, Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland

Lateral distribution and membrane properties of structurally defined sphingolipids.

Reviewers:

Docent Juha Holopainen, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

Docent Vesa Olkkonen, Minerva Foundation Institute for Medical Research, Helsinki, Finland

Opponent:

Professor Rhoderick E. Brown, Laboratory of Membrane Biochemistry, The Hormel Institute, University of Minnesota, Austin, Minnesota, USA.

Custos:

Professor J. Peter Slotte, Department of Biosciences, Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland

Publications:

  1. Björkqvist YJE, Nyholm TK, Slotte JP, Ramstedt B. (2005) Domain formation and stability in complex lipid bilayers as reported by cholestatrienol. Biophys J. Jun;88(6):4054-63.
  2. Nybond S, Björkqvist YJE, Ramstedt B, Slotte JP. (2005) Acyl chain length affects ceramide action on sterol/sphingomyelin-rich domains. Biochim Biophys Acta. Dec 10;1718(1-2):61-6.
  3. Maunula S, Björkqvist YJE, Slotte JP, Ramstedt B. (2007) Differences in the domain forming properties of N-palmitoylated neutral glycosphingolipids in bilayer membranes. Biochim Biophys Acta. Feb;1768(2):336-45.
  4. Björkqvist YJE, Nybond S, Nyholm TKM, Slotte JP, Ramstedt B. (2008) N-palmitoyl-sulfatide participates in lateral domain formation in complex lipid bilayers. Biochim Biophys Acta 1778: 954-962.
  5. Björkqvist YJE, Brewer J, Bagatolli LA, Slotte JP, Westerlund B. (2009) Thermotropic behavior and lateral distribution of very long chain sphingolipids. Biochim Biophys Acta. Jun;1788(6):1310-20.