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Walter Reisner

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Statics and dynamics of single DNA molecules confined in nanochannels

W Reisner, KJ Morton, R Riehn, YM Wang, Z Yu… - Physical review …, 2005 - APS
The successful design of nanofluidic devices for the manipulation of biopolymers requires
an understanding of how the predictions of soft condensed matter physics scale with device …

DNA confinement in nanochannels: physics and biological applications

W Reisner, JN Pedersen… - Reports on progress in …, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
DNA is the central storage molecule of genetic information in the cell, and reading that
information is a central problem in biology. While sequencing technology has made enormous …

The dynamics of genomic-length DNA molecules in 100-nm channels

…, C Prinz, H Cao, S Chou, WW Reisner… - Proceedings of the …, 2004 - National Acad Sciences
We show that genomic-length DNA molecules imaged in nanochannels have an extension
along the channel that scales linearly with the contour length of the polymer, in agreement …

Single-molecule denaturation mapping of DNA in nanofluidic channels

W Reisner, NB Larsen, A Silahtaroglu… - Proceedings of the …, 2010 - National Acad Sciences
Here we explore the potential power of denaturation mapping as a single-molecule
technique. By partially denaturing YOYO®-1-labeled DNA in nanofluidic channels with a …

Directed self-organization of single DNA molecules in a nanoslit via embedded nanopit arrays

W Reisner, NB Larsen, H Flyvbjerg… - Proceedings of the …, 2009 - National Acad Sciences
We show that arrays of nanopit structures etched in a nanoslit can control the positioning
and conformation of single DNA molecules in nanofluidic devices. By adjusting the spacing, …

Single Molecule DNA Resensing Using a Two‐Pore Device

Y Zhang, X Liu, Y Zhao, JK Yu, W Reisner, WB Dunbar - Small, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
A nanofluidic device is presented that, enables independent sensing and resensing of a
single DNA molecule translocating through two nanopores with sub‐micrometer spacing. The …

Nanoconfinement-enhanced conformational response of single DNA molecules to changes in ionic environment

W Reisner, JP Beech, NB Larsen, H Flyvbjerg… - Physical review …, 2007 - APS
We show that the ionic environment plays a critical role in determining the configurational
properties of DNA confined in silica nanochannels. The extension of DNA in the nanochannels …

Confinement spectroscopy: probing single DNA molecules with tapered nanochannels

F Persson, P Utko, W Reisner, NB Larsen… - Nano …, 2009 - ACS Publications
We demonstrate a confinement spectroscopy technique capable of probing small
conformational changes of unanchored single DNA molecules in a manner analogous to force …

Single-molecule studies of repressor–DNA interactions show long-range interactions

YM Wang, JO Tegenfeldt, W Reisner… - Proceedings of the …, 2005 - National Acad Sciences
We have performed single-molecule studies of GFP–LacI repressor proteins bound to
bacteriophage λ DNA containing a 256 tandem lac operator insertion confined in nanochannels. …

MoS2-Plasmonic Nanocavities for Raman Spectra of Single Extracellular Vesicles Reveal Molecular Progression in Glioblastoma

…, R Zhou, K Petrecca, WW Reisner… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are continually released from cancer cells into biofluids, carrying
actionable molecular fingerprints of the underlying disease with considerable diagnostic …