Ice-binding proteins: from antifreeze mechanism to resistant soft materials

Project Information

PRISM

Grant agreement ID: 635928

DOI 10.3030/635928

Project closed

EC signature date 12 February 2015

Start date 1 May 2015

End date 30 April 2021

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC)

Total cost € 1 661 605,00

EU contribution € 1 661 605,00

Coordinated by

TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITEIT EINDHOVEN
Netherlands

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (30)

Mitigating shrinkage of alkali activated slag with biofilm

Author(s): Z.Y. Qu, Qingliang Yu, Y.D. Ji, F. Gauvin, Ilja K. Voets
Published in: Cement and Concrete Research, Issue 138, 2020, Page(s) 106234, ISSN 0008-8846
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.cemconres.2020.106234

Tandem catalysis in multicomponent solvent-free biofluids

Author(s): Dylan Luke Atkins, José Augusto Berrocal, Alexander Francesco Mason, Ilja Karina Voets
Published in: Nanoscale, Issue 11/42, 2019, Page(s) 19797-19805, ISSN 2040-3364
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
DOI: 10.1039/c9nr06045f

Single Enzyme Nanoparticles with Improved Biocatalytic Activity through Protein Entrapment in a Surfactant Shell

Author(s): Dylan L. Atkins, J. Rodrigo Magana, Christian C. M. Sproncken, Jan C.M. van Hest, Ilja K. Voets
Published in: Biomacromolecules, Issue 22/3, 2021, Page(s) 1159-1166, ISSN 1525-7797
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.0c01663

From the freezer to the clinic

Author(s): Roderick P Tas, Vasco Sampaio‐Pinto, Tom Wennekes, Linda W Laake, Ilja K Voets
Published in: EMBO reports, Issue 22/3, 2021, Page(s) e52162, ISSN 1469-221X
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.15252/embr.202052162

The Impact of Salts on the Ice Recrystallization Inhibition Activity of Antifreeze (Glyco)Proteins

Author(s): Romà Surís-Valls, Ilja Voets
Published in: Biomolecules, Issue 9/8, 2019, Page(s) 347, ISSN 2218-273X
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/biom9080347

A Roadmap to Cardiac Tissue‐Engineered Construct Preservation: Insights from Cells, Tissues, and Organs

Author(s): Vasco Sampaio‐Pinto, Jasmijn Janssen, Nino Chirico, Margarida Serra, Paula M. Alves, Pieter A. Doevendans, Ilja K. Voets, Joost P. G. Sluijter, Linda W. Laake, Alain Mil
Published in: Advanced Materials, Issue 33/27, 2021, Page(s) 2008517, ISSN 0935-9648
Publisher: United Nations Industrial Developement Organization
DOI: 10.1002/adma.202008517

A simple method to create hydrophobic mortar using bacteria grown in liquid cultures

Author(s): Zhengyao Qu, Shuaiqi Guo, Yifeng Zheng, Emma C. Giakoumatos, Qingliang Yu, Ilja K. Voets
Published in: Construction and Building Materials, Issue 297, 2021, Page(s) 123744, ISSN 0950-0618
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2021.123744

RTX Adhesins are Key Bacterial Surface Megaproteins in the Formation of Biofilms

Author(s): Shuaiqi Guo, Tyler D.R. Vance, Corey A. Stevens, Ilja Voets, Peter L. Davies
Published in: Trends in Microbiology, Issue 27/5, 2019, Page(s) 453-467, ISSN 0966-842X
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2018.12.003

Engineered Living Materials Based on Adhesin-Mediated Trapping of Programmable Cells

Author(s): Shuaiqi Guo, Emilien Dubuc, Yahav Rave, Mick Verhagen, Simone A. E. Twisk, Tim van der Hek, Guido J. M. Oerlemans, Maxime C. M. van den Oetelaar, Laura S. van Hazendonk, Mariska Brüls, Bruno V. Eijkens, Pim L. Joostens, Sander R. Keij, Weizhou Xing, Martijn Nijs, Jitske Stalpers, Manoj Sharma, Marieke Gerth, Roy J. E. A. Boonen, Kees Verduin, Maarten Merkx, Ilja K. Voets, Tom F. A. de Greef
Published in: ACS Synthetic Biology, Issue 9/3, 2020, Page(s) 475-485, ISSN 2161-5063
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/acssynbio.9b00404

Supramolecular Block Copolymers under Thermodynamic Control

Author(s): Beatrice Adelizzi, Antonio Aloi, Albert J. Markvoort, Huub M. M. Ten Eikelder, Ilja K. Voets, Anja R. A. Palmans, E. W. Meijer
Published in: Journal of the American Chemical Society, Issue 140/23, 2018, Page(s) 7168-7175, ISSN 0002-7863
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.8b02706

Enhancing the Freeze–Thaw Durability of Concrete through Ice Recrystallization Inhibition by Poly(vinyl alcohol)

Author(s): Zhengyao Qu, Shuaiqi Guo, Christian C. M. Sproncken, Romà Surís-Valls, Qingliang Yu, Ilja K. Voets
Published in: ACS Omega, Issue 5/22, 2020, Page(s) 12825-12831, ISSN 2470-1343
Publisher: ACS
DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.0c00555

Super-resolution microscopy on single particles at fluid interfaces reveals their wetting properties and interfacial deformations

Author(s): A. Aloi, N. Vilanova, L. Isa, A. M. de Jong, I. K. Voets
Published in: Nanoscale, Issue 11/14, 2019, Page(s) 6654-6661, ISSN 2040-3364
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
DOI: 10.1039/c8nr08633h

Structure of a 1.5-MDa adhesin that binds its Antarctic bacterium to diatoms and ice

Author(s): Shuaiqi Guo, Corey A. Stevens, Tyler D. R. Vance, Luuk L. C. Olijve, Laurie A. Graham, Robert L. Campbell, Saeed R. Yazdi, Carlos Escobedo, Maya Bar-Dolev, Victor Yashunsky, Ido Braslavsky, David N. Langelaan, Steven P. Smith, John S. Allingham, Ilja K. Voets, Peter L. Davies
Published in: Science Advances, Issue 3/8, 2017, Page(s) e1701440, ISSN 2375-2548
Publisher: Science Advances
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1701440

Conserved structural features anchor biofilm-associated RTX-adhesins to the outer membrane of bacteria

Author(s): Shuaiqi Guo, David N. Langelaan, Sean W. Phippen, Steven P. Smith, Ilja K. Voets, Peter L. Davies
Published in: The FEBS Journal, Issue 285/10, 2018, Page(s) 1812-1826, ISSN 1742-464X
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/febs.14441

Complex Coacervate Core Micelles Containing Poly(vinyl alcohol) Inhibit Ice Recrystallization

Author(s): Christian C. M. Sproncken, Romà Surís-Valls, Hande E. Cingil, Christophe Detrembleur, Ilja K. Voets
Published in: Macromolecular Rapid Communications, 2017, Page(s) 1700814, ISSN 1022-1336
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
DOI: 10.1002/marc.201700814

Painting Supramolecular Polymers in Organic Solvents by Super-resolution Microscopy

Author(s): Beatrice Adelizzi, Antonio Aloi, Nathan J. Van Zee, Anja R. A. Palmans, E. W. Meijer, Ilja K. Voets
Published in: ACS Nano, Issue 12/5, 2018, Page(s) 4431-4439, ISSN 1936-0851
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.8b00396

Soft matter nanoscopy

Author(s): Antonio Aloi, Ilja K. Voets
Published in: Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science, Issue 34, 2018, Page(s) 59-73, ISSN 1359-0294
Publisher: Pergamon Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.cocis.2018.03.001

Morphological evolution of complex coacervate core micelles revealed by iPAINT microscopy

Author(s): Antonio Aloi, Clément Guibert, Luuk L.C. Olijve, Ilja K. Voets
Published in: Polymer, Issue 107, 2016, Page(s) 450-455, ISSN 0032-3861
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2016.08.002

From ice-binding proteins to bio-inspired antifreeze materials

Author(s): I. K. Voets
Published in: Soft Matter, Issue 13/28, 2017, Page(s) 4808-4823, ISSN 1744-683X
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
DOI: 10.1039/C6SM02867E

Stability and growth mechanism of self-assembling putative antifreeze cyclic peptides

Author(s): Z. Faidon Brotzakis, Mascha Gehre, Ilja K. Voets, Peter G. Bolhuis
Published in: Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, Issue 19/29, 2017, Page(s) 19032-19042, ISSN 1463-9076
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
DOI: 10.1039/C7CP02465G

Influence of Polymer Chain Architecture of Poly(vinyl alcohol) on the Inhibition of Ice Recrystallization

Author(s): Luuk L. C. Olijve, Marco M. R. M. Hendrix, Ilja K. Voets
Published in: Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics, Issue 217/8, 2016, Page(s) 951-958, ISSN 1022-1352
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
DOI: 10.1002/macp.201500497

Interaction of ice binding proteins with ice, water and ions

Author(s): Anneloes S. Oude Vrielink, Antonio Aloi, Luuk L. C. Olijve, Ilja K. Voets
Published in: Biointerphases, Issue 11/1, 2016, Page(s) 018906, ISSN 1559-4106
Publisher: American Vacuum Society
DOI: 10.1116/1.4939462

A Simple and Quantitative Method to Evaluate Ice Recrystallization Kinetics Using the Circle Hough Transform Algorithm

Author(s): Luuk L. C. Olijve, Anneloes S. Oude Vrielink, Ilja K. Voets
Published in: Crystal Growth & Design, Issue 16/8, 2016, Page(s) 4190-4195, ISSN 1528-7483
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/acs.cgd.5b01637

Blocking rapid ice crystal growth through nonbasal plane adsorption of antifreeze proteins

Author(s): Luuk L. C. Olijve, Konrad Meister, Arthur L. DeVries, John G. Duman, Shuaiqi Guo, Huib J. Bakker, Ilja K. Voets
Published in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Issue 113/14, 2016, Page(s) 3740-3745, ISSN 0027-8424
Publisher: National Academy of Sciences
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1524109113

Unusually high mechanical stability of bacterial adhesin extender domains having calcium clamps

Author(s): Anneloes S. Oude Vrielink, Tyler D. R. Vance, Arthur M. de Jong, Peter L. Davies, Ilja K. Voets
Published in: PLOS ONE, Issue 12/4, 2017, Page(s) e0174682, ISSN 1932-6203
Publisher: Public Library of Science
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0174682

Water structure and dynamics in the hydration layer of a type III anti-freeze protein

Author(s): Z. Faidon Brotzakis, Ilja K. Voets, Huib J. Bakker, Peter G. Bolhuis
Published in: Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, Issue 20/10, 2018, Page(s) 6996-7006, ISSN 1463-9076
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
DOI: 10.1039/c8cp00170g

Complex Coacervate Core Micelles Containing Poly(vinyl alcohol) Inhibit Ice Recrystallization

Author(s): Christian C. M. Sproncken, Romà Surís-Valls, Hande E. Cingil, Christophe Detrembleur, Ilja K. Voets
Published in: Macromolecular Rapid Communications, Issue 39/17, 2018, Page(s) 1700814, ISSN 1022-1336
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
DOI: 10.1002/marc.201700814

Conserved structural features anchor biofilm‐associated RTX –adhesins to the outer membrane of bacteria

Author(s): Shuaiqi Guo, David N. Langelaan, Sean W. Phippen, Steven P. Smith, Ilja K. Voets, Peter L. Davies
Published in: The FEBS Journal, Issue 285/10, 2018, Page(s) 1812-1826, ISSN 1742-464X
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/febs.14441

Peptidic Antifreeze Materials: Prospects and Challenges

Author(s): Surís-Valls, Voets
Published in: International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Issue 20/20, 2019, Page(s) 5149, ISSN 1422-0067
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/ijms20205149

Marine fish antifreeze proteins: the key towards cryopreserving the winter soldier

Author(s): R. Suris Valls; R. Mehmedbasic; I.K. Voets
Published in: TU DELFT OPEN ACCESSJOURNALSUPERHERO SCIENCE + TECHNOLOGY, Issue 01/1, 2018, Page(s) 1-12, ISSN 0046-7316
Publisher: Technische Universiteit Delft/Delft University of Technology
DOI: 10.24413/sst.2018.1.2105