Research

Collagen Mimetic Peptides

Design and melting points given by CD curve derivative. University of Delaware.

Collagen peptide melting point curves

Cell Edge Velocity Tracking

Cells spreading on fibronectin-coated glass. Columbia University.

Cell edge velocity tracking

Yeast Sex Detector — iGEM 2008

Synthetic biology competition at Johns Hopkins University.

Yeast sex detector project

Oxidative Stress of Nanoparticles on Cells

Investigating the effects of nanoparticles on cellular oxidative stress.

Oxidative stress visualization

Neisseria Fluorescent Reporters

Bacterial imaging and tracking using fluorescent reporters.

Publications

Global biochemical and structural analysis of the type IV pilus from the Gram-positive bacterium Streptococcus sanguinis

JL Berry, I Gurung, JH Anonsen, I Spielman, et al. — Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2019

Functional analysis of an unusual type IV pilus in the Gram-positive Streptococcus sanguinis

I Gurung, I Spielman, MR Davies, R Lala, P Gaustad, N Biais, V Pelicic — Molecular Microbiology, 2016

The Vibrio cholerae Minor Pilin TcpB Initiates Assembly and Retraction of the Toxin-Coregulated Pilus

D Ng, T Harn, T Altindal, S Kolappan, JM Marles, I Spielman, et al. — PLOS Pathogens, 2016

Analyzing bacterial movements on surfaces

EL Munteanu, I Spielman, N Biais — Methods in Cell Biology, 2015

Quantification of cell edge velocities and traction forces reveals distinct motility modules during cell spreading

BJ Dubin-Thaler, JM Hofman, Y Cai, H Xenias, I Spielman, AV Shneidman, LA David, et al. — PLOS ONE, 2008