Biointerphases Volume 21, Issue 2 is now live! š
Click here to read articles about lipid membrane composition and fighting biliary stent occlusion.
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We were proud to sponsor awards at the 8th Pre- #EGU26 General Assembly Workshop on Bioaerosols & Ice Nucleation, held in Vienna May 2-3.
Congratulations to our winners Louis Castin, Haajira Beevi Habeebrahuman, Shashi Prabha Kumari, & Vibhaw Shrivastava!
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Authors explore how ice nucleating proteins bind to surfaces for progress in bio-inspired freezing applications incl. snowmaking, food science, cryo-med, & icing & anti-icing materials.āļø
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Snail shell fragments from Messor wasmanni ant middens show their mandibles (made of zinc-enriched chitin fibers) can crush juvenile but not adult shells, suggesting predatorāprey coevolution. Future work may reveal more about chitināmetal composites.
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Biofilmābiomaterial analysis is shifting to real-time electrochemical monitoring of adhesion, growth & metabolism at microscale. Challenges include biofouling, interference, drift & poor standardization; advances aim at stable, multifunctional sensors.
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Silane coupling agents are crucial for enhancing biocompatibility in medical devices. Their stability & versatility make them perfect for enhancing hydrogels & creating advanced surface coatings.
Check out one of our top reviews on these versatile agents: doi.org/10.1116/6.0002712
Wencke Krings leads a review exploring how diet shapes the form & mechanics of mollusks' radular teeth through echomechanics. Categorizing them like human tools, this aims to inspire engineering innovations & explore responses to environmental changes. doi.org/10.1116/6.0005034
Condensed droplet polymerization allows solvent-free creation of tunable polymer dome microlenses that enhance live-cell imaging. These adaptable platforms are useful for scaffolds, diagnostics, drug delivery, & probing curvature-mediated cell signaling. doi.org/10.1116/6.0004827
Authors from @UW use AFM & Tof-SIMS to study hydrolytic & enzymatic degradation of polyurethanes, showing polymer surface roughness in aqueous conditions is affected by bulk composition. Incorporating collagenase-cleavable peptides accelerated degradation.
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Biointerphases was pleased to present poster awards at the 10th Chinese National Conference on Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry, held in Xi'an, China this past October. Congratulations to the winners! š
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Between authors, reviewers, editors, & readers, RESEARCHERS are central to everything we do! Thank you to all researchers who engaged with us in 2025.
We look forward to continuing our focus on researchers &their contributions in 2026. Happy New Year from Biointerphases! š
Happy to share our latest publication from the @iiscbangalore@RamrayB, now available online and featured on the cover of @biointerphases. This cool and highly interesting paper focuses on the proteoglycan Decorin and its role in ovarian cancer progression.
On our latest cover, we feature research from Indian Institute of Technology studying the role of the proteoglycan Decorin in regulating ovarian cancer progression. Glycosaminoglycan chains in Decorin are crucial to its role fighting invasive cells. šŖ
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Ti-NW-Mg modified titanium implants were synthesized & shown to improve bone formation ā reducing macrophage growth & inflammation while regulating macrophage polarization. The results suggest a promising implant material for enhancing osteogenesis.
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Surface force apparatus measurements & microscopy show the concentration of calcium ions affects the aggregation, cohesion & intefacial adhesion of ascidian adhesive protein 1 (AAP-1)ādata valuable in creating antifouling coatings & biomimetic adhesives.
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High-speed atomic force microscopy enabled direct visualization of single-molecule adsorption dynamics of bovine serum albumin and fibrinogen on silica nanoparticle coatings, revealing distinct, protein-specific and dynamic interfacial mechanisms.
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