Dr Georg Meisl

Research Associate

Education

2016 - PhD in Biophysical Chemistry, University of Cambridge

2011 - MSci in Natural Sciences, Chemistry, UNiversity of Cambridge

2010 - Cambridge-MIT Exchange Program, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Research Interests

Development and application of fundamental biophysical theories to data analysis in a biologically relevant context, Protein Aggregation, Biophysical Chemistry, High Throughput Screening

Selected Publications

G Meisl, E Hidari, K Allinson, T Rittman, SL DeVos, JS Sanchez, CK Xu, KE Duff, KA Johnson, JB Rowe, BT Hyman, TPJ Knowles and D Klenerman "In vivo rate-determining steps of tau seed accumulation in Alzheimer’s disease", Science Advances 7, eabh1448 (2021)
G Meisl, T Kurt, I Condado-Morales, C Bett, S Sorce, M Nuvolone, TCT Michaels, D Heinzer, M Avar, SIA Cohen, S Horneman, A Aguzzi, CM Dobson, CJ Sigurdson and TPJ Knowles “Scaling analysis reveals the mechanism and rates of prion replication in vivo”, Nature Structural and Molecular Biology 28, 365 (2021)
G Meisl, TPJ Knowles, D Klenerman “The molecular processes underpinning prion-like spreading and seed amplification in protein aggregation.” Current Opinion in Neurobiology 61, 58 (2020)
G Meisl, L Rajah, SAI Cohen, M Pfammatter, A Šarić, E Hellstrand, AK Buell, A Aguzzi, S Linse, M Vendruscolo, CM Dobson and TPJ Knowles, "Scaling behaviour and rate-determining steps in filamentous self-assembly", Chemcial Science (2017)
G Meisl, X Yang, CM Dobson, S Linse and TPJ Knowles, "Modulation of electrostatic interactions to reveal a reaction network unifying the aggregation behaviour of the Aβ42 peptide and its variants", Chemical Science 8, 4352 (2017)
G Meisl, JB Kirkegaard, P Arosio, M Vendruscolo, CM Dobson, S Linse and TPJ Knowles, “Molecular mechanisms of protein aggregation from global fitting of kinetic models”, Nature Protocols 11, 252 (2016)
G Meisl, X Yang, E Hellstrand, B Frohm, JB Kirkegaard, SIA Cohen, CM Dobson, S Linse and TPJ Knowles, "Differences in nucleation behavior underlie the contrasting aggregation kinetics of the Aβ40 and Aβ42 peptides.", Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 111, 9384 (2014)

Publications

Mechanism, scaling and rates of protein aggregation from in vivo measurements

G Meisl, AJ Dear, TC Michaels, TP Knowles

(2020)

(doi: 10.48550/arxiv.2008.09699)

Kinetic analysis reveals the rates and mechanisms of protein aggregation in a multicellular organism

T Sinnige, G Meisl, TCT Michaels, M Vendruscolo, TPJ Knowles, RI Morimoto

(2020)

2020.08.13.249862

(doi: 10.1101/2020.08.13.249862)

Templating S100A9 amyloids on Aβ fibrillar surfaces revealed by charge detection mass spectrometry, microscopy, kinetic and microfluidic analyses

J Pansieri, IA Iashchishyn, H Fakhouri, L Ostojić, M Malisauskas, G Musteikyte, V Smirnovas, MM Schneider, T Scheidt, CK Xu, G Meisl, TPJ Knowles, E Gazit, R Antoine, LA Morozova-Roche

Chemical Science

(2020)

7031

(doi: 10.1039/c9sc05905a)

Identification of on- And off-pathway oligomers in amyloid fibril formation

AJ Dear, G Meisl, A Šarić, TCT Michaels, M Kjaergaard, S Linse, TPJ Knowles

Chem Sci

(2020)

6236

(doi: 10.1039/c9sc06501f)

Continuous population-level monitoring of SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence in a large metropolitan region

M Emmenegger, E De Cecco, D Lamparter, RPB Jacquat, J Riou, D Menges, T Ballouz, D Ebner, MM Schneider, IC Morales, B Doğançay, J Guo, A Wiedmer, J Domange, M Imeri, R Moos, C Zografou, L Batkitar, L Madrigal, D Schneider, C Trevisan, A Gonzalez-Guerra, A Carrella, IL Dubach, CK Xu, G Meisl, V Kosmoliaptsis, T Malinauskas, N Burgess-Brown, R Owens, S Hatch, J Mongkolsapaya, GR Screaton, K Schubert, JD Huck, F Liu, F Pojer, K Lau, D Hacker, E Probst-Müller, C Cervia, J Nilsson, O Boyman, L Saleh, K Spanaus, A von Eckardstein, DJ Schaer, N Ban, C-J Tsai, J Marino, GFX Schertler, N Ebert, V Thiel, J Gottschalk, BM Frey, R Reimann, S Hornemann, AM Ring, TPJ Knowles, MA Puhan, CL Althaus, I Xenarios, DI Stuart, A Aguzzi

(2020)

2020.05.31.20118554

(doi: 10.1101/2020.05.31.20118554)

Templating S100A9 amyloids on Aβ fibrillar surfaces revealed by charge detection mass spectrometry, microscopy, kinetic and microfluidic analyses

J Pansieri, IA Iashchishyn, H Fakhouri, L Ostojić, M Malisauskas, G Musteikyte, V Smirnovas, MM Schneider, T Scheidt, CK Xu, G Meisl, TPJ Knowles, E Gazit, R Antoine, LA Morozova-Roche

(2020)

2020.05.26.116400

(doi: 10.1101/2020.05.26.116400)

Ultrastructural evidence for self-replication of Alzheimer-associated Aβ42 amyloid along the sides of fibrils

M Törnquist, R Cukalevski, U Weininger, G Meisl, TPJ Knowles, T Leiding, A Malmendal, M Akke, S Linse

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

(2020)

117

11265

(doi: 10.1073/pnas.1918481117)

Kinetic diversity of amyloid oligomers.

AJ Dear, TCT Michaels, G Meisl, D Klenerman, S Wu, S Perrett, S Linse, CM Dobson, TPJ Knowles

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

(2020)

117

12087

(doi: 10.1073/pnas.1922267117)

Author Correction: Dynamics of oligomer populations formed during the aggregation of Alzheimer's Aβ42 peptide.

TCT Michaels, A Šarić, S Curk, K Bernfur, P Arosio, G Meisl, AJ Dear, SIA Cohen, CM Dobson, M Vendruscolo, S Linse, TPJ Knowles

Nat Chem

(2020)

497

(doi: 10.1038/s41557-020-0468-6)

Dynamics of oligomer populations formed during the aggregation of Alzheimer’s Aβ42 peptide

TCT Michaels, A Šarić, S Curk, K Bernfur, P Arosio, G Meisl, AJ Dear, SIA Cohen, CM Dobson, M Vendruscolo, S Linse, TPJ Knowles

Nature Chemistry

(2020)

445

(doi: 10.1038/s41557-020-0452-1)

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