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

 

Publications

In vivo rate-determining steps of tau seed accumulation in Alzheimer’s disease
G Meisl, E Hidari, K Allinson, T Rittman, SL DeVos, JS Sanchez, CK Xu, KE Duff, KA Johnson, JB Rowe, BT Hyman, TPJ Knowles, D Klenerman
Science advances
(2021)
7
Kinetic and Thermodynamic Driving Factors in the Assembly of Phenylalanine-Based Modules
D Zaguri, MR Zimmermann, G Meisl, A Levin, S Rencus-Lazar, TPJ Knowles, E Gazit
ACS Nano
(2021)
15
Mechanism of Secondary Nucleation at the Single Fibril Level from Direct Observations of Aβ42 Aggregation
MR Zimmermann, SC Bera, G Meisl, S Dasadhikari, S Ghosh, S Linse, K Garai, TPJ Knowles
Journal of the American Chemical Society
(2021)
143
A conformational switch controlling the toxicity of the prion protein
K Frontzek, M Bardelli, A Senatore, A Henzi, RR Reimann, S Bedir, M Marino, R Hussain, S Jurt, G Meisl, M Pedotti, F Mazzola, G Siligardi, O Zerbe, M Losa, T Knowles, A Lakkaraju, C Zhu, P Schwarz, S Hornemann, MG Holt, L Simonelli, L Varani, A Aguzzi
(2021)
The binding of the small heat-shock protein αB-crystallin to fibrils of α-synuclein is driven by entropic forces.
T Scheidt, JA Carozza, CC Kolbe, FA Aprile, O Tkachenko, MMJ Bellaiche, G Meisl, QAE Peter, TW Herling, S Ness, M Castellana-Cruz, JLP Benesch, M Vendruscolo, CM Dobson, P Arosio, TPJ Knowles
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
(2021)
118
Alpha Synuclein only Forms Fibrils In Vitro when Larger than its Critical Size of 70 Monomers.
SE Sanchez, DR Whiten, G Meisl, FS Ruggeri, E Hidari, D Klenerman
ChemBioChem
(2021)
22
Mutations in two SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern reflect two distinct strategies of antibody escape
S Fiedler, V Denninger, AS Morgunov, A Ilsley, R Worth, G Meisl, CK Xu, MA Piziorska, F Ricci, AY Malik, SRA Devenish, MM Schneider, V Kosmoliaptsis, A Aguzzi, A Iwasaki, H Fiegler, TPJ Knowles
(2021)
Understanding the role of memory re-activation and cross-reactivity in the defense against SARS-CoV-2
V Denninger, CK Xu, G Meisl, AS Morgunov, S Fiedler, A Ilsley, M Emmenegger, AY Malik, MA Piziorska, MM Schneider, SRA Devenish, V Kosmoliaptsis, A Aguzzi, H Fiegler, TPJ Knowles
(2021)
Squalamine and Its Derivatives Modulate the Aggregation of Amyloid-β and α-Synuclein and Suppress the Toxicity of Their Oligomers
R Limbocker, R Staats, S Chia, FS Ruggeri, B Mannini, CK Xu, M Perni, R Cascella, A Bigi, LR Sasser, NR Block, AK Wright, RP Kreiser, ET Custy, G Meisl, S Errico, J Habchi, P Flagmeier, T Kartanas, JE Hollows, LT Nguyen, K LeForte, D Barbut, JR Kumita, C Cecchi, M Zasloff, TPJ Knowles, CM Dobson, F Chiti, M Vendruscolo
Frontiers in Neuroscience
(2021)
15
Super-resolution imaging reveals α-synuclein seeded aggregation in SH-SY5Y cells
JC Sang, E Hidari, G Meisl, RT Ranasinghe, MG Spillantini, D Klenerman
Commun Biol
(2021)
4

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01223 763845 (shared), 01223 763842

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