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Dr. Andrey Bessonov
Postdoctoral Researcher
Physics Department and ZNN/WSI
Technische Universität München
Am Coulombwall 4a
Room 2.012
85748 Garching

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Telephone: +49 89 289 11646
Fax: +49 89 289 11612

>> Curriculum Vitae

>> Research Interests

• antimicrobial peptides, lipid bilayers, protein-lipid interaction, cytoskeletal proteins, antibiotic resistance, bacterial porins, nanopores, membrane transport

>> Publications

>> Journal publications

1. Hajjar E., Bessonov A.N., Molitor A., Kumar A., Mahendran K.R., Winterhalter M., Pages J.M., Ruggerone P., Ceccarelli M. 2010. Towards screening for antibiotics with enhanced permeation properties through bacterial porins. Biochemistry. 49:6928-6935.
2. Hajjar E., Mahendran K.R., Kumar A., Bessonov A., Petrescu M., Weingart H., Ruggerone P., Winterhalter M., Ceccarelli M. 2010. Bridging timescales and length scales: from macroscopic flux to the molecular mechanism of antibiotic diffusion through porins. Biophys J. 98:569-575.
3. Pezeshki S., Chimerel C., Bessonov A.N., Winterhalter M., Kleinekathoefer U. 2009. Understanding ion conductance on a molecular level: an all-atom modeling of the bacterial porin OmpF. Biophys. J. 97:1898-1906.
4. James C.E., Mahendran K.R., Molitor A., Bolla J.-M., Bessonov A.N., Winterhalter M., Pages J.-M. 2009. How beta-lactam antibiotics enter bacteria: a dialogue with the porins. PLoS ONE. e5453.
5. Ostroumova O.S., Malev V.V., Bessonov A.N., Takemoto J.Y., Schagina L.V. 2008. Altering the activity of syringomycin E via the membrane dipole potential. Langmuir. 24:2987-2991.
6. Bessonov A.N., Schagina L.V., Takemoto J.Y., Gurnev P.A., Kuznetsova I.M., Turoverov K.K., Malev V.V. 2006. Actin and amphiphilic polymers influence on channel formation by syringomycin E in lipid bilayers. European Biophysics Journal. 35:382–392
7. Bessonov A.N., Schagina L.V., Turoverov K.K., Kuznetsova I.M., Takemoto J.Y., Malev V.V. 2006. Influence of cooperative adsorption of macromolecules on the channel-forming activity of syringomycin E in lipid bilayers. Biol. Membrany (Russian). 23:261–270.
8. Bessonov A.N., Gurnev P.A., Kuznetsova I.M., Takemoto J.Y., Turoverov K.K., Malev V.V., Schagina L.V. 2004. Interaction between filamentous actin and lipid bilayer causes the increase of syringomycin E channel-forming activity. Tsitologiia (Russian). 46:628–633.
9. Gurnev P.A., Bessonov A.N., Takemoto J.Y., Schagina L.V., Malev V.V. 2004. Conductance of ion channels induced by syringomycin E in lipid bilayers with asymmetrically distributed surface charge. Biol. Membrany (Russian). 21:325–332.
10. Gurnev P.A., Bessonov A.N., Kuznetsova I.M, Malev V.V., Pershina V.P., Pinaev G.P., Turoverov K.K., Takemoto J.Y., Tikhomirova A.V., Schagina L.V. 2003. Effects of actin and some polyions on channel-forming activity of syringomycin E in bilayer lipid membranes Biol. Membrany (Russian). 20:421–428.

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>> Conference Proceedings

1. Hajjar E., Kumar A., Mahendran K.R., Bessonov A., Winterhalter M., Ruggerone P., Ceccarelli M. 2010. Using Molecular Simulations to Screen for Antibiotics with Enhanced Permeation Properties through Bacterial Pores. Abstracts of the 54^th Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society, San Francisco, February 20–February 24.
2. Bessonov A.N., Hajjar E., Petrescu M., Winterhalter M. 2009. Permeation Of Beta-lactam Antibiotics Through E. Coli OmpF Altered By Constriction Zone Mutations. Abstracts of the 53^th Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society, Boston, February 28–March 4.
3. Kozhinjampara M.R., Mach T., Bessonov A.N., Weingart H., James C.E., Pages J.-M., Hajjar E., Kumar E., Ceccarelli M., Winterhalter M. 2009. The porin passport control – conductance measurements and biological relevance. Abstracts of the 53^th Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society, Boston, February 28–March 4.
4. Hajjar E., Spiga E., Pages J.-M., Mahendran K., Mach T., Bessonov A.N., Winterhaltyer M., Ruggerone P., Ceccarelli M. 2009. The biophysics of antibiotics translocation through OmpF revealed by computer simulations. Abstracts of the 53^th Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society, Boston, February 28–March 4.
5. Bessonov A.N. 2008. Investigation of antibiotic translocation via bacterial porins. Marie Curie Conference, Barcelona, July 17–18.
6. Mahendran K.R., Bessonov A.N., Weingart H., Ivanov A., Mach T., James C.E., Pages J.-M., Kumar A., Ceccarelli M., Winterhalter M. 2008. Understanding antibiotic translocation through porins from E. coli and E. aerogenes. Abstracts of the 52^th Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society, Long Beach, February 2–6.
7. Ostroumova O.S., Bessonov A.N., Takemoto J.Y., Schagina L.V. 2008. Membrane dipole potential modulates syringomycin E channel formation. Abstracts of the 52^th Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society, Long Beach, February 2–6.
8. Bessonov A.N., Schagina L.V., Gurnev P.A., Takemoto J.Y., Kuznetsova I.M., Turoverov K.K., Malev V.V. 2006. Cooperative adsorption of actin and synthetic polymers on syringomycin E modified planar lipid bilayers. Abstracts of the 50^th Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society, Salt Lake City, February 18–22. Biophys. J. 90: 62a.
9. Bessonov A.N., Babakov V.N., Kuznetsova I.M., Turoverov K.K., Malev V.V., Takemoto J.Y., Schagina L.V. 2005. Structural specificity of G-actin adsorption on model lipid membranes. Abstracts of the 49^th Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society, Long Beach, February 12–16. Biophys. J. 88: 425a.
10. Bessonov A.N., Gurnev P.A., Malev V.V., Takemoto J.Y., Schagina L.V. 2004. Konig’s polyanion modulates syringomycin E – induced conductance of lipid bilayers. Abstracts of the 48^th Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society, Baltimore, February 14–18. Biophys. J. 86: 206a.

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