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Dr. G.A. (Gerhard) Blab

Assistant Professor 
Science
Physics
Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science
Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science
 
Science
Physics
Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science
Molecular Biophysics
Molecular Biophysics
Leonard S. Ornsteinlaboratorium
Princetonplein 1
Kamer 57
3584 CC Utrecht

Dr. G.A. (Gerhard) Blab

Assistant Professor
Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science
Molecular Biophysics
+31 30 253 2409
g.a.blab@uu.nl
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If you are interested in my publications, please visit my home page or look me up on Scopus or Researcher-ID (D-2275-2011).

Publications

2023

Scholarly publications

Asgari, P., Yüksel, I. B. D., Blab, G. A., Gerritsen, H. C., & Mosk, A. P. (2023). Sub-nanometer measurement of transient structural changes in dye-doped polystyrene microspheres. OSA Continuum, 2(2), 259-265. https://doi.org/10.1364/OPTCON.477703
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/434604/optcon-2-2-259.pdf?sequence=1

2020

Scholarly publications

Mohammadian, S., Agronskaia, A. V., Blab, G. A., van Donselaar, E. G., de Heus, C., Liv, N., Klumperman, J., & Gerritsen, H. C. (2020). Integrated super resolution fluorescence microscopy and transmission electron microscopy. Ultramicroscopy, 215, Article 113007. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ultramic.2020.113007
https://research-portal.uu.nl/ws/files/235426802/1-s2.0-S0304399119304371-main.pdf
Soeteman-Hernández, L. G., Blab, G. A., Carattino, A., Dekker, F., Dekkers, S., van der Linden, M., van Silfhout, A., & Noorlander, C. W. (2020). Challenges of implementing nano-specific safety and safe-by-design principles in academia. NanoImpact, 19, Article 100243. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.impact.2020.100243
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/411581/1_s2.0_S2452074820300379_main.pdf?sequence=1
Lehmann, K., Shayegan, M., Blab, G. A., & Forde, N. R. (2020). Optical Tweezers Approaches for Probing Multiscale Protein Mechanics and Assembly. Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences, 7, Article 577314. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmolb.2020.577314
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/411580/fmolb_07_577314.pdf?sequence=1

2019

Scholarly publications

van Hest, J. J. H. A., Agronskaia, A. V., Fokkema, J., Montanarella, F., Gregorio Puig, A., de Mello Donega, C., Meijerink, A., Blab, G. A., & Gerritsen, H. C. (2019). Towards robust and versatile single nanoparticle fiducial markers for correlative light and electron microscopy. Journal of Microscopy, 274(1), 13-22. https://doi.org/10.1111/jmi.12778
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/391152/jmi.12778.pdf?sequence=1
Mohammadian, S., Fokkema, J., Agronskaia, A. V., Liv, N., de Heus, C., van Donselaar, E., Blab, G. A., Klumperman, J., & Gerritsen, H. C. (2019). High accuracy, fiducial marker-based image registration of correlative microscopy images. Scientific Reports, 9(1), Article 3211. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-40098-4
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/390645/High_accuracy_fiducial_marker_based.pdf?sequence=1

2018

Scholarly publications

Fokkema, J., Fermie, J., Liv, N., van den Heuvel, D. J., Konings, T. O. M., Blab, G. A., Meijerink, A., Klumperman, J., & Gerritsen, H. C. (2018). Fluorescently Labelled Silica Coated Gold Nanoparticles as Fiducial Markers for Correlative Light and Electron Microscopy. Scientific Reports, 8, Article 13625. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-31836-1
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/374044/fokkema.pdf?sequence=1
Van Hest, J. J. H. A., Blab, G. A., Gerritsen, H. C., De Mello Donega, C., & Meijerink, A. (2018). The Role of a Phonon Bottleneck in Relaxation Processes for Ln-Doped NaYF4 Nanocrystals. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 122(7), 3985-3993. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.7b11171
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/369290/acs.jpcc.7b11171.pdf?sequence=1

2017

Scholarly publications

van Hest, J. J. H. A., Blab, G. A., Gerritsen, H. C., de Mello Donega, C., & Meijerink, A. (2017). Probing the Influence of Disorder on Lanthanide Luminescence Using Eu-Doped LaPO4 Nanoparticles. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 121(35), 19373-19382. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.7b06549
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/357806/acs.jpcc.7b06549.pdf?sequence=1

2016

Scholarly publications

Dijk, L. V., Paetzold, U. W., Blab, G. A., Schropp, R. E. I., & Di Vece, M. (2016). 3D-printed external light trap for solar cells. Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications, 24(5), 623-633. https://doi.org/10.1002/pip.2702
https://research-portal.uu.nl/ws/files/255405715/Progress_in_Photovoltaics_-_2015_-_Dijk_-_3D_printed_external_light_trap_for_solar_cells.pdf
van Hest, J. J. H. A., Blab, G. A., Gerritsen, H. C., Donega, C. D. M., & Meijerink, A. (2016). Incorporation of Ln-Doped LaPO4 Nanocrystals as Luminescent Markers in Silica Nanoparticles. Nanoscale Research Letters, 11, Article 261. https://doi.org/10.1186/s11671-016-1465-y
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/346908/Incorporation.pdf?sequence=1

2015

Scholarly publications

Zuckermann, M. J., Angstmann, C. N., Schmitt, R., Blab, G. A., Bromley, E. H. C., Forde, N. R., Linke, H., & Curmi, P. M. G. (2015). Motor properties from persistence: A linear molecular walker lacking spatial and temporal asymmetry. New Journal of Physics, 17, Article 055017. https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/17/5/055017
Fereidouni, F., Reitsma, K., Blab, G. A., & Gerritsen, H. C. (2015). Time-resolved spectral imaging: Better photon economy, higher accuracy. In K. Konig, P. T. C. So, & A. Periasamy (Eds.), Multiphoton Microscopy in the Biomedical Sciences XV Article 93290H (Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE; Vol. 9329). SPIE. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2080392
Van Dijk, L., Paetzold, U. W., Blab, G. A., Marcus, E. A. P., Oostra, A. J., Van De Groep, J., Polman, A., Schropp, R. E. I., & Di Vece, M. (2015). 3D-printed external light traps for solar cells. In 2015 IEEE 42nd Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2015 Article 7356161 (2015 IEEE 42nd Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2015). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2015.7356161
Jose, J., Blab, G. A., Van Blaaderen, A., & Imhof, A. (2015). Jammed elastic shells-a 3D experimental soft frictionless granular system. Soft Matter, 11(9), 1800-1813. https://doi.org/10.1039/c4sm02098g
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/314696/c4sm02098g.pdf?sequence=1

2014

Scholarly publications

Knaus, H., Blab, G. A., Gerritsen, H. C., & Wosten, H. A. B. (2014). Nonlinear Spectral Imaging of Fungal Metabolism. Biophysical Journal, 106(2, Supplement 1), 205a-205a. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpj.2013.11.1204
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/424616/1_s2.0_S0006349513024624_main.pdf?sequence=1
Fereidouni, F., Blab, G. A., & Gerritsen, H. C. (2014). Phasor based analysis of FRET images recorded using spectrally resolved lifetime imaging. Methods and Applications in Fluorescence, 2(3), Article 035001. https://doi.org/10.1088/2050-6120/2/3/035001
Revalee, J. D., Blab, G. A., Wilson, H. D., Kahn, J. D., & Meiners, J. C. (2014). Tethered particle motion reveals that LacI·DNA loops coexist with a competitor-resistant but apparently unlooped conformation. Biophysical Journal, 106(3), 705-715. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpj.2013.12.024

2013

Scholarly publications

Fereidouni, F., Blab, G. A., & Gerritsen, H. C. (2013). Blind unmixing of spectrally resolved lifetime images. Journal of Biomedical Optics, 18(8), Article 086006. https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JBO.18.8.086006
Knaus, H., Blab, G., van Veluw, G. J., Gerritsen, H. C., & Wösten, H. A. B. (2013). Label-free fluorescence microscopy in fungi. Fungal Biology Reviews, 27(2), 60-66. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fbr.2013.05.003
Knaus, H., Blab, G., Agronskaia, A. V., van den Heuvel, D. J., Gerritsen, H. C., & Wösten, H. A. B. (2013). Monitoring the metabolic state of fungal hyphae and the presence of melanin by nonlinear spectral imaging. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 79(20), 6345-6350. https://doi.org/10.1128/AEM.02291-13
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/289209/KnausMonitoring.pdf?sequence=1

2012

Scholarly publications

Kovacic, S., Samii, L., Woolfson, D. N., Curmi, P. M. G., Linke, H., & Blab, G. (2012). Design and Construction of a One-Dimensional DNA Track for an ArtificialMolecularMotor. Journal of Nanomaterials, 2012, Article 109238. https://doi.org/10.1155/2012/109238
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/269207/109238%255B1%255D.pdf?sequence=1

Other output

Knaus, H., Blab, G., Gerritsen, H. C., & Wösten, H. A. B. (2012). Use of non-linear spectral imaging to monitor the condition of fungal cells. Abstract from Ninth Symposium Kluyver Centre for Genomics of Industrial Fermentation, Noordwijkerhout.
Knaus, H., Blab, G., Gerritsen, H. C., & Wosten, H. A. B. (2012). In vivo nonlinear spectral imaging of fungi. Abstract from 11th European Conference on Fungal Genetics, Philipps-Universitaet Marburg, Germany.

2011

Scholarly publications

Samii, L., Blab, G. A., Bromley, E. H. C., Linke, H., Curmi, P. M. G., Zuckermann, M. J., & Forde, N. R. (2011). Time-dependent motor properties of multipedal molecular spiders. Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics, 84(3), Article 031111. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.84.031111
Fereidouni, F., Esposito, A., Blab, G., & Gerritsen, H. C. (2011). A modified phasor approach for analyzing time-gated fluorescence lifetime images. Journal of Microscopy, 244(3), 248-258. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2818.2011.03533.x
Farré, A., Shayegan, M., López-Quesada, C., Blab, G., Montes-Usategui, M., Forde, N. R., & Martín-Badosa, E. (2011). Positional stability of holographic optical traps. Optics Express [E], 19(22), 21370-21384. https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.19.021370
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/226264/245656F_223213.pdf?sequence=1

2010

Scholarly publications

Farré, A., van der Horst, A., Blab, G. A., Downing, B. P. B., & Forde, N. R. (2010). Stretching single DNA molecules to demonstrate high-force capabilities of holographic optical tweezers. Journal of Biophotonics, 3(4), 224-233. https://doi.org/10.1002/jbio.200900107
Kuwada, N. J., Blab, G. A., & Linke, H. (2010). A classical Master equation approach to modeling an artificial protein motor. Chemical Physics, 375(2-3), 479-485. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemphys.2010.05.009

2009

Scholarly publications

Chen, Y. F., Blab, G. A., & Meiners, J. C. (2009). Stretching submicron biomolecules with constant-force axial optical tweezers. Biophysical Journal, 96(11), 4701-4708. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpj.2009.03.009
Bromley, E. H. C., Kuwada, N. J., Zuckermann, M. J., Donadini, R., Samii, L., Blab, G. A., Gemmen, G. J., Lopez, B. J., Curmi, P. M. G., Forde, N. R., Woolfson, D. N., & Linke, H. (2009). The tumbleweed: Towards a synthetic protein motor. HFSP Journal, 3(3), 204-212. https://doi.org/10.2976/1.3111282

2007

Scholarly publications

Chen, Y. F., Blab, G. A., & Meiners, J. C. (2007). Stretching sub-micron DNA fragments with optical tweezers. In Optical Trapping and Optical Micromanipulation IV Article 664403 (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 6644). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.736824
Lasne, D., Blab, G. A., De Giorgi, F., Ichas, F., Lounis, B., & Cognet, L. (2007). Label-free optical imaging of mitochondria in live cells. Optics Express, 15(21), 14184-14193. https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.15.014184

2006

Scholarly publications

Blab, G. A., Cognet, L., Berciaud, S., Alexandre, I., Husar, D., Remacle, J., & Lounis, B. (2006). Optical readout of gold nanoparticle-based DNA microarrays without silver enhancement. Biophysical Journal, 90(1), L13-L15. https://doi.org/10.1529/biophysj.105.076182
Berciaud, S., Cognet, L., Blab, G. A., Lasne, D., Remacle, J., Tamarat, P., & Lounis, B. (2006). Absorption spectroscopy of individual nano-objects and improved readout of DNA microarrays using photothermal detection. Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE, 6092, Article 60920A. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.647808
Berciaud, S., Cognet, L., Lasne, D., Blab, G. A., & Lounis, B. (2006). Photothermal absorption spectroscopy of individual gold nanoparticles and CdSe/ZnS semiconductor nanocrystals. In Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, CLEO/QELS 2006 Article 4629092 (Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, CLEO/QELS 2006). https://doi.org/10.1109/CLEO.2006.4629092
Lasne, D., Cognet, L., Berciaud, S., Blab, G. A., Groc, L., Heine, M., Choquet, D., & Lounis, B. (2006). Single molecule, CdSe/ZnS quantum dot and gold nanoparticle detection in live neurons. In Colloidal Quantum Dots for Biomedical Applications Article 609616 (Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE; Vol. 6096). SPIE. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.647788
Lasne, D., Blab, G. A., Berciaud, S., Heine, M., Groc, L., Choquet, D., Cognet, L., & Lounis, B. (2006). Single Nanoparticle Photothermal Tracking (SNaPT) of 5-nm gold beads in live cells. Biophysical Journal, 91(12), 4598-4604. https://doi.org/10.1529/biophysj.106.089771
Berciaud, S., Lasne, D., Blab, G. A., Cognet, L., & Lounis, B. (2006). Photothermal heterodyne imaging of individual metallic nanoparticles: Theory versus experiment. Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, 73(4), Article 045424. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.73.045424

2005

Scholarly publications

Berciaud, S., Lasne, D., Blab, G. A., Tamarat, P., Cognet, L., & Lounis, B. (2005). Photothermal heterodyne imaging and absorption spectroscopy of individual nonfluorescent nano-objects. In 2005 European Quantum Electronics Conference, EQEC '05 (pp. 344). Article 1567509 (2005 European Quantum Electronics Conference, EQEC '05; Vol. 2005). https://doi.org/10.1109/EQEC.2005.1567509
Berciaud, S., Lasne, D., Blab, G. A., Tamarat, P., Cognet, L., & Lounis, B. (2005). Optical detection and spectroscopy of single metal nanoparticles. Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, 5927, 1-13. Article 59271B. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.621174

2004

Scholarly publications

Blab, G. A., Schmidt, T., & Nilsson, M. (2004). Homogeneous Detection of Single Rolling Circle Replication Products. Analytical Chemistry, 76(2), 495-498. https://doi.org/10.1021/ac034987+
Blab, G. A., Oellerich, S., Schumm, R., & Schmidt, T. (2004). Simultaneous wide-field imaging and spectroscopy of localized fluorophores. Optics Letters, 29(7), 727-729. https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.29.000727
Lommerse, P. H. M., Blab, G. A., Cognet, L., Harms, G. S., Snaar-Jagalska, B. E., Spaink, H. P., & Schmidt, T. (2004). Single-Molecule Imaging of the H-Ras Membrane-Anchor Reveals Domains in the Cytoplasmic Leaflet of the Cell Membrane. Biophysical Journal, 86(1 I), 609-616. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0006-3495(04)74139-9
Berciaud, S., Cognet, L., Blab, G. A., & Lounis, B. (2004). Photothermal heterodyne imaging of individual nonfluorescent nanoclusters and nanocrystals. Physical Review Letters, 93(25), Article 257402. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.93.257402

2001

Scholarly publications

Blab, G. A., Lommerse, P. H. M., Cognet, L., Harms, G. S., & Schmidt, T. (2001). Two-photon excitation action cross-sections of the autofluorescent proteins. Chemical Physics Letters, 350(1-2), 71-77. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0009-2614(01)01282-9
Harms, G. S., Cognet, L., Lommerse, P. H. M., Blab, G. A., & Schmidt, T. (2001). Autofluorescent proteins in single-molecule research: Applications to live cell imaging microscopy. Biophysical Journal, 80(5), 2396-2408. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0006-3495(01)76209-1
Harms, G. S., Cognet, L., Lommerse, P. H. M., Blab, G. A., Kahr, H., Gamsjäger, R., Spaink, H. P., Soldatov, N. M., Romanin, C., & Schmidt, T. (2001). Single-molecule imaging of L-type CA2+ channels in live cells. Biophysical Journal, 81(5), 2639-2646. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0006-3495(01)75907-3

2000

Scholarly publications

Cognet, L., Harms, G. S., Blab, G. A., Lommerse, P. H. M., & Schmidt, T. (2000). Simultaneous dual-color and dual-polarization imaging of single molecules. Applied Physics Letters, 77(24), 4052-4054. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1332414
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