Yusuf Qutbuddin

PhD Student

Yusuf has a background in physics, he completed his BSc. and MSc. in Physics at the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur. During his master's thesis, he found interest in the physics of biological systems while characterizing LpqH lipoproteins and their interaction with E-cadherin. In late 2020, Yusuf joined the Schwille department as an EU Horizon 2020 MSCA-ITN Early Stage Researcher. He has been working on characterizing and controlling the mechanistic properties of lipid membranes. 

 

Research Interests

Membrane Biophysics; Light Microscopy and Spectroscopy; Polymer-Lipid interactions

 

Publications

Qutbuddin, Y., Guinart, A., Gavrilovic, S., Al Nahas, K., Feringa, B.L., Schwille, P.
Light-activated synthetic rotary motors in lipid membranes induce shape changes through membrane expansion
ChemRxiv (2023) https://doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv-2023-tpdrd

Kanwa, N., Gavrilovic, S., Brüggenthies, G.A., Qutbuddin, Y., Schwille, P.
Inducing Lipid Domains in Membranes by Self-Assembly of DNA Origami
Advanced Materials (2023) https://doi.org/10.1002/admi.202202500

Qutbuddin, Y., Krohn, J., Brüggenthies, G.A., Stein, J., Gavrilovic, S., Stehr, F., Schwille, P.
Design Features to Accelerate the Higher-Order Assembly of DNA Origami on Membranes
J. Phys. Chem. B (2021) https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcb.1c07694