Dr. Daniel Fologea studied physics, biophysics, and biolectrochemistry at Université Joseph Fourier in Grenoble, France, and the University of Bucharest in Romania where he earned a Ph.D. He came to Boise State University in 2011 as a member of the faculty of the Department of Physics. Dr. Fologea's main research goal is to uncover the functionality of pore forming proteins, to understand their role and transport abilities, and to make use of such properties in developing artificial carriers for controlled drug delivery. He has published his findings widely and has made more than 175 presentations internationally at physics, biophysics, and biology conferences.
Articles
Bi-Stability, Hysteresis, and Memory of Voltage-Gated Lysenin Channels (with Eric Krueger, Yuriy I. Mazur, Christine Stith, Yui Okuyama, Ralph Henry, and Greg J. Salamo), Biochimica et Biophysica Acta- Biomembranes (2011)
Lysenin, a 297 amino acid pore-forming protein extracted from the coelomic fluid of the earthworm...
Potential Analytical Applications of Lysenin Channels for Detection of Multivalent Ions (with Redwan Al Faori, Eric Krueger, Yuriy I. Mazur, Matt Kern, Matt Williams, Amir Mortazavi, Ralph Henry, and Greg J. Salamo), Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry (2011)
Transmembrane protein transporters possessing binding sites for ions, toxins, pharmaceutical drugs, and other molecules...
Multivalent Ions Control the Transport Through Lysenin Channels (with Eric Krueger, Redwan Al Faori, Rachel Lee, Yuriy I. Mazur, Ralph Henry, Mark Arnold, and Greg J. Salamo), Biophysical Chemistry (2010)
We report the effect of different ions on the conducting properties of lysenin channels inserted...
Controlled Gating of Lysenin Pores (with Eric Krueger, Rachel Lee, Matt Naglak, Yuriy Mazur, Ralph Henry, and Greg Salamo), Biophysical Chemistry (2010)
Lysenin forms unitary large conductance pores in artificial bilayer membranes containing sphingomyelin. A population of...
The Membrane-binding Motif of the Chloroplast Signal Recognition Particle Receptor (cpFtsY) Regulates GTPase Activity (with Naomi J. Marty, Dakshinamurthy Rajalingam, Alicia D. Kight, Nathaniel E. Lewis, Thallapuranam Krishnaswamy Suresh Kumar, Ralph L. Henry, and Robyn L. Goforth), Journal of Biological Chemistry (2009)
The chloroplast signal recognition particle (cpSRP) and its receptor (cpFtsY) function in thylakoid biogenesis to...
Patents
Method of Controlled Drug Release from a Liposome Carrier, WO/2010/114901 (with Greg Salamo, Ralph Henry, Michael Borrelli, and Peter Corry) (2010)
Disclosed are methods and compositions for the controlled release of a drug or agent from...