Publications by Nils Schürgers

Extracellular electron transfer pathways to enhance the electroactivity of modified Escherichia coli

Ardemis Anoush Boghossian, Nils Schürgers, Melania Reggente, Mohammed Mouhib

Escherichia coli (E. coli) show limited extracellular electron transfer (EET) that compromises their use in bioelectronics. We enhance the EET in E. coli by expressing an electron transfer pathway that spans the inner and outer membranes of the cell, inclu ...

2023

Carbon nanotube uptake in cyanobacteria for near-infrared imaging and enhanced bioelectricity generation in living photovoltaics

Vitalijs Zubkovs, Ardemis Anoush Boghossian, Alessandra Antonucci, Charlotte Elisabeth Marie Roullier, Nils Schürgers, Benjamin Paul Johanès Gabriel Lambert, Alice Judith Gillen, Melania Reggente, Mohammed Mouhib

Single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) have unique optoelectronic properties that make them suitable for applications ranging from phototherapy to imaging and sensing, but their uptake has mainly been explored in eukaryotic cells. Here the authors explore ...

2022

Bioengineering a glucose oxidase nanosensor for near-infrared continuous glucose monitoring

Vitalijs Zubkovs, Ardemis Anoush Boghossian, Nils Schürgers, Hanxuan Wang

Single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) emit photostable near-infrared fluorescence that is conducive for optical glucose monitoring. Such SWCNT-based optical sensors often require the immobilization of proteins that can confer glucose selectivity and reac ...

2022

Sensing platform

Vitalijs Zubkovs, Ardemis Anoush Boghossian, Nils Schürgers

Sensors comprising B-L-S; wherein: B is a biomolecule comprising one or more surface-exposed thiol moieties, L is a thiol reactive linking group, and S is a substrate; wherein L is covalently linked to B via the one or more surface-exposed thiol moieties. ...

2020

Site-Specific Protein Conjugation onto Fluorescent Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes

Vitalijs Zubkovs, Ardemis Anoush Boghossian, Shang-Jung Wu, Nils Schürgers

Semiconducting single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) are among the few photostable optical emitters that are ideal for sensing, imaging, drug delivery, and monitoring of protein activity. These applications often require strategies for immobilizing prote ...

2020

Mediatorless, Reversible Optical Nanosensor Enabled through Enzymatic Pocket Doping

Vitalijs Zubkovs, Ardemis Anoush Boghossian, Esra Ahunbay, Nils Schürgers, Benjamin Paul Johanès Gabriel Lambert

This study presents a reversible, mediatorless, near-infrared glucose sensor based on glucose oxidase-wrapped SWCNTs. A combination of fluorescence, absorption, and Raman spectroscopy measurements suggest a fluorescence enhancement mechanism based on local ...

Wiley-Blackwell2017

A synthetic biology approach to engineering living photovoltaics

Ardemis Anoush Boghossian, Nils Schürgers

The ability to electronically interface living cells with electron accepting scaffolds is crucial for the development of next-generation biophotovoltaic technologies. Although recent studies have focused on engineering synthetic interfaces that can maximiz ...

Royal Soc Chemistry2017

The Eye of a Microbial Camera

Nils Schürgers

Natural History Magazine2016