| Office | 089/2180-77547 (Frau Steger) |
| Telephone | 089/2180-77537 |
| Room | E1.003 |
| Andres.Vera-Gomez”at”cup.lmu.de |
I did my PhD in the Cajal Institute (Madrid, Spain), where I used AFM-based Single-Molecule Force Spectroscopy to study the mechanical properties of proteins and protein complexes (1.). Afterward, I was granted with a Marie Curie Individual Fellowship and move to Germany and join the lab of Professor Tinnefeld, where I learnt to master Single-Molecule FRET techniques (2.) and made myself familiar with the versatility of DNA-nanotechnology (3.).
Nowadays, I am the leader of the Single-Molecule biophysics subgroup in the Tinnefeld Lab, where I focus my energy on understanding the regulation and dynamics of multi-enzymatic bacterial protein complexes (4.,5.). Besides, I have recently developed a new technology to generate light-activated DNA and RNA polymerases on demand, which can be used for biotechnological applications and we are certain will revolutionize the qPCR and Hot start PCR field.
Publications
- A. M. Vera*, M. Carrión-Vázquez, Direct Identification of Protein–Protein Interactions by Single-Molecule Force Spectroscopy. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 55, 13970-13973 (2016).
- A. M. Vera* et al., smFRET Detects Dual Binding Modes Modulated by Proline Isomerization in a Mega-Dalton Multi-Enzyme Complex. 2019.2012.2019.882373 (2019).
*corresponding author