Projects per year
Organisation profile
Organisation profile
The BiOM department focuses on protein-based building blocks that govern assembly, structure and mechanical properties of biological materials. We investigate the structure-function-mechanics relationships of these protein building blocks, engineer their properties and use them to create multifunctional mechanoresponsive molecules and materials. This research advances our understanding of mechanical processes in biology and develops new tools for biomedical and materials science applications.
Fields of science
- 301213 Drug targeting
- 103008 Experimental physics
- 209001 Biocatalysis
- 210004 Nanomaterials
- 210002 Nanobiotechnology
- 106006 Biophysics
- 205004 Functional materials
- 211911 Sustainable technologies
- 106052 Cell biology
- 103023 Polymer physics
- 104017 Physical chemistry
- 208003 Environmental biotechnology
- 211904 Biomechanics
- 304007 Tissue engineering
- 104025 Single-molecule chemistry
JKU Focus areas
- Sustainable Development: Responsible Technologies and Management
Profiles
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Molecular Transport and Recognition
Pohl, P. (PI), Müh, F. (Co-PI), Mulder, F. A. A. (Co-PI), Völkl, J. (Co-PI), Blank, K. (Co-PI), Engelhardt, M. (Co-PI), Hinterdorfer, P. (Co-PI), Lee, S. (Co-PI), Zierler, S. (Co-PI) & Klar, T. (Co-PI)
01.09.2025 → 31.08.2029
Project: Funded research › FWF - Austrian Science Fund
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Mechanosensitive proteins as a pathway to mechano-targeted drug delivery
Blank, K. (PI) & Wilson, R. (PI)
01.09.2024 → 31.08.2026
Project: Funded research › EU - European Union
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Mechanosensitive proteins as a pathway to mechano-targeted drug delivery
Wilson, R. (PI)
01.09.2024 → 31.08.2026
Project: Funded research › Federal / regional / local authorities
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Mechanical Comparison of Escherichia coli Biofilms with Altered Matrix Composition: A Study Combining Shear-Rheology and Microindentation
Siri, M., Sarlet, A., Ziege, R., Zorzetto, L., Sotelo Guzman, C., Amini, S., Hengge, R., Blank, K. G. & Bidan, C. M., 14 Jul 2025, In: ACS Biomaterials Science and Engineering. 11, 7, p. 4523-4536 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Mechanical comparison of Escherichia coli biofilms with altered matrix composition: a study combining shear-rheology and microindentation
Siri, M., Sarlet, A., Ziege, R., Sotelo Guzman, C., Amini, S., Hengge, R., Blank, K. G. & Bidan, C. M., 08 Feb 2025, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, p. 1-30, 30 p. (BioRxiv).Research output: Working paper and reports › Preprint
Open Access -
Moving mechanochemistry forward
Batteas, J., Blank, K. G., Colacino, E., Emmerling, F., Friscic, T., Mack, J., Moore, J., Rivas, M. E. & Tysoe, W., 14 Jan 2025, In: RSC Mechanochemistry. 2, 1, p. 10-19 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial
Open Access
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Understanding fracture in physically crosslinked hydrogels
Singewald, T. D. (Speaker)
21 Nov 2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Contributed talk › science-to-science
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Bottom-up Molecular Control of Biomimetic Hydrogels
Lenzeder, S. (Speaker)
14 Nov 2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Poster presentation › science-to-science
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Bottom-up Molecular Control of Biomimetic Hydrogels
Lenzeder, S. (Speaker)
15 Oct 2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Poster presentation › science-to-science
Prizes
Datasets
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Magnetite-binding proteins from the magnetotactic bacterium Desulfamplus magnetovallimortis BW-1
Pohl, A. (Creator), Young, S. A. E. (Creator), Schmitz, T. C. (Creator), Farhadi, D. (Creator), Zarivach, R. (Creator), Faivre, D. (Creator) & Blank, K. G. (Creator), Zenodo, 25 Nov 2021
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Molecular mechanics of coiled coils loaded in the shear geometry
Blank, K. G. (Creator) & Goktas, M. (Creator), Zenodo, 22 Feb 2023
Dataset
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Chain Sliding versus β-Sheet Formation upon Shearing Single α-Helical Coiled Coils
Tsirigoni, A.-M. (Creator), Goktas, M. (Creator), Blank, K. G. (Creator), Atris, Z. (Contributor) & Valleriani, A. (Contributor), Zenodo, 18 Mar 2023
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