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Kerstin Blank

Univ.-Prof., Dr.

  • Department of Biomolecular & Selforganizing Matter
  • Institute of Experimental Physics
 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5410-6984
  • Emailkerstin.blankjkuat
  • Overview
  • Network
  • Research output (73)
  • Projects (3)
  • Activities (65)
  • Datasets (3)
  • Supervised Work (3)

Research output

  • 60 Article
  • 4 Preprint
  • 3 Editorial
  • 3 Review article
  • More
    • 2 Chapter
    • 1 Conference proceedings

Research output per year

Research output per year

  • 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

    Open Access
  • 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
  • Moving mechanochemistry forward: programming force-induced responses into macromolecular systems

    Blank, K. G. & Göstl, R., 02 Sept 2025, In: RSC Mechanochemistry. 2, 5, p. 627-630 4 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial

    Open Access
  • DNA catch bonds demonstrate the art of getting stuck

    Wilson, R. & Blank, K. G., Nov 2024, In: Nature Chemistry. 16, 12, p. 1929-1931 3 p., 8828.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

View all 73 research outputs

Projects

  • 1 Finished
  • 2 Active

Projects per year

  • 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

  • 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

  • Shedding Light on Cell-Material Interactions with Coiled Coil-based Molecular Force Sensors

    Blank, K. (PI)

    01.03.2022 → 30.09.2023

    Project: Funded research › Other mainly public funds

Activities

  • 22 Invited talk
  • 10 Contributed talk
  • 9 Editorial work
  • 8 Scientific society
  • More
    • 5 Board, Committee or Jury
    • 4 Other talk or presentation
    • 3 Program committee
    • 2 Organising a conference, workshop, ...
    • 1 Habilitation committee
    • 1 Poster presentation

Activities per year

  • Understanding Fracture in Physically Crosslinked Hydrogels

    Blank, K. (Speaker)

    02 Sept 2025

    Activity: Talk or presentation › Contributed talk › science-to-science

  • Understanding Fracture in Physically Crosslinked Hydrogels

    Blank, K. (Speaker)

    22 Aug 2025

    Activity: Talk or presentation › Contributed talk › science-to-science

  • Mechanoresponsive Proteins: from molecular mechanisms towards applications in biology and materials science

    Blank, K. (Speaker)

    29 Jul 2025

    Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk › science-to-science

  • Mechanoresponsive Proteins: from molecular mechanisms towards applications in biology and materials science

    Blank, K. (Speaker)

    20 Jun 2025

    Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk › science-to-science

  • Coiled Coils as Molecular Force Sensors: from Molecular Mechanisms to Applications in Cell Biology

    Blank, K. (Speaker)

    17 Jun 2025

    Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk › science-to-science

View all 65 activities

Datasets

  • 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

    DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5735990

    Dataset

  • Molecular mechanics of coiled coils loaded in the shear geometry

    Blank, K. G. (Creator) & Goktas, M. (Creator), Zenodo, 22 Feb 2023

    DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7629913

    Dataset

  • 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

    DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7682232

    Dataset

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