Publications in Journals

  1. C Maffeo*, R Schöpflin*, H Brutzer*, R Stehr, A Aksimentiev, G Wedemann, R Seidel
    A small effective charge describes DNA-DNA interactions in tight supercoils
    Physical Review Letters accepted (2010)  
    *equal contribution
     
  2. O Otto, JL Gornall, G Stober, F Czerwinski, R Seidel, UF Keyser
    High-speed video-based tracking of optically trapped colloids
    Journal of Optics accepted (2010)
     
  3. K Günter, M Mertig, R Seidel
    Mechanical and structural properties of YOYO–1 complexed DNA
    Nucleic Acids Research in press (2010)
     
  4. K van Aelst, J Toth, SP Ramanathan, FW Schwarz, R Seidel*, MD Szczelkun*
    Type III restriction enzymes can cleave DNA by long-range interaction between sites in both head-to-head and tail-to-tail inverted repeat
    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 107(20) 9123-9128 (2010)
    * corresponding authors
     
  5. MD Szczelkun, P Friedhoff, R Seidel
    Maintaining a sense of direction during long-range communication on DNA (Review)
    Biochemical Society Transactions 38(2) 404-409 (2010)
     
  6. H Brutzer, N Luzzietti, D Klaue, R Seidel
    Energetics at the DNA supercoiling transition
    Biophysical Journal 98 1267-1276 (2010)
     
  7. A Erler, S Wegmann, C Elie-Caille, CR Bradshaw, M Maresca, R Seidel, B Habermann, DJ Muller, AF Stewart
    Conformational adaptability of Redbeta during DNA annealing and implications for its structural relationship with Rad52
    Journal of Molecular Biology 391(3) 586-598 (2009)

  8. D Klaue, R Seidel
    The torsional stiffness of single superparamagnetic microspheres
    Physical Review Letters 102(2) 028302 (2009)

  9. SP Ramanathan, K van Aelst, A Sears, LJ Peakman, FM Diffin, MD Szczelkun*, R Seidel*
    Type III restriction enzymes communicate in 1D without looping between their target sites
    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 106(6) 1748-1753 (2009)
    * corresponding authors

  10. Sisáková E, Weiserová M, Dekker C, Seidel R, Szczelkun MD.
    The Interrelationship of Helicase and Nuclease Domains during DNA Translocation by the Molecular Motor EcoR124I
    Journal of Molecular Biology 384(5) 1273-1286 (2008)

  11. R. Seidel, J.G.P. Bloom, C. Dekker, M. D. Szczelkun.
    Motor step size and ATP coupling efficiency of the dsDNA translocase EcoR124I
    EMBO Journal     27(9) 1388-1398 (2008)

  12. T. van der Heijden, R. Seidel, M. Modesti, R. Kanaar, C. Wyman, C. Dekker.
    Real-time assembly and disassembly of human Rad51 filaments on individual DNA molecules
    Nucleic Acids Research     35(17) 5646-5657 (2007) PDF  Suppl. data

  13. A. Crut, D.A. Koster, R. Seidel, C. H. Wiggins, N.H. Dekker.
    Fast dynamics of supercoiled DNA revealed by single-molecule experiments
    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 104(29) 11957-11962 (2007) PDF  Suppl. data

  14. R. Seidel & C. Dekker.
    Single-molecule studies of nucleic acid motors (Review)
    Current Opinion in Structural Biology 17(1) 80-86 (2007)  PDF

  15. F. Moreno-Herrero, R. Seidel, S.M. Johnson, A. Fire & N.H. Dekker.
    Structural analysis of hyperperiodic DNA from Caenorhabditis elegans
    Nucleic Acids Research 34(10) 3057-3066 (2006)  PDF

  16. L.K. Stanley*, R. Seidel*, C. van der Scheer, N.H. Dekker, M.D. Szczelkun & C. Dekker.
    When a helicase is not a helicase: dsDNA tracking by the motor protein EcoR124I
    EMBO Journal 25(10) 2230-2239 (2006)  PDF   Suppl. data   The EMBO Journal
    *shared first authorship

  17. R. Seidel, J.G.P. Bloom, J. van Noort, C.F. Dutta, N.H. Dekker, K. Firman, M.D. Szczelkun & C. Dekker. Dynamics of initiation, termination and reinitiation of DNA translocation by the motor protein EcoR124I. EMBO Journal 24(23), 4188-4197 (2005)  PDF   Suppl. data   The EMBO Journal

  18. R. Seidel, J. van Noort, C. van der Scheer, J.G.P. Bloom, N.H. Dekker, C.F. Dutta, A. Blundell, T. Robinson, K. Firman & C. Dekker,
    Real-time observation of DNA translocation by the type I restriction modification enzyme EcoR124I
    Nature Structural & Molecular Biology         11(9), 838-843 (2004)  PDF    Niews & Views

  19. R. Seidel, L. Colombi Ciacchi, M. Weigel, W. Pompe & M. Mertig,
    Synthesis of Platinum Cluster Chains on DNA Templates: Conditions for a Template-Controlled Cluster Growth    ,
    Journal of Physical Chemistry B 108(30), 10801-10811 (2004).

  20. J. Opitz, F. Braun, R. Seidel, W. Pompe, B. Voit & M. Mertig,
    Site-specific binding and stretching of DNA molecules at UV-light patterned aminoterpolymer films,
    Nanotechnology 15, 717-723 (2004)

  21. S. Diez , C. Reuther, C. Dinu, R. Seidel, M. Mertig, W. Pompe & J. Howard,
    Stretching and Transporting DNA Molecules using Motor Proteins,
    NanoLetters 3, 1251-1254 (2003)

  22. L. Colombi Ciacchi, M. Mertig, R. Seidel, W. Pompe & A. De Vita,
    Nucleation of platinum clusters on biopolymers: A first principles study of the molecular mechanisms,
    Nanotechnology     14, 840-848 (2003)

  23. M. Mertig, R. Seidel, L. Colombi Ciacchi & W. Pompe,
    Nucleation and growth of metal clusters on a DNA template,
    AIP Conference Proceedings     633, 449-453 (2002)

  24. M. Mertig, L. Colombi Ciacchi, R. Seidel, W. Pompe & A. De Vita,
    DNA as a selective metallization template,
    NanoLetters     2, 841-844 (2002)

  25. R. Seidel, M. Mertig & W. Pompe,
    Scanning force microscopy of DNA metallization,
    Surface and Interface Analysis     33, 151-154 (2002)

  26. J. Richter, R. Seidel, R. Kirsch, M. Mertig, W. Pompe, J. Plaschke & H.-K. Schackert,
    Nanoscale Palladium Metallization of DNA,
    Advanced Materials     12, 507-510 (2000)

  27. W. Pompe, M. Mertig, R. Kirsch, R. Wahl, L. Ciacchi Colombi, J. Richter, R. Seidel & H. Vinzelberg,
    Formation of metallic nanostructures on biomiolecular templates,
    Zeitschrift für Metallkunde 90, 1085-1091 (1999)

Theses

M.Sc.Technical University Dresden (physics), Structure and electronic properties of  rare-earth-germanium-surface compounds (1999)

Ph.D. Technical University Dresden (physics), Methods for the development of a DNA based nanoelectronics (2004) PDF
Publications in Books

M. Mertig, L. Colombi Ciacchi, A. Benke, A. Huhle, J. Opitz, R. Seidel, H.K. Schackert & W. Pompe,
DNA-based fabrication of metallic wires and networks,
In: Foundations of Nanoscience: Self-assembled architectures and devices, Ed.: J. Reif, Science Technica, Inc., 2004, pp. 132-145

B. Voit, F. Braun, Ch. Loppacher, S. Trogisch, L.M. Eng, R. Seidel, A. Gorbunoff, W. Pompe & M. Mertig,
Photolabile ultrathin polymer films for spatially defined attachment of nano elements,
In: Polymers for Microelectronics and Nanoelectronics, Eds.: Q. Lin, R.A. Pearson, J.C. Hedrick, ACS Symposium Series 874, Oxford University Press 2004, p. 118-128
Patents

M. Mertig, L. Colombi Ciacchi, R. Seidel, W. Pompe, A. De Vita,
Verfahren zur Schaffung metallischer Nukleationszentren für das Clusterwachstum auf DNA,
German patent application: DE 101 31 551.1 (2001); US patent application: 19/177.775 (2003)


Last updated February, 2010