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Ulrich Gerland
Curriculum Vitae
Education
- 1998: PhD in Theoretical Physics, University of Heidelberg, Germany
- 1995: Diplom (MSc) in Physics, University of Heidelberg, Germany
- 1992: Vordiplom (intermediate diploma) in Physics, University of Dortmund, Germany
Academic Career
- 2006–2008: Associate Professor (W2, permanent) at the Institute for Theoretical Physics,
University of Cologne - 2003–2006: Emmy Noether Junior Research Group Leader at the Arnold Sommerfeld Center for Theoretical Physics (ASC) and the Center for Nanoscience (CeNS), LMU München
- 1999–2003: Postdoctoral Fellow at the Center for Theoretical Biological Physics,
University of California at San Diego, USA - 1998–1999: Postdoctoral Fellow at the Department of Physics, University of Karlsruhe, Germany
- 1995–1998: Research Assistant at the Max-Planck-Institute for Nuclear Physics, Heidelberg, Germany
- 1996–1997: Visiting Scholar in the group of Prof. Oriol Bohigas and Prof. Eugene Bogomolny
at the Institute for Nuclear Physics (IPN Orsay), Paris, France
Publications
2014
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Single Cell Kinetics of Phenotypic Switching in the Arabinose Utilization System of E. coli
J. Megerle G. Fritz S. A. Westermayer D. Brick R. Herrmann K. Jung J. O. Rädler U. Gerland
2013
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The paradox of dual roles in the RNA World: Resolving the conflict between stable folding and templating ability
Nikola Ivica Benedikt Obermayer Gregory W. Campbell Sudha Rajamani Ulrich Gerland Irene A. Chen -
Optimization of collective enzyme activity via spatial localization
Alexander Buchner Filipe Tostevin Florian Hinzpeter Ulrich Gerland -
Biological Signal Processing with a Genetic Toggle Switch
Patrick Hillenbrand Georg Fritz Ulrich Gerland -
Clustering and optimal arrangement of enzymes in reaction-diffusion systems
Alexander Buchner Filipe Tostevin Ulrich Gerland -
Escalation of Polymerization in a Thermal Gradient
Christof B. Mast Severin Schink Ulrich Gerland Dieter Braun -
Towards a unified physical model of nucleosome patterns flanking transcription start sites
Wolfram Möbius Brendan Osberg Alexander M. Tsankov Oliver J. Rando Ulrich Gerland -
Simulation of stochastic network dynamics via entropic matching
Tiago Ramalho Marco Selig Ulrich Gerland Torsten A. Enßlin [arxiv:1209.3700] -
Cascade of Reduced Speed and Accuracy After Errors in Enzyme-Free Copying of Nucleic Acid Sequences
Kevin Leu Eric Kervio Benedikt Obermayer Rebecca Turk-MacLeod Caterina Yuan Jesus-Mario Luevano Eric Chen Ulrich Gerland Clemens Richert Irene A. Chen
2012
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Deactivation of the E. coli pH stress sensor CadC by cadaverine
Ina Haneburger Georg Fritz Nicole Jurkschat Larissa Tetsch Andreas Eichinger Arne Skerra Ulrich Gerland Kirsten Jung -
Quantitative analysis of the nanopore translocation dynamics of simple structured polynucleotides
Severin Schink Sephan Renner Karen Alim Vera Arnaut Friedrich C. Simmel Ulrich Gerland -
Life: the physical underpinnings of replication
R. Turk-MacLeod U. Gerland I. Chenpublished in "Astrochemistry and Astrobiology: Physical Chemistry in Action".[Springer Online]
2011
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Target search on a dynamic DNA molecule
Thomas Schötz Richard A. Neher Ulrich Gerland [arXiv:1109.3211] -
The prebiotic evolutionary advantage of transferring genetic information from RNA to DNA
Kevin Leu Benedikt Obermayer Sudha Rajamani Ulrich Gerland Irene A. Chen -
Physical limits on cooperative protein-DNA binding and the kinetics of combinatorial transcription regulation
Nico Geisel Ulrich Gerland [arXiv:1109.3351] -
Emergence of information transmission in a prebiotic RNA reactor
Benedikt Obermayer Hubert Krammer Dieter Braun Ulrich Gerland [arXiv:1105.3758]
2010
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Sequence-dependent unfolding kinetics of DNA hairpins studied by nanopore force spectroscopy
Stephan Renner Andrey Bessonov Ulrich Gerland Friedrich C. Simmel -
Quantitative test of the barrier nucleosome model for statistical positioning of nucleosomes up- and downstream of transcription start sites
W. Möbius U. Gerland [arXiv:1009.0169]
2009
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Induction kinetics of a conditional pH stress response system in Escherichia coli
G. Fritz C. Koller K. Burdack I. Haneburger L. Tetsch K. Jung U. Gerland -
Triggering Enzymatic Activity with ForceTriggering Enzymatic Activity with Force
H. Gumpp E. M. Puchner J. L. Zimmermann U. Gerland H. Gaub K. Blank -
Evolutionary selection between alternative modes of gene regulation
U. Gerland T. Hwa -
Anomalous scaling in nanopore translocation of structured heteropolymers
M. McCauley R. Forties U. Gerland R. Bundschuh [arXiv:0901.4850]
2008
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Spontaneous Unknotting of a Polymer Confined in a Nanochannel
W. Möbius E. Frey U. Gerland [arXiv:0807.4091] -
Timing and Dynamics of Single Cell Gene Expression in the Arabinose Utilization System
J. A. Megerle G. Fritz U. Gerland K. Jung J. O. Rädler
2007
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Designing sequential transcription logic: a simple genetic circuit for conditional memory
G. Fritz N.E. Buchler T. Hwa U. Gerland -
Optimal flexibility for conformational transitions in macromolecules
R. Neher W. Möbius E. Frey U. Gerland [arXiv:0704.1546]
2006
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Kinetic Accessibility of Buried DNA Sites in Nucleosomes
W. Möbius R. A. Neher U. Gerland [arXiv:q-bio/0605017] -
Intermediate phase in DNA melting
R. Neher U. Gerland [arXiv:q-bio/0509015] -
A puzzle in DNA biophysics
R. Bundschuh U. Gerland -
Dynamics of intramolecular recognition: Base-pairing in DNA/RNA near and far from equilibrium
R. Bundschuh U. Gerland
2005
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Coupled dynamics of RNA folding and nanopore translocation
R. Bundschuh U. Gerland [arXiv:q-bio/0508004] -
Nonlinear protein degradation and the function of genetic circuits
N.E. Buchler U. Gerland T. Hwa -
DNA as a programmable viscoelastic nanoelement
R.A. Neher U. Gerland [arXiv:q-bio/0506026] -
Transcriptional regulation by the numbers: models
L. Bintu N.E. Buchler H.G. Garcia U. Gerland T. Hwa J. Kondev R. Phillips [PDF] -
Transcriptional regulation by the numbers: applications
L. Bintu N.E. Buchler H.G. Garcia U. Gerland T. Hwa J. Kondev R. Phillips [PDF]
2004
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Dynamics of force-induced DNA slippage
R. Neher U. Gerland -
Translocation of structured polynucleotides through nanopores
U. Gerland R. Bundschuh T. Hwa
2003
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Dynamics of Competitive Evolution on a Smooth Landscape
W. Peng U. Gerland T. Hwa H. Levine -
Mechanically probing the folding pathway of single RNA molecules
U. Gerland R. Bundschuh T. Hwa -
On schemes of combinatorial transcription logic
N. E. Buchler U. Gerland T. Hwa
2002
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On the Selection and Evolution of Regulatory Binding Motifs
U. Gerland T. Hwa -
Physical Constraints and Functional Characteristics of Transcription Factor-DNA Interaction
U. Gerland D. Moroz T. Hwa
2001
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Force-induced denaturation of RNA
U. Gerland R. Bundschuh T. Hwa