the Tans Biophysics Lab
AMOLF, Amsterdam

Noise reduction by signal combination in Fourier space applied to drift correction in optical tweezers

Alireza Mashaghi, Peter J. Vach and Sander J. Tans
Rev. Sci. Instr. 82, 115103 (2011)
pdf & DOI:10.1063/1.3658825

Optimality and evolution of transcriptionally regulated gene expression

Frank J. Poelwijk, Philip D. Heyning, Marjon G.J. de Vos, Daniel J. Kiviet and Sander J. Tans
BMC Syst. Biol. 5, 128 1-34 (2011)
pdf & DOI:10.1186/1752-0509-5-128

Tradeoffs and optimality in the evolution of gene regulation

Frank J. Poelwijk, Marjon G.J. de Vos and Sander J. Tans
Cell 146, 462-470 (2011)
pdf & DOI:10.1016/j.cell.2011.06.035

Calcium modulates force sensing by the von Willebrand factor A2 domain

Arjen J. Jakobi, Alireza Mashaghi, Sander J. Tans and Eric G. Huizinga
Nat. Commun. 2, 385 1-9 (2011)
pdf & DOI:10.1038/ncomms1385

Taming membranes: functional immobilization of biological membranes in hydrogels

Ilja Kusters, Nobina Mukherjee, Menno R. de Jong, Sander J. Tans, Armağan Koçer and Arnold J.M. Driessen
PLoS One 6, e20435 1-8 (2011)
pdf & DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0020435

Reciprocal sign epistasis is a necessary condition for multi-peaked fitness landscapes

Frank J. Poelwijk, Sorin Tanase-Nicola, Daniel J. Kiviet and Sander J. Tans
J. Theor. Biol. 272, 141-144 (2011)
pdf & DOI:10.1016/j.jtbi.2010.12.015

Multiple peaks and reciprocal sign epistatis in an empirically determinded genotype-phenotype landscape

Alexandre Dawid, Daniel J. Kiviet, Manjunatha Kogenaru, Marjon G.J. de Vos and Sander J. Tans
Chaos 20, 026105 1-7 (2010)
request reprint here & DOI:10.1063/1.3453602

SecB a chaperone dedicated to protein translocation

Philipp Bechtluft, Nico Nouwen, Sander J. Tans and Arnold J.M. Driessen
Mol. BioSyst. 6, 620-627 (2010)
pdf & DOI:10.1039/b915435c

Tight hydrophobic contacts with the SecB chaperone prevent folding of substrate proteins

Philipp Bechtluft, Alexej Kedrov, Dirk-Jan Slotboom, Nico Nouwen, Sander J. Tans and Arnold J.M. Driessen
Biochemistry 49: 2380-2388 (2010)
pdf & DOI:10.1021/bi902051e

Revealing evolutionary pathways by fitness landscape reconstruction

Manjunatha Kogenaru, Marjon G.J. de Vos, and Sander J. Tans
Crit Rev Biochem Mol Biol. 44:169-174 (2009)
pdf & DOI:10.1080/10409230903039658

Internal Dynamics of Supercoiled DNA Molecules

Thomas Kalkbrenner, Axel Arnold, Sander J. Tans.
Biophysical Journal 96:4951-4955 (2009)
pdf & DOI:10.1016/j.bpj.2009.03.056

Direct observation of type 1 fimbrial switching

Aileen Adiciptaningrum, Ian Blomfield, Sander J. Tans.
EMBO Reports 10:527-532 (2009)
pdf & DOI:10.1038/embor.2009.25

Direct Observation of Chaperone-Induced Changes in a Protein Folding Pathway

Philipp Bechtluft1, Ruud van Leeuwen1, Matthew Tyreman1, Danuta Tomkiewicz, Nico Nouwen, Harald Tepper, Arnold Driessen, Sander J. Tans.
1 joint first authors
Science 318:1458-1461 (2007)
pdf & DOI:10.1126/science.1144972

Empirical fitness landscapes reveal accessible evolutionary paths

Frank Poelwijk1, Daan Kiviet1, Daniel Weinreich, Sander J. Tans.
1 joint first authors
Nature 445:383-386 (2007)
pdf & DOI:10.1038/nature05451

Evolutionary potential of a duplicated repressor-operator pair: simulating pathways using mutation data

Frank Poelwijk1, Daan Kiviet1, Sander J. Tans.
1 joint first authors
PLoS Comput Biol. 2:e58 (2006)
pdf & DOI:10.1371/journal.pcbi.0020058

The bacteriophage straight phi29 portal motor can package DNA against a large internal force

Douglas E. Smith1, Sander J. Tans1, Steven B. Smith, Shelley Grimes, Dwight L. Anderson, Carlos Bustamante
Nature. 413:748-52 (2001)
pdf & DOI:10.1038/35099581

Molecular transistors: Potential modulations along carbon nanotubes

Sander J. Tans, Cees Dekker.
Nature. 404:834-35 (2000)
pdf & DOI:10.1038/35009026

Imaging electron wave functions of quantized energy levels in carbon nanotubes

Liesbeth C. Venema, Jeroen W. G. Wildoer, Jorg W. Janssen, Sander J. Tans, Hinne L. J. Temminck Tuinstra, Leo P. Kouwenhoven, Cees Dekker
Nature. 413:748-52 (1999)
pdf & DOI:10.1126/science.283.5398.52

Electron-electron correlations in carbon nanotubes

Sander J. Tans, Michel H. Devoret, Remco J. A. Groeneveld & Cees Dekker
Nature. 394:761-64 (1998)
pdf & DOI:10.1038/29494

Room-temperature transistor based on a single carbon nanotube

Sander J. Tans, Alwin R. M. Verschueren & Cees Dekker
Nature. 393:49-52 (1998)
pdf & DOI:10.1038/29954

Individual single-wall carbon nanotubes as quantum wires

Sander J. Tans, Michel H. Devoret, Hongjie Dai, Andreas Thess, Richard E. Smalley, L. J. Geerligs & Cees Dekker
Nature. 386:474-77 (1997)
pdf & DOI:10.1038/386474a0