Dr. Maarten van Es
Technical Scientist
Maarten completed his MSc in Physics with Tjerk Oosterkamp at Leiden University, The Netherlands in 2003 with a thesis on Recognition Imaging with AFM. For this work Maarten studied half a year in Linz, Austria with Peter Hinterdorfer. In 2008 Maarten finished a PhD at Leiden University on smart probing of biological and biomedical systems with AFM. Maarten joined the Nanoscale Function Group in 2008 as Technical Scientist.
Current Research Interests
Response of cells to mechanical forces and mechanical properties of cells
Combining AFM with optical microscopy techniques for biological and biomedical applications
Publications
A compact multi-purpose nanomanipulator for use inside a scanning electron microscope, Heeres E, Katan AJ, Van Es MH, Beker AF, Hesselberth M, Van der Zalm D, and Oosterkamp TH, accepted for Review of Scientific Instruments.
Distinct defects in collagen micro-architecture cause vessel wall failure in the aortic abdominal aneurysm and Marfan syndrome, Lindeman J, Brian A, Beenakker JW, Van Es MH, Koekkoek N, Prins F, Tielemans J, Abdul-Hussien H, Bank R, Oosterkamp T, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 107, 2, 862-865, (2010). [PDF]
Quantitative force versus distance measurements in amplitude modulation AFM: a novel force inversion technique, Katan AJ, Van Es MH, Oosterkamp TH, Nanotechnology, 20, 165703, (2009).
Analysis of interactions of signaling proteins with phage-displayed ligands by fluorescence correlation spectroscopy, Schlaman HRM, Schmidt K, Ottenhof D, Van Es MH, Oosterkamp TH, Spaink HP, Journal of Biomolecular Screening, 13, 766-776, (2008).
Covalent immobilization of single proteins on mica for molecular recognition force microscopy, Klein DCG, Stroh CM, Jensenius H, van Es M, Kamruzzahan ASM, Stamouli A, Gruber HJ, Oosterkamp TH, Hinterdorfer P, ChemPhysChem, 4, 1367-1371, (2003)
Contact details
Email: maarten.vanes-at-ucd. ie
Phone: +353-1-716-6762
Fax: +353-1-716-6777