Djamel Eddine Chafai

Dr. Djamel Eddine Chafai

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Academic Career Length

12Years (2015-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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1 December 2015 in Bioelectrochemistry
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DCDjamel Eddine Chafai
Djamel Eddine Chafai
AMAndraž Mehle
Andraž Mehle
ATAmar Tilmatine
Amar Tilmatine
BMBachir Maouche
Bachir Maouche
DMDamijan Miklavčič
Damijan Miklavčič

13 August 2019 in Advanced Materials
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DCDjamel Eddine Chafai
Djamel Eddine Chafai
VSVadym Sulimenko
Vadym Sulimenko
DHDaniel Havelka
Daniel Havelka
LKLucie Kubínová
Lucie Kubínová
Pavel DRASARPavel DRASAR
Pavel DRASAR
MCMichal Cifra
Michal Cifra
Tubulin self‐assembly into microtubules is a fascinating natural phenomenon. Its importance is not just crucial for functional and structural biological processes, but it also serves as an inspiration for synthetic nanomaterial innovations. The modulation of the tubulin self‐assembly process without introducing additional chemical inhibitors/promoters or stabilizers has remained an elusive process. This work reports a versatile and vigorous strategy for controlling tubulin self‐assembly by nanosecond electropulses (nsEPs). The polymerization assessed by turbidimetry is dependent on nsEPs dosage. The kinetics of microtubules formation is tightly linked to the nsEPs effects on structural properties of tubulin, and tubulin‐solvent interface, assessed by autofluorescence, and the zeta potential. Moreover, the overall size of tubulin assessed by dynamic light scattering is affected as well. Additionally, atomic force microscopy imaging reveals the formation of different assemblies reflecting applied nsEPs. It is suggested that changes in C‐terminal modification states alter tubulin polymerization‐competent conformations. Although the assembled tubulin preserve their integral structure, they might exhibit a broad range of new properties important for their functions. Thus, these transient conformation changes of tubulin and their collective properties can result in new applications.

1 February 2021 in Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical
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OKOndrej Krivosudský
Ondrej Krivosudský
DHDaniel Havelka
Daniel Havelka
DCDjamel Eddine Chafai
Djamel Eddine Chafai
MCMichal Cifra
Michal Cifra

27 May 2020 in Advanced Biosystems
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DCDjamel Eddine Chafai
Djamel Eddine Chafai
FVFrantišek Vostárek
František Vostárek
EDEduarda Dráberová
Eduarda Dráberová
DHDaniel Havelka
Daniel Havelka
DADelia Arnaud‐Cormos
Delia Arnaud‐Cormos
Pavel DráberPavel Dráber
Pavel Dráber

28 October 2019 in Advanced Materials Technologies
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DHDaniel Havelka
Daniel Havelka
DCDjamel Eddine Chafai
Djamel Eddine Chafai
OKOndrej Krivosudský
Ondrej Krivosudský
AKAnastasiya Klebanovych
Anastasiya Klebanovych
FVFrantišek Vostárek
František Vostárek
MCMichal Cifra
Michal Cifra

11 January 2021 in Scientific Reports
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MBMartin Bereta
Martin Bereta
MTMichal Teplan
Michal Teplan
DCDjamel Eddine Chafai
Djamel Eddine Chafai
Roman RadilRoman Radil
Roman Radil
MCMichal Cifra
Michal Cifra
Normal or excessive oxidative metabolism in organisms is essential in physiological and pathophysiological processes, respectively. Therefore, monitoring of biological oxidative processes induced by the chemical or physical stimuli is nowadays of extreme importance due to the environment overloaded with various physicochemical factors. Current techniques typically require the addition of chemical labels or light illumination, which perturb the samples to be analyzed. Moreover, the current techniques are very demanding in terms of sample preparation and equipment. To alleviate these limitations, we propose a label-free monitoring tool of oxidation based on biological autoluminescence (BAL). We demonstrate this tool on Saccharomyces cerevisiae cell culture. We showed that BAL can be used to monitor chemical perturbation of yeast due to Fenton reagents initiated oxidation—the BAL intensity changes with hydrogen peroxide concentration in a dose-dependent manner. Furthermore, we also showed that BAL reflects the effects of low-frequency magnetic field on the yeast cell culture, where we observed a disturbance of the BAL kinetics in the exposed vs. control case. Our results contribute to the development of novel techniques for label-free, real-time, noninvasive monitoring of oxidative processes and approaches for their modulation.