Marit Nilsen-Hamilton
Scientist, Materials Chemistry & Biomolecular Materials, Ames Laboratory
Professor, Dept. of Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology, Iowa State University

3206 Molecular Biology Building
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011
phone 515.294.9996, fax 515.294.0453, email: marit@iastate.edu

Education

Professional Appointments

Honors, Awards and Professional Activities

Selected Publications

T. Prozorov, S. K. Mallapragada, B. Narasimhan, L. Wang, P. Palo, M. Nilsen-Hamilton, T. J. Williams, D. A. Bazylinski, R. Prozorov, and P. C. Canfield, “Protein-mediated synthesis of uniform superparamagnetic magnetite nanocrystals,” Advanced Functional Materials, In press.

K. Boushaba, H. A. Levine, and M. Nilsen-Hamilton, “A mathematical model for the regulation of tumor dormancy based on enzyme kinetics,” Bulletin of Mathematical Biology 68: 1495–1526 (2006).

C. Vizzardelli, N. Pavelka, A. Luchini, I. Zanoni, L. Bendickson, M. Pelizzola, O. Beretta, M. Foti, F. Granucci, M. Nilsen-Hamilton, and P. Ricciardi-Castagnoli, “Effects of dexamethazone on LPS-induced activation and migration of mouse dendritic cells revealed by a genome-wide transcriptional,” Eur. J. Immunol. 36:  1504-1515 (2006).

R. J. Playford, A. Belo, R. Poulsom, A. J. Fitzgerald, K. Harris, I. Pawluczyk, J. Ryon, T. Darby, M. Nilsen-Hamilton, S. Ghosh, and T. Marchbank, “Effects of mouse and human lipocalin homologues 24p3/lcn2 and neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin on gastrointestinal mucosal integrity and repair,” Gastroenterology 131:  809-817 (2006).

X. Cong and M. Nilsen-Hamilton, “Allosteric aptamer TRAPs: Targeted reversibly attenuated probes,” Biochemistry 44:  7945-7954 (2005).

J. Peters, K. Boushaba and M. Nilsen-Hamilton, “A mathematical model for fibroblast growth factor competition based on enzyme kinetics,” Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering 2:  789-810 (2005).

A. S. Determan, B. G. Trewyn, V. S.-Y. Lin, M. Nilsen-Hamilton, and B. Narasimhan, “Encapsulation, stabilization, and release of BSA-FITC from polyanhydride microspheres,” Journal of Controlled Release 100:  97-109 (2004).

H. A. Levine, A. Tucker, M. and Nilsen-Hamilton, “A mathematical model for the role of cell signal transduction in the initiation and inhibition of angiogenesis,” Growth Factors 20:  155-176 (2003).

D. H. Burke, N. D. S. Ozerova, and M. Nilsen-Hamilton, “Allosteric hammerhead ribozyme TRAPs,” Biochemistry 41:  6588-6594 (2002).