Researcher
Toon Brans
- Disciplines:Photodetectors, optical sensors and solar cells, Biosensors, Sensors, biosensors and smart sensors not elsewhere classified, Photonics, optoelectronics and optical communications, Nonlinear optics and spectroscopy, Metamaterials, Lasers and quantum electronics, Classical and physical optics, Optical physics not elsewhere classified, Smart sensors
Affiliations
- Department of Pharmaceutics (Department)
Member
From17 Aug 2015 → 14 Oct 2020 - Department of Electronics and information systems (Department)
Member
From1 Sep 2010 → 20 Sep 2015
Projects
1 - 2 of 2
- Combining photoporation with electrophoresis for improved transfection of hard-to-transfect cellsFrom1 Oct 2020 → TodayFunding: BOF - projects
- Microfluidic electro-optical chip for particle manipulation and bio-molecule detectionFrom1 Oct 2010 → 5 Jan 2016Funding: IWT personal funding - specialisation scholarships
Publications
1 - 10 of 64
- Cytosolic delivery of gadolinium via photoporation enables improved in vivo magnetic resonance imaging of cancer cells(2021)
Authors: Aranit Harizaj, Benedicte Descamps, Christophe Mangodt, Stephan Stremersch, Arianna Stoppa, Lieve Balcaen, Toon Brans, Nausikaa Devriendt, Juan Fraire, Eduardo Bolea Fernandez, et al.
Pages: 4005 - 4018 - Cas9 RNP transfection by vapor nanobubble photoporation for ex vivo cell engineering(2021)
Authors: Laurens Raes, Aranit Harizaj, Glenn Goetgeluk, Jelter Van Hoeck, Stephan Stremersch, Juan Fraire, Toon Brans, Olivier Gerrit de Jong, Roel Maas-Bakker, Enrico Mastrobattista, et al.
Pages: 696 - 707 - Bubble forming films for spatial selective cell killing(2021)
Authors: Dawei Hua, Aranit Harizaj, Mike Wels, Toon Brans, Stephan Stremersch, Herlinde De Keersmaecker, Eduardo Bolea Fernandez, Dimitri Roels, Kevin Braeckmans, Ranhua Xiong, et al.
- Nanoparticle-sensitized photoporation enables inflammasome activation studies in targeted single cells dagger(2021)
Authors: Aranit Harizaj, Filip Van Hauwermeiren, Stephan Stremersch, Herlinde De Keersmaecker, Toon Brans, Juan Fraire, Karolien Grauwen, Ine Lentacker, Mohamed Lamkanfi, Kevin Braeckmans
Pages: 6592 - 6604 - Photoporation with biodegradable polydopamine nanosensitizers enables safe and efficient delivery of mRNA in human T cells(2021)
Authors: Aranit Harizaj, Mike Wels, Laurens Raes, Stephan Stremersch, Glenn Goetgeluk, Toon Brans, Félix Sauvage, Ine Lentacker, Kevin Braeckmans
- Surface functionalization with polyethylene glycol and polyethyleneimine improves the performance of graphene-based materials for safe and efficient intracellular delivery by laser-induced photoporation(2020)
Authors: Jing Liu, Chengnan Li, Toon Brans, Aranit Harizaj, Shana Van de Steene, Thomas De Beer, Stefaan De Smedt, Sabine Szunerits, Rabah Boukherroub, Ranhua Xiong, et al.
- Vapor nanobubble is the more reliable photothermal mechanism for inducing endosomal escape of siRNA without disturbing cell homeostasis(2020)
Authors: Juan Fraire, Gaëlle Houthaeve, Jing Liu, Laurens Raes, Lotte Vermeulen, Stephan Stremersch, Toon Brans, Gerardo Garcia-Diaz Barriga, Sarah De Keulenaer, Filip Van Nieuwerburgh, et al.
Pages: 262 - 275 - Intracellular delivery of mRNA in adherent and suspension cells by vapor nanobubble photoporation(2020)
Authors: Laurens Raes, Stephan Stremersch, Juan Fraire, Toon Brans, Glenn Goetgeluk, Stijn De Munter, Lien Van Hoecke, Rein Verbeke, Jelter Van Hoeck, Ranhua Xiong, et al.
- Long-term live-cell microscopy with labeled nanobodies delivered by laser-induced photoporation(2020)
Authors: Jing Liu, Tim Hebbrecht, Toon Brans, Eef Parthoens, Saskia Lippens, Chengnan Li, Herlinde De Keersmaecker, Winnok H. De Vos, Rabah Boukherroub, Jan Gettemans, et al.
Pages: 485 - 495 - Laser-induced vapor nanobubbles improve diffusion in biofilms of antimicrobial agents for wound care(2019)
Authors: Eline Teirlinck, Juan Carlos Fraire, Heleen Van Acker, Jasper Wille, Rosalie Swimberghe, Toon Brans, Ranhua Xiong, Maarten Meire, Roeland De Moor, Stefaan De Smedt, et al.