Researcher
Toon Brans
- Disciplines:Photodetectors, optical sensors and solar cells, Biosensors, Sensors, biosensors and smart sensors not elsewhere classified, Photonics, optoelectronics and optical communications, Nonlineair 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
- 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, Bart Vandekerckhove, Félix Sauvage, Stefaan De Smedt, Sabine Lentacker, et al.
- 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, Hilde De Rooster, Nausikaa Devriendt, Juan Carlos Fraire, et al.
Pages: 4005 - 4018 - Nanoparticle-sensitized photoporation enables inflammasome activation studies in targeted single cells dagger(2021)
Authors: Aranit Harizaj, Filip Van Hauwermeiren, Stephan Stremersch, Rita De Rycke, Herlinde De Keersmaecker, Toon Brans, Juan Carlos Fraire, Karolien Grauwen, Stefaan De Smedt, Sabine Lentacker, et al.
Pages: 6592 - 6604 - Cas9 RNP transfection by vapor nanobubble photoporation for ex vivo cell engineering(2021)
Authors: Laurens Raes, Melissa Pille, Aranit Harizaj, Glenn Goetgeluk, Jelter Van Hoeck, Stephan Stremersch, Juan Carlos Fraire, Toon Brans, Olivier Gerrit de Jong, Roel Maas-Bakker, 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, Frank Vanhaecke, Dimitri Roels, Kevin Braeckmans, et al.
- Intracellular delivery of mRNA in adherent and suspension cells by vapor nanobubble photoporation(2020)
Authors: Laurens Raes, Stephan Stremersch, Juan Carlos Fraire, Toon Brans, Glenn Goetgeluk, Stijn De Munter, Lien Van Hoecke, Rein Verbeke, Jelter Van Hoeck, Ranhua Xiong, et al.
- 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 Carlos 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 - 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, Stefaan De Smedt, Rabah Boukherroub, et al.
Pages: 485 - 495 - Sonoprinting of nanoparticle-loaded microbubbles : unraveling the multi-timescale mechanism(2019)
Authors: Silke Roovers, Guillaume Lajoinie, Ine De Cock, Toon Brans, Heleen Dewitte, Kevin Braeckmans, Michel Versuis, Stefaan De Smedt, Sabine Lentacker