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Dr. Carsten Selle
Former Academic Staff
Carsten Selle left the Soft Matter Physics Division in December 2009 and became substitute professor at the Institute of Biochemistry of the University of Leipzig.
new location:
University of Leipzig
Institute of Biochemistry
Brüderstraße 34
04103 Leipzig
Germany
e-mail:
Education
1993
Diploma Chemistry, Georg-August University Göttingen
diploma thesis: "A new Synthesis of enantiomerically pure 1,2-Diacyl glycerines as Precursors for Phospholipids", carried out at the Max-Planck-Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen, funding: Max-Planck Society
1999
Dr. rer. nat., Friederich-Schiller University Jena
thesis: "Investigations on the Hydration of Phospholipid Films by means of FTIR-Spectroscopy and other Physical Chemical Methods"
 
Professional Postions
1996 - 1999
Member of the Collaborative Research Center 197
2000 - 2001
Corresponding member of the Collaborative Research Center 197 
DFG-special field of research (DFG-Sonderforschungsbereich) 
"Bio- and Model Membranes" of the German Research Foundation
1994 - 1999
Research associate in Biophysical Chemistry Division at the Institute of Molecular Biology, Friedrich-Schiller University Jena, 
2000 - 2002
Postdoctoral research associate in Biomembrane Physics Group at the Soft Matter Physics Division, University of Leipzig
01/2003 - present
Habilitand at the Soft Matter Physics Division, University of Leipzig
 
Honors
1997 Young Scientists Award of the Collaborative Research Center 197
DFG-special field of research (DFG-Sonderforschungsbereich)
"Bio- and Model Membranes"
 
Guest Scientist
06/1996 - 09/1996 Guest scientist at the Université Laval, Quebec, Canada
Departement de Chimie and

University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada 
Department of Biochemistry 

funding: Boehringer-Ingelheim-Fonds

Revised Publications
  • W. Pohle, C. Selle: Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopic evidence for a novel lyotropic phase transition occurring in dioleoylphosphatidylethanolamine, Chem. Phys. Lipids, 82, 191-198 (1996)
  • C. Selle, W. Pohle, H. Fritzsche: Monitoring the stepwise hydration of phospholipids in films by FTIR spectroscopy, Mikrochim. Acta Suppl., 14, 449-450 (1997)
  • W. Pohle, C. Selle, H. Fritzsche, M. Bohl: Comparative FTIR spectroscopic study upon the hydration of lecithins and cephalins, J. Mol. Struct., 408/409, 273-277 (1997)
  • W. Pohle, C. Selle, H. Fritzsche, H. Binder: A Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopic approach to probe the hydration of lipid self-assemblies. I. Methodology and general phenomena, Biospectroscopy, 4, 267-280 (1998)
  • C. Selle, W. Pohle: A Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopic approach to probe the hydration of lipid self-assemblies. II. Water binding versus phase transitions, Biospectroscopy, 4, 281-294 (1998)
  • S. Zellmer, I. Zimmermann, C. Selle, B. Sternberg: Physicochemical characterisation of human stratum corneum lipid liposomes, Chem. Phys. Lipids, 94, 97-108 (1998)
  • W. Pohle, M. Saß, C. Selle, K. Wolfrum, J. Löbau: Probing phospholipid chain fluidity by vibrational spectroscopy including sum-frequency generation, Vibr. Spectrosc., 19, 321-327 (1999)
  • C. Selle, W. Pohle, H. Fritzsche: FTIR-spectroscopic characteristics of lyotropically induced phase transitions in phospholipid membranes, J. Mol. Struct., 480-481 , 401-405 (1999)
  • J. Löbau, M. Saß, W. Pohle, C. Selle, K. Wolfrum: Chain fluidity and phase behaviour of phospholipids as revealed by FTIR- and sum-frequency spectroscopy, J. Mol. Struct., 480-481 , 407-411 (1999)
  • H. W. Meyer, K. Semmler, W. Rettig, W. Pohle, A. S. Ulrich, S. Grage, C. Selle, P. J. Quinn: Hydration of DMPC and DPPC at 4 °C produces a novel subgel phase with convex-concave bilayer structures, Chem. Phys. Lipids., 105, 149-166 (2000)
  • W. Pohle, C. Selle, D.R. Gauger, R. Zantl, F. Artzner, J. O. Rädler: FTIR Spectroscopic characterization of a cationic lipid-DNA complex and its components, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2, 4642-4650 (2000)
  • S. L. Grage, D. R. Gauger, C. Selle, W. Pohle, W. Richter, A. S. Ulrich: The amphipilic drug flufenamic acid can induce a hexagonal phase in DMPC: a solid state 32P- and 19F-NMR study, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2, 4674-4679 (2000)
  • W. Pohle, D. R. Gauger, H. Fritzsche, B. Rattay, C. Selle, H. Binder, H. Böhlig: FTIR-spectroscopic characterization of phosphocholine-headgroup model compounds, J. Mol. Struct., 563, 463-467 (2001)
  • D. R. Gauger, C. Selle, H. Fritzsche, W. Pohle: Chain length dependence of the hydration properties of saturated phosphatidylcholines as revealed by FTIR spectroscopy, J. Mol. Struct., 565, 25-29 (2001)
  • W. Pohle, C. Selle, D.R. Gauger, K. Brandenburg: Lyotropic phase transitions in phospholipids as evidenced by small-angle synchrotron x-ray scattering, J. Biomol. Struct. & Dynamics, 19, 351-364 (2001)
  • D. R. Gauger, C. Selle, M. Hahn, W. Pohle: Defining the water content in oriented lipid films by Karl-Fischer titration, Analyt. Biochem., 299, 108-110 (2001)
  • W. Pohle, C. Selle, W. Rettig, U. Heiser, B. Dobner , S. Wartewig: Phase transitions and hydrogen bonding in a bipolar phosphocholine evidenced by calorimetry and vibrational spectroscopy, Arch. Biochem. Biophys., 396, 151-161 (2001)
  • W. Pohle, D.R. Gauger, U. Dornberger, E. Birch-Hirschfeld, C. Selle, A. Rupprecht, M. Bohl: Hydration of biological molecules: lipids versus nucleic acids, Biopolymers, 67, 499-503 (2002)
  • D. R. Gauger, H. Binder, A. Vogel, C. Selle, W. Pohle: Comparative FTIR-spectroscopic studies of the hydration of diphytanoylphosphatidylcholine and -ethanolamine, J. Mol. Struct., 614, 211-220 (2002)
  • D. W. Britt, T. Goodman, C. Selle: The Influence of Lipid Dipole Moment and Interfacial Water Structure on Protein Adsorption to Mixed Lipid Monolayers, Materialwissenschaft & Werkstofftechnik, 34, 1133-1137 (2003)
  • C. Selle, U. Dietrich, P. Krüger, M. Lösche: Phosphoinositide monolayer structure at the air-water interface, Lecture Notes in Physics, Editors: Reinhold Haberlandt, Dieter Michel, Andreas Pöppl, 634, 395-438 (2004)
  • C. Selle, F. Rückerl, D.S. Martin, M. B. Forstner, J. A. Käs: Measurement of Diffusion in Langmuir Monolayers by Single-Particle-Tracking, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 6, 5535-5542 (2004)
 
Further Publications and Abstracts
  • W. Pohle, C. Selle, H. Fritzsche, B. Rattay: Comparative Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopic studies on phospholipid hydrationFourier-transform infrared spectroscopic evidence for a novel lyotropic phase transition occurring in dioleoylphosphatidylethanolamine, In: "Spectroscopy of Biological Molecules", (J.C. Merlin, S. Turrell, J.P. Huvenne, Eds.), Kluwer Academic Publishers, 381-382 (1995)
  • W. Pohle, R.N.A.H. Lewis, R.N. McElhaney, P. Nuhn, B. Dobner, C. Selle: Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopic monitoring of the conformation of glycerophospholipids, In: “Spectroscopy of Biological Molecules”, (J.C. Merlin, S. Turrell, J.P. Huvenne, Eds.), Kluwer Academic Publishers, 375-376 (1995)
  • W. Pohle, C. Selle: Small-angle x-ray scattering study on phospholipids at different hydration levels, HASYLAB Annu. Rep. II, (H. Bartunik, W. Laasch, V. Lamzin, Eds.), 159-160 (1996)
  • C. Selle, W. Pohle, R.N.A.H. Lewis, H.W. Meyer, H. Fritzsche: Aspects of the lyotropic phase behaviour of a series of unsaturated phospholipids in model membranes (Abstract), Histochem. Cell. Biol., 108, 262 (1997)
  • C. Selle, R.N.A.H. Lewis, W. Pohle, R.N. McElhaney, B. Rattay, H. Fritzsche: Unusual phase behavior of sn-2-(2-alkyl) DPPC derivatives revealed by FTIR spectroscopy, 31P-NMR spectroscopy, differential scanning calorimetry, and X-ray diffraction, In: "Spectroscopy of Biological Molecules" (P. Carmona, R. Navarra, A. Hernanz, Eds.), Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, 323-324 (1997)
  • C. Selle, R.N.A.H. Lewis, M. Pezolet, H.W. Meyer, R.P.H. Kooyman, M.H.J. Koch, H. Fritzsche: Spectroscopic and morphologic studies on the lyotropic phase behaviour of unsaturated phospholipids, In: "Spectroscopy of Biological Molecules" (P. Carmona, R. Navarra, A. Hernanz, Eds.), Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, 327-328 (1997)
  • W. Pohle, C. Selle: Small-angle x-ray scattering study on phospholipids at different hydration levels, HASYLAB Annu. Rep. II, (H. Bartunik, W. Laasch, V. Lamzin, M. Wilmanns, Eds.), 117-118 (1997)
  • C. Selle, R.N.A.H. Lewis, W. Pohle, R.N. McElhaney, B. Rattay, H. Fritzsche: Calorimetric and spectroscopic characterization of a series of sn-2-(2-alkyl)-DPPC analogues (Abstract), Biophys. J., 74, A313 (1998)
  • S. Zellmer, D. Reißig, C. Selle, W. Pohle, J. Lasch: Interaction of externally applied lipids with the stratum corneum (Abstract), J. Liposome Res., 8, 130-131 (1998)
  • C. Selle, W. Pohle, M. H. J. Koch: Evidence for different non-lamellar phases in DOPE, EMBL Hamburg Outstation Annual Report 1998, (M. Wilmanns, V. S. Lamzin, Eds.), 373-374 (1998)
  • C. Selle, F. Richter: The lamellar-nonlamellar transition in monomethylated DOPE - an example of slow transitional kinetics, EMBL Hamburg Outstation Annual Report 1998, (M. Wilmanns, V. S. Lamzin, Eds.), 467-468 (1998)
  • C. Selle, R.N.A.H. Lewis, W. Pohle, D.R. Gauger, M.H.J. Koch: Phase Behaviour of sn-2-(2-Alkyl)-DPPC Analogues, EMBL Hamburg Outstation Annual Report 1999, (M. Wilmanns, V. S. Lamzin, Eds.) (1999)
  • D.R. Gauger, C. Selle, W. Pohle, M.H.J. Koch: Comparative X-ray diffraction study of diphytanoylphosphatidylcholine and -ethanolamine under different states of hydration, EMBL Hamburg Outstation Annual Report 1999, (M. Wilmanns, V. S. Lamzin, Eds.), 4642-4650 (1999)
  • D.R. Gauger, C. Selle, W. Pohle: 1999 BENSC Experimental Reports, (Y. Kirschbaum, A. Möller, R. Michaelsen, eds.), 257 (1999)
  • D.R. Gauger, C. Selle, R.N.A.H. Lewis, R.N. McElhaney, M.H.J. Koch, W. Pohle: Hydration-dependent phase behavior of two related glycolipids derived from Acholeplasma laidlawii B, EMBL Hamburg Outstation Annual Report 2000, (M. Wilmanns, V. S. Lamzin, Eds.)
  • C. Selle, U. Dietrich, P. Krüger, M. Weygand, B. Kohlstrunk, T.R. Jensen, K. Kjaer, M. Lösche: A Structural Study of Phosphatidylinositol Phosphate Monolayers, HASYLAB Annual Report 2000 Part I, (W. Dix, T. Kracht, U. Krell, G. Materlik, J.R. Schneider, Eds.) (2000)
  • C. Selle, U. Dietrich, P. Krüger, M. Weygand, B. Kohlstrunk, T. Jensen, M. Lösche: Structure of Phosphatidylinositolphosphate Monolayers at the Air-Water Interface, Vibr. Spectrosc., 29, 297 (2000)
  • D.R. Gauger, W. Pohle, M.H.J. Koch, C. Selle: Spectroscopic and X-Ray Diffraction Studies of the Haydration of Diphytanoyllecithin and -cephalin, Vibr. Spectrosc., 29, 288 (2000)
  • S. Zellmer, C. Selle, W. Pohle, J. Lasch, Chem. Phys. Lipids, 107, 57 (2000)
  • B. Kohlstrunk, J. Pittler, C. Selle, U. Dietrich, M. Lösche: X-ray reflectometry of phase-separated surface monolayers, HASYLAB Annual Report 2001 Part I, (W. Dix, T. Kracht, U. Krell, G. Materlik, J.R. Schneider, Eds.) (2001)
  • J. Pittler, U. Dietrich, C. Selle, M. Lösche: Influence of divalent ions on phosphatidic acid monolayers, HASYLAB Annual Report 2001 Part I, (W. Dix, T. Kracht, U. Krell, G. Materlik, J.R. Schneider, Eds.) (2001)
  • C. Selle, U. Dietrich, M. Weygand, J. Pittler, B. Kohlstrunk, K. Kjaer, M. Lösche: Phosphatidylinositol Monolayers at the Air/Water Interface, HASYLAB Annual Report 2001 Part I, (W. Dix, T. Kracht, U. Krell, G. Materlik, J.R. Schneider, Eds.) (2001)
  • C. Selle, U. Dietrich, J. Pittler, P. Krüger, M. Weygand, K. Kjaer, M. Lösche: Grazing Incidence Diffraction of Phosphatidylinositol Monolayers at the Air/Water Interface, HASYLAB Annual Report 2001 Part II(, (W. Dix, T. Kracht, U. Krell, G. Materlik, J.R. Schneider, Eds.) (2001)
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