Liviu Movileanu
Liviu Movileanu
Professor
CONTACT
Physics
211 Physics Building
Email: lmovilea@syr.edu
Office: 315.443.8078
A&S AFFILIATIONS
Biology
PROGRAM AFFILIATIONS
Biotechnology
Degrees
- 1997 Ph.D. in Biophysics, University of Bucharest
- 1990 M.S. Polymer Physics, University of Bucharest
- 1989 B.S. in Physics, University of Bucharest
Social/Academic Links
- Single-molecule and Membrane Biophysics.
- Bionanotechnology.
- Nanofluidics.
- Biosensors and Functional Biomaterials.
- Membrane protein design.
Research Spotlight
The right-hand panel illustrates a 3 nm pore in silicon nitride. Image was taken in STEM mode on the FEI Tecnai F20 TEM/STEM at the Cornell Center for Materials Research (CCMR). The left-hand panel shows a single-channel electrical recording of transient current blockades produced by individual double-stranded DNA molecules.
(Nov. 1, 2023)
Professor Liviu Movileanu and his team are developing generalizable nano-sized sensors which could one day help detect biomarkers for various diseases.
(March 20, 2023)
A team of researchers, including Syracuse University physics professor Liviu Movileanu and postdoctoral researcher Mohammad Ahmad, have developed a broadly applicable nano-sensor capable of single-molecule precision.
(Feb. 21, 2022)
A team of A&S researchers have designed a highly sensitive sensor capable of identifying proteins in solution down to a single molecule.
(Feb. 17, 2020)
Professor Liviu Movileanu and Avinash Thakur Ph.D. presented their research on molecular "fishing."
(Jan. 22, 2019)
Ph.D. candidate Avinash “Avi” Thakur helps design nanomaterials that could improve cancer detection
(Dec. 10, 2018)
Professor Liviu Movileanu designs biosensors that target proteins interacting with one another
(Sept. 6, 2018)
Professor Liviu Movileanu develops biosensors to identify proteins in leukemia, cancer
(Nov. 21, 2017)
Aaron Wolfe is the chief operating officer of his biotech company, Ichor Therapeutics.
Physicist Awarded NIH Grant to Enhance Protein Detection
Syracuse Physicist Liviu Movileanu Receives $1.17 Million NIH Grant to Create ‘Nanobiosensors’
L.A. Mayse, A. Imran, Y. Wang, M. Ahmad, R.A. Oot, S. Wilkens, and L. Movileanu, 2023, Evaluation of Nanopore Sensor Design Using Electrical and Optical Analyses, ACS Nano 17(11), 10857-10871. PMCID: PMC10278182
M. Ahmad, J.-H. Ha, L.A. Mayse, M. Presti, A.J. Wolfe, K.J. Moody, S. Loh , L. Movileanu, 2023, A Generalizable Nanopore Sensor for Highly Specific Protein Detection at Single-Molecule Precision, Nature Commun. 14, 1374. PMCID: PMC10027671
L.A. Mayse, A. Imran, M.G. Larimi, M.S. Cosgrove, A.J. Wolfe, and L. Movileanu, 2022, Disentangling the recognition complexity of a protein hub using a nanopore, Nature Commun. 13(1), PMCID: PMC8861093.
A.K. Thakur and L. Movileanu, 2019, Real-time measurement of protein-protein interactions at single-molecule resolution using a biological nanopore, Nature Biotechnol. 37(1), 96-101.PMCID: PMC6557705
M.G. Larimi, L.A. Mayse, and L. Movileanu, 2019, Interactions of a Polypeptide with a Protein Nanopore Under Crowding Conditions, ACS Nano 13(4), 4469-4477. PMCID: PMC6482057