Martin von Bergen

TL;DR: An extraction method in which the separation of proteins from the inorganic and organic constituents of the soil matrix was achieved by a combination of 0.1 M NaOH treatment and phenol extraction enabled the analysis of the metaproteome of soil and groundwater samples and provides a means to study the diversity of environmental microbial communities while addressing functional aspects more directly than metagenome or even metatranscriptome analysis.

TL;DR: Investigations funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft on the anaerobic microbial degradation of hydrocarbons ranged from isolation and enrichment of hitherto unknown hydrocarbon-degrading anaerobe microorganisms, discovery of novel reactions, detailed studies of enzyme mechanisms and structures to process-oriented in situ studies.

TL;DR: It is concluded that in this soil system, the increased abundance of fungi in both soils and the altered C cycling patterns in the F:B dominated soils highlight the significant role of fungus in litter decomposition and indicate that F: B ratios are linked to higher C storage potential.

TL;DR: In the paired helical filaments of Alzheimer’s disease, small segments of tau adopt a β‐conformation and interact with other tau molecules, which gives rise to the fuzzy coat of the filaments.

TL;DR: It is shown that soluble Tau remains natively unfolded even when its net charge is minimized, in contrast to other unfolded proteins, suggesting that the lack of hydrophobic residues but not the net charge accounts for unfolded nature of soluble Tau.