Tarantola, Marco, Dr.*

2000-2005 Studies and Diploma in Biology, Julius-Maximilians University Wuerzburg (Biotechnology)
2006-2010 Ph.D. (Dr. rer. Nat.), Chemistry, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
2010-2011 Scientific coordinator of CRC proposal from SFB 937, Theoretical Physics, Goettingen
2011-2012 Postdoctoral fellow, MPI-DS, LFPB
2012-2013 Postdoctoral fellow, Center for Theoretical Biological Physics, UCSD, San Diego
Since 2013 - Project leader Dictyostelium biophysics group, LFPB, MPIDS

Major Research Interests

Area of work
Biotechnology / cell biology / biochemistry / biophysical chemistry / biophysics: in-vitro detection of nanotoxicity, cell motility and chemotaxis, adhesion and cell mechanics

Techniques

Quartz crystal microbalance (QCM), atomic force microscopy (AFM) and Single Cell Force Spectroscopy (SCFS) , Impedance spectroscopy and Electric Cell-substrate Impedance Sensing (IS and ECIS), Immobilization and Interface/Surface Chemistry, Microfluidics, Optical imaging/fluorescence microscopy (Confocal Laser Scanning microscopy CLSM, Total internal fluorescence reflection microscopy TIRFM) FACS (Fluorescence activated cell sorting), biochemical assays (MTS, LDH, Boyden-Chamber, ROS, Mitochondrial Permeability, Apoptosis/necrosis), TEM/SEM, statistical analysis of biological fluctuations

Homepage Department/Research Group

http://www.lfpn.ds.mpg.de/biophysics/home.html

Selected Recent Publications

E. Schäfer, M. Tarantola, E. Polo, C. Westendorf, N. Oikawa, E. Bodenschatz, B. Geil, A. Janshoff (2013) Chemotaxis of D. discoideum: collective oscillation of cellular contacts, PlosONE, 8, e54172

C. Rosman, S. Pierrat, A. Henkel, M. Tarantola, D. Schneider, E. Sunnick, A. Janshoff, C. Sönnichsen (2012) A new approach to examine gold nanoparticles uptake: Combining optical Dark-Field and Transmission Electron Microscopy, Small 8, 3683-3690

M. Tarantola, E. Sunnick, D. Schneider, A.K. Marel, A. Kunze, A. Janshoff (2011) Dynamic Changes of Acoustic Load and Complex Impedance as Reporters for the Cytotoxicity of Small Molecule Inhibitors. Chem. Res. Toxicol. 24, 1494-1506

M. Tarantola, A.K. Marel, E. Sunnick, H. Adam, J. Wegener, A. Janhoff (2010) Dynamics of human cancer cells lines monitored by electrical and acoustic fluctuation analysis. Integr. Biol. 2, 139-150

M. Tarantola, D. Schneider, E. Sunnick, H. Adam, S. Pierrat, C. Rosman, V. Breus, C. Sönnichsen, T. Basche, J. Wegener, A. Janshoff (2009) Cytotoxicity of metal and semiconductor nanoparticles indicated by cellular micromotility. ACS nano 3, 213?222

M. Barz, M. Tarantola, K. Fischer, M. Schmidt, R. Luxenhofer, A. Janshoff, P.Theato, R. Zentel (2008) From defined reactive diblock copolymers to functional HPMA-based self-assembled nanoaggregates. Biomacromlecules 9, 3114-3118