BRIAN ROBERT BAKER

PUBLICATIONS

  1. R.L. Garrell, A.A. Ooka, B.R. Baker, J.-Y. Yoon, A. Laiwalla, J. Tarver, and J. Cañavate. “Adhesion and Cohesion in the Mussel Byssus: the Roles of Primary Sequence and Secondary Structure in MEFP-1”. Int. Conf. Raman Spectrosc., 17: 690, 2000.
  2. B.R. Baker, A.N. Laiwalla, J.-Y. Yoon, J. Cañavate, and R.L. Garrell. “Adhesion and Cohesion of Mussel Adhesive Protein on Glass and Gold Through Protein Removal Studies”. Polym. Mater. Sci. Eng., 85: 115, 2001.
  3. E.M. Hagerman, B.R. Baker, R.L. Garrell, and B.M. Wu. “Effect of surface adhesion molecules on cell morphology and spreading.” J. Dent. Res., 81: A274, 2002.
  4. B.R. Baker, J.J. Passanante, and R.L. Garrell. "Protein Secondary Structure Analysis in Solution and Thin Films Through g-Factor Analysis". Faraday Discuss., 126: 209, 2004. http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/b305291e
  5. B.R. Baker, R.Y. Lai, M.S. Wood, E.H. Doctor, A.J. Heeger, and K.W. Plaxco. “An Electronic Aptamer-Based Small Molecule Sensor for the Rapid, Label-Free Detection of Cocaine in Adulterated Samples and Biological Fluids”. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 128: 3138, 2006. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ja056957p
  6. A.A. Lubin, R.Y. Lai, B.R. Baker, A.J. Heeger, and K.W. Plaxco. “Sequence-specific, electronic detection of oligonucleotides in blood, soil and foodstuffs with the reagentless, reusable E-DNA sensor”. Anal. Chem., 78: 5671, 2006. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ac0601819
  7. Y. Xiao, A.A. Lubin, B.R. Baker, K.W. Plaxco, and A.J. Heeger. "Single-step electronic detection of femtomolar DNA by target-induced strand displacement in an electrode-bound duplex". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 103: 16677, 2006. http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0607693103
  8. B.R. Baker, J.J. Passanante, and R.L. Garrell. "Accurate Protein Secondary Structure Determination from CD and UV Spectra by g-Factor Analysis". Manuscript in Preparation.
  9. J.-Y. Yoon, B.R. Baker, R. Lucklum, and R.L. Garrell. "Material Properties of Cross-linked and Fragmented Mytilus edulis Foot Protein 1 (Mefp-1) Thin Films Monitored by Thickness Shear Mode (TSM) Resonator". Manuscript in Preparation.

PRESENTATIONS

  1. R.L. Garrell, B.R. Baker, J.-Y. Yoon, J. Cañavate, A. Laiwalla, and J. Tarver. “Secondary Structure, Adhesion and Cohesion of the Mussel Adhesive Protein Mefp-1”. Pacifichem 2000, Honolulu, HI, USA, Dec 2000.
  2. J.-Y. Yoon, B.R. Baker, A.N. Laiwalla, and R.L. Garrell. “Cohesive and Adhesive Biomaterials from Mussel Adhesive Protein”. 2nd UC System-Wide Bioengineering Symposium, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA, May 2001.
  3. B.R. Baker, A.N. Laiwalla, J.-Y. Yoon, J. Canavate, and R.L. Garrell. “Adhesion and Cohesion of Mussel Adhesive Protein on Glass and Gold Through Protein Removal Studies”. 222nd American Chemical Society National Meeting, Chicago, IL, USA, Aug 2001.
  4. T. Kalili, B.R. Baker, and A.A. Caputo. “Fluoride Uptake by Enamel in a Lowered pH Salivary Environment”. The IADR/AADR/CADR 80th General Session, San Diego, CA, USA, Mar 2002.
  5. E.M. Hagerman, B.R. Baker, R.L. Garrell, and B.M. Wu. “Effect of Surface Adhesion Molecules on Cell Morphology and Spreading”. The IADR/AADR/CADR 80th General Session, San Diego, CA, USA, Mar 2002.
  6. B.R. Baker, J.J. Passanante, and R.L. Garrell. “Accurate Protein Secondary Structure Prediction from CD and UV-Vis Spectra Alone”. 1st International SPECS and BioSPECS Symposium, Delft, Netherlands, Sep 2002.
  7. B.R. Baker, J.J. Passanante, and R.L. Garrell. “Precision and Solvent Dependence of CD and g-Factor Spectra: Implications for Protein Secondary Structure Analysis”. Faraday Discussion 126, Nottingham, UK, Sep 2003.
  8. C. Fan, B.R. Baker, K.W. Plaxco, and A.J. Heeger. “Towards the Electronic Detection of HIV”. 2004 UARP Conference on AIDS Research in California, Los Angeles, CA, USA, Feb 2004.
  9. B.R. Baker, A.A. Lubin, M.B. Schafer, A.J. Heeger, and K.W. Plaxco. “Electronic Folding-Based Protein Sensors”. DARPA/DMEA Center for Nanoscience Innovation for Defense Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, CA, USA, Nov 2004.
  10. R.L. Garrell, B.R. Baker, J.A. Kelley, A. Laiwalla, and J. Passanante. “Accurate Protein Secondary Structure Determination from CD and UV Spectra by g-Factor Analysis”. 7th Congress of the World Association of Theoretically Oriented Chemists: Modeling Structure and Reactivity, Cape Town, SOUTH AFRICA, Jan 2005.
  11. B.R. Baker, R.Y. Lai, M.S. Wood, E.H. Doctor, A.J. Heeger, and K.W. Plaxco. “Electronic Detection of Cocaine in Blood Serum”. DARPA/DMEA Center for Nanoscience Innovation for Defense Annual Meeting, Santa Barbara, CA, USA, Dec 2005.
  12. B.R. Baker, R.Y. Lai, M.S. Wood, E.H. Doctor, A.J. Heeger, and K.W. Plaxco. “Electronic Detection of Cocaine in Blood Serum”. The Ninth World Congress on Biosensors, Toronto, Ontario, CANADA, May 2006.