Faculty Research: Sarah Keller

Degrees:
1995, PhD, Physics, Princeton University 1989, BA, Physics, Rice University

Awards and Professional Activities:
NSF CAREER Award 2002

Research Innovation Award (Research Corporation) 2001

Member of American Physical Society, Biophysical Society

Areas of Research:

Bio-Inspired Materials	Hybrid Materials
Self-Assembled Systems	Cell Signalling
Cellular Organelles	Nanomaterials
Biological Nanosystems

Selected Publications:
(Selected Publications)



S.L. Veatch and S.L. Keller, Organization in Lipid Membranes Containing Cholesterol, Phys. Rev. Lett. Vol 89, 23 December 2002.



S.L. Veatch and S.L. Keller, A Closer Look at the Canonical Raft Mixture in Model Membrane Studies, Biophysical Journal vol. 84, in press, 2003.



S.L. Keller, Miscibility Transitions and Lateral Compressibility in Liquid Phases of Lipid Monolayers, Langmuir, (Invited) (in press).



S. Bezzine, J.G. Bollinger, S.L. Veatch, S.L. Keller, and M.H. Gelb, On the Binding Preference of Secreted Phospholipases A2 for Membranes with Anionic Phospholipids, Journal of Biologial Chemistry (in press).



S.L. Keller, A. Radhakrishnan, and H.M. McConnell, Saturated Phospholipids with High Melting Temperature Form Complexes with Cholesterol in Monolayers. J. Phys. Chem. B. vol 104, 7522-7527, 2000.



S.L. Keller, W.H. Pitcher III, W.H. Huestis and H.M. McConnell, Red Blood Cell Lipids Form Immiscible Liquids. Phys. Rev. Lett. vol. 81, 5019-5022, 1998.

Press Articles and News:
Peter Olmsted, Worm-Like Micelles Stir Up a Storm, Physics World, June 1998. Entropy Drives Phase Behavior in Colloids, Chemical and Engineering News, June 1 1998, p. 43.

Research Keywords:
Self-assembly, lipids, phase behavior, surfaces

Experticed Keywords:
Self-assembly, lipids, phase behavior, surfaces