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• Strategies for silencing bacterial 

  Ivanova, Kristina Dimitrova; Tzanov, Tzanko; Fernandes Macedo, Margarida Maria (Springer India, 2015-10-03)
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  Recent advances in microbiology have revealed that bacteria are able to communicate and cooperate in a wide range of multicellular behaviors such as dispersal, foraging and biofilm formation, in a process called quorum ...
• Antimicrobial lightweight materials and components 

  Morena Gatius, Ángela Gala; Ferreres Cabanes, Guillem; Ivanova, Kristina Dimitrova; Pérez Rafael, Silvia; Tzanov, Tzanko (Elsevier, 2020-12-02)
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  Lightweight materials and components have gained remarkable scientific and technological importance in the recent times as the main drivers of innovation. They are finding widespread use across all industry sectors to ...
• Biomedical textiles 

  Stefanov, Ivaylo; Bassegoda Puigdomenech, Arnau; Tzanov, Tzanko (Elsevier, 2019-07-01)
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  The use of textiles in medicine dates back to ancient times. In modern medicine, textile fibers can be found in a wide variety of biomedical devices from simple non-woven bandages for wounds to complex hollow fiber membranes ...
• Inhibition of quorum-sensing: A new paradigm in controlling bacterial virulence and biofilm formation 

  Ivanova, Aleksandra Asenova; Ivanova, Kristina Dimitrova; Tzanov, Tzanko (Springer Nature, 2018-05-31)
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  Bacterial pathogens coordinate the expression of multiple virulence factors and formation of biofilms in cell density dependent manner, through a phenomenon named quorum sensing (QS). Protected in the biofilm community, ...
• Thylakoid membrane bioenergetics 

  Guaus Guerrero, Ester; Torrent Burgués, Juan; Hoyo Pérez, Javier (Elsevier, 2018-04-23)
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  Oxygenic photosynthesis is a unique and essential photochemical process in which solar energy is used to oxidize water and to form carbohydrates. In this process molecular oxygen is released as a by-product. Thylakoid ...
• Antibacterial coatings on medical devices 

  Ivanova, Kristina Dimitrova; Bassegoda Puigdomenech, Arnau; Tzanov, Tzanko (Elsevier, 2017-11-02)
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• Molecular mechanisms of retinal toxicity induced by light and chemical damage 

  Herrera Hernández, María Guadalupe; Ramon Portés, Eva; Garriga Solé, Pere (Elsevier, 2015-10-11)
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  In recent years, important advances have been made to decipher the multiple defense mechanisms of the retina (a highly specialized sense tissue) against several extreme conditions, such as constant exposure to systemic ...