I am fascinated by nanobiology, the interface of biophysics, nanotechnology and cell biology

Current research projects:
• Nanopores for translocation of biomolecules
• DNA repair and homologous recombination
• Biophysics and evolution of bacteria in nanostructures

Some past 'claims to fame':
• Carbon nanotubes
• Biomotors on nanofabricated chips
• Nanofluidics
• Single-molecule studies of restriction enzymes
• DNA as a conducting molecular wires?
• Electrostatic trapping of nanoparticles

Slides:
• podcast with slides on 'Nanotechnology Tools for Biology, the Power of Single Molecule Biophysics'. ETH Zurich, May 2008
• slides on solid state nanopores (5Mb)
• slides on carbon nanotubes (16Mb)
• slides on restriction enzymes (2Mb)

Reviews:
• Nature Nanotechnology review on solids state nanopores
• Spinoza Lecture on biomolecular machinery (Dutch)
• Physics today review on carbon nanotubes
• Physics world review on electronic properties of DNA
• Column 'Verwondering' at the site of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences (KNAW) (May 2008; Dutch)
• NRC newspaper interview 'Zin in de cel' (December 2005; Dutch)

Links:
• My direct colleagues at Delft: Nynke Dekker, Serge Lemay, Juan Keymer
• Feynman's talk 'There is plenty of room at the bottom'
• EMBL
• The inner life of a cell
• The nanotube site
• Eigler's STM Gallery
• Bensimon/Croquette group website
• Bustamante group website
• Block group website
• Seeman's DNA nanotechnology site
• Lieber group website
• McEuen group website
• Iijima group website