个人简介
I finished my undergraduate studies in Biophysics at the University of Sofia, Bulgaria. Shortly after, I went to Germany on a DAAD fellowship to do my PhD with Prof. J. Gimsa at the University of Rostock, where I graduated in 2006. During that time I studied theoretically the interaction of high frequency electromagnetic fields with cellular media, and in particular with lipid membranes. As a postdoc in the group of Dr. R. Dimova at the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces (Germany) I switched to an experimental project on the electro-manipulation of lipid vesicles. In 2009, I moved to Princeton University to the Complex Fluid Group of Prof. Howard A. Stone, where I laid the foundation of my current research on the biophysics of biological membranes. Since October 2013 I am working as a lecturer in the departments of Physics and Chemistry at Durham University
研究领域
Biophysics
Biological membranes
Functional interfaces
Mechanical and electric manipulation of lipid membranes
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Zeraik, A., Staykova, M., Fontes, M., Nemuraitė, I., Quinlan, R., Araújo, A. P. & DeMarco, R. (2016). Biophysical dissection of schistosome septins: Insights into oligomerization and membrane binding. Biochimie 131: 96-105.
Stubbington, Liam, Arroyo, Marino & Staykova, Margarita (2016). Sticking and sliding of lipid bilayers on deformable substrates. Soft Matter
Staykova, M., Arroyo, M., Rahimi, M. & Stone, H.A. (2013). Confined bilayers passively regulate shape and stress. Physical Review Letters 110(2): 028101.
Staykova, M., Holmes, D.P., Read, C. & Stone, H.A. (2011). Mechanics of surface area regulation in cells examined with confined lipid membranes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 108(22): 9084–9088.
Knorr, R.L., Staykova, M., Gracija, R.S. & Dimova, R. (2010). Wrinkling and electroporation of giant vesicles in the gel phase. Soft Matter 6(9): 1990-1996.
Dimova R., Bezlyepkina, N. Jordö, M. Knorr, R. Riske, K. Staykova, M., Vlahovska, P., Yamamoto, T., Yang, P. & Lipowsky, R. (2009). Vesicles in electric fields: Some novel aspects of membrane behavior. Soft Matter 5(17): 3201-3212.
Staykova M., Lipowsky R. & Dimova R. (2008). Membrane flow patterns in multicomponent giant vesicles induced by alternating electric fields. Soft Matter 4(11): 2168-2171.
Simeonova, M. & Gimsa, J. (2006). The influence of the molecular structure of lipid membranes on the electric field distribution and energy absorption. Bioelectromagnetics 27(8): 652-666.
Simeonova, M. & Gimsa, J. (2005). Dielectric anisotropy, volume potential anomalies and the persistent Maxwellian equivalent body. Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 17(50): 7817-7831.
Simeonova, M., Wachner, D. & Gimsa, J. (2002). Cellular absorption of electric field energy: influence of molecular properties of the cytoplasm. Bioelectrochemistry 56(1-2): 215.
Wachner, D., Simeonova, M. & Gimsa, J. (2002). Estimating the subcellular absorption of electric field energy: equations for an ellipsoidal single shell model. Bioelectrochemistry 56(1-2): 211.