Andreas Mershin | Publications

Peer-Reviewed Publications

InComplete List of Published via NIH "My Bibliography"

A. Mershin, D.V. Nanopoulos & E.M.C. Skoulakis. Quantum Brain? Proc. Acad. Athens, 74 A (1999)
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N.E. Mavromatos, A. Mershin & D.V. Nanopoulos. QED-Cavity model of microtubules implies dissipationless energy transfer and biological quantum teleportation Int. J. Modern Physics B, 16, No. 24 3623-3642 https://doi.org/10.1142/S0217979202011512 (2002)
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H.A. Schuessler, A. Mershin, A.A. Kolomenski & D.V. Nanopoulos. Surface plasmon resonance study of the actin-myosin sarcomere complex and tubulin dimer, J. Modern Optics, 50 No. 15-17, 2381-2391 (2003)
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A. Mershin, E. Pavlopoulos, O. Fitch, B.C. Braden, D.V. Nanopoulos & E.M.C. Skoulakis. Learning and memory deficits upon TAU accumulation in Drosophila mushroom body neurons. Learning & Memory, May-June; 11(2):277-287 (2004)
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A. Mershin, A.A. Kolomenski, H.A. Schuessler & D.V. Nanopoulos. Tubulin dipole moment, dielectric constant and quantum properties: computer simulations, experimental results and suggestions. Biosystems, 77:73-85 (2004)
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V. Lioubimov, A.A. Kolomenski, A. Mershin, D.V. Nanopoulos, & H.A. Schuessler. The effect of varying electric potential on surface plasmon resonance sensing Applied Optics June 10, 43, No 17 (2004)
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D. Toback, A. Mershin & I. Novikova Integrating web-based teaching tools into large university physics courses The Physics Teacher, 43, 594-597 (2005)
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H. Sanabria, J.H. Miller, A. Mershin, R.F. Luduena, A.A. Kolomenski, H.A. Schuessler & D.V. Nanopoulos. Dielectric spectroscopy of αβ-tubulin heterodimer Biophysical Journal 90:4644-4650 (2006)
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Love, C., Zhang, S., Mershin, A. Source of Sustained Voltage Difference between the Xylem of a Potted Ficus benjamina Tree and Its Soil. PLoS ONE 3(8): e2963 (2008)
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Franco, MI., Turin, L., Mershin, A., Skoulakis E.M.C., Molecular vibration sensing component in Drosophila melanogaster olfaction. PNAS March 1, vol. 108 no. 9 3797-3802 (2011)
Highlighted on date of online pub (02/14/2011) by both Nature: Flies Sniff Out Heavy Hydrogen and Science: Do Vibrating Molecules Give Us Our Sense of Smell?
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Franco, MI., Turin, L., Mershin, A., Skoulakis E.M.C., Reply to Hettinger: Olfaction is a physical and a chemical sense in Drosophila PNAS August 2, Vol. 108 no. 31 (2011)
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Mershin, A., Matsumoto, K., Kaiser, L., Yu, D., Vaughn, M., Bruce, D., Graetzel, M., & Zhang, S. Self-assembled photosystem-I biophotovoltaics on nanostructured TiO₂ and ZnO. Nature Scientific Reports, 2, doi:10.1038/srep00234 www.nature.com/articles/srep00234 (Feb 2 2012)
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T. Karydis, F. Aguiar, S. L. Foster, & A. Mershin. Performance characterization of self-calibrating protocols for wearable EEG applications. PETRAe Conf. Proc., ISBN: 978-1-4503-3452-5 doi>10.1145/2769493.2769533 Proceedings of the 8th ACM International Conference on PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments Article No. 38 (2015)
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T. Karydis, F. Aguiar, S. L. Foster, & A. Mershin. Self-Calibrating Protocols as diagnostic aids for personal medicine, neurological conditions and pain assessment. PETRAe Conf. Proc., ISBN: 978-1-4503-4337-4 doi>10.1145/2910674.29358522016 Proceedings of the 9th ACM International Conference on Pervasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments Article No. 61 (2016)
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Thrasyvoulos Karydis, Samuel Langer, Simmie L. Foster, & Andreas Mershin. Identification of post-meditation perceptual states using wearable EEG and Self-Calibrating Protocols. In PETRA ’18: The 11th Pervasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments Conference, June 26–29, 2018, Corfu, Greece. ACM, New York, NY, USA, https://doi.org/10.1145/3197768.3201544 (2018)
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Tourlomousis, F., Jia, C., Karydis, T. Mershin, A. Wang, H. Kalhyon, D. M., Chang, R. Machine learning metrology of cell confinement in melt electrowritten three-dimensional biomaterial substrates. Nature Microsyst Nanoeng 5, 15 March 25 2019 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41378-019-0055-4F. Covered by The Economist May 16 2019
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Sivan Kaminski, Dvir Schirman, {…} Kate Adamala, Simmie Foster, Shannon Johnson, Andreas Mershin, Orna Dahan & Yitzhak Pilpel. Evolthon: a community endeavor to evolve lab evolution PLoS Biology March 29 2019. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3000182
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McCaul, Gerard, Bondar, Denys, & Mershin, Andreas. Diffusion fails to make a stink. Physics of Fluids (Featured Paper) 33 031801 https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0044064) (03/12/2021)
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Guest Claire, Harris Rob, Sfanos Karen S, Shrestha E, Partin Alan W, Trock Bruce, Mangold Leslie, Bader Rebecca, Kozak Adam, McLean Scott, Simons Jonathan, Soule Howard, Johnson Thomas, Wen-Yee Lee, Qin Gao, Sophie Aziz, Stathatou Patritsia, Thaler Stephen L, Foster Simmie L & Mershin Andreas. Feasibility of integrating canine olfaction with chemical and microbial profiling of urine to detect lethal prostate cancer. PLoS ONE 16(2): e0245530 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0245530 MIT coverage: https://news.mit.edu/2021/disease-detection-device-dogs-0217 (02/17/2021)
‍Scientific American (03/04/2021)

James F Pelletier , Lijie Sun Kim S Wise Nacyra Assad-Garcia Bogumil J Karas Thomas J Deerinck Mark H Ellisman Andreas Mershin Neil Gershenfeld Ray-Yuan Chuang John I Glass Elizabeth A Strychalski. Genetic requirements for cell division in a genomically minimal cell. Cell 184(9):2430-2440.e16. PMID: 33784496 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2021.03.008 (04/29/2021)

Patritsia M. Stathatou, Christos E. Athanasiou, Marios Tsezos, John W. Goss, L. Camron Blackburn, Filippos Tourlomousis, Andreas Mershin, Brian W. Sheldon, Nitin P. Padture, Eric M. Darling, Huajian Gao & Neil Gershenfeld. Lead removal at trace concentrations from water by inactive yeast cells COMMUNICATIONS EARTH & ENVIRONMENT Vol. 3, Article number: 132 (2022) DOI https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-022-00463-0
Covered by MIT News and Forbes (Published 06/13/2022)
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G. Ho, V. Kubušová, C. Irabien, V. Li, A. Weinstein, Sh. Chawla, D. Yeung, A. Mershin, K. Zolotovsky, L. Mogas-Soldevila. Multiscale Design of Cell-Free Biologically Active Architectural Structures FRONTIERS IN BIOENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY, 28 March 2023 Sec. Biomaterials Volume 11 - 2023 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fbioe.2023.1125156
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Adan Rotteveel, Wen-Yee Lee, Zoi Kountouri, Nikolas Stefanou, Howard Kivell, Clifford Gluck, Shuguang Zhang and Andreas Mershin Towards robust machine olfaction: debiasing GC-MS data enhances prostate cancer diagnosis from urine volatiles bioRxiv 2024.11.19.624273; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.11.19.624273 in late review for publication in PLoS One (03/2025)https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.11.19.624273v3

Book

“Perception: How Olfaction and Other Senses Create Reality” by Chris Rose and Andreas Mershin (First Limited Edition Published March 2025 Glasgow, Scotland, 2^nd Edition KDpublishing available on Amazon Q2 2025)

Book Chapters

Mershin A., & Nanopoulos D.V., Memory depends on the cytoskeleton but is it quantum? Chapter 7 of QUANTUM ASPECTS OF LIFE ed. Davies, P. Imperial College Press ISBN: 978-1-84816-253-2 (2008)

Renugopalkrishnan, V., Kannan, A.M., Srinivasan S., Thavasi, V., Ramakrishna, S., Li, P., Mershin, A., Filipek, S., Kumar, A., Dutta, J., Jaya, A., Munukutta, L., Velumani, S. and Audette, G.F. Nanomaterials for Energy Conversion Applications pp 1-24 in NANOMATERIALS FOR ENERGY STORAGE APPLICATIONS; ed. Nalwa H.S., ISBN: 1-58883- 120-5 (2008)

A. Mershin, H. Sanabria, J.H. Miller, D. Nawarathna, E.M.C. Skoulakis, N.E. Mavromatos, A.A. Kolomenski, H.A. Schuessler, R.F. Luduena & D.V. Nanopoulos Towards experimental tests of quantum effects in cytoskeletal proteins THE EMERGING PHYSICS OF CONSCIOUSNESS Springer-Verlag Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, ISBN-13-9783540238904 Chapter 4: 95-170 (2006)

Invited Publications

Mershin A., We Need a Nobel prize for Kids. Op. Ed. NEW SCIENTIST April 29th (2008)

A. Mershin, B. Cook, L. Kaiser & S. Zhang. A classic assembly of nanobiomaterials NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY, 23 No. 11: 9-10 (2005)

D. Toback, A. Mershin & I. Novikova New Pedagogy for Using Internet-Based Teaching Tools in Physics Courses, e-print http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/physics/0408034 (2004)

Patents

“MACHINE OLFACTION AND MULTI-MODE SENSOR FUSION ARCHITECTURES FOR NON-INVASIVE SENSING” Adan Rotteveel, Nikolas Stefanou, Zoi Kountouri, Andreas Mershin USPTO Application # 63/659630
Filed: June 13 2024 (assignee: RealNose Inc.)

“SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DE-BIASED CLUSTERING OF DATA TO ENHANCE PROSTATE CANCER DIAGNOSIS FROM URINE VOLATILES IN MACHINE OLFACTION” Adan Rotteveel, Nikolas Stefanou, Zoi Kountouri, Andreas Mershin USPTO Application # 63/718,275
Filed: November 08 2024 (assignee: RealNose Inc.)

“DIRECTED EVOLUTION OF AI AGENTS FOR DISEASE DETECTION” Adan Rotteveel, Nikolas Stefanou, Zoi Kountouri, Andreas Mershin USPTO Application # 63/726,978
Filed: December 02 2024 (assignee: RealNose Inc.)

“DIRECTED EVOLUTION OF BACTERIA FOR DISEASE DETECTION FROM URINE ”Adan Rotteveel, Nikolas Stefanou, Zoi Kountouri, Andreas Mershin USPTO Application # 63/726,991
Filed: December 02 2024 (assignee: RealNose Inc.)
Mershin A, Cook BL, Zhang S. inventors, Bio-sensitized solar cells (BSSC). US 8796544. Publication date August 05 2014, Priority date Dec 14 2005
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Mershin A, Zhang S, Prakash M, Kong D, Maguire Y., inventors Bio-sensing nanodevice. US 20090156427. June 18 2009
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Mershin Andreas, Wassie Asmamaw, Maguire Yael, Kong Dave, Zhang Shuguang, Moran Patrick, Corin Karolina inventors, "Methods and Apparatus for Artificial Olfaction. US 13/966,169. August 13 2013
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Mershin A, Cook B.L., Kaiser L, Bikker J.F., Miura Y. inventors "Multiplexed olfactory receptor-based microsurface plasmon polariton detector" US 8748111. June 10 2014
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Mershin A. Leffell A. "Methods and Apparatus for Microfluidic Perfusion". US 62164072. US9610578 B2 US 15/158,644 April 4, 2017 Filed: May 19, 2016 Priority date May 20 2015
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Mershin, Andreas, Pelletier, James, Gershenfeld, Neil, Glass, John, Strychalski, Elizabeth. “Methods and Apparatus for Transplantation of Nucleic Acid Molecules” United States Utility Patent Application 20150037890 Application Number 14/449106 Publication Date: Feb 05 2015
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Mershin, Andreas, Karydis, Thrasyvoulos "Methods, Systems, and Apparatus For Self-Calibrating EEG Neurofeedback" United States Patent Application 20160235324 Utility Application Number: 15/043909 Publication Date: 08/18/2016, Filing Date: 02/15/2016
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Mershin, Andreas "Methods and Apparatus for Temporal Stereoscopy" US Provisional Application No. 62/581,508 Filed November 3, 2017 (abandoned)
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Mershin, Andreas & Adamala, Katarzyna "Methods and Apparatus for Synthetic Cell (Synell) Creation, Evolution, and Digital Transmission" MIT Ref. No. 19194X Ser. No. 62/429,787 US Utility Application Number 15/831,379 Filed Dec. 5 2017
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Mershin, Andreas & Johnson, Shannon: "Methods for Directed Exaptation" Pub . No . : US 2019 / 0119667 A1 Pub . Date : Apr . 25 , 2019 (abandoned)
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Lai, David (GSK) & Tourlomousis, Filippos, Gershenfeld, Neil & Mershin, Andreas "Methods and Apparatus for Variable Emulsification" US Pub. US 2019 / 0184351 A1 Pub . Date : Jun . 20 , 2019-joint assignees GSK-MIT,
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Andreas Mershin, Vincent Noireaux, James F Pelletier, Neil A Gershenfeld“Methods and Apparatus for Cell-Free Microfluidic-Assisted Biosynthesis” US 2019 / 0225949 A1 Pub. Date : Jul . 25 , 2019
“Methods for Mycotecture” by Andreas Mershin, Patritsia Stathatou, Chris Maurer, Carolyn Kirksmith disclosed Nov 12 2020 MIT TLO Case #22929 EFS ID 41652482, App#63137608
-joint assignees SBG-MIT
‍https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/c6/5b/cf/8b7fedb266c0e2/US20220217923A1.pdfFiled: Jan .14 2021
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“Materials and Methods for Biosorption of Micropollutants from Aqueous Solutions” MIT Ref. No. 23309X Ser. No. 17/941,016by Stathatou, Patritsia, Tourlomousis, Filippos, Athanasiou, Christos, Mershin, Andreas, Gershenfeld, Neil. Docket No. 056754/1200Filed conversion to utility: 9/8/2022 U.S. Prov. Pat. App. 63/241,968
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“Methods and apparatus for electro-meridian diagnostics” I. Nemeh, T. Quinn, D. Nemeh, W Nemeh & A. Mershin US 11517215 B2 https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/30/86/58/ba79a22922f1c6/US11517215B2.pdf
‍Filed: Dec. 6 2022
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“Methods and apparatus for adaptive, integrated mycotecture for rapid deployment and scaleup" Andreas Mershin, Carolyn Kirksmith, Yang Gao, Chris Maurer MIT Case No. 24500X, provisional USPTO Case number 63/479,452 Joint assignees: SBG-MIT; licenced by Myconic Inc. (USA) 2025 Filed: Jan. 11 2023
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