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Universidad Autonoma de Madrid Facultad de Ciencias: Madrid, ES

2023-01-01 to present | Ramon y Cajal Researcher (Department of Biology)
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Alvaro Alonso-Caballero

King's College London: London, GB

2020-12-15 to 2022-12-31 | Research Associate (Physics)
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Alvaro Alonso-Caballero

Columbia University: New York, NY, US

2018-01-25 to 2021-01-15 | Postdoctoral researcher (Biological Sciences)
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Alvaro Alonso-Caballero

CIC nanoGUNE: San Sebastian, ES

2013-09-01 to 2017-12-31 | PhD researcher (Nanobiomechanics)
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Alvaro Alonso-Caballero

Institute of Catalysis and Petrochemistry: Madrid, ES

2012-06-01 to 2013-08-31 (Biofunctionalization of surfaces)
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Education and qualifications (3)

University of the Basque Country: San Sebastian, País Vasco, ES

2013-09-01 to 2017-12-15 | PhD program in Physics of Nanostructures and Advanced Materials
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Alvaro Alonso-Caballero

Autonomous University of Madrid: Madrid, ES

2011-10-01 to 2012-10-01 | MSc in Biophysics (Faculty of Sciences)
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Alvaro Alonso-Caballero

Autonomous University of Madrid: Madrid, ES

2005-09-01 to 2011-07-01 | BSc in Biology (Faculty of Sciences)
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Alvaro Alonso-Caballero

Funding (1)

Nanomechanical intervention of bacterial mechanotransduction

2021-08-01 to 2023-07-31 | Grant
European Commission (Brussels, BE)
GRANT_NUMBER: 101028879
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Works (32)

Identical sequences, different behaviors: Protein diversity captured at the single-molecule level

Biophysical Journal
2024-04 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0006-3495
Contributors: Rafael Tapia-Rojo; Alvaro Alonso-Caballero; Carmen L. Badilla; Julio M. Fernandez
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Mechanochemical Evolution of Disulfide Bonds in Proteins

Protein Folding
2022 | Book chapter
Part of ISBN: 9781071617151
Part of ISBN: 9781071617168
Part of ISSN: 1064-3745
Part of ISSN: 1940-6029
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Alvaro Alonso-Caballero

Unraveling the molecular determinants of the anti-phagocytic protein cloak of plague bacteria

PLOS Pathogens
2022-03-31 | Journal article
Contributors: Daniel T. Peters; Igor E Brodsky; Antonio Reifs; Alvaro Alonso-Caballero; Azzeldin Madkour; Helen Waller; Brendan Kenny; Raul Perez-Jimenez; Jeremy H. Lakey
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Protein folding modulates the chemical reactivity of a Gram-positive adhesin

Nature Chemistry
2021-02-30 | Journal article
Contributors: Alvaro Alonso-Caballero; Daniel J. Echelman; Rafael Tapia-Rojo; Shubhasis Haldar; Edward C. Eckels; Julio M. Fernandez
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Magnetic tweezers meets AFM: ultra-stable protein dynamics across the force spectrum

2021-01-05 | Preprint
Contributors: Alvaro Alonso-Caballero; Rafael Tapia-Rojo; Carmen L. Badilla; Julio M. Fernandez
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Direct Observation of a Coil-to-Helix Contraction Triggered by Vinculin Binding to Talin

Biophysical Journal
2020 | Journal article
Contributors: Tapia-Rojo, Rafael; Alonso-Caballero, Alvaro; Fernandez, Julio M.
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Entropic bonding of the type 1 pilus from experiment and simulation

ArXiv
2020 | Journal article
Contributors: Corsetti, Fabiano; Alonso-Caballero, Alvaro; Poly, Simon; Perez-Jimenez, Raul; Artacho, Emilio
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High Force Magnetic Tweezers Reveal That Bacterial Adhesion Pili Act as Megadalton-scale Schock Absorbers

Biophysical Journal
2020 | Journal article
Contributors: Alonso-Caballero, Alvaro; Tapia-Rojo, Rafael; Badilla, Carmen L.; Fernandez, Julio M.
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Talin folding as the tuning fork of cellular mechanotransduction

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2020-09 | Journal article
Contributors: Rafael Tapia-Rojo; Álvaro Alonso-Caballero; Julio M. Fernández
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Direct observation of a coil-to-helix contraction triggered by vinculin binding to talin

Science Advances
2020-05-22 | Journal article
Contributors: Rafael Tapia-Rojo; Alvaro Alonso-Caballero; Julio M. Fernandez
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Entropic bonding of the type 1 pilus from experiment and simulation

Royal Society Open Science
2020-04 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2054-5703
Part of ISSN: 2054-5703
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Alvaro Alonso-Caballero
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Talin Folding as the Tuning Fork of Cellular Mechanotransduction

2020-01-11 | Preprint
Contributors: Rafael Tapia-Rojo; Alvaro Alonso-Caballero; Julio M. Fernandez
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Dynamics of a Mechano-stable Protein with High Force Magnetic Tweezers

European Biophysics Journal
2019 | Journal article
Contributors: Alonso-Caballero, A.; Tapia-Rojo, R.; Badilla, C. L.; Fernandez, J. M.
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The Mechanical Work of Vinculin Binding to Talin Regulates Vinculin Activation

European Biophysics Journal
2019 | Journal article
Contributors: Rojo, R. Tapia; Alonso-Caballero, A.; Fernandez, J. M.
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The Mechanical Work of Vinculin Binding to Talin Regulates Vinculin Activation

European Biophysics Journal
2019 | Journal article
Contributors: Rojo, R. Tapia; Alonso-Caballero, A.; Fernandez, J. M.
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Direct Observation of a Coil-to-Helix Contraction Triggered by Vinculin Binding to Talin

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2019-08-21 | Preprint
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Alvaro Alonso-Caballero
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Protein folding modulates the adhesion strategy of Gram positive pathogens

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2019-08-21 | Preprint
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The life of proteins under mechanical force

Chemical Society Reviews
2018 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0306-0012
Part of ISSN: 1460-4744
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Mechanical architecture and folding of E. coli type 1 pilus domains

Nature Communications
2018-12 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2041-1723
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Alvaro Alonso-Caballero
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Molecular strategy for blocking isopeptide bond formation in nascent pilin proteins

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2018-09-11 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0027-8424
Part of ISSN: 1091-6490
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Alvaro Alonso-Caballero
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A Lego Toolbox for Engineering Proteins for Single Molecule Force Spectroscopy

Biophysical Journal
2017 | Journal article
Contributors: Alonso-Caballero, Alvaro; Rivas-Pardo, Jaime Andres; Badilla, Carmen L.; Echelman, Daniel J.; Fernandez, Julio M.
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Mechanical Architecture and Genesis of Bacterial Pilus Domains Revealed by Single-Molecule Force Spectroscopy

Biophysical Journal
2017 | Journal article
Contributors: Alonso-Caballero, Alvaro; Perez-Jimenez, Raul
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The influence of disulfide bonds in the mechanical stability of proteins is context dependent

European Biophysics Journal
2017 | Journal article
Contributors: Manteca, A.; Alonso-Caballero, A.; Fertin, M.; Poly, S.; de Sancho, D.; Perez-Jimenez, R.
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Mechanochemical evolution of the giant muscle protein titin as inferred from resurrected proteins

Nature Structural & Molecular Biology
2017-08 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1545-9993
Part of ISSN: 1545-9985
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Alvaro Alonso-Caballero
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The influence of disulfide bonds on the mechanical stability of proteins is context dependent

Journal of Biological Chemistry
2017-08-11 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0021-9258
Part of ISSN: 1083-351X
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Alvaro Alonso-Caballero
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Nanomechanical and folding characterization of proteins involved in bacterial adhesion

European Biophysics Journal
2015 | Journal article
Contributors: Alonso-Caballero, A.; Poly, S.; Perez-Jimenez, R.
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Estradiol and Progesterone Administration After pMCAO Stimulates the Neurological Recovery and Reduces the Detrimental Effect of Ischemia Mainly in Hippocampus

Molecular Neurobiology
2015-12 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0893-7648
Part of ISSN: 1559-1182
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Alvaro Alonso-Caballero
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Modeling the interplay between protein and lipid aggregation in supported membranes

Chemistry and Physics of Lipids
2015-01 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0009-3084
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Alvaro Alonso-Caballero
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Torsion and curvature of FtsZ filaments

Soft Matter
2014 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1744-683X
Part of ISSN: 1744-6848
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Alvaro Alonso-Caballero
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Probing the Effect of Force on HIV-1 Receptor CD4

ACS Nano
2014-10-28 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1936-0851
Part of ISSN: 1936-086X
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Alvaro Alonso-Caballero
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Reconstitution of Respiratory Complex I on a Biomimetic Membrane Supported on Gold Electrodes

Langmuir
2014-07-29 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0743-7463
Part of ISSN: 1520-5827
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Alvaro Alonso-Caballero
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Polymorphism of FtsZ Filaments on Lipid Surfaces: Role of Monomer Orientation

Langmuir
2013-07-30 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0743-7463
Part of ISSN: 1520-5827
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Alvaro Alonso-Caballero
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Peer review (2 reviews for 1 publication/grant)

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