J. (Jelmer) Sjollema

Jelmer Sjollema, PhD, is assistant professor and principal investigator at the University Medical Center Groningen in the Netherlands. Originally educated as a physicist he did his PhD on imaging and modelling of bacterial depostion. Later he entered into industry and got several positions in consultancy and management. In 2009 he returned to the University of Groningen. His main scientific focus is the development and validation of imaging technologies in the study of Biomaterial Associated Infections.

Relevant Publications:

• Rik T.C. Cleophas, Jelmer Sjollema, Henk J. Busscher, John A.W. Kruijtzer, Rob M.J. Liskamp. Characterization and activity of an immobilized antimicrobial peptide containing bactericidal PEG-hydrogel. Accepted in BioMacromolecules (2014)

• Lei Song, Jelmer Sjollema, Prashant K. Sharma, Hans J. Kaper, Henny C. van der Mei, and Henk J. Busscher Nanoscopic Vibrations of Bacteria with Different Cell-Wall Properties Adhering to Surfaces under Flow
  and Static Conditions, ACS Nano, In press (2014)

• Jiuyi Li, Henk J. Busscher, Jan J. T. M. Swartjes, Yun Chen, Akshay K. Harapanahalli, Willem Norde,Henny C. van der Mei, Jelmer Sjollema Residence-time dependent cell wall deformation of different Staphylococcus aureus strains on gold measured using surface-enhanced-fluorescence. Soft matter, 2014, In press.

• Jelmer Sjollema, Rene J.B. Dijkstra, Caroline Abeln, Henny C. van der Mei, Dirk van Asseldonk, Henk J. Busscher. On-demand antimicrobial release from a temperature-sensitive polymer— Comparison with ad libitum release from central venous catheters. Journal of Controlled Release 188 (2014) 61–66.

• Seyedmojtaba Daghighi, Jelmer Sjollema, Rne J.B. Dijkstra, Valery Jaspers, Sebastian A.J. Zaat, Henny C. van der Mei, Henk J. Busscher. Real-time quantification of matrix metalloproteinase and integrin αvβ3 expression during biomaterial-associated infection in a murine model. European Cells and Materials,27 (2014)

• Seyedmojtaba Daghighi, Jelmer Sjollema, Henny C. van der Mei, Henk J. Busscher, Edward T.J. Rochford, Infection resistance of degradable versus non-degradable biomaterials: A review of the potential mechanisms. Biomaterials,34, 33, 8013-8017  (2013)

• J. . Li, H.J. Busscher, H.C. van der Mei, J. Sjollema, Surface enhanced bacterial fluorescence and enumeration of bacterial adhesion, Biofouling 29 (2013) 11-19.

• S. Daghighi, J. Sjollema, V. Jaspers, L. de Boer, S.A.J. Zaat, R.J.B. Dijkstra, G.M. van Dam, H.C. van der Mei, H.J. Busscher, Persistence of a bioluminescent Staphylococcus aureus strain on and around degradable and non-degradable surgical meshes in a murine model. Acta biomaterialia 8 (2012).
• A.H. Hosman, S.K. Bulstra, J. Sjollema, H.C. van der Mei, H.J. Busscher, D. Neut, The influence of Co-Cr and UHMWPE particles on infection persistence: An in vivo study in mice, Journal of Orthopaedic Research 30 (2012) 341-347.
• J. Li, H.J. Busscher, W. Norde, J. Sjollema, Analysis of the contribution of sedimentation to bacterial mass transport in a parallel plate flow chamber, Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces 84 (2011) 76-81.
• J. Li, H.J. Busscher, H.C. van der Mei, W. Norde, B.P. Krom, J. Sjollema, Analysis of the contribution of sedimentation to bacterial mass transport in a parallel plate flow chamber Part II: Use of fluorescence imaging, Colloids and Surfaces B-Biointerfaces 87 (2011) 427-432.
• J. Sjollema, M. Rustema-Abbing, H.C. van der Mei, H.J. Busscher, Generalized Relationship between Numbers of Bacteria and Their Viability in Biofilms, Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 77 (2011) 5027-5029.
• J. Sjollema, P.K. Sharma, R.J. Dijkstra, G.M. van Dam, H.C. van der Mei, A.F. Engelsman, H.J. Busscher, The potential for bio-optical imaging of biomaterial-associated infection in vivo, Biomaterials 31 (2010) 1984-1995.
• M.N. Bellon-Fontaine, N. Mozes, H.C. van der Mei, J. Sjollema, O. Cerf, P.G. Rouxhet, H.J. Busscher, A comparison of thermodynamic approaches to predict the adhesion of dairy microorganisms to solid substrata, Cell Biophys. 17 (1990) 93-106.
• H.J. Busscher, M.N. Bellonfontaine, N. Mozes, H.C. Vandermei, J. Sjollema, A.J. Leonard, P.G. Rouxhet, O. Cerf, J. Sjollema, An Interlaboratory Comparison of Physicochemical Methods for Studying the Surface-Properties of Microorganisms - Application to Streptococcus-Thermophilus and Leuconostoc-Mesenteroides, J. Microbiol. Methods 12 (1990) 101-115.
• J. Sjollema, H.J. Busscher, Deposition of Polystyrene Particles in A Parallel Plate Flow Cell .2. Pair Distribution-Functions Between Deposited Particles, Colloids and Surfaces 47 (1990) 337-352.
• J. Sjollema, H.J. Busscher, J. Sjollema, Deposition of Polystyrene Particles in A Parallel Plate Flow Cell .1. the Influence of Collector Surface-Properties on the Experimental Deposition Rate, Colloids and Surfaces 47 (1990) 323-336.
• J. Sjollema, H.C. van der Mei, H.M. Uyen, H.J. Busscher, J. Sjollema, Direct observations of cooperative effects in oral streptococcal adhesion to glass by analysis of the spatial arrangement of adhering bacteria, FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 57 (1990) 263-269.
• J. Sjollema, H.C. Vandermei, H.M. Uyen, H.J. Busscher, J. Sjollema, Direct Observations of Cooperative Effects in Oral Streptococcal Adhesion to Glass by Analysis of the Spatial Arrangement of Adhering Bacteria, FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 69 (1990) 263-269.
• J. Sjollema, H.C. Vandermei, H.M.W. Uyen, H.J. Busscher, J. Sjollema, The Influence of Collector and Bacterial-Cell Surface-Properties on the Deposition of Oral Streptococci in A Parallel Plate Flow Cell, J. Adhes. Sci. Technol. 4 (1990) 765-777.
• H. UYEN, J. SCHAKENRAAD, J. SJOLLEMA, J. NOORDMANS, W. JONGEBLOED, I. STOKROOS, H. BUSSCHER, Amount and Surface-Structure of Albumin Adsorbed to Solid Substrata with Different Wettabilities in a Parallel Plate Flow Cell, J. Biomed. Mater. Res. 24 (1990) 1599-1614.
• J. Sjollema, H.J. Busscher, J. Sjollema, Deposition of Polystyrene Latex-Particles Toward Polymethylmethacrylate in A Parallel Plate Flow Cell, J. Colloid Interface Sci. 132 (1989) 382-394.
• J. Sjollema, H.J. Busscher, A.H. Weerkamp, J. Sjollema, Experimental Approaches for Studying Adhesion of Microorganisms to Solid Substrata - Applications and Mass-Transport, J. Microbiol. Methods 9 (1989) 79-90.
• J. Sjollema, H.J. Busscher, A.H. Weerkamp, J. Sjollema, Real-Time Enumeration of Adhering Microorganisms in A Parallel Plate Flow Cell Using Automated Image-Analysis, J. Microbiol. Methods 9 (1989) 73-78.
• J. Sjollema, H.J. Busscher, A.H. Weerkamp, J. Sjollema, Deposition of Oral Bacteria to Glass in A Parallel Plate Flow-Cell, Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society 195 (1988) 235-COLL.
• E. VOGELZANG, J. SJOLLEMA, H. BOER, J. DEHOSSON, Optical-Absorption in Tinxoy-Compounds, J. Appl. Phys. 61 (1987) 4606-4611.