American Journal of Biomedical Engineering

American Journal of Biomedical Engineering provides a forum for the publication of the latest developments in biomedical engineering, and reflects the essential multidisciplinary nature of the subject. The journal publishes in-depth critical reviews, scientific papers and technical notes.

Sumit Garg

Editor-in-Chief of American Journal of Biomedical Engineering

Post-doctoral Fellow, Argonne National Laboratory, USA

Research Areas

Biophysics, Bio-engineering, Cell Biology, Soft-matter, Bio-materials, Nano-scale Materials and Nano-science

Education

2004-2008Ph.DBiophysics, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
1999-2003BEChemical Engineering, Punjab University, Chandigarh, India

Experience

2008-presentVisiting Researcher, Center for Neutron Research, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Gaithersburg, MD
2008-2011Post-Doctorate Researcher, Materials Science Division, Argonne National Lab, Chicago, IL

Academic Achievement

International Conference on Neutron Scattering Young investigator Travel Award, 2009
Materials Science Divisional Post Doctorate Fellowship, Argonne National Lab, 2008-2011
Nano-scale Imaging Center, Instrument research fellowship, 2006-2008
Purdue School of Science Fellowship (RIF), 2004-2005
Graduate Student Fellowship, University of Wyoming, 2003-2004
Certificate of merit and a silver medal for obtaining position in top 0.01% students for all India Mathematics Examination of CBSE, attended by 300,000 students 1997

Publications: Conferences/Workshops/Symposiums/Journals/Books

[1]  Non-invasive neutron scattering measurements reveals slower cholesterol transport in model lipid membranes, Sumit Garg, Lionel Porcar, Andrea Hamill, Paul Butler, Ursula Perez-Salas, Biophysical Journal, 101, 370-377, 2011.
[2]  Native ligands change integrin sequestering but not oligomerization in raft-mimicking lipid mixtures, Amanda P. Siegel, Ann Kimble-Hill, Sumit Garg, Rainer Jordan, Christoph A. Naumann, Biophysical Journal (Press).
[3]  Actin-induced perturbation of PS lipid-cholesterol interaction: A possible mechanism of cytoskeleton-based regulation of membrane organization, Sumit Garg, Jay X. Tang, Juergen Ruehe, Christoph A Naumann, Journal of Structural Biology, 168 (1), 11-20, 2009.
[4]  Transbilayer coupling of obstructed lipid diffusion in polymer-tethered phospholipid bilayers, Miranda A Deverall, Sumit Garg, Karin Ludtke, Rainer Jordan, Juergen Ruehe, Christoph A. Naumann, Softmatter, 4, 1899-1908, 2008.
[5]  2D Center-of-Mass Diffusion of End-Tethered Poly(methyloxazoline) Chains at the air-water Interface Studied at the Single Molecule Level, Karin Ludtke, Rainer Jordan, Nathan Furr, Sumit Garg, Kelsey Forsythe, Christoph A. Naumann, Langmuir 24 (10), 5580-5584, 2008.
[6]  Biophysical Mechanism of Domain Registration in Raft-Mimicking Lipid Mixtures Studied Using Polymer-Tethered Lipid Bilayers, Sumit Garg, Juergen Ruehe, Karin Ludtke, Rainer Jordan, Christoph A. Naumann, Biophysical Journal, 92, 1263-1270, 2007.
[7]  Single Molecule Fluorescence Microscopy To Determine Phospholipid Lateral Diffusion, Mike J. Murcia, Sumit Garg, Christoph A. Naumann, in: Protocols in Biophysics to Study Membrane Lipids, A. Dopico, Ed. Humana Press: Totowa, 2006.
[8]  Cholesterol transport in model lipid membranes, Sumit Garg, Lionel Porcar, Paul Butler, Francisco Castro-Roman, Ursula Perez-Salas, Annual Biophysical Meeting (BPS), March 2011.
[9]  Unique cholesterol transport behavior in phosphoserine vesicles: a small angle neutron scattering study, Sumit Garg, Lionel Porcar, Paul Butler, Ursula Perez-Salas, Annual Biophysical Meeting (BPS), March 2011.
[10]  Cholesterol transport in model-membrane systems studied by time resolve small angle neutron scattering, Sumit Garg, Lionel Porcar, Paul Butler, Ursula Perez-Salas, American Society of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), november 2010.
[11]  Intra-and Inter-Membrane Cholesterol Transport in Model Membrane Systems: A Small Angle Neutron Scattering Study, Sumit Garg, Lionel Porcar, Paul Butler, Ursula Perez-Salas, American Conference on Neutron Scattering (ACNS), June 2010.
[12]  In-situ measurement of cholesterol transport in model-membrane systems studied by Time Resolve Small Angle Neutron Scattering and comparison with MD simulation, Sumit Garg, Lionel Porcar, Paul Butler, Francisco Castro-Roman, Ursula Perez-Salas, Annual Biophysical Meeting (BPS), February 2010.
[13]  Understanding the behavior of nanometer-size lipid domains in model membranes: a small angle neutron scattering study, Sumit Garg, Lionel Porcar, Paul Butler, Ursula Perez-Salas, Annual Biophysical Meeting (BPS), February 2010.
[14]  Protein domain formation in lipid membranes, Andrea C. Hamill, Lionel Porcar, Paul Butler, Sumit Garg, Annual Biophysical Meeting, February 2010.
[15]  Determination of Cholesterol's Transfer Kinetics Using Time-Resolved Small Angle Neutron Scattering and MD simulation, Sumit Garg, Lionel Porcar, Paul Butler, Francisco Castro-Romn, Ursula Perez-Salas, Gordon Conference, February 2010.
[16]  Intra-and Inter-membrane Transfer of Cholesterol: A Small Angle Neutron Scattering Study, Sumit Garg, Lionel Porcar, Paul Butler, Ursula Perez-Salas, International Conference on Small Angle Scattering (SAS), September 2009.
[17]  Cholesterol's Inter-and Intra-Lipid-Vesicle Transfer Rates Determined by Small Angle Neutron Scattering (SANS), Sumit Garg, Lionel Porcar, Paul Butler, Ursula Perez-Salas,13th IACIS International Conference on Surface and Colloid Science, June 2009.
[18]  Organization of nanometer lipid domains in small model vesicles mimicking compartmentalize cellular lipid membrane: A Small Angle Neutron Scattering(SANS) study, Sumit Garg, Lionel Porcar, Paul Butler, Ursula Perez-Salas, International Conference on Neutron Scattering (ICNS), May, 2009.
[19]  Protein recruitment to and from raft-mimicking domains studied using polymer-tethered membranes, Christoph A Naumann, Ann C.K. Hill, Sumit Garg, Rainer Jordan, Amanda P. Siegel, Karin Luedtke, Rainer Jordan, 237th Annual ACS Meeting, New March, 2009.
[20]  Raft recruitment of Membrane Proteins by Native Ligands and GPI-Anchored Proteins: A Model Membrane Study, Ann Kimble-Hill, Sumit Garg, Amanda Siegel, Rainer Jordan, Christoph Naumann, Annual Biophysical Meeting, Feburary 2009.
[21]  Studying complex processes of membrane dynamics and organization using physisorbed polymer-tethered membranes, Amanda P. Siegel, Sumit Garg, Ann Carol Kimble-Hill, Michael J. Murcia, Karin Luedtke, Rainer Jordan, Juergen Ruehe, Christoph A Naumann, 236th Annual ACS Meeting, August 2008.
[22]  Raft recruitment of membrane proteins by native ligands and GPI-anchored proteins: A planar model membrane study, Christoph A Naumann, Ann C.K. Hill, Sumit Garg, Rainer Jordan, 235th Annual ACS Meeting, April 2008.
[23]  Effect of polymer and protein environment on lipid membrane properties, Sumit Garg, Jay X. Tang, Christoph A. Naumann, and Juergen Ruehe, Annual Indiana Americal Chemical Society Meeting (ACS), October 2007.
[24]  Biophysical mechanism for protein recruitment to rafts domains, Ann C.K. Hill, Sumit Garg, Christoph A. Naumann, Annual Indiana ACS Meeting, October 2007.
[25]  Effect of actin-biomembrane interactions on biomembrane's organization, Sumit Garg, Jay X. Tang, Christoph A. Naumann, and Juergen Ruehe, 233nd Indiana Microscopy Society, April 2007.
[26]  Raft domain coupling in planar model membranes, Sumit Garg, Christoph A Naumann, Juergen Ruehe, Rainer Jordan, and K. Ludtke, 233nd American Chemical Society National Meeting, March 2007.
[27]  Membrane coupling phenomena in planar bilayers of asymmetric composition, Christoph Naumann, Sumit Garg, Karin Luedtke, Rainer Jordan, Juergen Ruehe, Annual Biophysical Meeting, March 2007.
[28]  Effects of membrane associated polymers on membrane organization and dynamics in polymer sandwiched bilayers, Sumit Garg, Jay X. Tang, Christoph A Naumann, and Juergen Ruehe, 233nd ACS National Meeting, March 2007.
[29]  Membrane organization and membrane dynamics of polymer-sandwiched phospholipids bilayers, Sumit Garg, Jay X. Tang, Christoph A Naumann, and Juergen Ruehe, Annual Biophysical Meeting, March 2007.
[30]  Biophysical studies on polymer-sandwiched lipid bilayers, Sumit Garg, Jay X. Tang, Christoph A Naumann, and Juergen Ruehe, 232nd ACS National Meeting, September 2006.
[31]  Coupling of obstructed diffusion in polymer-tethered bilayers, Christoph A Naumann, Sumit Garg, Miranda A Deverall, Juergen Ruehe, Rainer Jordan, and Karin Ludtke, 232nd ACS National Meeting, September 2006.
[32]  Biophysical mechanism of raft domain coupling in planar lipid bilayers, Sumit Garg, Christoph A Naumann, Juergen Ruehe, Rainer Jordan, and K. Ludtke, 232nd ACS National Meeting, September 2006.
[33]  Coupling of lipid-based obstacles and raft domains in planar polymer-tethered bilayers, Christoph A. Naumann, M.A. Deverall, Sumit Garg, Annual Biophysical Meeting 2006, February 2006.
[34]  Effect of membrane-associated polymeric systems on membrane organization, Sumit Garg, Jay X. Tang, C. A. Naumann, Annual Biophysical Meeting, February 2006.