Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) (2003.6 University of Aberdeen )
Postgraduate Diploma (1993.10 Scottish College of Agriculture; University of Aberdeen )
Updated on 2025/10/29
Bioengineering
Biosensing
Nanobioanalysis
Biofunctional
1993.9 - 2003.6 University of Aberdeen Forestry, Faculty of Agriculture Biochemistry and Microbiology
1985.9 - 1991.7 University of Aberdeen Agriculture
2015.4 Kagoshima University Research Field in Agriculture, Agriculture, Fisheries and Veterinary Medicine Area Faculty of Agriculture Associate Professor
2023.7 Biophysical Society of Japan
2023.8 Biophysical Society of Japan
Mun'delanji C. Vestergaard,Yuki Nishida, Lihn T.T. Tran, Neha Sharma, Xiaoxiao Zhang, Masayuki Nakamura, Auriane F. Oussou-Azo, Tomoki Nakama . Antifungal Activity and Molecular Mechanisms of Copper Nanoforms against Colletotrichum gloeosporioides . Nanomaterials13 2990 2023.11Reviewed
Fifame Auriane Oussou-Azo, Taiki Futagami and Mun’delanji Catherine M. Vestergaard . Immuno-Dipstick for Colletotrichum gloeosporioides Detection: Towards On-Farm Application . Biosensors12 ( 49 ) 2022Reviewed International coauthorship
Antifungal . Nanomaterials10 103 2020.5Reviewed
Black tea polyphenol theaflavin as promising antioxidant and potential copper chelator . Journal of The Science of Food and Agriculture100 3126 - 3135 2020.2Reviewed
N.Sharma, H.T.T. Phan, T. Yoda, N. Shimokawa, M.c. Vestergaard, M. Takagi . Effects of Capsaicin on Biomimetic Membranes . Effects of Capsaicin on Biomimetic Membranes4 ( 1 ) 17 2019.5Reviewed
Huong T. T. Phan, Kaouthar Samarat, Yuzuru Takamura, Auriane F. Azo-Oussou, Yasutaka Nakazono and Mun'delanji C. Vestergaard* . Polyphenols Modulate Alzheimer's Amyloid Beta Aggregation in a Structure-Dependent Manner . Nutrients11 756 - 770 2019.3
Huong T.T. Phan, Naofumi Shimokawa, Neha Sharma, Masahiro Takagi, Mun'delanji C. Vestergaard* . Strikingly different effects of cholesterol and 7-ketocholesterol on lipid bilayer-mediated aggregation of amyloid beta (1-42) . Biochemistry and Biophysics Reports14 98 - 103 2018.7
2. Yabuuchi, S., Endo, S., Baek, K., Hoshino, K., Tsujino, Y., Vestergaard, M.C., Takagi, M* . Raft-dependant endocytic movement and intracellular cluster formation during T-cell activation triggered by concanavalin A . J. Biosci. Bioeng 2017.7Reviewed
1. Do, T.T.N., Nguyen, K.V.M., Nguyen, H.D., Wagner, P., T.V. Phi., Nguy, T.P., Vestergaard, M.C., Truong, L.T.N.* . The anisotropic condition of in-situ coated AuNPs screen-printed carbon surface in enhancement of impedimetric aptasensor for prostate specific antigen detection . J. Electronic Materials46 ( 6 ) 3542 - 3552 2017.6
Modified screen printed electrode for development of a highly sensitive label-free impedimetric immunosensor to detect amyloid beta peptides . 892 69 - 76 2015.8
Morita, M. Hamada, T.,* Vestergaard, C.M., Takagi, M . Endo- and exocytic budding transformation of slow-diffusing membrane domains induced by Alzheimer’s amyloid beta, DOI: 10.1039/c4cp00434e . Phys. Chem.Chem.Phys.16 8773 - 8777 2014Reviewed
Phan, H.T.T., Vestergaard, C.M., Baek, K., Shimokawa, N., Takagi, M.* . The localization of amyloid beta (Aβ1-42) protofibrils in lateral membrane compartments: effect of cholesterol and 7-ketocholesterol, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.febslet.2014.08.007 . FEBS Letters588 3483 - 3490 2014Reviewed
Phan, H.T.T., Yoda, T., Chahal, B., Morita, M., Takagi, M., Vestergaard, M.C.* . Structure-dependent interactions of polyphenols with a biomimetic membrane system, Doi:10.1016/j.bbamem.2014.07.001 . Biochimica Biophysica Acta, Biomembranes 1838 2670 - 2677 2014Reviewed
Hoa, L.Q., Vestergaard, M.C., Yoshikawa, H., Saito, M., Tamiya, E*. . Optimization of Functionalized Carbon Nanotube Matrices for Enhanced Ethanol Oxidation Reaction . Journal of Electrochemical Society160 G3062 - G3068 2013Reviewed
Phan, H.T.T., Hata, T., Morita, M., Yoda, T., Hamada, T., Vestergaard, M.C., Takagi, M.* . The effect of oxysterols on the interaction of Alzheimer's amyloid beta with model membranes, DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2013.06.021 . Biochimica Biophysica Acta, Biomembranes1828 2487 - 2495 2013Reviewed
Vestergaard, M.C., Masamune, M., Hamada T., Takagi M*. . Membrane fusion and vesicular transformation induced by Alzheimer’s amyloid beta peptides, DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2013.01.015 . Biochimica Biophysica Acta, Biomembranes,1828 1314 - 1321 2013Reviewed
Dhingra, S., Morita, M., Yoda, T., Vestergaard, M.C., Hamada, T., Takagi, M.* . Dynamic morphological changes induced by GM1 and protein interactions on the surface of cell-sized liposomes, DOI:10.3390/ma6062522 . Materials6 2522 - 2533 2013Reviewed
Chahal, B., Vestergaard, C.M., Yoda, T., Morita, M., Takagi, M. . Structure-Dependent Membrane Interaction and bioactivity of Flavonoid with Lipid Bilayers. . IEEE Conference Proceedings of Micro-NanoMechatronics and Human Science 106 - 110 2012Reviewed
Hamada, T., Hagihara, H., Morita, M., Vestergaard, M.C., Tsujino, Y., Takagi, M.* . Physicochemical profiling of surfactant-induced membrane dynamics in a cell-sized liposomes, DOI: 10.1021/jz2016044 . Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters3 425 - 430 2012Reviewed
Hamada, T., Morita, Miyakawa, M., Sugimoto, R., Vestergaard, M.C., Takagi, M.* . Size-dependent partitioning of nanoparticles mediated by membrane lateral heterogeneity, DOI: 1021/ja301264v . Journal of the American Chemical Society134 1990 - 1996 2012Reviewed
Hoa, L.Q., Vestergaard, M.C., Yoshikawa, H., Saito, M., Tamiya, E.* . Impact of non-covalent interactions within functionalized CNT-grafted catalytic metal electrodes on ethanol oxidation reaction, DOI: 1039/C2JM32600K . Journal of Materials Chemistry22 14705 - 14614 2012Reviewed
Yajima, Y., Vestergaard, C.M., Takagi, M*. . Damage in Brain Development by Morpholino Knockdown of Zebrafish dax1, DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiosc.2012.02.002 . Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering113 683 - 688 2012Reviewed
Yoda, T., Vestergaard, M.C.*, Hamada, T., Le Phuc, T.M., Takagi, M. . Thermo induce dynamics of membranes containing cholesterol derivatives . Lipids8 813 - 820 2012Reviewed
Yoda, T., Thanh, H.P.T., Vestergaard, C.M., Hamada, T., Takagi, M. . Thermo-induced Dynamics of Membranes and Liquid Crystals Containing Cholesterol Derivatives . IEEE Conference Proceedings of Micro-NanoMechatronics and Human Science 87 - 92 2012Reviewed
Vestergaard, M.C., Yoda, T., Hamada, T., Ogawa, Y., Yoshida, Y., Takagi, M.* . The Effect of oxycholesterols on thermo-sensitivity of lipid vesicles, DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2011.05.002 . Biochimica Biophysica Acta, Biomembranes 1808 2245 - 2251 2011Reviewed
Kaminikado, K., Ikeda, R., Idegami, K., Nagatani, N., Vestergaard, M.C., Saito, M., Tamiya, E.* . A rapid gel electrophoretic chip for serum cholesterol determination, DOI: 10.1039/C0AN00992J . Analyst136 1826 - 1830 2011Reviewed
Sugano, Y., Vestergaard, M.C., Saito, M., Tamiya, E.* . Carbon nanotube structured biomimetic catalyst for polysaccharide degradation, DOI: 10.1039/C1CC10927H . Chemistry Communications47 7176 - 7178 2011Reviewed
Vestergaard, M.C., Yoda, T., Okazawa-Ogawa, Y., Yoshida, Y. Hamada, T., Takagi, M. . The Effect of oxycholesterols on thermo-sensitivity of lipid vesicles . IEEE Conference Proceedings of Micro-NanoMechatronics and Human Science 451 - 455 2011Reviewed
Dingra, S., Morita, M., Yoda, T., Vestergaard, M.., Hamada, T., Yoda, T., Takagi, M. . Dynamic Transformation of a Cell-sized Liposome containing ganglioside, IEEE Conference . IEEE Conference Proceedings of Micro-NanoMechatronics and Human Science 461 - 465 2011Reviewed
Hoa, L.Q., Vestergaard, M.C., Yoshikawa, H., Saito, M., Tamiya, E.* . Functionalized multi-walled carbon nanotubes as supporting matrix for enhanced ethanol oxidation on Pt-based catalysts, DOI: 10.1016/j.elecom.2011.03.041 . Electrochemistry Communications13 746 - 749 2011Reviewed
Vestergaard, M.C., Morita, M., Hamada, T., Yoda, T., Takagi, M. . Alzheimer's amyloid beta:lipid membrane interactions, detected in real-time . IEEE Conference Proceedings of Micro-NanoMechatronics and Human Science 144 - 148 2010Reviewed
Hamada, T., Kishimoto, Y., Vestergaard, M.C, Nagasaki, T., Takagi, M.* . Membrane disc and sphere: controllable mesoscopic structures for the capture and release of a targeted object, DOI: 10.1021/ja103895b . Journal of the American Chemical Society132 10528 - 10532 2010Reviewed
Yoda, T., Vestergaard,M.C., Akazawa-Ogawa,Y., Yoshida, Y., Hamada, T.*, Takagi . Dynamic Response of a Cholesterol-containing Model Membrane to Oxidative Stress, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1246/cl.2010.1273 . Chemistry Letters39 1273 - 1274 2010Reviewed
Morita, M., Vestergaard, M.,* Hamada T., Takagi, M. . Real-time detection of model membrane transformation pathways induced by different amyloid beta-40 oligomeric species, DOI: 10.1016/j.bpc.2009.12.004 . Biophysical Chemistry147 81 - 86 2010Reviewed
Sugano, Y., Vestergaard, M., Yoshikawa, Y., Saito, M., Tamiya, E.* . Direct electrochemical oxidation of cellulose: A cellulose-based fuel cell system, Electroanalysis, DOI: 10.1002/elan.201000045 . Electroanalysis22 1688 - 1694 2010Reviewed
Hamada, T., Morita, M., Kishimoto, Y., Komatsu. Y., Vestergaard, M., Takagi, M.* . Biomimetic microdroplet membrane interface: detection of the lateral localization of amyloid beta peptides, DOI: 10.1021/jz900106z . Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters1 170 - 173 2010Reviewed
Vestergaard, M.,*Hamada, T., Morita, M., Takagi, M.. . Amyloid beta, cholesterol, lipids and Alzheimer's. Invited review. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/156720510791050821 . Current Alzheimer's Research7 262 - 270 2010Reviewed
Vestergaard, M.,* Kerman, K. . Analytical tools for detecting amyloid beta oligomerisation and assembly, Invited review, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/157341209788922039 . Current Pharmaceutical Analysis5 229 - 245 2009Reviewed
Matsumoto, S., Vestergaard, M., Konishi, T., Nishikori, S., Shiraki, K., Tsuji, N., Hirata, K., Takagi, M.* . Role of C-ter Cys-rich region of phytochelatin synthase in tolerance to cadmium ion toxicity . Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology18 175 - 180 2009Reviewed
Vestergaard, M.,* Hamada, T., Saito, M., Yajima, Kudou, M., Tamiya, E., Masahiro, T. . Detection of Alzheimer's amyloid beta assembly by observing and capturing molecular trails of individual assemblies. . Biochemical Biophysical Research Communications377 725 - 728 2008.1Reviewed
Vestergaard, M., Hamada T., Takagi M*. . Using model membranes for improved understanding of Alzheimer's amyloid beta-induced neurotoxicity, DOI: 10.1002/bit.21731 . Biotechnology and Bioengineering4 753 - 763 2008Reviewed
Hamada, T., Miura, Y., Komatsu, Y., Kishimoto, Y., Vestergaard, M., Takagi, M.* . Construction of asymmetric cell-sized lipid vesicles from lipid-coated water-in-oil microdrolets, DOI: 10.1021/jp807784j . Journal of Physical Chemistry B112 14678 - 14681 2008Reviewed
Izumikawa, N., Nishikori, S., Vestergaard, M., Hamada, T., Hagihara, Y., Yumoto, N., Shiraki, K., Takagi, M*. . Effect of Phospholipids on conformational structure of bovine pancreatic trypsin inhibitor (BPTI) and its thermolabile mutants, DOI: 10.1002/bip.21029 . Biopolymers89 873 - 880 2008Reviewed
Kerman, K.*, Vestergaard, M., Tamiya, E. . Electroanalytical characterisation of adenosine mono-, di-, and triphosphate oxidation on carbon electrode . Analytical Letters41 2077 - 2087 2008Reviewed
Vestergaard, M., Matsumoto, S., Nishikori, S., Shiraki, K., Hirata, K., Takagi, M*. . Chelation of cadmium ions by phytochelatin synthase: role of the cystein-rich C-terminal . Analytical Sciences24 277 - 287 2008Reviewed
Vestergaard, M.,* Kim, D-K., Kerman, K., Ha, M.H., Tamiya, E. . Detection of Alzheimer's tau protein using localised surface plasmon resonance-based immunochip, DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2007.06.009 . Talanta74 1038 - 1042 2008Reviewed
Senachak, J., Vestergaard, M., Vestergaard, R*. . Cascaded Games. . LNCS/LNBI, Springer, Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Algebraic Biology4545 185 - 201 2007Reviewed
Kerman, K*., Vestergaard, M., Tamiya, E. . Label-free electrical sensing of small molecule inhibition on tyrosine phosphorylation, DOI: 10.1021/ac070438i . Analytical Chemistry79 6881 - 6889 2007Reviewed
Vestergaard, M.,* Tamiya, E. . A sample pretreatment protocol for improved sensitivity in the detection of prostate specific antigen in serum samples . Analytical Sciences23 1443 - 1446 2007Reviewed
Hamada, T., Miura, Y., Ishii, K., Araki, S., Yoshikawa, K., Vestergaard, M., . Takagi, M.* Dynamic Processes of Endocytic Transformation in Raft-exhibiting Model Membranes, DOI:10.1021/jp075412+ . Journal of Physical Chemistry B111 10853 - 10857 2007Reviewed
Kerman, K*., Vestergaard, M., Chikae, M., Yamamura, S., Tamiya, E. . Label-free electrochemical detection of the phosphorylated forms of peptides based on tyrosine oxidation, DOI: 10.1016/j.elecom.2006.11.033 . Electrochemistry Communications9 976 - 980 2007Reviewed
Vestergaard, M., Kerman, K., Tamiya E*. . Label-free electrochemical protein sensors, Invited review, DOI: 10.3390/s7123442 . Sensors78 3442 - 3458 2007Reviewed
Chetaoui, C., Delaplace, F.*, Lescanne, P., Vestergaard, M., Vestergaard, R*. , . Rewriting game theory as a foundation for state-based models of gene regulation. . Computational Methods in Systems Biology-4, LNBI4210 257 - 270 2006Reviewed
Kerman, K., Vestergaard, M., Nagatani, N., Takamura, Y., Tamiya, E* . Electrochemical genosensor based on peptide nucleic acid-mediated PCR and asymmetric PCR techniques: electrostatic interactions with a metal cation . Analytical Chemistry78 2182 - 2189 2006Reviewed
Kawamura, K., Vestergaard, M., Ishiyama, M., Nagatani*, N., Hashiba, T., Tamiya, E. . Development of a novel hand-held toluene gas sensor: possible use in the prevention and control of sick building syndrome . Measurement39 490 - 495 2006Reviewed
Vestergaard, M.,* Kerman, K., Tamiya, E. . The study of Alzheimer's disease biomarkers: current role and future prospects of nanosensor technology, Invited review . NanoBiotechnology2 5 - 16 2006Reviewed
Vestergaard, M.,* Kerman, K., Tamiya, E. . An electrochemical approach for detecting copper-chelating properties of flavonoids using dispensable pencil graphite electrodes: possible implications in copper-mediated illnesses . Analytica Chimica Acta538 273 - 281 2005Reviewed
Vestergaard, M.,* Kerman, K., Saito, M., Nagatani, N., Takamura, Y., Tamiya, E. . A rapid label-free electrochemical detection and kinetic study of Alzheimer's amyloid beta aggregation . Journal of the American Chemical Scociety127 1192 - 1193 2005Reviewed
Kainja C.M (Vestergaard), Bates, L. and Acamovic, T*. . The chelation of trace elements by tannins. . In Toxic Plants and Other Natural Toxicants (T. Garland and A.C. Barr, eds.) CAB Int, Wallingford. 111 - 114 1998
Nanobiosensors and Nanobioanalyses
Edited by E. Tamiya, Vestergaard, MC, K. Kerman, and IM. Hsing( Role: Edit)
Springer, Toko, Japan 2015
Lipids, Cholesterol and Oxidized Cholesterol in Alzheimer’s Amyloid Beta-mediated Neurotoxicity, In Metabolic Syndrome and Neurological Disorders, Edited by T. Farooqui and A. Farooqui.
Vestergaard, M.C., Morita, M., Hamada, T., Takagi, M. ( Role: Joint author)
Wiley-Blackwell, John Wiley & Sons Inc., Oxford, United Kingdom 2013
Gold nano-structure LSPR-based biosensor for biomedical diagnosis, In Springer series on Chemical Sensors and Biosensor, "Applications of Nanomaterials in Sensors and Diagnostics", Edited by A. Tuantranont
Vestergaard, M.C., Saito, M., Yoshikawa, H., Tamiya, E. ( Role: Joint author)
Springer Verlad, Berlin 2012
Electrochemical DNA Biosensors: Protocols for Intercalator-Based Detection of Hybridization in Solution and at the Surface. In Springer Protocols, Methods on Molecular Biology 504, Biosensors and Biodetection, E. Edited by A. Rasooly and K. E. Herold
Kerman, K., Vestergaard, M., Tamiya, E.( Role: Joint author)
Humana Press, Hatfield, Hertfordshire,UK 2009
Mun'delanji C. Vestergaard, Xiaoxiao Zhang, Misato Kuroki, Jane Tadala Kachigunda and Yuki Nishida Copper Nanostructures as Antibacterial Agents, and Modulators of Amyloid Beta Assembly International conference
2024.12 IEEE
Bioactivity of copper nanostructured forms: Synthesis using agri/food waste; antimicrobial properties and mechanisms International conference
7th Green & Sustainable Chemistry Conference 2023 2023.5
Mun'delanji C. Vestergaard, Huong T.T. Phan, Masahiro Takagi BILAYER LIPIDS MODULATION OF AMYLOID BETA BIOACTIVITY: Real-Time Spacio-Temporal Visual Detection Using Biomimetic Model Membranes. International conference
AD/PD™ 2022 International Conference on Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Diseases and related neurological disorders 2022.3
Auriane F. Oussou-Azo & Mun’delanji C. Vestergaard A Rapid All on Paper based Biosensor Toolkit for Pathogens International conference
Biosensors 2021, ONLINE 2021.6 Elsevier / Biosensors & Bioelectronics
Auriane Fifame Oussou-Azo, Tomoki Nakama, Mun’delanji C.M. Vestergaard Effect of copper and copper oxide nanoparticles on causal agent of anthracnose International conference
21stAnnual Congress on Nano Technology 2019.10 EuroSciCon
Mun'delanji C. Vestergaard Bio-based and Bio-inspired NanoTechnologies: The laboratory, and the field Invited International conference
South Africa Institute of Applied Physics Conference 2018.6 South Africa Institute of Applied Physics
Mun'delanji Vestergaard A label-free impedimetric Au-NPs immunosensor for amyloid beta peptides International conference
ELECTROCHEM 2013 2013.9 SCI
Mun'delanji Vestergaard Amyloid beta mediates membrane fusion International conference
11th International Conference on Alzheimer's and Parkinson's Diseases (AD/PD) 2013.3 Kenes International
Mun'delanji VESTERGAARD, Masamune MORITA, Tsutomu HAMADA, and Masahiro TAKAGI Amyloid Beta Localisation, and Interaction with Biomimetic Membranes
Alzheimer's Disease and Parkinson's Disease Conference 2011.3 Kenes International
Vestergaard, M., Hamada, T., Saito, M., Yajima, Y., Kudou, M., Tamiya, E. Takagi, M. Detection of Alzheimer's Amyloid Beta Aggregation by Capturing Molecular Trails of Individual Assemblies
Biophysical Society of Japan Biophysical Society of Japan
Sustainable well-being through rapid detection, remediation and stakeholder awareness of contaminants in environments impacted by mining activities
Grant number:J230000070 2022.4 - 2025.3
Japan Science and Technology Agency AJ-CORE (Africa-Japan Collaborative Research) Environmental Science
Rzeznicka I.; Vestergaard M.C.M; Oleszek S
Authorship:Coinvestigator(s) Grant type:Competitive
Mentorship Program for Future Leaders
African Women in Agricultural Research and Development (AWARD) 2025.8 - 2027.7