CURRICULUM VITAE

Address Office Dept. of Physiology, College of Physicians and Surgeons,

Columbia University,

630 West 168th Street, New York, NY 10032

(Tel: 212-305-3644; FAX: 212-305-5775)

Education 1950-1954 City College of New York, BS Magna Cum Laude (Chemistry)

1954-1957 Columbia University, PhD (Physical Chemistry)

1957-1959 Cambridge University, England, PhD (Colloid Science)

Academic Appointments

1954-1955 Assistant in Chemistry, Columbia University

1955-1957 Research Fellow (Chemistry), Columbia University

1957-1959 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Cambridge University,England

1959-1964 Instructor in Physiology, Columbia University

1964-1968 Assistant Professor of Physiology, Columbia University

1968-present Associate Professor of Physiology, Columbia University

Other Appointments

Summer 1956 Chemist, California Research Corp. Richmond, CA.

Summer 1957 Chemist, Esso Research and Engineering Co., Linden, NJ.

Fall 1961 Research Fellow, Cambridge University, England

Summer 1964 Chemist, Unilever Research Lab, Cheshire, England

Summer 1966 Visiting Scientist, Polymer Dept, Weizmann Institute, Israel

Summer 1967 Chemist, Unilever Research Lab, Herts, England

Summer 1968 Visiting Scholar, Bioengineering Dept, Univ Calif, Berkeley

Summer 1969 Research Chemist, Unilever Res Lab, Vlaardingen, Netherlands

1970 Visiting Professor, Pharmacology Dept, Hebrew University, Israel

1974-1975 Physiologist, Office of Naval Research, London, England

1982 (6 mo.) Visiting Lecturer, Biochemistry Dept, Monash Univ, Australia

1984-1985 Biologist, Office of Naval Research, Arlington, VA

1986-1988 Part-time IPA Biologist, Office of Naval Research, Arlington, VA

1989 (May) Visiting Professor, Acad Sci USSR, Inst Electrochemistry, Moscow, and

Dept of Biophysics, Univ of Warsaw, Poland

1992 (Nov) Visiting Professor, Tata Institute, Bombay, India

1995 (spring) Visiting Professor, Dept of Chemistry, Univ of the Negev, Beersheba, Israel

Visiting Scientist, Dept of Biology, Univ of Victoria, BC, Canada

Honors

1953 Elected to Phi Beta Kappa, City College

1956 Elected to Sigma Xi, Columbia University

1955-1957 Consumers Union Research Fellowship, Columbia University

1957-1959 Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, National Heart Institute, Cambridge University

1960-1970 Research Career Development Award (NIH), Columbia University

1975 Certificate of Appreciation, Office of Naval Research, London

1982 (June) Distinguished Visiting Professor, Univ Western Australia

1984 Distinguished Lecturer in Physiology, Wayne State University

1985 Certificate of Commendation, Office Naval Research, Arlington

1987 Invited Lecturer, International Biophysics Congress, Jerusalem

1988 Invited Lecturer, Univ of Bologna, 900^th Anniversary Symposium

1989 (May) Visiting Professor, Acad Sci USSR, Inst Electrochemistry, Moscow

and Dept of Biophysics, University of Warsaw, Poland

1990 Certificate of Appreciation, The Electrochemical Society

Yasuda Award, Bioelectrical Repair and Growth Society

1992 Invited Opening Speaker, First Congress of the European Bioelectromagnetics Association, Brussels, Belgium

(Nov) Visiting Professor, Tata Institute, Bombay, India

1992-1993 Editor-in Chief, Proceedings, First World Congress on "Electricity and Magnetism in Biology and Medicine"

1993 American Editor, "Bioelectrochemistry and Bioenergetics"

Certificate of Appreciation, American Chemical Society, Environment Div

1995 (spring) Visiting Professor, Dept of Chemistry, Univ of Beersheba, Israel

Visiting Scientist, Dept of Biology, Univ of Victoria, BC, Canada

1997 Plenary Lecturer, Second World Congress on "Electricity and Magnetism in Biology and Medicine", Bologna, Italy

Areas of Research

General Experimental and Theoretical Areas:

Effects of electromagnetic fields on cells (cellular stress response, enzyme activity)

Membranes and transport mechanisms (active, passive, excitation mechanisms)

Biopolymers (surface and electrical properties of proteins, DNA)

Theoretical Models of Processes in Membranes and Biopolymers:

Electric and magnetic field effects in enzymes, channels

Ion fluxes in excitable membranes and ion gating

Cooperative reactions in membranes, hemoglobin

Specific Biological Systems:

Na,K-ATPase and cytochrome oxidase (effects of ions and EM fields)

Proteins (hemoglobin, red cell membrane proteins, lung surfactant, Sciara salivary gland)

Cells (sperm cells, HL60, Sciara salivary gland, E. coli)

Membranes (red cells, sperm cells, enzymes)

Interfaces, Monolayers (proteins, lipids, ions), Bilayers:

Permeability (to water, gases, ions) and Rheology (elasticity, yield stress, flow)

Electrical Effects: Adsorption, Electrode Noise, Surface Potential

Teaching

Faculty of Medicine - College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University

Medical Physiology - from 1961 to present

Lectures- physical biochemistry, membranes, transport.

Demonstrations- membrane properties, lung surfactant, analog computer.

Laboratory teaching including mammalian experiments.

Course Director, 1989-1990

Computerized syllabus and administration (30 faculty, 310 students)

Introduced lab reports and new lab exercise

Faculty of Pure Science - Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University

Basic Principles in Membrane Biophysics - Physical biochemistry,

membranes, electrical properties, ion transport (1970-1988)

Membrane Biophysics - Surfaces, membranes, channels, model systems.

Graduate Seminar - Basic papers on membranes and transport.

Control Mechanisms in Physiology - Lectures and lab on analog computer.

Principles of Physiology - Lectures on biophysics (membranes, biopolymers)

Ettore Majorana Center, Erice, Italy-International School of Biophysics

1981 Bioelectrochemistry I: Redox Processes

1984 Bioelectrochemistry II: Membrane Phenomena

1988 Bioelectrochemistry III: Charge Separation Across Biomembranes

1991 Bioelectrochemistry IV: Nerve-Muscle Function

National Medical School Review

Lectures on Membranes, Nerve, Muscle

City University of New York (Graduate School)

Surface Chemistry - Lectures on Surface Chemistry in Biology

Tata Institute, Bombay, India

Course in Bioelectrochemistry

University of Beersheba (Department of Chemistry), Israel

Course in Biophysics

Faculty Committees

Admissions, Faculty Council (and Executive Committee of the Faculty Council), By-Laws (Formulation of Stated Rules), First Year Faculty, Divisional Elections Commission, ad hoc tenure and department review committees.

Department of Physiology: Director of Seminar Program 1973-1984, Graduate Committee, Undergraduate Committee

Society Memberships

Bioelectromagnetics Society

Bioelectrochemical Society

American Association for the Advancement of Science

American Chemical Society (Colloid and Surface Chemistry Division)

Biophysical Society

Electrochemical Society (Organic and Biological Division)

Professional Activities

Editorial Boards

Bioelectrochemistry and Bioenergetics - Editorial Board, 1978-1998;

Co-Editor, 1981 - 1987; North American Editor, 1993 - 1998

Journal of Electrochemical Society - Divisional Editor, 1978-1991

Journal of Colloid and Interface Science - Advisory Board, 1978-1981

Colloids and Surfaces (founded 1979) - Editorial Board, 1979-1986

Bioelectrochemical Society

Founding Member, March 1979; VP, 1979-1988; President, 1988-1992.

Co-organizer, 4th Internat Symp, Woods Hole, MA, 1977.

Plenary Lecturer, Weimar, DDR, 1979.

Organizing Committee, Topical Lecturer, Jerusalem, 1981.

Scientific Committee, Stuttgart, Germany, 1983.

Liaison to Bioelectromagnetics Society Board, 1984-1996.

Scientific Committee, Invited Lecturer, Bologna, Italy, 1985.

Organizing Committee, Invited Lecturer, Szeged, Hungary, 1987.

Honorary Committee, Invited Lecturer, Pont-a-Mousson, France, 1989.

Honorary Committee, Invited Lecturer, Bielefeld, Germany, 1992.

Honorary Committee, Invited Lecturer, Seville, Spain, 1994.

Honorary Committee, Symposium Organizer, Invited Lecturer, Israel, 1996.

Organizer, Symposium on Biological Effects of Environmental EM Fields, Israel, 1996.

International Scientific Committee, Invited Lecturer, Denmark, 1998

Bioelectromagnetics Society

Invited Lecturer, Bioelectromagnetics Society, San Francisco, CA, 1985

Invited Lecturer, Bioelectromagnetics Society, Madison, WI, 1986

Invited Lecturer, Bioelectromagnetics Soc., Stamford, CT, 1988

Invited Speaker, BEMS Workshop on Cooperative Phenomena, Bethesda MD, 1988

Invited Speaker, BEMS Gene Workshop, Los Angeles, CA, 1993

Board of Directors, 1989-1992; liaison from BES 1985-1996.

President Elect, 1996; President, 1997-1998; Past President, 1998-1999

(Nominating Comm, Journal Comm, Public Affairs Comm)

World Congress on Electricity and Magnetism in Biology and Medicine

1992-3 Executive Committee, Site Selection Committee, Program Committee.

1992-3 Editor-in-Chief of Proceedings Volume, First World Congress

1994-7 Vice President, Executive Committee for Second World Congress

Chairman, Technical Program Committee, Second World Congress

International School of Biophysics, Erice, Italy; Co-Director and Lecturer in following:

Bioelectrochemistry I: Biological Redox Reactions and Energetics, 1981.

Bioelectrochemistry II: Membrane Phenomena, 1984.

Bioelectrochemistry III: Charge Separation Across Biomembranes, 1988.

Bioelectrochemistry IV: Nerve-Muscle Function, 1991.

Division of Colloid and Surface Chemistry, American Chemical Society

Symp Chairman, "Surface Chemistry of Biological Systems", 1966

Symp Chairman, "Surface Chemistry of Biological Systems", 1969

VK LaMer Award Committee, 1971-1976, Chairman 1975-1976

Symp Chairman, "Bioelectrochemistry", Miami, 1978

Program Committee, Biology and Medicine, Chairman, 1979-1983

Symp Chairman, "Bioelectrochemistry", Cleveland, 1981

Symp Chairman, "Bioelectrochemistry", Washington, 1983

Symp Chairman, "Bioelectrochemistry", Denver, 1987

Invited Lecturer, Colloid and Surface Science Symp, Ann Arbor, 1987

Invited Lecturer, Biological Interfacial Reactions Symp, Atlanta, 1991

Division of Organic and Biological Electrochemistry (Electrochemical Soc)

Symp Chairman, "Electrochemical Processes at Biological Membranes", Seattle, 1978

Officer: Secy-Treas 1979-1981; V Chair 1981-1983; Chair 1983-1985.

Board of Directors, Electrochemical Society, 1983-1985.

Symp Chairman, "Electrical Double Layers in Biology", Toronto, 1985.

Invited Speaker, "Ion Transfer Across Interfaces", Boston, 1986.

Member, Interdivisional Committee on Chemical Sensors, 1984-1987.

Invited Speaker, "Redox and Interfacial Properties", Washington, 1991.

Gordon Research Conferences

Invited speaker 1963, "Chemistry at Interfaces"

Invited speaker 1978, "Sensory Transduction in Microorganisms"

Day Chairman and speaker 1974, "Chemistry at Interfaces"

Organizing Chairman 1980, First Conference "Bioelectrochemistry"

Day Chairman and speaker 1982, "Bioelectrochemistry"

Speaker 1984, "Bioelectrochemistry"

Speaker 1985, "Protons and Membrane Reactions"

Speaker 1985, "Physicochemical Aspects, Transport in Microvasculature"

Speaker 1986, "Bioelectrochemistry"

Speaker 1988, "Bioelectrochemistry"

Invited Discussion Leader, 1990, "Bioelectrochemistry"

Invited Discussion Leader, 1992, "Bioelectrochemistry"

Invited Discussion Leader, 1994, "Bioelectrochemistry", (first in Europe)

Invited Discussion Leader, 2000, "Bioelectrochemistry"

Miscellaneous Meetings, Workshops, Panels (Departmental Seminars not listed)

Chairman and Lecturer, "Physical Chemistry of Interfacial Transport: Biological Interfaces - Flows and Exchanges" NY Heart Assoc, 1968

Chairman and Lecturer, "Transport and Rheology of Interfacial Layers", Internat Conf on Surface and Colloid Science, Jerusalem, Israel, 1981

Invited Lecturer, "Structure and Function in Excitable Cells", Biophysical Congress Satellite Conf, Woods Hole, MA 1981

Invited Lecturer, "Biophysics of Cell Surface", Arendsee, DDR, 1981

Guest Speaker, CIBA Foundation Discussion Meeting on Biological Effects of Electromagnetic Fields, London, April 1984

Invited Lecturer, "Electrochemical Growth Stimulation", International Society of

Electrochemistry, Berkeley, CA, 1984

Invited Lecturer, "Biophysics of Cell Surface", Heringsdorf, DDR, 1985

Invited Lecturer, Bioelectrical Repair & Growth Soc, Utrecht, Netherlands, 1986

Invited Lecturer, IEEE/Engineering Med Biol Soc, Fort Worth, TX, 1986

Invited Lecturer, International Biophysics Congress, Jerusalem, Israel, 1987

Session Organizer, IEEE/Engineering Med Biol Soc, Boston, MA, 1987

Invited Lecturer, Bioelectrical Repair & Growth Soc, Washington, DC, 1988

Invited Lecturer, "Chemistry Physics of Electrified Interfaces", Bologna, Italy, 1988

Symposium Organizer, "Bioelectrochemistry", AIChE, Washington, DC, 1988

Invited Speaker, BEMS Workshop on Cooperative Phenomena, Bethesda MD,1988

Invited Speaker, National Research Council Workshop on "Health Effects of EM Fields",

Washington, DC, 1989

Invited Lecturer, "Electrobiology Today", Bologna, Italy, 1989

Invited Speaker, California Department of Health Service Workshop on "ELF Field

Exposure and Possible Health Effects", Berkeley, CA 1991

Invited Speaker, FASEB Symposium on "Cancer, Electromagnetic Fields and Biological

Systems", Atlanta, GA 1991

Invited Panelist, EPA- NYC Department of Health Panel on Health Effects of EM Fields, New York, NY, 1991

Invited Panelist, BEMS Workshop on Research Agenda for Health Effects of EM Fields,

Milwaukee, WI, 1991

Invited Opening Speaker, First Congress of European Bioelectromagnetics Association,

Brussels, Belgium 1992

Invited Speaker, EPRI Workshop on Neurobiology, Asilomar, CA, 1992

Invited Speaker, FASEB Symp.on Biological Effects of Electromagnetic Fields, Anaheim, CA, 1992

Panelist, Molecular Electronics Symposium, First World Congress on Electricity and

Magnetism in Biology & Medicine, Orlando, FL, 1992

Invited Lecture Series (4), "A Bioelectrochemical Perspective on Proteins and Membranes", Tata Institute, Bombay, India, 1992

Invited Plenary Lecture, Meeting of Bioelectrochemical Society of India, Bombay, 1992

Invited Speaker, Biophysical Society Public Policy Symposium on Biological Effects of

Electromagnetic Fields, Washington, DC, 1993

Organizer, ACS Symp, Biological Effects of Environmental EM Fields, Denver, CO, 1993

Invited Speaker, Helen Hayes Hospital, Haverstraw, NY, 1993

Invited Speaker, Bell Labs (Series on EMF), Murray Hill, NJ 1993

Invited Speaker, International Society of Molecular Electronics and Biocomputers,

Gaithersberg, MD, 1993

Invited Speaker, International Society of Toxicology, New Orleans, 1993

Invited Speaker, ACS Conf on Chemical Health and Safety, Garden City, 1993

Panelist, Deadline Club, "Tension over High Tension", New York, 1993

Organizer and Speaker, Biophysical Society Workshop on Biological Effects of

Environmental Electromagnetic Fields, New Orleans, LA, 1994

Invited Speaker, ACS Conference on Environment, Hofstra University, NY, 1994

Invited Lecturer, Hackensack Meadowlands Environment Center, Lyndhurst, NJ, 1994

Invited Plenary Lecture, International Society of Electrochemistry, Portugal, 1994

Invited Seminar Lecturer, Weizmann Institute, Rehovoth, Israel, 1995

Invited Seminar Lecturer, Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel, 1995

Invited Seminar Lecturer, Wayne State University Medical School, Detroit, MI, 1995

Invited Lecturer, Centre for Environmental Health, Victoria, BC, 1995

Invited Lecturer, Victoria Cancer Clinic, Royal Jubilee Hospital, Victoria, BC, 1995

Invited Speaker, First World Congress in Magnetotherapy, London, UK, 1996

Invited Speaker, Applied Physics Division, CSIRO, Sydney, Australia, 1996

Invited Speaker, Complementary Healing Conference, Baltimore, MD, 1996

Invited Speaker, Vermont Law School Conference "Unplugged", Killington, VT, 1996

Invited Speaker, 9th International Congress on Stress, Montreux, Switzerland, 1997

Invited Speaker, International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection/ World Health Organization (ICNIRP/WHO) Seminar, Bologna, Italy, 1997

Plenary Lecturer, Second World Congress on "Electricity and Magnetism in Biology and Medicine", Bologna, Italy, 1997

Invited Speaker, Fourth Congress of European Bioelectromagnetics Ass’n, Zagreb, Croatia, 1998

Invited Speaker, 10th International Congress on Stress, Montreux, Switzerland, 1999

Invited Speaker, Electromed99, Norfolk, VA, 1999

Invited Speaker, Tutorial on Magnetic Fields, Procter & Gamble, Cincinnati, 1999

Invited Speaker, Potential Therapeutic Applications of Magnetic Fields, Vanderbilt Univ, 1999

Invited Speaker, North American Academy of Magnetic Therapy, Los Angeles, 2000

Invited Speaker, 3^rd International Conference on Bioelectromagnetism, Slovenia, 2000

Grant Review Consultant

Office of Naval Research, Department of Defense

IPA Biologist, Manager of Membrane Electrochemistry ARI, 1986-1988

Chairman, Panel on Biological Sciences Div, August 1986

Member, Panel on Interdisciplinary Research, April 1979

Electric Power Research Institute, Palo Alto, CA

Member, Basic Sciences Advisory Committee, 1987-1991

National Institutes of Health

Radiation Study Section, 1991

(several ad hoc Study Sections and site visit committees)

National Science Foundation

US Army Research Office

US-Israel Binational Science Foundation

Petroleum Research Fund

Medical Research Council - Canada

Australian Research Grants Committee

Research Corporation (Providence, Rhode Island)

University and Polytechnic Grants Committee, Hong Kong

International Science Foundation (for Former Soviet Union), Washington, DC

Breast Cancer Research Program, University of California

US Army Medical Research and Materiel Command, Neurotoxin Exposure Program, AIBS

US Army Radiofrequency Radiation Research Program, AIBS

PUBLICATIONS - Books, Reviews, Chapters

1. Blank, M (1957)

The Transfer of Monolayers through Surface Channels. PhD Dissertation, Chemistry Department, Columbia University, 54pp.

2. Blank, M (1959)

The Permeability of Monolayers to Carbon Dioxide and Oxygen. PhD Dissertation, Department of Colloid Science, Cambridge University, England, 105pp.

3. Blank, M (1967)

Editor, Symposium "Surface Chemistry of Biological Systems". Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 24:1-127.

4. Blank, M and Britten, JS (1970)

Physical Principles in Monolayer and Membrane Permeation. in "Physical Principles of Biological Membranes", edited by F Snell et al; Gordon & Breach, New York, pp 143-163.

5. Blank, M (1970)

Editor, "Surface Chemistry of Biological Systems". Volume 7, "Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology", Plenum Press, New York, 340pp.

6. Blank, M (1972)

The Measurement of Monolayer Permeability, in "Techniques of Surface Chemistry and Physics", Volume I, edited by Good, Stromberg and Patrick; Marcel Dekker Inc., New York, pp 41-88

7. Blank, M (1979)

Monolayer Permeability. Progress in Surface and Membrane Science. 13:87-139.

8. Blank, M (1979)

Surface Pharmacology: Drug Binding Equilibria and Ion Transport in Membrane Structures. Pharmacology and Therapeutics 7:313-328.

9. Blank, M (1980)

Editor, "Bioelectrochemistry: Ions, Surfaces and Membranes", Advances in Chemistry, Volume 188, American Chem Soc, Washington, DC, 527pp.

10. Blank, M (1981)

Surface Pharmacology: Drug Binding Equilibria and Ion Transport in Membrane Structures, in International Encyclopedia of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Section 107, Inhibitors of Mitochondrial Functions, edited by M Erecinska and DF Wilson. Pergamon, New York, pp 19-34.

11. Milazzo, G and Blank, M (1983)

Editors, "Bioelectrochemistry I: Biological Redox Reactions", School of Biophysics, Erice, Italy. Plenum, New York, 348pp.

12. Blank, M (1983)

Transmembrane Potentials and Redox Reactions from the Physiological Point of View. in "Bioelectrochemistry I: Biological Redox Reactions", edited by G Milazzo and M Blank, Plenum, New York, pp 227-247.

13. Blank, M (1983)

The Effects of Surface Compartments of Ion Transport Across Membranes. in "Structure and Function in Excitable Cells", edited by DC Chang, I Tasaki, WJ Adelman and HR Leuchtag; Plenum, New York, pp. 435-449.

14. Blank, M (1986)

Editor, "Electrical Double Layers in Biology", Plenum, New York, 319pp

15. Blank, M (1987)

The Surface Compartment Model: A Theory of Ion Transport Focused on Ionic Processes in the Electrical Double Layers at Membrane Protein Surfaces. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Reviews on Biomembranes 906:277-294.

16. Blank, M and Findl, E (1987)

Editors, "Mechanistic Approaches to the Interaction of Electric and Electromagnetic Fields with Living Systems", Plenum, New York, 439pp.

17. Milazzo, G and Blank, M (1987)

Editors, "Bioelectrochemistry II: Membrane Phenomena", International School of Biophysics, Erice, Italy. Plenum, New York, 543pp.

18. Blank, M (1987)

An Electrochemical Perspective on Excitable Membranes, Channels and Gating. in "Bioelectrochemistry II: Membrane Phenomena", edited by G Milazzo and M Blank; Plenum, New York, pp. 431-456.

19. Blank, M (1988)

Recent Developments in the Theory of Ion Flow Across Membranes Under Imposed Electric Fields. In "Modern Bioelectricity", edited by AA Marino; Marcel Dekker, New York, pp 345-364.

20. Markov, M and Blank, M (1988)

Editors, "Electromagnetic Fields and Biomembranes", Plenum, New York, 309pp.

21. Blank, M (1990)

Editor, Syllabus for Human Physiology Course, 13th Edition, Physiology Department, Columbia University, New York, 704pp.

22. Milazzo, G and Blank, M (1990)

Editors, "Bioelectrochemistry III: Charge Separation across Membranes", Plenum, New York, 337pp.

23. Blank, M (1991)

Membrane Transport: Insight from Colloid Science. in "Interfacial Phenomena in Biological Systems" edited by M Bender. Dekker, New York, pp 337-366.

24. Blank, M (1993)

Electrochemistry of Nerve Excitation, "Modern Aspects of Electrochemistry" Number 24, edited by RE White et al, Plenum Press, New York, pp1-37.

25. Blank, M (1993)

Editor-in-Chief, Proceedings of First World Congress on "Electricity and Magnetism in Biology and Medicine", San Francisco Press, 952pp.

26. Blank, M and Vodyanoy, I (1994)

Editors, "Biomembrane Electrochemistry", Advances in Chemistry Series of the American Chemical Society Press, 605pp.

27. Blank, M (1994)

An Electrochemical Model of Voltage Gated Channels. Advances in Chemistry 235:429-446.

28. Melandri, BA, Milazzo, G and Blank, M (1994)

Editors, "Bioelectrochemistry IV: Nerve-Muscle Function". Life Sciences Volume 267, Plenum, New York, 376pp.

29. Blank, M (1995)

Editor, "Electromagnetic Fields: Biological Interactions and Mechanisms", Advances in Chemistry, Volume 250, American Chemical Society Press, 512pp.

30. Blank, M (1995)

Biological Effects of Electromagnetic Fields: An Overview. Advances in Chemistry 250:3-12.

31. Blank, M (1995)

Electric Stimulation of Protein Synthesis in Muscle. Advances in Chemistry 250:143-153.

32. Blank, M (1995)

Electric and Magnetic Field Signal Transduction in the Membrane Na,K-ATPase. Advances in Chemistry 250:339-348.

33. Goodman, R and Blank, M (1995)

The Biosynthetic Stress Response in Cells Exposed to Electromagnetic Fields. Advances in Chemistry 250:423-436.

34. Blank, M (1997)

Effects of Electromagnetic Fields on Cells as a Basis for Therapy. in "Proceedings of the First World Congress in Magnetotherapy", pp. 151-156, London, May 1996.

35. Blank, M (1997)

Studies on the Mechanism of Electromagnetic Field Interactions with Cells: I-The Cellular Stress Response in Electromagnetic Fields; II-Electric and Magnetic Signal Transduction in a Membrane Protein. Electric Power Research Institute Report TR-108947, 99 pp.

36. Goodman, R and Blank, M (1998)

Magnetic Field Induces Expression of hsp70. Cell Stress and Chaperones 3:79-88.

PUBLICATIONS - Papers

1. LaMer, VK and Blank, M (1956)

The Transfer of Surface Films through Surface Channels- Geometrical Factors. Journal of Colloid Science 11:608-616. 1956.

2. Blank, M and LaMer, VK (1957)

The Mechanism of Transfer of Surface Films. Proceedings of the Second International Congress on Surface Activity, Vol II, pp 102-108.

3. Blank, M and LaMer, VK (1957)

The Transfer of Monolayers through Surface Channels - II. Mechanism. Journal of Physical Chemistry 61:1611-1614.

4. Blank, M and Roughton, FJW (1960)

The Permeability of Monolayers to Carbon Dioxide. Transactions of the Faraday Society 56:1832-1841.

5. Blank, M (1961)

The Effect of Vapors on Monolayer Permeability to Carbon Dioxide. Journal of Physical Chemistry 65:1698-1703.

6. Blank, M and LaMer, VK (1962)

The Energy Barrier for Monolayer Penetration, in "Retardation of Evaporation by Monolayers", edited by VK LaMer. Academic Press, New York, pp. 59-66.

7. Blank, M (1962)

The Permeability of Monolayers to Several Gases, in "Retardation of Evaporation by Monolayers", edited by VK LaMer. Academic Press, New York, pp. 75-95.

8. Blank, M and Rosano, HL (1962)

Surface Chemistry in a Biophysics Curriculum. Journal of Chemical Education 39:184-186.

9. Blank, M (1962)

Monolayer Permeability and the Properties of Natural Membranes. Journal of Physical Chemistry 66:1911-1918.

10. Blank, M and Feig, S (1963)

Electric Fields across Water-Nitrobenzene Interfaces. Science 141:1173-1174.

11. Blank, M and Ottewill, RH (1964)

Adsorption of Aromatic Vapors on Water Surfaces. Journal of Physical Chemistry68:2206-2211.

12. Blank, M (1964)

An Approach to a Theory of Monolayer Permeation by Gases. Journal of Physical Chemistry 68:2793-2800.

13. Blank, M and Britten, JS (1965)

Transport Properties of Condensed Monolayers. Journal of Colloid Science 20:789-800.

14. Blank, M (1965)

A Physical Interpretation of the Ionic Fluxes in Excitable Membranes. Journal of Colloid Science 20:933-949.

15. Blank, M (1965)

Some Effects due to the Flow of Current Across a Water Nitrobenzene Interface. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 22:51-57.

16. Blank, M (1966)

Physical Models in Research on Biological Membranes. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 137:755-758.

17. Blank, M and Essandoh, SO (1967)

The Surface Potential of a Di-Palmitoyl Lecithin Monolayer when Acetylcholine is in the Subphase. Nature (London) 215:286-287.

18. Blank, M (1967)

The Accumulation of Ions at Water Nitrobenzene Interfaces during Transference. in "Physics and Physical Chemistry of Surface Active Substances", edited by Overbeek; Gordon and Breach, University Press Belfast, Vol II, pp 233-243.

19. Blank, M (1967)

The Process of Monolayer Permeation by Gases. in "Physics and Physical Chemistry of Surface Active Substances", edited by Overbeek; Gordon and Breach, University Press, Belfast, Vol II, pp 969-979.

20. Blank, M and Miller, IR (1968)

Transport of Ions Across Lipid Monolayers: Structure of Decylammonium Monolayers at the Polarized Mercury Water Interface. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 26:26-33.

21. Miller, IR and Blank, M (1968)

Transport of Ions Across Lipid Monolayers: Reduction of Polarographic Currents of Cu++ by Decylammonium Monolayers. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 26:34-40.

22. Britten, JS and Blank, M (1968)

Thallium Activation of the (Na+-K+)-activated Adenosine Triphosphatase of Rabbit Kidney. Biochimica Biophysica Acta 159:160-166.

23. Blank, M and Mussellwhite, PR (1968)

The Permeabilities of Adsorbed Monolayers to Water. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 27:188-192.

24. Blank, M (1968)

Introductory Remarks to New York Heart Association Symposium "Physical Chemistry of Interfacial Transport", Journal of General Physiology 52:187S-190S.

25. Blank, M (1968)

Monolayer and Interfacial Permeation. Journal of General Physiology 52:191S-208S.

26. Blank, M, Goldstein, AB and Lee, BB (1968)

Surface Properties of Lung Extract. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 29:148-154.

27. Blank, M (1969)

Intermolecular Interactions in Newly Spread Serum Albumin Monolayers. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 29:205-209.

28. Britten, JS and Blank, M (1969)

The Action of Phloridzin and Sugars on the (Na+-K+)-Activated ATPase. Journal of Membrane Biology 1:238-247.

29. Blank, M (1970)

Transport Processes Across Liquid Interfaces and Monolayers. in "Permeability and Functions of Biological Membranes", edited by L Bolis et al.; North Holland, Amsterdam, pp 177-184.

30. Blank, M and Britten, JS (1970)

Determination of Yield Stress in Films of Lung Extract. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 32:62-66.

31. Blank, M and Britten, JS (1970)

Electron Flow at the Polarized Mercury-Water Interface in the Presence of Membrane Fragments Rich in Na+-K+-activated ATPase. Journal of Membrane Biology 2:1-16.

32. Blank, M, Lucassen, J and van den Tempel, M (1970)

The Elasticities of Spread Bovine Serum Albumin and Ovalbumin. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 33:94-100.

33. Blank, M and Lee, BB (1971)

Problems in the Study of Spread Films of Lung Extract. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 36:151-152.

34. Werman, R, Brookes, N and Blank, M (1971)

The Stoichiometry of Transmitter-Receptor Interactions. Experientia 27:1120.

35. Blank, M (1972)

The Role of Surface Forces in Drug-Receptor Interactions. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 38:470-476.

36. Blank, M (1972)

Cooperative Effects in Membrane Reactions. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 41:97-104.

37. Miller, IR, Britten, JS and Blank, M (1972)

Polarographic Assay of p-Nitrophenyl Phosphatase Activity. Analytical Biochemistry 50:84-88.

38. Sweeney, GD and Blank, M (1973)

Some Electrical Properties of Thin Lipid Films Formed from Cholesterol and Cetyl-trimethylammonium Bromide. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 42:410-417.

39. Bach, D, Britten, JS and Blank, M (1973)

Polarographic Studies of Membrane Particles Containing Na-K ATPase, Journal of Membrane Biology 11:227-236.

40. Blank, M and Britten, JS (1973)

Comments on the Molecular Basis of Fluidity in Membranes. Chemistry and Physics of Lipids 10:286-288.

41. Blank, M, Lee, BB and Britten, JS (1973)

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