Laboratorio de Magnetobiología (MBLab)

En el laboratorio se estudian los efectos de los campos magnéticos de intensidad débil e intermedia sobre cultivos celulares, levaduras, semillas y hongos. Se realizan mapeos espaciales detallados de campos magnéticos de (electro)imanes y bobinas, y sus correspondientes simulaciones computacionales.

El laboratorio tiene un fuerte perfil hacia el diseño y construcción de dispositivos originales hechos a medida, con electrónica abierta de bajo costo y códigos (firmware) de desarrollo propio.

Tenemos un interés igualmente intenso tanto en preguntas fundamentales (o “básicas”) como en aplicaciones concretas con potencial de transferencia tecnológica.

Contacto: Dr. Leonardo Makinistian (lmakinistian@gmail.com)

Integrantes

Publicaciones

1. Zastko L, Kubickova L, Misek J, Kuchta I, Makinistian L, Belyaev I. Characterization of Static Magnetic Fields Produced by Smartphones. IEEE Journal of Electromagnetics, RF and Microwaves in Medicine and Biology, (accepted on 08/04/2026). DOI: 10.1109/JERM.2026.3683318

2. Zastko L, Makinistian L, Petrovičová P, Tvarožná A, Belyaev I. 2025. Exposure of human lymphocytes to sweeping-frequency ELF MF. International Journal of Radiation Biology 1-10. (accepted on 28/07/2025). https://doi.org/10.1080/09553002.2025.2542322

3. Makinistian L, Vives L. 2025. Devices, Facilities, and Shielding for Biological Experiments with Static and Extremely Low Frequency Magnetic Fields. IEEE Journal of Electromagnetics, RF and Microwaves in Medicine and Biology, 9(2):141-156. doi: https://doi.org/10.1109/JERM.2024.3419232

4. Makinistian L, Naarala J, Wan G-J. 2023. Editorial: Interactions of magnetic fields with living cells. Frontiers in Physics 11:1177418. doi: https://doi.org/10.3389/fphy.2023.1177418

5. Zastko L, Makinistian L, Tvarožná A, Belyaev I. 2022. Intermittent ELF-MF Induce an Amplitude-Window Effect on Umbilical Cord Blood Lymphocytes. Int. J. Mol Sci 23: 14391. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms232214391

6. Makinistian L, Zastko L, Tvarožná A, Días LE, Belyaev I. Static magnetic fields from earphones: Detailed measurements plus some open questions. Environmental Research, 113922, 2022. 10.1016/j.envres.2022.113907

7. Mustafa E, Makinistian L, Luukkonen J, Juutilainen J, Naarala J. Do 50/60 Hz magnetic fields influence oxidative or DNA damage responses in human SH-SY5Y neuroblastoma cells? International Journal of Radiation Biology, 2022 Mar 23:1-35.
doi: 10.1080/09553002.2022.2055803.

8. Zastko L, Makinistian L, Tvarožná A, Ferreyra FL, Belyaev I. 2021. Mapping of static magnetic fields near the surface of mobile phones. Scientific Reports 11:19002. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-98083-9

9. Zastko L, Makinistian L, Moravčíková A, Jakuš J, Belyaev I. 2020. Effect of intermittent ELF-MF on Umbilical Cord Blood Lymphocytes. Bioelectromagnetics, 41:649-655. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/bem.22302

10. Guerra MF, Lacoste MG, Anzulovich AC, Makinistian L. 2019 Magnetic fields, cancer and circadian rhythms: hypotheses on the relevance of intermittence and cycling. Proc. R. Soc. B 286:20192337. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2019.2337

11. L. Makinistian. 2019. A new class of signals for magnetobiology research. Scientific Reports 9:7478. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-43984-z

12. L. Makinistian, E. Marková, I. Belyaev. 2019. A high throughput screening system of coils for ELF magnetic fields experiments: proof of concept on the proliferation of cancer cell lines, BMC Cancer 19:188. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12885-019-5376-z

13. Makinistian L, Muehsam DJ, Bersani F, Belyaev I. Some Recommendations for Experimental Work in Magnetobiology, Revisited. Bioelectromagnetics 39:556-564 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1002/bem.22144

14. Makinistian L, Belyaev I. 2018. Magnetic field inhomogeneities due to CO2 incubator shelves: a source of experimental confounding and variability? R. Soc. open sci. 5: 172095. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.172095

15. L. Makinistian. A novel system of coils for magnetobiology research. Rev. Sci. Inst. 87, 114304 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4968200

Proyectos