Seminar Speaker Series – Prof. Niels de Jonge (10. 12. 2020)

Lecture by Prof. Niels de Jonge from the Leibniz Institute for New Materials, Saarland University (DE), entitled „Liquid phase electron microscopy fundamentals: The application to study membrane proteins in whole cells, and future outlook“ from the CAPSID Seminar Speaker Series, will take place on 10 December 2020 at 2 p.m. via online broadcasting via the ZOOM application.

ANNOTATION:

A central scientific challenge of our time is to understand the molecular machinery underlying cellular function. This knowledge is needed on the one hand to develop future technology in the hope that we humans can copy some of nature’s design rules, and on the other hand to battle diseases, especially cancer. This challenge requires the development of advanced microscopy techniques.

Our research program aims at finding clues for causes of drug resistance development in cancer, studying membrane protein interactions, and exploring processes of nanomaterials at the solid-liquid interface. For this purpose, we innovate in liquid-phase electron microscopy (LP-EM), 3D scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM), and in situ STEM. Our focus is on analyzing membrane protein interactions at the single molecule level within whole cells in hydrated state.

The research is conducted by an interdisciplinary team of biophysicists, cell biologists, chemists, and computer scientists. Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Niels de Jonge leads the group Innovative Electron Microscopy (IEM) at the INM – Leibniz Institute for New Materials, in Saarbrücken, Germany. He is also honorary professor of physics at the Saarland University (UdS).

More information about lecture and registration on the project web site: https://capsid.vbcf.ac.at/events/ 

ANNOTATION and SUBMISSION DATA OF THE LECTURE (pdf)

Funding programme of the CAPSID project: Interreg V-A Slovakia-Austria

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