principles of single molecule techniques

october 13-14, 2014 | ann arbor, michigan

Prof. Joerg Bewersdorf | Yale University | joerg.bewersdorf@yale.edu

Dr. Bewersdorf joined the department of Cell Biology as an Assistant Professor in 2009 coming from The Jackson Laboratory in Bar Harbor, Maine, where he lead a research group since 2005. Before, he had trained and worked with Dr. Stefan W. Hell at the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry in Goettingen, Germany, for 8 years. Dr. Bewersdorf received his Master's degree (Dipl. Phys.) in 1998 and his doctoral degree in physics (Dr. rer. nat.) in 2002, both from the University of Heidelberg, Germany.

An optical physicist/biophysicist by training, Dr. Bewersdorf has been a long-time contributor to the emerging field of novel super-resolution light microscopy techniques. More recently, he has expanded his research interests to the application of these new technologies and the biophysical interpretation of their data.

The primary focus of his lab is the development of a new methodology that combines computational modeling with time-resolved fluorescence spectroscopy and molecular biology. He utilizes peptides, short stands of DNA, and a small protein called lysozyme as model systems, and investigates the behavior of a number of different fluorescent probes. The different probes are attached through a combination of chemical and genetic methods, which are mainly performed at Hope College. For more information check out Dr. Krueger's Home Page.