Cellular Nanoscience
Schäffer Lab

Erik Schäffer
Group leader.

2012 - now: Professor of Cellular Nanoscience, Universität Tübingen
2007 - 2012: Group leader, BIOTEC, TU Dresden, Germany
2002 - 2006: Post-doc with Joe Howard, MPI-CBG, Dresden, Germany
1998 - 2001: Dr. rer. nat. in Polymer Physics, University Konstanz & University Groningen, Netherlands
1992 - 1997: Physics studies at the TU Stuttgart, Germany & M.Sc. from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA

email: Erik.Schaeffer@uni-tuebingen.de
phone: (+49) 7071-29-78831

Anita Jannasch

Akademische Rätin

2015 - now: ZMBP, University of Tübingen
2014 - 2015: Post-doc in Brueges Lab, MPI for the Physics of Complex Systems, Dresden
2012 - 2013: Post-doc, Nanomechanics Group, BIOTEC, Dresden
2008 - 2012: PhD, Nanomechanics Group, BIOTEC, University of Dresden
2002 - 2008: Diploma in Physics, University of Dresden and MPI for Cell Biology and Genetics

Carolina Carrasco Pulido

Post doc who studies the interaction between proteins and DNA molecules by the means of optical tweezers and TIRF

2019 - Now: Post doc, Cellular Nanoscience, ZMBP, University of Tübingen, Germany
2016 - 2019: Junior researcher, National Center of Biotechnology (CNB), CSIC, Madrid, Spain
2009 - 2016: Post doc, National Center of Biotechnology (CNB), CSIC, Madrid, Spain
2008 - 2009: Post doc, Institute of Material Science of Madrid (ICMM), CSIC, Madrid, Spain
2003 - 2008: PhD Physical Sciences, Autónoma University of Madrid (UAM), Spain
2001 - 2003: Master of Advanced Studies in Physics, Granada University (UGR), Spain
1997 - 2001: B.Sc. Physics at Granada University (UGR), Spain

phone: (+49) 7071-29-74609

Maria Kharlamova

PhD student who studies the interaction of Rad52 protein and DNA by the means of optical tweezers and TIRF.

2017 - now: PhD Internatinal Max Planck Research School (IMPRS), Cellular Nanoscience, University Tübingen
2014 - 2016: M.Sc. BIOTEC, Dresden
2008 - 2013: Diploma MAI (NRU), Moscow, Russia

phone: (+49) 7071-29-78739

Viktoria Wedler

PhD student who works on applying plamonic nano antennas as probes for measurements on motorproteins.

phone: (+49) 7071-29-74609

Benedikt Fischer

PhD Student who investigates the human kinesin-based transport complex of mitochondria using in vitro molecular techniques.

2018 - Now: PhD, MOMbrane RTG, Cellular Nanoscience, University of Tübingen
2017: ERASMUS Internship at the Cavendish Laboratories, Biological and Soft Systems, University of Cambridge, UK
2015 - 2018: M.Sc. in Nano-Science, Cellular Nanoscience, University of Tübingen
2012 - 2015: B.Sc. in Nano-Science, University of Tübingen

phone: (+49) 7071-29-78734

Shu Yao Leong

PhD student studying the mechanistic role of phragmoplast orienting kinesins in plant cytokinesis.

2019 - Now: PhD, International Max Planck Research School (IMPRS), Cellular Nanoscience, University of Tübingen
2017 - 2019: M.Sc. Biological Science, MEXT Scholar, G30 International Programme, Nagoya University, Japan
2013 - 2017: B.Sc. Biological Science, G30 International Programme, Nagoya University, Japan

phone: (+49) 7071-29-78854

Aleksandr Kostarev

PhD student who works on implementing an optical tweezers setup to trap novel nanoparticles.

2021 - Now: PhD, International Max Planck Research School (IMPRS), Cellular Nanoscience, University of Tübingen
2019: Research Intern, Student Research Internship Program (IMPRS), Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden, Germany
2017 - 2019: M.Sc. Medical physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
2017: 13th International School of Biophysics, Croatian Biophysical Society, University of Split, Croatia
2015 - 2017: B.Sc. Medical physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia

phone: (+49) 7071-29-74609