Dr. Joerg Bewersdorf

Biography

Joerg Bewersdorf is the Harvey Kate Cushing Professor of Cell Biology and Biomedical Engineering at Yale University. He received his Master’s degree in Physics in 1998 and his doctoral degree in Physics in 2002 from the University of Heidelberg. Following his training under Dr. Stefan W. Hell at the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry in Göttingen, Germany, he spent four years at the Jackson Laboratory in Bar Harbor, Maine, before relocating his research group to Yale University in 2009. As an optical physicist and biophysicist, Dr. Bewersdorf has long been a key contributor to the development and application of super-resolution light microscopy techniques aimed at addressing questions in cell biology. His research focuses on visualizing the three-dimensional structure and dynamics at the molecular scale, which is crucial for advancing current critical biomedical research. His laboratory develops advanced techniques such as Stimulated Emission Depletion (STED) microscopy and Single-molecule Localization Microscopy (FPALM/PALM/STORM/PAINT), while actively improving their capabilities and expanding their application range. He collaborates with diverse research groups at Yale University to apply these new instruments to pressing biomedical questions, particularly those related to the endoplasmic reticulum, Golgi complex, and cell nucleus during cytokinesis.

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