Dr. Matthias Amrein

Biography

Matthias Amrein is a professor in the Cumming School of Medicine at the University of Calgary, specializing in Cell Biology and Anatomy. He serves as the director of the Microscopy Imaging Facility, which supports over 100 academic and industry labs by providing advanced microscopy techniques such as electron, atomic force, and super-resolution light microscopy. Amrein completed his Ph.D. at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETH), where he engaged in a joint project with IBM Research, contributing to the development of novel scanning probe techniques like Scanning Tunneling Microscopy (STM) and Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) for biomedical applications. His research interests include the study of chronic diseases and airway inflammation, particularly focusing on pulmonary surfactant dysfunction and the interaction of nanoparticles with lung epithelium. His group aims to discover and develop treatments for pre-clinical testing and understand how alveolar epithelial cells efficiently clear nanoparticles from the lungs. He has received significant funding, including an NSERC Discovery Grant and a CIHR Catalyst Grant, and has contributed to numerous publications in the field of biomedical research.

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