Joerg Bewersdorf, PhD
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Harvey and Kate Cushing Professor of Cell Biology, Professor of Biomedical Engineering, and Professor of Physics
Vice Chair for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Cell BiologyBiography
Joerg Bewersdorf is the Harvey and Kate Cushing Professor of Cell Biology and Professor of Biomedical Engineering and of Physics at Yale University. He received his Master's degree (Dipl. Phys., 1998) and his doctoral degree in physics (Dr. rer. nat., 2002) from the University of Heidelberg training with Dr. Stefan W. Hell at the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry in Goettingen, Germany. Since 2009, after 4 years at The Jackson Laboratory in Bar Harbor, Maine, he has been leading a research group at Yale University focusing on the development of new light microscopy techniques and their application to biomedical research. An optical physicist/biophysicist by training, Dr. Bewersdorf has been a long-time contributor to the field of super-resolution light microscopy development and the application of these techniques to cell biological questions.
Appointments
Cell Biology
ProfessorPrimary
Other Departments & Organizations
- Biochemistry, Quantitative Biology, Biophysics and Structural Biology (BQBS)
- Cell Biology
- Cell Biology Research
- Diabetes Research Center
- Kavli Institute for Neuroscience
- Molecular Cell Biology, Genetics and Development
- Yale Combined Program in the Biological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS)
- Yale Ventures
- YCCEH
Education & Training
- Postdoctoral fellow
- Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry (2005)
- PhD
- University of Heidelberg (2002)
Research
Overview
Our laboratory develops super-resolution Stimulated Emission Depletion (STED) microscopy, Single-molecule Localization Microscopy (FPALM/PALM/STORM/DNA-PAINT, etc.) and pan-Expansion Microscopy (pan-ExM) techniques. We are actively developing these methods to improve the capabilities (speed, 3D resolution, robustness, multicolor labeling) of these imaging techniques and thereby expand the application range and impact of super-resolution microscopy. In collaboration with a diverse set of research groups at Yale University and outside, we apply our new techniques to current biomedical questions, in particular related to the endoplasmic reticulum, the Golgi complex, and the cell nucleus.
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News
- May 03, 2024
Kuan & Bewersdorf Honored With 2024 Kavli Innovative Teams Awards
- April 09, 2024
Advanced Microscopy Technique Offers a New Look Inside Cells
- November 01, 2023
Supersize the cell
- July 06, 2023
Supersize the Cell: Unlocking Secrets of the Genome Through Expansion Microscopy
Get In Touch
Contacts
Cell Biology
PO Box 208002, 333 Cedar Street
New Haven, CT 06520-8002
United States
Locations
Sterling Hall of Medicine, I-Wing
Lab
Sterling Hall of Medicine, I-Wing
Academic Office
Events
Everyone Rory Shallis, MD - Nikolai Podoltsev, MD, PhD - Lourdes Mendez, MD, PhD - Joerg Bewersdorf, PhD - Lisa Barbarotta, MSN, APRN-BC, AOCNS