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Erdinc Sezgin: Physics of cells and nanoscale bioparticles as a new biomarker for health and disease

Erdinc Sezgin, Group Leader
Associate Professor, SciLifeLab, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

"Physics of cells and nanoscale bioparticles as a new biomarker for health and disease"

hosted by Melissa Birol

About Erdinc:
I am a biophysicist eager to understand biology by using the power of physics and chemistry. We cheer for curiosity-driven research, open science, public science communication and equity, inclusion and diversity in science.​ We aim to understand how physics of cells changes in diseases and whether we can use physical properties of cells to restore cellular health.

Abstract:
Remodelling of our cells as response to environmental changes is essential for their survival and function. Although numerous studies aimed at finding protein markers during such cellular processes, there is a major gap in our understanding of how collective biophysical properties of the cells (such as stiffness, membrane fluidity, viscosity etc) alter during these crucial biological processes. Similarly, our understanding of how biophysical properties of cells change in diseases is also limited. To gain a thorough mechanistic perception of cellular processes and diseases, it is essential to fill this gap and have a clear and quantitative picture of biophysical remodelling of the cells. To fill this gap, we develop advanced instrumentation and reliable probes to quantify different biophysical properties of cells. Here, I will discuss our approach from probe development to high throughput biophysical analysis.

The event takes place onsite and via Zoom

Venue

MDC (BIMSB)
Hannoversche Straße 28
Elsa Neumann Room 0.61 & Zoom
10115 Berlin
Deutschland

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