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People Staff
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Dr. Josef A. Käs
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Prof. Dr. Josef A.
Käs
Principal Investigator & Head of the
Soft Matter Physics Division |
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University of Leipzig
Faculty of Physics and Earth System Sciences
Peter Debye Institute for Soft Matter Physics
Soft Matter Physics Division |
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Linnéstraße 5, 04103 Leipzig, Germany |
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(+49 341) 97 32471 |
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(+49 341) 97 32479 |
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| Education |
| 1990 |
Diplom Physics, Technische Universität München (supervisor:
E. Sackmann) |
| 1993 |
Dr. rer. nat., Physics, Technische Universität München
(supervisor: E. Sackmann) |
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| Professional Positions |
| 1993 - 1996 |
Postdoc, Harvard Medical School (supervisor: P. Janmey) |
| 1996 - 2000 |
Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, University of Texas
at Austin |
| 1996 - 2002 |
Member, Center for Nonlinear Dynamics, University of Texas at Austin |
| 1996 - 2002 |
Assistant Professor, Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Texas at Austin |
| 2000 - 2001 |
Associate Professor, Department of Physics, University of Texas at Austin |
| 2001 - 2002 |
Full-Professor, Department of Physics, University of Texas at Austin |
| since 2002 |
Full-Professor (C4), Faculty of Physics and Geosciences, Leipzig University |
| since 2002 |
Head, Division of Soft Matter Physics, Peter Debye Institute for Soft Matter Physics |
| 2008 - 2016 |
Director, Peter Debye Institute for Soft Matter Physics, Faculty of Physics and Geosc., Leipzig University |
| since 2016 |
Member, Leipzig University Cancer Center |
| Fellowships and Awards |
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1999 - 2001, ICMB Fellow, Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Texas at Austin
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2000 - 2003, Distinguished Lecturer, SigmaXi
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2002, Wolfgang Paul Prize awarded by the Humboldt Foundation
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2006, Finalist the Saatchi & Saatchi Award for World Changing Ideas
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since 2014, Fellow, American Physical Society
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since 2014, Fellow, Saxonian Academy of Sciences
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2017 - 2023, ERC Advanced Grant, HoldCancerBack
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2017, Woolmer Lecture, Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine (IPEM), UK
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2024, Greve Prize, awarded by the National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
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| Patents |
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Method for diagnosis and/or prognosis of cancers by analyzing the mechanical
properties of tumour cells; DE102010041912; EP2624742; US20130316390; WO2012045716;
CA000002813653; Käs, Josef and Guck, Jochen; 2012-04-12
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Optical Stretcher; DE69926116; EP1059871; WO1999044488; CA2322212 Ka¨s, Josef and Guck,
Jochen; 2005-07-13
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Device and method for characterization of cells and their application; DE102012211735;
Käs, Josef Alfons and Kießling, Tobias and Fritsch, Anatol and Stange, Roland; 2015-04-09
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Method for locally modifying the elasticity of a substrate designed for the growth of
cells thereon; DE602008036746; EP2157171; Robitzky, Andrea and Ehrlicher, Allen and
Käs, Josef; 2015-02-25
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Device and method for the contactless manipulation and alignment of sample
particles in a measurement volume using a nonhomogeneous electric alternating field;
US8076632; Kreysing, Moritz and Guck, Jochen and Käs, Josef, 2011-12-13
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Nanotube carrier substrate for primary tissue culture; US 20130017607, EP2546332A1, EP2546332B1;
Zink, Mareike and Dallacasagrande, Valentina and Mayr, Stefan and Käs, Josef and Reichenbach, A. ;
2011-07-13
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| Research Interests and Expertise |
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laser physics, optics, scanning probe techniques
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biological physics, condensed matter physics of soft matter, polymer
physics, medical physics, and nonlinear dynamics
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cell and molecular biology, neuroscience, oncology, genetics, regenerative
medicine
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optical imaging of the motions of individual polymer chains in polymer
networks with nano-scale resolution, development of novel laser traps,
AFM-based microrheology, use of nanoparticles (quantum dots,
gold colloids) as probes and manipulation tools, optical guidance of neurons
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