Dr. Joanna Deek

Profile

Academic positionPost Doc
Research fieldsBiophysics
KeywordsIntermediate Filament, Sequence Design, Cytoskeletal Network, Bio-hydrogel

Current contact address

CountryUnited States of America
CitySanta Barbara
InstitutionUniversity of California, Santa Barbara
InstituteMaterials Research Laboratory

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Andreas BauschE22 Lehrstuhl für Physik (Biophysik), Technische Universität München, Garching
Start of initial sponsorship01/01/2014

Program(s)

2013Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme for Postdocs

Publications (partial selection)

2013Joanna Deek, Peter J. Chung, Jona Kayser, Andreas R. Bausch, Cyrus R. Safinya: Neurofilament sidearms modulate parallel and crossed-filament orientations inducing nematic to isotropic and re-entrant birefringent hydrogels. In: Nature Communications, 2013,
2010Roy Beck, Joanna Deek, Jayna Jones, Cyrus R. Safinya: Gel-expanded to gel-condensed transition in neurofilament networks revealed by direct force measurements. In: Nature Materials, 2010, 40-46