Prof. Dr. Josef A. Käs

Profil

Derzeitige StellungProfessor W-3 und Äquivalente
FachgebietBiophysik,Zellbiologie
KeywordsBiopolymere, Laserphysik, Zellbiologie, Krebsdiagnose, Nervenheilung
Auszeichnungen

2017: ERC Advanced Grant

2017: Woolmer Lecture, Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine

2014: Fellow, American Physical Society

2014: Mitglied, Sächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften

2006: Finalist, Saatchi & Saatchi Award for World Changing Ideas

2002: Wolfgang Paul Preis , Alexander v. Humboldt Stiftung

2000: Distinguished Lecturer, SigmaXi

1999: ICMB Fellow, Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Texas at Austin

Aktuelle Kontaktadresse

LandDeutschland
OrtLeipzig
Universität/InstitutionUniversität Leipzig
Institut/AbteilungPeter Debye Institut für Physik der weichen Materie

Gastgeber*innen während der Förderung

Prof. Dr. Friedrich KremerPeter Debye Institut für Physik der weichen Materie, Universität Leipzig, Leipzig
Beginn der ersten Förderung01.05.2002

Programm(e)

2001Wolfgang Paul-Forschungspreis-Programm

Projektbeschreibung der*des Nominierenden

Josef A. Käs is a key figure in the field of cellular biophysics and polymer physics. Käs has made outstanding contributions to the investigation of the physics of the cytoskeleton, a highly dynamic polymer network within the cell interior. He and his research group have developed novel laser-based nanomanipulation tools to look into cells and to investigate the cytoskeleton. This has led to a better understanding of the progression of cancer from precancer to metastasis and how the cytoskeleton can be used to control neuronal growth. His ultimate goal is the development of a table top device for quick cancer diagnosis, which accomplishes cancer's earliest detection and precise determination of its stage, to built well-controlled circuits of genuine neurons, and to develop novel therapies in neuro prosthetics.

Publikationen (Auswahl)

2005S. Vasenkov, K. Ulrich, C. Selle, J. Kärger, Josef A. Käs: Influence of Domains on Lateral Diffusion in Lipid Bilayers: PFG NMR Study. In: Jörg Kärger, Farida Grinberg, Paul Heitjans, Diffusion Fundamentals. Universitätsverlag, 2005. 598-599
2002Josef A. Käs: Guiding neuronal growth with light. In: PNAS, 2002, 16024-16028