Egner, Alexander, (apl.) Prof. Dr.
Director at the Laser Laboratory Göttingen
- 1997 Physics Diploma, Ruprecht-Karls University, Heidelberg
- 2002 Dr. rer. nat. (Physics), Ruprecht-Karls University, Heidelberg
- 2002-2003 Postdoc (High Resolution Optical Microscopy Group, Max-Planck-Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen, Germany)
- 2003-2010 Senior Scientist (Department of NanoBiophotonics, Max-Planck-Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen, Germany)
- 2005-2010 Head of the Central Light Microscopy Facility (Max-Planck-Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen, Germany)
- Since 2010- Director, Laser-Laboratory-Göttingen, Göttingen
Major Research Interests
High-resolution optical microscopy, superresolution, nanoscopy, statistical imaging.
Homepage Department/Research Group
https://www.ifnano.de/optische-nanoskopie/
Selected Recent Publications
Krüger JR, Keller-Findeisen J, Geisler C, Egner A. Tomographic STED microscopy, Biomed. Opt. Express 11, 3139-3163 (2020)
https://www.osapublishing.org/boe/abstract.cfm?uri=boe-11-6-3139
Vinçon B, Geisler C, Egner A, Pixel hopping enables fast STED nanoscopy at low light dose, Opt. Express 28, 4516-4528 (2020)
https://www.osapublishing.org/oe/abstract.cfm?uri=oe-28-4-4516
Aquino D, Schönle A, Geisler C, von Middendorff C, Wurm CA, Okamura Y, Lang T, Hell SW, Egner A. Two-color nanoscopy of three-dimensional volumes by 4Pi detection of stochastically switched fluorophores. Nature Methods, 8 (4), 353 - 359
Hua Y, Sinha R, Thiel C, Schmidt R, Huve J, Martens H, Hell SW, Egner A, Klingauf J (2011) A readily retrievable pool of synaptic vesicles. Nature Neuroscience, doi:10.1038/nn.2838
Hell SW, Schmidt R, Egner A (2009) Diffraction-unlimited three-dimensional optical nanoscopy with opposing lenses. Nature Photonics 3, 381 - 387
Meyer AC, Frank T, Khimich D, Hoch G, Riedel D, Chapochnikov N, Yarin YM, Harke B, Hell SW, Egner A, Moser T (2009) Tuning of synapse number, structure and function in the cochlea. Nature Neuroscience 12 (4), 444-453
Schmidt R, Wurm CA, Jakobs S, Engelhardt J, Egner A, Hell SW (2008) Spherical nanosized focal spot unravels the interior of cells. Nature Meth. 5 (6), 539 - 544