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Professor Dr. Ralf Seidel

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Curriculum Vitae (CV)

  • DNA repair enzymes
  • Nanomechanical single-molecule measurements, single-molecule fluorescence
  • Chromatin mechanics
  • Functional DNA nanostructures

Academic Education

04/1999 - 06/2003PhD thesis, Technische Universität Dresden
10/1993 - 03/1999Studies of Physics, Technische Universität Dresden

Work Experience

since 01/2013Professor for Single-molecule analysis, University of Münster
01/2006 - 12/2012Research group leader, Biotechnology Center, Technische Universität Dresden
07/2003 - 12/2005Postdoctoral researcher, Kavli Institute of Nanoscience, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands

Publications

Extending the range for force calibration in magnetic tweezers
Daldrop P, Brutzer H, Huhle A, Kauert DJ, Seidel R (2015)
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Amphipathic DNA Origami Nanoparticles to Scaffold and Deform Lipid Membrane Vesicles
Czogalla A, Kauert DJ, Franquelim HG, Uzunova V, Zhang Y, Seidel R, Schwille P (2015)
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Directional R-loop formation by the CRISPR-Cas surveillance complex Cascade provides efficient off-target site rejection
Rutkauskas M, Sinkunas T, Songailiene I, Tikhomirova MS, Siksnys V, Seidel R (2015)
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DNA origami nanoneedles on freestanding lipid membranes as a tool to observe isotropic-nematic transition in 2D
Czogalla A, Kauert DJ, Seidel R, Schwille P, Petrov E  (2015)
In: ((Bitte Journal prüfen)), 15(1).
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Camera-based real-time 3D particle tracking at kHz rates and Ångström accuracy
Huhle A, Klaue D, Brutzer H, Daldrop P, Joo S, Otto O, Keyser UF, Seidel R (2015)
In: ((Bitte Journal prüfen)), 6.
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Projects

FOR 877 research group - Subproject: Static and dynamic properties of DNA-based polymer structures under constraints and confinement
Duration: 01/11/2013 - 30/06/2015 | 1st Funding period
Funded by: DFG - Research Unit
Type of project: Subproject in DFG-joint project hosted outside University of Münster
Long-range communication of Type III restriction enzymes between their cleavage sites based on ATP-triggered 1D diffusion
Duration: 01/03/2013 - 31/03/2015
Funded by: DFG - Individual Grants Programme
Type of project: Individual project
DNA based nanometry: Exploring chromatin structure and molecular motors (DNAmetry)
Duration: 01/01/2011 - 31/12/2015
Funded by: EC FP 7 - ERC Starting Grant
Type of project: EU-project hosted at University of Münster

Prizes

ERC Starting Grant 2010
Awarded by: European Research Council (ERC)
Award given to: Seidel, Ralf
Date of awarding: 15/07/2010
Type of distinction: Research award or other distinction