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Contact
Lab: | Prof. Dr. Anne-Kathrin Classen |
Department: | Heisenberg Research Group Leader |
Address: | HMH, Habsburgerstr. 49 79104 Freiburg |
Phone: | +49 761 203 97109 |
E-mail: | This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it |
Lab homepage: | classenlab.net/ |
PhD positions available: | YES |
Research Area: | Developmental Biology |
Research Interests: | - Signalling and proliferation during regeneration - Epithelial architecture and biomechanics - Cell competition |
CV
Education & Training: | 2002-2006: PhD in Biology, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics and Technical University Dresden, Germany. 2000-2002: Master of Science (MSc) in Biomolecular Sciences, The University of Amsterdam, Netherlands. 1997-2000: Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Cell Biology, The University of Manchester, UK. |
Employment & Experience: | since 2011: Research Group Leader, Faculty of Biology, University of Freiburg, Germany 2011-2016: Emmy Noether Research Group Leader, Faculty of Biology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany 2006-2011: Postdoctoral fellow, University of California at Berkeley, USA |
Honors
Honors and Awards: |
2020: Heisenberg Program Fellowship, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Germany. |
Publications
Selected Publications: | Balaji R, Weichselberger V, Classen AK. Response of Drosophila epithelial cell and tissue shape to external forces in vivo. Development. 2019 Sep 6;146(17):dev171256. Abstract |
SGBM PhD students
SGBM PhD students: |
Alumni Deepti Prasad (January 2018-October 2022) Janhvi Jaiswal (September 2016-September 2022) Vanessa Weichselberger (May 2016-May 2022) |