Ashraf Al-Amoudi
Research Associate at Biozentrum, University of Basel
Senior Scientist at Biozentrum, University of Basel
I am a biophysicist and electron microscopist who loves to explore the nanoscale world of cells and tissues in situ at as closest to native state as possible. I believe in all the advanced technologies(hardware and software) we have now and we will have in the future but human power will remain the central player. Here are some lines about myself: I studied physics at the University of Birzeit in West Bank, Palestine. I completed my dissertation in 2004 at the University of Lausanne with the Nobel Laureate, Jacques Dubochet. During my PhD work, I developed and applied cryo-electron microscopy of vitreous sections (CEMOVIS) on various biological specimens to study macromolecular complexes such as intercellular adhesion junctions in situ. In 2005, I moved to the European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg and worked as a postdoctoral fellow, where I continued to investigate the molecular structure of human epidermal desmosomes using cryo-electron tomography of vitreous sections. In 2010, I moved to Bonn to take up a position as a research group leader at German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases in cryo-electron microscopy and tomography of synapses in mouse retina. There, I spent much time doing image processing and have learned a lot of new techniques such as sub-tomogram averaging and use them to unravel the molecular architecture of retina photoreceptor rhodopsins and specialized synapses, termed ribbon synapses. Since January 2018 I am working at Center for Cellular Imaging and NanoAnalytics (C-CINA) in Basel with Henning Stahlberg where we are investigating neurodegeneration using advanced biophysical and imaging techniques. I am back again to Switzerland to the true joy, to the lab bench and experiments like it was in Lausanne more than 15 years ago; it is just much more fun!
Biozentrum, University of Basel
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Research Associate
Implementation of cryo-FIB milling and cryo-CLEM.
Coming soon: Combining CEMOVIS with cryo-FIB milling
Basel, Switzerland
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C-CINA
Senior Research Scientist
Ultrastructural analysis of LBs from postmortem PD brain tissues by cryo-CLEM, CEMOVIS and in situ cryo-ET
Basel Area, Switzerland
DZNE - German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases
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Group leader
Ultrastructural Analysis of Rhodpsins and Ribbon Synapses of Murine Retina Photoreceptors in situ:
first molecular structures of rhodoposin and ribbon synapses in situ by cryo-ET
Bonn und Umgebung, Deutschland
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EMBL
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Postdoctoral Researcher
Molecular Architecture of Intercellular Adhesion Junctions: First ever 3D pseudo-atomic model of human desmosomes and desmosomal plaques in closest native state
Heidelberg Area, Germany
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University of Lausanne
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Postdoctoral Researcher
CEMOVIS/CETOVIS of Biological Cells and Tissues: human skin, gram-negative bacteria, cyanobacteria, brain tissues and others
Lausanne Area, Switzerland
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EM Structural Biology
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD
University of Lausanne - UNIL
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Physics
Bachelor's degree
Birzeit University
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List of Publications
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Cluster of Excellence, ImmunoSensation,DFG
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SFB, Transregio Collaborative Research, TRR83
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Wellcome Trust and MRC Career Development Awards (gratefully declined)
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Marie Curie Intra-European Fellowship
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EMBO Fellowship
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Prize of Excellence for young researchers for the PhD work, Faculty of Biology and Medicine, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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“Distinction” in Physics B.Sc., Birzeit University, West Bank, Palestine
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Birthe Fahrenkrog
Senior Research Associate at Biozentrum, University of Basel
Metropolregion Basel
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Yvonne Steger
Administration /Assistant at the University of Basel & SIB, Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics
Basel
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Verena Jäggin
Flow Cytometry Specialist  Core Facility D-BSSE, ETH Zurich
Basel
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Simone Cavadini
Head of Structural Biology Platform at Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research
Riehen
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Christian Schleberger
Computational Scientist bei Novartis
Basel
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Andre Studer
Head Analytical Development Bioconjugates at Lonza
Visp
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Benjamin Titze
Nanometrology Software Engineer
Metropolregion Basel
https://ch.linkedin.com/in/rudi-glockshuber-08069099
Rudi Glockshuber
Professor für Molekularbiologie bei Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich
Schweiz
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Martin Schaerer
Qualified Person delegate
Sankt Gallen
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Florent Chevillard
Computational Chemist
Basel
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Tamara Kohler-Huber
QA/RA Manager / fvP bei Schaer Pharma Service GmbH
Oberkirch
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Birgit Roth Z'graggen
Scientist
Zürich, Schweiz
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Dirk Bumann
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Schweiz
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Mercy M.
Desktop Support Specialist at National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute( GRSi)
Metropolregion Washington DC/Baltimore
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Kalev Rannat
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Basel
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Tianlai Shi
Global Medical Science Director
Basel
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Anu-Maija Sundström
Research Scientist at Finnish Meteorological Institute
Zürich, Schweiz
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Stephan Baumgartner
Expert Scientist in CAM (Complementary and Alternative Medicine) Research
Basel
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Maria Pavlou
Head of the Proteomics Facility at EPFL (École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne)
Zürich, Schweiz
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Hannes Peter
Senior Research Scientist bei EPFL
Lausanne
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Materials - Projects
Medina
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Structural Biology (X-ray Crystallography, NMR Spectroscopy, Electron Microscopy)
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The American Society for Cell Biology - ASCB
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Biophysical Society
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