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Biography
Work experience
- 2014 - present , Senior Imaging Technician, Super Resolution Microscopy, School of Life Sciences, Univ. of Nottingham
- 2011 - 2014 Postdoctoral researcher, Stockholm University, Sweden
- 2006 - 2010 Young Investigator Fellow, BRC-Szeged, Hungarian Academy of Science
Education
- 2006 PhD, University of Szeged, Hungary
- 2001 MSc Biology, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj, Romania
Additional training & Workshops
- ATP - associate teachers program - completed, UoN
Microscopy related meetings workshops
- Frontiers of BioImaging Workshops, UK
- MMC of Royal Microscopical Society, UK
- Super Resolution Imaging Workshops, Leeds, UK
- Elyra Super Resolution Meetings, UK
- Advanced Super resolution Course, Jena Germany (2016)
- Microscopy Workshops & Demos
- Super-resolution workshop, Edinburgh, UK (2014)
- Super-resolution workshop, SciLifeLab, Sweden (2014)
Other
- awarded images at Nikon Small World, Royal Microscopical society, EMBO coverpage
Expertise Summary
Microscopy techniques: Super resolution SIM, STORM, PALM, Advanced fluorescence: FRAP, FRET, TIRF, Confocal microscopy, two photon microscopy, wide field fluorescence, live cell imaging, bright field: Polarisation, DIC, Phase Contrast, histology sections, macroscopy, low magnification reproduction techniques, micro studio lightning techniques, image processing and analysis
Other technical skills and experience: FACS (cell sorter), immunohistochemistry, immunofluorescence, Western Blot, Immune precipitation, Infection assays (bacterial, nematodes, parasitoid wasps), cell lab techniques, drosophila genetics, nematode maintenance, stem cells, plant histology.
Other: photography, videography, image and movie editing
Teaching Summary
One to one teaching : training users to use confocal, super resolution microscopes, image processing and analysis, figure preparation
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Research Summary
2014-present
- Optimization of super resolution microscopy in a multi user environment
- Development and design of test samples for super resolution microscopy
- Development of high resolution mounting media in collaboration with Citifluor, in order to improve SIM and STORM microscopy