Equipe PFID

Dr Florian Rückerl

Areas of interest/expertise:

Biophysics, Optical Tweezers, Micro-manipulation, (Fluorescent-) Microscopy, Image processing, Single Particle Tracking, Diffusion.

November 2009- July 2012: Research associate (Post-Doc), Institut Curie, UMR 168, Equipe Sykes, France.
May 2004 - Oct 2009: Research associate (PhD Thesis), Universität Leipzig, Germany.
1998-2004: International Physics studies program, M.Sc. (Physics), Universität Leipzig, Germany.
2001 : Graduate studies, University of Auckland, New Zealand.

Precedent projects

PostDoc, Mechanical properties of individual actin bundles, Dr. Cécile Sykes, Research Director, UMR168, Institut Curie Paris.
Doctoral Thesis, Diffusion and interactions of charged colloids with inhomogeneous lipid membranes, Dr. Josef A. Käs and Dr. Carsten Selle, Universität Leipzig, Germany.
Master Thesis, Diffusion of nano-particles in two-dimensional potential landscapes, Dr. Josef A. Käs and Dr. Carsten Selle, Universität Leipzig, Germany.

Research publications

F. Rückerl, J. Kas and C. Selle. Langmuir, 2008.
Diffusion of Nanoparticles in Monolayers is Modulated by Domain Size.
M. Gyger, F. Rückerl, J. Käs and J. Ruiz-Garcia. JCIS, 2008.
Errors in two particle tracking at close distances.
M. Forstner, D. Martin, F. Rückerl, J. Käs and C. Selle. Phys. Rev. E, 2008.
Attractive membrane domains control lateral diffusion.
C. Selle, F. Rückerl, D. Martin, M. Forstner and J. Käs. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2004.
Measurement of diffusion in Langmuir monolayers by single-particle tracking.