Principal Investigator CRANN
Prof. Hegner studied Life Sciences at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich in 1984 (CH). He received his Diploma ("master of science") degree in Cellular Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Immunology and Toxicology in 1989 and he completed his PhD thesis in 1994 with work in the field of 'Protein Translocation across Membranes' and 'Biological Scanning Probe Microscopy' at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Institute for Biochemistry in Zurich. In 1994-96 he had a post-doctoral position at the Institute of Physics in Basel in the laboratory of Prof. H.-J. Güntherodt, a pioneer in the field of scanning probe microscopy. Thereafter ('96-'99) he joined the world leading group of C. Bustamante at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute in Eugene, OR and then at University of California at Berkeley, CA as a research associate to acquire know-how in the field of single molecule manipulation with optical tweezers. In 1999 he joined the Institute of Physics at University of Basel (Switzerland) as group and project leader for biological nanoscale science within the newly founded Swiss National Centre of Competence 'Nanoscale Science'. Until today he introduced several novel approaches to investigate molecular interactions with nanomechanical tools. In 2001 he received his 'venia docendi' in Experimental Physics at the University of Basel, Switzerland and in 2007 he joined the Physics faculty of the University of Dublin, Trinity College Dublin Ireland. He was appointed as Professor and pursues his interdisciplinary research in the Centre of Research on Adaptive Nanostructures and Nanodevices (CRANN) in the field of Nanobiotechnology.
Prof. Martin HegnerPrincipal InvestigatorCRANNThe Naughton instituteSchool of PhysicsTrinity College DublinDublin 2,Ireland
Tel: +353-1-8962285Fax: +353-1-8963037Email: [email protected]
Keywords: Optical trapping, optical tweezers, laser tweezers, trapping, Scanning force microscopy, single molecule experiments, dynamic force spectroscopy, Multifunctional Cantilever Array Sensors, Biosoensors
2008 BMC Journal of Nanobiotechnology; 2009 Sensors; 2013 EPJ – Tech. and Instr. (Springer)
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (UK Research & Innovation),Volkswagen Stiftung GER; EU Commission (FET open), EU Commission (H2020-ICT, Electronic Smart Systems), National Science Foundation USA; Human Frontiers Science Organization; NSERC National Science&Engineering Counsil Canada; Belgium Research council; NOW Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research; Skolkovo Foundation, Moscow; Swiss National Science foundation; Swiss KTI/CTI Top Nano 21 committee; Welcome Trust foundation UK; The Eli and Edythe L. Broad Foundation L.A. USA
Champion and Chair SAT EDI School of Physics
The Bustamante Lab@UC Berkeley, CA; USANational Center of Competence in 'Nanoscale Science'@ University of Basel, Switzerland
40 peer reviewed international journals (among them): Anal. Chem., Applied Physics Lett.; Biophysical J.; Biosensors&Bioelectronics; ChemPhysChem; J. American Chem. Soc.; J. Biomedical Nanotechnology; Lab on a chip; Langmuir; Nature Biotech; Nature Comm; Nature Nanotech.; Nature Struct. Biol.; Nano letters; Nanotechnology; Nucleic Acids Research; Sensors & Actuators: B. Chemical Science, Sensors
Internal: 1999-2021, 23; External international Thesis advisor: 2006-2021, 12
Biophysical Society USA 1997 – present
