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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Implementation of cryo-FIB milling and cryo-CLEM.
Coming soon: Combining CEMOVIS with cryo-FIB milling
Basel, Switzerland
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Research Associate
C-CINA
Ultrastructural analysis of LBs from postmortem PD brain tissues by cryo-CLEM, CEMOVIS and in situ cryo-ET
Basel Area, Switzerland
Senior Research Scientist
DZNE - German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases
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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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Group leader
EMBL
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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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Postdoctoral Researcher
University of Lausanne
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CEMOVIS/CETOVIS of Biological Cells and Tissues: human skin, gram-negative bacteria, cyanobacteria, brain tissues and others
Lausanne Area, Switzerland
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Postdoctoral Researcher
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD
EM Structural Biology
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University of Lausanne - UNIL
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Bachelor's degree
Physics
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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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Metropolregion Basel
Birthe Fahrenkrog
Senior Research Associate at Biozentrum, University of Basel
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Basel
Yvonne Steger
Administration /Assistant at the University of Basel & SIB, Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics
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Basel
Verena Jäggin
Flow Cytometry Specialist  Core Facility D-BSSE, ETH Zurich
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Riehen
Simone Cavadini
Head of Structural Biology Platform at Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research
https://ch.linkedin.com/in/christian-schleberger-98652642
Basel
Christian Schleberger
Computational Scientist bei Novartis
https://ch.linkedin.com/in/andre-studer-19154241
Visp
Andre Studer
Head Analytical Development Bioconjugates at Lonza
https://ch.linkedin.com/in/btitze
Metropolregion Basel
Benjamin Titze
Nanometrology Software Engineer
https://ch.linkedin.com/in/rudi-glockshuber-08069099
Schweiz
Rudi Glockshuber
Professor für Molekularbiologie bei Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich
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Sankt Gallen
Martin Schaerer
Qualified Person delegate
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Basel
Florent Chevillard
Computational Chemist
https://ch.linkedin.com/in/tamara-kohler-huber-57336058
Oberkirch
Tamara Kohler-Huber
QA/RA Manager / fvP bei Schaer Pharma Service GmbH
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Zürich, Schweiz
Birgit Roth Z'graggen
Scientist
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Schweiz
Dirk Bumann
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Metropolregion Washington DC/Baltimore
Mercy M.
Desktop Support Specialist at National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute( GRSi)
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Basel
Kalev Rannat
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https://ch.linkedin.com/in/tianlai-shi-42960196
Basel
Tianlai Shi
Global Medical Science Director
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Zürich, Schweiz
Anu-Maija Sundström
Research Scientist at Finnish Meteorological Institute
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Basel
Stephan Baumgartner
Expert Scientist in CAM (Complementary and Alternative Medicine) Research
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Zürich, Schweiz
Maria Pavlou
Head of the Proteomics Facility at EPFL (École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne)
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Lausanne
Hannes Peter
Senior Research Scientist bei EPFL
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Medina
Ashraf Al amoudi
Materials - Projects
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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