Jun. Prof. Dr. Christian Franke

Prof. Dr. Christian Franke
Prof. Dr. Christian Franke
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Institute for Applied Optics and Biophysics
Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Helmholtzweg 4
07743 Jena
Phone: + 49 3641 9 47 112
christian.franke@uni-jena.de
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Functions

  • Jun. Prof. for Digitized Experimental Microscopy
  • Member Abbe Center of Photonics (ACP)
  • Member of the Studies Affairs Committee and Board of Examiners of the international “Medical Photonics” Masters program at FSU Jena

Research

  • Super-Resolution Microscopy
  • Computational Microscopy Methods
  • Structure/Function of Trafficking Organelles

Publications (selected 5 most recent)

  1. C. Franke, M. Sauer & S.v.d. Linde, “Photometry unlocks 3D information from 2D localization microscopy data”, Nat. Methods  2017, 14, 41–44.
  2. C.Franke*, P. Paramasivam*, M. Stöter, A. Höijer, S. Bartesaghi, A. Sabirsh, L. Lindfors, M. Yanez Arteta, P. Nordberg, S. Andersson, Y. Kalaidzidis, M. Bickle, M. Zerial, *equal contribution, “Endosomal escape of delivered mRNA from endosomal recycling tubules visualized at the nanoscale”, biorxiv  2021, 2020.12.18.423541, accepted for publication in J. Cell Biol.
  3. C. Franke, U. Repnik, S. Segeletz, N. Brouilly, J.-M. Verbavatz, Y. Kalaidzidis & M. Zerial, “Correlative single-molecule localization microscopy and electron tomography reveals endosome nanoscale domains.” Traffic  2019, 20: 601– 617. 
  4. C. Franke* & S.v.d. Linde*, *corresponding, “Reply to Impact of optical aberrations on axial position determination by photometry”, Nat. Methods  2018, 15, 990-992.
  5. L. Belicova, U. Repnik, J. Delpierre, E. Gralinska, S. Seifert, J. Ignacio Valenzuela, H.A. Morales-Navarrete, C. Franke, H. Räägel, E. Shcherbinina, T. Prikazchikova, V. Koteliansky, M. Vingron, Y.L. Kalaidzidis, T. Zatsepin, M. Zerial, “Anisotropic expansion of hepatocyte lumina enforced by apical bulkheads”. J Cell Biol  2021, 4, 220 (10): e202103003.