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Lab Members		Collaborators and Former Advisors Joe Howard (MPI-CBG) Francis Stewart (BIOTEC) Alfons van Blaaderen (Utrecht) Stephan Grill (MPI-CBG, Dresden) Simon Nørrelykke (Princeton) Henrik Flyvbjerg (RISØ) Uwe Thiele (Loughborough ) Tom Russell (UMass, Amherst) Jürgen Mlynek (Helmholtz) Ulli Steiner (Cavendish, Cambridge)
	Erik Schäffer Group leader. 2007-:Group leader, BIOTEC, TU Dresden, Germany 2002-2006: Post-doc with Joe Howard, MPI-CBG, Dresden, Germany 1998-2001: Dr. rer. nat. in Polymer Physics, University Konstanz & University Groningen, Netherlands 1992-1997: Physics studies at the TU Stuttgart, Germany & M.Sc. from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA email:
	Anita Jannasch PhD student, who is working on kinesin related motor proteins. 2008-: BIOTEC, TU Dresden, Germany 2007-2008: Diploma work, MPI-CBG, Dresden, Germany 2002-2007: Physics studies at the TU Dresden, Germany email:
	Mohammed Mahamdeh PhD student, who is working on optical tweezers development and gating of mechno-sensory receptors. 2007-: BIOTEC, TU Dresden, Germany 2006-2007: Master thesis work, Sweden 2005-2007: Biological Physics studies at The Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Sweden 1996-2000: Applied Physics studies at Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan. email:
	Marcel Ander PhD student who studies homologous recombination. Marcel is receiving a scholarship from the German National Academic Foundation. 2007-: BIOTEC, TU Dresden, Germany 2005-2006: Biochemistry studies, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK 2004-2005, 2006-2007: Biochemistry studies, University of Leipzig, Germany 2001-2003: Biochemistry studies, Martin-Luther University, Halle, Germany email:
	Anastasiya Trushko PhD student who studies the microtubule associated protein XMAP215. 2007-: MPI-CBG, Dresden, Germany 2006-2007: Master thesis work, BNTU, Minsk,Belarus 2006: Diploma work, NASB, HMTI, Minsk,Belarus 2001-2006: Physics studies at the BSU, Minsk,Belarus email:
	Avin Ramaiya PhD student who studies the torsional forces in Kinesin motors 2009-: BIOTEC, Dresden, Germany 2006-2009: MSc Biology, TIFR, Mumbai,India 2002-2005: BSc Biotechnology, Vaze College, Mumbai, India email:
	Michael Bugiel Diploma student, who works on detecting Protofilament switching of Kinesin with Optical Tweezers. 2010-: Diploma thesis, BIOTEC, Dresden, Germany 2009: students exchange to University of Sheffield, UK 2005-2009: Physics studies at the TU Dresden, Germany email:
	Christine Kiefer Student, who studies the molecular motors in Chlamydomonas. 2010-: PhD, BIOTEC, TU Dresden, Germany 2003-2009: Biology studies at the University, Germany email:
	Tobias Jachowski Student, who studies DNA proteins. 2011-: PhD, BIOTEC, Dresden, Germany email:
	Steve Simmert Student, who studies the molecular motors using optical tweezers and TIRF 2011-: PhD, BIOTEC, Dresden, Germany 2003-2009: Biology studies at the University, Germany email:
	Elisa Böhl Scientific employee which supports the Tweezer-programs and webservices 2011-2012: BIOTEC, Dresden, Germany 2009-2011: Scientific Assistant, Faunhofer EAS, Germany 2004-2011: Student of Computer Science, TU Dresden, Germany email:
	Mohammad Kazem Abdosamadi student who works on anti-reflected beads 2010-2012: MSc., BIOTEC, Dresden, Germany 2004-2009: BSc., Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic), Iran email:
Alumni
	Henning Urban Technician, who worked on gating mechano-sensory receptors. 2006-2007: MPI-CBG, Dresden, Germany 2005-2006: Diploma work, MPI-CBG, Dresden, Germany 2001-2006: Physics studies at the TU Dresden, Germany email:
	Magdalena Preciado López PhD student who studied axonemal dynein. 2008- BIOTEC, TU Dresden, Germany 2006-2008: MSc Molecular Bioengineering at TU Dresden, Germany 2006-2008: MSc Nanoscience at TU Delft and Leiden University, The Netherlands 2001-2005 BSc Applied and Engineering Physics at Cornell University, USA email:
	Volker Bormuth PhD student, who studied kinesin related motor proteins. Volker is receiving a scholarship from Boehringer Ingelheim Funds. 2005-: MPI-CBG, Dresden, Germany 2004: Diploma work, Paris, France 2001-2004: Physics studies at the LMU Munich, Germany 1999-2001: Physics studies at the TU Darmstadt, Germany email:
	Adrian Wichmann Physicist who studies the mechanical properties of axonemal dynein motorproteins purified from chlamydomonas reinhardtii. 2010-2011: Research Assistant, BIOTEC, Dresden, Germany 2009-2010: Diploma thesis, BIOTEC, TU Dresden, Germany 2003-2009: Physics studies at the TU Dresden, Germany email:
	Frederic Schiemann Student, who studies the protein friction of molecular motors 2010-2012: Diploma work, BIOTEC, Dresden, Germany 2003-2009: Physics studies at the TU Dresden, Germany email:
	Deepikaa Menon Student, who studies the protein friction of molecular motors 2008-2010: MSC, BIOTEC, TU Dresden, Germany email:
	Sourav Dutta Student, who studies the membrane-cytoskeleton mechanics probed by optical tweezers. 2008-2010: MSc Molecular Bioengineering, BIOTEC, TUD, Germany 2004-2008: BTech Genetic Engineering, SRM University, Chennai, India email: