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Ernst H. K. Stelzer

Ernst H. K. Stelzer

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
81
Citations
33579
World Ranking
3805
National Ranking
284

Research.com Recognitions

  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Overview

Ernst H. K. Stelzer is affiliated with Goethe University Frankfurt in Germany. Their research spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Engineering, with a significant focus on Molecular Biology and Biomedical Engineering. Other subfields of study include Biophysics, Oncology, and Cell Biology.

The main topics addressed in their work encompass:

  • 3D Printing in Biomedical Research
  • Cancer Cells and Metastasis
  • Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques
  • Cell Image Analysis Techniques
  • Insect Resistance and Genetics
  • Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies
  • Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways

Ernst H. K. Stelzer has published in various scientific venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Scientific Reports
  • Advanced Materials
  • PLoS ONE
  • Scientific Data

A selection of recent papers includes:

  • Light sheet fluorescence microscopy, 2021, Nature Reviews Methods Primers
  • Long-term live imaging and multiscale analysis identify heterogeneity and core principles of epithelial organoid morphogenesis, 2021, BMC Biology
  • Better integration of chemical pollution research will further our understanding of biodiversity loss, 2023, Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • p63 uses a switch-like mechanism to set the threshold for induction of apoptosis, 2020, Nature Chemical Biology
  • Early developmental plasticity of lateral roots in response to asymmetric water availability, 2020, Nature Plants

Frequent co-authors of Stelzer include:

  • Frederic Strobl
  • Francesco Pampaloni
  • Louise Breideband
  • Franziska Matthäus
  • Levin Hafa

Ernst H. K. Stelzer is a member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO), an acknowledgment within the scientific community.

Best Publications

  • The third dimension bridges the gap between cell culture and live tissue

    Francesco Pampaloni;Emmanuel G. Reynaud;Ernst H. K. Stelzer

  • Optical sectioning deep inside live embryos by selective plane illumination microscopy

    Jan Huisken;Jim Swoger;Filippo Del Bene;Joachim Wittbrodt

  • Reconstruction of zebrafish early embryonic development by scanned light sheet microscopy.

    Philipp J. Keller;Annette D. Schmidt;Joachim Wittbrodt;Ernst H.K. Stelzer

  • Recent advances in 2D and 3D in vitro systems using primary hepatocytes, alternative hepatocyte sources and non-parenchymal liver cells and their use in investigating mechanisms of hepatotoxicity, cell signaling and ADME.

    Patricio Godoy;Nicola J. Hewitt;Ute Albrecht;Melvin E. Andersen

  • Aberrations in confocal fluorescence microscopy induced by mismatches in refractive index

    S. Hell;G. Reiner;C. Cremer;E. H. K. Stelzer

  • Properties of a 4Pi confocal fluorescence microscope

    Stefan Hell;Ernst H. K. Stelzer

  • Fast, high-contrast imaging of animal development with scanned light sheet-based structured-illumination microscopy

    Philipp J Keller;Annette D Schmidt;Anthony Santella;Khaled Khairy

  • Polarity controls forces governing asymmetric spindle positioning in the Caenorhabditis elegans embryo

    Stephan W. Grill;Pierre Gönczy;Pierre Gönczy;Ernst H. K. Stelzer;Anthony A. Hyman

  • The subcellular organization of Madin-Darby canine kidney cells during the formation of a polarized epithelium.

    Robert Bacallao;C. Antony;C. Dotti;E. Karsenti

  • Fundamental improvement of resolution with a 4Pi-confocal fluorescence microscope using two-photon excitation

    Stefan Hell;Ernst H. K. Stelzer

  • Hypervariable C-terminal domain of rab proteins acts as a targeting signal.

    Philippe Chavrier;Jean-Pierre Gorvel;Ernst Stelzer;Kai Simons

  • Rab6 Coordinates a Novel Golgi to ER Retrograde Transport Pathway in Live Cells

    Jamie White;Ludger Johannes;Frédéric Mallard;Andreas Girod

  • Sorting of sphingolipids in epithelial (Madin-Darby canine kidney) cells.

    G van Meer;E H Stelzer;R W Wijnaendts-van-Resandt;K Simons

  • Control of microtubule dynamics and length by cyclin A- and cyclin B-dependent kinases in Xenopus egg extracts.

    Fulvia Verde;Marileen Dogterom;Ernst Stelzer;Eric Karsenti

  • A macrodomain-containing histone rearranges chromatin upon sensing PARP1 activation.

    Gyula Timinszky;Susanne Till;Paul O Hassa;Michael Hothorn

  • Three-dimensional high-resolution particle tracking for optical tweezers by forward scattered light.

    A. Pralle;M. Prummer;E.‐L. Florin;E.H.K. Stelzer

  • The distribution of active force generators controls mitotic spindle position.

    Stephan W. Grill;Jonathon Howard;Erik Schäffer;Ernst H. K. Stelzer

  • Structure and dynamics of human interphase chromosome territories in vivo.

    Daniele Zink;Thomas Cremer;Rainer Saffrich;Roger Fischer

  • Recycling of Golgi-resident Glycosyltransferases through the ER Reveals a Novel Pathway and Provides an Explanation for Nocodazole-induced Golgi Scattering

    Brian Storrie;Jamie White;Sabine Röttger;Ernst H.K. Stelzer

  • High-resolution three-dimensional imaging of large specimens with light sheet–based microscopy

    Peter J Verveer;Jim Swoger;Francesco Pampaloni;Klaus Greger

Frequent Co-Authors

Christoph Cremer
Christoph Cremer Heidelberg University
Stefan W. Hell
Stefan W. Hell Max Planck Society
Stephan W. Grill
Stephan W. Grill Max Planck Society
Joachim Wittbrodt
Joachim Wittbrodt Heidelberg University
Thomas Cremer
Thomas Cremer Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Rainer Pepperkok
Rainer Pepperkok European Molecular Biology Laboratory
Gerhard Hummer
Gerhard Hummer Max Planck Society
Michael Knop
Michael Knop Heidelberg University
Stefan Knapp
Stefan Knapp Goethe University Frankfurt
Anthony A. Hyman
Anthony A. Hyman Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics

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