Marileen Dogterom#
| Membership Number: | 4135 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | CELL & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY |
| Elected: | 2015 |
| Main Country of Residence: | THE NETHERLANDS |
| Homepage(s): | https://www.dogteromlab.tudelft.nl |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2014 - present Chair Department of Bionanoscience, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Delft University of Technology
- 2014 - present Professor at the Faculty of Applied Sciences, Delft University of Technology
- 2000 - present Professor at the Faculty of Sciences, Leiden University
- 2003 - 2013 Head of Department, FOM Institute AMOLF, Amsterdam
- 2000 - 2013 Group leader, FOM Institute AMOLF, Amsterdam
- 1997 - 2000 Project leader (tenure-track), FOM Institute AMOLF, Amsterdam
- 1994 - 1996 Postdoctoral position at Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill
- 1992 - 1994 Research Associate at Departments of Physics and Molecular Biology, Princeton University
- 1990 - 1992 PhD-student at "Service de Physique Théorique", CEA Saclay, France
Fields of Scholarship
- Biophysics research of the microtubule cytoskeleton
- Complex reconstitution experiments of cytoskeletal systems
- Force generation by dynamic microtubules in-vitro and in-vivo
- Nano-scale measurements of the assembly dynamics of microtubules
- Optical tweezers-based measurements of actin and microtubule forces
- Reconstitution of microtubule end-tracking behavior in-vitro
- Positioning of microtubule asters and spindles due to pushing and pulling forces in "artificial cells"
- Membrane tube formation by molecular motors
Honours and Awards
- 2015 Dutch Physica Prize (Yearly Award from the Dutch Physical Society)
- 2013 ERC Synergy grant (with A. Akhmanova, Utrecht University)
- 2013 Elected member, European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
- 2007 VICI Award, NWO Vernieuwingsimpuls
- 1992 Fulbright Fellowship (NACEE Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
- 1991 EMBO Short Term Fellowship (Heidelberg, Germany)
- 1988 Fellowship from the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Rome, Italy)
