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Ali Ertürk

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CIFAR MacMillan Multiscale Human

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• Core interest: Developing unbiased & scalable technologies around tissue clearing

• Current focus: Applications to aging-related diseases including neurodegeneration, cancer & metabolic disorders

Awards

  • Human Heart Atlas Award, Nomis Foundation, 2021
  • Rolf Becker-Preis 2020
  • ERC Consolidator Grant, 2020
  • NIH R01 grant award, 2017
  • Fritz Thyssen Stiftung Investigator Awardm 2017

Relevant Publications

  • Bhatia...Ertürk A. (2022) Spatial proteomics in optically cleared pre-clinical & clinical specimens, Cell, 85(26):5040-5058.e19. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2022.11.021
  • Zhao S…Ertürk A. (2020) Cellular and Molecular Probing of Intact Human Organs. Cell, 180(4):796-812.e19. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2020.01.030
  • Pan C…Ertürk A. (2019)Deep learning reveals cancer metastasis & therapeutic antibody… Cell, 179(7):1661-1676.e19. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2019.11.013

Institution

Helmholtz Munich / LMU Munich

Department

Institute for Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine

Education

  • W3 Professorship, Department of Medicine, Ludwigs-Maximiliams-Universität, Munich (2022)
  • Doctoral Thesis, Max-Planck-Institute of Neurobiology, Munich (2003-2009)
  • Bachelor of Science, Molecular Biology and Genetics, Bilkent University, Ankara (1998-2003)

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Germany

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