Dr. Cristina Afonso
Physical sciences
Biological and related sciences , Physical sciences, Engineering and engineering trades
(Bio)analytical Chemistry, Microsystems engineering
Microfluidics, Lab-on-Chip Technology
Development of bioanalytical plaftorms for cell analysis and medical diagnostic
Self-assembly, Nanotechnology
Analytica Forschungspreis (GMB, Roche), 2010
ERC Starting Independent Researcher Grant, 2008
Fellowship of the Christiane Nüsslein-Vollhard foundation, 2007-2008
Award of the "Westfälisch-Lippische Universitätsgesellschaft" for PhD thesis, 2004
English, German
K. Eyer, P. Kuhn, C. Hanke, P. S. Dittrich: A microchamber array for single cell isolation and analysis of intracellular biomolecules, Lab Chip 12 (2012), 765-772
P. Kuhn, K. Eyer, S. Allner, D. Lombardi, P. S. Dittrich: A microfluidic vesicle screening platform: Monitoring the lipid membrane permeability of tetracyclines, Anal. Chem. 83 (2011), 8877-8885.
J. Puigmarti-Luis, M. Rubio-Martinez, U. Hartfelder, I. Imaz, D. Maspoch, P. S. Dittrich: Coordination Polymer Nanofibers Generated by Microfluidic Synthesis, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 133 (2011), 4216-4219.
P. S. Dittrich, A. Manz: Lab on a chip: Microfluidics in drug discovery. Nature Rev. Drug Disc. 5 (2006), 210-218.
Single cell analysis in microchamber arrays
Investigation of lipid membranes: Shape, composition, permeability
Formation of anisotropic nanosized structures
Peer-review activities for DFG, ERC, and others
Peer-review activities for journals (Lab Chip and other RSC journals, Anal. Chem. and other ACS journals, Angewandte Chemie), and others
Research highlights writer for the journal "Lab-on-a-Chip" (Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry), 2006 – 2010
Advanced training: Teaching on bachelor and master levels, 2008, 2010
Advanced training: Management/Guidance of small groups, 2011
Family: Two children (born 2006 and 2011)
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Physical sciences
Biological and related sciences , Physical sciences, Environmental virology, Molecular and structural biology, biochemistry
Biological and related sciences , cell biology, molecular biology, biomedicine
Physical sciences, Preparative and physical chemistry of polymersNanotechnology