Reiner Bleher, PhD
BioCryo Facility Manager, NUANCE Center
Research Associate Professor, Materials Science & Engineering
Northwestern University
Hogan Hall, Rm 5-156
Evanston IL, 60208-3113
Tel: (847) 467-3540
Fax: (847) 467-6573
Email: r-bleher@northwestern.edu
Research Objectives and Approach
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Electron Microscopy and Microanalysis of biological and soft matter samples at cryogenic and ambient temperature. For more details see my CV.
Educational & Research Background
| 2022 - present | Research Associate Professor at NUANCE/EPIC, Northwestern University, USA |
| 2010 - 2022 | Research Assistant Professor at NUANCE/EPIC, Northwestern University, USA |
| 2006 - 2010 | Scientist at the International Center of Biotechnology of Minitube of America, USA. Focusing on the development of a method for identifying and labeling specific DNA sequences in biopsies, in embryos and in sperm cells with PNA-, LNA-, and TFO probe molecules. |
| 2003 - 2006 | Research Associate at UW Madison, USA. Development of a multiple labeling system using metal colloids and EFTEM for immuno-EM and for correlative microscopy. |
| 2000 - 2003 | Postdoc at the Central Facility of Electron Microscopy, Ulm University, Germany and at the University of Porto, Portugal. Research focusing onBiomineralization, and on protein synthesis in squid giant axons with TEM, EFTEM, and HRSEM. |
| 1998 - 2000 | Postdoc at the University of Ulm, Germany.Research on a Ca-channel protein with immuno-EM and immunofluorescence on human skeletal muscle and mouse retina, liver and kidney tissue. |
| 1993 - 1998 | Ph.D. thesis research at the Central Facility of Electron Microscopy, Ulm University, Germany. Title: “Immunocytochemical localization of phosphorylated and unphosphorylated histone-H1 in different cell-cycle phases of HeLa-cells” |