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Johannes Blumberg

Research Interests

• Continuum mechanics
• Cellular forces
• Electrodynamics

Short Vita

since July 2019

PhD student at Heidelberg University, Institute for Theoretical Physics under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Ulrich Schwarz

Mai 2019

Master of Science in Physics, Thesis "Using elasticity theory for novel approaches in traction force microscopy", carried out under the supervison of Prof. Dr. Ulrich Schwarz

October 2017 - February 2018

Research at Tohoku Universiy in Sendai, Japan as part of the Cooperative Laboratory Study Program under the supervision of Prof. Riichiro Saito

October 2016 - Mai 2019

Master Studies in Physics at Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg, Germany

October 2013 - October 2016

Bachelor of Science in Physics at Heidelberg University, Germany

Publications

• Force generation in human blood platelets by filamentous actomyosin structures
  Anna Zelená, Johannes W. Blumberg, Dimitri Probst, Rūta Gerasimaitė, Gračvydas Lukinavičius, Ulrich S. Schwarz, Sarah Köster
  Biophysical Journal, 122(16):3340–3353, (2023).
• Control of Cell Adhesion using Hydrogel Patterning Techniques for Applications in Traction Force Microscopy
  Joel Christian, Johannes W. Blumberg, Dimitri Probst, Cristina Lo Giudice, Sandra Sindt, Christine Selhuber-Unkel, Ulrich S. Schwarz, and Elisabetta Ada Cavalcanti-Adam.
  J. Vis. Exp. 179, e63121, (2022).
• Comparison of direct and inverse methods for 2.5d traction force microscopy.
  Johannes W. Blumberg and Ulrich S. Schwarz
  PLOS ONE, 17(1):1–25, (2022).
• Quantifying force transmission through fibroblasts: changes of traction forces under external shearing
  Steven Huth, Johannes W. Blumberg, Dimitri Probst, Jan Lammerding, Ulrich S. Schwarz, and Christine Selhuber-Unkel.
  Eur Biophys J 51, 157–169 (2022).
• Enhancement of the Electric Field and Diminishment of the Group Velocity of Light in Dielectric Multilayer Systems: A General Description.
  Johannes Blumberg, M. Shoufie Ukhtary, and Riichiro Saito
  Phys. Rev. Applied 10, 064015 (2018).

Talks & Posters

• Talk: "New applications for the direct method in 3D traction force microscopy" - DPG Meeting of the Condensed Matter Section (SKM) 8th of March 2023, Dresden, Germany
• Poster: "New directions in traction force microscopy" - DPG Meeting of the Condensed Matter Section (SKM) - 6th of September 2022, Regensburg, Germany
• Talk: "Traction force microscopy - how to choose the right method for your experiment" - Successes and Challanges Discussion Hub - 15th of February 2022, Heidelberg, Germany
• Talk: "Traction force microscopy with invertible neural networks" - DPG Meeting of the Condensed Matter Section (SKM) - 30th of September 2021, virtual, Germany
• Poster: "3D direct and inverse traction force microscopy" - DPG Meeting BP-CPP-DY-SOE 2021 , 23th of March 2021, virtual, Germany

Conferences

• 26.04. - 32.04. 2023, DPG Meeting of the Condensed Matter Section (SKM) 2023, Dresden, Germany
• 04.09. - 09.09. 2022, DPG Meeting of the Condensed Matter Section (SKM) 2022, Regensburg, Germany
• 27.09. - 01.10. 2021, DPG Meeting of the Condensed Matter Section (SKM) 2021, virtual, Germany
• 22.03. - 24.03. 2021, DPG Meeting BP-CPP-DY-SOE 2021, virtual, Germany
• 01.03. - 04.03. 2021, Future 3D Additive Manufacturing – The 3DMM2O Conference 2021: 3D Hybrid Organotypic Systems, virtual, Germany
• 24.09. - 28.09. 2019, CISM-AIMETA Advanced School on "Cell Mechanobiology: Theory and Experiments on the Mechanics of Life", Udine, Italy
• 31.03. - 05.04. 2019, DPG Spring Meeting of the Condensed Matter Section (SKM), Regensburg, Germany

Teaching activities

• Winter term 2022/2023, Tutor for Theoretical Statistical Physics, Heidelberg University
• Summer term 2021, Tutor for Theoretical Biophysics, Heidelberg University
• Winter term 2020/2021, Tutor for Theoretical Statistical Physics, Heidelberg University
• Winter term 2019/2020, Tutor for Theoretical Physics III (Classical Electrodynamics), Heidelberg University
• Summer term 2018, Tutor for the physics prepatory course for medical students, Heidelberg University
• Summer term 2018, Supervisor for the physics lab course for medical students, Heidelberg University
• Winter term 2017/2018, Tutor for Theoretical Physics III (Classical Electrodynamics), Heidelberg University
• Winter term 2015/2016, Tutor for Theoretical Physics I (Classical Mechanics), Heidelberg University

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