Köster, Sarah, Prof. Dr.

1998 – 2003 Studies of Physics, University of Ulm
2003 Diploma in Physics, University of Ulm
2003 – 2006 Doctoral thesis, University of Ulm, Boston University, University of Göttingen, supervision Dr. Thomas Pfohl and Prof. Dr. Stephan Herminghaus
2006 Dr. rer. nat. (Physics) University of Göttingen
2006 – 2008 Postdoc at Harvard University with Prof. Dr. David Weitz
2008 – 2011 Juniorprofessor, University of Göttingen
since 2011 Professor, University of Göttingen
2011 – 2017 Associate Professor, University of Göttingen
2016 ERC Consolidator Grant
Since 2017 Full Professor, University of Göttingen

Major Research Interests

Homepage Department/Research Group

http://www.uni-goettingen.de/crc-physik/cellulardynamics

Selected Recent Publications

Block J, Witt H, Candelli A, Cabanas Danes J, Peterman EJG, Wuite GJL, Janshoff A, Köster S (2018) Viscoelastic properties of vimentin originate from non-equilibrium conformational changes. Science Advances, 4, eaat1161

Block J, Witt H, Candelli A, Peterman EJG, Wuite GJL, Janshoff A, Köster S (2017) Nonlinear Loading-Rate-Dependent Force Response of Individual Vimentin Intermediate Filaments to Applied Strain. Phys. Rev. Lett., 118, 048101

Hemonnot CYJ, Ranke C, Saldanha O, Graceffa R, Hagemann J, Köster S (2016) Following DNA Compaction During the Cell Cycle by X-Ray Nano-Diffraction. ACS Nano, 10, 10661-10670

Lopez CG, Saldanha O, Huber K, Köster S (2016) Lateral association and elongation of vimentin intermediate filament proteins: a time resolved light scattering study Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 113, 11152-11157

Hémonnot CYJ, Reinhardt J, Saldanha O, Patommel J, Graceffa R, Weinhausen B, Burghammer M, Schroer CG, Köster S (2016) X-Rays Reveal the Internal Structure of Keratin Bundles in Whole Cells ACS Nano 10, 3553-3561