Klaus Hahn
Department of Pharmacology, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
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Biography
Dr. Hahn obtained his B.S in biochemistry from the University of Pennsylvania, a doctorate in Chemistry from the University of Virginia, and was a postdoctoral fellow at the Center for Fluorescence Research at Carnegie Mellon University. In his lab at Scripps Research Institute, and now at UNC-Chapel Hill Medical School, he develops molecular approaches to visualize and control signaling in living cells. Using these tools, he and his colleagues ask how rapid spatio-temporal dynamics of signaling control immune cell interactions, platelet production, and adhesion dynamics/structure. They strive to produce broadly applicable new approaches, including biosensors based on minimally perturbing designs, engineered allosteric networks, and single molecule imaging of conformational changes in living cells. Dr. Hahn is the Thurman Distinguished Professor of Pharmacology at UNC and a fellow of the AAAS. He serves on NIH advisory committees and is developing a workshop to teach advanced imaging in Africa. He is a recipient of the NIH’s James Shannon Director’s Award, the Pearse Prize of the Royal Microscopy Society, and an NIH Transformative Grant. His lab’s work on biosensors was named one of the “10 Breakthroughs of the Decade” by Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology.
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Dr. Hahn obtained his B.S in biochemistry from the University of Pennsylvania, a doctorate in Chemistry from the University of Virginia, and was a postdoctoral fellow at the Center for Fluorescence Research at Carnegie Mellon University. In his lab at Scripps Research Institute, and now at UNC-Chapel Hill Medical School, he develops molecular approaches to visualize and control signaling in living cells. Using these tools, he and his colleagues ask how rapid spatio-temporal dynamics of signaling control immune cell interactions, platelet production, and adhesion dynamics/structure. They strive to produce broadly applicable new approaches, including biosensors based on minimally perturbing designs, engineered allosteric networks, and single molecule imaging of conformational changes in living cells. Dr. Hahn is the Thurman Distinguished Professor of Pharmacology at UNC and a fellow of the AAAS. He serves on NIH advisory committees and is developing a workshop to teach advanced imaging in Africa. He is a recipient of the NIH’s James Shannon Director’s Award, the Pearse Prize of the Royal Microscopy Society, and an NIH Transformative Grant. His lab’s work on biosensors was named one of the “10 Breakthroughs of the Decade” by Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology.
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