Julien Colombelli

M. Optics Engineer, BSc Physics

left EMBL in May 2008



Education and Experience

06/2002 - 05/2008 Research Engineer at EMBL Heidelberg, Germany,
Light Microscopy Group, group leader: Dr. Ernst H. K. Stelzer
04/2001 - 04/2002 Optical engineer at Corecom (Consortium for Researches in Optical Processes and Switches)
Milan, Italy.
1999 - 2001 MSc. Engineering Physics and Optics, EGIM (Ecole Centrale Marseille,
ex-ENSPM, Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Physique de Marseille, France)
and Politecnico di Milano (Italy).
1995 - 1999 BSc Fundamental Physics, University of Orsay (Paris XI, France)
and University of Edinburgh (Scotland).


Publications

Colombelli J, Reynaud EG, Stelzer EHK
Investigating relaxation processes in cells and developing organisms: From cell ablation to cytoskeleton nanosurgery
Methods in Cell Biology, in press (2007)

Fink G, Schuchardt I, Colombelli J, Stelzer EHK, Steinberg G
Dynein-mediated pulling forces drive rapid mitotic spindle elongation in Ustilago maydis
EMBO Journal 25(20),4897-908 (2006)

Colombelli J, Reynaud EG, Pepperkok R, Stelzer EHK
Laser nanosurgery in Cell Biology
M-S Médecine Sciences 22(6-7), 651-658 (2006)

Taxis C, Keller P, Kavagiou Z, Jensen LJ, Colombelli J, Bork P, Stelzer EHK, Knop M
Spore number control and breeding in Saccharomyces cerevisiae: a key role for a self-organizing system
Journal of Cell Biology 171 (4): 627-640 (2005)

Colombelli J, Reynaud EG, Rietdorf J, Pepperkok R, Stelzer EHK
In vivo selective cytoskeleton dynamics quantification induced by pulsed UV laser nanosurgery
Traffic 6(12),1093-102 (2005)

Colombelli J, Reynaud EG, Stelzer EHK
Subcellular nanosurgery with a pulsed subnanosecond UV-A laser
Medical Laser Application 20: 217-222 (2005)

Colombelli J, Grill SW, Stelzer EHK
UV diffraction limited nanosurgery of live biological tissues
Rev. Sci. Instr. 75(2): 472-478 (2004)

Pietralunga SM, Colombelli J, Fellegara A, Martinelli M
Fast Polarization Effects in Optical Aerial Cables Caused by Lightning and Impulse Current
IEEE Photonics Technology Letters 16: 2583-2585 (2004)


Projects

Pulsed UV Nanosurgery