Prof. Dr. Katrin Willig

Professorin für Zelluläre und Molekulare Bildgebung in der Anatomie
Anatomie und Zellbiologie
Telefon: +49 (0) 821 598-71241
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Raum: 316 (Sigma-Technopark Gebäude 10)
Adresse: Werner-von-Siemens-Straße 6 (Sigma Technopark), 86159 Augsburg

Lebenslauf

2024

W2-Professur für Zelluläre und molekulare Bildgebung in der Anatomie

Universität Augsburg

 

2015 - 2018

Projektleiterin, SFB889, Zelluläre Mechanismen sensorischer Verarbeitung

Universität Göttingen

 

2014 - 2023

Unabhängige Nachwuchsgruppe am Zentrum für Mikroskopie im Nanometerbereich und Molekularphysiologie des Gehirns (CNMPB, Exzellenzcluster, Universitätsmedizin Göttingen) und Gast am MPI für Experimentelle Medizin (2022 nach Fusion umbenannt in MPI für Multidisziplinäre Naturwissenschaften)

 

2014

Fakultätsmitglied Göttinger Graduiertenzentrum für Neurowissenschaften, Biophysik und Molekulare Biowissenschaften

Universität Göttingen

 

2013 - 2006

Postdoc, wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin am Max Planck Institut für Biophysikalische Chemie

Göttingen

 

2006  -2002

Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin, Gruppe von Prof. Dr. Stefan W. Hell, am Max Planck Institut für Biophysikalische Chemie, Göttingen

Promotion (Dr. rer. nat.), Universität Heidelberg

 

1992 - 1998

Studium der Physik (Master of Science)

University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, U.S.A

 

2001 - 1995

Studium der Physik (Diplom)

Universität Würzburg

 

 

Mitgliedschaften

- Mitglied der Neurowissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft e. V. (NWG)

- Mitglied der Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft e. V.

 

 

 

Kollaborationspartner

Prof. Dr. Fred Wolf

Georg-August-Universität Göttingen

Göttingen Campus Institut für Dynamik biologischer Netzwerke

 

 

 

Publikationen Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Katrin Willig

2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2002

2023

Clavet-Fournier Valérie, Lee ChungKu, Wegner Waja, Brose Nils, Rhee JeongSeop, Willig Katrin. Pre- and postsynaptic nanostructures increase in size and complexity after LTP induction. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2023.108679
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Ray Ajit, Christian Joseph A., Mosso Matthew B., Park Eunsol, Wegner Waja, Willig Katrin, Barth Alison L.. Quantitative fluorescence analysis reveals dendrite-specific thalamocortical plasticity in L5 pyramidal neurons during learning. https://doi.org/10.1523/jneurosci.1372-22.2022
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Dzyubenko Egor, Willig Katrin, Yin Dongpei, Sardari Maryam, Tokmak Erdin, Labus Patrick, Schmermund Ben, Hermann Dirk M.. Structural changes in perineuronal nets and their perforating GABAergic synapses precede motor coordination recovery post stroke. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12929-023-00971-x
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2022

Grimm Elisabeth, van der Hoeven Franciscus, Sardella Donato, Willig Katrin, Engel Ulrike, Veits Nisha, Engel Robert, Cavalcanti-Adam Elisabetta Ada, Bestvater Felix, Bordoni Luca, Jennemann Richard, Schönig Kai, Schiessl Ina Maria, Sandhoff Roger. A clathrin light chain a reporter mouse for in vivo imaging of endocytosis. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0273660
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Wegner Waja, Steffens Heinz, Gregor Carola, Wolf Fred, Willig Katrin. Environmental enrichment enhances patterning and remodeling of synaptic nanoarchitecture as revealed by STED nanoscopy. https://doi.org/10.7554/elife.73603
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2021

Spieth Lena, Berghoff Stefan A., Stumpf Sina K., Winchenbach Jan, Michaelis Thomas, Watanabe Takashi, Gerndt Nina, Düking Tim, Hofer Sabine, Ruhwedel Torben, Shaib Ali H., Willig Katrin, Kronenberg Katharina, Karst Uwe, Frahm Jens, Rhee Jeong Seop, Minguet Susana, Möbius Wiebke, Kruse Niels, von der Brelie Christian, Michels Peter, Stadelmann Christine, Hülper Petra, Saher Gesine. Anesthesia triggers drug delivery to experimental glioma in mice by hijacking caveolar transport. https://doi.org/10.1093/noajnl/vdab140
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Kuljis Dika A., Micheva Kristina D., Ray Ajit, Wegner Waja, Bowman Ryan, Madison Daniel V., Willig Katrin, Barth Alison L.. Gephyrin-lacking PV synapses on neocortical pyramidal neurons. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms221810032
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Götze Tilmann, Soto-Bernardini Maria Clara, Zhang Mingyue, Mießner Hendrik, Linhoff Lisa, Brzózka Magdalena M., Velanac Viktorija, Dullin Christian, Ramos-Gomes Fernanda, Peng Maja, Husseini Hümeyra, Schifferdecker Eva, Fledrich Robert, Sereda Michael W., Willig Katrin, Alves Frauke, Rossner Moritz J., Nave Klaus-Armin, Zhang Weiqi, Schwab Markus H.. Hyperactivity is a core endophenotype of elevated neuregulin-1 signaling in embryonic glutamatergic networks. https://doi.org/10.1093/schbul/sbab027
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Willig Katrin, Wegner Waja, Müller Antonia, Clavet-Fournier Valérie, Steffens Heinz. Multi-label in vivo STED microscopy by parallelized switching of reversibly switchable fluorescent proteins. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2021.109192
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Steffens Heinz, Mott Alexander C., Li Siyuan, Wegner Waja, Švehla Pavel, Kan Vanessa W. Y., Wolf Fred, Liebscher Sabine, Willig Katrin. Stable but not rigid: chronic in vivo STED nanoscopy reveals extensive remodeling of spines, indicating multiple drivers of plasticity. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abf2806
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2020

Steffens Heinz, Wegner Waja, Willig Katrin. In vivo STED microscopy: a roadmap to nanoscale imaging in the living mouse. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ymeth.2019.05.020
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Badowska D. M., Brzózka M. M., Kannaiyan N., Thomas C., Dibaj P., Chowdhury A., Steffens H., Turck C. W., Falkai P., Schmitt A., Papiol S., Scheuss V., Willig Katrin, Martins-de-Souza D., Rhee J. S., Malzahn D., Rossner M. J.. Modulation of cognition and neuronal plasticity in gain- and loss-of-function mouse models of the schizophrenia risk gene Tcf4. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41398-020-01026-7
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2019

Stahlberg Markus A., Ramakrishnan Charu, Willig Katrin I., Boyden Edward S., Deisseroth Karl, Dean Camin. Investigating the feasibility of channelrhodopsin variants for nanoscale optogenetics. https://doi.org/10.1117/1.nph.6.1.015007
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2018

Wegner Waja, Mott Alexander C., Grant Seth G. N., Steffens Heinz, Willig Katrin. In vivo STED microscopy visualizes PSD95 sub-structures and morphological changes over several hours in the mouse visual cortex. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-18640-z
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Neef Jakob, Urban Nicolai T., Ohn Tzu-Lun, Frank Thomas, Jean Philippe, Hell Stefan W., Willig Katrin, Moser Tobias. Quantitative optical nanophysiology of Ca2+ signaling at inner hair cell active zones. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-02612-y
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2017

Wegner Waja, Ilgen Peter, Gregor Carola, van Dort Joris, Mott Alexander C., Steffens Heinz, Willig Katrin. In vivo mouse and live cell STED microscopy of neuronal actin plasticity using far-red emitting fluorescent proteins. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-11827-4
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Richardson Douglas S., Gregor Carola, Winter Franziska R., Urban Nicolai T., Sahl Steffen J., Willig Katrin, Hell Stefan W.. SRpHi ratiometric pH biosensors for super-resolution microscopy. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-00606-4
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2015

Eggeling Christian, Willig Katrin, Sahl Steffen J., Hell Stefan W.. Lens-based fluorescence nanoscopy. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0033583514000146
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Hell Stefan W, Sahl Steffen J, Bates Mark, Zhuang Xiaowei, Heintzmann Rainer, Booth Martin J, Bewersdorf Joerg, Shtengel Gleb, Hess Harald, Tinnefeld Philip, Honigmann Alf, Jakobs Stefan, Testa Ilaria, Cognet Laurent, Lounis Brahim, Ewers Helge, Davis Simon J, Eggeling Christian, Klenerman David, Willig Katrin, Vicidomini Giuseppe, Castello Marco, Diaspro Alberto, Cordes Thorben. The 2015 super-resolution microscopy roadmap. https://doi.org/10.1088/0022-3727/48/44/443001
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2014

Jensen Nickels A., Danzl Johann G., Willig Katrin, Lavoie‐Cardinal Flavie, Brakemann Tanja, Hell Stefan W., Jakobs Stefan. Coordinate‐targeted and coordinate‐stochastic super‐resolution microscopy with the reversibly switchable fluorescent protein dreiklang. https://doi.org/10.1002/cphc.201301034
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Agarwal Amit, Zhang Mingyue, Trembak-Duff Irina, Unterbarnscheidt Tilmann, Radyushkin Konstantin, Dibaj Payam, Martins de Souza Daniel, Boretius Susann, Brzózka Magdalena M., Steffens Heinz, Berning Sebastian, Teng Zenghui, Gummert Maike N., Tantra Martesa, Guest Peter C., Willig Katrin, Frahm Jens, Hell Stefan W., Bahn Sabine, Rossner Moritz J., Nave Klaus-Armin, Ehrenreich Hannelore, Zhang Weiqi, Schwab Markus H.. Dysregulated expression of Neuregulin-1 by cortical pyramidal neurons disrupts synaptic plasticity. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2014.07.026
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Belov Vladimir N., Mitronova Gyuzel Yu, Bossi Mariano L., Boyarskiy Vadim P., Hebisch Elke, Geisler Claudia, Kolmakov Kirill, Wurm Christian A., Willig Katrin, Hell Stefan W.. Masked rhodamine dyes of five principal colors revealed by photolysis of a 2‐diazo‐1‐indanone caging group: synthesis, photophysics, and light microscopy applications. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201403316
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Willig Katrin, Steffens Heinz, Gregor Carola, Herholt Alexander, Rossner Moritz J., Hell Stefan W.. Nanoscopy of filamentous actin in cortical dendrites of a living mouse. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpj.2013.11.1119
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Willig Katrin, Barrantes Francisco J. Recent applications of superresolution microscopy in neurobiology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpa.2014.03.021
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2013

Testa Ilaria, Urban Nicolai, Willig Katrin, Hell Stefan. Resolft nanoscopy in life sciences: unraveling fine details with low light levels [Abstract]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpj.2012.11.2958
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Eggeling Christian, Willig Katrin, Barrantes Francisco J.. STED microscopy of living cells – new frontiers in membrane and neurobiology. https://doi.org/10.1111/jnc.12243
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2012

Lalkens Birka, Testa Ilaria, Willig Katrin, Hell Stefan W.. MRT letter: Nanoscopy of protein colocalization in living cells by STED and GSDIM. https://doi.org/10.1002/jemt.21026
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Berning Sebastian, Willig Katrin, Steffens Heinz, Dibaj Payam, Hell Stefan W.. Nanoscopy in a living mouse brain. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1215369
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Testa Ilaria, Urban Nicolai T., Jakobs Stefan, Eggeling Christian, Willig Katrin, Hell Stefan W.. Nanoscopy of living brain slices with low light levels. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2012.07.028
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Nizamov Shamil, Willig Katrin, Sednev Maksim V., Belov Vladimir N., Hell Stefan W.. Phosphorylated 3‐Heteroarylcoumarins and their use in fluorescence microscopy and nanoscopy. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201202382
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Willig Katrin, Nägerl U. Valentin. Stimulated emission depletion (STED) imaging of dendritic spines in living hippocampal slices. https://doi.org/10.1101/pdb.prot069260
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2011

Grotjohann Tim, Testa Ilaria, Leutenegger Marcel, Bock Hannes, Urban Nicolai T., Lavoie-Cardinal Flavie, Willig Katrin, Eggeling Christian, Jakobs Stefan, Hell Stefan W.. Diffraction-unlimited all-optical imaging and writing with a photochromic GFP. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature10497
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Willig Katrin, Stiel Andre C., Brakemann Tanja, Jakobs Stefan, Hell Stefan W.. Dual-label STED nanoscopy of living cells using photochromism. https://doi.org/10.1021/nl202290w
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van den Bogaart Geert, Meyenberg Karsten, Risselada H. Jelger, Amin Hayder, Willig Katrin, Hubrich Barbara E., Dier Markus, Hell Stefan W., Grubmüller Helmut, Diederichsen Ulf, Jahn Reinhard. Membrane protein sequestering by ionic protein–lipid interactions. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature10545
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Kleine‐Vehn Jürgen, Wabnik Krzysztof, Martinière Alexandre, Łangowski Łukasz, Willig Katrin, Naramoto Satoshi, Leitner Johannes, Tanaka Hirokazu, Jakobs Stefan, Robert Stéphanie, Luschnig Christian, Govaerts Willy, Hell Stefan W., Runions John, Friml Jiří. Recycling, clustering, and endocytosis jointly maintain PIN auxin carrier polarity at the plasma membrane. https://doi.org/10.1038/msb.2011.72
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Urban Nicolai T., Willig Katrin, Hell Stefan W., Nägerl U. Valentin. STED nanoscopy of actin dynamics in synapses deep inside living brain slices. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpj.2011.07.027
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Tønnesen Jan, Nadrigny Fabien, Willig Katrin, Wedlich-Söldner Roland, Nägerl U. Valentin. Two-color STED microscopy of living synapses using a single laser-beam pair. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpj.2011.10.011
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2010

Watanabe Shigeki, Punge Annedore, Hollopeter Gunther, Willig Katrin, Hobson Robert John, Davis M. Wayne, Hell Stefan W., Jorgensen Erik M.. Protein localization in electron micrographs using fluorescence nanoscopy. https://doi.org/10.1038/nmeth.1537
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Hein Birka, Willig Katrin, Wurm Christian A., Westphal Volker, Jakobs Stefan, Hell Stefan W.. Stimulated emission depletion nanoscopy of living cells using SNAP-tag fusion proteins. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpj.2009.09.053
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2009

Willig Katrin, Kastrup Lars, Nägerl U. Valentin, Hell Stefan. STED microscopy: different approaches and applications.
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Willig Katrin, Hein Birka, Nägerl U. Valentin, Hell Stefan W.. STED nanoscopy in living cells using live cell compatible markers [Abstract]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpj.2008.12.988
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Han Kyu Young, Willig Katrin, Rittweger Eva, Jelezko Fedor, Eggeling Christian, Hell Stefan W.. Three-dimensional stimulated emission depletion microscopy of nitrogen-vacancy centers in diamond using continuous-wave light. https://doi.org/10.1021/nl901597v
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2008

Nägerl U. Valentin, Willig Katrin, Hein Birka, Hell Stefan W., Bonhoeffer Tobias. Live-cell imaging of dendritic spines by STED microscopy. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0810028105
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Hein Birka, Willig Katrin, Hell Stefan W.. Stimulated emission depletion (STED) nanoscopy of a fluorescent protein-labeled organelle inside a living cell. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0807705105
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2007

Sieber Jochen J., Willig Katrin, Kutzner Carsten, Gerding-Reimers Claas, Harke Benjamin, Donnert Gerald, Rammner Burkhard, Eggeling Christian, Hell Stefan W., Grubmüller Helmut, Lang Thorsten. Anatomy and dynamics of a supramolecular membrane protein cluster. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1141727
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Kellner Robert, Willig Katrin, Hell Stefan. Biological applications of subdiffraction STED microscopy [Abstract].
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Baier C. J., Kellner R., Borroni V., Willig Katrin, Garbus I., Hell S. W., Barrantes F. J.. Cholesterol modulates acetylcholine receptor organization and stability at the cell membrane [Abstract]. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0022-3042.2007.04726.x
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Willig Katrin, Hell Stefan. Nanoscale STED-microscopy with fluorescent proteins [Abstract].
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Kellner R.R., Baier C.J., Willig Katrin, Hell S.W., Barrantes F.J.. Nanoscale organization of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors revealed by stimulated emission depletion microscopy. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroscience.2006.08.071
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Harke Benjamin, Willig Katrin, Donnert Gerald, Hell Stefan W.. Recent developments in STED-microscopy. https://doi.org/10.1364/fio.2007.fthb4
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Willig Katrin, Harke Benjamin, Medda Rebecca, Hell Stefan W.. STED microscopy with continuous wave beams. https://doi.org/10.1038/nmeth1108
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2006

Kittel Robert J., Wichmann Carolin, Rasse Tobias M., Fouquet Wernher, Schmidt Manuela, Schmid Andreas, Wagh Dhananjay A., Pawlu Christian, Kellner Robert R., Willig Katrin, Hell Stefan W., Buchner Erich, Heckmann Manfred, Sigrist Stephan J.. Bruchpilot promotes active zone assembly, Ca2+ channel clustering, and vesicle release. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1126308
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Hell S. W., Willig Katrin, Hofmann M., Eggeling C., Westphal V.. Far-field fluorescence microscopy at the macromolecular scale. https://doi.org/10.1364/fio.2006.jwf1
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Fitzner Dirk, Schneider Anja, Kippert Angelika, Möbius Wiebke, Willig Katrin, Hell Stefan W., Bunt Gertrude, Gaus Katharina, Simons Mikael. Myelin basic protein-dependent plasma membrane reorganization in the formation of myelin. https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.emboj.7601376
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Willig Katrin, Kellner Robert R., Medda Rebecca, Hein Birka, Jakobs Stefan, Hell Stefan W.. Nanoscale resolution in GFP-based microscopy. https://doi.org/10.1038/nmeth922
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Hell Stefan W., Willig Katrin, Dyba Marcus, Jakobs Stefan, Kastrup Lars, Westphal Volker. Nanoscale resolution with focused light: stimulated emission depletion and other reversible saturable optical fluorescence transitions microscopy concepts. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-45524-2_31
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Willig Katrin, Rizzoli Silvio O., Westphal Volker, Jahn Reinhard, Hell Stefan W.. STED microscopy reveals that synaptotagmin remains clustered after synaptic vesicle exocytosis. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature04592
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Sieber Jochen J., Willig Katrin, Heintzmann Rainer, Hell Stefan W., Lang Thorsten. The SNARE motif is essential for the formation of syntaxin clusters in the plasma membrane. https://doi.org/10.1529/biophysj.105.079574
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2002

Merschdorf M., Kennerknecht C., Willig Katrin, Pfeiffer W.. Transient electron energy distribution in supported Ag nanoparticles. https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/4/1/395
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