After graduating from the Technical University of Ilmenau with a degree of Dipl.-Ing. (eq. MSc) in 2007, I completed my PhD studies at the University of Liverpool in BioNanoEngineering in 2011. During my PhD, I investigated the impact of purposefully designed artificial microconfined environments on the growth dynamics of filamentous fungi both on the hyphal and subcellular level combining microfabrication techniques with cell culturing and live cell imaging. From 2011 until 2014, I held a position as post doc at the University of Southampton in the Centre for Hybrid Biodevices. The position involved the fabrication of an integrated microfluidic system for the in situ study of primary and cell line epithelial cells.
In July 2014, I began my current post as Research Associate with the University of Liverpool under the supervision of Dr. Raphaël Lévy using and developing novel microscopy techniques as part of the UKRMP Safety and Efficacy Hub. The specific goal is to explore the most suitable methodologies for the long-term tracking of exogenous, labelled cells within tissues in vitro opening avenues for in vivo cell tracking.
Publications:
Marie Held, Clive Edwards, and Dan V. Nicolau, ‘Probing the Growth Dynamics of Neurospora Crassa with Microfluidic Structures’, Fungal Biology, 115 (2011), 493-505.
Marie Held, Abraham P. Lee, Clive Edwards, and Dan V. Nicolau, ‘Microfluidics Structures for Probing the Dynamic Behaviour of Filamentous Fungi’, Microelectronic Engineering, 87 (2010), 786-89.
Marie Held, Andras Komaromy, Florin Fulga, Clive Edwards, Reinhard I. Boysen, Milton T. W. Hearn, and Dan V. Nicolau, ‘Dynamic Behaviour of Microorganisms on Microstructures’, Microelectronic Engineering, 86 (2009), 1455-58.
J. Michael Koehler, Marie Held, Uwe Huebner, and Joerg Wagner, ‘Formation of Au/Ag Nanoparticles in a Two Step Micro Flow-through Process’, Chemical Engineering & Technology, 30 (2007), 347-54.
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