Dr Nino Läubli

Nino is a postdoctoral research associate in the Molecular Neuroscience Group of Gabriele Kaminski Schierle, i.e., the partner group of the Laser Analytics Group. He's involved in a variety of projects surrounding different technologies, such as microelectrode arrays, microfluidics, or fluorescence lifetime microscopy, as well as various biological models. However, his primary work currently centres on studying the impact of disease-causing proteins, as present in Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, or ALS, through C. elegans nematodes to enable the development of novel pharmaceutical interventions.

Biography

Nino received a B.Sc. and M.Sc. in mechanical engineering from ETH Zurich, Switzerland, before proceeding with a D.Sc. in acoustofluidics. He moved to Cambridge in 2021 after having been awarded a career fellowship by the Swiss National Science Foundation to study the causes of neurodegenerative diseases through small model organisms. Following his fellowship, he joined the Molecular Neuroscience Group as a postdoctoral research associate.

Publications

Key publications:

N. F. Läubli*, M. S. Gerlt*, A. Wüthrich, R.T.M. Lewis, N. Shamsudhin, U. Kutay, D. Ahmed, J. Dual, B.J. Nelson, Embedded Microbubbles for Acoustic Manipulation of Single Cells and Microfluidic Applications, Analytical Chemistry (2021) 93, 9760–9770.

N. F. Läubli*, J. T. Burri*, J. Marquard, H. Vogler, G. Mosca, N. Vertti-Quintero, N. Shamsudhin, A. de Mello, U. Grossniklaus, D. Ahmed, B. J. Nelson, 3D mechanical characterization of single cells and small organisms using acoustic manipulation and force microscopy, Nature Communications (2021) 12, 2583.

J. T. Burri*, E. Saikia*, N. F. Läubli*, H. Vogler*, F. K. Wittel, M. Rüggeberg, H. J. Herrmann, I. Burgert, B. J. Nelson, U. Grossniklaus, A single touch can provide sufficient mechanical stimulation to trigger Venus flytrap closure, PLOS Biology (2020) 18, e3000740.

N. F. Läubli, N. Shamsudhin, H. Vogler, G. Munglani, U. Grossniklaus, D. Ahmed, B. J. Nelson, 3D Manipulation and Imaging of Plant Cells using Acoustically Activated Microbubbles, Small Methods (2019) 3, 1800527.

D. Ahmed, T. Baasch, N. Blondel, N. Läubli, J. Dual, B. J. Nelson, Neutrophil-inspired propulsion in a combined acoustic and magnetic field, Nature Communications (2017) 8.