Marco Fritzsche

Prof Fritzsche is the Scientific Director of the Oxford-ZEISS Centre of Excellence and leads the Biophysical Immunology Laboratory (www.bpi-oxford.com) between the Rosalind Franklin Institute and the Kennedy Institute for Rheumatology at the University of Oxford, UK.

The BPI Laboratory aims to unravel the impact of biophysics and mechanobiology on the human immune response in health and disease. For this mission, the BPI lab develop custom-built microscopy technology at the interface of biophysics and immunology. Dr. Fritzsche holds a MSc in theoretical physics and conducted his PhD in experimental biophysics and cell-biology at the London Centre for Nanotechnology at the University College London, UK. He performed his Postdoctoral work at the University of Oxford in close collaboration with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute Janelia Farm, USA.

BSc (2003-2006) in Mathematics, Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Saarbrücken, Germany.
BSc (2003-2006) in Physics, Department of Theoretical Physics, University of Saarbrücken, Germany.
MSc (2006-2008), Karsten Kruse, Theoretical Physics, University of Saarbrücken, Germany.
PhD (2008-2012), Guillaume Charras, Experimental Physics and Biology, University College London, UK.
Postdoc (2013-present), Christian Eggeling, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford, UK.
Visiting Researcher (2015-2016), Eric Betzig, Janelia Farm, Howard Hugh Medical Institute, USA.
Principal Investigator (2016-2020), Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine and Kennedy Institute for Rheumatology, University of Oxford, UK.

Principal Investigator (2020-Present), Associate Professor (Innovation Investigator Track), Rosalind Franklin Kennedy Trust Research Fellow,  Rosalind Franklin Institute and Kennedy Institute for Rheumatology, University of Oxford, UK.

Scientific Director (2021-Present), Oxford-ZEISS Centre of Excellence between Institute of Developmental and Regenerative Medicine, Kennedy Institute for Rheumatology, University of Oxford, UK.

Full Professor (2023-Present), Kennedy Institute for Rheumatology, University of Oxford, UK.