Dr. Vibor Laketa

Position and Status

Head of Infectious Diseases Imaging Platform (IDIP)

Academic Education

2006 PhD (summa cum laude), European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) and Heidelberg University, Germany

2002 Msc. Molecular Biology, University of Zagreb, Croatia and Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Uppsala, Sweden

Professional Career

2018 - present

Head of Infectious Disease Imaging Platform (IDIP), Center for Integrative Infectious Diseases Research (CIID), University Hospital Heidelberg, Germany

2013 - present

Imaging platform coordinator in German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Heidelberg, Germany,  Establishment of the microscopy infrastructure under enhanced biosafety containment for infectious disease research

2008 - 2013

Staff Scientist, EMBL Heidelberg, Germany, Development of microscopy-based assays, cell and chemical biology, microscopy automation and robotics

2006 - 2008

PostDoctoral Fellow, EMBL Heidelberg, Germany, PostDoctoral fellow in the research groups of Dr. Rainer Pepperkok and Dr. Carsten Schultz.