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Research Interests
Professor Joester’s research group is driven by the desire to understand not only the design, i.e. the structure and functional organization of biominerals, but also their integrated synthesis. On a cellular level, these two, design and its execution, are inextricably linked. Their highly interdisciplinary approach reflects this complexity and rests on both the engineering of biomaterials synthesis in cell culture and the biologically inspired synthetic (re)construction of artificial mineralizing systems. In this way, they hope to find ways to create new materials of functional and architectural sophistication that rival that of biominerals.
Following their recent discovery of a highly soluble Mg-rich intergranular film in vertebrate tooth enamel, they embarked on an investigation into its role in tooth decay and bioinspired approaches to prevent caries. Research in the Joester group therefore includes (bio)synthesis, functional properties, and degradation of biominerals.
Education/Academic qualification
Chemistry, PhD, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich
Chemistry, MSc, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich
Chemistry and Pharmacy, BA, University of Tübingen
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Grants
Acquisition of a K2 Camera for Soft Matter Transmission Electron Microscopy
Dichtel, W., Dravid, V. P., Farha, O. K., Gianneschi, N., Joester, D., Meade, T. J., Mirkin, C. A., Mrksich, M., Scott, E. A., Stupp, S., Weiss, E. A. & Wu, J.
Office of the Director, National Institutes of Health
8/12/19 → 8/11/24
Project: Research project
Enamel atlas: systems-level amelogenesis tools at multiple scales
Alvares, K., Joester, D. & Stock, S. R.
University of California, San Francisco, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research
8/1/19 → 7/31/24
Project: Research project
Sea Urchin Spicules: Assembly of a Fracture-Toughened Material at the Nano- and Mesoscales
New York University, Army Research Office
5/1/16 → 7/31/20
Project: Research project
Research Output
A method for mapping submicron-scale crystallographic order/disorder applied to human tooth enamel
Free, R., Derocher, K., Xu, R., Joester, D. & Stock, S. R., Jan 1 2020, (Accepted/In press) In : Powder Diffraction.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Atomic-Scale Characterization Reveals Core-Shell Structure of Enamel Crystallites
Smeets, P. J. M., DeRocher, K., Zachman, M. J., Goodge, B. H., Kourkoutis, L. F. & Joester, D., 2019, Proceedings of Microscopy and Microanalysis 2019. Vol. 25 (S2). p. 1722-1723 2 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
Crystallization kinetics of amorphous calcium carbonate in confinement
Cavanaugh, J., Whittaker, M. L. & Joester, D., Jan 1 2019, In : Chemical Science. 10, 19, p. 5039-5043 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
4
Scopus
citations
Culture of and experiments with sea urchin embryo primary mesenchyme cells
Moreno, B., DiCorato, A., Park, A., Mobilia, K., Knapp, R., Bleher, R., Wilke, C., Alvares, K. & Joester, D., Jan 1 2019, Methods in Cell Biology. Academic Press Inc, p. 293-330 38 p. (Methods in Cell Biology; vol. 150).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Impact of Drying and Effective Stresses on the Pore Space and Microstructure of Mudrocks
Deirieh, A., Chang, I. Y., Casey, B., Joester, D. & Germaine, J. T., May 1 2019, In : Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth. 124, 5, p. 4290-4304 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
1
Scopus
citations