Esther Braselmann earned a Diplom degree in Biochemistry at the University of Bielefeld, Germany, and received her PhD in Biochemistry at the University of Notre Dame, IN. Esther then moved to the University of Colorado Boulder for her postdoctoral work, where she spearheaded the development of a new platform to tag and track RNAs in live cells called Riboglow. To define a model system for fluorescence microscopy, Esther developed tools to visualize aspects of Listeria monocytogenes infections live in collaboration with Dr. Pascale Cossart at the Pasteur Institut in Paris, France.

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Select honors and awards

Cancer Cell Biology (CCB) Program, Full Member, Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center (2022)
Institute for Soft Matter Synthesis and Metrology (ISMSM), Regular Member (2024)
Appointment as Clare Boothe Luce Assistant Professor, Georgetown University (2021)

NIH K99 Pathway to Independence Award (2018-2020)
Future of Biophysics Burroughs Wellcome Fund Symposium, Meeting of the Biophysical Society (2019) 
The Rising Stars Symposium, University of Utah (2019)
Distinguished Chemistry-Biochemistry-Biology Interface Fellow Award, University of Notre Dame (2014)
NIH Chemistry-Biochemistry-Biology Interface Training Program, University of Notre Dame (2010-2013)
DAAD Fellowship (German Academic Exchange Service) (2007)

Education

Diplom (Biochemistry) 2009, University of Bielefeld, Germany
Ph.D. (Biochemistry) 2014, University of Notre Dame, Indiana
Postdoctoral Fellow, 2014-2020, University of Colorado Boulder, Colorado

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