Julie Suzanne Biteen
Alma materCalifornia Institute of Technology
Princeton University
Scientific career
InstitutionsStanford University
ThesisPlasmon-Enhanced Silicon Nanocrystal Luminescence for Optoelectronic Applications (2006)

Julie Biteen is a Canadian-born American chemist who is professor of chemistry and biophysics at the University of Michigan. Her research considers the development of imaging systems for biological systems. She was named the Stanford University Sessler Distinguished Alumni Lecturer in 2021.

Early life and education

Biteen was born in Montreal.[1] Her father worked in Human Resources and her mother was a librarian.[1] As a child she enjoyed mathematics and thought that she might become a civil engineer.[1] During her undergraduate studies she became fascinated by fundamental scientific research.[1] Biteen majored in chemistry at Princeton University and worked under the supervision of Hershel Rabitz, where she studied maps for quantum control. After completing her bachelor's degree she moved to the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), where she worked toward a master's in applied physics.[2] She stayed at Caltech for her doctoral research, working alongside Harry Atwater and Nathan Lewis. Her doctoral research considered nanoparticle plasmonics and quantum dot optoelectronics.[3] She joined Stanford University as a postdoctoral scholar, where she worked on super-resolution imaging with William E. Moerner. As a postdoc she developed photoactivated localization microscopy systems to image Caulobacter crescentus, acquiring the first images of MreB, a protein found in bacteria.[1]

Research and career

Biteen was appointed to the faculty at the University of Michigan in 2010. She investigates microbial cell biology using advanced imaging techniques such as single-molecule and super-resolution imaging.[4] In particular, single-molecule microscopy[5] can provide nanoscale information about biological processes. She has used these techniques to understand how proteins recognise and bind histones during transcriptional silencing and to reveal information about the gut microbiome.[6] At the same time she has studied how plasmonic metal nanoantennas reshape the fluorescence of nearby molecules.[7]

Awards and honors

  • 2009 University of Michigan Biological Sciences Scholar[8]
  • 2009 Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career Award[9]
  • 2013 NSF CAREER Award[10]
  • 2015 Moore Foundation Scialog Fellow[11]
  • 2016 Journal of Physical Chemistry B Lectureship Award[12]
  • 2017 Biophysical Society Margaret Oakley Dayhoff Award[13]
  • 2020 NSF Award for Special Creativity
  • 2021 Sessler Distinguished Alumni Lectureship at Stanford[6]

Selected publications

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Julie Biteen". The Biophysical Society. Retrieved 2022-03-21.
  2. ↑ "Professor Julie Biteen". daedalus.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2022-03-21.
  3. ↑ Biteen, Julie Suzanne (2007). Plasmon-enhanced silicon nanocrystal luminescence for optoelectronic applications (Thesis). Ann Arbor, Mich.: University Microfilms International. OCLC 232711628.
  4. ↑ "Julie Biteen | Princeton University Department of Chemistry". chemistry.princeton.edu. Retrieved 2022-03-21.
  5. ↑ Interview with Julie Biteen on Super-Resolution Symposium at BPS 2015, retrieved 2022-03-21
  6. 1 2 "Sessler Lectureship: Professor Julie Biteen, University of Michigan | Department of Chemistry". chemistry.stanford.edu. Retrieved 2022-03-21.
  7. ↑ "Uncovering motion, mixtures and mislocalization in complex environments with super-resolution microscopy". sites.chem.utoronto.ca. Retrieved 2022-03-21.
  8. ↑ Biteen, Julie Suzanne. "2009 | Biteen Lab". Retrieved 2022-03-21.
  9. ↑ "2009 Burroughs Wellcome Fund Annual Report by Burroughs Wellcome Fund - Issuu". issuu.com. Retrieved 2022-03-21.
  10. ↑ "NSF Award Search: Award # 1252322 - CAREER: Increasing the power of single-molecule bio-imaging with plasmon-enhanced fluorescence". www.nsf.gov. Retrieved 2022-03-21.
  11. ↑ "Julie Suzanne Biteen | Biteen Lab | Page 9". Retrieved 2022-03-21.
  12. ↑ Biteen, Julie Suzanne. "– Julie wins the Journal of Physical Chemistry B Lectureship Award! | Biteen Lab". Retrieved 2022-03-21.
  13. ↑ "Society Awards - The Biophysical Society". www.biophysics.org. Retrieved 2022-03-21.
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