Pia Pritzke

I joined the Eggeling Lab during my Master’s studies in Medical Photonics to focus on advanced microscopy techniques. During this time, I worked on my thesis project, which aimed on benchmarking the single-particle tracking (SPT) performance of MINFLUX microscopy, using a standardized calibration sample. The study also involved a comparative measurements and analysis with interferometric scattering (iSCAT) microscopy and confocal fluorescence correlation spectroscopy (FCS).
Following the completion of my Master's degree, I continue to use these techniques and expand my expertise to include advanced imaging approaches as part of my PhD. I am currently a member of the RTG M-M-M 2723 research training group, where our focus is on designing novel antimicrobial surfaces for biomaterials. The goal of our work is to combat biomaterial-associated infections (BAIs), particularly those linked to implanted medical devices.
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​Publication list

• Szántó, G., Pritzke, P., Kluitmann, J. J., Köhler, J. M., Csáki, A., Fritzsche, W., Csarnovics I. & Bonyár, A. (2024). Optimization of the Bulk Refractive Index Sensitivity of Silver NanoPrisms. Advanced Optical Materials, 12(15), 2302967.
  
  
• Kastner, S., Pritzke, P., Csáki, A., & Fritzsche, W. (2022). The effect of layer thickness and immobilization chemistry on the detection of CRP in LSPR assays. Scientific Reports, 12(1), 836.

CV 

• Since 2025: PhD student at the Eggeling group, Institute of Applied Optics and Biophysics, Friedrich-Schiller University, Jena, Germany 
• 2023-2025: Master thesis, Department of Biophysical Imaging, Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology (IPHT), Jena, Germany
• 2021-2025: Master’s in Medical Photonics at Friedrich-Schiller University, Jena, Germany 
• 2020-2021: Bachelor thesis, Department of Nanobiophotonics, Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology (IPHT), Jena, Germany
• 2017-2021: Bachelor’s in Biomedical Engineering at Ernst-Abbe University of Applied Science, Jena, Germany