Dr. Divyendu Goud Thalla

Scientist & Manager

High Resolution Microscopy - Core Facility
Universität des Saarlandes

Campus D2 2
66123 Saarbrücken

divyendu.thalla(at)uni-saarland.de

09/2025 - PresentScientist & Manager
- High Resolution Microscopy - Core Facility | Universität des Saarlandes , Saarbrücken, Germany
03/2023 - 08/2025 Postdoctoral Researcher & Microscopy Specialist
- AG Lautenschläger | Experimental Biophysics, Universität des Saarlandes , Saarbrücken, Germany
Doctoral Researcher | Supervisor: Prof. Franziska Lautenschläger
- 02/2021 - 02/2023 Experimental Biophysics, Universität des Saarlandes , Saarbrücken, Germany
- 11/2027 - 12/2020 Leibniz Institute for New Materials, Saarbrücken, Germany
09/2015 - 10/2016 Master Thesis
- Laboratory of Biophysics| University of Turku, Finland
06/2016 - 08/2016 Summer Internship
- Prof. John Eriksson´s Lab | Department of Cell Biology , Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland
02/2016 - 05/2016 Teaching Assistant
- University of Turku, Finland
01/2014 - 07/2014 Administator (Research)
- Srujana Innovation Center | L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India & MIT Media Labs, USA

03/2023 Doctorate | Natural Sciences & Technology | Universität des Saarlandes, Saarbrücken, Germany
06/2021 Master of Science |Biomedical Imaging | Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland
08/2014 Bachelor of Technology |Biomedical Engineering| JNTU Hyderabad, India

Flormann, D. A. D., L. Kainka, G. Montalvo, C. Anton, J. Rheinlaender, D. Thalla, D. Vesperini, M. O. Pohland, K. H. Kaub, M. Schu, F. Pezzano, V. Ruprecht, E. Terriac, R. J. Hawkins, and F. Lautenschläger. (2024)
The structure and mechanics of the cell cortex depend on the location and adhesion state.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 121 (31): e2320372121. doi.org/doi:10.1073/pnas.2320372121.

Thalla DG, Lautenschläger F (2023) -Invited
Extracellular Vimentin: The Battle Between the Devil and the Angel.
Current Opinion in Cell Biology 85: 102265. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceb.2023.102265
Becher JE , Lautenschläger F and Thalla DG (2023)
A Low-Cost Alternative Method of Generating Fibronectin Micropatterned Lines for Cellular Applications.
MethodsX, 2023, 102240, ISSN 2215-0161, doi.org/10.1016/j.mex.2023.102240.

Thalla DG, Rajwar AC, Laurent AM, Becher JE, Kainka L and Lautenschläger F (2022)
Extracellular vimentin is expressed at the rear of activated macrophage-like cells: Potential role in enhancement of migration and phagocytosis
Front. Cell Dev. Biol. 10:891281. doi: 10.3389/fcell.2022.891281

Baltes C, Thalla DG, Kazmaier U and Lautenschläger F (2022)
Actin stabilization in cell migration.
Front. Cell Dev. Biol. 10:931880. doi: 10.3389/fcell.2022.931880

Thalla DG, Jung P, Bischoff M, Lautenschläger F (2021)
Role of Extracellular Vimentin in Cancer-Cell Functionality and Its Influence on Cell Monolayer Permeability Changes Induced by SARS-CoV-2 Receptor Binding Domain.
International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2021; 22(14):7469. doi.org/10.3390/ijms22147469

Flormann DAD, Schu M, Terriac E, Thalla DG, Kainka L, Koch M, Gad AKB, Lautenschläger F (2021)
A novel universal algorithm for filament network tracing and cytoskeleton analysis.
The FASEB Journal. 2021; 35:e21582. doi.org/10.1096/fj.202100048R