Catalina has a degree in Physics from the Faculty of Exact and Natural and Sciences at the University of Buenos Aires, where she worked in Optics and Photophysics at the Quantum Electronics Lab (Physics Department, FCEyN, UBA). During her PhD at the Center for Advanced Microscopies (CMA, FCEyN, UBA, 2008-2013), she worked on the study of cell responses at the molecular level combining different Fluorescence Microscopy (FRET, FRAP, N&B) and Atomic Force Microscopy (MRAFM, CFM) techniques. She carried out postdoctoral studies in biophysics at the Pysics Institute from Buenos Aires (IFIBA, CONICET-UBA, 2013-2015). During 2016 she worked at the Center for Bionanoscience Research (CIBION-CONICET) in Buenos Aires on fluorescence nanoscopies (STED, STORM) and optical manipulation of nanoparticles.

Her current studies combine microscopies and biophysical techniques with surface chemistry. Particularly, the construction of surfaces and interfaces with tunable nanomechanical and molecular-recognition properties and their correlation with cellular responses.

Research interest

  • Cellular mechanotransduction

  • Nanomechanical properties

  • Molecular recognition

  • Atomic Force Microscopy

  • Fluorescence Microscopy

Selected publications

  1. Thermally-Induced Softening of PNIPAm-Based Nanopillar Arrays. Belén Sanz, Catalina von Bilderling, Jimena S. Tuninetti, Lía Pietrasanta, Carmen Mijangos, Gabriel S. Longo, Omar Azzaroni and Juan M. Giussi. Soft Matter 2017, 13, 2453-2464.
  2. Monitoring in real-time focal adhesion protein dynamics in response to a discrete mechanical stimulus. von Bilderling C, Caldarola M., Masip M.E., Bragas A.V., Pietrasanta L.I. Review of Scientific Instruments 2017, 88(1), 13703-13703.
  3. Light-Induced Polarization-Directed Growth of Optically Printed Gold Nanoparticles. Ianina L. Violi, Julián Gargiulo, Catalina von Bilderling, Emiliano Cortés, and Fernando D. Stefani. Nano Letters 2016, 16 (10), 6529–6533.
  4. Alternative Splicing of G9a Regulates Neuronal Differentiation. Ana Fiszbein, Luciana E. Giono, Ana Quaglino, Bruno G. Berardino, Lorena Sigaut, Catalina von Bilderling, Ignacio E. Schor, Juliana H. Enriqué Steinberg, Mario Rossi, Lía I. Pietrasanta, Julio J. Caramelo, Anabella Srebrow, Alberto R. Kornblihtt. Cell Reports 2016, 14(12), 2797-2808.
  5. A Nonlinear Switching Mechanism in Quantum Dot and Metallic Nanoparticle Hybrid Systems. Joel D. Cox, Mahi R. Singh, Catalina von Bilderling, Andrea V. Bragas. Advanced Optical Materials 2013, 1(6), 460–467.
  6. Molecular orientation in self-assembled multilayers measured by Second Harmonic generation using femtosecond pulses. Catalina von Bilderling, Mario Tagliazucchi, Ernesto J. Calvo and Andrea V. Bragas. Optics Express 2009, 17, 10642 – 10647.