Filip Braet

Professor Filip Braet is an esteemed academic at The University of Sydney, serving as the Director of Sydney Microscopy and Microanalysis, Sydney Node Director of Microscopy Australia, and Professor of Structural Cell Biology within the Molecular Biomedicine Research Theme in the School of Medical Sciences. With over 35 years of experience, he specializes in correlative microscopy and biomolecular labeling to study structure-function relationships in cancer, vascular biology, and liver disease.

• Research Interests: Structural cell biology, cancer biology, vascular biology, chemical biology, nanobiotechnology, correlative imaging, and microscope development.
• Service Expertise: Core facility management, business planning, risk management, health and safety protocols, customer relations, and strategic infrastructure planning.
• Teaching Focus: Life sciences, histology, cellular microscopy, structural cell biology, and advanced imaging techniques.

Current Projects include multimodal imaging in pathology, human liver atlas development, correlative microscopy workflows across X-ray/electron/photon modalities, and data ethics in bio-imaging. His work intersects the Cancer and Obesity/Diabetes/Cardiovascular Disease themes, employing cellular signaling, molecular analysis, and pathology approaches.

Scientific Contributions span 3D ultrastructural mapping, fenestrae dynamics, and nanoparticle applications in cancer therapy. He has supervised numerous PhD projects on correlative microscopy and liver disease mechanisms.