Postdoc
Fraunhofer ISC, Germany
Dr. Christina Fey is a postdoctoral researcher and project leader with strong expertise in the field of intestinal stem cell research and intestinal tissue engineering at the Translational Centre Regenerative Therapies of the Fraunhofer ISC in Würzburg, Germany. Her scientific focus is on regenerative strategies providing the missing links in stem cell biology and tissue engineering. Stem cells and their cellular derivativies combined with natural or synthetic extracellular matrices serve as tools for the establishment of three-dimensional (3D) tissue models focusing on the gastro-intestinal tract. Such models hold enormous potential to investigate in an in vivo-like manner transport mechanisms without the use of animals and for the generation of innovative therapeutic strategies.