People
Prof. Jakub Sedzinski
Group Leader | Professor of Mechanobiology in Medicine
Understanding how cellular and tissue mechanics regulate epithelial development, regeneration, and disease.
Team
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Raghavan Thiagarajan
Postdoctoral Researcher
My research focuses on understanding the physical principles underlying the organization of cells and tissues.
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Mari Tolonen
Postdoctoral Researcher
My research focuses on understanding how cell shape, movement, division, and spatial positioning contribute to epithelial development.
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Carolin Schneibel
PhD Student
My research focuses on developing and characterizing human respiratory organoids as physiologically relevant models of airway diseases.
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Charlotte Wiemer
PhD Student
My research investigates how distinct cell types emerge, migrate, and organize during mucociliary epithelial development.
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Larissa Thurner
PhD Student
My research investigates how extracellular matrix components regulate tissue mechanics and cell fate acquisition during epithelial development.
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Ziwei Xu
PhD Student
My research focuses on understanding how cell shape and dynamic cellular behavior influence cell fate decisions during embryonic development.
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Athanasios (Thanos) Pasias
PhD Student
My research combines tissue engineering, respiratory biology, and computational omics to develop reproducible and physiologically relevant models of human respiratory diseases.
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Malou Niada
Research Assistant
My research focuses on developing quantitative imaging approaches to characterize human respiratory organoids and assess their physiological relevance.
Alumni
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Guilherme Ventura
PhD Student, 2018–2023
Now at IMP Vienna
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Lieke Stockmann
Postdoctoral Researcher, 2023–2026
Now at NBI/DTU, Copenhagen