Dr. rer. nat. Elke Kunisch
Schwerpunkt
Biomaterialien, Knochenregeneration, Tissue Engineering, Zellbiologie, mesenchymale Stromazellen, Biokompatibilität, Zellbiologie
Wissenschaftlicher Werdegang
- seit 2017
Postdoc in Prof. Dr. W. Richter’s group at the Research Centre for Experimental Orthopedics at Heidelberg University Hospital
- 2012 – 2017
Postdoc at the Experimental Rheumatology Unit, University Hospital Jena. Working on the development of biotechnologically modified calcium phosphate cements for the stabilization of osteoporotic vertebral fractures (>German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, 0316205B).
- 2011 – 2012
Postdoc at the Center Sepsis Control and Care, University Hospital Jena. Characterization of a murine model for long-term sequelae of sepsis.
- 2002 – 2011
Postdoc at the Experimental Rheumatology Unit, University Hospital Jena. Analyzing the role of TNF-a and its receptors for the activated phenotype of synovial fibroblasts from rheumatoid arthritis patients.
- 1998 – 2002
PhD at the Experimental Rheumatology Unit, University Hospital Jena:
„Expression of tissue-degrading matrix metalloproteinases and their inhibitors in short-term cultivated synovial fibroblasts from rheumatoid arthritis patients.”
Scientific focus
- Tissue engineering and mesenchymal stem cell differentiation, mechanisms of mesenchymal stem cell hypertrophy and mineralization, characterization of zonal constructs for cartilage tissue regeneration.