Vera Graup

Third year student in Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy

My PhD project focuses on the development of a plaster for the human heart. This plaster is made of collagen and provides a three-dimensional, tailor-made living environment for human, stem-cell-derived heart cells.
Once populated with these cells the plaster can be implanted into patients, who suffered a recent heart attack. Subsequently, the plaster will limit scar formation and aid the healing process, thereby improving the clinical outcome of patients.
This project is a collaboration between Materials Science, Regenerative Medicine and Biochemistry. The focus of my part of the project is the three-dimensional design and material modification of the plaster.

Other 2018 award winners

Tiesheng Wang

Luca Peruzzotti-Jametti

Jan Lyczakowski

Craig Pearson

Oliver Taherzadeh

Elizabeth Moore

Alexander Avramenko

Chen Jiang

Joachim Dias

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