As part of the “Regenerative Sciences” program, Vojtech Hradil (Gruh Lab), Anna Kuleshova (Martin Lab), Aileen Schmidt (Olmer Lab), and Liam Wilson (Zweigerdt Lab) successfully defended their doctoral dissertations on June 12.

They defended their dissertations on the following topics:

Vojtech Hradil: "Investigation of functional coupling and cardiac rhythmicity of human iPSC-derived cardiomyocyte aggregates for regenerative therapy"

Anna Kuleshova: "Transcriptomic-guided analysis of cardiac repair and optimization of human induced pluripotent stem cell respiratory differentiation"

Aileen Schmidt: "Molecular characterization and pharmacological suppression of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension"

Liam Wilson: "3D transcriptomic reconstruction highlights human heart-forming organoids as a model of gastrulation to early organogenesis"

We are very pleased and wish you all the best for the future!