Skill: cell culture
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Mechanisms of renal cyst formation studied with biomimetic kidney-on-chips
Genetic renal kidney diseases lead to the development of numerous cysts in the renal tubules, ultimately leading to kidney failure. Despite extensive work on the genetics and cell biology of these diseases, the precise mechanism of cyst formation, resulting from localized dilatation of the renal tubules, remains imperfectly understood. Renal tubules have an extremely controlled…
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Tracking of cancer cell-matrix interactions in a fully controllable 3D fiber system
The mechanical, geometrical and chemical properties of the 3D fibrous extracellular matrix play a key role in cancer initiation and progression, by controlling the movement and fate of tumor cells as well as surrounding fibroblasts, immune or endothelial cells. A strong emphasis has been put recently on the development of matrices with controllable fiber properties…