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Freelance medical scientist / Flow cytometry specialist / Passionat writer and communicator

Profile Summary

Freelance medical scientist with 15 years experience in lung regenerative medicine. Initialized and implemented single cell technologies in two Universities. Implemented human lung specific state of the art assays: precision cut lung slices (PCLS), 3D organoids. Proficient in flow cytometry experimental set up, sorting, analysis and data interpretation. Laboratory set-up, trained and led research group, managed scientific projects.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ★ Stem Cell Research
• ☆ Cell Biology
• ☆ Cytochemistry
• ☆ Cell Signaling Pathways
• ☆ Biotechnology & Bioengineering
• ☆ Cell Culture
• ☆ Human Physiology
• ☆ Human Biology
• ☆ Technical & Scientific Writing

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Consulting
• Product Development

Writing Clinical Trial Documentation, Technical Writing

Research Feasibility Study, Fact Checking, Gray Literature Search, Systematic Literature Review, Secondary Data Collection

Consulting Scientific and Technical Consulting

Product Development Formulation

Work Experience

Postdoc/MD PhD

University of Giessen

June 2014 - Present

Postdoc

EPFL Institute of Bioengineering

May 2009 - December 2013

Education

PhD (School of Medicine)

University of Pittsburgh

August 2003 - April 2009

MD (School of Medicine)

Universitatea de Medicină şi Farmacie Iuliu Hațieganu Facultatea de Medicină

October 1996 - September 2002

Certifications

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Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Vahid Kheirollahi, Roxana M. Wasnick, Valentina Biasin, Ana Ivonne Vazquez-Armendariz, Xuran Chu, Alena Moiseenko, Astrid Weiss, Jochen Wilhelm, Jin-San Zhang, Grazyna Kwapiszewska, et al.(2019). Metformin induces lipogenic differentiation in myofibroblasts to reverse lung fibrosis . Nature Communications. 10. (1). Springer Science and Business Media {LLC}

(2018). Metformin induces lipogenic differentiation in myofibroblasts to reverse mouse and human lung fibrosis . Biorxiv.

(2015). Increased FGF1-FGFRc expression in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Respiratory Research.

(2011). Functional analysis of two distinct bronchiolar progenitors during lung injury and repair. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol.

(2009). Prospective isolation of bronchiolar stem cells based upon immunophenotypic and autofluorescence characteristics. Stem Cells.

Endogenous lung stem cells and contribution to disease.

beta-Catenin is not necessary for maintenance or repair of the bronchiolar epithelium.

Conditional stabilization of beta-catenin expands the pool of lung stem cells. Stem Cells.

OTHER

RM Wasnick, M Korfei, K Piskulak, I Henneke, J Wilhelm, P Mahavadi, D von der Beck, M Koch, I Shalashova, O Klymenko, et al.(2019). Restored alveolar epithelial differentiation and reversed human lung fibrosis upon Notch inhibition . Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory