André Branco
PhD student
PhD program Bioengineering - Cell Therapies and Regenerative Medicine

Research Activities

My work consists in ex vivo expansion of hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells (HSPCs), a subpopulation with a very high self-renewal potential that can give rise to all cell types of the hematopoietic system. To achieve this, my objective is to design and devise a prototype bioreactor where the number of HSPCs can be expanded without losing their intrinsic characteristics in a cost-effective manner.

Selected Publications

Lämmermann I, Terlecki-Zaniewicz L, Weinmüllmer R, Schosserer M, Dellago H, Branco ADM, et al. (2018) Blocking negative effects of senescence in human skin fibroblasts with a plant extract, NPJ Aging and Mechanisms of Disease 4: Article Number: 4, doi:10.1038/s41514-018-0023-5

 

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