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Inflammatory Bowel Disease, plasmacytoid dendritic cells, iPSC differentiation, innate immune signalling
United Kingdom, Ireland, Germany

Biography

Postdoctoral researcher at the University of Edinburgh with an interest in Inflammatory Bowel Disease and innate immune signalling

Activities

Employment (2)

University of Edinburgh: EDINBURGH, GB

2019-02-01 to 2022-12-31 | Postdoctoral Researcher (Centre for Inflammatory Research)
Employment
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Lena Fischer

Trinity College Dublin: Dublin, Dublin, IE

2016-01-15 to 2019-01-31 | Postdoctoral Researcher (Biochemistry and Immunology)
Employment
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Lena Fischer

Education and qualifications (2)

Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen: Tubingen, Baden-Württemberg, DE

2012 to 2015-12 | PhD-student (Medizinische Virologie und Epidemiologie)
Qualification
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Lena Fischer

Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen: Tubingen, Baden-Württemberg, DE

2011 to 2012 | Diploma (Medizinische Virologie und Epidemiologie)
Qualification
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Lena Fischer

Works (7)

Development of a cost effective automated platform to produce human liver spheroids for basic and applied research.

Biofabrication
2020-10 | Journal article
Contributors: Lucendo-Villarin B; Meseguer-Ripolles J; Drew J; Fischer L; Ma WSE; Flint O; Simpson K; Machesky L; Mountford J; Hay D
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Lena Fischer via Europe PubMed Central

Human PSC-Derived Hepatocytes Express Low Levels of Viral Pathogen Recognition Receptors, but Are Capable of Mounting an Effective Innate Immune Response.

International journal of molecular sciences
2020-05 | Journal article
Contributors: Fischer L; Lucendo-Villarin B; Hay DC; O'Farrelly C
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Lena Fischer via Europe PubMed Central

Serum Free Production of Three-dimensional Human Hepatospheres from Pluripotent Stem Cells.

Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE
2019-07 | Journal article
Contributors: Lucendo-Villarin B; Rashidi H; Alhaque S; Fischer L; Meseguer-Ripolles J; Wang Y; O'Farrelly C; Themis M; Hay DC
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Lena Fischer via Europe PubMed Central

Innate immunity in stem cell-derived hepatocytes.

Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences
2018-07 | Journal article
Contributors: Fischer L; Hay DC; O'Farrelly C
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Lena Fischer via Europe PubMed Central

Identification of resistance-associated HCMV UL97- and UL54-mutations and a UL97-polymporphism with impact on phenotypic drug-resistance.

Antiviral research
2016-04 | Journal article
Contributors: Fischer L; Imrich E; Sampaio KL; Hofmann J; Jahn G; Hamprecht K; Göhring K
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Lena Fischer via Europe PubMed Central

Identification of newly detected, drug-related HCMV UL97- and UL54-mutations using a modified plaque reduction assay.

Journal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology
2015-06 | Journal article
Contributors: Fischer L; Sampaio KL; Jahn G; Hamprecht K; Göhring K
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Lena Fischer via Europe PubMed Central

Generation and characterization of a GCV resistant HCMV UL97-mutation and a drug sensitive UL54-mutation.

Antiviral research
2013-10 | Journal article
Contributors: Fischer L; Laib Sampaio K; Jahn G; Hamprecht K; Göhring K
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Lena Fischer via Europe PubMed Central

Peer review (2 reviews for 1 publication/grant)

Review activity for Nature communications (2)