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Name:

Mathieu Unbekandt

 

Nationality:

French

Institute:

Centre for Integrative Physiology

Hugh Robson Building

George Square

EH8 9XD

EDINBURGH

SCOTLAND

 

Qualifications:

PhD in biophysics of the University of Paris 7

Work being undertaken on behalf of KIDSTEM:

 

  • Integration of stem cells in embryonic kidney rudiments.
  • Differentiation of stem cells into renal lineages
  • Formation of kidney structures from stem cells
  • Kidney tissue engineering from stem cells using scaffolds

 

 

Previous Experience:

Ph.D. research : Study of the role of mechanical stress in lung morphogenesis.

Master training : Experimental study of the viscous fingering in three dimensions and its link to the formation of branching organs.

Undergraduate training : Calculus of the cross section of formation of the Higgs boson.

 

 

Interests:

Tissue engineering

Regenerative medicine

Stem cells

Morphogenesis

Interface between physics and biology

References:

Fleury V, Unbekandt M, Al-Kilani A, Nguyen TH, 2007. The textural aspects of vessel formation during embryo development and their relation to gastrulation movements. Organogenesis, vol 3, issue 1.

Unbekandt M, Del Moral PM, Sala F, Bellusci S, Warburton D, Fleury V. Intraluminal pressure of embryonic mouse lung epithelium regulates branching via the FGF10-FGFR2B pathway. Submitted to Mechanisms of Development.

Fleury V, Watanabe, T, Nguyen TH, Unbekandt M, Warburton D, Dejmek M, Nguyen MB, Lindner A, Schwartz L, 2005. Physical mechanisms of branching morphogenesis in animals: from viscous fingering to cartilage rings. In Branching Morphogenesis. Edited By J. Davies. Springer.

Warburton D, Bellusci S, De Langhe S, Del Moral PM, Fleury V, Mailleux A, Tefft D, Unbekandt M, Wang K, Shi W, 2005. Molecular mechanisms of early lung specification and branching morphogenesis. Pediatric Research, Vol 57, pp 26-37.

Fleury V, Nguyen TH, Unbekandt M , Watanabe T, 2003. La complexité des organes. Pour la Science (French Edition of Scientific American) 234.