Ludovic Vallier will take up the W3 Einstein Strategic Professorship for Stem Cells in Regenerative Therapies at the Berlin Institute of Health at Charité (BIH). Vallier is an expert in pluripotent stem cells. He uses these versatile cells to grow liver organoids, which allow him to study the development and diseases of the human liver. He also plans to use them as a source of replacement tissue for patients with liver failure. In Berlin he wants to optimize organoid production to ensure they are sufficient in both quality and quantity for a clinical trial.
More about Ludovic Vallier
Read in the article "The Phoenix of the cells" from the series "Elephants & Butterflies - Science in a nutshell" why Ludovic Vallier feels reminded of the mythical creature when it comes to the liver and how he is trying to cure fatty liver with his research.
Photo: David Ausserhofer
Short Vita
From July 2022
Einstein Professor for Stem Cells in Regenerative Therapies at the Berlin Institute of Health
Since 2019
Deputy director of the Cambridge Stem Cell Institute
Since 2008
Founder of a research group in the Laboratory of Regenerative Medicine at the University of Cambridge
Professor of Regenerative Medicine in the Department of Surgery & Director of the Core Facility for Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells at the Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre
2001
PhD at the University Claude Bernard Lyon I
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