Prof Thomas Iskratsch
Dipl.-Ing., PhD, FHEA

 

Research Group Members

Research Assistants

Prof Iskratsch
PRAKASH, Aishwarya
Prof Iskratsch
SALA, Stefano

Current PhD Projects

Thesis Title
A Dynamic Model of Soft Tissue Integration to Dental Hard Tissue
An artery-on-a-chip model to investigate the communication between different arterial cell types
An Atherosclerosis-on-a-Chip model to understand integrated vascular mechanobiology and to validate therapies for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease.
Brain tumour recurrence model on a chip
Cardiomyocytes, Mechanobiology, Rigidity sensing, Micropatterning, Traction Force Measurement
Developing a CRISPR Methodology for subtle modification of proteins in mammalian cells
Developing artery on a chip technology to identify patients with life-threatening heart disease
Flow induced phenotypic switching in vascular smooth muscle cells
Generation and testing of a cutting-edge organ-on-a-chip technology for polycystic kidney disease
Investigating 3D Culture Scaffolds for Tissue-Engineered Bone Production
Investigation of mechanobiological sensing in cell spreading with label-free photoelectrochemical imaging
Microdroplet-based microfluidics for direct reprogramming of human pluripotent stem cells
Nanotechnology approaches for the investigation of cardiac mechanosensing
Unravelling the hypertensive pressure dependent nuclear mechanosignalling as driver for atherosclerosis
Using Explainable Artificial Intelligence to Investigate the Role of Histone Markers and Transcription Factor Binding Sites on Enhancer Detection

Completed PhD Projects

Thesis TitleYear
Development of a Functional 3D Eccrine Sweat Gland Model2026