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Astrid Gillich, Ph.D.
Principal Investigator
Astrid investigates cellular processes underlying aging and age-related diseases in the lung and how they can be manipulated to maintain or restore organ function.
About
Astrid’s research focuses on alveoli, the sites of gas exchange in the lung. Using genetic, transcriptomic and single-cell approaches, her lab explores how alveolar cells become altered due to aging and age-related diseases. By precisely controlling and manipulating cell behaviors, interactions and functions, she hopes to find ways to prevent or reverse these changes and associated disease pathologies in order to restore gas exchange.
Prior to Calico, Astrid was a postdoctoral fellow in the lab of Mark Krasnow at Stanford University where she defined the three-dimensional cellular structure of alveoli and discovered a novel mechanism of alveolar formation. Her research demonstrated that the alveolar capillary endothelium is made up of two intermingled cell types with distinct structures and functions — expansive aerocytes that are specialized for gas exchange, and general capillary cells that function as progenitors in alveolar capillary maintenance and repair.
Education:
Postdoc in Lung Biology, Stanford University
Ph.D. in Stem Cell Biology, University of Cambridge
M.Sc. and B.Sc. in Biotechnology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna
Featured Publications:
Capillary cell-type specialization in the alveolus
A molecular cell atlas of the human lung from single-cell RNA sequencing
Awards:
American Heart Association Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2016
Erwin Schrödinger Fellowship, Austrian Science Fund, 2012
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Ari Firestone, Ph.D.
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Daniel Gottschling, Ph.D.
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Nathan Guz, Ph.D.
Head of Chemistry, Manufacturing, and Controls (CMC)
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