MBI Seminar

Time: 4.00pm
Date: Monday, 10 May 2021

Dissecting the role of tissue-specific cancer-associated fibroblasts in the prostate tumour microenvironment

By Anna Jaeschke, Queensland University of Technology, Australia (Host: Chii Jou Chan)

Biography
Anna is a biomedical scientist with a background in bioengineering and medical biology. After graduating with a Bachelor of Science from the University in Tuebingen, Germany, she received a Master of Science degree from the Technische University Dresden, Germany. During the Master’s course, Anna joined several research groups in Germany, Sweden, and the US to work on clinically-focused research projects. Her interest in tissue engineering and 3D cell culture techniques led her to Australia, where she enrolled in a PhD program at the Queensland University of Technology, under the supervision of Dr Laura Bray and Distinguished Professor Dietmar W. Hutmacher. Anna’s PhD project was focused on using bioengineered cancer models to gain a deeper understanding of the role of the tumour microenvironment in prostate cancer.