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Katja Schenke-Layland

Katja Schenke-Layland

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
64
Citations
14768
World Ranking
9661
National Ranking
699

Overview

Katja Schenke-Layland is affiliated with the University of Tübingen in Germany. Their research spans multiple domains within medicine, biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a focused interest in molecular biology, biomedical engineering, surgery, biomaterials, and biophysics.

Their work covers a diverse range of topics including spectroscopy techniques in biomedical and chemical research, 3D printing in biomedical research, tissue engineering and regenerative medicine, electrospun nanofibers in biomedical applications, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, pluripotent stem cells research, and spectroscopy and chemometric analyses.

Katja Schenke-Layland has published frequently in several scientific venues, notably:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Tissue Engineering Part A
  • Tissue Engineering Part C Methods
  • Cancers
  • Tissue Engineering Part B Reviews

Some recent papers of note authored or co-authored by Katja Schenke-Layland include:

  • "Human heart-forming organoids recapitulate early heart and foregut development," 2021, Nature Biotechnology
  • "Mapping human haematopoietic stem cells from haemogenic endothelium to birth," 2022, Nature
  • "The extracellular matrix as hallmark of cancer and metastasis: From biomechanics to therapeutic targets," 2024, Science Translational Medicine
  • "A Human Skeletal Muscle Atlas Identifies the Trajectories of Stem and Progenitor Cells across Development and from Human Pluripotent Stem Cells," 2020, Cell Stem Cell
  • "Immune response to SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern in vaccinated individuals," 2021, Nature Communications

Frequent collaborators in their research include Julia Marzi, Heungsoo Shin, Shannon L. Layland, Markus F. Templin, and Eva Brauchle.

Katja Schenke-Layland's research intersects clinical and experimental approaches, contributing to fields such as regenerative medicine and biomedical engineering, with particular emphasis on innovative technologies like 3D printing and nanofiber applications. Their work on SARS-CoV-2 also highlights engagement with pressing global health challenges.

Best Publications

  • Skin tissue engineering--in vivo and in vitro applications.

    Florian Groeber;Monika Holeiter;Monika Holeiter;Martina Hampel;Svenja Hinderer;Svenja Hinderer

  • Three-dimensional electrospun ECM-based hybrid scaffolds for cardiovascular tissue engineering

    Sepideh Heydarkhan-Hagvall;Katja Schenke-Layland;Andrew P. Dhanasopon;Fady Rofail

  • ECM and ECM-like materials – Biomaterials for applications in regenerative medicine and cancer therapy

    Svenja Hinderer;Shannon Lee Layland;Katja Schenke-Layland;Katja Schenke-Layland;Katja Schenke-Layland

  • Impact of decellularization of xenogeneic tissue on extracellular matrix integrity for tissue engineering of heart valves.

    K. Schenke-Layland;O. Vasilevski;F. Opitz;K. König

  • Self-Organized Cerebral Organoids with Human-Specific Features Predict Effective Drugs to Combat Zika Virus Infection

    Momoko Watanabe;Jessie E. Buth;Neda Vishlaghi;Luis de la Torre-Ubieta

  • Cardiac fibrosis - A short review of causes and therapeutic strategies.

    Svenja Hinderer;Katja Schenke-Layland;Katja Schenke-Layland

  • Reprogrammed mouse fibroblasts differentiate into cells of the cardiovascular and hematopoietic lineages.

    Katja Schenke-Layland;Katrin E. Rhodes;Ekaterini Angelis;Yekaterina Butylkova

  • Mapping the first stages of mesoderm commitment during differentiation of human embryonic stem cells

    Denis Evseenko;Yuhua Zhu;Katja Schenke-Layland;Jeffrey Kuo

  • Merging organoid and organ-on-a-chip technology to generate complex multi-layer tissue models in a human retina-on-a-chip platform.

    Kevin Achberger;Christopher Probst;Jasmin Haderspeck;Sylvia Bolz

  • Cell death stages in single apoptotic and necrotic cells monitored by Raman microspectroscopy

    Eva Brauchle;Sibylle Thude;Sara Y. Brucker;Katja Schenke-Layland

  • Human heart-forming organoids recapitulate early heart and foregut development

    Lika Drakhlis;Santoshi Biswanath;Clara-Milena Farr;Victoria Lupanow

  • Impact of heart valve decellularization on 3-D ultrastructure, immunogenicity and thrombogenicity.

    Jianye Zhou;Olaf Fritze;Martina Schleicher;Hans-Peter Wendel

  • Two-photon microscopes and in vivo multiphoton tomographs--powerful diagnostic tools for tissue engineering and drug delivery.

    Katja Schenke-Layland;Iris Riemann;Odile Damour;Ulrich A. Stock

  • Drug and cell delivery for cardiac regeneration

    Conn L. Hastings;Ellen T. Roche;Eduardo Ruiz-Hernandez;Katja Schenke-Layland

  • Differentiation of human embryonic stem cells to HOXA+ hemogenic vasculature that resembles the aorta-gonad-mesonephros

    Elizabeth S Ng;Elizabeth S Ng;Lisa Azzola;Freya F Bruveris;Freya F Bruveris;Vincenzo Calvanese

  • cAMP-induced Interleukin-10 promoter activation depends on CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein expression and monocytic differentiation.

    Susanne Brenner;Susanna Prösch;Katja Schenke-Layland;Ulrike Riese

  • Adipose tissue-derived cells improve cardiac function following myocardial infarction.

    Katja Schenke-Layland;Brian M. Strem;Brian M. Strem;Maria C. Jordan;Michael T. DeEmedio

  • Complete dynamic repopulation of decellularized heart valves by application of defined physical signals-an in vitro study.

    K. Schenke-Layland;F. Opitz;M. Gross;C. Döring

  • Multiphoton autofluorescence imaging of intratissue elastic fibers.

    K. König;K. Schenke-Layland;I. Riemann;U.A. Stock

  • The role of extracellular matrix in biomechanics and its impact on bioengineering of cells and 3D tissues.

    Max Urbanczyk;Shannon L. Layland;Katja Schenke-Layland

Frequent Co-Authors

Hanna K.A. Mikkola
Hanna K.A. Mikkola University of California, Los Angeles
Dieter P. Reinhardt
Dieter P. Reinhardt McGill University
Dietmar W. Hutmacher
Dietmar W. Hutmacher Queensland University of Technology
Kathrin Plath
Kathrin Plath University of California, Los Angeles
Abhay Pandit
Abhay Pandit University of Galway
marius ueffing
marius ueffing University of Tübingen
Diethelm Wallwiener
Diethelm Wallwiener University of Tübingen
Johannes A. Eble
Johannes A. Eble University of Münster
Olaf Riess
Olaf Riess University of Tübingen
Heungsoo Shin
Heungsoo Shin Hanyang University

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