PulmoScience Lab
Leiden
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OUR LAB
PulmoScience Lab Leiden
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Respiratory Cell Biology and Immunology is a fascinating area of research. It is not only essential for our understanding of the pathogenesis of (chronic) lung diseases, but also for the prevention, and treatment of these diseases.
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Research by the PulmoScience Lab is conducted in a clinical department where basic, translational and clinical science meet. Research is mainly focused on tissue repair and host defences in various lung diseases.
Epithelial cells that line the airway and the alveoli take center stage in our research. Understanding the function of these cells in health and disease is essential for understanding their role in chronic inflammation, repair of injured lung tissue, and infections.
OUR HEAD
Anne M. van der Does, PhD
Anne van der Does is Associate Professor, and head of the PulmoScience Lab, the research lab of the Department of Pulmonology of the Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC).
Her research activities involve the development of advanced lung cell culture models and use of these models in research focused on repair & regeneration of lung tissue and respiratory host defense. She chairs the Lung-on-Chip theme group of the Dutch Organ-on-Chip consortium (hDMT), is actively involved in the European and Dutch Respiratory Society and chairs the International Antimicrobial Host Defence Peptide Network (iAMPNet).
Beyond research, she is involved in teaching (bio)medical students, supervising PhD-students and postdocs, and teaching activities outside the LUMC. She furthermore actively promotes animal-free research innovations through public engagements.
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​Dr. van der Does received her Ph.D. from the Department of Infectious Diseases at the LUMC before completing a 4-year postdoc at the Karolinska Institutet, in Stockholm, Sweden after which she continued her career in the PulmoScience Lab of the LUMC.
"I am passionate about contributing to science through the development of advanced cell culture models. By applying these innovative systems in my research on lung diseases, I aim to contribute to animal-free biomedical innovation."
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