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Katja Schenke-Layland

Katja Schenke-Layland is a engineering topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Katja Schenke-Layland rather than just read about it. In short: Katja Schenke-Layland (born Eisenach, Germany, March 21, 1977) is the Vice-President for Research, Innovation and Transfer at the University of Tübingen and the Professor of Medical Technologies and Regenerative Medicine, Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Department for Medical Technologies and Regenerative Medicine. She is the Director of the NMI Natural and Medical Sciences Institute at the University Tübingen…

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Reference excerpt

Katja Schenke-Layland (born Eisenach, Germany, March 21, 1977) is the Vice-President for Research, Innovation and Transfer at the University of Tübingen and the Professor of Medical Technologies and Regenerative Medicine, Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Department for Medical Technologies and Regenerative Medicine. She is the Director of the NMI Natural and Medical Sciences Institute at the University Tübingen in Reutlingen and former study Dean of Medical Technologies at the University of Tübingen. She was the Founding Director of the Institute of Biomedical Engineering at the Medical Faculty of the University Tübingen and the Founding Director of the 3R Center for In Vitro Models and Alternatives to Animal Testing Tübingen.

Early research Katja Schenke-Layland began her doctoral work in the area of heart valve tissue engineering and non-invasive imaging at the University of Jena, Germany. Her specific interest was the effect of cryopreservation, decellularization/recellularization and biomechanical forces on heart valve extracellular matrix (ECM) structures and cells. She helped develop the use of multiphoton laser-based confocal microscopy and second harmonic generation as non-invasive tissue imaging tools. For her post-doctoral work, she focused on cardiac stem cell biology and biomaterials. Here, her seminal work was to be the first scientist to demonstrate that induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) differentiate towards the cardiovascular and hematopoietic lineages, showing that beating cardiomyocytes could be derived from iPSCs. She then returned to Germany to join the Fraunhofer IGB in Stuttgart, Germany as a group leader, which was then followed by her appointment as Professor in the Medical Faculty of the University of Tübingen, and promotion to Department Head and later Director of the Fraunhofer IGB. She remained focused on cardiovascular development and biomaterials, and moved into the areas of in vitro test systems and Raman microspectroscopy, with a focus on ECM proteins.

Awards Best Young Researcher Award/ Family Klee Prize, German Society for Biomedical Engineering Young Investigator Morphological Sciences Award, American Association of Anatomists Academia.net top female scientists in Germany Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society (TERMIS)-EU Young Investigator Award CyberOne Business Plan Competition Finalist RPB Harold F. Spalter International Scholar Award Germany's Top 100 Innovators German Stem Cell Network GSCN 2021 Hilde Mangold Award

Research focus Currently, her research lab at the University Tübingen focuses on the translation of human development into clinically relevant biomaterials and regenerative therapies, and the development of diagnostic tools to assess (stem) cell states, discover therapeutic candidates and diagnose diseases. She leverages her appointments to bridge the gaps between science and industry to drive viable health care solutions, particularly at the NMI where they focus on supporting local SMEs

Editorial work Katja Schenke-Layland is currently the Co-Editor-In-Chief of Tissue Engineering Part B (Mary Ann Liebert) and Executive Editor of Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews (Elsevier), as well as on the editorial boards of Matrix Biology (journal) (Elsevier), Current Opinion in Biomedical Engineering (Elsevier), Journal of 3D Printing Archived 2020-10-30 at the Wayback Machine in Medicine (Future Medicine) and Scientific Reports (Nature Research). She is a fellow/ board member of the German National Academy of Science and Engineering, German Central Ethics Committee for Stem Cell Research, International and German Societies of Matrix Biology and the European Alliance for Medical and Biological Engineering and Science.

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Katja Schenke-Layland

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Katja Schenke-Layland claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In engineering, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Katja Schenke-Layland before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Katja Schenke-Layland ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Katja Schenke-Layland

In research: Katja Schenke-Layland appears in engineering research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Katja Schenke-Layland in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Katja Schenke-Layland is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1977 births, Biomedical engineers, Cardiovascular researchers, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Katja Schenke-Layland outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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