Curriculum vitae

Prof. Dr. Alexander S. Mosig

Head of the NAMIR research group · Institute of Biochemistry II, Jena University Hospital

Institute of Biochemistry II, Research Building F2 · Am Klinikum 1, 07747 Jena, Germany
Contact form · ORCID 0000-0002-5687-2444

Prof. Dr. rer. nat. / med. habil.Biochemist & cell biologistOrgan-on-chip · 3Rs

Research interests

Microphysiological systems (organ-on-chip)
Tissue engineering, stem cell biology, organoids
Alternatives to animal testing (3Rs)
Host-microbiota and host-pathogen interaction
The immune system in inflammatory and infectious disease

Education

2014 to 2017

Habilitation (Dr. med. habil.), venia legendi in Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Faculty of Medicine, Friedrich Schiller University Jena. Thesis: “Microphysiological systems of the liver and blood-brain barrier”. Teaching lecture: “Organ-on-chip: an alternative to animal testing”.

2003 to 2007

Dr. rer. nat. in Cell Biology

Faculty of Biology, Friedrich Schiller University Jena. Thesis on atherosclerotic processes in circulating monocytes and T cells of patients with familial hypercholesterolaemia (Institute of Vascular Medicine).

1997 to 2002

Diploma in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (Dipl.-Biochem.)

Friedrich Schiller University Jena. Diploma thesis on the role of PI3Kγ in basal regulation of Ras-GTP in Cos7 cells.

Scientific societies

European Organ-on-Chip Society (EUROoCS)
German Society for Hygiene and Microbiology (DGHM)
German Society for Immunology (DGfI)

Review activity

Standing review panels

German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) programme “Alternatives to Animal Testing”
German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) programme “SME Innovative: Biomedicine”

Journal peer review

Journal peer-review activity is recorded on the ORCID profile.

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