Team

MOLECULAR CONTROL OF HUMAN ORGANOGENESIS

MOLECULAR CONTROL OF HUMAN ORGANOGENESIS

Scientific CV

Since 2024	Assistant Professorship in Synthetic Tissue Biology, Medical University of Vienna
Since 2015	Group Leader at IMBA
2013 - 2015	Senior Postdoc, Vallier lab, SCI, University of Cambridge, UK
2007 - 2013	Postdoc, Pedersen lab, LRM, University of Cambridge, UK
2002-2006	PhD, Aktar Lab, EMBL and University of Heidelberg, Germany

Further Details

Sasha MENDJAN

Tenured Group Leader

sasha.mendjan(at)imba.oeaw.ac.at

Kamil BELYALOV

Master Student

kamil.belyalov(at)imba.oeaw.ac.at

Lavinia CECI GINISTRELLI

Research Assistant

lavinia.ginistrelli(at)imba.oeaw.ac.at

Anna DIMITRIADI

PhD Student

anna.dimitriadi(at)imba.oeaw.ac.at

Vasileios GERAKOPOULOS

v.gerakopoulos(at)imba.oeaw.ac.at

Victoria GÜSGEN

victoria.guesgen(at)imba.oeaw.ac.at

Tobias ILMER

Research Assistant

tobias.ilmer(at)imba.oeaw.ac.at

Stefan JAHNEL

Postdoc

stefan.jahnel(at)imba.oeaw.ac.at

Sven LEISEN

PhD Student

sven.leisen(at)imba.oeaw.ac.at

Estela MANCHENO JUNCOSA

PhD Student

estela.mancheno(at)imba.oeaw.ac.at

Maximilian MAYRHAUSER

Research Technician

maximilian.mayrhauser(at)imba.oeaw.ac.at

Amra MUJADZIC

PhD Student

amra.mujadzic(at)imba.oeaw.ac.at

Henrieta PAPUCHOVA

Postdoc

henrieta.papuchova(at)imba.oeaw.ac.at

Eleni PETSOUKI

eleni.petsouki(at)imba.oeaw.ac.at

Doris PFARR

Research Assistant

doris.pfarr(at)imba.oeaw.ac.at

Lena PLANK

Research Technician

lena.plank(at)imba.oeaw.ac.at

Katarzyna WARCZOK

Research Assistant

katarzyna.warczok(at)imba.oeaw.ac.at

Collaborations

We work very closely with

Ameres Lab

Tanaka Lab

Latos Lab

Vallier Lab

Alumni

Name	Position	Year	Current Position
Marie-Christin Röcklinger	PhD Student	2019-2024	Postdoctoral Fellow at University of Oslo
Alison Deyett	PhD Student	2019-2024	Postdoctoral Researcher at McEwen Stem Cell Institute
Maely Victorin	Intern	2024	Master Student at University of Paris
Anna Bandura	Master Student / RA	2023-2024	Biopharma Management Trainee at Boehringer Ingelheim
Julia Kodnar	Master Student / RA	2022-2024
Clara Schmidt	PhD Student	2018-2023	Team Leader at bit.bio discovery
Marion Salmon-Legagneur	Intern	2023	Research Assistant at Nūmi
Tanishta Bhattacharya	Master Student	2022-2023	PhD Student at Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research
Aranxa Torres Caballero	Master Student	2021-2022	NGS Core Technician at IMBA
Nora Papai	PhD Student	2015-2021	Senior Scientist at bit.bio discovery
Claudia Ctortecka	PhD Student	2018-2021	Research Fellow at Northwestern University
Martina Cirigliano	Master Student	2020-2021	Scientist at HeartBeat.bio AG
Emilija Jovanovic	Summer Student	2021	PhD Student at University of Cambridge
Pablo Hofbauer	PhD Student	2016-2020	Co-Founder/ CSO at HeartBeat.bio AG
Magdalena Giesshammer	Master Student / RA	2018-2020	Scientist at Tecan Austria
Christy Meledeth	Master Student	2019-2020	Assistant Doctor at Kepler Universitätsklinikum
Mirjam Penc	Master Student	2019-2020	Site Activation Coordinator at IQVIA
Tatjana Schmitz	Summer Student	2019	PhD Student at ETH Zürich
Katherina Tavernini	Master Student	2018-2019	PhD Student at IMBA
Nastasja Grdseloff	Master Student	2018-2019	Scientist at HeartBeat.bio AG
Viktoria Frajs	Summer Student	2018	Master Student at University of Heidelberg
Elisa Hahn	Master Student	2017	Technical Assistant at CeMM
Axel Pilz	Bachelor Student / RA	2016 / 2017	Working at Fresenius Kabi Austria GmbH
Sejla Salic	RA / Master Student	2015-2016 / 2017	Director, Research & Development at bit.bio discovery
Ana Sofia da Silva Lapao	Master Student	2017	PhD Student at University of Oslo
Madalina Alexandra Mirea	Internship	2017	IMBA Stem Cell Core Facility
Anna Lena Keller	Summer Student	2017
Paloma Solá Castrillo	Summer Student	2016	PhD Student at IRB Barcelona

Name	Purpose	Storage duration	Type	Provider
CookieConsent	Remembers your consent to the use of cookies.	1 year	HTML	Web Consent
fe_typo_user	Assigns your browser to a session on the server. This only affects the content you see and is not evaluated or processed by us	-	HTTP	Web User

Name	Purpose	Storage duration	Type	Provider
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_pk_ref	Used to store information about the user's referring website.	6 months	HTML	Matomo-ref
_pk_ses	Short-term cookie to save temporary data from the visit.	30 minutes	HTML	Matomo-ses
_pk_cvar	Short-term cookie to save temporary data from the visit.	30 minutes	HTML	Matomo-cvar
_pk_hsr	Short lived cookie used to temporarily store data for the visit.	30 minutes	HTML	Matomo

Name	Purpose	Storage duration	Type	Provider
YouTube	A connection to YouTube will be established to view videos.	-	Connection	YouTube
SoundCloud	A connection to SoundCloud will be established to play audio files.	-	Connection	SoundCloud
Twitter	A connection to Twitter will be established to display tweets.	-	missing translation: type.	Twitter
_cs_c	Indicates whether the user has consented to ContentSquare tracking.	394 days	missing translation: type.	Spotify (ContentSquare)
_cs_id	Stores a unique user ID for ContentSquare session analysis.	394 days	missing translation: type.	Spotify (ContentSquare)
_ga	Used to distinguish users.	400 days	missing translation: type.	Google Analytics
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_ga_S0T2DJJFZM	Used by Google Analytics to persist session state.	399 days	missing translation: type.	Google Analytics
_ga_ZWG1NSHWD8	Used by Google Analytics to persist session state.	400 days	missing translation: type.	Google Analytics
_ga_ZWRF3NLZJZ	Used by Google Analytics to persist session state.	400 days	missing translation: type.	Google Analytics
_gid	Used to distinguish users.	1 days	missing translation: type.	Google Analytics
_ScCbts	Stores temporary session or playback preferences.	6 days	missing translation: type.	Spotify
_scid	Spotify advertising ID used for analytics and retargeting.	395 days	missing translation: type.	Spotify
_scid_r	Spotify advertising ID used for analytics and retargeting.	395 days	missing translation: type.	Spotify
eupubconsent-v2	Stores the IAB Transparency & Consent Framework string.	364 days	missing translation: type.	IAB / Spotify
OptanonAlertBoxClosed	Saves the state of your data protection consent.	364 days	missing translation: type.	OneTrust
OptanonConsent	Saves the state of your data protection consent.	365 days	missing translation: type.	OneTrust
sp_adid	Spotify advertising identifier.	365 days	missing translation: type.	Spotify
sp_landing	Tracks which page the user landed on within Spotify.	1 days	missing translation: type.	Spotify
sp_m	Stores the user’s market region (Spotify).	399 days	missing translation: type.	Spotify
sp_t	Session token used for Spotify playback and access.	365 days	missing translation: type.	Spotify

Sasha Mendjan

Team

Sasha Mendjan
Tenured Group Leader

MOLECULAR CONTROL OF HUMAN ORGANOGENESIS

MOLECULAR CONTROL OF HUMAN ORGANOGENESIS

Scientific CV

Further Details

Sasha MENDJAN

Kamil BELYALOV

Lavinia CECI GINISTRELLI

Anna DIMITRIADI

Vasileios GERAKOPOULOS

Victoria GÜSGEN

Tobias ILMER

Stefan JAHNEL

Sven LEISEN

Estela MANCHENO JUNCOSA

Maximilian MAYRHAUSER

Amra MUJADZIC

Henrieta PAPUCHOVA

Eleni PETSOUKI

Doris PFARR

Lena PLANK

Katarzyna WARCZOK

Collaborations

Alumni

Contact

Vienna BioCenter

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