Elisa Darkow Profile Page
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Contact
PhD Lab: | |
Department: | Institute for Experimental Cardiovascular Medicine |
Address: | Elsässer Str. 2Q 79110 Freiburg |
Phone: | +49 761 270 63944 |
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Lab homepage: | www.herzzentrum.de/englisch/departments-sections/institute-for-experimental-cardiovascular-medicine/research/cell-biophysics.html |
Research Area: | Molecular Medicine |
Curriculum Vitae
Country: | Germany |
Education/Training: | MSc in Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Freiburg and Strasbourg (graduated 2019) |
Start of PhD Thesis: | October 2019 |
Subject of Thesis: | Stretch -activated ion channels as sensors and actuators of mechano-induced fibrosis in atrial fibrillation |
Research Interests: | Mechanotransduction, Mechanosensitive Channels, Lectins, Fibroblasts, Biomechanics |
Research Techniques: | Patch Clamp, Confocal Microscopy, Immunohistochemistry, Cell culture, Transfection |
Publications
Publications: | Darkow E, Rog-Zielinska A, Madl J, Brandel A, Siukstaite L, Omidvar R, Kohl P, Ravens U, Römer W, Peyronnet R. The Lectin LecA Sensitizes the Human Stretch-Activated Channel TREK-1 but Not Piezo1 and Binds Selectively to Cardiac Non-myocytes. Front Physiol (2020) 11:457. Abstract |