About Me
Dr. Liliana Moreira Teixeira earned her BSc in Applied Biology at the University of Minho (Portugal), during which she performed internships in immunology at Leiden University Medical School (The Netherlands) and in biomaterials at the 3B's Research Group (Portugal). Afterwards, she obtained her MSc degree in Biomedical Engineering at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (Portugal). Her PhD degree was earned at the University of Twente (The Netherlands), in Prof. C. van Blitterswijk’s Tissue Regeneration group, on injectable 3D matrices for cartilage regeneration, followed by a post-doctoral term at Prometheus, KU Leuven (Belgium), with Prof. F. Luyten. Subsequently, Dr. Liliana joined the Wyss Institute, Harvard Medical School (USA), as a post-doctoral fellow, with Prof. D. Ingber, working on organs-on-chips. Afterwards, she worked as senior post-doctoral researcher at the MERLN Institute (The Netherlands). Currently, she is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Developmental BioEngineering (DBE), University of Twente. Dr. Liliana coordinates a collaborative project between DBE and the Department of Equine Sciences / Regenerative Medicine Utrecht, Utrecht University, focused on the development of Joint-on-chip platforms.
Organisations
Research
Research interests:
1) Development of bioengineered micro-systems – (multi-) organs-on-chip platforms
E.g. Join-on-chip project coordinator
2) Advance precision and personalized (onco-) medicine - state-of-the-art micro-devices;
3) Creating (micro-) building blocks for modular tissue engineering.
Publications
UT Research Information System
Google Scholar Link
Affiliated Study Programmes
Bachelor
Courses Academic Year 2022/2023
Courses Academic Year 2021/2022
Contact Details
Visiting Address
University of Twente
Faculty of Science and Technology
Horst Complex
(building no. 20), room ZH234
De Horst 2
7522LW Enschede
The Netherlands
University of Twente
Faculty of Science and Technology
Horst - Zuidhorst
(building no. 28), room 136
De Horst 2
7522LW Enschede
The Netherlands
Mailing Address
University of Twente
Faculty of Science and Technology
Horst - Zuidhorst
136
P.O. Box 217
7500 AE Enschede
The Netherlands