Beisaw Lab group photo - November 2024
Our Team
Arica Beisaw, Dr. rer. nat.
GROUP LEADER
PhD - Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Berlin, Germany (with Prof. Bernhard Herrmann and Dr. Phillip Grote)
Postdoc - Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research, Bad Nauheim, Germany (with Prof. Didier Stainier)
Florian Constanty, PhD
POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW
Florian joined our lab in January 2023 and was the recipient of an Inter-Institutional Postdoctoral fellowship from Health and Life Science Alliance Heidelberg/Mannheim. He is currently investigating the cardiomyocyte regenerative niche.
Alina Bektimirova, MSc
PHD STUDENT
Alina successfully acquired a DAAD fellowship and joined our lab in October 2023 to pursue her doctoral work. Alina is currently optimizing in vitro systems to investigate cellular and molecular mechanisms of cardiomyocyte invasion.
Srishti Shekhar, MSc
PHD STUDENT
Srishti joined our lab in November 2022 and is elucidating the role of AP-1 transcription factors in regulating the chromatin landscape in response to cardiac injury.
Bailin Wu, MSc
PHD STUDENT
Bailin joined our lab in November 2022 and is investigating CM-intrinsic mechanisms of CM invasion and the importance of cell:cell interactions at the border zone of regenerating zebrafish hearts.
Vasiliki Bakali, MSc
RESEARCH TECHNICIAN
Vasiliki joined our lab in March 2025 and is contributing to several lines of research in the lab to increase our understanding of the molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying cardiac regeneration.
Gabriela Ioan, BSc
MASTER’S STUDENT
Gabriela joined our lab in February 2025 to perform her master’s thesis work and is investigating the role of AP-1 transcription factors in regulating the chromatin landscape during zebrafish regeneration.
Lucia Blasco Almodovar
TRAINEE
Lucia joined our lab for her practical training year from the University of Exeter (UK) and is working on genetic tools to study adult cardiac regeneration.
Lab Alumni
Sara Schumann - Technical Assistant (2022-2024)