Darius Widera's Biography

Darius Widera, Lecturer, University Of Reading

Dr Widera is currently an Assistant Professor/ Lecturer at the University of Reading, United Kingdom. His lab is mainly interested in neural crest-derived stem cell populations, which are promising candidates for the development of autologous stem cell-based therapies. He further works on the influence of injury and inflammation on stem cells and somatic cells (injury-induced cellular reprogramming) and develops novel approaches for clinical grade 3D-cultivation of human stem cells.
He graduated in Biochemistry (Witten/Herdecke University, Germany) and received his PhD in Neurobiochemistry from the Witten/Herdecke University in Germany. Since 2013 he served as a Principal Investigator and Adjunct Professor at the Department of Cell Biology, University of Bielefeld (Germany). In February 2015 he was appointed Assistant Professor/ Lecturer in Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine at the University of Reading (United Kingdom), where his lab is currently based. Since May 2015 he also serves as a Visiting Professor at the Stavropol State Medical University (Russian Federation).
He has published over 40 PubMed-listed publications in addition to several book chapters and has presented his research outcomes at numerous international conferences in the UK, Germany, USA, Russia, Brazil and China.