Stefan Momma's Biography

Stefan Momma, Group Leader, University Hospital Frankfurt

Stefan Momma is a neuroscientist working in the Edinger Institute of the University Hospital Frankfurt. He received his training in biology and biochemistry in Germany and the UK before doing his PhD on neural stem cells and their role in brain injury at the Karolinska Institutet, Sweden. His interests include basic mechanisms in maintaining stem cell functions as well as selected aspects in the field of microvesicles and exosomes. For the latter, his work focuses on the role of exosomes in the communication between tissues in vivo, particularly the interaction between the immune system and the brain in the context of inflammatory reactions.