PD Dr. rer. nat. Solvig Diederichs

Head of the Experimental Orthopaedics Research Group

Group leader of the stem cell biology group

Junior group leader of the stem cell biology group in Prof. Dr. W. Richter's group at the Research Centre for Experimental Orthopaedics at Heidelberg University Hospital

Postdoc in Prof. Dr. W. Richter’s group at the Orthopaedic University Hospital Heidelberg, Research Centre for Experimental Orthopaedics: Regulation of human mesenchymal stromal cell chondrogenesis and cartilage tissue engineering.

PhD studies on "Dynamic culture methods for bone tissue engineering" at the Institut für Technische Chemie, Leibniz University of Hannover, Germany, and at the Ludwig-Boltzmann-Institute for Experimental and Clinical Traumatology, Vienna
(summa cum laude)

Studies of Biochemistry (Diploma) at the Leibniz University and Medical School of Hannover, Germany

Scientific award (Wissenschaftspreis Hannover)

DFG Research fellowship (DI 1684/1-1) and postdoctorial studies in Prof. Dr. R. Tuan’s group at the Center for Cellular and Molecular Engineering, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, US:
Investigation of the mesodermal developmental capacity of induced pluripotent stem cells generated from human mesenchymal stem cells with the aim to establish a high abundance mesenchymal cell source for musculoskeletal tissue engineering.

Regulation of chondrogenic and osteogenic differentiation of human induced pluripotent stem cells and mesenchymal stromal cells.

Induced pluripotent stem cell biology, mesenchymal stromal cell biology, cell differentiation, cell signaling, bone- and cartilage biology during embryo development and regeneration