Arbeitsgruppe Knochen- und Tumorbiologie
I completed my PhD at the University of Muenster at Prof Pap´s lab where I investigated the impact of fibroblast-like synoviocytes on bone homeostasis in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). I joined the University of Birmingham/UK in 2016 as a Postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Inflammation and Ageing working with Prof Chris Buckley´s team and was awarded a DFG research fellowship to investigate the role of podoplanin in RA.
Since 2022 I am a group leader of the Bone & Tumor biology group at the Institute of Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Muenster/Germany. Our research group focus on bone homeostasis in musculoskeletal diseases accompanied with inflammation or metastatic cancer to identify new therapeutic approaches to reverse bone loss. In detail, we are investigating the bone cancer-cell niche exploring the role of osteocyte-, osteoclast- and tumor cell- crosstalk in models of multiple myeloma bone disease and breast cancer metastasis. Moreover, we are interested on the impact of osteocytes and their canalicular network on bone remodeling in RA.