Dr Mahetab Amer
- Position
- University Academic Fellow in Predictive Disease Models
- Areas of expertise
- Tissue engineering; Cell-material interactions; Mesenchymal stromal cells; Bone engineering; 3D in vitro modelling
- m.amer@leeds.ac.uk
- Faculty
- Faculty of Biological Sciences
- School
- Molecular and Cellular Biology
My research interests focus on (stem) cell-material interactions, and how these can be exploited to recreate original functionality for disease modelling and artificial stem cell niche engineering. Current research in our lab focuses on utilising multidisciplinary research concepts and tissue engineering approaches to develop in vitro models of healthy and diseased tissues, with a focus on recreating cancers of the bone/bone marrow as well as mesenchymal stem cell-associated diseases, with the potential for future translation for use in personalised medicine and high-throughput drug screening platforms.