Imperial College London

DrBlerinaAhmetaj-Shala

Faculty of MedicineNational Heart & Lung Institute

Advanced Research Fellow
 
 
 
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Contact

 

+44 (0)20 7351 8137b.ahmetaj

 
 
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Location

 

Sir Alexander Fleming BuildingSouth Kensington Campus

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Summary

 

Memberships

  • Organ-on-a-chip Technologies Network (Network Lead on ‘Patient Involvement’)
  • Imperial College Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Network (Network Lead)
  • Imperial College Vascular Science Network
  • Imperial College Organ-on-a-chip Network
  • London Stem Cell Network
  • Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
  • British Pharmacological Society
  • Myelodysplastic Syndromes Alliance (MDSA) (Steering Committee member)

Press

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Basic Pharmacology Meets Cutting-Edge Engineering, British Heart Foundation 2022; https://alumni.bhf.org.uk/news/599061

Heart surgery breakthrough as lab-grown muscle cells pave way for new transplants, The Telegraph 2021; https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/08/23/heart-surgery-breakthrough-lab-grown-muscle-cells-pave-way-new/

Scientists grow contracting muscle cells from human blood, British Heart Foundation 2021; https://www.bhf.org.uk/what-we-do/news-from-the-bhf/news-archive/2021/august/scientists-grow-contracting-muscle-cells-from-human-blood

Grow your own blood vessel model in a dish, Imperial College London 2019; https://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/194291/grow-your-blood-vessel-model-dish/