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Miss Shanshan Du

PhD

Contact Details

Post Doctoral Researcher
E: shanshan.du@universityofgalway.ie
 
researcher
 

Biography

Shanshan Du is a post-doctoral researcher working at REMEDI since October 2022. She completed her PhD at the University of Galway from 2017 to 2022. Before working in Ireland, she received a BSc degree in Biology Science and an MSc degree in Physiology at Hebei Normal University and worked for around four years as a TEM/SEM technician at Tsinghua University, Beijing, China. Her research focuses on developing advanced therapy medicinal products using mesenchymal stromal cells, biomaterials and macromolecular crowding, for the treatment of diabetic foot ulcers.  She has successfully established a diabetic wound healing model using immunodeficient nude mice and has investigated a few cell delivery approaches for the treatment of diabetic wounds. She is currently an EDF COUNTERACT fund-supported researcher, working on the preclinical efficacy evaluation of a commercialised product on lung infection.

Research Interests

Developing advanced therapy medicinal products using mesenchymal stromal cells, biomaterials and macromolecular crowding.
Cell therapy for the treatment of diabetic foot ulcers and other types of skin wounds.
Treatment for lung infection, pneumonia and/or ARDS.

Peer Reviewed Journals

  Year Publication
(2022) 'Scaffold-based delivery of mesenchymal stromal cells to diabetic wounds'
Du, S. Zeugolis, D. I. O'Brien, T. (2022) 'Scaffold-based delivery of mesenchymal stromal cells to diabetic wounds'. Stem Cell Res Ther, [Details]

Conference Publications

  Year Publication
(2022) ISCT
S. Du S.J. Elliman D. Zeugolis T. O'Brien (2022) Mesenchymal Stem/Stromal Cells: MACROMOLECULAR CROWDING ENHANCES EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX DEPOSITION OF MESENCHYMAL STROMAL CELLS GROWN ON SCAFFOLD ISCT [Details]
(2021) ISCT
Du, S. Zeugolis, D. I. O'Brien, T. (2021) In vitro optimization of macromolecular crowding conditions in human umbilical cord derived mesenchymal stromal cell culture ISCT [Details]
(2020) ISCT
S. Du S.J. Elliman D. Zeugolis T. O'Brien (2020) Macromolecular crowding enhances and accelerates extracellular matrix deposition in human umbilical cord derived mesenchymal stem cell cultures ISCT [Details]

Education

  Year Institution Qualification Subject
2010 Hebei Normal University BSc. Biology
2013 Hebei Normal University MSc. Physiology
2022 University of Galway PhD Medicine

Languages

  Language
Chinese
English