Darius Widera

Darius Widera is Professor of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine and Research Division Lead for Pharmaceutical and Chemical Sciences at the University of Reading. His lab is mainly interested in adult stem cells and their secretome, inflammatory signalling cascades in health and disease, and novel methods for clinical-grade three-dimensional cultivation of human stem cells. His research focuses on the regenerative potential of mesenchymal stromal cells, neural crest-derived stem cells, and pluripotent stem cells in different disorders and conditions. In particular, his work aims to tackle disorders and conditions with an inflammatory component, such as osteoporosis and lung, brain, and breast cancer. He graduated in Biochemistry from Witten/Herdecke University (Germany) and received his PhD in Neurobiochemistry from the same institution in 2007. From 2013 to 2015, he served as an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Cell Biology at the University of Bielefeld (Germany). In F