Beisaw Lab group photo - May 2025
Our Team
Arica Beisaw, Dr. rer. nat.
GROUP LEADER
PhD - Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Berlin, Germany (with Prof. Bernhard Herrmann and Dr. Phillip Grote)
Postdoc - Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research, Bad Nauheim, Germany (with Prof. Didier Stainier)
Florian Constanty, PhD
POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW
Florian joined our lab in January 2023 and was the recipient of an Inter-Institutional Postdoctoral fellowship from Health and Life Science Alliance Heidelberg/Mannheim. He is currently investigating the cardiomyocyte regenerative niche.
Alina Bektimirova, MSc
PHD STUDENT
Alina successfully acquired a DAAD fellowship and joined our lab in October 2023 to pursue her doctoral work. Alina is currently optimizing in vitro systems to investigate cellular and molecular mechanisms of cardiomyocyte invasion.
Srishti Shekhar, MSc
PHD STUDENT
Srishti joined our lab in November 2022 and is elucidating the role of AP-1 transcription factors in regulating the chromatin landscape in response to cardiac injury.
Bailin Wu, MSc
PHD STUDENT
Bailin joined our lab in November 2022 and is investigating CM-intrinsic mechanisms of CM invasion and the importance of cell:cell interactions at the border zone of regenerating zebrafish hearts.
Vasiliki Bakali, MSc
RESEARCH TECHNICIAN
Vasiliki joined our lab in March 2025 and is contributing to several lines of research in the lab to increase our understanding of the molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying cardiac regeneration.
Louisa Lynch
BSc TRAINEE
Louisa joined us in 2025 for a practical training year as part of her BSc program at the University of Exeter (UK). She is currently working together with Florian to understand the cardiac regenerative niche.
Lara Szilagyi
STUDENT ASSISTANT
Lara is currently a BSc student at UniHD and is working together with Bailin to investigate how cardiomyocytes replace fibrotic wound tissue during regeneration.
Lab Alumni
Greta Muravska - Erasmus+ Trainee, Vilnius University (2025)
Gabriela Ioan - MSc student, Molecular Biosciences, UniHD (2025)
Lucia Blasco Almodovar - BSc trainee, University of Exeter (2024-2025)
Sara Schumann - Technical Assistant (2022-2024)