Dr. Lukas Cyganek is head of the Stem Cell Unit at the University Medical
Center Göttingen. The SCU offers support within the scope of generation,
cultivation and characterization of patient-specific induced pluripotent stem
cells (iPSCs), its genome editing as well as its in vitro differentiation into
patient-specific cardiomyocytes. The SCU further offers their expertise in the
analysis of iPSC-derived cardiomyocytes and engineered heart muscles on
molecular and functional level for detailed phenotyping. Apart from the
laboratory services, the SCU acts as biobank for patient-specific iPSCs and
iPSC derivatives.

During his PhD at the European Neuroscience Institute Göttingen, Lukas
Cyganek focused on the neurogenesis of the somatosensory system. In 2013,
he joined the stem cell lab of Prof. Kaomei Guan in the cardiology at the
University Medical Center Göttingen as a postdoctoral researcher, before he
became head of the SCU in 2015. His recent research focusses on the
generation of patient-specific as well as engineered iPSCs of and their
applications in disease modelling of cardiovascular diseases, drug screening
and tissue engineering.