Alexander Nyström

Principal Investigator

Department of Dermatology
Medical Center University of Freiburg

Hauptstraße 7
79104 Freiburg

Current position

Group leader, Department of Dermatology, Medical Center University of Freiburg

Academic training

1997 - 2002Studies in Molecular Biology (Master’s degree), Lund University, Lund, Sweden

Advanced academic qualifications

2006Doctorate (PhD) in Developmental Biology: Laminins in blood vessel development and disease-functional aspects in angiogenesis, atherosclerosis, and muscular dystrophy, Lund University, Lund, Sweden

Postgraduate positions

Since 2013Research Group Leader; Department of Dermatology, Medical Center University of Freiburg
2010 - 2013Postdoctoral research fellow, Department of Dermatology, Medical Center University of Freiburg
2007 - 2009Postdoctoral research fellow, Department of Pathology and anatomy, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
2003 - 2006PhD student, Department of Experimental Medical Science, Lund University, Lund, Sweden

Miscellaneous (Honors, Awards)

2021 - 2022Internal Senior Fellow – Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies
Since 2021Associate Editor – American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology
Since 2019Council member International Society for Matrix Biology
Since 2016Council member German Society for Matrix Biology
2016Rupert Timpl Award International Society For Matrix Biology
2016ESDR Academy for Future Leaders in Dermatology

Publications listed in PubMed®