Agnes Klar is a group leader and deputy head at the Tissue Biology Research Unit (TBRU) at the University Children’s Hospital Zurich, Switzerland. She is principal investigator in regenerative medicine focusing on on skin tissue engineering, vascularization, and biomaterials. In particular, her research interests include the characterization and application of prevascularized skin analogs using adipose-derived (stem) cells. Moreover, she is investigating the pattern of inflammatory cell infiltration during skin regeneration following graft transplantation. Her scientific track record includes over 30 original peer-reviewed scientific publications. She is supervising undergraduate, graduate, and PhD students. She is involved in university courses for BSc and MSc students in medicine and life sciences. Additionally, she serves as a mentor for the biomedicine PhD programme at the Life Science Zurich Graduate School. Agnes Klar has been involved in a number of international grants, including projects of the EU Marie Skłodowska-Curie network (MultiTERM, iTERM), COST Action Mye-InfoBank, FP7-Health EuroSkinGraf, and SNSF. Further, she was involved in the Clinical Research Priority Program at the University of Zurich, Swiss Center for Regenerative Medicine, and Children’s Research Center at the University Children’s Hospital Zurich.

Best Paper Award
MDPI
Awarded by Biomolecules in 2022