Dr. Chantelle Thimm is a PostDoc in the Institute for Stem Cell Research and Regenerative Medicine, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Germany. Qualifications • BSc Molecular Biomedicine: Rheinische University of Applied Sciences, Cologne • MSc Molecular Biomedicine: Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf • PhD: Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf Positions held • Scientist: Institute for Stem Cell Research and Regenerative Medicine within the Faculty of Medicine at Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, Germany (2022-) Research interest My research centers on kidney diseases and hypertension, employing primary urine-derived renal progenitor cells and iPSC-derived podocyte models in 2D and 3D culture systems to study podocyte function, dysfunction, and underlying disease mechanisms