Ms Nina Holzapfel

Position:

• PhD Student, Regenerative Medicine Group, Queensland University of Technology, Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation

Credentials:

• Master of Pharmacy (MPharm) at Ludwigs-Maximilians-University, Munich

Biography:

Nina Holzapfel completed her studies of Pharmacy at the Ludwigs-Maximilians-University (LMU), Munich, Germany. She is currently undertaking a PhD in Prof Hutmacher´s Regenerative Medicine group at the Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology.

Her research interest focuses on drug testing in 3D culture models with a special emphasis on prostate, breast- and ovarian cancer. At present she is analysing the potential role of lycopene in the prevention and therapy of cancer.

Best publications:

- Humanised xenograft models of bone metastasis revisited: novel insights into species-specific mechanisms of cancer cell osteotropism. B. M. Holzapfel, L. Thibaudeau, P. Hesami, A. Taubenberger, N. P. Holzapfel, S. Mayer-Wagner, C. Power, J. Clements, P. Russell, D. W. Hutmacher; published in Cancer and Metastasis Reviews

- The Potential Role of Lycopene for the Prevention and Therapy of Prostate Cancer: From Molecular Mechanisms to Clinical Evidence. N. P. Holzapfel, B. M. Holzapfel, S. Champ, J. Feldthusen, J. Clements, D. W. Hutmacher; published in International Journal of Molecular Sciences

- Can bone tissue engineering contribute to therapy concepts after resection of musculosceletal sarcoma? B.M. Holzapfel , M.P. Chhaya ,F.P. Melchels , N.P. Holzapfel , P.M. Prodinger, R. von Eisenhart-Rothe , M. van Griensven , J.T. Schantz , M. Rudert , D.W. Hutmacher. published in Sarcoma

Research keywords and interests: potential effects of lycopene on prostate cancer.