Prof. Dr. Iwona Cicha

Ongoing projects

• 2021-2023 Cicha I. ERA-Net collaborative project: "Development of novel magnetic nanocarriers for targeted vascular therapies (MAGNA)", BMBF (24 months)
• 2022-2025 Cicha I. and Groll J.: "Endothelialized perfusable microvascular vascular systems for biofabrication of standardized in vitro tissue models", DFG SFB/TRR225 (48 months)
• 2022-2025 Cicha I. and Ciach T.: "Scaffold materials for vascular endothelial cells: Investigations of the structure and physicochemical properties of surfaces (RESTORE)", DFG-NCN OPUS LAP+ (36 months)

Selected completed projects

• 2012-2014 Cicha I and Garlichs CD: "Bioactive materials, cell and tissue printing: new therapeutic approaches for organ level tissue engineering and regenerative medicine (TopBiomat)", Emerging Fields Initiative, FAU (36 months)
• 2013-2016 Cicha I.: "Nanomedical approach to prevention and treatment of atherosclerosis", DFG CI162/2-1 (36 months)
• 2013-2018 Cicha I. Collaborative project: "Nanomedicine for target-specific imaging and treatment of atherothrombosis: development and initial clinical feasibility (NanoAthero)", EU Large Scale 7th FP Grant #309820 (66 months)
• 2017-2019 Cicha I.: "Nanomedical approach to prevention and treatment of atherosclerosis", DFG CI162/2-3 (24 months)
• 2017-2018 Cicha I.: "Cell colonization of electrospun biomaterials scaffolds for tissue engineering of vascular grafts", STAEDTLER Foundation (12 months)
• 2018-2021 Cicha I. and Groll J.: "Pre-endothelialized perfusable microvascular vascular systems for biofabrication of standardized in vitro tissue models", DFG SFB/TRR225 (48 months)
• 2018-2020 Cicha I.: "Small diameter vascular prostheses with bioactive coating - analysis of hemocompatibility and endothelial cell response (BioCoatGraft)", BMBF 01 D518027 (24 months)

Expert reports for scientific journals

• International Journal of Molecular Sciences
• Scientific Reports
• International Journal of Nanomedicine
• Nanomedicine
• Atherosclerosis
• Acta Biomaterialia
• Biomaterials
• Advanced Healthcare Materials
• Alternatives to Animal Experimentation

Expert opinion for research funding agencies

• Wellcome Trust
• Austrian Cardiac Society
• ANR (French National Research Agency)
• EU Marie Curie Actions

Editorial Activity

• Frontiers In Drug Delivery
• Molecules
• Journal of Cellular Biotechnology

European Society of Cardiology

European Atherosclerosis Society

German Society for Clinical Microcirculation and Hemorheology

German Society for Cellular Biotechnology

1991-1995 - Merit Scholarship of the Jagiellonian University, Krakow, for extraordinary success in studies

1994 - European Community Research Fellowship under the Tempus Program, in the Department of Physiology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, directed by Prof. Dr. G. Theophilidis

1997-2002 - Research and Doctoral Fellowship from the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology

2007 - Travel grant from the European Society of Cardiology to attend the ESC Congress in Vienna, Austria, August 2007

2010 - Poster Award of the European Atherosclerosis Society; EAS Congress in Hamburg, Germany, June 2010

2010-2013 - Poster Prizes of the Medical Faculty of the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany

2015-2016 - Poster Prizes, European Summit for Nanomedicine, Basel, Switzerland