Qualifications:
M.D., board certifications in laboratory medicine and in transfusion medicine
Areas of Interest:
physico-chemical properties and mechanisms of the action of cryoprotectants, especially non-penetrating carbohydrates like hydroxyethyl starch (HES). My special interest has been in the development and improvement of cryopreservation techniques for a variety of blood cells (peripheral blood stem cell progenitors, erythrocytes, thrombocytes, lymphocytes and monocytes) for therapeutic and diagnostic purposes (
more).
Keywords:
Cryobiology, low temperature biology, cryopreservation, cryoprotectants, hydroxyethyl starch, glycerol, dimethyl sulfoxide, peripheral blood stem progenitor cells, erythrocytes, thrombocytes, lymphocytes