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PhD Student @Institute of Bioengineering and Biosciences thanks to a Doctoral INPhINIT Fellowship @BecariosFLC with a B. Eng. in Polymer Engineering and a M. Sc. in Medical Engineering specialized in Artificial Organs and Regenerative Medicine at the Technical University of Hamburg, Germany. Resilient, responsible biomedical engineer with international, multicultural experiences mastering several languages. Passionate about Tissue Engineering, Bio-printing, and Cellular Agriculture. Looking for opportunities to broaden my knowledge in the research field of tissue engineering and related industries/research centers. Creative thinker, curious junior researcher, and team player.
Identificação

Identificação pessoal

Nome completo
Kristin Schüler

Nomes de citação

  • Schüler, Kristin

Identificadores de autor

Ciência ID
C912-6211-4BAF
ORCID iD
0009-0001-0476-226X

Websites

Domínios de atuação

  • Ciências da Engenharia e Tecnologias - Engenharia Médica - Tecnologia Laboratorial
  • Ciências Médicas e da Saúde - Biotecnologia Médica - Tecnologias que envolvem a Manipulação de Células,Tecidos,Órgãos ou todo o Organismo
  • Ciências Médicas e da Saúde - Biotecnologia Médica - Biomateriais

Idiomas

Idioma Conversação Leitura Escrita Compreensão Peer-review
Alemão (Idioma materno)
Inglês Utilizador proficiente (C1) Utilizador proficiente (C1) Utilizador proficiente (C1) Utilizador proficiente (C1) Utilizador proficiente (C1)
Francês Utilizador independente (B2) Utilizador independente (B2) Utilizador independente (B2) Utilizador independente (B2) Utilizador independente (B1)
Português Utilizador independente (B1) Utilizador independente (B1) Utilizador independente (B1) Utilizador independente (B1) Utilizador elementar (A2)
Espanhol; Castelhano Utilizador independente (B1) Utilizador independente (B1) Utilizador independente (B1) Utilizador independente (B1) Utilizador elementar (A2)
Japonês Utilizador elementar (A1) Utilizador elementar (A1) Utilizador elementar (A1) Utilizador elementar (A1)
Italiano Utilizador elementar (A2) Utilizador elementar (A2) Utilizador elementar (A2) Utilizador elementar (A2) Utilizador elementar (A2)
Formação
Grau Classificação
2023/10/01 - 2026/12/31
Em curso
Bioengenharia (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2020/10 - 2023/06
Concluído
Biomedical Engineering (Master)
Technical University of Hamburg - Biomedical Engineering, Alemanha
"Vascularised 3D tissue models based on decellularized extracellular matrix as an alternative for animal models" (TESE/DISSERTAÇÃO)
1.0 (grade A equivalent)
2021/09 - 2022/02
Concluído
Mechanical Engineering (Ensino básico 2º ciclo)
Especialização em Biotechnology, Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
17.7
2011/09 - 2014/09
Concluído
Mechanical Engineering (Bachelor)
Especialização em Polymer Engineering
Duale Hochschule Baden-Württemberg, Alemanha
"Systematic examination of quality relevant parameters of the production of thermoplastic axial fans on a full electric injection moulding machine " (TESE/DISSERTAÇÃO)
1.4 (grade A equivalent)
Percurso profissional

Ciência

Categoria Profissional
Instituição de acolhimento
Empregador
2023/10 - Atual Estagiário de Investigação (Investigação) Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Bioengenharia e Biociências, Portugal
Projetos

Bolsa

Designação Financiadores
2025/10 - Atual WOAH-Pause
Bolseiro de Doutoramento
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Bioengenharia e Biociências, Portugal
InSphero AG

Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine
Em curso

Projeto

Designação Financiadores
2023/10 - 2026/09 Doctor INPhINIT Scholarship Caixabank SA
2025/02/20 - 2026/08/19 Engineering advanced colorectal cancer ecosystems to evaluate tumour-microbiome dynamics in vitro
2023.13896.PEX
Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Portugal

INESC Microsistemas e Nanotecnologias, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Em curso
Produções

Publicações

Artigo em revista
  1. Kristin Schüler; Hunter Levis; Robert Bowles; João Carlos Silva; Frederico Ferreira. "ABCD_AU543 recognizes collagen type II in cell-produced extracellular matrix by immunofluorescence". Antibody Reports (2026): https://doi.org/10.24450/journals/abrep.2026.e2443.
    10.24450/journals/abrep.2026.e2443
  2. Kristin Schüler; Ahed Almalla; Sebastian Seitel; Friederike Ebner; Sebastian Seiffert; Marie Weinhart; Laura Elomaa. "Engineering in vitro vascularization: Enhanced network formation in bioprinted, vat photopolymerized dECM constructs". Bioprinting (2025): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bprint.2025.e00452.
    10.1016/j.bprint.2025.e00452
  3. Afonso Gusmão; Diana M.C. Marques; Duarte Almeida; Kristin Schüler; Frederico Castelo Ferreira; Paola Sanjuan-Alberte; Marco Leite. "LusoBioMaker: A low-cost 3D bioprinter with multi-extrusion and contour printing capabilities for thermo- and photocurable hydrogels towards complex tissue fabrication". Bioprinting (2025): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bprint.2025.e00425.
    10.1016/j.bprint.2025.e00425
  4. Kristin Schüler; Diana M.C. Marques; Afonso Gusmão; Madalena Jabouille; Marco Leite; Joaquim M.S. Cabral; Paola Sanjuan-Alberte; Frederico Castelo Ferreira. "3D printing of plant-based fat inks towards manufacturing complex cellular agriculture products with fatty structures". Food Hydrocolloids (2024): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodhyd.2024.110369.
    10.1016/j.foodhyd.2024.110369
Poster em conferência
  1. Silva, João C.; Frederico Castelo Ferreira; Sanjuan-Alberte, Paola; Schüler, Kristin. Autor correspondente: Schüler, Kristin. "A novel bio-instructive scaffold for biomimetic collagen deposition aiming at cartilage tissue engineering (TE) and in vitro disease modelling of osteoarthritis". Trabalho apresentado em Microphysiological World Summit 2025, 2025.
  2. Schüler, Kristin; Frederico Castelo Ferreira; João Carlos Silva; Sanjuan Alberte, Paola. Autor correspondente: Frederico Castelo Ferreira. "A novel biomimetic platform for cartilage tissue engineering and in vitro disease modelling". Trabalho apresentado em PhD Open Days, 2024.
  3. Schüler, Kristin; Sanjuan Alberte, Paola; João Carlos Silva; Frederico Castelo Ferreira. Autor correspondente: Frederico Castelo Ferreira. "Enhancing chondrogenesis by macromolecular crowding – bottom-up approach for cartilage tissue engineering". Trabalho apresentado em Biomanufacturing without borders, 2024.
  4. Schüler, Kristin; Sanjuan Alberte, Paola; João Carlos Silva; Frederico Castelo Ferreira. Autor correspondente: Frederico Castelo Ferreira. "novel biomimetic platform for cartilage tissue engineering and in vitro disease modelling". Trabalho apresentado em 8th annual RedeSaúde Conference, 2024.
  5. Schüler, Kristin; Marques, Diana; GUSMÃO, AFONSO; Madalena Jabouille; Leite, Marco; Joaquim M.S. Cabral; Sanjuan Alberte, Paola; Frederico Castelo Ferreira. Autor correspondente: Frederico Castelo Ferreira. "3D printing of plant-based fat inks towards manufacturing complex cellular agriculture products with fatty structures". Trabalho apresentado em 2nd international conference of the Portuguese association for cellular agriculture, 2024.
  6. Schüler, Kristin; Sanjuan Alberte, Paola; João Carlos Silva; Frederico Castelo Ferreira. Autor correspondente: Frederico Castelo Ferreira. "Macromolecular crowding as bottom-up approach for cartilage tissue engineering". Trabalho apresentado em yearly meeting of the German Society of Matrix Biology together with the final symposium of DFG-FOR ExCarBon, 2024.
  7. Schüler, Kristin. "A novel biomimetic platform for cartilage tissue engineering and in vitro disease modelling". Trabalho apresentado em Institute of Bioengineering and Biosciences Workshop, 2023.
  8. Schüler, Kristin. "A novel biomimetic platform for cartilage tissue engineering and in vitro disease modelling". Trabalho apresentado em PhD Open Days, 2023.
  9. Marques, Diana; Afonso Gusmão; Madalena Jabouille; Schüler, Kristin; Marco Leite; Rodrigues, Carlos A.V.; Sanjuan Alberte, Paola; Frederico Castelo Ferreira. Autor correspondente: Frederico Castelo Ferreira. "3D bioprinting of novel edible bioinks for cultured fish muscle tissue". Trabalho apresentado em 1st International Conference of the Portuguese Association for Cellular Agriculture, 2023.
  10. Jabouille, Madalena; Marques, Diana; Schüler, Kristin; GUSMÃO, AFONSO; Sanjuan-Alberte, Paola; Frederico Castelo Ferreira. "3D bioprinting of novel edible fat (bio)inks for enhanced fat tissue in cultured fish fillets". Trabalho apresentado em 1st International Conference of the Portuguese Association for Cellular Agriculture, 2023.
Atividades

Apresentação oral de trabalho

Título da apresentação Nome do evento
Anfitrião (Local do evento)
2026/02/26 From High-Throughput Screening to Personalized Endocrine Disease Models: Human animal-free In Vitro Approaches for Osteoarthritis 3Rs Framework for Intelligent Use of In Vitro, In Vivo, and NAMs
NOVA Medical School (Lisbon, Portugal)
2026/01/23 Top-down and bottom-up: Exploring different printing techniques for biomimetic scaffolds for cartilage tissue engineering Workshop on Additive Biofabrication
University of Santiago de Compostela (Santiago de Compostela, Espanha)
2025/10 Printing the cure: in vitro 3D models and the end of animal testing | Kristin Schüler Shoot your PhD competition
2025/01/17 The 3R for animal use in Science as part of the Student Ambassador Project - University Students as Messengers for Non-Animal Methods (NAM) in Higher Education SCERG Seminar
Institute of Bioengineering and Bioscience (lisbon, Portugal)
2024/11/29 Enhancing chondrogenesis by macromolecular crowding – bottom-up approach for cartilage tissue engineering BioManufacturing Without Borders
Instituto Superior Técnico, Portuguese Society Stem Cells & Cell Therapy (Lisbon, Portugal)
2024/11/22 A novel biomimetic platform for cartilage tissue engineering and in vitro disease modelling 8th annual RedeSaúde Conference
(Lisbon, Portugal)
2024/09/13 Macromolecular crowding as bottom-up approach for cartilage tissue engineering yearly meeting of the German Society of Matrix Biology together with the final symposium of DFG-FOR ExCarBon
Society of Matrix Biology, ExCarBon (Regensburg, Alemanha)
2024/07/12 Macromolecular crowding and bio-instructive scaffolds as a bottom-up approach for cartilage tissue engineering SCERG Seminar
Institute of Bioengineering and Bioscience, IST (Lisbon, Portugal)

Organização de evento

Nome do evento
Tipo de evento (Tipo de participação)
Instituição / Organização
2025/11 - 2026/07 The Global Education Hub for Animal-Free Innovation, together with Student Ambassadors of EURL ECVAM are hosting a series of webinars from March to May 2026 ¿ The aim of these webinars is to provide students with the knowledge and tools to start a career in non-animal research and testing. The webinars are specifically tailored for bachelor’s and master’s students, but anyone interested is welcome to attend! (2026/03/09 - 2026/05/05)
Seminário (Coorganizador)

Participação em evento

Descrição da atividade
Tipo de evento
Nome do evento
Instituição / Organização
2024/12 - Atual Advanced Training Course in Molecular Bioengineering (2024 ed) - Molecularly engineered interfaces for biomedical applications
Oficina (workshop)
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
2024/07/10 - Atual Fundación ”la Caixa” conference "Innovation for the future of health - Boosting Scientific Entrepreneurship" in Centro Cultural Belem, Portugal
Conferência
Innovation for the future of health - Boosting Scientific Entrepreneurship
Fundação 'la Caixa', Portugal
2025/05/19 - 2025/05/23 JRC Summer School on Non-Animal Approaches in Science: Changing the paradigm
Oficina (workshop)
European Commission Joint Research Centre Ispra, Itália
2025/03/24 - 2025/03/27 Doctoral INPhINIT Fellowship - 2nd annual gathering, Palau Macaya, Barcelona (The Student: Well-being, creativity and innovation)
Oficina (workshop)
Fundación Bancaria Caixa d'Estalvis i Pensions de Barcelona 'la Caixa', Portugal
2024/09/02 - 2024/09/06 One-week EUROoCs Organ-on-a-chip Summer School in Tübingen, Germany with the short presentation of my project
Oficina (workshop)
EUROoCs Organ-on-a-chip Summer School
Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Alemanha
2024/01 - 2024/07 Faber Entrepreneurship Program
Oficina (workshop)
2024/04 - 2024/04 Principles of Light Microscopy Course
Oficina (workshop)
Fundação Champalimaud, Portugal
2024/02/12 - 2024/02/15 The Doctoral INPhINIT Fellowship training provided by SIRIS Academic in this years edition about "The Research" including workshops about basic soft skills and research ethics; critical thinking, cognitive flexibility, information analysis, communication; collaboration skills and healthy team basis; as well as presenting scientific work, responsibility and integrity in science.
Oficina (workshop)
Doctoral INPhINIT Fellowship 1st Year Annual Gathering
Fundação 'la Caixa', Portugal

Entrevista (jornal / revista)

Descrição da atividade Jornal / Forum
2026/02 Interview about the project WOAH-Pause by Insphero and the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine
2026/01/15 Interview with Dr. Kristin Schüler—Winner of the Biomedicines Travel Award MDPI
2024/03/28 Técnico researcher receives ‘la Caixa’ Foundation doctoral fellowship to study osteoarthritis Tecnico News

Tutoria

Tópico Nome do aluno
2024/09 - 2025/06 Master thesis supervision assistant Liina Loviisa Koivisto
2024/03 - 2024/04 Medical intern Patrícia Barros e Silva Amaro Baptista
2024/01 - 2024/02 Bachelor project about 3D (FRESH) printing Tómas Dechamps
Distinções

Prémio

2026 Biomedicines Travel Award for the EORS participation in Madrid (2026)
MDPI AG, Suiça
2025 HUMAIN Award
InSphero AG, Suiça

Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, Estados Unidos
2025 "la Caixa” Foundatio Fellows’ Video Contest “Shoot your PhD”
Fundación Bancaria Caixa d'Estalvis i Pensions de Barcelona 'la Caixa', Portugal
2025 EUSAAT Travel Grant for the MPS World Summit in Brussels, Belgium
European Society for Alternatives to Animal Testing, Áustria
2024 Best Flash Presentation
Sociedade Portuguesa de Células Estaminais e Terapia Celular, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2023 INPhINIT Scholarship (Incoming) - LCF/BQ/DI23/11990049
Fundação 'la Caixa', Portugal

Outra distinção

2026 Shortlisted for LUSH Young Researcher Award 2026