Dr Zania Stamataki

Dr Zania Stamataki - 'Using live human liver tissue for drug discovery'

1:00pm - 2:00pm / Thursday 27th November 2025 / Venue: Physiology seminar room Nuffield Wing
Type: Seminar / Category: Research / Series: Institute of Systems, Molecular and Integrative Biology
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Dr Zania Stamataki is an Associate Professor at the University of Birmingham, School of Infection, Inflammation and Immunology. She is a principal investigator at the Centre for Liver and Gastrointestinal Research, and academic lead for the containment level 3 facility at the College of Medicine and Health. 
 
Dr Stamataki is interested in applying immunology and cell biology methodologies to understand liver diseases from autoimmune, viral or metabolic injury, in collaboration with industrial partners. Her team is using authentic human liver tissues to develop new therapies that restore immune regulation in liver injury, inflammation and cancer. 
 
Dr Stamataki is a passionate science communicator and academic lead for researcher training and development for her college.

All welcome.