Dr. Sofia Forslund

Experimental and Clinical Research Center (MDC/Charité)

Precision medicine: The need for robust links between the microbiome and cardiovascular disease

In this video, Dr. Sofia Forslund, junior group leader at ECRC (MDC/Charité, Berlin), discusses her research into the relationship between the human microbiome and common cardiovascular diseases. Here, Forslund explains how she hopes that the modeling of missing microbial data will lead to more personalized therapeutics for conditions such as hypertension. Forslund also highlights the importance of avoiding contamination during vital research procedures such as DNA extraction and explains how equipment like NuAire's biosafety cabinets are essential for labs like hers.



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Dr. Sofia Forslund
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Dr. Sofia Forslund

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Junior group leader at ECRC (MDC/Charité, Berlin) More

Dr. Sofia Forslund

Experimental and Clinical Research Center (MDC/Charité)

Dr. Sofia Forslund is the junior group leader at the Experimental and Clinical Research Center (Max-Delbrück-Centrum für Molekulare Medizin and Charité joint center) in Berlin. Forslund is a computational biologist interested in high-throughput methods for host-microbiome systems medicine, especially in cardiometabolic disease, with a secondary focus on evolutionary bioinformatics.