Andrei Chagin is a new professor of molecular medicine

Akademiliv congratulates Andrei Chagin on his professorship! His research group studies the mechanisms behind skeletal development, growth and maintenance. The group is particularly interested in skeletal stem cells and stem cell niches in skeletal tissues, and has recently identified a new stem cell niche in growth plates (anatomical structure at the end of long bones that allows growth in children and adolescents, ed.) The research is relevant to several diseases, especially child growth, osteoporosis and osteoarthritis. The aim of the research is to better understand the basic mechanisms underlying skeletal tissue maintenance and use this knowledge to develop novel therapies and treatment strategies.