Petr Vaňhara Research Group

Tissue Plasticity & Regeneration

Research laboratory at Masaryk University, Faculty of Medicine.

Our mission

We aim to understand how human tissues develop, change over time, and regenerate in health and disease.

Our research

Our lab studies how human tissues respond to stress and disease. We develop new models of human lung and pancreatic diseases to better understand how diseases develop and how tissues repair themselves. We investigate how cells communicate, adapt, and contribute to tissue recovery or disease progression.

Using advanced imaging and biological technologies, we study changes in cells and tissues that occur during disease. Our goal is to connect basic biological discoveries with better understanding and future treatment of human diseases, such as lung fibrosis and pancreatic cancer.

Stem cells-derived lung spheroid composed of alveolar epithelium positive for NKX2.1 (green) and podoplanin (red). Cell nuclei are in blue.