Cristina Zivko

Curriculum vitae

• 06/2017 - present PhD student in Prof. Dr. Luciani’s Phospholipids in Drug Development group,
  Department of Pharmaceutical Technologies, Institute of Pharmacy, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany
  In collaboration with Fuhrmann Lab, Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences (HIPS), Saarbrücken, Germany
• 2010 - 2016 Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees in Pharmaceutical Sciences
  Master thesis: “Synthesis of a Ratiometric Fluorescent Probe to Image
  Reactive Oxygen Species during Inflammatory Responses,
  and Stimulant-Induced Oxidative Stress in Cell Monolayers„
  Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zürich (ETHZ), Switzerland
• 12/2016 - 05/2017 Guest scientist in Prof. Dr. Luciani’s Phospholipids in Drug Development group,
  Department of Pharmaceutical Technologies, Institute of Pharmacy
  Friedrich Schiller University Jena , Germany
• 2015 - 2016 Internship in a public pharmacy
  Coop Vitality Apotheke Letzipark, Zürich, Switzerland
• 2013 - 2016 Examination proctor
  Cambridge English Examinations Centre Zürich/Winterthur, Switzerland

Thesis:

Lipid-based therapeutics for liver fibrosis and their impact on extracellular vesicles

Abstract:

Liver fibrosis is the wound-healing response to chronic hepatic insults, often leading to the loss of organ function. It is characterized by the excessive deposition of scar tissue, a process driven by activated hepatic stellate cells (HSC). The broader aim of our research is to assess the impact of lipid-based therapeutics on extracellular vesicles isolated from hepatic cell lines, used as an in vitro model for the progression of liver fibrosis.

The Phospholipids Research Center is gratefully acknowledged for its support of the project.