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ExpertiseUpdated on 16 April 2026

skeletal muscle tissue engineering

Lieven Thorrez

Professor at KU Leuven

Kortrijk, Belgium

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Our lab is working on several aspects towards skeletal muscle tissue engineering. We have expertise in isolation, characterization, cell expansion and differentiation of muscle progenitor cells and endothelial cells. At the tissue level, we are focusing on prevascularization of 3D muscle constructs and investigate tissue stimulation. Analysis methods are mainly microscopy (fluorescence, confocal and lightsheet) as well as functional assays. In addition, we have expertise in skeletal muscle decellularization.

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