Andrea Alber PhD
670 Albany St | (617) 358-0376aalber@bu.edu

Education
Molecular Biology, PhD, University of Zurich
Genetics, MSc, University of Zurich
Biology/Environmental Science, BSc, University of Zurich
Publications
Undeutsch HJ, Posabella A, Alber AB, Bawa PS, Villacorta-Martin C, Wang F, Ikonomou L, Kotton DN, Hollenberg AN. Derivation of transplantable human thyroid follicular epithelial cells from induced pluripotent stem cells. Stem Cell Reports. 2024 Dec 10; 19(12):1690-1705. PMID: 39515316.
Published on 6/13/2023Alber AB, Marquez HA, Ma L, Kwong G, Thapa BR, Villacorta-Martin C, Lindstrom-Vautrin J, Bawa P, Wang F, Luo Y, Ikonomou L, Shi W, Kotton DN. Directed differentiation of mouse pluripotent stem cells into functional lung-specific mesenchyme. Nat Commun. 2023 Jun 13; 14(1):3488. PMID: 37311756.
Published on 4/15/2023Pradhan A, Che L, Ustiyan V, Reza AA, Pek NM, Zhang Y, Alber AB, Kalin TR, Wambach JA, Gu M, Kotton DN, Siefert ME, Ziady AG, Kalin TV, Kalinichenko VV. Novel FOXF1-Stabilizing Compound TanFe Stimulates Lung Angiogenesis in Alveolar Capillary Dysplasia. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2023 Apr 15; 207(8):1042-1054. PMID: 36480964.
Published on 4/15/2022Werder RB, Huang J, Abo KM, Hix OT, Minakin K, Alysandratos KD, Merritt C, Berthiaume K, Alber AB, Burgess CL, Kotton DN, Wilson AA. Generating 3D Spheres and 2D Air-Liquid Interface Cultures of Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Type 2 Alveolar Epithelial Cells. J Vis Exp. 2022 Apr 15; (182). PMID: 35499347.
Published on 4/20/2021Posabella A, Alber AB, Undeutsch HJ, Droeser RA, Hollenberg AN, Ikonomou L, Kotton DN. Derivation of Thyroid Follicular Cells From Pluripotent Stem Cells: Insights From Development and Implications for Regenerative Medicine. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne). 2021; 12:666565. PMID: 33959101.
Published on 9/1/2019Strebinger D, Deluz C, Friman ET, Govindan S, Alber AB, Suter DM. Endogenous fluctuations of OCT4 and SOX2 bias pluripotent cell fate decisions. Mol Syst Biol. 2019 Sep; 15(9):e9002. PMID: 31556488.
Published on 1/30/2019Raccaud M, Friman ET, Alber AB, Agarwal H, Deluz C, Kuhn T, Gebhardt JCM, Suter DM. Mitotic chromosome binding predicts transcription factor properties in interphase. Nat Commun. 2019 Jan 30; 10(1):487. PMID: 30700703.
Published on 2/4/2018Alber AB, Suter DM. Single-Cell Quantification of Protein Degradation Rates by Time-Lapse Fluorescence Microscopy in Adherent Cell Culture. J Vis Exp. 2018 02 04; (132). PMID: 29443092.
Media Mentions
Published on 6/25/2023
Green and glowing mouse lung cells made to model PF in the lab
Published on 6/14/2023
New Model of Lung Mesenchymal Cells Created
Published on 6/14/2023
iPSC-Based Model System Helps Study Lung-Specific Mesenchyme
Published on 6/13/2023
Researchers create new model of lung mesenchymal cells
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