Dr Jessica Vanslambrouck

Dr Jessica Vanslambrouck

Dr Jessica Vanslambrouck is a Team Leader within the Kidney Regeneration Laboratory at Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI, Melbourne, Australia) where she focuses on stem cell approaches to improve kidney disease treatment and understanding. Following her PhD candidature with Professor John Rasko (Centenary Institute, Sydney) investigating the molecular mechanisms of aminoacidurias, Dr Vanslambrouck joined the Kidney Research laboratory of Professor Melissa Little, initially within the Institute for Molecular Bioscience (University of Queensland) before relocating to the MCRI in 2016. Dr Vanslambrouck’s research has pioneered patented approaches for creating kidney progenitors and kidney organoids using cellular reprogramming, stem cell differentiation, and 3D cellular bioprinting (Nature Cell Biology 2014, Kidney International 2019, Nature Materials 2021). Recently developing methodology to improve the accuracy and functionality of proximal tubules within stem cell-derived kidney tissue (Nature Comms 2022, Nature Protocols 2023), Dr Vanslambrouck is building on these innovations with the vision of bioengineering functionalised kidney proximal tubules to improve kidney disease outcomes.