Research Team


Victor Puelles

Victor Puelles

Group Leader

Aarhus University and University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

Victor Puelles is a Professor of Complex Tissue Analysis at the Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University (Denmark) and at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (Germany). His research focuses on the development and application of tissue-based technologies to dissect pathophysiological processes across different biological scales - from whole organs to subcellular compartments. He is particularly interested in kidney disease, employing innovative approaches for spatial characterization of tissues in health and disease conditions.

His laboratory has pioneered advanced imaging and analytical techniques that have contributed significantly to understanding kidney pathology, including crucial work on SARS-CoV-2 renal tropism and kidney fibrosis. While primarily focusing on kidney research, his technologies are applicable to multiple organ systems, with active collaborations spanning virology, neurobiology, gastroenterology, endocrinology, and hematology. His work combines sophisticated imaging methods, quantitative analysis, and molecular profiling to gain deeper insights into complex tissue architecture and disease mechanisms.


Team members collaborating with Victor Puelles:


Daria Aristova

Daria Aristova

Postdoc
H2022 RT-SuperES Grant

Hannah Heil

Hannah Heil

Postdoc
FCT Fellowship

Mario Del Rosario

Mario Del Rosario

Postdoc
ERC Grant


Publications with our group (see more on Google Scholar):


Nanoscale imaging of biological systems via expansion and super-resolution microscopy
Daria Aristova, Dominik Kylies, Mario Del Rosario, Hannah S. Heil, Maria Schwerk, Malte Kuehl, Milagros N. Wong, Ricardo Henriques, Victor G. Puelles
Paper published in Applied Physics Reviews, April 2025
Technologies: NanoJ-eSRRF
Funded by: CZI, EMBO, ERC, FCT, H2021 and H2022
DOI: 10.1063/5.0240464