Patrick Kugelmeier MD, PhD

Patrick Kugelmeier studied medicine and did his medical thesis in islet transplantation for the treatment of Diabetes. The joy of research led to an MD-PhD program for the early differentiation of stem cells. Cell culture technologies at that time didn't allow for good data reproducibility, because stem cells were cultured in 2D. Fueled by the clinical need of small, size-controlled cell clusters to improve islet transplantation and the insights from the sensitivity of stem cells, he began to develop what was later to become the Sphericalplate 5D.

After the MD-PhD program, he did his clinical training in visceral and transplant surgery followed by trauma surgery. Besides the clinical work, the Sphericalplate 5D was further developed. Finally, it became clear that this technology opens a new dimension in cell transplantation and regenerative medicine and Dr. Kugelmeier decided to quit surgery to fully live this vision within a startup-company, the Kugelmeiers AG.