Su Su Htwe

Experienced scientist with 11+ years in molecular cell biology, immunology, and organoid research. Proficient in research methods, data analysis, mentoring, and project management. Skilled in lab techniques and scientific writing, committed to advancing knowledge and making impactful contributions to the scientific community.

A platform technology for high-throughput organoid culture in totally defined ECM microcapsules

Junyi Liu, Su Su Htwe, Neethu Govindan Kutty Devi, Scott A. Irvine, Lay Poh Tan, Yen Choo

World Biomaterials Congress (2024), Daegu, Korea

A Platform Technology for combinatorial organoid screening for the Discovery of Tissue-Specific Niche Signals in regenerative medicine Su Su Htwe, Yen Choo.

Singapore Cell and Gene Therapy Conference, Singapore, 2025A three dimensional culture system for investigating inflammatory responses in human lung S S Htwe, H Harrington, A J Knox, F R A J Rose, J W Aylott, J W Haycock and A M Ghaemmaghami 9th World Congress on Alternatives and Animal Use in the Life Sciences (August 2014), Prague, Czech Republic

Toward Mechanistic-Based Assessment: Rapid Elucidation of the Key Molecular Pathways underlying Diketone-Induced Bronchiolitis Obliterans Using Phenotypic and Transcriptomic Profiling S. S. Htwe, K. W. Kong, S. O. Fu, J. C. Kong, V. Limviphuvadh, B. P. Smith, S. Maurer-Stroh, S. Hoon, and L. Loo. 59th Annual Meeting of the Society of Toxicology (SOT) (2020), Anaheim, California

Role of ROCK Isoforms in Regulation of Stiffness Induced Myofibroblast Differentiation in Lung Fibrosis Su Su Htwe, A J Knox, A M Ghaemmaghami American society for cell biology meeting (December 2016), San Francisco, USA

Paper-based in-vitro model for on-chip investigation of the human respiratory system Rahim Rahimi, Su Su Htwe, Manuel Ochoa, Ali Tamayol, Ali Khademhosseini, Amir Ghaemmaghami, and Babak Ziaie Hilton Head Workshop 2016: A Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems Workshop, Hilton Head 2016

Foreign body on a chip to study implant host immune responses Yu Shrike Zhang, Su Su Htwe, NE Vrana, Amir Ghaemmaghami, M Dokmeci, Ali -Khademhosseini TERMIS EU Congress (2017), Darvos, Switzerland

A Micro-engineered Biomimetic Hydrogel for Studying the Role of Extracellular Matrix Stiffness in Lung Fibrosis Su S Htwe, João Ribas, Alan J. Knox, Ali Khademhosseini, Amir Ghaemmaghami TERMIS World Congress (2015), Boston, MA, USA

Micro engineered hydrogel for 3D culture of human lung fibroblasts S S Htwe, A J Knox, A M Ghaemmaghami M5 biomedical Imaging Conference, School of Veterinary Medicine and Science, University of Nottingham, UK (2014)

In vitro lung Fibrosis model S S Htwe, A J Knox, A M Ghaemmaghami Post Graduate Research Symposium, School of Life Science, and University of Nottingham, UK (2015)

Programming of anti-inflammatory macrophages for implants and regenerative medicine using self-standing release systems with a phenotype-fixing cytokine cocktail formulation J Kzhyshkowska, V Riabov, F Salazar, SS Htwe, A Gudima, C Schmuttermaier, J Barthes, H Knopf-Marques, H Klüter, A Ghaemmaghami, E Vrana TERMIS EU Congress (2017), Darvos, Switzerland

Oral Presentations

A 3D culture system for investigating inflammatory responses in human lung Young Scientists Award Oral Presentation, 9th World Congress on Alternatives and Animal Use in the Life Sciences (August 2014), Prague, Czech Republic

Differential NF-KB activation in lung fibroblasts in 2D and 3D culture system

Immunology Showcase, February 2016, University of Nottingham, UK

• 2016 Early Researcher of Excellence Award- in recognition of outstanding research contributions from University of Nottingham, 2016
• Biotech Travel Award to attend ASCB annual meeting, San Francisco, USA, 2016, 2015
• Post Graduate Travel Award, University of Nottingham (2016), 2015
• Young Scientist Travel Award from 2015 4th TERMIS World Congress, Boston, MA, USA, 2014
• Vice Chancellor Research Excellence (International) PhD Scholarship from University of Nottingham, UK, 2014
• Young Scientist Travel Award from 9th World Congress on Alternatives and Animal Use in the Life Sciences (August 2014), Prague, Czech Republic, 2012
• Distinction in MSc immunology and Allergy, University of Nottingham, UK

• Member of Singapore Stem Cell Symposium (2022- present)
• Member of British Society for Immunology (2011-2019)
• Member of IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (2015-2017)
• American Society for Cell Biology (2016-2017)
• Member of TERMIS (2011-2017)
• Member of Society of Toxicology (SOT) (2019-2020)

• Htwe SS, Cha BH, Yue K, Khademhosseini A, Knox AJ, Ghaemmaghami AM. Role of rho-associated coiled-coil forming kinase isoforms in regulation of stiffness-induced myofibroblast differentiation in lung fibrosis. American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology 2017;56(6):772-783.
• Htwe SS, Harrington H, Knox A, Rose F, Aylott J, Haycock JW, Ghaemmaghami AM: Investigating NF-kappaB signaling in human lung fibroblasts in 2D and 3D culture systems. Respiratory research 2015, 16:144.
• Rahimi R, Htwe SS, Ochoa M, Donaldson A, Zieger M, Sood R, Tamayol A, Khademhosseini A, Ghaemmaghami AM, Ziaie B: A paper-based in vitro model for on-chip investigation of the human respiratory system. Lab on a Chip 2016, 16:4319-25.
• Sharifi, F, Htwe, S. S., Righi, M., Liu, H., Pietralunga, A., Yesil-Celiktas, O., Maharjan, S., Cha, B.-H.; Shin, S. R., Dokmeci, M. R, Vrana, N. E., Ghaemmaghami, A. M., Khademhosseini, A., Zhang, Y. S. A Foreign Body Response-on-a-Chip Platform. Adv. Healthc. Mater. 2019, 8 (4), 1801425.
• Riabov V, Salazar F, Htwe SS, Gudima A, Schmuttermaier C, Barthes J, Knopf-Marques H, Klüter H, Ghaemmaghami AM, Vrana NE, Kzhyshkowska J: Generation of anti-inflammatory macrophages for implants and regenerative medicine using self-standing release systems with a phenotype-fixing cytokine cocktail formulation. Acta biomaterialia 2017, 53:389-98.
• Knopf-Marques H, Singh S, Htwe SS, Wolfova L, Buffa R, Bacharouche J, Francius G, Voegel J, Schaaf P, Ghaemmaghami AM, Vrana NE, Lavalle P: Immunomodulation with Self-Crosslinked Polyelectrolyte Multilayer-Based Coatings. Biomacromolecules 2016, 17:2189-98.
• Singh S, Awuah D, Rostam H, Emes R, Kandola NK, Onion D, Htwe SS, Rajchagool B, Cha B-H, Kim D, Tighe P, Vrana NE, Khademhosseini A, Ghaemmaghami AM: Unbiased Analysis of the Impact of Micropatterned Biomaterials on Macrophage Behaviour Provides Insights beyond Pre-defined Polarisation States. ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering 2017.