Members | Leducq Fellows
Asghar Ali, DVM, PhD

Asghar Ali (DVM, PhD) completed his DVM from the University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan, in 2010, and later earned his PhD in Biomedical Sciences from Colorado State University, Fort Collins, USA, in 2020. Currently, he is a postdoctoral researcher in Eckhard Wolf’s Lab at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany. He has expertise as a molecular biologist and reproductive biologist. His key focus as a Leducq Fellow is on creating genetically multi-modified pigs for tissues or organ xenotransplantation in humans.

Representative publications include:

Grimus S, Sarangova V, Welzel PB, Ludwig B, Seissler J, Kemter E, Wolf E, Ali A. 2024. Immunoprotection Strategies in β-Cell Replacement Therapy: A Closer Look at Porcine Islet Xenotransplantation. Adv Sci (Weinh). 2024: e2401385. got to article

Lange A, Medugorac I, Ali A, Kessler B, Kurome M, Zakhartchenko V, Hammer SE, Hauser A, Denner J, Dobenecker B, Wess G, Tan PLJ, Garkavenko O, Reichart B, Wolf E, Kemter E. Genetic diversity, growth and heart function of Auckland Island pigs, a potential source for organ xenotransplantation. Xenotransplantation. 2024; 31: e12858. got to article

Ali A, Kemter E, Wolf E. Advances in Organ and Tissue Xenotransplantation. Annu Rev Anim Biosci. 2024; 12: 369-90. got to article.