Dr Cornelia Blume

Cornelia Blume obtained a MSc in Biology at the University of Hamburg, Germany. During her PhD at the Research Center Borstel, Germany, she characterised grass pollen allergens and analysed their cellular uptake. Following her PhD, Cornelia worked as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Centre for Allergy and Environment (ZAUM) in Munich (Germany).

In 2011 Cornelia joined the interdisciplinary research group of Prof Donna Davies in Southampton (UK) focusing on using advanced human respiratory in vitro 3D models for studying respiratory infections. Her cross-disciplinary approach includes the development of lung-on-chip models, complex 3D models of airway inflammation and lipidomics.