Brigitte Städler is Professor at the Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center at Aarhus University, Denmark. Prior to this, she obtained her PhD from ETH Zurich, Switzerland followed by post doc time at the University of Melbourne, Australia and an Assistant and Associate Professor positions at Aarhus University. Currently, she is the head of the ‘Laboratory for Cell Mimicry’, an interdisciplinary group working in the area of bottom-up synthetic biology focusing on nature inspired solutions to address medical challenges. Her research efforts combine organic and polymer chemistry with colloidal science and cell biology to assemble artificial cells that interact and support mammalian cells and tissues. She has over 128 peer-reviewed publications, and she obtained multiple fellowships including the L’Oreal/UNESCO - For Women in Science Fellowship, Denmark, the Carlsberg Foundation – Distinguished Associate Professor Fellowship, and an ERC Consolidator Grant.