Christian Göritz

Dr. Göritz studied Biochemistry at the Free University in Berlin, Germany. He performed his PhD studies in Strasbourg, France, in a joint Max Planck / CNRS research environment in the field of Neuroscience. For his postdoctoral training, he joined the lab of Prof. Jonas Frisén at the Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm. In 2012 he established his own research group at the Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Dr. Göritz investigates the physiological and pathological function of perivascular cells. The main focus of his research has been fibrosis and tissue repair following lesions to the central nervous system. In his latest research he addressed the physiological role of perivascular fibroblasts in the context of penile erection.