As stated in a UKE press release, the new professorship is intended to provide an impetus for further developing alternative methods to animal experiments, for example, cell culture methods (in vitro methods), computer simulations, imaging methods, and organoids. According to her own statements, the researcher wants to bring the different research fields closer together.
https://www.uke.de/allgemein/presse/pressemitteilungen/detailseite_130117.html
https://www.uke.de/kliniken-institute/institute/klinische-chemie-und-laboratoriumsmedizin/forschung/arbeitsgruppen/vascular-biology.html