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Wellcome-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute

 

Leadership

Professor Bertie Göttgens is a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences, Member of the European Molecular Biology Organisation (EMBO), Wellcome Investigator and former President of the International Society for Experimental Haematology. He has served on many national and international grant review panels, and several of his former trainees now hold senior positions in both academia and industry.

Professor Bertie Göttgens

Director

Bertie’s post-doctoral research delivered the first molecular understanding of key regulatory processes that define blood stem cell identity. After starting his own group, he continued work to decipher the blood stem cell regulatory code and then exploited this knowledge to generate computer models that faithfully capture the behaviour of normal blood stem cells, and model dysregulation of stem cell function in leukaemia.

Throughout the past 5 years, his group has performed internationally leading research in using new single cell profiling technologies. By expanding their scope beyond blood development, the group is now charting cellular diversification in mammalian embryos, all the way from pluripotent stem cells to the progenitors of all major organs.

 

Deputy Director

Professor Göttgens is supported by a Deputy Director to promote specific areas of Institute activity.

Professor Sanjay Sinha

Deputy Director

 

Strategy Advisory Committee

The SAC supports the Director and Deputy Director with expert evaluation & advice. It formulates, implements and ensures effective delivery of the Institute key strategic objectives. The committee is made up of all professorial members of the Institute as well as full PI, affiliated PI and professional support reps.

 

Dr Maria Alcolea

Professor Roger Barker

Professor Sarah Bray

Dr Noémie Combémorel
Postdoc rep

Danielle Daft

Professor Cedric Ghevaert

Professor Tony Green

Steph Hall

Dr Brian Hendrich

Professor Brian Huntly 

Professor Ragnhildur
Thóra Káradóttir

Professor Walid Khaled

Professor Madeline Lancaster

Professor Elisa Laurenti

Professor Andrew McCaskie

Professor Simon
Mendez-Ferrer

Professor Anna Philpott 

Oluwaseun Ogundele

Professor David Rowitch

Professor Ben Simons

Anthea Stanley

George Vassiliou

Professor George Vassiliou

Matt Zilbauer

Professor Matthias Zilbauer

 

 

International Scientific Advisory Board

The ISAB consists of distinguished stem cell researchers who provide expert evaluation and advice through annual visits and reports

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Prof.
David Scadden
(Chair)

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Prof.
Cedric Blanpain

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Prof.
Ben Ebert

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Prof. Dr.
Magdalena Götz

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Prof.
Dirk Schübeler

 

Governance Committee

This is made up of senior members of the University who meet annually, providing oversight and alignment with University strategy and resources.

Operational Committees

 


Management Committees

The day-to-day management of the Institute is undertaken by various management committees:

 

JCBC JOINT MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE

Chairs: Ken Smith and Bertie Göttgens 

Secretary: Rachel Acland 

Members

  • Josefin Bartholdson-Scott
  • Michal Blaszczyk
  • Kristian Cressy
  • Danielle Daft
  • Tannia Garcia
  • Bertie Göttgens
  • Ravi Gupta
  • Steph Hall
  • Richard Hill
  • Brian Huntly
  • Tony Kouzarides
  • Joo-Hyeon Lee
  • Paul Lehner
  • Cecile Lopez
  • Clare Marriott
  • Eoin McKinney
  • Oluwaseun Ogundele
  • Virginia Pedicord
  • Katharina Ramshorn
  • Larissa Richardon
  • Sanjay Sinha
  • Anthea Stanley
  • Ivan Trahanov

JCBC BIOFACILITY COMMITTEE

Chair: George Vassiliou

Secretary: Claire Pheasant

Members

  • Maria Alcolea (CSCI)
  • Michal Blaszczyk (CITIID)
  • Allan Bradley (CITIID)
  • Simon Clare (CITIID)
  • Brian Huntly (CSCI)
  • Thora Karadottir (CSCI)
  • Elisa Laurenti (CSCI)
  • Simon Mendez-Ferrer (CSCI)
  • Justyna Rak (CSCI)
  • UBS representatives: Karl Wilson

JCBC IT MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE

Chair: Richard Hill

Secretary: Claire Williams

Members:

  • Hugo Da Silva Bastos
  • Darran Clements
  • Kristian Cressy
  • Namshik Han
  • Walid Khaled
  • Paul Lyons
  • Simon Mendez-Ferrer
  • Irina Mohorianu
  • Ben Pearson
  • Anthea Stanley
  • Ivan Trahanov
  • Stravros Vagionitis
  • Chris Wallace

   

JCBC EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Chairs: Ken Smith

Members:

  • Kathryn Chapman
  • Kristian Cressy
  • Richard Hill
  • Tony Kouzarides
  • Ken Smith
  • Anthea Stanley   

CSCI PI AND AFFILIATES MEETING

Chair: Bertie Göttgens

Secretary: Claire Williams

Members:

  • All PIs and Affiliates
  • Danielle Daft
  • Steph Hall
  • Greg Palmer
  • Laura Puhl
  • Alice Sorrell
  • Anthea Stanley

JCBC FLOW CYTOMETRY COMMITTEE
(managed by CITIID)

Chair: Paul Lehner

Members:

  • George Giotopoulus
  • Daniel Hodson
  • Elisa Laurenti
  • Joo-Hyeon Lee
  • James Nathan
  • Anna Petrukina
  • Nicola Wilson

CSCI & HAEMATOLOGY
EQUITY & DIVERSITY COMMITTEE

Chair: Nicola Wilson

Secretary: Chloe Annison

Members

  • Ghanesh Angris
  • Roberta Azzarelli
  • Danielle Daft
  • Joanna Baxter
  • Brian Hendrich
  • Brian Huntly
  • Nathalie Kingston
  • Courtney Kremler
  • Ilias Moutsopoulos
  • Anthea Stanley
  • George Vassiliou

CSCI RESEARCH CULTURE &
INTEGRITY COMMITTEE

Chair: Nicola Wilson

Secretary: Claire Williams

Members

  • Maria Alcolea
  • Ghanesh Angris
  • Roger Barker
  • Maite Bejar
  • Danielle Daft
  • Jade Gong
  • Steph Hall
  • Brian Hendrich
  • Brian Huntly
  • Oluwaseun Ogundele
  • Greg Palmer
  • Alice Sorrell

CSCI HEALTH AND SAFETY COMMITTEE

Chair: Bertie Göttgens

Secretary: Claire Pheasant

Members

  • Joanna Baxter
  • Darran Clements
  • Mark Elsdon
  • George Giotopoulos
  • Steph Hall
  • Daniel Hodson
  • Peter Holt
  • James MacKenzie
  • Rebecca Mellor
  • Oluwaseun Ogundele
  • Anthea Stanley
  • Mekayla Storer
  • Keff Tibbles

CSCI IMAGING & HISTOLOGY COMMITTEE

Chair: Thora Karadottir

Secretary: Claire Williams

Members

  • Menna Clatworthy
  • Darran Clements
  • Louis Elfari
  • Steph Hall
  • Joo-Hyeon Lee
  • Nathan Richoz
  • Anthea Stanley
  • Andrea Starling
  • Richard Tyser

CSCI CELL CULTURE COMMITTEE

Chair: Maria Alcolea

Secretary: Claire Pheasant

Members:

  • Steph Hall
  • Brian Hendrich
  • Dan Hodson
  • Elisa Laurenti
  • Joo-Hyeon Lee
  • Sally Lees
  • Anthea Stanley

CSCI BIOLOGICAL SAFETY COMMITTEE

Chair: George Giotopoulos

Secretary: Claire Williams

Members:

  • Joanna Baxter
  • Mark Elsdon
  • George Giotopoulos
  • Steph Hall
  • Joo-Hyeon Lee
  • Sally Lees
  • Fotios Sampaziotis
  • Mekayla Storer
  • Keff Tibbles
  • Sarah Thurston

CSCI BIOINFORMATICS COMMITTEE

Chair: Elisa Laurenti

Secretary: Carole Cornwell

Members

  • Billy Dunn
  • Adrien Hallou
  • Vincent Knight-Schrijver
  • Irina Mohorianu
  • Anthea Stanley
  • Ivan Trahanov
  • Richard Tyser
  • Kostas Tzelepis
  • John Xu

JCBC GREEN IMPACT

Chair: Adam Spruce

Members:

  • Matthew McLoughlin
  • Anna Osnato
  • Lydia Parkinson
  • Ben Pearson
  • Justyna Rak
  • Larissa Richardson
  • Abigail Shurr
  • Amelia Soderholm

JCBC FOOD COMMITTEE

Secretary: Rachel Acland

Members

  • Jacqui Davidson
  • Nicole Kaneider-Kaser
  • Adam Spruce