Dr Richard Tyser will join Cambridge Stem Cell Institute as a Principal Investigator this summer, bringing his expertise on the emergence of form and function during early heart development.
Dr Tyser is coming from his post at the University of Oxford in the Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, where in 2018 he received a British Heart Foundation Immediate Basic Research Fellowship. His research aims to discover how the first heartbeat is initiated, with the goal of improving scientific understanding of congenital heart defects, heart disease, and arrythmias for future therapeutic purposes.
CSCI Director Bertie Göttgens comments on Dr Tyser's appointment:
“I am delighted to welcome Richard to CSCI and the wider Cambridge stem cell community. Richard’s expertise in cardiac development and physiology will not only complement ongoing research within CSCI, but also help further enhance interactions with the Department of Development, Physiology and Neuroscience at the University, as well as the new Heart and Lung Research Institute on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus.”
Upon his appointment as PI (or Group Leader, as the position is also known), Dr Tyser will join the other PIs leading the research at CSCI.
On joining the team, Dr Tyser comments:
“I’m really looking forward to joining the Cambridge Stem Cell Institute and having the opportunity to establish a research group within an internationally recognised environment of diverse stem cell biologists. Being part of the Institute, as well as the wider Cambridge research community, provides an opportunity to develop exciting synergies which will enable new approaches to expand our research on early heart development and its clinical application.”
To learn more about Dr Tyser and his work, please find some of his key publications below, or follow him on twitter @RichTyser
Publications
1. Tyser, R.C.V., et al. Single-cell transcriptomic characterization of a gastrulating human embryo. Nature600, 285–289 (2021).
2. Tyser, R.C.V., et al. Characterisation of a common progenitor pool of the epicardium and myocardium. Science 371 (2021)
3. Tyser R.C.V. et al, Calcium handling precedes cardiac differentiation to initiate the first heartbeet. Elife, 5. (2016)