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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

Professor George Vassiliou

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

Prof. Cedric Blanpain
Epithelial stem cells and cancer 
Professor and Director of the Laboratory of Stem cells and Cancer, Université libre de Bruxelles

Prof. Cristina Lo Celso
Bone marrow microenvironment, healthy and malignant haematopoietic stem cell niches, leukaemia 
Professor of stem cell biology, Department of Life Sciences, Co-director, Centre for Haematology, Imperial College London

Prof. Samantha Morris
Associate Professor of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Washington University School of Medicine

 

Dr. Lim Chee Teck
Cellular Mechanobiology, Microfluidics
NUSS Chair Professor, National University of Singapore

 

Prof. Timm Schroeder
Molecular stem cell fate control
Professor, Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETHZ), Basel, Switzerland

 

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: Menna Clatworthy

Secretary: Rachel Acland 

Members

  • Michal Blaszczyk
  • Kristian Cressy
  • Bertie Göttgens
  • Ravi Gupta
  • Steph Hall
  • Richard Hill
  • Brian Huntly
  • Tony Kouzarides
  • Paul Lehner
  • Cecile Lopez
  • James Mackenzie
  • Clare Marriott
  • Eoin McKinney
  • Oluwaseun Ogundele
  • Virginia Pedicord
  • Larissa Richardson
  • Sanjay Sinha
  • Anthea Stanley
  • Ivan Trahanov
  • Cathy Tralau-Stewart

JCBC BIOFACILITY COMMITTEE

Chair: Richard Tyser

Secretary: Claire Pheasant

Members

  • Maria Alcolea (CSCI)
  • Michal Blaszczyk (CITIID)
  • Simon Clare (CITIID)
  • Brian Huntly (CSCI)
  • Thora Karadottir (CSCI)
  • Elisa Laurenti (CSCI)
  • Simon Mendez-Ferrer (CSCI)
  • George Vassiliou (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

Secretary: Saffron Murfitt

Members:

  • Mike Boland
  • Menna Clatworthy
  • Bertie Gottgens
  • Richard Hill
  • Tony Kouzarides
  • Anthea Stanley
  • Cathy Tralau-Stewart   

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

  • Helena Ahlfors
  • Ghanesh Angris
  • Joanna Baxter
  • Rachel Bailey
  • Paula Bibby
  • Emma Cutting
  • Danielle Daft
  • Brian Hendrich
  • Brian Huntly
  • Ilias Moutsopoulos
  • Anthea Stanley
  • Hannah Stark
  • Alice Sorrell
  • George Vassiliou
  • Kelly Walsh

CSCI RESEARCH CULTURE &
INTEGRITY COMMITTEE

Chair: Nicola Wilson

Secretary: Chloe Annison

Members

  • Ghanesh Angris
  • Roger Barker
  • Noémie Combémorel
  • Danielle Daft
  • Maria Duque-Correa
  • Tegwen Elliott
  • Steph Hall
  • Brian Hendrich
  • Brian Huntly
  • Oluwaseun Ogundele
  • Greg Palmer
  • Laura Puhl
  • Nathalie Sakakini
  • Alice Sorrell

CSCI HEALTH AND SAFETY COMMITTEE

Chair: Bertie Göttgens

Secretary: Claire Pheasant

Members

  • Joanna Baxter
  • Darran Clements
  • Tegwen Elliott
  • 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
  • Maria Duque-Correa
  • Louis Elfari
  • Steph Hall
  • Joo-Hyeon Lee
  • Shani Perera
  • Nathan Richoz
  • Anthea Stanley
  • Richard Tyser
  • Nadav Yayon

CSCI CELL CULTURE COMMITTEE

Chair: Maria Alcolea

Secretary: Claire Pheasant

Members:

  • Steph Hall
  • Brian Hendrich
  • Dan Hodson
  • Elisa Laurenti
  • Sally Lees
  • Anthea Stanley

CSCI BIOLOGICAL SAFETY COMMITTEE

Chair: George Giotopoulos

Secretary: Claire Williams

Members:

  • Joanna Baxter
  • Maria Duque-Correa
  • Tegwen Elliot
  • Mark Elsdon
  • Steph Hall
  • Daniel Hodson
  • Sally Lees
  • James MacKenzie
  • Natasha Morgan
  • Sonia Pascoal
  • Mekayla Storer
  • Sally-Anne Thomas
  • Sarah Thurston
  • Richard Tyser

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:

  • Rachel Acland
  • Undine-Sophie Deumer
  • Matthew McLoughlin
  • Anna Osnato
  • Lydia Parkinson
  • Ben Pearson
  • Laura Puhl
  • Justyna Rak
  • Larissa Richardson
  • Abigail Shurr
  • Amelia Soderholm

JCBC FOOD COMMITTEE

Secretary: Rachel Acland

Members

  • Jacqui Davidson
  • Nicole Kaneider-Kaser
  • Adam Spruce