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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 two Deputy Directors to promote specific areas of Institute activity.

Professor Sanjay Sinha

Co-Deputy Director
School of Clinical Medicine

Professor Walid Khaled

Co-Deputy Director 
School of Biological Sciences

 

Postgraduate Leadership 

The postgraduate leadership team oversees the Master's and PhD programmes offered at the Institute. The full committee can be seen here. 

Professor Brian Huntly

PhD Programme Co-Director

Dr Mekayla Storer

PhD Programme Co-Director

Professor Elisa Laurenti

Master's Programme Director

Dr Maria Duque-Correa

Master's Programme 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.

Professor Bertie Göttgens (Chair) 

Professor Sarah Bray

Danielle Daft

Steph Hall

Professor Brian Huntly 

Professor Walid Khaled

Professor Madeline Lancaster

Professor Elisa Laurenti

Professor Sanjay Sinha

Anthea Stanley


Dr Mekayla Storer

Professor Sarah Teichmann


Dr Richard Tyser 

 

 

 

 

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 Chwee Teck Lim 
Cellular Mechanobiology, Microfluidics
NUSS Chair Professor and Director, Institute for Health Innovation and Technology, 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

Dr Dave Michalovich
GlaxoSmithKline 

     

 

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

Chair: Bertie Göttgens

Secretary: Liat Churley

Members

  • Sarah Albion
  • Michal Blaszczyk
  • Michael Boland
  • Liat Churley
  • Menna Clatworthy
  • Noémie Combémorel
  • Tania Gracia
  • Ravi Gupta
  • Steph Hall
  • Richard Hill
  • Brian Huntly
  • Tony Kouzarides  
  • Paul Lehner
  • Nikki Mann
  • James McKenzie
  • Eoin McKinney
  • Virginia Pedicord
  • Anna Petrunkina Harrison
  • Laura Puhl 
  • Katharina Ramshorn
  • Larissa Richardson
  • Sanjay Sinha
  • Anthea Stanley
  • Ivan Trahanov
  • Richard Tyser
  • Grace Wilson

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)
  • Stephen Loughran (CSCI) 
  • George Vassiliou (CSCI)
  • UBS representatives: Karl Wilson

JCBC IT MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE

Chair: Richard Hill

Secretary: Luke Cheesebrough

Members:

  • Johannes Bargehr
  • Hugo Da Silva Bastos
  • Darran Clements
  • Kristian Cressy
  • Namshik Han
  • Walid Khaled
  • Paul Lyons
  • 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: Rachel Acland

Members:

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

JCBC FLOW CYTOMETRY COMMITTEE
(managed by CITIID)

Chair: Paul Lehner

Members:

  • George Giotopoulus
  • Daniel Hodson
  • Elisa Laurenti
  • James Nathan
  • Anna Petrukina
  • Nicola Wilson

CSCI & HAEMATOLOGY
EQUITY & DIVERSITY COMMITTEE

Chair: Nicola Wilson

Secretary: Chloe Annison

Members

  • Ghanesh Angris
  • Joanna Baxter
  • Rachel Bailey
  • Paula Bibby
  • Emma Cutting
  • Danielle Daft
  • Brian Huntly
  • Yozlem Kadaoglu
  • Licyel Paulas Condori
  • Laura Puhl
  • Juan Rubio-Lara
  • Helen Reynolds
  • 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 Huntly
  • Yozlem Kadaoglu
  • Licyel Paulas Condori
  • Laura Puhl
  • Helen Reynolds
  • Nathalie Sakakini
  • Alice Sorrell

CSCI HEALTH AND SAFETY COMMITTEE

Chair: Bertie Göttgens

Secretary: Claire Pheasant

Members

  • Joanna Baxter
  • Harry Bulstrode
  • Darran Clements
  • Jason Crawte 
  • Tegwen Elliott
  • Mark Elsdon
  • George Giotopoulos
  • Steph Hall
  • Peter Holt
  • James MacKenzie
  • Rebecca Mellor
  • Emma Moth
  • Helen Reynolds
  • Anthea Stanley
  • Mekayla Storer

CSCI IMAGING & HISTOLOGY COMMITTEE

Chair: Walid Khaled

Secretary: Luke Cheesebrough

Members

  • Menna Clatworthy
  • Darran Clements
  • Maria Duque-Correa
  • Steph Hall
  • Shani Perera
  • Nathan Richoz
  • Anthea Stanley
  • Richard Tyser
  • Nadav Yayon
  • Anna Wilbrey-Clark 

CSCI CELL CULTURE COMMITTEE

Chair: Maria Alcolea

Secretary: Claire Pheasant

Members:

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

CSCI BIOLOGICAL SAFETY COMMITTEE

Chair: George Giotopoulos

Secretary: Luke Cheesebrough

Members:

  • Joanna Baxter
  • Eva Blahusova
  • Maria Duque-Correa
  • Jason Crawte
  • Tegwen Elliott
  • Mark Elsdon
  • Steph Hall
  • Daniel Hodson
  • Sally Lees
  • James MacKenzie
  • Laura Magnani 
  • Natasha Morgan
  • Sonia Pascoal
  • Helen Reynolds
  • Mekayla Storer
  • Sally-Anne Thomas
  • Richard Tyser

DRP STEERING COMMITTEE

Chair: Bertie Göttgens

SecretaryAnthea Stanley

Members

  • Melania Barile
  • Darran Clements
  • Danielle Daft
  • Steph Hall
  • Walid Khaled
  • Athina Markaki
  • Simon Mendez-Ferrer
  • Roisin Owens
  • Maike Paramor
  • Helen Reynolds
  • Sanjay Sinha
  • Nadav Yayon
  • Andrian Yang

JCBC GREEN IMPACT/LEAF

Chair: Adam Spruce

Members:

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

JCBC FOOD COMMITTEE

Secretary: Rachel Acland

Members

  • Jacqui Davidson
  • Nicole Kaneider-Kaser
  • Adam Spruce