Leadership & governance

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.

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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.

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Professor Sanjay Sinha Co-Deputy Director School of Clinical Medicine	Professor Walid Khaled Co-Deputy Director  School of Biological Sciences

Governance Committee

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

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andrew_mccaskie_2024_150.png Professor Andrew McCaskie	kathy_niakan-150x150.jpg Professor Kathy Niakan	julian_rayner_150.png Professor Julian Rayner	sanjay_sinha_150v2.png Professor Sanjay Sinha
jon_simons_150.png Professor Jon Simons	anthea_stanley_2024_150.png Anthea Stanley

Postgraduate Leadership 

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

brian_huntly_2024_150.png Professor Brian Huntly PhD Programme Co-Director

mekayla_storer_2024_150.png Dr Mekayla Storer PhD Programme Co-Director

elisa_laurenti_2024_150.png Professor Elisa Laurenti Master's Programme Director

maria_duque-correa_2024_150.png Dr Maria Duque-Correa Master's Programme Deputy Director

Find the Advisory Boards listed here. 

See Operational and Management Committees listed here.