In: Nature Reviews Bioengineering Vol.1
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My main research interest aims to discover the mechanisms of biological self-organization. We study these in natural organ development and apply what is learned to tissue engineering, particularly of kidneys. We also construct synthetic biological systems, and associated computer models, to achieve patterning and organization by designed, rather than evolved, means. The laboratory also has a strong interest in the 3Rs.
Education/Academic qualification
Natural Sciences, Master of Arts, Univ Cambridge
1 Oct 2003 → 1 Jun 2006
Award Date: 1 Jan 2016
Developmental Neurobiology, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Growth cone repulsion in the control of vertebrate neural segmentation, Univ Cambridge
1 Oct 1986 → 30 Sep 1989
Award Date: 27 Jan 1990
External positions
Committee Member, NC IUPHAR
2015 → …
Editorial Board Member, Scientific Reports
2015 → …
Deputy Chair, National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement & Reduction of Animals in Research (NC3Rs)
1 Jul 2011 → 30 Jun 2014
Associate Editor, Nephron: Experimental Nephrology
2008 → 2014
Editor, Organogenesis
2004 → 2012
Receiving Editor, Journal of Anatomy
2003 → 2008
About
I obtained a BA(Hons) Natural Sciences, then PhD, both from University of Cambridge, then obtained a Cancer Research Campaign postdoctoral fellowship (Southampton then Manchester: the lab moved). I joined Edinburgh as a lecturer in 1995, Professor of Experimental Anatomy from 2007. My research centres on biologival self-organization, in normal development, as a tool in tissue engineering, and in synthetic biological systems. My lab also hosts the curation teams of two major international databases.
Qualifications
BA(Hons) in Natural Sciences 1986, University of Cambridge (converted to MA(Cantab) in 1990
PhD (Developmental neurobiology) 1990, University of Cambridge, 1990.