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Theme lead: Professor Ludovic Vallier

Ludovic Vallier is Professor of Regenerative Medicine affiliated to the Department of Surgery Cambridge University, Senior Group Leader jointly based at the MRC and Wellcome Trust Cambridge Stem Cell Institute and the Welcome Trust Sanger Institute, and director of the NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells core facility. His group employs human pluripotent stem cells and organoid as in vitro models to uncover molecular mechanisms controlling early cell fate decisions in human development. These studies have uncovered key factors controlling differentiation of pluripotent cells into endoderm progenitors from which the pancreas, lung, gut and liver originate. His group exploits the resulting cells to study inherited metabolic diseases and to develop regenerative medicine applications. Thus, his overall objective is not only to acquire the knowledge necessary to control differentiation of stem cells into specific endodermal cells but also to generate cell types for clinical studies of metabolic disorders and for cell based therapy.

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Theme lead contact details: lv225@cam.ac.uk

Name	Job title	Email address
Dr Menna Clatworthy	Honorary Consultant	mrc38@cam.ac.uk
Prof Chris Watson	Honorary Consultant	cjew2@cam.ac.uk
Prof Mike Nicholson	Honorary Consultant	mln31@cam.ac.uk
Mr Gavin Pettigrew	Honorary Consultant	gjp25@cam.ac.uk
Mr Kourosh Saeb-Parsy	Honorary Consultant	ks10014@cam.ac.uk
Dr Sarah Hosgood	Senior Research Associate	sh744@cam.ac.uk
Mr Vas Kosmoliaptsis	Clinical Lecturer	vk256@cam.ac.uk
Prof John Trowsdale		jt233@cam.ac.uk
Professor Sir John Bradley	Honorary Consultant	john.bradley@addenbrookes.nhs.uk
Prof Andrew McCaskie	Honorary Consultant and Head of Department of Surgery	awm41@cam.ac.uk
Dr Matthias Zilbauer	Honorary Consultant	mz304@medschl.cam.ac.uk