The Team

Karen Coopman

Prof Karen Coopman Director

Senior Lecturer in Biological Engineering

Supported by: Jayne Spendlove, CDT administrator

The Steering Group

Dr Mark Carver (Chair) Fujifilm Diosynth biotechnologies UK Ltd (retired)
Dr Darren Clark – Medi link East Midlands
Dr Bo Kara - GlaxoSmithKline plc
Dr Julie Kerby -  The Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult
Dr David Pan - MRC Representative
Dr Iain Larmour – EPSRC Representative
Brigadier Tim Hodgetts - Royal Centre for Defence Medicine (Academia and Research)
Dr Paul Bello – Innovate UK
Professor Liam Grover – University of Birmingham


Prof Nick Forsyth

Professor of Stem Cell Biology



Prof Ying Yang

Professor in Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering

Nottingham University


Dr. Lee Buttery

Associate Professor in Cell Biology/Tissue Engineering


Dr Jing Yang

Assistant Professor


Prof Felicity Rose

Professor of Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering


Prof Kevin Shakesheff

Professor of Advanced Drug Delivery and Tissue Engineering

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Prof Mark Lewis

Professor of Musculoskeletal Biology


Prof Rob Thomas

Professor of Manufacturing for Cell and Gene Therapies


Dr. Paul Roach

Senior Lecturer in Biomaterials and Interface Science