Childhood Therapies: it's all in the blood (Inaugural Lecture Showcase) The College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine welcomes you to an inaugural lecture showcase event titled 'Childhood therapies: it's all in the blood'. Join two professors from the Institute for Regeneration and Repair as they share their career and research journey so far.Professor Katrin Ottersbach – Personal Chair of Developmental HaematologyKatrin obtained her BSc with Honours in Biochemistry from the University of Edinburgh and subsequently completed her PhD in chemokine biology at the Beatson Institute in Glasgow. She spent 5 years at the Erasmus MC in Rotterdam as a postdoctoral fellow, investigating the emergence of haematopoietic stem cells in development. She started her lab at the University of Cambridge in 2006, continuing in developmental haematopoiesis, but then broadening her interests to include the developmental origins of infant leukaemia. She moved her lab to the University of Edinburgh in 2015. In her research, she aims to apply her developmental haematopoiesis expertise to understand how the foetal context in which infant leukaemia arises contributes to the aggressive pathogenesis of this malignancies and how this knowledge can lead to the discovery of more specific and effective treatment options.Professor Brian Bigger – Chair in Advanced TherapeuticsBrian graduated from Bath University with a degree in Applied Biology and later a PhD in gene therapy from Imperial College London. He set up the Stem Cell & Neurotherapies group at the University of Manchester in 2006 to understand pathology and develop treatments for neurological lysosomal storage disorders, essentially childhood dementias. His group was the first to separate lysosomal storage from neuro-inflammation and show the role of both processes in the pathology of neurological lysosomal diseases. His lab developed several gene and cell therapy treatments for lysosomal diseases including three clinical trials.Brian moved to the University of Edinburgh in 2023 to take a Chair in Advanced Therapeutics at the Institute for Regeneration and Repair and retains an Honorary Chair in Cell and Gene Therapy at the University of Manchester. The Bigger lab continues to develop innovative gene and cell therapies for neurological diseases, including lysosomal diseases and bring these treatments to patients.Event details5.00pm - 6.30pm - Inaugural lectures6.30pm - 7.30pm - Drinks receptionThis event is free and open to all.Please indicate any dietary or access requirements when you register to attend.Lectures are in-person only and will not be live-streamed. Recordings of the lectures will be available after the event. Oct 30 2025 17.00 - 19.30 Childhood Therapies: it's all in the blood (Inaugural Lecture Showcase) Join two professors from the Institute of Regeneration and Repair as they share their career and research journey so far. Wellcome Auditorium, Queen's Medical Research Institute Google Maps Book your place
Childhood Therapies: it's all in the blood (Inaugural Lecture Showcase) The College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine welcomes you to an inaugural lecture showcase event titled 'Childhood therapies: it's all in the blood'. Join two professors from the Institute for Regeneration and Repair as they share their career and research journey so far.Professor Katrin Ottersbach – Personal Chair of Developmental HaematologyKatrin obtained her BSc with Honours in Biochemistry from the University of Edinburgh and subsequently completed her PhD in chemokine biology at the Beatson Institute in Glasgow. She spent 5 years at the Erasmus MC in Rotterdam as a postdoctoral fellow, investigating the emergence of haematopoietic stem cells in development. She started her lab at the University of Cambridge in 2006, continuing in developmental haematopoiesis, but then broadening her interests to include the developmental origins of infant leukaemia. She moved her lab to the University of Edinburgh in 2015. In her research, she aims to apply her developmental haematopoiesis expertise to understand how the foetal context in which infant leukaemia arises contributes to the aggressive pathogenesis of this malignancies and how this knowledge can lead to the discovery of more specific and effective treatment options.Professor Brian Bigger – Chair in Advanced TherapeuticsBrian graduated from Bath University with a degree in Applied Biology and later a PhD in gene therapy from Imperial College London. He set up the Stem Cell & Neurotherapies group at the University of Manchester in 2006 to understand pathology and develop treatments for neurological lysosomal storage disorders, essentially childhood dementias. His group was the first to separate lysosomal storage from neuro-inflammation and show the role of both processes in the pathology of neurological lysosomal diseases. His lab developed several gene and cell therapy treatments for lysosomal diseases including three clinical trials.Brian moved to the University of Edinburgh in 2023 to take a Chair in Advanced Therapeutics at the Institute for Regeneration and Repair and retains an Honorary Chair in Cell and Gene Therapy at the University of Manchester. The Bigger lab continues to develop innovative gene and cell therapies for neurological diseases, including lysosomal diseases and bring these treatments to patients.Event details5.00pm - 6.30pm - Inaugural lectures6.30pm - 7.30pm - Drinks receptionThis event is free and open to all.Please indicate any dietary or access requirements when you register to attend.Lectures are in-person only and will not be live-streamed. Recordings of the lectures will be available after the event. Oct 30 2025 17.00 - 19.30 Childhood Therapies: it's all in the blood (Inaugural Lecture Showcase) Join two professors from the Institute of Regeneration and Repair as they share their career and research journey so far. Wellcome Auditorium, Queen's Medical Research Institute Google Maps Book your place
Oct 30 2025 17.00 - 19.30 Childhood Therapies: it's all in the blood (Inaugural Lecture Showcase) Join two professors from the Institute of Regeneration and Repair as they share their career and research journey so far.
