R&D Collaborations

EuroStemCell

• EuroStemCell Consortium
  
• New or improved methods for ACF expansion of mesoderm stem cells
  Giulio Cossu
  
  Christian Dani
  
  
• Technology & protocols for the expansion of mouse & human neurogenic glia [NS]
  Austin Smith
  Stem Cell Programming, Institute for Stem Cell Biology, University of Cambridge

  

FunGenES

• Mouse ES derived neural assays using lineage selection technology
  Dr Laurent Pradier, Director Genomics, Neurodegenerative Disease Group
  Sanofi - Aventis Pharma

ESTOOLS

• ESTOOLS Consortium
  
• Optimised standard protocols for obtaining neural precursors from hES cells

StemHTS

• A biochemical engineered high throughput screen using ES cells
  
  Gary J Lye
  Professor of Biochemical Engineering
  
  Chris Mason
  
  Dave Rodham
  

Human ES Cell lines

• Human ES cell line derivation
  
  Melbourne IVF
  
  Australian Stem Cell Centre
  
  

Human Neural Stem (NS) cell lines

• Neural Stem Cell Derivation
  Centre for Reproductive Biology, University Edinburgh
  Professor Richard Anderson
  

Human multipotent adipose derived stem (hMADS) cell lines

• Derivation & characterization of hMADS cell lines
  The Royal Children's Hospital
  

Lineage committed stem cell products

• Neurons isolated from ES cells as functional models for drug discovery.
  John Hayes, Rick Lang & Colin Poutin
  
  NeuroSolutions
  
  Professor David Spanswick
  Professor of Molecular Neurosciences (non clinial)

 

Others

• Huntington’s disease modelling using NS cells
  Dorotea Rigamonti
  
  Elena Cattaneo

 

• Therapeutic potential of Neural Stem cells (NS Cells) in Spinal Cord Injury and Repair
  Frank Barry