Presenter Biography
(Stem Cells: A Pathway Through the Maze)
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Paul Fairchild
Dr Paul Fairchild, Sir William Dunn School of Pathology |
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After obtaining a first class degree and an award for top graduate in the Biological Sciences, Paul Fairchild began his research career in Oxford, where he studied for a DPhil within the Nuffield Department of Surgery, focussing on the immune response to organ allografts. After spending five years as a Post-Doctoral Fellow in the Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, he returned to Oxford where he is currently a Lecturer and RCUK Academic Fellow within the Sir William Dunn School of Pathology. Here, he has applied his immunological training to the emerging field of cell replacement therapy and regenerative medicine to investigate the immune response to tissues differentiated from embryonic stem cells, the rejection of which threatens to undermine the success of regenerative medicine in the future. He has developed technologies which may help promote the indefinite survival of stem cell-derived grafts, which forms the basis of a patent, licensed by Geron Corporation with whom he collaborates scientifically. He has published widely in the field and is a frequent speaker at international conferences. |
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