David Williams

  1. Current research activities

    2. Director of the UK Centre for Tissue Engineering, a £10 million collaboration between the Universities of Liverpool and Manchester. This is funded by MRC, BBSRC and EPSRC for 6 years and has three clinical targets, involving skin tissue engineering, cartilage tissue engineering and tubular structures within the cardiovascular system. The work involves aspects of stem cell sourcing and manipulation, gene transfection, scaffolds, bioreactors and inflammatory / immune responses.

  2. Keywords

    3. Adult stem cells, biocompatibility of scaffolds, bioreactors, inflammation, immunogenicity of tissue engineering products.

  3. End-user applications

    • Blood vessels
    • Intervertebral discs
    • Heart valves
    • Skin replacements
    • Adipose tissue
    • Ligaments

  4. Key publications

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  5. Outreach activities

    6. Writing the new European Commission Directive on Tissue Engineering etc

  6. Key organisation membership

    7. Tissue Engineering Society International (TESI)

  7. Early career researcher?

    8. No.

  8. Young investigator?

    9. No.

  9. Skills and expertise

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  10. Specialist equipment and infrastructure

    • The UK Centre for Tissue Engineering is equipped with state of the art facilities for tissue engineering.

  11. Contact Details 

    Professor David Williams
    Address: P O Box 147. Liverpool
    Country: UK
    Phone: +44 151 706 4203
    Fax: + 44 151 706 5920
    Email: dfw@liv.ac.uk

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