Professor Roger Pedersen

Professor of Regenerative Medicine at Department of Surgery, University of Cambridge

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Professor of Regenerative Medicine, Anne McLaren Laboratory for Regenerative Medicine, Department of Surgery, University of Cambridge

Professor Roger Pedersen is the Professor of Regenerative Medicine in the Anne McLaren Laboratory for Regenerative Medicine, Department of Surgery at the University of Cambridge. His research group specialises in the mechanics of mesoderm differentiation in mammalian pluripotent stemcells. His current research focuses on understanding how pluripotent mammalian stem cells maintain their undifferentiated state and undergo differentiation into mesoderm, reflecting an enduring interest in the emergence of diversity during mammalian gastrulation.

Their main experimental focus is on human embryonic stem cells, though they also study human induced pluripotent stem cells and mouse epiblast-derived stem cells. They hope to understand how unspecialised cells take their first steps and whether this can set them in the direction of their ultimate specialisation, especially blood and cardiac cell types. Potential applications of their work include blood cells for transplantation and improved yields of defined cardiac cell types.