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Meet the Metcalf Prizes Jury

Professor Caroline Gargett (Chair)

Endometrial stem/progenitor cells, endometriosis, pelvic organ prolapse, regenerative medicine, mesenchymal stem/stromal cells, tissue engineering, women's health


Associate Professor Ngaire Elwood

Cord blood stem cells, cancer, cellular therapy


Associate Professor Tracy Heng

Immune function, blood stem cell transplantation, stromal cells, mesenchymal stem cells, cell therapy, immunomodulation


Professor Geoff Lindeman

Breast stem cells, breast cancer cells of origin, molecular genetics, epigenetics, hormonal signalling, stem cell regulation, clinical translation


Professor Megan Munsie

Developmental and reproductive biology, policy implications of regenerative medicine, ethical and societal implications of stem cell science, public understanding of science


Professor Susie Nilsson

HSC biology, transplantation and microenvironment, murine & human xenograft models, ESC derived HSC, HSC mobilisation


Professor Alice Pebay

Induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs), patient specific iPSCs, stem cell technology, disease modelling with a focus on neurodegenerative diseases of the eye and brain


Professor Jane Visvader

Breast stem cells, breast cancer cells of origin, molecular genetics, epigenetics, hormonal signalling, stem cell regulation


Professor Christine Wells

Synthetic biology, genome biology, bioinformatics and computational biology, mammalian cell differentiation and activation