Professor Susan Rosser
Susan is Professor of Synthetic Biology at the University of Edinburgh, where she also directs the UKRI Engineering Biology for Advanced Therapeutics Hub and co-directs the Edinburgh Genome Foundry. A major challenge for gene therapies is that to be …
Dr Miguel Mano
Miguel Mano is Senior Lecturer and Head of the High-Throughput Screening Facility at King's College London. He has extensive expertise and a strong track-record in the implementation of high-throughput and high-content screenings using small compounds and …
Emma Jones
Emma is a REACT-funded DPhil student in the Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics at the University of Oxford, supervised by Dr Ian McCracken. Her research investigates how new blood vessels form in the adult heart after a heart attack, and how …
Dr Andreas Gerondopoulos
Andreas is REACT's Programme Manager, working from King's College London to support work across the centre. Andreas has a background in vesicle trafficking, cell biology and rare disease which provides a strong foundation for understanding the molecular …
Lived experience advocates
Cardiovascular disease is the number one cause of death worldwide. Coronary artery disease leading to heart attack and ultimately heart failure is the biggest contributor. There is no known cure for heart failure, other than organ transplantation. This …
Our approach
Our targeted career development initiatives support REACT staff and students in becoming skilled, confident researchers who will shape the field of advanced cardiac therapies for decades to come. Through team science and collaboration, and by fostering an …
Greg Palmer
Greg leads patient and public involvement and engagement (PPIE) and digital communications efforts for the MRC/BHF CoRE in Advanced Cardiac Therapies (REACT). He is based at the University of Edinburgh but supports work across all our partner …
Dr Nicola Haines
As REACT COO Nicola works to ensure that we have the strategic and operational capacity to allow the science to run smoothly while maximising the opportunities to reach our goals and deliver impact on behalf of our funders, partners and publics. In REACT, …
Professor Daniel Stuckey
Daniel is Professor of Cardiovascular Imaging at University College London. For over 20 years his team have been developing in vivo imaging technology bespoke to cardiac regenerative therapies. Through successive BHF Fellowships, his team have established …
Dr Hanna Groothuizen
Hanna is REACT’s Research Culture Manager, working to help build a research culture that enables us to achieve our scientific goals. We know that healthy cultures foster innovation, retention and research integrity, whereas unhealthy ones do the opposite. …