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Prof Robin Franklin
BVetMed BSc PhD FRCPath FMedSci FRS
FRCVS
- Location: Cambridgeshire
- Year of Fellowship: 2018
- Route to Fellowship: Meritorious Contributions to Knowledge
Field of work
Universities and colleges
Areas of special interest
- Neurobiology
- Cell biology
- Stem cells
Areas of support
- Collaborative research
- Translating research into veterinary practice
Professional positions
- The Wellcome Trust Expert Review Group (cellular and molecular neuroscience) – 2013-2017
- European Research Council – LS7 Advanced Awards Panel (2016;vice-chair 2018; chair 2020,2022)
- Wellcome Trust Expert Review College, 2012-2013
- Clinical Interview Panel, The Wellcome Trust, 2005-2010
- MRC Regenerative Medicines Research Committee, 2013-2018
- FRCVS Panel - MCK Chair - 2020-2023
Awards
- 2004 - Cavanagh Prize - British Neuropathological society
- 2011 - MS Society Research of the Year Award
- 2014 - Kennel Club International Award
- 2016 - Barancik Prize - International Prize for Research Innovation
- 2021 - King Faisal Prize for Medicine (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Faisal_Prize)
Biography
Robin Franklin is a Principal Investigator at Altos Labs Cambridge Institute of Science, having previously been Professor of Stem Cell Medicine at the Wellcome-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute at the University of Cambridge. His laboratory has made many pioneering discoveries on the mechanisms by which adult CNS progenitors replace lost
oligodendrocytes. He is a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences and a Fellow of the Royal Society.
oligodendrocytes. He is a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences and a Fellow of the Royal Society.