Partners

The REDDSTAR consortium is a network of diabetes specialists, regenerative medicine researchers, biotech industrialists and clinicians, supported by an experienced project management team.

NUI Galway

Project input by NUIG will include expertise in stem cell research, diabetic ulceration and bone fractures, and scale-up of cell isolation for GMP production. Prof. O’Brien is a Consultant Physician in Endocrinology and is a registered specialist in the EU and a Board Certified specialist in the USA. Professor Timothy O’Brien – timothy.obrien@nuigalway.ie Director of REMEDI (the Irish National…
The Queen’s University of Belfast

Project input will include expertise in retinopathy. Professor Alan Stitt – a.stitt@qub.ac.uk Leader of the Centre for Vision and Vascular Science at QUB Website: www.qub.ac.uk/
Universidade do Porto

Project input will include analysis and evaluation of impacts on the nervous system. Professor Isaura Tavares – isatav@med.up.pt Specialist in diabetic neuropathy Website: http://www.up.pt
Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin

Project input will include evaluating impact of SSC transplantation on diabetic cardiomyopathy. Professor Carsten Tschoepe – carsten.tschoepe@charite.de Vice Director of Cardiology Website: www.charite.de
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

Project input will include expertise in diabetic nephropathy and protocols on harvesting kidney samples, plasma and urine. Professor Hans-Joachim Anders – hjanders@med.uni-muenchen.de Head of Nephrology Website: www.uni-muenchen.de
Orbsen Therapeutics Limited

Project input will include providing S2-SSC and PA-SSC from murine, rat, rabbit and human marrow together with background data. Dr. Stephen Joseph Elliman – steve.elliman@orbsentherapeutics.com Head of Research Website: www.orbsentherapeutics.com
Owl Biomedical Inc

Project input will include expertise in isolation of S2+,S2-SSCs from bone marrow and development of world’s first cGMP compliant FACS Nanosorter® specifically for S2-SSC isolation. Website: www.owlbiomedical.com Dr. John Foster – john@owlbiomedical.com CEO
Pintail Ltd

Project input will include provision of data management facility to store and share pre-clinical data, day to day project administration and expertise in dissemination and exploitation. Mr. Ciaran Clissmann – Ciaran@pintailservices.com Director Website: http://www.pintail.eu/
Steno Diabetes Center A/S

Project input will include oversight of Phase 1b clinical trial. Website: www.steno.de Contact: Professor John Nolan – jjnl@steno.dk Diabetologist
Academisch Ziekenhuis Leiden – Leids Universitair Medisch Centrum (LUMC)

Project input will include expertise in all aspects of S2-SSC product life cycle, protocols in tissue acquisition, S2-SSC isolation, expansion, scale up and cryopreservation. Website: www.lumc.nl Contact: Professor Willem Fibbe – w.e.fibbe@lumc.nl Chair of the Department of Immunohematology and Blood Transfusion