Dr Clare Blackburn is a Group Leader at the University of Edinburgh's Institute for Stem Cell Research.   Director of Training and Outreach for the original EuroStemCell, she has been instrumental in getting this new site funded, up and running. She's also a Principal Investigator in Framework Seven project EuroSyStem.

Clare’s research focuses on development of the thymus. The thymus plays a central role in the development of the body’s immune system as it is the main site in which T cells are generated. Her lab recently identified a population of progenitor/stem cells in mice that, on transplantation, is sufficient to generate a fully functional thymus.