Katrin Ottersbach#
| Membership Number: | 7207 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | CELL & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY |
| Elected: | 2025 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED KINGDOM |
| Homepage(s): | https://regenerative-medicine.ed.ac.uk/research/katrin-ottersbach |
| ORCID: | 0000-0002-6880-4895 |
| Linkedin: | https://www.linkedin.com/in/katrin-ottersbach-7278a25/ |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2015 - present Principal Investigator, Centre for Regenerative Medicine, Institute for Regeneration and Repair, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
- 2012 - 2015 Principal Investigator, Cambridge Stem Cell Institute, Cambridge, UK
- 2006 - 2015 Principal Investigator, Department of Haematology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, Cambridge, UK
- 2001 - 2006 Postdoctoral Fellow, Group of Prof. Elaine Dzierzak, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Fields of Scholarship
- Paediatric leukaemia
- Developmental haematopoiesis
Honours and Awards
- 2025 Chair Blood Cancer UK Early Career Advancement Fellowships Committee
- 2024 Cancer Research UK Discovery Programme Award
- 2023 Postgraduate Director Centre for Regenerative Medicine
- 2022 Editorial Board, Blood
- 2018 Board of Directors, International Society for Experimental Hematology
- 2018 Panel Member of Landsteiner Foundation for Blood Transfusion Research Funding Commission
- 2017 Cancer Research UK Programme Foundation Award
- 2015 University of Edinburgh Chancellor's Fellowship Award
- 2013 Organizer of Annual UK Molecular Haematopoiesis Meeting (over 10 years)
- 2011 Blood Cancer UK Bennett Senior Fellowship Award
- 2010 British Society of Haematology Early Stage Investigator Fellowship Award
- 2006 Kay Kendall Leukaemia Fund Intermediate Fellowship Award
- 2003 Thomas & Margaret Smellie Prize for PhD Thesis
- 2001 Wellcome International Prize Travelling Fellowship
- 59 publications, H index=27, citations 3,430
