Autor: Che J. Connon

Che Connon, is Professor of Tissue Engineering at the Institute of Genetic Medicine, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK; he is also a member of the Bioprocessing Research Industry Club (supported by the BBSRC and EPSRC). His research focuses on seeking to engineer functional replacement and temporary «bridge» tissues using a modular approach while also developing model systems to study physiological and pathophysiological corneal tissue formation. He is the author of Corneal Regenerative Medicine (with Bernice Wright, 2013) and Hydrogels in Cell-Based Therapies (with Ian W Hamley, 2014), as well as numerous research papers.