Rate My Professor Cathy Ye

Ye's research specializes in tissue engineering and stem cell technologies, with particular focus on in vitro cancer models, biomaterials, and bioreactors for tissue engineering and stem cell expansion. Her group is engaged in several key projects, including SimCells for Cultured Meat, Engineering human neural networks funded by BBSRC for five years, and the development of a smart bioreactor for mammalian adherent cell expansion supported by an EPSRC First Grant (EP/H021442/1) from 2010. Other initiatives encompass the development of bone-cartilage interfaces via EPSRC Studentship and in vitro three-dimensional tumour models funded by the John Fell Fund from 2008. She contributes to teaching through lectures on Biosystem Modelling (C10), Tissue Engineering (C23/BME2), and Biomechanics (B17/BME1), as well as lab organization for the MSc in Biomedical Engineering and supervision of DPhil students. Notable publications include 'Neural tissue engineering with structured hydrogels in CNS models and therapies' (Biotechnology Advances, 2020), 'Two-dimensional MXene incorporated chitosan mixed-matrix membranes for efficient solvent dehydration' (Journal of Membrane Science, 2018), '3D bioprinting for artificial cornea: Challenges and perspectives' (Medical Engineering & Physics, 2019), 'Rapid and efficient differentiation of functional motor neurons from human iPSC for neural injury modelling' (Stem Cell Research, 2018), 'Fibrin scaffolds for angiogenesis in soft tissue models: a systematic review', and 'Proteome constrained metabolic modeling of Sus scrofa muscle stem cells for cultured meat production'.