Robin Franklin

Professor of Stem Cell Medicine, Wellcome Trust-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute; Director of the UK MS Society Cambridge Centre for Myelin Repair
University of Cambridge

Professor Robin Franklin is Professor of Stem Cell Medicine at the University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, having previously been Professor of Neuroscience in the University’s School of the Biological Sciences. He obtained his undergraduate degrees in Physiology and Veterinary Medicine at the University of London and his PhD in Neuroscience at the University of Cambridge. His main research questions surround how stem cells in the adult brain respond to injury, how they contribute to regeneration, and how they are affected by ageing. He has published over 260 peer-reviewed papers and is internationally recognised as a leader and pioneer in the field of remyelination biology. He was the recipient of the 2017 Barancik International Prize for Research Innovation and is a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences.