Scientific Advisory Board
Cryo-Save benefits from a scientific advisory board made up of experts in the adult stem cell field which advises the Group on scientific and ethical developments within the industry.
Professor Colin McGuckin
Working in stem cells for over 20 years, Professor McGuckin is an opinion leader who has been called upon by governments and hospitals around the world, including the US Senate, the United Nations (Geneva) and the Parliaments of France, UK, Austria and Germany. Colin McGuckin is also President of the Novus Sanguis Consortium, which was launched in 2008 under the patronage of the President of the European Parliament.
Professor Albert Ramon
- He is a consultant at the University Hospital Antwerp Department of Gastroenterohepatology.
- He is a guest lector at the University Houston (USA) Texas Medical school department of Immunopathology.
- He is a consultant at the Institute of Genetics and Molecular Pathology in Cologne (G).
- Co-founder of ECMTA (European Center of Medical and Technical Applications) Cologne.
- Recently he has been nominated as guest senior researcher in the department of Urology at the Lucas Hospital Duesseldorf- Neuss.
- Co-investigator in the International IVIG Study Group in ARC patients (AIDS) (1984-1987).
- Akzo-Nobel (Organon Teknika) partner in Research Award (1992).
- Genzyme recognition and contribution to research and development purposes Award (1994).
- Patent holder on CMV antigen and its use in vaccination and diagnostic purposes (1996).
- WHO's WHO International of Professionals selection (1998).
- Founder of the International collaborating Group on Onco vaccination (AIMO) (1999).
- Founder and chairman of the International Tissue Engineering Research Association (ITERA) (2004).
- Member of the EASL, BASL, ISSCR, GSZ.
- Member of the Advisory Committee of ISSAC.
- Author and co-author of different publications and peer reviewed publications.
- He was a fellow at the National Institute of Health in 1986 at the Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Biology (Prof Dr R Gallo) Research project on HHV 6 Coordinators Prof Dr D. Ablashi and Prof Dr GRF Krueger.
Professor Daniel Surbek, M.D.
- Acting Chairman, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospital, Bern, Switzerland. Head, Division of Maternal-fetal Medicine and head, Research Laboratory for Prenatal Medicine, University of Bern, Switzerland.
- Board member, Swiss Society of Gynecology and Obstetrics
- President, Swiss Academy fetal-maternal Medicine
- Board member, Working group for Maternal-fetal Medicine of the German Association of Gynecologists and Obstetricians
- Member, Society for Gynecologic Investigation (USA)
- Member, Society for Maternal-fetal Medicine (USA)
- Member, International Society for Prenatal Diagnosis
- Invited Reviewer for: The Lancet, Am J Obstet Gynecol, Hum Reprod, Obstet Gynecol, and others. Swiss National Fund (SNF), Medical Research Council (U.K.), University of Antwerpen (Belgium)
The major fields of his research include developmental aspects of fetal, placental and cord-derived stem cells, prenatal and perinatal stem cell transplantation, besides others. His research is supported by several funding institutions such as the Swiss National Fund, EU framework programs, The Eagle Foundation. He has published many original research papers and reviews in the field of stem cells.
