Frank Barry

Professor of Cellular Therapy, National University of Ireland Galway and Principle Investigator at Regenerative Medicine Institute (REMEDI), Ireland

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Frank Barry is Professor of Cellular Therapy and Principle Investigator at the Regenerative Medicine Institute (REMEDI), University of Galway. Here he directs a large group of researchers who focus on the development of novel repair strategies in stem cell and gene therapy. He has contributed to the field of regenerative medicine by developing innovative and successful cellular therapies for the treatment of arthritic disease and chronic lower back pain. In addition, he has developed new techniques for the isolation, characterization and GMP production of stromal cells and induced pluripotent stem cells as well as advanced automated platforms for their manufacture. He sits on a number of advisory boards, including the Schroeder Arthritis Institute (Toronto), Bio-ReCell (Ljubljana), the ASCOT Trial Steering group (Oswestry) and the Center for Modular Manufacturing of Structural Tissues (Cleveland). He is a founder and director of Orbsen Therapeutics (Galway).