Dr Christopher Boyd
- Centre for Genomic and Experimental Medicine
- MRC Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine
Contact details
- Email: Chris.Boyd@ed.ac.uk
Address
- Street
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Centre for Genomic & Experimental Medicine MRC Institute of Genetics & Molecular Medicine University of Edinburgh Western General Hospital Crewe Road South
- City
- Edinburgh
- Post code
- EH4 2XU
Background
I'm a scientist working in the Medical Genetics Section of the Centre for Genomic and Experimental Medicine. My background is in prokaryotic molecular biology, with a particular interest in plasmids. Over the years this has evolved into a career in human gene therapy, a research field that impinges on all aspects of biology. I lead the section's cystic fibrosis gene therapy group, which forms part of the UK CF Gene Therapy Consortium (www.cfgenetherapy.org.uk), a collaboration between Imperial College, and the universities of Edinburgh and Oxford. The Consortium has completed a major Phase 2b clinical trial of non-viral gene therapy for CF: Scottish patients attended the Western General Hospital arm of the study. I am a member of the Consortium's strategy group.
My primary research interest is in the pre-clinical development of gene therapy, with a focus on vectorology, though more broadly I am interested in many aspects of genomic engineering.
My principal affiliation is to CGEM within the IGMM, but I also have research links to the Roslin Institute, working closely with Gerry McLachlan and David Collie, and am affiliated to the Centre for Inflammation Research. In addition, I am developing a research collaboration on gene therapy for Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia with Pleasantine Mill and her group in the MRC HGU