I am delighted to announce the appointment of Professor Tiantian Zhang as the new Head of the Graduate School. Professor Zhang will take up her new post in January 2012 when we will also have a formal launch of the new Graduate School. She is currently Director of
LIRANS at the Bedfordshire University. As a researcher she focuses on cryopreservation of reproductive cells and embryos of aquatic species; effect of cryopreservation on genome and metabolic activities of reproductive cells; and fish stem cell culture development and cryopreservation. Her research also includes ecotoxicological studies using fish cell lines and other biological materials. Professor Zhang has presented at over 60 international conferences leading to over 120 publications. She has supervised 18 PhD and 6 Research Masters students. She is an outstanding scientist with exciting ideas of how to take the Graduate forward over the next few years shaping Postgraduate Student experience. You can find further details about Professor Zhang at: http://www.beds.ac.uk/research/lirans/personnel/zhang_t











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