Professor
Cathy Ye
BEng DPhil
Professor of Tissue Engineering
Director, Oxford Centre for Tissue Engineering and Bioprocessing (OCTEB)
Fellow of Linacre College
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Tel: 01865 617689
College: Linacre College
Location: Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Old Road Campus Research Building, Oxford OX3 7DQ
Site: Old Road Campus
Research Building: Old Road Campus Research Building

Professor Cathy Ye is Professor of Tissue Engineering in the Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Engineering Science at University of Oxford and Director of the Oxford Centre for Tissue Engineering and Bioprocessing. Her research focuses on tissue engineering, stem cell technologies, biomaterials, and bioprocessing, with particular interests in developing experimental models, scalable cell culture systems, and regenerative approaches for biomedical applications.

She studied Chemical Engineering at Dalian University of Technology and completed a DPhil at the University of Oxford, where her doctoral research examined hollow fibre membrane bioreactors for growing three-dimensional bone tissue. Before taking up her current role, she held research and teaching positions at Oxford and Imperial College London.

Within the broad research area of tissue engineering and stem cell technologies, Cathy’s specific research interests lie in three interconnected areas: in vitro cancer model, biomaterials and bioreactor for tissue engineering and stem cell expansion.

  • Advanced human in vitro models of pain (funded by MRC for 4 years)

  • UK Brain BioLink (UK Brain Biology Resource Link) (funded by MRC for 2.5 years)

  • SimCells for Cultured Meat

  • Engineering human neural networks (BBSRC for 5 years)

  • Development of a smart bioreactor for mammalian adherent cell expansion for application to cell therapy –  Grant (EPSRC First Grant (EP/H021442/1) from 1st Jan 2010 for two years)

  • Development of bone-cartilage interface (EPSRC Studentship)

  • Development of in vitro three-dimensional tumour models – a feasibility study (John Fell Fund, University of Oxford from 1st Oct 2008 for 18 months)

There are PhD projects available for interested candidates within the group research activities. Informal inquiries can be directed to Dr Cathy Ye. However, PhD applications have to be done through the university website.

Lectures

  • C10 Biosystem Modelling
  • C23/BME2 Tissue Engineering
  • B17/BME1 Biomechanics

Lab organisation

  • Tissue Engineering Lab for MSc in Biomedical Engineering
  • Biochemical Engineering Coursework Module
  • Cell characterisation for Centre for Doctoral Training in Healthcare Innovation
Recent Publications by Professor Ye
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Fibrin scaffolds for angiogenesis in soft tissue models: a systematic review
Fuenteslópez CV,  Bahcevanci S,  Patrulea V,  Ye H,  et al. (2026)
Purification of mesenchymal stromal cell-derived small extracellular vesicles using ultrafiltration.
Lei R,  Ren S,  Ye H,  Cui Z,  et al. (2025)
Small extracellular vesicles from human bone marrow mesenchymal stromal cells enhance migration and regulate reparative gene expression in dermal fibroblasts
Lei R,  da Silva TB,  Cui Z,  Ye H,  et al. (2025)
Predictive modeling of CHO cell culture using enzyme-constrained genome-scale metabolic models coupled with empirical regression
Wee H,  Qiu S,  Angione C,  Ye H,  Yang A,  et al. (2025)
Highly potent cationic chitosan derivatives coupled to antimicrobial peptide dendrimers to combat Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Jordan O,  Gan BH,  Alwan S,  Perron K,  Sublet E,  Ducret V,  Ye H,  Borchard G,  Reymond J-L,  Patrulea V,  et al. (2024)
The combination of bioactive herbal compounds with biomaterials for regenerative medicine
Zhou G,  Xu R,  Groth T,  Wang Y,  Yuan X,  Ye H,  Dou X,  et al. (2024)
Tailoring Silk Fibroin Fibrous Architecture by a High-yield Electrospinning Method for Fast Wound Healing Possibilities
Zhu J-C,  Wang H,  Wu C-X,  Zhang K-Q,  Ye H,  et al. (2024)
Optimal metabolite transport in hollow fibre membrane bioreactors
Booth G,  Dalwadi M,  Ye H,  Mouthuy P,  Waters S,  et al. (2024)
Tailoring silk fibroin fibrous architecture by a high‐yield electrospinning method for fast wound healing possibilities
Zhu J,  Wang H,  Wu C,  Zhang K,  Ye H,  et al. (2024)
Liver bioprinting within a novel support medium with functionalized spheroids, hepatic vein structures, and enhanced post-transplantation vascularization.
Jiang Z,  Jin B,  Liang Z,  Wang Y,  Ren S,  Huang Y,  Li C,  Sun H,  Li Y,  Liu L,  Li N,  Wang J,  Cui Z,  Huang P,  Yang H,  Mao Y,  Ye H,  et al. (2024)