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

Professor Hua (Cathy) Ye recieved her BEng in Chemical Engineering from Dalian University of Technology, China. She graduated with a DPhil in Biochemical Engineering from University College, Oxford in 2005.

Cathy was a Post-doctoral Research Assistant at the Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London, before taking up her post at Oxford as University Lecturer in Engineering Science and Fellow of Linacre College. She was made a full Professor in 2025.

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.

  • 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)
Proteome constrained metabolic modeling of Sus scrofa muscle stem cells for cultured meat production
Qiu S,  Kratochvilova E,  Huang WE,  Cui Z,  Agnew T,  Yang A,  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)