Affiliation: University College London,Institute of Ophthalmology,Development, Ageing and Disease

Dr Victoria Tovell is a stem cell biologist working as a research fellow at the Institute of Ophthalmology (IoO), University College London. She was awarded her PhD in Cell Biology from the University of East Anglia, UK where she researched purinergic signalling in human retinal pigment epithelial cells (RPE). Since then, she moved to the IoO where her research has continued in field of ocular disease. Her current research focusses on developing stem cell therapies for the treatment of age-related macular degeneration with a specific interest in producing a tissue engineered vasculature for transplantation.