Anthony Hollander

Who is Anthony Hollander?

Anthony Hollander is Head of the Institute of Integrative Biology at the University of Liverpool, having taken up the position in June 2014. The Institute lies at the heart of a thriving bio-medical-science campus in Liverpool and has integrated bioscience structures with internationally recognized expertise ranging from electrons to ecosystems. Its science serves several key societal themes including food security, health and welfare, diagnostics, biodiversity and conservation and biofuels.

On 19 November 2008, whilst in his previous position as Professor of Rheumatology and Tissue Engineering at the University of Bristol where he was Head of School of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, it was reported in the Lancet that an artificially-grown organ had been successfully transplanted into a woman in Barcelona, Claudia Castillo, a breakthrough in which Hollander played a key role as the only stem cell scientist on the team.

In 2009, Biddy Baxter, the editor of the children's television programme Blue Peter published a selection of children's letters received by the Blue Peter team. Amongst them was a letter from Hollander who had written in 1973 that he knew how to save lives.