Dominic Wells

Professor Neuromuscular Diseases Group

The Royal Veterinary College

Position in Extended Committee - Preclinical Expert

Dominic has been involved with neuromuscular diseases since 1990 and has extensive experience working with transgenic mice and other laboratory animals as well as having a practicing veterinary background. He has been involved with a number of workshops examining welfare and best practice in animal research as well as the TREAT-NMD standardisation efforts for analysis of results in the mdx mouse. Therefore he has a good understanding of the role and limitations of pre-clinical models for a range of conditions. He was also involved in putting together the pre-clinical package and other aspects of the regulatory paperwork for the first antisense clinical trial run by the MDEX consortium and liaising with the UK MHR and GTAC.