By LifETIME CDT Student: Victoria Hughes (University of Birmingham) Losing my senses is one of my biggest fears, and at the top of that list would be losing my sight – a tough reality that affects up to 250 million people worldwide. Most blindness in the world is preventable and can be attributed to a lack …
By Emma Lardner (She/Her) (lifETIME CDT Administrator for Birmingham and Operations Manager of the Healthcare Technologies Institute, University of Birmingham) On Tuesday 4th October, lifETIME CDT Students from the University of Birmingham and Aston University hosted a Girls in STEM workshop for thirty-six year 9 girls. The day began with a career talk from Dr Anita …
By LifETIME CDT Student: Emma Kelly (University of Glasgow) Did you know bone tissue is the second most transplanted tissue worldwide? We use bone transplants, called bone grafts, to treat various types of damage to bones such as fractures that won’t heal, to replace part of a bone that was surgically removed and skeletal abnormalities. However, …
By Emma Lardner (She/Her) (lifETIME CDT Administrator for Birmingham and Operations Manager of the Healthcare Technologies Institute, University of Birmingham) Our annual Student Day event took place on Tuesday 27th September 2022 at the Edgbaston Park Hotel and Conference Centre, Birmingham. The event invited Students, Supervisors, Management committee members, Industry partners and Steering Board members …
By LifETIME CDT Student: Elaine Duncan (University of Glasgow) In a 2008 episode of Doctor Who, the 10th Doctor (David Tennant) and his new companion Donna (Catherine Tate) saved the world from an alien diet pill. This pill caused a person’s fat to literally jump out of their body, forming small white creatures called Adipose (Figure …
By Emma Lardner (She/Her) (lifETIME CDT Administrator for Birmingham and Operations Manager of the Healthcare Technologies Institute, University of Birmingham) Following delays due to COVID-19, our 2019, 2020 & 2021 cohorts visited Coniston in the Lake District for our Annual Lake District Retreat in September. The purpose of this retreat was to deliver elements of …