Go with the Flow: My Placement Journey at Terumo Aortic

By LifETIME CDT Student: Eleanor Barton (Aston University) Who knew 3 months could fly by so fast? From April to early July 2025, I had the opportunity to go on placement in the research and development (R&D) team at Terumo Aortic in Glasgow. My PhD project at Aston University focuses on developing methods to experimentally validate …

July 29, 2025

From Hydrogel Design to Public Engagement in Valencia

By LifETIME CDT Student: Emma Jackson (She/Her) (University of Glasgow) In September 2024 I travelled to Valencia, Spain for my PhD placement at the Universitat Politecnica de Valencia. My placement involved working with Dr. Gloria Gallego-Ferrer at the Centre for Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering (CBIT). The focus of my project was investigating how dynamic magnetic fields …