Articles by lifETIME Team

Can Synthetic Melanin Protect Our Skin? My Research Journey at IIT Bombay

By LifETIME CDT Student: Mohamed Touhid Patel (University of Birmingham) Where my placement took place? This summer, I had the opportunity to join M-LAB (Matrix, Materials, Mechanics, and Microfluidics Lab- https://iitbombaymlab.wixsite.com/mlab) at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, within the Department of Chemical Engineering. I worked under the guidance of Prof. Abhijit Majumder (https://x.com/abhijit_MLab?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor), …

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 …

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 …

Dora explores Belgium

By LifETIME CDT Student: Dora Rogkoti (She/Her) (University of Glasgow) Hello! 😊 I’m Dora, currently a final-year PhD student at the Centre for the Cellular Microenvironment in Glasgow. From September until December 2024, I had the opportunity to visit Professor Hans Van Oosterwyck’s lab (MAtrix Group) at KU Leuven in Belgium. My project focuses on the …

The Dermatology Care Project

By LifETIME CDT Student: Mohamed Patel (He/Him) (University of Birmingham) GSBS Medical Trust (India) The GSBS Medical Trust is a charitable organization operating in Central Mumbai, India for last 5 decades. The Trust is a non-communal body registered under the Charity Commissioner in 1973 which offers diagnostic services and medical treatment to needy patients irrespective …

Gaining a Sens of Industry

By LifETIME CDT Student: Hannah Williamson (She/Her) (University of Birmingham) As I scanned out of the building for the last time, I realised the last 4 months I’d spent on placement with Integrated Graphene had flown by in a summer tinted blur. At the start of May, I moved to Scotland to work for the engineering …

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