Articles by lifETIME Team

lifETIME goes to “Future Leaders in Regenerative Medicine: Joint Conference CDTs and UKSB”

By LifETIME CDT Student: Lydia-Styliani Marinou (University of Glasgow) Once upon a time, the Lifetime CDT collaborated with the following CDTs and the UK Society of Biomaterials to organise a joint event this summer:  EPSRC-SFI Joint CDT in Engineered Tissues for Discovery, Industry and Medicine (LifETIME) EPSRC/MRC CDT in Regenerative Medicine EPSRC/MRC CDT in Regenerative

Dragons Den Competition

By LifETIME CDT Student: Megan Boseley (Aston University) As part of the CDT coronavirus online training the Dragons Den competition, including the 5 preliminary business and marketing sessions, were pushed forward and moved to zoom. Initially, informative training with Peter Childs and Frank Rinaldi provided background on market awareness, IP, spin-outs and start-ups, forming a

Are 3D models the future for researching colorectal cancer?

By LifETIME CDT Student: Eileen Reidy (NUI Galway) Introduction: Colorectal cancer is one of the leading causes of cancer related deaths. Currently patients diagnosed with advanced colorectal cancer have poor 5-year survival rates. Surgery and/or chemotherapy often do not benefit these patients. Due to the complexity and diversity of late stage colorectal cancer, the effects

LifETIME CDT Adapts to Lockdown

By Michelle Carmichael (LifETIME CDT Coordinator) Due to the COVID-19 pandemic we have been living in unprecedented times for the last 14 weeks. The LifETIME CDT management team have worked together during this time to ensure that the CDT students continue with their skills training programme and continue to grow as a cohort. This blog

TBI? More like TB-EYE! – Brain Injury Diagnostics that don’t cause a Headache!

By LifETIME CDT Student: Georgia Harris (University of Birmingham) We’ve all heard that eyes are windows to the soul, but could they be literal windows to the mind, allowing us to determine if a head injury has been sustained? You may associate Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) with military service members and American football players but

Developing a model of adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC)

By LifETIME CDT Student: Eduardo Ribes Martínez (NUI Galway)   What is adrenocortical carcinoma or ACC? Is it possible to have cancer in the adrenal glands? Who gets that? I never heard of that before! These are a few of the questions that might cross your mind when you read the title of this text.