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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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. …
By LifETIME CDT Student: Maria Laura Vieri (University of Glasgow) Hi everyone, I am a 1st year LifETIME CDT student. My PhD project is focused on the development of 3D hydrogel-based models of bone and cartilage, which can be used to evaluate the differentiation of induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) into relevant cell lineages. Over …