By LifETIME CDT Student: Narina Bileckaja (University of Glasgow) As a young researcher, I tend to evaluate the quality of my work by tracking how many experiments I carried out and the amount and quality of data I acquired. However, I recently started considering what the general public’s opinion about science and research might be. The more …
By LifETIME CDT Student: Ibrahim Erbay (NUI Galway) Inflammation is necessary chaos for survival. Although inflammatory responses provide powerful tools for protection against infectious diseases, the balance between tolerance and rejection is highly important. As this balance breaks, it becomes a driving force for many diseases, including cancer, cardiovascular diseases, and autoimmunity. Among which inflammatory bowel …
By LifETIME CDT Student: Aleksandar Atanasov (University of Birmingham) Despite the sizeable ethical burden, animal testing is still an essential part of drug development. Trials in living systems ensure therapeutics’ efficacy and, most importantly, the safety of any clinical trials with patients that follow. As a result, despite conscientious efforts across all areas of research, 3.4 million experimental …
The average laboratory uses around five times as much energy as a regular office building, this not only means higher utility bills but also a higher cost to our environment. As society becomes more aware of the negative impact that research can have on our planet, groups like III Eco-Group at the University of Glasgow …
By LifETIME CDT Student: Sugunapriyadharshini Sundararaman (NUI Galway) Prostate cancer (PCa) is among the common cancers in men and its incident rate is rising globally. In this blog, we review the causes, symptoms, treatment options, and current research highlights for prostate cancer. What are the major risk factors for developing prostate cancer? Firstly, a man’s …
By LifETIME CDT Student: W. Sebastian Doherty-Boyd (University of Glasgow) During my PhD I will investigate the use of synthetic gels as a platform to grow and experiment on blood stem cells. The aim is to better understand the bone marrow (BM) niche where these cells reside, and search for causes and treatments of …