By LifETIME CDT Student: Paige Walczak (Aston University) Dementia is one of the largest causes of death in the UK. Unfortunately, treatments for dementia are often expensive and inadequate; Alzheimer’s approved treatments remain evasive and UK research for this type of dementia is estimated to cost ~£23 billion per year. This alongside the added pressures …
By LifETIME CDT Student: Narina Bileckaja, University of Glasgow Mysteries all around us In the age of continuous scientific discoveries when it seems that we understand the world around us better than ever, there are still a lot of unsolved mysteries. One such enigma is an ancient medical practice, one that a lot of …
The University of Glasgow rotational training illustrated by Dr Mathis Riehle: The 2019 LifETIME students arrived in Glasgow on Monday 28th October 2019 for the final week of the CDT rotational Training. By the time the student reached Glasgow they had formed a strong cohort having spent the last two weeks together at the University …
Dr Jonathan Cox (Lecturer in Microbiology) from Aston University, his research group and Birmingham Children’s Hospital have developed a new treatment that has been found to completely kill a bacterial infection that can be deadly to cystic fibrosis patients and other chronic lung conditions such as bronchiectasis. New treatment can completely kill a M. …
EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Engineered Tissues for Discovery, Industry and Medicine (LifETIME) Rotational Training Birmingham – 14th – 18th October 2019 The LifETIME CDT cohort began a 3 week rotational training course in the glorious heart of England; Birmingham. The city is a diverse, modern and exciting place to be with a …
It has been a long road to the CDT. It started in 2016 with discussions with EPSRC and the plan to prepare a joint bid with Birmingham with Glasgow leading, specifically myself ‘volunteering’ to lead the bid. Then, in 2017, EPSRC announced the long-awaited CDT competition, and we faced university level triage. Glasgow was permitted …