By LifETIME CDT Student: Santino Chander (Aston University) The eye is our window to the world. It is a vital organ that allows us to see our surroundings and loved ones. However, like all biological tissue, it can become compromised – such as through infection or a disorder such as dry eye disease. Often these compromises …
By LifETIME CDT Student: Viswanath Vittaladevaram (NUI Galway) Like a defensive line in a football field, the blood-brain barrier protects central nervous system against pathogens and toxins and regulates the passage of many cells and substances into nervous tissue. A vast majority of disorders associated with central nervous system is linked with blood brain barrier …
By Emma Lardner, Operations Manager at the University of Birmingham and lifETIME CDT Administrator for Birmingham. Earlier this month, lifETIME CDT (Engineered Tissues for Discovery, Industry and Medicine) and the Healthcare Technologies Institute held a Sustainability Showcase event which brought together academics, researchers and students from within the CDT but also from the wider Scientific community …
By LifETIME CDT Student: Juda Milvidaite (University of Glasgow) Cells, tissues, and organs are fragile – they cannot survive outside of a living body for long. When we need to store or transport biological samples from cancer patients for further research or personalised screening of therapies, we freeze the samples down. Yet, the cycles of …
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 …