Previous events

  • Joint TCES // CDT Conference 2022

    Monday 13th – Wednesday 15th June 2022

    The following EPSRC/SFI/MRC Centres for Doctoral Training across the UK regenerative medicine field and the Tissue and Cell Engineering Society (TCES)  came together at the University of Birmingham on 13th – 15th June 2022:

    CDT students showcased their research to professionals and other PhD students across six themes:

    Clinical advances and patient benefits, bioengineered models, enabling technologies and biomaterials, mechanobiology, healthy ageing and, imaging.

    During each session there were presentations from later year CDT students within the field and poster and flash talks from early year students. The conference also hosted a UK and Ireland discussion forum.

    The conference included talks from keynote speakers, visible on the Conference flyer.

    lifETIME Student Day

    Tuesday 7th September  2021

    The lifETIME Student Day took place on Tuesday 7th September 2021 as a hydrid event (in-person and online).

    The student day brought together lifETIME academics, partners, iClub, steering board and students. During this event to showcase their research the 2019 students presented posters and the 2020 students presented quickfire presentations. Industrial partners and academics also presented short talks. The full programme is available here.

    Future Leaders in Regenerative Medicine: Joint CDT and UKSB Conference

    Tuesday 15th –  Thursday 17th June 2021

    The following EPSRC Centres for Doctoral Training across the UK regenerative medicine field and the UK society for biomaterials came together online on 15th – 17th June 2021:

    The CDTs showcased their research to professionals and other PhD students within the field via Zoom.

    The conference included talks from keynote speakers: 

    The conference broke out into six themes across three days. During each session there were presentations from later year CDT students within the field and poster and flash talks from early year students. The Programme allowed time for poster discussions and networking in gather.town.

    Important documents:

    Future Leaders2021 Abstract Booklet

    Programme 2021

    #futureleadersinregenmed

    Twitter conference

    Thursday 10th –  Friday 11th June 2021

    The LifETIME Twitter Conference was an online event held entirely over Twitter using the hashtag #futureleadersinregenmed to bring together the LifETIME CDT cohort and the wider scientific community to share research, engage in scientific discussions and network.

    The 2019 LifETIME students were asked to present 3 tweets during the two day event.

    Please search for the hashtag #futureleadersinregenmed  to see all posts that are related to the conference.

    Thursday 10 June 2021 schedule:

    10:00 – 10:30 – Using FLIM-FRET to Visualise Self-Generated Gradients in Cancer Cells – Elena Mandrou, University of Glasgow

    10:30 – 11:00 – Development of a 3D in vitro model of liver metastasis – Elaine Ma, University of Glasgow

    11:00 – 11:30 – Leukaemia: hijacking the protective bone marrow niche – Lauren Hope, University of Glasgow

    11:30 – 12:00 – Today’s Special – “heart-attack-on-a-dish” – Meena Suku, Trinity College Dublin

    12:00 – 12:30 – Detecting Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) – A Bright Eye-dea – Georgia Harris, University of Birmingham

    12:30 – 13:00 – Alginate-based hydrogels for stem cell chondrogenesis – Maria Laura Vieri, University of Glasgow

    13:00 – 13:30 – Formation of a 3D Trabecular Meshwork Model – Hannah Lamont, University of Birmingham

    13:30 – 14:00 – Bio-active coatings – Improving current (synthetic) vascular graft technologies – Lydia-Styliani Marinou, University of Glasgow

    14:00 – 14:30 – Exosomes for the masses – initial steps towards scaling them up – Megan Boseley, Aston University

    14:30 – 15:00 – Intestine-on-a-chip and the mysteries of ancient medical practice – Narina Bileckaja, University of Glasgow

    Friday 11 June 2021 schedule:

    09:30 – 10:00 – Colorectal cancer – multicellular 3D models – Eileen Reidy, NUI Galway

    10:00 – 10:30 – Towards developing immunocompetent diabetic foot ulcer models for disease modelling and drug testingMirella Ejiugwo, CURAM NUI Galway

    11:30 – 12:00 – 3D Breast Cancer model to study Extra-Cellular Vesicle Crosstalk – Yashna Chabria, NUI Galway

    12:00 – 12:30 – Differentiation therapy in osteosarcoma: a promising alternative – Chara Dimitriadi Evgenidi, University of Glasgow

    12:30 – 13:00 – Modelling the Brain in 3D – Paige Walczak, Aston University

    13:00 – 14:00 – Engineered 3D printed scaffolds to control immunological responses in bone regeneration – Simon Clarke, University of Glasgow

    Stakeholder Day

    Thursday 21st January 2021

    Our annual Stakeholder Day took place on Thursday 21st January 2021 via Zoom.

    The stakeholder day brought together LifETIME students, academics, industry partners, iClub members and steering group.

    The purpose of the stakeholder day is to capture our stakeholder views which the management use to refine the CDTs impact strategy. In the morning a facilitator captured CDT subjects, highlighted and raised by stakeholders. These subjects then formed the basis for the discussion points in the afternoon.

    The afternoon consisted of six co-current discussions over three different sessions. Each session was 30 minutes long and stakeholders had the chance to attend the discussion most important and relevant to them. The discussion sessions used open space principles and responses and suggestions were collected.

    There was also an opportunity for all attendees to network.

    The full updated programme is available here.

    Student Day

    Thursday 10th September 2020

    Our first LifETIME Student Day took place on Thursday 10th September 2020 via Zoom.

    The student day brought together lifETIME academics, partners, iClub, steering board and students. During this event the 2019 cohort showcased their research projects and the following industrial partners presented a 5-minute pitch about their company and technologies :

    Followed by funder talks from

    • – Michael Kipping, Innovation Lead – Biomedical Catalyst, Health Sector Team at Innovate UK.
    • – Anthony Holmes, Director of Science and Technology, NC3Rs

    The full programme is available here.

    Future Leaders in Regenerative Medicine: Joint Conference CDTs and UKSB

    Wednesday 24th and Thursday 25th June 2020

    The following EPSRC Centres for Doctoral Training across the UK regenerative medicine field and the UK society for biomaterials came together online on 24th and 25th June 2020:

    The CDTs showcased their research to professionals and other PhD students within the field via Zoom.

    The conference began with keynote speaker Prof Liam Grover, Director of the Healthcare Technologies Institute (HTI) at the University of Birmingham.

    The conference broke out into six themes across two days. During each session there were presentations from later year CDT students within the field and poster and flash talks from early year students. The programme allowed for time to view posters on the UKSB website in advance of the poster discussion session.

    Industry Day

    Wednesday 22nd January 2020

    Our first LifETIME Industry Day took place on Wednesday 22nd January 2020 in the Reading Room at the University of Glasgow Union.

    The industry day brought together lifETIME academics, partners, iClub, steering board and students.

    The programme consisted of formal progress presentations from the CDT executive management group. This was followed by a facilitated session in the afternoon using open space principles to discuss subjects that were captured during the morning session. Responses and suggestions from the open discussion were collected to provide the CDT with information that is inclusive of all staff, stakeholder and student views from which the CDT will refine the impact strategy.

    There was an opportunity for all attendees to network.

    Below are the PowerPoint slides followed by video recordings of the presentations from the event:

    CDT Hub Overview – Michelle Carmichael

    LifETIME Student Recruitment – Matthew Dalby 

     

    LifETIME PartnersManuel Salmeron-Sanchez

    LifETIME at The University of Birmingham/Aston UniversityLiam Grover

    LifETIME at CÚRAM, National University of Galway Mihai Lomora

    A Physicist’s PerspectiveGeorgia Harris

    An International PerspectiveYashna Chabria