Welcome to the University of Glasgow

Centre for the Cellular Microenvironment

We are a multidisciplinary team of bioengineers and cell engineers based at the University of Glasgow.

We focus on understanding the interactions between materials, proteins and cells to gain fundamental insight into engineering cell behaviour and translating technologies to provide better healthcare.

Our Research

Further details about our research
Stem cell engineering imageStem cell engineering
Advanced functional biomaterials imageAdvanced functional biomaterials
In vitro tissue models imageIn vitro tissue models
Bone tissue engineering imageBone tissue engineering

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