The University of Glasgow
Centre for the
Cellular Microenvironment
In this series of blogs we hear from students recently returned from academic placements about their experiences. Ioanna Rigou is a third-year PhD student under the supervision of Prof Matt Dalby. Hi, Iām Ioanna, a third-year PhD student at the University of Glasgow, and in September 2024, I embarked on an incredible journey with Bio-Tune. …
In this piece, Dr Matthew Walker summarises the importance of two recently published reviews on the topic of mechanobiology in both cancer and fibrosis, both of which can be accessed here: Walker M, Morton JP. Hydrogel models of pancreatic adenocarcinoma to study cell mechanosensing. Biophysical Reviews. 2024;16(6):851-70. (doi: 10.1007/s12551-024-01265-8) Walker M, Gourdon D, Cantini M. …
In this series of blogs we hear from students recently returned from academic placements about their experiences. Dora Rogkoti is a fourth-year PhD student under the supervision of Prof Manuel Salmeron-Sanchez. Hello! š Iām Dora, currently a final-year PhD student at the Centre for the Cellular Microenvironment in Glasgow. From September until December 2024, I …
In this series of blogs we hear from students recently returned from academic placements about their experiences. Euan Urquhart is a fourth-year PhD student under the supervision of Dr Cristina Gonzalez-Garcia. During my placement in Adelaide, I had the incredible opportunity to work with Dr. Christina Bursill’s group in the Vascular Research Centre at the …
In this series of blogs we hear from students recently returned from academic placements about their experiences. Emma Jackson is a fourth-year PhD student under the supervision of Dr Catherine Berry. In September 2024 I travelled to Valencia, Spain for my PhD placement at the Universitat Politecnica de Valencia. My placement involved working with Dr. …
Camilla Romagnoli is a third-year PhD student at CeMi. She went to Canada for her internship and this is her story š Hi there! I’m Camilla, currently in the third year of my PhD. From August to December 2023, I had the incredible opportunity to visit Professor Francis Rodier’s lab at the CRCHUM (Centre de …