The University of Glasgow
Centre for the
Cellular Microenvironment
Stem cells can develop into many different cell types and allow our bodies to heal, such as when making new bone after a fracture. The immediate environment around them is highly specialised, it conveys both mechanical and chemical signals to the stem cells, and this has a big effect on their activity. They ‘decide’ what …
We have been shortlisted for the Times Higher Education Awards 2018 with our FABW funded project for bone repair technologies. We are in the Research Project of the Year: STEM category. The award ceremony is scheduled for the 29th of November in London. More details about the shortlisting and the project in this blog post in our …
What a thrilling experience this weekend at the Glasgow Science Center. It feels so great and cool to explain our work to people from all backgrounds and ages. Over this weekend we’ve seen many groups of kids and also parents and seniors. I start my pitch and look at their faces to adapt and make …
Update February 2019 – The lifETIME proposal has been successful and is recruiting PhD students. Check the lifETIME CDT website here for full details. __________________________________________________________________________________ We heard last week that we have progressed to the full proposal stage with lifETIME, our Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) bid that focuses on engineered tissues, in vitro models, for discovery …
This is a presentation post on the paper Tsimbouri, Childs et al. Stimulation of 3D osteogenesis by mesenchymal stem cells using a nanovibrational bioreactor. Nat. Biomed. Eng. 1, p 758–770 (2017). doi: 10.1038/s41551-017-0127-4 By Dr Monica P. Tsimbouri. People live longer but our body parts cannot keep up, we need new therapies for a better quality of …
Prof Manuel Salmeron-Sanchez will deliver a talk titled Engineering the cellular microenvironment next Wednesday 23rd of May in Reykjavik, Iceland, as speaker in the International workshop on advanced materials for healthcare applications This international workshop takes place at the University of Iceland this week and gathers researchers from multidisciplinary domains on the use of advanced materials in distinct …