The University of Glasgow
Centre for the
Cellular Microenvironment
During lockdown, the CeMi have participated in fun activities, from personal fitness goals to cooking challenges, raising funds for the Sir Bobby Charlton Foundation to support the COVID-19 crisis in vulnerable communities (see: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/centre-for-the-cellular-microenvironment-uofg). As part of the activities, Sara Trujillo-Munoz created some fun sketches and activities for the #TinyTeamUofG (and adults!). From colouring Sir …
On Wednesday 19th February, the Glasgow Orthopaedic Research Initiative held it’s 8th symposium, bringing together expertise from the fields of orthopaedics, plastic surgery, biology, engineering and chemistry. The event was held in the Debates Chamber of the Glasgow University Student Union and with 90 registered attendees, the day was an exciting one! Professor Dominic Meek …
In December we held a mini-GLORI symposium, bringing together the Centre and colleagues from the NHS, listening to a range of talks from our talented students. The talks ranged from bioengineering 3D microenvironments to study mechanotransduction and vascularization in bone regeneration; current research on the Sir Bobby Charlton Foundation Project from Simon Clarke, new Clinical …
Claire, Virginia & Sofia took their ‘Materials Matter’ activities to The Forge Shopping centre as part of the annual Explorathon Extravaganza event. With over 200 kids and adults through the door of the busy shopping centre, the public had a choice of activities from feeling inside the mystery box for soft & hard tissue, feeling …
On Wednesday 1st July, the CeMi held its first Symposium focusing on the translation of academic research. This one-day event had a range of speakers from academia and companies, as well as a keynote talk by Professor Jeffrey Hubbell from University of Chicago, titled: Engineering the matrix – from regeneration to cancer immunotherapy. The day …
Hi, I’m Sara. Last week I attended the 6th International Symposium Interface Biology of Implants that was held in Rostock, Germany. I travelled for the first time to Warnemünde, which is a beautiful fishing village located on the Baltic Sea in Rostock. This symposium is organised every 3-4 years and the invited speakers are always …