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Loughborough University to help develop new life changing Haemophilia A therapy
Dr Alexandra Stolzing, Loughborough University, is working with a team of international partners on a new project worth €5.6 million to develop a cell based therapy to treat haemophilia A. The...
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Professor Mather successful in 2015 ERC Consolidator Grant
Professor Melissa Mather, Keele University, has won a European Research Council Consolidator Research Grant worth €2.4 million. ERC Consolidator Grants offers funding to mid-career researchers to develop their innovative ideas...
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3rd FIRM Symposium: 26-29 September 2016
After the highly successful and 2014 events, the third Future Investigators of Regenerative Medicine will be held 26-29 September 2016. Held in a fantastic location just outside Girona, Spain,...
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Thomas Heathman Presents Case for Pooled Human Platelet Lysate Use in Cell Culture
Thomas Heathman, a DTC PhD researcher, recently delivered a webinar presenting his data highlighting the differences between FBS and Stemulate™ (Cook Regentec) on the growth kinetics, characterisation, dosage costs, cryopreservation...
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Imagineering Foundation Welcomes the HEART Team to their Event!
On November 14-15 the HEART outreach team were busy running a stand at the East Midlands Imagineering fair in the Jaguar exhibition hall, at Coventry Ricoh Arena. The event was...
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Dr Alex Lyness goes back to school!
Dr Alex Lyness returned to his old secondary school Brooke Weston, Corby, Northamptonshire, to talk to 50 GCSE and A-Level pupils about his career in product design and engineering, which...
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RiHN Launch Event for Feasibility Studies
The EPSRC Re-Distributed Manufacturing in Healthcare Network (RiHN), which comprises a multi-disciplinary programme including academic institutes, research centres, National Health Service (NHS) and industry representatives provides a forum that will...
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Prize at IMechE Vision Award presented to CDT Researcher
Rebecca Grant, a candidate undertaking her first year of the EPSRC & MRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Regenerative Medicine has recently been awarded the IMechE Postgraduate Research Scholarship as...
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Tissue Engineered Cartilage – One Step Forward for Osteoarthritis
James Henstock recently visited Prof. Clark Hung at Columbia University in New York for three months to learn new techniques for generating and analysis tissue engineered cartilage. Read more about...
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Upcoming Conferences and Events
7-8 December 2015: University of Sheffield will be hosting the 2nd Mercia Stem Cell Alliance Young Investigators Workshop followed by the 6th MSCA Annual Meeting. The workshop will focus on...
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Prof. Nick Medcalf Presents Interim Report for Optimed-ID
Optimed-ID, a robotic technology for smarter dispensing, leading to reduced waste of prescription medication and substantial cost savings, is being trialled within Leicester General Hospital with the hope of extending...
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Recent Conferences – September 2015
On 14-15 September 2015, a stakeholder workshop was held in Trinity Hall, University of Cambridge University, to discuss comparability in cell therapy manufacturing. Comparability is the regulatory requirement to demonstrate...
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TEDx Loughborough: Manufacturing, but not as you know it!
Dr Karen Coopman delivered a TEDx talk in May earlier this year at Loughborough University. If you missed the event, her talk on ‘Mass Producing Stem Cells, is now available...
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New Funding Successes for University of Nottingham
Prof. Chris Denning, University of Nottingham, has secured just under £1 million from recent grants. He will work with Prof. Peter Fischer (University of Nottingham) Prof. Andrew Tinker and Dr Stephen...
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Sasakawa Foundation awards 2 grants
Prof. Nick Medcalf, Mr Tom Heathman, a PhD Student, and Dr Hao Zhang a post-doctoral researcher, all at Loughborough University have been awarded grants from the Sasakawa Foundation to visit...
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Upcoming conferences and workshops
Regener8 partners with MEIBIOEng for its 8th Annual Meeting This year, Regener8 will have a dedicated track entitled ‘The Delivery of Regenerative Medicine, getting regenerative therapies to the patient and...
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Recent conferences
On the 22 June 2015, Loughborough University hosted the M5 Universities Advanced Manufacturing conference which was attended by >100 researchers from across the Midlands. The Centre for Innovative Manufacturing in...
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Harvard Stem Cell Institute Internship – Arianna’s experience
Arianna Rech, a Chemical Engineering student from Loughborough University, was awarded an EPSRC bursary to spend 10 weeks from 08 June to 14 August at Harvard Stem Cell Institute, USA...
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Public engagement at Cheltenham Science Festival
The HEART outreach group, with the support from members of the EPSRC Centre for Innovative Manufacturing in Regenerative Medicine, was invited to run the EPSRC stand at this year’s Cheltenham...
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Meet the new engagement team
Following the departure of Dr Sophie Dale-Black, the engagement team have worked hard in their roles to continue Sophie’s success; it is now time to welcome a new HEART (Healthcare...
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RiHN feasibility studies announced
After the sandpit events for the Redistributed Manufacturing in Healthcare (RiHN) earlier this year, it has been announced that two feasibility studies: ‘3D Bioprinting: Commercialising Personalised ATMP/Device Combination Products’ led...
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New director of CDT announced
On 01 August 2015, Dr Karen Coopman became the new director of the Centre for Doctoral Training in Regenerative Medicine sponsored by the EPSRC and MRC. As director, Karen will...
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High praise for CBE via WTEC Site visit
The World Technology Evaluation Centre (WTEC) is the leading US organisation in conducting international research assessments via peer review. The WTEC recently published their Biological Engineering and Manufacturing report for...
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2015 editions of the Engagement Update
In case you missed the last couple of newseltters you can view them on the links below: March 2015 edition – can be viewed here February 2015 edition – can...
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Conference Talks and Awards
At the recent World Stem Cells & Regenerative Medicine Congress, Dr Mark McCall, Enterprise Fellow, gave an invited talk entitled “How can you reduce your direct manufacturing cost of goods...
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Engagement Updates
The HEART outreach team had a wonderful time running a stand at this year’s Nottingham May Fest held on the University of Nottingham’s main campus. Seven PhD students volunteered on...
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A new opportunity for Melissa…
Dr Melissa Mather, EPSRC Centre Investigator and EPSRC Career Acceleration Fellow, will be leaving the University of Nottingham at the end of July to take up the position of Professor...
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Funding Success Enabling Next Generation 3D Printers
Dr Paul Roach, Lecturer at the Institute of Science and Technology in Medicine at Keele University has been awarded two year’s research project funding from the EPSRC (£250k) to develop...
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EPSRC Centre outreach trip to Boston
In March, Prof David Williams and Dr Alex Lyness from the EPSRC Centre for Innovative Manufacturing in Regenerative Medicine visited Boston, MA to meet some of the best engineers, researchers...
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EPSRC Manufacturing the Future Conference 17-18 September 2015
The 4th Manufacturing the Future Conference to be held at Churchill College, Cambridge, presents the latest manufacturing research delivered by the academic community in collaboration with UK industry. Sponsored by...
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Release of the Regenerative Medicine: a UK pathway report
We are pleased to confirm the release of an independent report “Regenerative Medicine: a UK pathway” detailing an update from the Regenerative Medicine Expert Group (RMEG) on progress to support...
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Conference and Collaborator visits; funding to visit 3 Japanese institutions
Thomas Heathman, a DTC PhD student, and Professor Nick Medcalf have won a grant from the Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation to carry out visits to Osaka University, Kyoto University and...
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Engagement Updates (March/April)
There’s been lots of recent activity from the EPSRC Centre Engagement team and more to come in the future: • As part of British Science Week (13th-22nd March) the HEART...
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Regener8 Annual Conference 2015 – The delivery of Regenerative Medicine
Following on from the successful Regener8 and EPSRC Centre for Innovative Manufacturing in Regenerative Medicine event last year on “How to choose and secure your dream career” the next Regener8...
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Professor David Williams audits four Research Council Norway SFI Centres of Excellence
In mid-March, Professor David Williams audited four Research Council Norway SFI Centres of Excellence as Panel Chair and Chief Generalist Evaluator for their mid-term review. Seven SFI Centres for Research-based...
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Enterprise Fellowship Extended for Dr Mark McCall
Dr Mark McCall has recently been awarded a further 6 months funding for his Enterprise Fellowship in Cell Therapy Manufacturing. The funding – awarded from the EPSRC Impact Acceleration Account...
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Regenerative Medicine Career opportunities and Webinar; EPSRC Landscape Fellows E-TERM
Loughborough University in conjunction with Keele University, University of Leeds, University of Nottingham, University of Sheffield and University of York, is making two early career Fellowships available for exceptional candidates...
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CNBC TV interview with Professor Alicia El Haj
Professor Alicia El Haj, Director of the Institute of Science and Technology in Medicine at Keele University, has given a recent interview for international television station CNBC’s The Edge programme,...
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MRC Suffrage award for Professor Alicia El Haj
Professor Alicia El Haj, Director of the Institute of Science and Technology in Medicine at Keele University, has received the MRC Suffrage Science 2015 Award. The Suffrage Science event was...
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Abstract submission open for Regener8 Annual Conference 2015 – The Delivery of Regenerative Medicine – deadline midnight 31 March 2015
Abstract submission is now open for the Regener8 Annual Conference as part of MEIbioeng15 on 8 September 2015 at the University of Leeds. The aim of this track is to...
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EPSRC Landscape Fellow in Engineering Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine Fixed-Term for 24 Months (2 posts available)
Loughborough University in conjunction with Keele University, University of Leeds, University of Nottingham, University of Sheffield and University of York, is making two early career Fellowships available for exceptional candidates...
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Harvard Stem Cell Institute Internship Competition – 2015 Winner announced!
Following the success of our 2014 competition, we recently invited applications for a fully funded place on the prestigious summer internship programme at the Harvard Stem Cell Institute, USA in...
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RiHN Workshop – Targeted healthcare production: Where is it needed most?
Personalised medicine is set to become a €2bn industry by 2018 and Re-Distributed Manufacturing (RDM) can support this growth. Manufacturing outside a centralised factory enables faster response, lower cost or...
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International collaboration develops in-process control for manufacturing regenerative medicines
A Loughborough University graduate has helped develop an improved system for monitoring the manufacture of stem cells for use in regenerative medicines. A key challenge of translating cell therapies to...
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Loughborough University expert wins funding for research into personalised medicines
Loughborough University academic Professor Nick Medcalf is part of a new link-up between academia, clinicians and industry to improve the efficiency of healthcare product manufacturing. The project won £465,000 funding...
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Vacancy: Professor of Biological Engineering/Regenerative Medicine
Professor of Biological Engineering/Regenerative Medicine REQ15050 School of Aeronautical, Automotive, Chemical and Materials Engineering Department of Chemical Engineering Competitive Salary Offered Closing date: 9 March 2015 The Department of Chemical...
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Success for DTC 1 alumni at the 19th Nottingham Eye Symposium and research meeting
DTC 1 alumni Dr Laura Sidney and Dr Samantha Wilson both had cause for celebration following the recent 19th Nottingham Eye Symposium and Research Meeting. Laura (pictured to the right)...
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US conference and company visits
A group from the EPSRC Centre and the EPSRC Doctoral Training Centre for Regenerative Medicine (DTC) visited the USA recently to take part in the Scale-up and Manufacturing of Cell-based...
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Regenerative Medicine Careers
Regener8 and the EPSRC Centre for Innovative Manufacturing in Regenerative Medicine are exploring options to co-host a second Careers Day to follow on from the successful “How to choose and...
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Redistributed Manufacturing Network Award
Dr Wendy Phillips of UWE Bristol and Centre Director Professor Nick Medcalf of Loughborough University have been awarded £465k from the EPSRC and ESRC to build a redistributed manufacturing network...
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Meet the new engagement team; “Sophie’s Angels”
Following the departure of the Head of Engagement, Dr Sophie Dale-Black, to take up the position of Lead Technologist supporting the development of the new Innovate UK Precision Medicine Catapult,...
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Success for Dr Ifty Ahmed following idea development at Dragons’ Den event
Dr Ifty Ahmed of The University of Nottingham attended the EPSRC Centre’s 2012 Dragons’ Den sandpit event on the theme of ‘Manufacturing large amounts of bone’. The feedback he received...
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2015 competition for summer internship at Harvard Stem Cell Institute
We are delighted to announce a UK-wide competition to fund one internship place on the Harvard Stem Cell Institute summer 2015 internship program - the Harvard Stem Cell Institute is based in...
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EPSRC Centres for Innovative Manufacturing collaborate to develop new optical probe
Two EPSRC-funded Centres for Innovative Manufacturing have received new funding from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council to conduct collaborative research. Dr Karen Coopman of Loughborough University and the...
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December 2014 edition of our newsletter is published
The latest edition of our newsletter can be viewed at this link. If you would like to subscribe to receive the newsletter by email, please click here and complete the form....
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Dr Alex Lyness visits Redmoor Academy
Dr Alex Lyness visited STEM award winning Redmoor Academy in Hinckley, Leicestershire, to give a talk on medical device design. Working in groups, 28 learners aged 12-14 designed new medical...
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Amy Lynch completes E-COST-funded Short Term Scientific Mission
Amy Lynch, PhD student at Trinity College Dublin, has completed a Short Term Scientific Mission to visit The University of Nottingham. Funded by the European Cooperation in Science and Technology...
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New collaboration: Robotic dispensing in NHS hospitals
The EPSRC Centre for Innovative Manufacturing in Regenerative Medicine has a long-established role in increased automation for manufacture of medicines. More recently, it has expanded its role in translational research into...
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We say goodbye to Sophie Dale-Black, Head of Engagement
Head of Engagement, Dr Sophie Dale-Black, is moving on from the EPSRC Centre at Christmas to join Innovate UK (previously known as the Technology Strategy Board) as Lead Technologist supporting the...
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UKRMP First Annual Report is published
The UK Regenerative Medicine Platform has published its first annual report, detailing the key components of the £25M programme established by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, the Medical Research...
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Funding awarded by EPSRC Centre to new collaboration
A new collaboration featuring researchers from the University of Birmingham, the University of Edinburgh and Keele University was awarded funding at a recent Dragons’ Den event organised by the EPSRC Centre...
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EPSRC Centre’s work recognised in Hauser Review
Work undertaken between the Cell Therapy Catapult and the EPSRC Centre for Innovative Manufacturing in Regenerative Medicine has been cited in the recent review of the Catapult network conducted by...
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Dr Paul Roach joins UKSB Council
Dr Paul Roach of Keele University has recently been elected to the Council of the UK Society for Biomaterials (UKSB). The United Kingdom Society for Biomaterials (UKSB) was set up to...
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Regenerative Medicine Manufacturing: Towards 2020
The EPSRC Centre for Innovative Manufacturing in Regenerative Medicine has prepared a new publication ‘Regenerative Medicine Manufacturing: Towards 2020‘. The EPSRC Centre has entered the fifth year of its five-year grant...
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Summary of testimonials from our collaborators
The EPSRC Centre for Innovative Manufacturing in Regenerative Medicine works with a wide variety of collaborators – academic, clinical, industrial and regulatory. Below are a selection of testimonials from our...
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Update on the EPSRC Centre’s successes and metrics
For more details see: Our publication list Our Twitter feed Our HEART blog for public and schools engagement Details of our Fellows...
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Prof Nick Medcalf becomes Director of the EPSRC Centre
Prof Nick Medcalf has become Director of the EPSRC Centre for Innovative Manufacturing in Regenerative Medicine with effect from September 1st 2014. Nick is Professor of Regenerative Medicine Manufacturing at Loughborough...
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Funding awarded to new collaboration at Dragons’ Den event
A new collaboration featuring researchers from University College London, the University of Cambridge, Newcastle University, Heriot-Watt University and Imperial College London was funded at a Dragons’ Den event organised by...
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Funding success for Dr Samantha Wilson
Congratulations to Dr Samantha Wilson, E-TERM Fellow at The University of Nottingham, on securing funding for the project ‘An innovative strategy for vision regeneration using a transplantable tissue-engineered corneal construct. This...
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New funding successes for EPSRC Centre and CDT colleagues
There have been a number of new grant successes recently, with funding provided to enhance PhD studentship projects, to allow the commercialisation of research and to fund a new collaboration...
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Alex wins engineering X Factor!
Dr Alex Lyness, an Enterprise Fellow within the Healthcare Engineering Research Group, was a winner in this year’s ‘I’m an Engineer, get me out of here!’ competition. He beat engineers from...
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New EPSRC E-TERM Landscape Fellows announced
The E-TERM (Engineering, Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine) Landscape Fellowship Programme has announced the recipients of the two-year fellowships awarded through the 2014 competition. Chris Adams and Dr Derfogail Delcassian will...
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EPSRC Centre Director, Prof David Williams, awarded OBE
David Williams, Professor of Healthcare Engineering at Loughborough University, has been awarded an OBE for services to science and engineering in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List. Professor Williams is also...
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UK-US collaboration with Harvard Stem Cell Institute produces new manufacturing chapter for StemBook
Review of the recent ‘Translating MSCs into Therapies’ workshop
EPSRC E-TERM Research Fellow Dr Qasim Rafiq recently organised the workshop ‘Translating MSCs into Therapies’ that was held at Loughborough University on 12 – 13th March 2014. The workshop was...
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Review of the UK’s first regenerative medicine careers event
Often in academia you feel sheltered from the world of industry and do not know of the options outside the academic track....
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Grand Challenges in Healthcare Technologies: Launch of Community Web Surveys
EPSRC’s Healthcare Technologies Theme is inviting the UK’s research and user communities to help them develop a number of Grand Challenges. The Grand Challenges will be used to inform the...
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Latest update on FIRM 2014
The organisers of the next Future Investigators of Regenerative Medicine (FIRM) early career researcher symposium have released an update on the programme including workshops on imaging, effective science communication skills, engaging...
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Major breakthrough in stem cell manufacturing technology
Scientists at the EPSRC Centre for Innovative Manufacturing in Regenerative Medicine have developed a new substance which could simplify the manufacture of cell therapy in the pioneering world of regenerative...
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Prof Kevin Shakesheff named RISE Leader for 2014 by EPSRC
Prof Kevin Shakesheff of The University of Nottingham and Co-Director of the EPSRC Centre for Innovative Manufacturing in Regenerative Medicine has been named a RISE Leader by the Engineering and...
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£3.5 million boost for Regenerative Medicine research programmes
The Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) in Regenerative Medicine has been awarded £3.5 million from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) to further its research programmes in this globally...
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