StemCells@Lunch Digested

For this episode of SC@L digested, PhD student Ana Maria Cujba interviews Professor Nico De Leu from the University Hospital of Brussels. He talks about the challenges of combing clinical work and lab work, and his research on the role of a growth factor (VGFA) on the function of beta cells which produce insulin in the pancreas, and how the growth factor is involved in vascularisation of beta cell transplants for patients with diabetes...

For this episode of SC@L digested, PhD student Ana Maria Cujba interviews Professor Nico De Leu from the University Hospital of Brussels. He talks about the challenges of combing clinical work and lab work, and his research on the role of a growth factor (VGFA) on the function of beta cells which produce insulin in the pancreas, and how the growth factor is involved in vascularisation of beta cell transplants for patients with diabetes...

This week’s episode of SC@L digested is all about the liver! CSCRM’s Public Engagement Officer Jessica Sells talks to Dr Luca Urbani about his work using tissue engineering to replicate functioning livers to study liver diseases and regeneration….

For more information of Dr Urbani's work please follow this link: http://www.liver-research.org.uk/ourstaff/luca-urbani.html

This week’s episode of SC@L digested is all about the liver! CSCRM’s Public Engagement Officer Jessica Sells talks to Dr Luca Urbani about his work using tissue engineering to replicate functioning livers to study liver diseases and regeneration….

For more information of Dr Urbani's work please follow this link: http://www.liver-research.org.uk/ourstaff/luca-urbani.html

In this special episode of Stem Cells @ Lunch Digested, CSCRM Public Engagement Officer Jessica Sells speaks to the Wellcome Trust "Cell Therapies and Regenerative Medicine" 4 year PhD programme 2018 cohort about their experience co-writing a review.

The review titled: "Mechanisms, Hallmarks, and Implications of Stem Cell Quiescence" was published in Stem Cell Reports, and will be featured in the special June edition of the publication to tie in with the International Society for Stem Cell Research 2019 conference.

The interview features Wladislaw Stroukov, Jana Obajdin, Prudence Lui, Thea Willis and Federica Riccio. Unfortunately, fellow cohort member Inchul Cho was unable to attend.

Follow this link to read the full publication online: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31189093

In this special episode of Stem Cells @ Lunch Digested, CSCRM Public Engagement Officer Jessica Sells speaks to the Wellcome Trust "Cell Therapies and Regenerative Medicine" 4 year PhD programme 2018 cohort about their experience co-writing a review.

The review titled: "Mechanisms, Hallmarks, and Implications of Stem Cell Quiescence" was published in Stem Cell Reports, and will be featured in the special June edition of the publication to tie in with the International Society for Stem Cell Research 2019 conference.

The interview features Wladislaw Stroukov, Jana Obajdin, Prudence Lui, Thea Willis and Federica Riccio. Unfortunately, fellow cohort member Inchul Cho was unable to attend.

Follow this link to read the full publication online: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31189093

How do stem cells decide to make copies of themselves or become something different? Does mechanical signalling influence how stem cells make decisions? How is the timing of these irreversible changes happen from a physics perspective? Hear Dr Kevin Chalut from the Cambridge Stem Cell Institute discuss his work in this field with PhD student Gabby Clarke.

To find out more about his research follow this link: https://www.stemcells.cam.ac.uk/research/pis/chalut

How do stem cells decide to make copies of themselves or become something different? Does mechanical signalling influence how stem cells make decisions? How is the timing of these irreversible changes happen from a physics perspective? Hear Dr Kevin Chalut from the Cambridge Stem Cell Institute discuss his work in this field with PhD student Gabby Clarke.

To find out more about his research follow this link: https://www.stemcells.cam.ac.uk/research/pis/chalut

For this episode of SC@L digested, PhD student Inês Tomás interviews Dr Trevor Graham from the Barts Cancer Institute about his career path, fusing mathematics and biology, difficulties in modelling cancer, and the hunt for the cure….

for more information about his research follow this link:https://www.bci.qmul.ac.uk/staff/item/trevor-graham

For this episode of SC@L digested, PhD student Inês Tomás interviews Dr Trevor Graham from the Barts Cancer Institute about his career path, fusing mathematics and biology, difficulties in modelling cancer, and the hunt for the cure….

for more information about his research follow this link:https://www.bci.qmul.ac.uk/staff/item/trevor-graham