Regenerative Medicine is a highly interdisciplinary field and rapidly growing area of research that encompasses stem cell biology, tissue engineering, genome engineering, and nanotechnology. Our programme is provided as a collaboration between the Blizard Institute at the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, and the School of Engineering and Materials Science.
You will receive advanced, multi-disciplinary training which draws on the world-class research from internationally renowned scientists in stem cell biology, cellular regeneration, biomaterials, and tissue engineering with a focus on the scientific principles and clinical applications of regenerative medicine, how we can use stem cells, biomaterials and a number of other different technologies to promote healthy tissue repair and regeneration.
Queen Mary University of London's Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry is comprised of two renowned and prestigious teaching hospitals: St Bartholomew’s and The Royal London. Both continue to make an outstanding contribution to modern medicine and together have been consistently ranked among the top five universities in the UK for medicine. As a student on this course, you will benefit from our links to Barts Health NHS Trust and access to clinical academics involved in translational research at St. Bartholomew’s and The Royal London Hospitals.
A major draw of our programme and something that our students find incredibly valuable is the lab-based research project, which you will work on full time during the final 12 weeks of the course. You will learn and carry out your projects in our state-of-the-art Blizard labs in the fantastic Blizard Building, benefitting from the support and guidance of our hugely experienced supervisory academic team. Previous projects include design of a 3D printed skin-on-a-chip, investigating mechanisms enhancing skeletal muscle regeneration using CRISPR-engineered human induced pluripotent stem cell models, and post-transcriptional control of cortical neural stem cell reprogramming.
By working on a significant independent research project, you will gain new technical skills and a depth of knowledge relevant to your topic. You will also develop research and transferable skills, such as data analysis, presentation skills, and scientific writing.
You will have access to world-class facilities, including light microscopy, flow cytometry, high-content screening and biological services. This includes our CRoss-InstitutE Advanced Tissue Engineering (CREATE) Lab dedicated to biofabrication of advanced 3D tissues and microfluidic devices. You will also benefit from the guidance of academics and bioengineers who are involved in interdisciplinary and cross-institute networks such as the Centre for Predictive in vitro Models (CPM), where our scientists are developing complex in vitro models and the underpinning technology which includes aspects of microfluidics, biomaterials, mechanobiology, computational modelling, micromanufacture and 3D printing.