Cell and Tissue Engineering

The theme, jointly led by Dr Gadegaard and Prof Tanner, has a cross-disciplinary approach to cell and tissue engineering working closely with chemists and biologist to understand fundamental factors on cell response to artificial surfaces. This knowledge is then applied in developing new functional materials for medical applications in close collaboration with clinicians.

 There are several factors which influence the performance of medical implants which include topographical, chemical and mechanical cues generated accidentally during manufacture or purposely added for increased functionality. In the 4 subthemes we applied state-of-the-art micro- and nanofabrication to explore the cell-substrate interactions and apply this to a wide range of cell types.  Specifically we “synthesise” very precise patters ranging from 10 nm to 100s of µm. This is realised at the James Watt Nanofabrication Facility @ Glasgow. These activities are led by Dr Gadegaard.

 The theme is a part of the Centre for Cell Engineering in MVLS.