Course summary

Our aim is to train a new generation of researchers with expertise in stem cell culture, engineering, regulation and translation in the regenerative medicine space, to help fill the skills shortage in the industrial life sciences sector. The UK and further afield hosts a rapidly growing regenerative medicine sector with major centres focused on production of cellular and acellular therapies and a growth of clinical trialling. Therefore, there is increasing demand for recruits with highly specialised regenerative medicine experience. WHY THIS PROGRAMME Accredited by the Royal Society of Biology for the purpose of meeting, in part, the academic and experience requirement for the Membership and Chartered Biologist (CBiol). The MSc programme is run by our team within our centre for excellence, the Centre for the Cellular Microenvironment Top 10 in the UK for Medicine (https://glasgow.thecemi.org), specialising in stem cell science and their potential within regenerative medicine. Research project training will be delivered under the supervision of world-leading researchers, including Professors Mathew Dalby and Manuel Salmeron-Sanchez and Drs Catherine Berry, Mathis Riehle and Cristina Gonzalez, under the Centre for the Cellular Microenvironment. Receive expert teaching, from academics across both Life Sciences and Bioengineering disciplines, providing understanding on the concepts of stem cells and the translation aims, biophysics, scaffolds and tissues, ‘omic approaches to data handling, bioimaging and bioinformatics. Learn lab skills, including cell culture and molecular biology, to allow you to complete a final semester research project. Further focus will be on your ability to bioengineer 3D microenvironments to enable stem cell growth and differentiation, creating 3D models for Pharma and toxicology testing. Work on an interdisciplinary project in your final semester, which will lie at the interface between bioengineering and life sciences. Laboratory based projects will be carried out mainly within our new Research Hub (opening 2022) at the University of Glasgow. Learn to incorporate, microscopy, materials processing and cell culture under one roof. Main Campus Location This programme is undertaken at the Gilmorehill Campus, in the West End of Glasgow. Easy to travel to by bus, subway, train or car. PROGRAMME STRUCTURE Royal Society of BiologyThe MSc comprises 3 semesters; the first two involve several taught courses (via lectures, tutorials, practical sessions and seminars), whilst during the final semester students undertake a research project. The taught elements of the course will train students in basic laboratory skills as well as concepts in stem cell science, cell engineering and microenvironments, equipping them to fulfil a relevant research project of their choice. Core Courses: MOLECULAR RESEARCH SKILLS STEM CELL SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING MICROENVIRONMENTS FOR REGENERATIVE MEDICINE BIOPHYSICS OF CELLS AND SYSTEMS M RECOMBINANT PROTEIN EXPRESSION SCAFFOLDS AND TISSUES M TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER AND COMMERCIALISATION OF BIOSCIENCE RESEARCH DESIGNING A RESEARCH PROJECT: BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH METHODOLOGY INTRODUCTION TO NEXT GENERATION SEQUENCING BIOINFORMATICS Optional Courses: BIO-IMAGING FOR RESEARCH SCIENTISTS OMIC ANALYSES FOR THE BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES: FROM GENOMICS TO METABOLOMIC