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Dr Suwan Jayasinghe (UCL Mechanical Engineering) will speak about Engineering tomorrow's healthcare, synthetic tissue generation at the Electromagnetic Field festival, from 31st August to 2nd September 2012 Electromagnetic Field is a three-day UK camping festival for people with an inquisitive mind or an interest in making things. |
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Dr Mark Lythgoe co-directs the 2012 Cheltenham Science Festival for the sixth consecutive year. |
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First UCL Institute of Ophthalmology Retina Patient Day a great success Patients with retinal degeneration and their families, attending the first UCL/Moorfields Biomedical Research Centre for Ophthalmology “Retina Patient Day”, had the opportunity to interact with more than 40 clinicians and scientists from Moorfields Eye Hospital and the UCL Institute of Ophthalmology Department of Genetics and learn about their research into developing effective treatments for blinding retinal conditions. For more on this story, see UCL News |
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Brüstle v Greenpeace: Has the European Court seriously damaged stem cell research? On Wednesday 1 February 2012 at 6 pm, the Institute of Brand and Innovation Law (IBIL) at UCL Faculty of Laws and the UCL Centre for Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine organised a Special Event to discuss the ruling of the European Court of Justice on the case Brüstle v Greenpeace (which declared that procedures involving human embryonic stem cells cannot be patented) and its practical and ethical implications to this field. Chair: Rt. Hon. Professor Sir Robin Jacob, UCL Laws Speakers: Dr Justin Turner QC, 3 New Square Chambers (lead counsel on the case) Professor Pete Coffey, UCL Institute of Ophthalmology and UCL Centre for Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine Professor Jo Wolff, UCL Department of Philosophy |
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UCL Dr Nguyen TK Thanh goes from lab bench to backbench Dr Nguyen TK Thanh (UCL Physics and Astronomy) has taken part in a scheme where MPs and Civil Servants are paired up with leading scientists for a week at both their respective places of work. Dr Thanh was paired with Caroline Jacobs, Senior Policy adviser, EU and International Innovation Policy, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills. More at UCL News |
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2011 Stem Cell Awareness Day On 5 October 2011, UCL marked Stem Cell Awareness Day, a day celebrated around the world to promote
greater understanding about stem cell research and the range of potential
applications for disease and injury, and to raise awareness why funding stem
cell research is so vital. Watch the video: The potential of amniotic fluid stem cells |
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Professor Alexander
Seifalian's work "Face saving nose cartilage moulding" is featured at
"Power of Making", a V&A and Crafts Council exhibition at the
Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Professor Alexander Seifalian's work developing synthetic human noses and ears,
using a polymer scaffold to support cartilage growth, is featured at the
"Power of Making" exhibition,
from 6 September 2011 to 2 January 2012. |
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Dr Mark Lythgoe, Director of UCL's Centre for Advanced Biomedical Imaging,
discusses the neuroscience of memory erasing in Erased Memories and Spotless
Minds, a BBC Radio 4 programme On Wednesday 20th July 2011 at 9.00pm, in the BBC Radio 4 programme Erased Memories and Spotless Minds, Dr. Mark Lythgoe, Director of the UCL Centre for Advanced Biomedical Imaging, discussed the neuroscience of memory erasing, and asks whether it is an opportunity to eliminate the crippling effects of trauma or a dangerous intrusion into an essential human faculty. |
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Professor Pete Coffey discusses with the audience after the screening of the film "Stem Cells: A Vision of the Future" Prof. Pete Coffey contributed to this documentary film, which charts the history and scientific evolution of stem cell research – from the earliest experiments that first revealed stem cells in the body, to leading current scientific and clinical developments. Film screening at UCL on 21st June 2011, followed by an open-floor discussion with Prof. Pete Coffey. |
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Dr Mark Lythgoe, Director of UCL's Centre for Advanced Biomedical
Imaging, directed the 2011 Cheltenham Science Festival for the fifth
consecutive year. More at The Cheltenham Science Festival |
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Professor Pete Coffey discusses the latest developments in stem cell therapy and
comments on the creation of a new bank which will collect and store customers'
stem cells. Listen to BBC Radio 4's You and Yours, 9 June 2011 (from 46mins 39s) |
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UCL Japan Earthquake Appeal Symposium A Japan Earthquake Appeal symposium was organised by UCL Prof Shin-ichi Ohnuma on 22 March 2011 to raise funds for those suffering the devastating consequences of the tsunami, earthquake and nuclear power plant explosions in the Tohoku area of Japan; all proceeds going to the British Red Cross. |
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Professor Chris Mason talks about the dangers associated with 'stem cell
tourism' Prof. Chris Mason warns about the dangers associated with "stem cell tourism" and highlights some of the safeguards people should take before considering any stem cell treatment. Watch BBC One's 'Fake Britain' (from 29mins 13s) |
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Women scientists must speak out "Female researchers still battle sexism. The media gives them an opportunity to be heard alongside male colleagues", says Jennifer Rohn, a cell biologist at UCL, in an article published by Nature Read the article at Nature |
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"Jenny Rohn: Most vital" according to Nature Medicine's list of key people
who made headlines in 2010 |
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HM Government response to our petition to greatly raise the funding for stem cell translation programmes of work
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Science is Vital Campaign Dr Jennifer Rohn, a cell biologist at UCL, has started the Science is Vital campaign which hopes to persuade the UK government that science cuts would harm the economy. A march is organised in London on
Saturday 9 October 2010 at 2pm. Dr Rohn works in the Baum laboratory of the UCL MRC Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology. |
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2010 Stem Cell Awareness Day On 6 October 2010, UCL marked Stem Cell Awareness Day, a day celebrated around the world to promote greater understanding about stem cell research and the range of potential applications for disease and injury and to raise awareness why funding stem cell research is so vital. More information: Watch video: The importance of stem cell research 2010 Stem Cell Awareness Day |
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Professor Pete Coffey participates in the first International Legislative
Stem Cell Day celebrated simultaneously in the UK and USA Professor Pete Coffey advocates for continued support of regenerative medicine in the UK to ensure clinical translation of stem cell research currently undertaken in the UK. The event held today at The Science Media Centre in London, UK, is part of an international movement looking at regenerative medicine legislation; a parallel event is organised by the Alliance for Regenerative Medicine in Washington, USA. More information: BBC BBC Newsnight blog |
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Dr Mark Lythgoe directs the Cheltenham Science Festival for the fourth
consecutive year Dr Mark Lythgoe, Director of UCL’s Centre for Advanced Biomedical Imaging and Cheltenham Science Festival Director, discusses the range of activities on offer this year. The Cheltenham Science Festival runs from 9 to 13 June, 2010. Listen at http://www.ucl.ac.uk/cheltenhamblog/ |
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Dr Roberto Mayor comments on the earthquake's
impact on Chilean
science Dr Roberto Mayor's concerns on the long-term impact of Chile's earthquake on its scientific research are published today in Science. Dr Mayor is
raising funds to help the Chilean scientific community;
anyone interested in contributing please contact Dr. Roberto Mayor at r.mayor@ucl.ac.uk |
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Dr Mark Lythgoe on the images that changed the world Dr Mark Lythgoe reveals, in a five-part series airing on BBC Radio 4 from Monday 25 to Friday 29 January 2010 at 15:45 hrs, why the pictures that have really changed the world are not those from history or art but those from the medical profession. “Images that see inside our bodies, into our very cells, have had a bigger impact on society than the photographic or artistic image.” Further information at: UCL News BBC Radio 4 |
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Stem Cell Awareness Day
celebrated around the world UCL marked Stem Cell Awareness Day on 23 September 2009 in a
tradition honoured within research universities across the world. Read more on this story at: UCL News |
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Prof Pete Coffey of the UCL Institute of Ophthalmology warns against
untested stem cell treatments Read more on this story at: The Sunday Times |
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Pigs offer new stem cell source Prof Chris Mason comments on the generation of pig induced pluripotent stem cells and its implications for clinical use. Read the full story: Times Online BBC News |
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US stem cell funding ban lift: the implications USA President Barack Obama overturned the ban on US federal funding
for human embryonic stem cell research. Professor Claudio Stern, Chair of the
steering committee for the UCL Centre for Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine,
explains what stem cells are, the benefits they bring to medical research and
UCL’s strengths in this area. |
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Prof Chris Mason comments on USA stem cell research funding In an interview with BBC News, Prof Chris Mason of UCL comments on
the decision by US President Barack Obama to lift restrictions on federal
funding for research on embryonic stem cells. |
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Prof Martin Birchall discusses UCL research Prof Martin Birchall, UCL’s first Professor of
Laryngology and winner of Morgan Stanley/’ ‘Daily Telegraph’ 2008 Great Britons
(Scientific and Innovation category) discusses how his role will strengthen UCL
research in this field. You can listen to Prof Birchall's discussion online
by downloading the file by clicking on the mp3 link below. The programme is
approximately 10 minutes long. |
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