Author: Nick Evans

The 2024 Tissue and Cell Engineering Society Conference will be hosted by the Centre for the Cellular Microenvironment (CeMi) at the University of Glasgow by Prof Matthew Dalby and Prof Manuel Salmeron-Sanchez with Michelle Carmichael and Aimee Soare (lifETIME Centre for Doctoral Training) and Claire Carberry (CeMi). This year the conference will again be combined with the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) Centres for Doctoral Training (CDT).

The Joint TCES and CDT Conference will take place over three days from 19th – 21st June 2024. The event will have in person presentations from International and UK keynote speakers in the cell and tissue engineering field with themes crossing the multiple areas such as bioengineered models, mechanobiology, enabling technologies and biomaterials.

see https://glasgow.thecemi.org/tces-joint-cdt-conference-2024/ for more details (note webpages under construction)

The United Kingdom Society for Biomaterials Early Career Forum and the European Society for Biomaterials Young Scientist forum are happy to announce our first webinar event on ‘Managing Your Mental Health During Your PhD’ with Dr Zoë Ayres. August 2nd 12-1pm British summer time. For all PhD students and PDRAs working in the field of Biomaterials and Tissue engineering. Use the QR code or the google form link below to register. https://forms.gle/ULYBxzkWXjgZrycd6

The 1st Summer School “Next generation of bio-responsive materials in TERM”, organized within the framework of the SHIFT (SHaping Innovative products For sustainable Tissue engineering strategies) program (Horizon2020-MSCA-RISE) will be held in Trento, 11th – 15th September 2023.

Industrial and academic speakers will illustrate recent findings on biopolymers, sustainability, green chemistry, innovative thinking, process optimization and discuss how these could innovate Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine applications. Early researchers, PhD students and master students with a background in engineering, physics, chemistry, biology or medicine are welcome to attend the school. 

Please scan the QR code in the flyer and see the programme for more information.

TCES is always on the lookout for new research developments that can benefit our members. To this end, we are inviting you to submit news, a research highlight, such as a short summary of a recently published paper, and/or a short piece highlighting a member of your team (senior PhD student or postdoc). This is an excellent opportunity to showcase your work, share your ideas with fellow members, and help promote the advancement of your team members as well as tissue engineering research.

Submission guidelines:

• Your submission must be clearly related to tissue engineering research.
• Your submission should not exceed 400 words.
• It can include one figure or photo.

The deadline for submission is 6th July 2023, and selected submissions will be featured on future TCES newsletters and social media channels (if applicable). Please note that all submissions will be reviewed by the TCES Committee, and we reserve the right to make minor edits for clarity and brevity.

If you wish to submit an article and/or have any questions, please do not hesitate to reach out to Dr. Mahetab Amer (m.amer@leeds.ac.uk). We hope that you will take advantage of this opportunity.

Join Dr James Armstrong and colleagues for a FREE three-day TCES Net Summer School at Bristol University and learn how to pattern cells using sound!

Register your interest before 16th July: https://forms.office.com/e/usV2ujsmBL

This year’s TERMIS EU Chapter meeting will be held in Manchester on the 28^th – 31^st March this year. The local organising committee is being led by TCES president Prof Sarah Cartmell and TCES committee member Dr Stephen Richardson.

There will be no standalone TCES meeting in 2023, but TCES is hosting four sessions during TERMIS EU 2023, showcasing the very best research from TCES members.

This exciting 4 day meeting is the perfect opportunity to share your research with an international audience, as well as engage with over 250 colleagues from across the UK who are already registered for the meeting.

Registration is still open and you can find all the details here: https://eu2023.termis.org/

Please see below for details of an upcoming workshop offered online. Register here.

https://tces.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Bioreactor-Flyer-2023-To-Send-Out.pdf

Vanessa Benjamin and her team would like to welcome you to their TCES workshop to be held in February. Please see below for details, and register here:

Applying cell and tissue engineering to the scalable production of cultured meats

Description: A Tissue and Cell Engineering Society (TCES) sponsored meeting providing networking opportunities for early career researchers and others to liaise with industry stakeholders working in the growing cultured meat space. This action-oriented meeting is designed to bring together an interdisciplinary group of academics and industry to develop collaborative initiatives around BBSRC’s call around novel food production systems.

15^th February 2023

The Workshop in The Catalyst
3 Helix Science Square

Newcastle upon Tyne, NE4 5TG

Registration is FREE. Kindly register here

Session I – General Introduction to cell-cultured meats
09:30 – 10:00	Welcome: tea/refreshments
10:00 – 10:10	Welcome, Introduction to the day Che Connon, Professor of Tissue Engineering, Newcastle University
10:10 – 10:25	Tissue and cell engineering and its potential for food production Dr. Ricardo Gouveia, co-Founder & CSO, 3D Bio-Tissues Ltd.
10:25 – 10:40	A regional overview of potential cell-cultured meat stakeholders Che Connon, Professor of Tissue Engineering, Newcastle University
10:40 – 11:00	Coffee/Tea break, Networking
Session II – Working session
11:00 – 11:15	First meeting synopsis and details on BBSRC’s call Vanessa Benjamin, PhD student, Newcastle University
11:15 – 12:00	Guided small group activity – Part I Defining industry challenges & skills present
12:00 – 13:00	Lunch/Networking
13:00 – 13:45	Guided small group activity – Part II Aligning work packages identified from previous session with detailed discussions of project ideas, identification of project objectives, assignment of tasks and timelines to submission.
13:45 – 14:00	Feedback from small groups and next steps
14:00	Close