Regenerative Medicine PhD

**Research excellence**<br/><br/>The Centre for Regenerative Medicine (CRM) is a world leading research centre based at the University of Edinburgh’s Institute for Regeneration and Repair.<br/><br/>Our scientists and clinicians study stem cells, disease and tissue repair to advance human health. By better understanding how stem cells are controlled and how diseases develop in a lab environment, we hope to find new ways to treat patients.<br/><br/>Our research is aimed at developing new treatments for major diseases including cancer, heart disease, diabetes, degenerative diseases such as multiple sclerosis and Parkinsons disease, and liver failure.<br/><br/>The Centre houses 25 research groups and has a staff of more than 270 scientists, graduate students, support and ancillary staff.<br/><br/>**Research themes**<br/><br/>Our work is currently organised into five themes. To promote collaboration within the Centre, we adopt a flexible approach to these themes, with each Principal Investigator (PI) having one or more secondary affiliations.<br/><br/>Two themes focus on fundamental research: <br/><br/><br/>* pluripotency and iPS<br/><br/><br/>* lineage and cell specification<br/><br/><br/>The other three themes aim to translate fundamental research discoveries into clinical programmes relevant to brain, blood and liver diseases and to tissue repair.<br/><br/>The Centre has strong collaborative links to other centres within the University, such as the Euan MacDonald Centre for MND Research, the MS Centre and the Roslin Institute.<br/><br/>We also invest in technological development in all areas.