News
Here is the news on latest developments, career opportunities and what is going on across the RESILIENCE network. You may also wish to check our Events page for information on current training opportunities and outreach events.
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Make you voice heard - RESILIENCE 'Voice of the Industry' online event
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Join us on 24th September for an online workshop where you'll have the chance to hear from senior figures in RESILIENCE, as they share insights into how the Centre aims to coordinate, develop, and deliver training courses for the UK medicines manufacturing community. In an interactive session we'll collectively envision the workforce roadmap toward a fully digital and automated industry, as an example of how RESILIENCE can tackle future needs of the industry.
Using immersive Virtual Reality for Teaching – Yes please!
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Over 200 pupils from 11 Renfrewshire secondary schools explored exciting educational pathways and career opportunities in Scotland's Life & Chemical Sciences and Advanced Manufacturing sectors during the recent Medicines Manufacturing Innovation Centre (MMIC) Employability Day.
Free training with immersive VR? Too good to be true? Guess again!
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Over fifty undergraduate and postgraduate students from all over Scotland attended a careers fair in Glasgow last week. Students were "absolutely blown away" by the RESILIENCE programs and future plans. RESILIENCE Research Associate at Heriot-Watt University Laura Porcza explains more...
Medicines Manufacturing careers outreach week
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‘A’ level students from across 3 schools have just completed an intensive 3-day lab placement at the UCL Department of Biochemical Engineering under the wing of RESILIENCE Outreach lead Dr Bernice Wright. The students enjoyed learning about mammalian cell culture and key analytics for evaluating cell phenotype, viability, and cellular products.
Sixth-form student gains experience in real and virtual university research labs
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Thanks to RESILIENCE outreach activity Sixth form student Eliza Thornton from Stokesley Sixth Form College, North Yorkshire, recently spent a week within the research group of Prof Muhammad Safwan Akram at Teesside University learning all about the aseptic techniques required for working to good laboratory practice in both the virtual and the real world.
RESILIENCE Launch Event - COME AND JOIN US!
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Join us in Birmingham on Thursday 12th September for an afternoon of stimulating discussions and networking.
Students dive into cellular therapy development through RESILIENCE outreach
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A group of 21 students from across the USA had the chance to experience a virtual introduction to the interior of a cell and visualise potential careers in medicines manufacturing during a recent visit to Heriot Watt University.
Scotland invests £847,000 in new biotech scale-up facility
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Bio-based businesses in Scotland will soon have access to a vital new infrastructure that will enable them to scale up their products.
Future vaccine makers to get VR-assisted training centre of excellence
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Future medicine and vaccine makers will be able to develop their skills using virtual reality thanks to a new national Centre of Excellence.
UCL East Manufacturing Futures Lab Director Appointed
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On 1 September, Prof. Gary Lye was appointed the Director of the new UCL East Manufacturing Futures Lab (MFL), based at the newly-opened UCL East Campus.