Details of Grant 

EPSRC Reference:	EP/H047751/1
Title:	Tissue Engineering for Human Healing
Principal Investigator:	Jones, Professor AT
Other Investigators:	Griffiths, Professor PC Steadman, Dr R
Researcher Co-Investigators:
Project Partners:	National Eisteddfod of Wales Penn Pharmaceutical Services Zoobiotic
Department:	Welsh School of Pharmacy
Organisation:	Cardiff University
Scheme:	Partnerships- Public Engage
Starts:	14 April 2010	Ends:	13 October 2011	Value (£):	55,736
EPSRC Research Topic Classifications:	Tissue Engineering
EPSRC Industrial Sector Classifications:	Healthcare
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Panel History:	Panel Date Panel Name Outcome 09 Mar 2010 Partnerships for Public Engagement 14th Call Announced
Summary on Grant Application Form
Tissue engineering has the capacity to radically change medical practice. A major objective is regenerating diseased tissues and organs for the benefit of those suffering from ailments ranging from trauma to neurodegeneration. Its development is connected to new treatment possibilities, better quality of life for patients and the possibility to overcome the shortage of donor organs for transplantation. The main focus of this application is the bringing together of research and public engagement scientists from the interdisciplinary Cardiff Institute for Tissue Engineering and Repair (CITER) group to provide an engagement platform for this remit. CITER is an established interdisciplinary network, linking around 130 academic staff from 11 Schools across Cardiff University. It is internationally recognised for its expertise in basic, translational and clinical research in the field of tissue repair, regeneration and rehabilitation and is committed to educating and informing the public about the huge potential of Tissue Engineering. CITER provides a very successful MSc in Tissue Engineering and several students who successfully passed through this Programme and are now in PhD Programmes have come together to establish Postgrad@CITER for the express purpose of promoting outreach. With substantial support from the National Eisteddfod of Wales and industry we plan to organize major exhibits and smaller events at different locations in Wales. The main engagement platform will be the 2010 and 2011 National Eisteddfod of Wales in Ebbw Vale and Wrexham respectively. The National Eisteddfod is the premier cultural festival of Wales with an annual attendance of over 150,000. The event houses a large Science Pavilion and festival that is visited by over 24,000 people during Eisteddfod week. Working in conjunction with the National Eisteddfod we will organise a visually stimulating, interactive and educational exhibit focused on tissue engineering. The exhibition will house a talking human model implanted with either engineered replacement tissue or prostheses, a tissue engineering operation game, a stem-cell sorting lottery, a chemistry laboratory for children, wound cleaning maggots, microengineered tissue-making chips, educational posters, displays and a theatre for lectures. Between the Eisteddfods the exhibits will visit Techniquest, a science adventure complex that is visited by over 300,000 people annually. Techniquest is an educational charity, based in Cardiff. The Techniquest mission is to engage people with science and to motivate them to learn more; particularly to address science-related areas such as maths, engineering and technology. Techniquest has a world-wide reputation for creating excellent programmes and exhibits (more than 150 in Cardiff alone). There are now four Techniquest science centres in Wales: Cardiff, Wrexham, Bluestone and Llanberis and although we initially plan to exhibit in Cardiff, we will also consider future exhibits at the other Techniquest centres. We also plan to set up the exhibition in Bangor University and to ensure that as many people as possible benefit from this work we will also exhibit in Cardiff University during National Science and Engineering Week.We intend to publicise the work of CITER and its members widely with flyers and postcards printed for this purpose. We will assemble, over the tenure of the EPSRC award, an audio/visual library of CITER projects to educate and inform the public and to allow us to interact with the media and importantly with schools both locally and in Cities further afield. All this will ensure the public are engaged with the potential that tissue engineering has for the benefit of human health and also the exciting research activities that are currently ongoing at Cardiff University.
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