Dr Max Yavitt from the Regenerative Medicine theme in Christchurch has secured a Marsden Fast Start grant 'Understanding how cells generate large-scale tissues' worth $360K over 3 years.
Understanding how tissues grow and work together is important for studying diseases like cancer and developing better treatments. Current technology can create small patches of tissue, but it’s not well understood how tissues grow together to form larger, fully functional organs. This project aims to develop new techniques that will allow researchers to study tissue assembly to the size of real organs. By understanding how tissues grow, this project will contribute to creating more accurate models for more effective treatments.
Read more about the major Marsden Fund grants awarded to UOC researchers