Research Focus
Molecular Engineering
Molecular Engineering represents a step change for the industrial design process - designing new materials from the molecular level - driven by both market needs and societal challenges.
Regenerative Medicine
Regenerative Medicine replaces or regenerates human cells, tissue or organs, to restore or establish normal function and responds to many difficult diseases such as diabetes and to conditions such as damage to the nervous system to establish therapies.
Impact of Demographic Change
The population is changing. It creates opportunities for economic growth, enterprise and employment, but also challenges for public services, including increased medical and social care costs.
Parasitology
Parasitological research is a key strength of the N8 universities. This discipline is critically important, as recent estimates suggest that the majority of the world's human population is harbouring one or more species of parasite at any one time.