Professor Watt was delighted to deliver the keynote opening lecture at the 2015 London International Youth Science Forum. The two week residential event held at Imperial College London attracts over 400 of the world's leading young scientists aged 17 - 21 years old from more than 60 participating countries.

The Wellcome Trust has awarded funding to a four year PhD programme entitled 'Cell therapies and regenerative medicine' taking place in the Centre for Stem Cells & Regenerative Medicine. The programme will fund five PhD students for three years and will train a new generation of researchers in regenerative medicine. PhD supervisors will be drawn from across the different divisions and campuses of King's College London.

LabTube caught up with Davide Danovi (Director - HipSci Cell Phenotyping) at 'Stem Cells in Drug Discovery 2015' in Cambridge. Davide discussed the HipSci cell phenotyping strategy and the benefits this provides for disease modelling and drug discovery.