The centre’s Tissue Engineering Group is exploring new materials for intestinal healing and repair, in concert with the centre’s parallel interests in the gut hormones most relevant to intestinal growth and regeneration. Collaborations with other groups within UCL (at the Eastman Dental Institute, and at the Institute of Child Health, in particular) introduce complementary expertise with materials science and stem cell exploration respectively. There is also a close affiliation to the UCL Department of Engineering with which there is now a tradition of conjoint research students.