A new centre has been created to train a workforce in regenerative medicine and tissue engineering.

The ARC Training Centre for Cell and Tissue Engineering Technologies (CTET) will be led by Monash University, and will receive $4.97 million in funding over 5 years under an Australian Research Council (ARC) scheme to strengthen Australia’s cell and tissue engineering industries.

“Researchers at this Training Centre have created industry specific training programs for PhDs and postdoctoral fellows with research carried out in industry facing projects,” says ARC chief Professor Sue Thomas.

“They will work with a range of partners to aid in expanding our biotechnology industries and to.

“The aim is to provide a highly skilled, ‘industry-ready’ workforce poised to consolidate and translate innovative technologies and to significantly improve and advance Australia’s joint biomechanics industry.”

Monash University will lead the project and will collaborate with 22 partners, including the Queensland University of Technology, CSIRO, the Centre for Commercialisation and Regenerative Medicine and the Centre for Entrepreneurial Research and Innovation Limited.

The Training Centre also has strong international links with the UK-based Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult, Newcastle University (UK) and the Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research, as well as many other Australian and international companies.