PDBEB Courses 2026/2027 - Bioengineering Healthy Ageing

Objetivos

By the end of this course, doctoral candidates will be able to:

1. Critically evaluate the primary biological theories, signaling pathways, and systemic drivers of cellular and tissue ageing.

2. Interpret and integrate molecular biomarkers and high-throughput omics profiling methods used to track biological versus chronological age.

3. Formulate engineering rationales for biomaterial design (scaffolds, drug/cargo delivery systems, functional surfaces) and select appropriate characterization methods tailored to aged microenvironments.

4. Identify translational pipelines and regulatory challenges involved in transitioning longevity-oriented technologies from the laboratory to commercialized biomedical products and a broader healthcare implementation.

5. Synthesize scientific literature, formulate novel bioengineering hypotheses capable of addressing the challenges of ageing populations, and effectively pitch interdisciplinary collaborative research proposals to peers and senior faculty.