Integrative Regenerative Medicine (IGEN) Center

The LiU IGEN Centre was established as one of the strategic areas identified by Linköping University and the County Council of Östergötland to provide a catalyst for the development of cell-based therapies for regenerative medicine.

Our mission is to:

  • Encourage and enable multidisciplinary teams from basic science, technology and clinical medicine to work together to develop bold innovative treatment methods that would restore function to damaged or diseased organs and tissue
  • To enable a continuum of R&D that includes a discovery module (to develop methodologies for modulating stem cell behaviour for target therapy); a preclinical testing unit, stem cell and biomaterial manufacturing facilities (GMP facility); and clinical trials unit with ‘enabling’ infrastructure to conduct early phase human testing.
  • Tissue engineering
  • Regeneration of human cornea
  • Stem cell engineering
  • Ophthalmologic (eye) surgery
  • Cardiovascular, spinal cord, nerve and cartilage repair