THE editor of one of the world’s leading medical journals has officially opened the University of Bradford’s Integrated Life Sciences Learning Centre.

Professor Susan Standring, Editor in Chief of Gray’s Anatomy, cut the ribbon for the centre at an event this afternoon that saw guests, university staff, students and civic dignitaries shown round the centre’s impressive labs and state of the art technology, including a digital autopsy table, 3D dissection table and osteology laboratories dedicated to the analysis of archaeological human remains.

Prof Standring told the Telegraph & Argus: “The opportunities for learning here are phenomenal.

“There is a very wide range of technology here, and any medical student would love to use this all. Very few students, other than the ones here, probably have the access to technology like this. A lot of medical students probably don’t.

“I think that in the future all students studying medicine should have access to equipment like this.”

Dr Josie Fraser, Dean of the Faculty of Life Sciences said: “We're thrilled that Professor Standring is visiting to open these state-of-the-art facilities, which put the University of Bradford at the forefront of innovative, engaging teaching of human anatomy and physiology.

"Many students will enjoy opportunities to get hands-on in the centre, whether their interest is ancient human remains or modern medical sciences.”