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Paper published in Advanced Materials
Our paper investigating the mechanisms behind cargo transfer using porous silicon nanoneedles as minimally invasive drug delivery tools has been published in Advanced Materials. Congratulations to Sahana Gopal for a great first author paper and to the whole team involved!
Brian and Jelle win prizes at Postgraduate Research Day 2019
Congratulations to Stevens Group members Brian Chen and Jelle Penders for winning prizes in the “best poster design” and “best scientific content of a lecture” categories at the Department of Materials Postgraduate Research Day 2019. Congrats to both!
Julia Sero has been appointed Lecturer in the University of Bath
Congratulations to Julia who is now Lecturer in the Centre for Biosensors, Bioelectronics and Biodevices, Department of Biology & Biochemistry at the University of Bath.
Mattias Bjornmalm recognized during 2019 President’s Address
Mattias was recognized for his outstanding achievements in policy engagement during the 2019 President’s Address by Prof Alice Gast. His efforts include a participation in Voice of the Future at the Houses of Parliament to discuss science policy issues.
Buoyancy-driven gradients paper published in Advanced Materials- Oh buoy!
Stevens Group tissue engineers published a great paper in Advanced Materials on buoyancy-driven gradients for osteochondral applications. The work was also featured in the media. Well done Chunching Li and team!
[Advanced Science News]
Molly Stevens delivers distinguished lecture at RCSI
Molly Stevens delivered the John J. Ryan Distinguished Guest Lecture entitled “New materials for regenerative medicine and ultrasensitive biosensing” at the annual Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) Research Day 2019.
Stevens Group and collaborators publish in Nature
Stevens Group members Chris Wood and Michael Thomas, as joint first authors, with collaborators from the i-sense consortium Jobie Budd, Tivani Mashamba-Thompson, Kobus Herbst, Deenan Pillay, Rosanna Peeling, Anne Johnson and Rachel McKendry, have published a review in Nature on how mobile health can be implemented in the field in Africa.
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Tom Whittaker Graduates with a PhD
Congratulations to Tom who has graduated from the Stevens Group with a PhD entitled "Investigating exosomes for regenerative medicine: development of purification techniques and novel analytical strategies for assessment of potency".
Prof Molly Stevens is elected into the National Academy of Engineering
Prof Molly Stevens has been elected a Foreign Member of the National Academy of Engineering for her work on materials-based approaches to tissue regeneration and biosensing. Election to the National Academy of Engineering is among the highest professional distinctions accorded to an engineer, and Molly was one of only 18 Foreign Members to be elected in 2019.
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Lucia Massi Graduates with a PhD
Congratulations to Lucia who has graduated from the Stevens Group with a PhD entitled “Enzyme and temperature dual-responsive polymer nanostructures towards the treatment of osteoarthritis.”
Colleen Loynachan Graduates with a PhD
Congratulations to Colleen who has graduated from the Stevens Group with a PhD entitled “Catalytic Nanomaterials for Amplified Biosensing.”
Arianna Ferrini elected as Treasurer for TERMIS-SYIS
Congratulations to Stevens Group PhD student Arianna Ferrini, who has been elected as Treasurer of the TERMIS-EU SYIS (Student and Young Investigators) Section. Her term is a 3-year role, starting from 1 Jan 2019. Congrats, Arianna!
Amanda Diez Fernandez graduates with PhD
Congratulations to Amanda who has graduated from the Stevens Group with a PhD entitled “Drug Release from a Quantum Rattle.” Amanda was jointly co-supervised with Prof Mike Finnis.
Vincent Leonardo graduates with PhD
Congratulations to Vincent who has graduated from the Stevens Group with a PhD entitled “Nanoneedle-based gene transfer for cardiac regeneration and biophysical regulation of cellular state.”
Stevens Group member Allie Speidel wins Poster Prize
Congratulations to Stevens Group member Allie Speidel for winning the Best Poster Presentation Prize at “From Tissue to Motion” conference at the Karolinska Institutet. Allie presented her work entitled “Characterizing the tissue-material interface during wound healing”, co-authored by Stevens Group members Annina Steinbech, Isaac Pence, Hélène Autefage, and Molly Stevens and collaborators Juha Ojala, Michaela Asp, Fredrik Salmén, Annelie Mollbrink, Susanna Lundström, Massimiliano Gaetani, Yuanyuan Han, Klaus Leifer, and Joakim Lundeberg. Congrats Allie!
Prof Molly Stevens features in 2018 Highly Cited Researchers list
Prof Stevens was listed in the Clarivate Analytics Highly Cited Researchers 2018 list in the category of Cross-science. The list recognizes exceptional research performance demonstrated by the production of multiple highly cited papers.
Raman spectroscopy protocol analyses individual nanoparticles published in Nature Communications
The Stevens Group’s latest Nature Communications article entitled “Single Particle Automated Raman Trapping Analysis" reports on how Raman spectroscopy can be exploited to analyse nanoparticles on a single particle basis, without the need for labelling steps or sequential imaging steps, using a technique called SPARTATM. Stevens Group members Jelle Penders, Isaac Pence, Conor Horgan, Mads Bergholt, Chris Wood, Adrian Najer, Ulrike Kauscher and Anika Nagelkerke all contributed in a terrific team effort. Well done!
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Dr Stuart Higgins and Stevens Group members participate in “Science in the Supermarket”
Dr Stuart Higgins led a team including Stevens Group member Dr Akemi Nogiwa-Valdez, in an outreach programme called "Science in the Supermarket”, a trial campaign to promote studying science, technology, engineering and medicine subjects to young people, particularly in Somerset and the West Country.
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Stevens Group member Arianna Ferrini wins Prize at Imperial’s PhD Summer Showcase Poster Competition
Congratulations to Stevens Group member Arianna Ferrini for winning Third Prize in Imperial College’s PhD Summer Showcase Poster Competition. Congrats Arianna!
Molly Stevens is awarded the Rosalind Franklin Medal and Prize
The Institute of Physics (IOP) has awarded Molly Stevens with the Rosalind Franklin Medal and Prize for her contributions to ground-breaking and influential advances in the engineering of bioinspired materials for regenerative medicine and biosensing applications – and their translation into industrial development and medical deployment.