News

August 2024

BBSRC are reviewing their Forward Look for UK Bioscience, originally published in 2018 23 August 2024 BBSRC are reviewing their Forward Look for UK Bioscience, originally published in 2018: BBSRC Forward Look for UK Bioscience 2024: Community Consultation - UK Research and Innovation - Citizen Space (ukri.org) Specifically, they are consulting on bioscience priorities for the next 5-10 years, significant emerging technologies, barriers, partnerships, the role of ... [more]

Nuffield Council on Bioethics Call for Evidence on Neural Organoid Research 23 August 2024 Nuffield Council on Bioethics have opened a call for evidence seeking expert opinions on further ethical guidance needed for research using neural organoids: NCOB seeks evidence on key questions regarding the future of neural organoid research - The Nuffield Council on Bioethics (nuffieldbioethics.org) [more]

July 2024

Directors of Queen Mary CPM appointed to the government's Animals in Science Committee 3 July 2024 Prof Hazel Screen, Head of the School of Engineering and Materials Science and Professor of Biomedical Engineering, along with Prof Martin Knight, Faculty Dean for Research and Professor of Mechanobiology, have been appointed to the government's Animals in Science Committee (ASC). The two are appointed in a job share capacity, ... [more]

June 2024

CPM Hiring for an Organ-chip Research Technician 27 June 2024 The Centre for Predictive in vitro Models at QMUL is looking for a hard-working research technician with excellent organizational skills and practical expertise in cell culture and related laboratory techniques to help run our state-of-the-art organ-chip facility. The successful candidate will work closely with researchers and other technicians supporting experiments, ... [more]

Queen Mary rises to 92 among global universities 25 June 2024 Queen Mary University of London has been ranked 92nd in the world and 9th in the UK in the 2024-25 edition of the influential U.S. News & World Report Best Global Universities rankings. The U.S. News & World Report ranking assesses the world's top 2,250 universities across a range of measures ... [more]

May 2024

Queen Mary University London leads £1.7 million project to revolutionise drug discovery with next-generation organ-chip technology 17 May 2024 Queen Mary University of London in collaboration with a consortium of leading pharmaceutical companies, organ-chip technology providers, and regulatory bodies, has secured a £1.7 million research grant from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) to develop a groundbreaking approach to drug discovery. An organ-chip is a bioengineered microfluidic system ... [more]

April 2024

Prof Knight contributes to organ-chip panel at Target to Patient conference 29 April 2024 Prof Knight gave an invited lecture and sat on an organ-chip discussion panel at the excellent 'Target to Patient 2024' Conference. Prof Knight was part of the session on 'Novel tools and approaches in complex in vitro cellular models' and shared the panel with Dr Lorna Ewart from Emulate Inc ... [more]

CPM helping to shape policy discussions on NAMs and organ-chip technology 25 April 2024 The Cosmetic, Toiletry & Perfumery Association (CTPA) is calling for a dedicated UK Government Strategy on New Approach Methodologies (NAMs) and related predictive in vitro models. The CTPA held a special seminar to discuss this call for progress in the adoption of animal-free safety science for chemicals. Prof Knight, from Queen ... [more]

March 2024

Queen Mary team awarded £7 million grant to train next generation of organ-on-a-chip scientists and bioengineers 13 March 2024 A team of bioengineers led by Professor Hazel Screen have been awarded a £7 million grant to establish an EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) in Next Generation Organ-on-a-Chip Technologies. Queen Mary University of London is one of sixty-five universities chosen to receive funding from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research ... [more]

January 2024

Hazel Screen on BBC TV's Operation Ouch! talking about organ-chips 24 January 2024 Professor Hazel Screen of the Centre for Bioengineering recently took on a new challenge: explaining the fascinating world of organ-chips technology to the young audience of CBBC Operation Ouch! You can watch on the BBC iplayer the episode which was filmed in our Organ-Chip Centre: https://www.bbc.co.uk/... [more]