Bioengineering/Stem Cells

A Bioengineering/Stem Cells workshop was held in Bath, UK, on September 28-29, 2006 with attendance from the six UK US collaborating universities. Several collaborative projects were identified as a result of this workshop, and the following have received bid development awards:

• Professor Shu Chien (UCSD), Professor Melanie Welham (Bath), Dr. Tracy Melvin (Southampton)

Microarray platform to optimize the combinatorial microenvironments for controlling ESC growth and differentiation

• Dr. Alan Dalton (Surrey), Dr. Richard Sear (Surrey), Professor Jim Earthman (UCI), Professor Peter Donovan (UCI)

Stem cell proliferation and differentiation using novel nanostructure matrices

• Professor James Earthman (UCI), Dr. Michael Hughes (Surrey)

Multisignalling bioreactor system for regulated stem cell differentiation and profileration

• Dr. Lisa Flanagan (UCI), Professor Julian Chaudhuri (Bath), Dr. Marianne Elllis (Bath)

Incorporation of PLGA hollow fibres into three-dimensional matrices for treatment of spinal cord injury

• Professor Anthony Hollander (Bristol), Professor Robert Sah (UCSD), Professor Julian Chaudhuri (Bath), Dr. Marianne Ellis (Bath), Dr. Bo Su (Bristol), Dr. Graeme Bydder (UCSD)

Scale-up of cartilage tissue engineering for the treatment of large chondral lesions in patients with degenerative osteoarthritis

• Dr. Fatima Labeed (Surrey), Dr. Michael Hughes (Surrey), Professor Richard Oreffo (Southampton), Dr. Lisa Flanagan (UCI), Professor Peter Donovan (UCI), Professor Abe Lee (UCI)

Dielectrophoresis - A potential biomarker for stem cells

• Professor Paolo Madeddu (Bristol), Dr. Constanza Emanueli (Bristol), Professor Mark Mercola (UCSD), Professor Subramanian Shankar (UCSD)

Systems biology of endothelial cells and stem cells

• Professor Hardev Pandha (Surrey), Professor Dan Mercola (UCI), Dr. Richard Morgan (Surrey)

Feasibility study for the prediction of outcome of prostate cancer

• Professor Andrew Putnam (UCI), Professor Richard Oreffo (Southampton), Dr. Marianne Ellis (Bath), Professor Julian Chaudhuri (Bath)

A novel strategy to prevascularize engineered bone for reconstructive applications in regenerative medicine

• Dr. Yun Wang (UCI), Dr. Frank Walsh (Southampton), Dr. Matthew Watt-Smith (Southampton)

High performance electrodes for PEM fuel cells - detailed characterization and determination of optimal properties

 

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