2011 Peripheral Nerve Society Conference

Members of the group attended the biennial meeting of the Peripheral Nerve Society which was held in Potomac, Maryland. We presented work on peripheral nerve repair, peripheral nerve biomechanics, and a culture model for studying peripheral nerve cells. Abstracts are available via Open Research Online and through the links on the Publications page.

PhD Success

Congratulations to Stanley Kimani who successfully passed his PhD viva examination on 25th March. Stan’s PhD thesis title is “Exploiting tumour metabolism to augment the cytotoxicity of photodynamic therapy and to develop novel photosensitizers” and his interdisciplinary project used cell culture systems and synthetic chemistry to explore potential methods for improving cancer therapy.

RSC Lecture

Melanie Georgiou delivered a talk “Engineering functional tissues for regenerative medicine: development of a cellular implant for nerve repair” at the Royal Society of Chemistry Prize and Award Lecture event at the OU on 12th January [view the programme]

3D Cell culture Book Chapter

Micro-Structured Materials and Mechanical Cues in 3D Collagen Gels (James Phillips & Robert Brown) Chapter 12 in the new Methods in Molecular Biology book “3D Cell Culture” Edited by John Haycock.

Tissue Engineering Paper: 3D astrocyte alignment increases neuron growth

Alignment of astrocytes increases neuronal growth in 3D collagen gels and is maintained following plastic compression to form a spinal cord repair conduit We have published a paper showing that alignment of astrocytes in 3D culture makes them more permissive for neuron growth than unaligned cells. Astrocytes in the damaged central nervous system surround a […]

Characterisation of a “blanch-blush” mechano-response in palmer skin

T. Wright, E. Green, J.B. Phillips, O. Kostyuk and R. Brown (2006) Characterisation of a “blanch-blush” mechano-response in palmer skin. Journal of Investigative Dermatology 126, 220-226.

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