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The Phillips Lab is moving to UCL
Added 25 September, 2013The research group is moving to University College London on 1st November 2013 as James has been appointed to the post of Senior Lecturer in Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering. This is an exciting change that will open up many new opportunities. The facilities and research environment offered at UCL are excellent and the transition to the new labs will occur with minimal disruption to ongoing projects. All current collaborations and activities will continue after the move, with an exciting new project in peripheral nerve repair due to start in early 2014.
New Paper: Engineered Neural Tissue for Peripheral Nerve Repair
Added 13 July, 2013Published online in Biomaterials on 5th July, this paper describes the construction and testing of living artificial nerve tissue that could potentially be used in regenerative medicine to repair peripheral nerves. The Engineered Neural Tissue is made by organising Schwann cells and collagen into robust sheets of aligned cellular material that support and guide neuronal regeneration. For more information please download the paper from the journal website or ORO, and view the related press release.
Oral presentation prize at Cell-Based Therapy symposium
Added 25 April, 2013
Kathleen Sanen (collaborating PhD student at Hasselt University, Belgium) was awarded the prize for best oral presentation at the Cell-based therapies in central nervous system pathology symposium on April 12th 2013. This symposium covered a series of biological subjects relating to stem cells, their involvement in brain disease and trauma and their potential use in regenerative medicine. Kathleen presented her preliminary findings on the use of glial-differentiated human dental pulp stem cells in Engineered Neural Tissue to support and direct neurite outgrowth in vitro, and answered questions from the audience and invited speakers.
New European Collaboration with Hasselt University, Belgium
Added 12 March, 2013The group is working closely with researchers from the Biomedical Research Institute (BIOMED) at Hasselt University on a new translational project in the field of peripheral nerve injury. The project has already involved two BIOMED researchers, Kathleen Sanen and Dr Wendy Martens, working in our labs at the OU. Kathleen is a PhD student in the Biophysics Group supervised by Prof Dr Marcel Ameloot and Wendy is part of the Morphology Research Group, supervised by Prof Dr Ivo Lambrichts. This collaboration is financially supported by the FWO and Boehringer-Ingelheim.