Congrats to Harriet for winning the Next Generation: Global Health Innovator Prize and Best Video Prize at the Imperial College Institute for Global Health Innovation Student Challenges Competition. Congrats Harriet!

Congratulations to Allie who has graduated from The Stevens Group with a PhD entitled “Bioscaffold Engineering for Cardiac Progenitor Transplantation.”

Stevens Group member Dr Andrea Serio is this month’s featured researcher on the new website of the Imperial Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Network, which is co-led by Profs Sara Rankin, Sian Harding and Molly Stevens. Dr Paola Campagnolo, also a postdoc within the Stevens Group, organises regular events for this Network, which hosts world-leading researcher lectures at Imperial College.

Stevens Group PhD student Harriet Gliddon has been selected as one of the finalists of the Institute for Global Health Innovation Student Challenges Competition! Harriet has created a video called ‘Putting TB to the test’ that summarises her approach of creating nanomaterial-based biosensors capable of detecting biomarkers of tuberculosis. Congrats to Harriet, whose video has been selected as one of the top 6 entrees based on its excellent quality!

Stevens Group member Spencer Crowder was selected to present his work at this year’s SET for Britain poster competition. He will present his work to MPs in Westminster. SET for Britain is a highly competitive national competition that supports early career researchers to present their work is such a prestigious forum. Congrats Spencer!

Congratulations to Joe who has graduated from The Stevens Group with a PhD entitled “Development of Scaffolds Incorporating Zonal Complexity for Articular Cartilage Tissue Engineering.”

Congratulations to Stevens Group member Paresh Parmar for winning Best Poster Award at the 2016 MRS Fall Meeting for his poster “Collagen-mimetic peptide-modifiable hydrogels for articular cartilage regeneration”. Congrats Paresh!

Congratulations to Karla who has graduated from The Stevens Group with a PhD entitled “Multivalent biological interactions for the detection and inhibition of HIV-1 protease.”

Congratulations to Stevens Group member Dr Marsilea Harrison for being awarded the Freemasons Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship for her postdoctoral project with Profs Stevens and Boutelle on tissue engineering. Congrats Marsilea!

Congratulations to Stevens Group member Dr James Armstrong for being awarded an Arthritis Research UK Fellowship for his postdoctoral project in which he aims to design innovative approaches to engineer cartilage tissues for applications in osteoarthritic joint repair. Congrats James!

Congratulations to Jun Hui who has graduated from The Stevens Group with a PhD entitled “Development of novel biosensing and diagnostic platforms using nanoparticle complexes.”

Congratulations to Stevens Group member Dr Robert Chapman for being awarded a University of New South Wales Vice-Chancellor’s Career Development Fellowship! Rob was selected for this highly competitive scheme to pursue innovative polymerisation techniques. Congrats, Rob!

Congratulations to Carolyn Ibsen, who was awarded a Whitaker Fellowship based on her proposal entitled “Using Microbubbles and Ultrasound to Overcome Diffusional Barriers in Tissue Engineering Scaffolds”, to conduct research on new materials for tissue engineering applications within the Stevens Group. Congrats Carolyn!

Congratulations to Rona Chandrawati who has been appointed as a Lecturer in the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Sydney, where she will begin in October! Her research programme will investigate innovative nanomaterials for their biomedical applications, amongst other exciting activities. Congratulations Rona!

Congratulations to Lesley Chow who is now an Assistant Professor at Lehigh University in the States! She is starting her independent academic career following her postdoctoral research with us focusing on biofunctionalising scaffolds with peptides that specifically bind to glycosaminoglycans for applications in tissue engineering. Congratulations Lesley!

Congratulations to Sergio Bertazzo who has secured a Lecturer position at the University College London, where he will continue his research using electron microscopic-based methods to investigate the life sciences. His research programme will expand upon his exciting findings of biomineralised particles in human aortic tissues, conducted during his postdoctoral research while in the Stevens Group. Congrats Sergio!

Karla-Luise Herpoldt has been awarded the Washington Research Foundation's Innovation Fellowship to work with Profs David Baker and Patrick Stayton at the University of Washington for her postdoc! She will be using her expertise in proteases and other proteins to design pH responsive protein-based nanoparticles capable of delivering polymer-prodrugs. Congratulations Karla!

Congratulations to Damia Mawad who has been appointed as a Faculty member in the School of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of New South Wales in Australia! Her research programme will include exciting activities such as investigating conducting polymers for applications in regenerative medicine. Congratulations Damia!

Congratulations to Stevens Group members Colleen Loynachan and Harriet Gliddon, whose posters "Point-of-Care Assays Based on Enzyme Mimetic Nanoparticles" and “Shining a light on TB: Engineering a fluorescent nanoparticle-based test for tuberculosis” won First and Fourth Place in the Poster Competition of this summer’s i-sense Biannual Meeting. Congratulations to both!

Congratulations to Stevens Group member Amanda Diez Fernandez, who has won the Best Poster Prize for her poster entitled “Structures and Processes in a Quantum Rattle” at the Annual Conference of the Centre for Doctoral Training in Theory and Simulation of Materials at Imperial College. Congrats Amanda!