Charis Kallepitis wins the McLean Medal for the best journal paper following his publication in Nature Communications. [Nature Communications Article]

Coline Jumeaux and Paresh Parmar each received one of two Larry Hench Biomaterials Prizes in recognition of excellence in a PhD in a Biomaterials related subject, named in honour of Professor Larry L. Hench.

Congratulations to Astrid who has graduated from the Stevens Group with a PhD entitled “Solid state processing of organic semiconducting polymer blends”.

Stevens Group members Stephanie Maynard and Michele Becce have won prizes for their talk "Super-resolution microscopy of receptor nano-clustering" and poster "Tip-functionalized silicon nanoneedles for localized tip enhanced Raman spectroscopy". Congrats, Steph and Michele!

Congratulations to Adam Gormley who is now an Assistant Professor at Rutgers University! He is starting his independent academic career following his postdoctoral research with us studying self-assembled thin films and angiogenesis within tissue scaffolds. Congratulations Adam!

Congratulations to Charis who has graduated from the Stevens Group with a PhD entitled "Raman spectral imaging in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine applications."

Congratulations to Polina who has graduated from the Stevens Group with a PhD entitled "Development of nanoparticles-based biosensing systems for molecular diagnostics."

Congratulations to JP St-Pierre who is now an Assistant Professor at the University of Ottawa! He is starting his independent academic career following his postdoctoral research with us focusing on materials-based approaches to osteochondral and other tissue regeneration. Congratulations JP!

Congratulations to Sonia who has graduated from the Stevens Group with a PhD entitled "Advanced biomaterial systems for local control of fate decisions in pluripotent stem cell cultures."

Congratulations to Muzamir who has graduated from the Stevens Group with a PhD entitled "X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy for Surface Characterisation of the Bio-Stability of Polyaniline Films."

Congratulations to Harriet who has graduated from the Stevens Group with a PhD entitled “Diagnosing tuberculosis using nanomaterial-based detection of a host gene expression signature”.

Congratulations to Coline who has graduated from the Stevens Group with a PhD entitled “Nanomaterials for Biosensing and Cancer Therapy.”

Congratulations to Amanda who has graduated from the Stevens Group with a PhD entitled “Characterisation of Mineralised Tissues with Raman Spectroscopy.”

Congratulations to Michael Albro who is now Research Assistant Professor at Boston University! He is starting his independent academic career following his postdoctoral research with us researching the role of transforming growth factor beta in articular cartilage repair and the development of engineered tissues. Congratulations Mike!

Dr Stacey Skaalure has been awarded a very prestigious Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship from H2020, in which she will design a hydrogel capable of delivering therapeutics upon the application of light. Congrats Stacey!

Visiting PhD student Gianpiero Valente won the Best Oral Communication prize, the top prize amongst more than 180 presentations, for his presentation based on work in collaboration with the Stevens Group at the Merck Young Chemists Symposium. Congrats Gianpiero!

Dr Mads Bergholt has been awarded the Edmund Optics Education Award from the Edmund Optics company. This award recognises the excellence in his research, personal commitment and personality. Congrats Mads!

Congratulations to Paola Campagnolo who is now Lecturer of Molecular Cardiovascular Biology at University of Surrey! She is starting her independent academic career following her postdoctoral research with us studying the interactions between stem cells and novels materials for the treatment of cancer and cardiovascular diseases. Congratulations Paola!

Nayoung Kim has been awarded joint 1st place for the AWE William Penney Prize, which is an annual award to students on the MSc Advanced Materials course in the Department of Materials for the best project report. Congrats Nayoung!

Congratulations to Paresh who has graduated from The Stevens Group with a PhD entitled “Collagen-mimetic peptide-modifiable scaffolds for musculoskeletal tissue regeneration.”