News.
Scroll down to see the latest news from the group, our use the search bar to search for publications, graduations or media mentions.
Stephanie Maynard Graduates with PhD
Congratulations to Steph who has graduated from the Stevens Group with a PhD entitled “Super-resolution microscopy of integrin α5β1 nanoscale receptor clustering: implications for hMSC immunomodulation.”
Dr Stuart Higgins and Stevens Group members participate in “Science in the Supermarket”
Dr Stuart Higgins led a team including Stevens Group member Dr Akemi Nogiwa-Valdez, in an outreach programme called "Science in the Supermarket”, a trial campaign to promote studying science, technology, engineering and medicine subjects to young people, particularly in Somerset and the West Country.
[Imperial news highlight]
Stevens Group member Arianna Ferrini wins Prize at Imperial’s PhD Summer Showcase Poster Competition
Congratulations to Stevens Group member Arianna Ferrini for winning Third Prize in Imperial College’s PhD Summer Showcase Poster Competition. Congrats Arianna!
Molly Stevens is awarded the Rosalind Franklin Medal and Prize
The Institute of Physics (IOP) has awarded Molly Stevens with the Rosalind Franklin Medal and Prize for her contributions to ground-breaking and influential advances in the engineering of bioinspired materials for regenerative medicine and biosensing applications – and their translation into industrial development and medical deployment.
Stevens Group member Arianna Ferrini wins Best Oral Presentation Prize at the NHLI Postgraduate Research Day
Congratulations to Stevens Group member Arianna Ferrini for winning Best Oral Presentation Prize at the National Heart and Lung Institute’s (NHLI) Postgraduate Research Day. Congrats Arianna!
Molly Stevens appointed by Prime Minister as Scientist Trustee of the National Gallery
The Prime Minister has appointed Molly Stevens as Scientist Trustee of the National Gallery.
Molly Stevens celebrates 10 years as Full Professor
Prof Molly Stevens celebrated 10 years as a Full Professor at Imperial College with a lecture, entitled “Materials-based adventures in bioengineering: engineering organs and detecting disease earlier”, on 25 May 2018.
Prof Stevens became a full Professor in 2008, only 4 years after joining Imperial College in 2004, as one of the youngest Professors in Imperial’s history. Her Inaugural Lecture was delivered to a packed audience of >400 invited guests, including collaborators, colleagues, alumni, current group members and family. Over 100 alumni travelled from all around the world to attend the event.
Stevens showcased numerous exciting outcomes from her research programme, covering areas from materials-based innovations, regenerative medicine, biology, medicine, to biosensing and diagnostic technologies.
Manuscript published in Science
n the most recent issue of Science, our article entitled “Fractal-like hierarchical organization of bone begins at the nanoscale” is led by former Stevens Group postdoc Dr Natalie Reznikov in collaboration with the group of Prof Roland Kroger at York. This report shows how the fractal organisation of bone was elucidated using state-of-the-art high resolution imaging techniques.
[C&EN highlight] [Imperial news highlight] [Discover magazine highlight] [Nanotechweb highlight]
Dr James Armstrong is selected as UKRI Fellow
Congratulations to Stevens Group member Dr James Armstrong for being selected as a recipient of a prestigious UKRI Fellowship, which supports James’s goals of creating engineered tissue constructs and controlling cell behaviour using remote ultrasound stimuli. As a UKRI Fellow, James’s research activities are supported for 3 years from May 2018 – congrats, James!
Molly Stevens awarded PTN Medema Lecture Award
Molly Stevens has been awarded the Polymer Technology Netherlands Medema Lecture Award in 2018. This honour is awarded annually to a prolific polymer scientist selected by the Polymer Technology Netherlands, the National Dutch Graduate School of Polymer Science and Technology.
UKRMP “Smart Materials” Hub announced
Molly Stevens is Director of the recently awarded UK Regenerative Medicine Platform (UKRMP) "Acellular Materials / Smart Materials - 3D Architecture" Hub. This Smart Materials Hub involves 9 other UK-based Universities and aims towards materials-based approaches that support regenerative therapies. The Hub has been awarded £4 million from the UKRMP and is for 5 years.
Manuscript Featured in Advanced Materials
The Stevens Group has been featured on the Back Cover of the most recent issue of Advanced Materials. The report, entitled “Drug Delivery: Engineering Extracellular Vesicles with the Tools of Enzyme Prodrug Therapy”, was led by Dr Gregor Fuhrmann and Drs Rona Chandrawati, Paresh Parmar, Timothy Keane, Sergio Bertazzo and Ms Stephanie Maynard and describes how extracellular vesicles can be incorporated in hydrogels as an advanced enzyme-prodrug therapy.
Molly Stevens inducted into the AIMBE College of Fellows
Molly Stevens has been elected and inducted into the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) College of Fellows. AIMBE’s College of Fellows is comprised of around 1,500 individuals who have made significant contributions to the medical and biological engineering (MBE) community in academia, industry, government, and education.
Nayoung Kim wins 1st Poster Prize at this year’s Postgraduate Research Day
Congratulations to Stevens Group member Nayoung Kim who won 1st Prize for her poster entitled “Functionalised plasmonic nanoarray for multidimensional label-free surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy signatures in biological environments”, based on work from Stevens Group members Nayoung Kim, Michael Thomas, Mads Bergholt, Hyejeong Seong, Anika Nagelkerke and Isaac Pence, at this year’s Postgraduate Research Day held at Imperial College London. Congrats Nayoung and to the team!
James Armstrong wins Best Oral Presentation 2018 at ARUK Fellows Meeting
Congratulations to Stevens Group member James Armstrong for winning Best Oral Presentation at the Arthritis Research UK Fellows Meeting 2018 held in Loughborough, UK on 15-16 March 2018 for his talk entitled “Remote field engineering of musculoskeletal tissue constructs”. James delivered his talk on his Fellowship held in the Stevens programme, focusing on the use if externally applied fields to guide the cellular organisation during tissue engineering. Congrats James!
Molly Stevens is the 2018 recipient of the Marshall R. Urist Award
The Orthopaedic Research Society has selected Molly Stevens as the 2018 recipient of the Marshall R. Urist, MD Award in Excellence in Tissue Regeneration Research. The Urist Award honors investigators who have made significant contributions to research in tissue regeneration. The award citation reads that it is presented to Molly Stevens in recognition of her incredible advancements in using a multidisciplinary approach based on physics, engineering, chemistry, biology, medicine and the life sciences to design and develop bio-inspired materials for regenerative medicine.
Manuscript Featured on the Front Cover of ChemBioChem
The Stevens Group has been featured on the Front Cover of the most recent issue of ChemBioChem. The report, entitled “MicroRNA Detection by DNA-Mediated Liposome Fusion”, was led by Stevens group alumnus Dr Coline Jumeaux and also includes Stevens Group member Eunjung Kim and alumni Rona Chandrawati and Philip Howes, in collaboration with Prof Fredrik Höök and describes how liposome fusion can be mediated by DNA to selectively detect microRNA in low nanomolar concentrations.
Study on cell geometry directing stem cell signalling and fate published in Nature Materials
The Stevens Group’s latest Nature Materials article entitled "Cell-geometry-dependent changes in plasma membrane order direct stem cell signalling and fate" reports on how cell shape and geometry act as regulators for cell physiology and stem cell signalling. Stevens Group members Thomas von Erlach, Sergio Bertazzo, Christine-Maria Horejs, Stephanie Maynard, Hélène Autefage, Charalampos Kallepitis and Silvia Goldoni contributed with excellent studies along with strong collaborations from the del Río Hernández and Chen research labs. Well done!
Chia-Chen (Jane) Hsu Graduates with a PhD
Congratulations to Jane who has graduated from the Stevens Group with a PhD entitled “Biophysical regulations in neural development.”
Ultrasensitive point of care diagnostic test for HIV
The Stevens Group’s paper entitled “Platinum nanocatalyst amplification: Redefining the gold standard for lateral flow immunoassays with ultrabroad dynamic range” reports on an ultrasensitive diagnostic test that outperforms the gold standard point-of-care commercial kit for p24, a biomarker for HIV. This work involved members Colleen Loynachan, Michael Thomas, and Shweta Agarwal and is supported by the EPSRC IRC “i-sense” consortium and our collaborators within “i-sense”.
[Imperial news highlight] [i-sense news highlight]