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Stevens Group member Allie Speidel wins Poster Prize
Congratulations to Stevens Group member Allie Speidel for winning the Best Poster Presentation Prize at “From Tissue to Motion” conference at the Karolinska Institutet. Allie presented her work entitled “Characterizing the tissue-material interface during wound healing”, co-authored by Stevens Group members Annina Steinbech, Isaac Pence, Hélène Autefage, and Molly Stevens and collaborators Juha Ojala, Michaela Asp, Fredrik Salmén, Annelie Mollbrink, Susanna Lundström, Massimiliano Gaetani, Yuanyuan Han, Klaus Leifer, and Joakim Lundeberg. Congrats Allie!
Prof Molly Stevens features in 2018 Highly Cited Researchers list
Prof Stevens was listed in the Clarivate Analytics Highly Cited Researchers 2018 list in the category of Cross-science. The list recognizes exceptional research performance demonstrated by the production of multiple highly cited papers.
Anika Nagelkerke has been appointed as Assistant Professor at the University of Groningen
Congratulations to Anika Nagelkerke who is now Assistant Professor (tenure track) at the Groningen Research Institute of Pharmacy, University of Groningen, the Netherlands. Congrats Anika!
Molly Stevens co-organises ‘Delivering novel therapies in the 21st century’
Molly Stevens co-organised the event ‘Delivering novel therapies in the 21st century’ held at the Royal Society on October 24-25 2018. The event included internationally recognised speakers who discussed recent scientific advances in therapeutic modalities and delivery.
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Raman spectroscopy protocol analyses individual nanoparticles published in Nature Communications
The Stevens Group’s latest Nature Communications article entitled “Single Particle Automated Raman Trapping Analysis" reports on how Raman spectroscopy can be exploited to analyse nanoparticles on a single particle basis, without the need for labelling steps or sequential imaging steps, using a technique called SPARTATM. Stevens Group members Jelle Penders, Isaac Pence, Conor Horgan, Mads Bergholt, Chris Wood, Adrian Najer, Ulrike Kauscher and Anika Nagelkerke all contributed in a terrific team effort. Well done!
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Carolyn Ibsen has been appointed Assistant Professor at Oregon Health and Science University
Congratulations to Stevens Group member Carolyn Ibsen who is now an Assistant Professor at Oregon Health and Science University. Congratulations Carolyn!
Amy Gelmi has been appointed as Vice Chancellor’s Research Fellow at RMIT
Congratulations to Stevens Group member Amy Gelmi who is now a Vice Chancellor's Research Fellow at RMIT in Australia! This 4-year Fellowship supports her setting up her independent group. Congratulations Amy!
Ye Wang Graduates with a PhD
Congratulations to Ye who has graduated from the Stevens Group with a PhD entitled “Development of Nucleic Acid-Based Nanoplatforms For Applications In Disease Diagnostics and The Study of Nanomaterials-Protein Interaction.”
Stevens Group members awarded at Postdoc and Fellows Symposium
Stevens Group members won awards at this year’s Postdoc and Fellows Symposium in the Department of Materials at Imperial College London. Dr Elena Moroz-Omori won the Best Scientific Content Award for her talk, Dr Stacey Skaalure won the Best Scientific Content Award for his poster, and Dr Daniel Hachim won the Best Presented Poster Award. Congrats to all three!
Chris Spicer has been appointed Lecturer at the University of York
Congratulations to Stevens Group Project Leader Chris Spicer who is now a Lecturer in the Department of Chemistry at the University of York. Congratulations Chris!
Hyejeong Seong awarded Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship
Dr Hyejeong Seong has been awarded a very prestigious Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship from H2020, in which she will develop electroactive nanostructured patterns. Congrats Hyejeong!
Sahana Gopal Graduates with a PhD
Congratulations to Sahana who has graduated from the Stevens Group with a PhD entitled “New strategies for detailed visualisation and analysis of stem cell-material interactions.”
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.
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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.
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