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Biomaterials and Surgical Reconstruction
Aimee Cheesbrough, co-supervised by Prof. Wenhui Song and funded by a BBSRC-LIDo PhD studentship, has received the accolade from Kings College London.
Watch Professor Wenhui Song鈥檚 public lecture to learn about the latest advances and challenges in growing synthetic tissues and organs for regenerative medicine and surgical treatments.
Watch Professor Gavin Jell鈥檚 public lecture to learn about the latest advances and challenges in nanomedicine for treatments of cancer to COVID-19.
Prof. Wenhui Song and Prof. Yoel Frink (MIT) are interviewed for the Nature Podcast (16 March 2022), discussing a fabric microphone that can pick up human speech.
Our work
As a multidisciplinary team of academics (cell biologists, chemists, engineers听and material scientists) and clinicians, we deliver new knowledge, inventions and clinical solutions by innovating new biomaterials, scaffolds, nanomedicine and devices.
Our facilities
We have state-of-the-art facilities for synthesis, process, and physico-chemical and biological characterisation and imaging. These include an imaging suite containing TEM, SEM, AFM, confocal and 3D digital microscopy,听a polymer chemistry laboratory and biomanufacturing laboratory equipped with commercial and custom-made 3D printers and bioprinters, electrospinning / electro-spraying equipment, and vascular graft coagulation extrusion housed within a GMP/GLP environment.
Imaging facilities and equipment
- FESEM with EDX
- TEM
- confocal microscope
- fluorescent microscope
- 3D digital light microscope
- AFM-PFM
Physico-chemical characterisation equipment
- FTIR
- UV-Vis
- dynamic light scattering particle size analyser
- contact angle measurement
- mechanical test machine
- rheometer
- laser vibrometer
Bio-manufacturing facilities
- 3D printers (FDM, SLA and DLP)
- 3D bioprinters (micro-extruders and DLP)
- electrospinning system
- coagulation extrusion
- acoustic atomiser coating
- laser cutter
Centre for Biomaterials in Surgical Reconstruction and Regeneration (CBSRR)
Academic staff
Head:
Professor of Biomaterials & Medical Engineering
Deputy Head:听
Professor of Vascular Surgery
Head of Education, Professor of Nanotechnology
Associate Professor of Nanotechnology
Professor of Vascular Surgery
Prof. Peter Butler
Professor of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Professor of Plastic Surgery
Associate Professor, Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
Research fellows and assistants
Dr Lei Wu
Honorary staff
Dr Michelle Griffin
Mr Chung Lim
Prof. Xuetong Zhang
Royal Society Newton Advanced Fellow
Funding / Partnerships
There are several on-going projects in different stages of clinical and preclinical studies. These include cardiovascular grafts and stents, soft tubular organs, muscle, artificial cornea, cartilage and bone tissue engineering, chronic wound healing materials, artificial cochlea, breast implants, maxillofacial implants and light responsive soft robotics.
Funding is provided by the听EPSRC, BBSRC, MRC, Royal Society, Wellcome Trust, Bone Cancer Research Trust, Osteoarthritis UK, British Heart Foundation, Royal Free Charity and industry.
Select publications
- Song, W. (2022). . Nature,听603, 585-586.
- Cheesbrough, A., Sciscione, F., Darbyshire, A., Song, W., et al. (2022). . Advanced Materials, 34 (18), 2110441.
- Rezaei, A., Li, Y., Turmaine, M., Bertazzo, S., Jell, G., et al. (2022). . Scientific Reports, 12 (1), 13944.
- Georgi, M., Morka, N., Patel, S., Kazzazi, D., Tsui, J., et al. (2022). . Journal of Surgical Education.
- Zhu, G. H., Azharuddin, M., Islam, R., Patra, H.K., et al. (2021). . ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces.
- Viola, G., Chang, J., Maltby, T., Steckler, F., Song, W., et al. (2020). . ACS Appl Mater Interfaces.
- Li, G., Hong, G., Dong, D., Song, W., & Zhang, X. (2018). . Advanced Materials.
- Wu, L., Liu, C., Darbyshire, A., Loizidou, M., Emberton, M., Song, W., et al. (2018). . Biomaterials,听Vol. 186, Dec.听64-79.
