We are really pleased to welcome Mazrina Mazlan to join our group. Mazrina’s PhD is going to be focussed on making degradable multi-responsive nanogels. Mazrina joins the group on a Malaysian scholarship.
Mazrina joins the group to do a PhD
Jess completes her PhD
Congratulations to Jess who completed her viva July and completed her corrections in September. Jess’ PhD is focussed on designing nanoparticles for the deliver of therapeutics for the treatment of preterm birth. Jess leaves our group to join the Rannard group as a PhD.
Heba finishes her PhD
Congratulations to Heba who completed her viva May and graduated earlier this month. Heba’s work is focussed on lipid-based nanoparticles for the delivery of HIV drugs. Her second paper is due to be submitted in the next month. We wish Heba all the best in the next stages of her career.
Nancy completes her PhD
Congratulations to Nancy who has completed her PhD! Her examiners were Dr Ben Newland from Cardiff University and Dr Gemma Nixon from the University of Liverpool.
Her thesis on “Stimuli-Responsive Multi-layered Nanocarriers for Oral Drug Delivery to Treat Colon Cancer” has resulted in one published paper with another currently under review. Further papers are currently being drafted. Nancy is currently looking for PDRA opportunities.
Congratulations to Edyta for passing her PhD viva
Congratulations to Edyta for passing her PhD viva with minor corrections!
Work on in situ forming implants is funded for £1.1m
We are really excited to have been awarded £1.1m by the EPSRC to develop injectable implants for the treatment of chronic disease. The other academic members of the team on this project are Andrew Owen, Steve Rannard and Victoria Kearns.
Congratulations to Adam for passing his PhD viva!
Tom is awarded Innovation to Commercialisation of University Research (ICURe) funding.
The Innovation to Commercialisation of University Research (ICURe) scheme is in association with Innovate UK and aims to support the commercialisation of research. The funding worth £40k will allow 3 months of full time travel and business engagement.
More details of the scheme can be seen here.
Work on injectable formulations for ocular drug delivery is funded for £800k
Our work on injectable formulations for ocular drug delivery has received funding worth over £800k from the EPSRC. This work will be conducted with Victoria Kearns and Steve Rannard at the University of Liverpool. A press release on the funding can be seen here.
Christmas meal
This year we had the inaugural Christmas meal at Tom’s house. Next year we hope to time it so that more of the group are able to attend.
