Rapid Bone Graft Synthesis Through Dual Piezoelectric/Nanomechaniocal Stimulation
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Glasgow
Department Name: College of Medical, Veterinary, Life Sci
Abstract
Bone graft is regularly used in surgery (plastics, maxillofacial surgery and orthopaedics); bone is actually the second most grafted tissue after blood. Ideally the surgeon wishes to take bone from one area (donor site) to another area (recipient site) to support the operation they are performing or to replace damaged, infected or cancerous tissue . However, a patient's own donor bone is in short supply and its removal can lead to complications at the donor site. This means the surgeon will often recourse to allograft - decellularised (and thus biologically inferior) - bone from cadavers or other people. A third, and growing, option is synthetic graft. Synthetic graft can be made from biologically active materials, but is not viable at the time of implantation and thus not yet as good as living bone, as cells must be made to infiltrate the material prior to regeneration.
It has been known for many decades that bone tissue responds to mechanical loading and commonly, mechanical loading via a bioreactor device is employed to enhanced bone formation in vitro. Recently, it has been also discovered that cells respond to nanoscale mechanical stimulation, and in particular, that nanoscale vibrations induce rapid bone formation from cells cultured in vitro. Interestingly, bone tissue produces minute electrical fields when loaded, a phenomenon which is hypothesised to help with the bone remodelling process during regeneration. However, if this electrical stimulation is important for the rapid generation of bone graft is not yet known and is a focus of this project.
Our bioreactor, that supplies nanoscale 'kicks' to cells in culture can be used to convert mesenchymal stem cells (the stem cells of the bone, simple to isolate from a patient's iliac crest or fat tissue) to bone forming osteoblasts. We will optimise this by designing new 3D architectures for the cells to grow in that work in synergy with the bioreactor. The scaffolds will emit physiological electrical signals that the body uses as cues to heal bone. Further, we will look at the biological building blocks, metabolites, that the cells use to form bone and incorporate these into delivery systems that also work with the bioreactor. The electricity produced by the scaffolds will trigger release of the metabolites, further driving bone formation.
This will ultimately allow us to improve the quality of living bone graft derived from a patient's own cells while reducing the lab time we need to make it.
It has been known for many decades that bone tissue responds to mechanical loading and commonly, mechanical loading via a bioreactor device is employed to enhanced bone formation in vitro. Recently, it has been also discovered that cells respond to nanoscale mechanical stimulation, and in particular, that nanoscale vibrations induce rapid bone formation from cells cultured in vitro. Interestingly, bone tissue produces minute electrical fields when loaded, a phenomenon which is hypothesised to help with the bone remodelling process during regeneration. However, if this electrical stimulation is important for the rapid generation of bone graft is not yet known and is a focus of this project.
Our bioreactor, that supplies nanoscale 'kicks' to cells in culture can be used to convert mesenchymal stem cells (the stem cells of the bone, simple to isolate from a patient's iliac crest or fat tissue) to bone forming osteoblasts. We will optimise this by designing new 3D architectures for the cells to grow in that work in synergy with the bioreactor. The scaffolds will emit physiological electrical signals that the body uses as cues to heal bone. Further, we will look at the biological building blocks, metabolites, that the cells use to form bone and incorporate these into delivery systems that also work with the bioreactor. The electricity produced by the scaffolds will trigger release of the metabolites, further driving bone formation.
This will ultimately allow us to improve the quality of living bone graft derived from a patient's own cells while reducing the lab time we need to make it.
Technical Summary
We have developed a new bioreactor, the Nanokick, that supplies nanoscale high frequency-low amplitude mechanical cues to MSCs in 2D and 3D to induce osteogenesis. We aim to develop consumables that partner the Nanokick and further stimulate the MSCs. Our goal is to induce large numbers of MSCs to enter osteogenesis as quickly as possible within a 3D environment to provide tissue engineered bone graft and to study this process as a function of electromechanical stimulation.
To achieve this will make full use of the mechanical cues provided by the Nanokick and use piezoactive materials to provide electrical stimulation to the cells in order to potentiate osteogenesis. These will be both in disposable (coverslip that sits in the bottom of the well plate and can be discarded after use) and scaffold format (to enable future tissue engineering as in vivo toxicology is addressed). Cells will be seeded over the coverslips or scaffolds in synthetic hydrogels. We will tailor the hydrogels with adhesive and degradable motifs to optimise the 3D environment; the move to synthetic materials is important as it will facilitate xeno-free protocols as we develop the graft further.
Further, we will use our metabolomics workflows to identify bioactive metabolites that interact with biochemical pathways that we will identify. The metabolites will be incorporated into electrostimulated drug delivery vehicles and incorporated into the piezoactive coverslips or scaffolds. This will enable drug stability and delivery only as the nanokicking process is commenced.
Finally, we will investigate mechanotransductive pathways with particular focus on transmembrane mechanoresponsive ion channels such as piezo 1 and 2.
The work is important primarily as tissue engineered bone graft is required to support the aging population. However, it will also deliver mechanoresponsive-cell stimulating scaffolds an drug delivery systems containing novel metabolite drugs with known biochemical pathway.
To achieve this will make full use of the mechanical cues provided by the Nanokick and use piezoactive materials to provide electrical stimulation to the cells in order to potentiate osteogenesis. These will be both in disposable (coverslip that sits in the bottom of the well plate and can be discarded after use) and scaffold format (to enable future tissue engineering as in vivo toxicology is addressed). Cells will be seeded over the coverslips or scaffolds in synthetic hydrogels. We will tailor the hydrogels with adhesive and degradable motifs to optimise the 3D environment; the move to synthetic materials is important as it will facilitate xeno-free protocols as we develop the graft further.
Further, we will use our metabolomics workflows to identify bioactive metabolites that interact with biochemical pathways that we will identify. The metabolites will be incorporated into electrostimulated drug delivery vehicles and incorporated into the piezoactive coverslips or scaffolds. This will enable drug stability and delivery only as the nanokicking process is commenced.
Finally, we will investigate mechanotransductive pathways with particular focus on transmembrane mechanoresponsive ion channels such as piezo 1 and 2.
The work is important primarily as tissue engineered bone graft is required to support the aging population. However, it will also deliver mechanoresponsive-cell stimulating scaffolds an drug delivery systems containing novel metabolite drugs with known biochemical pathway.
Planned Impact
Scientists and Healthcare Professionals.
We will use open access publishing to disseminate as broadly as possible. This will be of direct interest to the biomaterials, tissue engineering, stem cells, pharma and medical communities.
Laboratories.
There is a range of bioreactors available to academic laboratories including mechanical (eg BOSE, EBERS), perfusion (eg BOSE, Minucell) and rotary (eg Synthecon). All have drawbacks for bone production ranging from affordability, sterility, usability and functional outcome. The advantage of our system is that it uses standard cell culture consumables and thus standard protocols. This will clearly open up 3D bone research to many more labs.
Industry.
In the first instance our work will be of interest to industrialists working in the mechanotransduction (bioreactor) and material science (synthetic bioactive graft) areas. We will develop a bioreactor, consumables/scaffolds for it and try to move to use synthetic environments for our 3D bone graft. Companies working in this area include those with interest in bioreactors (e.g. BOSE, EBERS, Minuth, Synthecon etc) and providers of innovative tissue engineering scaffolds (e.g. BiogelX, Stem Cell Technologies, Baxter Healthcare, Medtronic etc). These companies would generate economic benefit from co-developing, licensing and exploiting our bioreactors and consumables for them. Secondly, we will appeal to Pharma with our novel mass spectrometry approaches to drug design (e.g. GSK). Thirdly, we will appeal to companies with an interest in advanced technologies, such as Medtronic, Genzyme and Advanced Tissue Solutions, who will be interested in tissue engineering approaches to bone graft.
Patients.
Bone graft is the second most transplanted tissue after blood. Autograft harvest from e.g. the iliac crest has a range of associated complications including herniation, instability, nerve damage, infection, deep hematoma requiring surgical intervention and pain [1]. Synthetic bone graft is increasing in use but is biologically inferior and tends to be used with BMP (e.g. Medtronic Infuse)[2]. BMP has to be used in high doses [3] and this has led to serious respiratory, neurological and inflammatory complications and the issuing of a public health warning by the FDA [4]. Subsequently, reports of the carcinogenic potential of BMP have also been noted. The development of "clean" tissue engineered bone graft with good volume (cms3) would be a major advantage. All surgeons we have surveyed strongly agree there is urgent unmet need.
Health Service Providers.
- Delivery of tissue engineered bone graft would reduce the need for two surgeries. This would represent a saving on surgical time and could be competitively placed compared to e.g. BMP treatment, which can cost up to £3k per patient in non-union fixation [4].
- Delivery of novel drugs and delivery systems. We will identify bioactive metabolites to enhance graft engineering. Our model could also be used to test 3rd party drugs and to advise personal therapies.
Public
Our work will raise interest in science, increasing awareness of the scientific challenges of supporting an aging population. We will engage with the next generation of scientists to inspire them to overcome the burden and limitations of bone grafting and bone regeneration.
1. Arrington 1996. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 329, 300-9.
2. Epstein 2013. Surg Neurol. 4, S343-S352.
3. Garrison et al 2007. NIHR Health Technology Assessment programme.
4. FDA Public Health Notification.
5. Dahabreh 2007. JBJ Editorial.
We will use open access publishing to disseminate as broadly as possible. This will be of direct interest to the biomaterials, tissue engineering, stem cells, pharma and medical communities.
Laboratories.
There is a range of bioreactors available to academic laboratories including mechanical (eg BOSE, EBERS), perfusion (eg BOSE, Minucell) and rotary (eg Synthecon). All have drawbacks for bone production ranging from affordability, sterility, usability and functional outcome. The advantage of our system is that it uses standard cell culture consumables and thus standard protocols. This will clearly open up 3D bone research to many more labs.
Industry.
In the first instance our work will be of interest to industrialists working in the mechanotransduction (bioreactor) and material science (synthetic bioactive graft) areas. We will develop a bioreactor, consumables/scaffolds for it and try to move to use synthetic environments for our 3D bone graft. Companies working in this area include those with interest in bioreactors (e.g. BOSE, EBERS, Minuth, Synthecon etc) and providers of innovative tissue engineering scaffolds (e.g. BiogelX, Stem Cell Technologies, Baxter Healthcare, Medtronic etc). These companies would generate economic benefit from co-developing, licensing and exploiting our bioreactors and consumables for them. Secondly, we will appeal to Pharma with our novel mass spectrometry approaches to drug design (e.g. GSK). Thirdly, we will appeal to companies with an interest in advanced technologies, such as Medtronic, Genzyme and Advanced Tissue Solutions, who will be interested in tissue engineering approaches to bone graft.
Patients.
Bone graft is the second most transplanted tissue after blood. Autograft harvest from e.g. the iliac crest has a range of associated complications including herniation, instability, nerve damage, infection, deep hematoma requiring surgical intervention and pain [1]. Synthetic bone graft is increasing in use but is biologically inferior and tends to be used with BMP (e.g. Medtronic Infuse)[2]. BMP has to be used in high doses [3] and this has led to serious respiratory, neurological and inflammatory complications and the issuing of a public health warning by the FDA [4]. Subsequently, reports of the carcinogenic potential of BMP have also been noted. The development of "clean" tissue engineered bone graft with good volume (cms3) would be a major advantage. All surgeons we have surveyed strongly agree there is urgent unmet need.
Health Service Providers.
- Delivery of tissue engineered bone graft would reduce the need for two surgeries. This would represent a saving on surgical time and could be competitively placed compared to e.g. BMP treatment, which can cost up to £3k per patient in non-union fixation [4].
- Delivery of novel drugs and delivery systems. We will identify bioactive metabolites to enhance graft engineering. Our model could also be used to test 3rd party drugs and to advise personal therapies.
Public
Our work will raise interest in science, increasing awareness of the scientific challenges of supporting an aging population. We will engage with the next generation of scientists to inspire them to overcome the burden and limitations of bone grafting and bone regeneration.
1. Arrington 1996. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 329, 300-9.
2. Epstein 2013. Surg Neurol. 4, S343-S352.
3. Garrison et al 2007. NIHR Health Technology Assessment programme.
4. FDA Public Health Notification.
5. Dahabreh 2007. JBJ Editorial.
Organisations
- University of Glasgow (Lead Research Organisation)
- Bone Cancer Research Trust (Collaboration)
- University of Navarra (Collaboration)
- University of Galway (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE (Collaboration)
- Geistlich (Collaboration)
- Histocell (Collaboration)
- Atelerix (Collaboration)
- Queen Elizabeth University Hospital (Collaboration)
- Max Planck Society (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW (Collaboration)
- University of Valencia (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON (Collaboration)
- University of the West of Scotland (Project Partner)
Publications
Al-Jarsha M
(2018)
Engineered Coatings for Titanium Implants To Present Ultralow Doses of BMP-7.
in ACS biomaterials science & engineering
Campsie P
(2019)
Design, construction and characterisation of a novel nanovibrational bioreactor and cultureware for osteogenesis.
in Scientific reports
Childs PG
(2020)
Hurdles to uptake of mesenchymal stem cells and their progenitors in therapeutic products.
in The Biochemical journal
Dalby M
(2018)
Receptor control in mesenchymal stem cell engineering
in Nature Reviews Materials
Donnelly H
(2018)
Designing stem cell niches for differentiation and self-renewal.
in Journal of the Royal Society, Interface
Donnelly H
(2023)
Surface-Modified Piezoelectric Copolymer Poly(vinylidene fluoride-trifluoroethylene) Supporting Physiological Extracellular Matrixes to Enhance Mesenchymal Stem Cell Adhesion for Nanoscale Mechanical Stimulation
in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
Gavazzo P
(2021)
Biophysical phenotyping of mesenchymal stem cells along the osteogenic differentiation pathway.
in Cell biology and toxicology
Hodgkinson T
(2021)
The use of nanovibration to discover specific and potent bioactive metabolites that stimulate osteogenic differentiation in mesenchymal stem cells.
in Science advances
Kennedy JW
(2021)
Nanovibrational stimulation inhibits osteoclastogenesis and enhances osteogenesis in co-cultures.
in Scientific reports
Robertson S
(2018)
Control of cell behaviour through nanovibrational stimulation: nanokicking
in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences
Robertson SN
(2020)
Reduction of Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm formation through the application of nanoscale vibration.
in Journal of bioscience and bioengineering
Sprott MR
(2019)
Functionalization of PLLA with Polymer Brushes to Trigger the Assembly of Fibronectin into Nanonetworks.
in Advanced healthcare materials
Tsimbouri PM
(2017)
Stimulation of 3D osteogenesis by mesenchymal stem cells using a nanovibrational bioreactor.
in Nature biomedical engineering
Description | We have adapted our nanovibrational bioreactor to work with piezo active scaffold materials to deliver small electrical potentials to the cells in the bioreactor. This has led to enhanced bone formation from the cells. |
Exploitation Route | We are lookign to develop novel tissue engineering scaffolds that can allow cells to be preconditioned in the lab. The bioreactor we developed could be used broadly by groups interested in enhanced bone regeneration. |
Sectors | Healthcare Manufacturing including Industrial Biotechology |
Description | Impacts are at an early stage, however initial public engagement activities have taken place and a therapeutic product is being developed using data and devices stemming from this project. We have started supplying bioreactors to other research groups to beta test. We have now moved to trying to licence the bioreactor. |
First Year Of Impact | 2021 |
Sector | Healthcare,Manufacturing, including Industrial Biotechology,Pharmaceuticals and Medical Biotechnology |
Impact Types | Cultural Societal |
Description | GMP manufacture of nanovibrated mesenchymal stem cells |
Geographic Reach | Europe |
Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
Description | Gained permission for a case study through the Royal Veterinary College |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
Description | Glasgow Orthopaedic Research Initiative |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
Description | Healickick (EU grant) translational day |
Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
Impact | Preparing surgeons for the technologies and getting advice how to best present the technologies in product form |
Description | Organisation of industry focussed stakeholder day |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
Description | Research Together - Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement Day 2023 |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
Impact | Patients have fed back very positively about the day and about what they had learnt about emerging science in the area they are interested in and also future technologies. |
Description | training of practioners and researchers |
Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
Description | 'EPSRC and SFI Centre for Doctoral Training in Engineered Tissues for Discovery, Industry and Medicine |
Amount | £7,013,578 (GBP) |
Funding ID | EP/S02347X/1 |
Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 05/2019 |
End | 12/2027 |
Description | (HEALIKICK) - A modular strategy for the repair of critical sized bone fractures |
Amount | € 5,243,536 (EUR) |
Funding ID | 874889 |
Organisation | European Commission |
Sector | Public |
Country | European Union (EU) |
Start | 05/2020 |
End | 05/2025 |
Description | Developing the Nanokick Bioreactor for Commercialisation and Cell Therapy |
Amount | £582,280 (GBP) |
Funding ID | BB/S018808/1 |
Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 08/2019 |
End | 09/2022 |
Description | Early diagnosis and intervention of osteoporosis using nanovibrational stimulation |
Amount | £480,000 (GBP) |
Funding ID | ST/S000852/1 |
Organisation | Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 11/2018 |
End | 10/2020 |
Description | Early diagnosis and intervention of osteoporosis using nanovibrational stimulation |
Amount | £48,807 (GBP) |
Funding ID | ST/S000852/1 |
Organisation | Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 11/2018 |
End | 10/2021 |
Description | EcMagine': Extracellular Matrix ageing across the life course interdisciplinary research network |
Amount | £176,275 (GBP) |
Funding ID | BB/W018314/1 |
Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 02/2022 |
End | 02/2024 |
Description | Engineering growth factor microenvironments - a new therapeutic paradigm for regenerative medicine |
Amount | £3,661,144 (GBP) |
Funding ID | EP/P001114/1 |
Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 09/2016 |
End | 09/2022 |
Description | Excellence with Impact - Outreach and Stakeholder engagement at the Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition |
Amount | £3,000 (GBP) |
Organisation | University of Glasgow |
Sector | Academic/University |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 05/2018 |
End | 05/2019 |
Description | Mechanobiology-based medicine |
Amount | £302,859 (GBP) |
Funding ID | EP/W004623/1 |
Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 09/2021 |
End | 12/2023 |
Description | Wellcome Trust ISSF Early Career Researcher Fund |
Amount | £18,350 (GBP) |
Organisation | Wellcome Trust |
Department | Wellcome Trust Institutional Strategic Support Fund |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 03/2018 |
End | 12/2018 |
Title | Nanovibrational stimulation for chondrogenesis |
Description | We have developed a nano vibrational bioreactor that we are currently taking to spin out formation. We have recently identified that we can generate chondrocytes as well as osteoblasts not he bioreactor giving us scope to investigate the use of the technology for cartilage regeneration. |
Type Of Material | Technology assay or reagent |
Year Produced | 2019 |
Provided To Others? | No |
Impact | We are preparing to protect IP and publish so that we can disclose broadly and identify beta testers. |
Title | Polymer surfaces to control growth factor presentation. |
Description | We have made a polymeric surface that drives organisation of fibronectin into nanonetworks that bind growth factors at ultra-low dose but with high biological efficacy. |
Type Of Material | Technology assay or reagent |
Year Produced | 2016 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Impact | We have performed a first veterinal trial with the technology that has been very successful. We are now progressing towards human use. |
Title | Use of NanoKick Bioreactor for chondrogenic differentiation of MSCs |
Description | Modification of cell culture method to induce chondrogenic differentiation of MSCs when using the NanoKick Bioreactor. |
Type Of Material | Model of mechanisms or symptoms - in vitro |
Year Produced | 2017 |
Provided To Others? | No |
Impact | Preliminary data obtained further funding from a Wellcome Trust ISSF Early Career Catalyst Fund (~£18300). |
Title | Control of cell behaviour through nanovibrational stimulation: nanokicking |
Description | |
Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
Year Produced | 2018 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Title | Nanovibrational Stimulation of Mesenchymal Stem Cells Induces Therapeutic Reactive Oxygen Species and Inflammation for Three- Dimensional Bone Tissue Engineering |
Description | |
Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
Year Produced | 2020 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
URL | http://researchdata.gla.ac.uk/id/eprint/1037 |
Title | Nanovibrational mesenchymal stem cell stimulation allows detection of highly osteo-specific bioactive metabolites that can be modified for enhanced potency |
Description | Interest in bioactive, or activity, metabolites is growing. For adult stem cells in particular, the ability to target desired phenotypes with specificity and potency is important for provision of cellular therapies and also for drug discovery for tissue regeneration. Metabolomics provides a powerful tool for the discovery of bioactive metabolites, but bioinformatic pipelines are hindered by the quality of the input signal that drives the process being studied. For example, with mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) differentiation to bone forming osteoblasts, dexamethasone and bone morphogenetic protein 2 are commonly used stimuli in the lab and in clinic respectively. However, both can result in the artefactual production of adipocytes as well as osteoblasts and this could confound bioactive metabolite identification. Here, we use nanovibrational stimulation of MSCs to promote osteogenesis without adipogenesis and show that this can be used to identify bioactive metabolites with high osteogenic specificity. Further, these metabolites can have their structure-function relationship examined to provide both specificity and enhanced potency as we illustrate within this new work. |
Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
Year Produced | 2020 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
URL | http://researchdata.gla.ac.uk/id/eprint/952 |
Title | Nanovibrational stimulation inhibits osteoclastogenesis and enhances osteogenesis in co-cultures |
Description | Models of bone homeostasis could be useful in drug discovery, particularly if the model is one that replicates bone regeneration with reduction in osteoclast activity. Here we use nanovibrational stimulation to achieve this in a 3D co-culture of primary human osteoprogenitor and osteoclast progenitor cells. We show that 1000 Hz frequency, 40 nm amplitude vibration reduces osteoclast formation and activity in human mononuclear CD14+ve blood cells and enhances osteogenesis/reduces osteoclastogenesis in a co-culture of primary human bone marrow stromal cells and bone marrow hematopoietic cells. Further, we use metabolomics to identify Akt (protein kinase C) as a potential mediator. Akt is known to be involved in bone differentiation via transforming growth factor beta 1 (TGF?1) and bone morphogenetic protein 2 (BMP2) and it has been implicated in reduced osteoclast activity via Guanine nucleotide-binding protein subunit a13 (Ga13). With further validation, our nanovibrational bioreactor could be used to help provide humanised 3D models for drug screening. |
Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
Year Produced | 2021 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Impact | New information on bone homeostasis and potential developmentof 3D bone models for drug screening |
URL | http://researchdata.gla.ac.uk/id/eprint/1230 |
Description | COllaboration with Atelerix |
Organisation | Atelerix |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | Thi sis a joint PhD project in which we are designing in vitro stem cell niches |
Collaborator Contribution | Provision and tailoring of hydrogel materials |
Impact | Early collaboration |
Start Year | 2021 |
Description | Collaboration for Synthesis of Osteogenic Metabolites and Chemical Derivatives |
Organisation | University of Glasgow |
Department | School of Chemistry |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Identification of interesting metabolites in osteogenesis and in vitro testing of osteogenic potential |
Collaborator Contribution | Chemical synthesis of metabolite molecules |
Impact | We will shortly publish results from this collaboration. |
Start Year | 2017 |
Description | Collaboration with Bone Cancer Research Trust |
Organisation | Bone Cancer Research Trust |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
PI Contribution | We are developing models of sarcoma that are useful for bone cancer research |
Collaborator Contribution | They are supporting us with training placements, access to patients and advice. |
Impact | Development of better tissue models and enhanced training. |
Start Year | 2020 |
Description | Collaboration with Dr. Manus Biggs in National University of Ireland, Galway to creat Dual Piezoelectric/Nanovibration system for rapid bone regeneration |
Organisation | University of Galway |
Country | Ireland |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Combining piezoelectric scaffold provided by Dr Manus group with our nanovibrator for MSCs osteogenic stimulation. |
Collaborator Contribution | Synthesizing piezoelectric scaffold. |
Impact | The collaboration just started recently. We will publish a paper in near future. |
Start Year | 2017 |
Description | Collaboration with Geistlich |
Organisation | Geistlich |
Country | Switzerland |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | Testing of in vitro cell culture on Geistlich implant materials |
Collaborator Contribution | Contribution of implant materials from Geistlich |
Impact | Disciplines involved - Dentistry, cell engineering, materials |
Start Year | 2018 |
Description | Collaboration with Histocell |
Organisation | Histocell |
Country | Spain |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | We are working with Histocell to implement bone cell therapies and novel bone-related materials |
Collaborator Contribution | Implementation of our technologies in GMP labs and guidance on manufacture, regulation and ethics. |
Impact | Working towards cell therapies and novel scaffold technologies. |
Start Year | 2018 |
Description | Collaboration with Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces |
Organisation | Max Planck Society |
Department | Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces |
Country | Germany |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
PI Contribution | We are providing cells and materials |
Collaborator Contribution | They are testing our cells and materials |
Impact | Development of novel cell therapies and biomaterials for bone regeneration |
Start Year | 2020 |
Description | Collaboration with Prof Stuart Reid, University of Strathclyde |
Organisation | University of Strathclyde |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Together, we have designed a new bioreactor and consumables for it. |
Collaborator Contribution | They design and build the bioreactors. |
Impact | THis is a long standing collaboration in which we designed and build the nanovibrational bioreactor (originally Nanoforce, now Nanokick). We have worked togther, produced patents and publications as well as securing further funding. |
Start Year | 2011 |
Description | Collaboration with Prof. Salmeron in school of engineering of University of Glasgow for functional and controlable bone scaffold. |
Organisation | University of Glasgow |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Using our noval nanovibrator conbining 3D cell culture system to assess PEG-gel based functional and controllable bone scaffold. |
Collaborator Contribution | Helping us to synthesize the PEG-Gel based functional and controllable bone scaffold. |
Impact | No outcomes yet, as the collaboration has been recently started. |
Start Year | 2018 |
Description | Collaboration with University of Navarra |
Organisation | University of Navarra |
Country | Spain |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Provision of cells and materials |
Collaborator Contribution | testing of cells and materials |
Impact | Developing bone technologies together |
Start Year | 2020 |
Description | Collaboration with University of Valencia |
Organisation | University of Valencia |
Country | Spain |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | We are providing cellular analysis |
Collaborator Contribution | They are providing the bioreactor and know-how |
Impact | Development of a new magnetic bioreactor for use in bone cell differentiation |
Start Year | 2022 |
Description | Souhtampton Collaboration |
Organisation | University of Southampton |
Department | Bone and Joint Research Group |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | This is a long term collaboration where cells, materials and expertise are shared to drive research |
Collaborator Contribution | This is a long term collaboration where cells, materials and expertise are shared to drive research |
Impact | A large number of papers, grants and IP. |
Description | Surgical collaboration |
Organisation | Queen Elizabeth University Hospital |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Hospitals |
PI Contribution | We are working together to provide a human trial of nano vibrated stem cells and advanced biomaterials. |
Collaborator Contribution | They will perform the surgery / work with the NHS on the trial. |
Impact | Non yet |
Start Year | 2023 |
Title | Composition for 3D tissue culture |
Description | Development of a novel 3D printing bionic |
IP Reference | GB 2113077.8 |
Protection | Patent application published |
Year Protection Granted | 2021 |
Licensed | No |
Impact | This patent in joint filed with a company, Cell Ink to produce a new biological 3D printing ink. |
Title | MECHANICAL BIOREACTOR |
Description | A mechanical bioreactor for transferring vibrations to cell cultures for the purpose of stimulating various biological processes across a relatively large (relative to the amplitude of the vibrations) sample receiving surface. This bioreactor allows multiple samples to receive identical stimulation, which may enable the process to be significantly scaled up. The invention may be particular applicable to nanoscale vibration amplitudes, where it is non- trivial to design a device that performs this function, because many materials exhibit natural deformation on a scale that would mask or inhibit transfer of nanoscale vibration energy. |
IP Reference | WO2017029393 |
Protection | Patent application published |
Year Protection Granted | 2017 |
Licensed | No |
Impact | None yet |
Title | Nanovibrated mesenchymal stem cells for orthopaedic regeneration |
Description | Bone primed cells for orthopaedic regeneration |
Type | Therapeutic Intervention - Cellular and gene therapies |
Current Stage Of Development | Refinement. Non-clinical |
Year Development Stage Completed | 2022 |
Development Status | Actively seeking support |
Impact | Change in working of GMP cell manufacturer |
Description | 28th Annual Conference of the European Society for Biomaterials (ESB) 4-8th September 2017, Athens, Greece. |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Mr W. Orapiriyakul: Oral presentation at 28th Annual Conference of the European Society for Biomaterials (ESB) 4-8th September 2017, Athens, Greece. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | 29th European Conference on Biomaterials (ESB 2018), 9-13th September 2018, Maastricht, Netherlands. |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Mr W. Orapiriyakul had a Poster presentation in 29th European Conference on Biomaterials (ESB 2018), 9-13th September 2018, Maastricht, Netherlands. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | 5th TERMIS World Congress 2018, 4-7th September 2018, Kyoto, Japan. |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | mr W.Orapiriyakul had a Poster presentation in 5th TERMIS World Congress 2018, 4-7th September 2018, Kyoto, Japan. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | ARCADIA public engagement |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | ARCadia, was a festival of public events that celebrated the public opening of the ARC from 16-30 September 2022 that attracted almost 7000 people. The general aims were: Collaboration between the university and non-academic groups A mix of disciplines, from the arts to social, physical and life sciences Engaging traditionally marginalised groups, or groups who experience barriers to accessing the university Engaging communities local to the ARC (postcodes G11, G3, G12) 75 free events for all ages were held day and night in the ARC, from schools workshops to cinema screenings, exhibitions, comedy, gaming, talks and even an outdoor ceilidh with dancing dinosaurs. Over 63% of events involved working in partnership with non-academic groups. An astonishing number of people helped organise and run ARCadia events (and our group CeMi was central in this) , including 326 UofG colleagues, 147 students, 239 partner staff, 30 volunteers and for student interns. The event attracted public visitor of all ages throughout the 2 weeks and everyone provided good comments and they would like to be able to experience an event like that in the future. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/news/newsarchive/2022/8november2022/headline_893700_en.html |
Description | BLOG CeMi: NANOKICKING STEM CELLS TO GROW NEW BONE |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Dr Monica P. Tsimbouri wrote a blog about the people, work and challenges involved for the recent paper Tsimbouri, Childs et al. Stimulation of 3D osteogenesis by mesenchymal stem cells using a nanovibrational bioreactor. Nat. Biomed. Eng. http://doi.org/10.1038/s41551-017-0127-4 (2017). |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
URL | https://www.gla.ac.uk/research/az/thecemi/blog/nanokickingstemcellstogrownewbone/ |
Description | Biomaterials seminar |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Mr W Orapiriyakul gave a talk at the Biomaterials seminars session on 13/11/18 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | CeMi Seminars talk |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | PhD student Ioanna Rigou presented her work on Chondrogenic induced differentiation using nanovibrations, at the local CEMI seminars on the 14th of November 2023 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
Description | CeMi external seminars |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | We have invited external speakers from the UK to to speak and encourage discussion at our seminar series. This is opened up to an online audience so that our colleagues in Strathclyde can contribute. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022,2023 |
Description | CeMi seminar |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | PhD student Yusuf Ayten presented at the local Seminar series "The Effect of ECM Modifications on the Potential Targets for Mesenchymal Stem Cells' Senescence" |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023,2024 |
Description | Cell block science |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | Presented at prisoner outreach day at HMP Shotts |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Centre for Doctoral Training Retreat |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Retreat to The Burn for formal PGR student training in entrepreneurship |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Centre for the Cellular Microenvironment symposium |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | We organised an open symposium with expert speakers from the UK, EU and US - and from academic and industry |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Centre for the Cellular Microenvironment GLORI mini symposium 2022 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | We organised an open symposium with expert speakers from the UK, EU and US - and from academic and industry |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019,2020,2021 |
Description | Centre for the Cellular Microenvironment seminar by Dr Monica P. Tsimbouri |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | We organise seminar series that a variety of people have access to them and attendance ranges from local to international as they are online. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Change Champion helping to organise and interface with academics regarding the Advanced Research Centre at UofG |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | In the role of a Change Champion deputy my role was to assist in the organisation and planning of the building of a new centre for advanced research within Glasgow. This centre would consist of a large inter disciplinary cohort, to encourage collaboration, and would therefore require a wide degree of specialisations. At these events i was required to interface with companies, academics and univeristy professionals to exchange information and then disseminate this to my own colleagues. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020,2021 |
Description | Conference - GLORI |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | ~ 50-60 undergraduate, postgraduate, lecturers, professors alongside surgical practitioners and industrial sponsors attended the Glasgow Orthopaedic Research Initiative (GLORI) conferences. At these conferences MS presented posters and further discussed the research presented with a selection of each of these demographics. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015,2018,2020 |
Description | Conference Presentation - World Biomaterials Congress 2020 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Was accepted to present an oral presentation at the World Biomaterials Congress, hosted virtually. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | Conference organisation CCE-GLORI 2019 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | The local CCE-GLORI workshop is organised by Dr Monica P. Tsimbouri every year. It is a workshop where postgraduate students present their work to their peers and supervisors and discussion then follows the talks. This is highly beneficial to students and promotes collaboration. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Conference organisation-GLORI2020 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Dr Monica P. Tsimbouri organises GLORI bi-annually. This conference encourages collaboration between the basic sciences, applied sciences, engineering and clinic. This has the aim of bringing the latest ideas in basic materials research into use to deliver the next-generation of orthopaedic care. It combines expertise from orthopaedic surgeons, plastic surgeons, biologists, engineers and chemists. The conference is free for attendance and involves oral and poster presentations from professionals, scientists, clinicians and postgraduate students. It is always well attended. It is sponsored by industry who are also involved in the conference. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | Conference presentation |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Conference presentation by Tom Hodgkinson at European Society for Biomaterials, Maastricht |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Conference presentation |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Identification and in vitro screening of osteogenic metabolites through supplement-free nanovibration-driven mesenchymal stem cell differentiation (2018) Tom Hodgkinson, Karl Burgess, David France, Paul Campsie, Shaun Robertson, David Phillips, Peter Childs, Richard Oreffo, Stuart Reid, Manuel Salmeron-Sanchez, Matthew Dalby - TCES 2018, Keele, UK. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Conference presentation |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Identification and in vitro screening of osteogenic metabolites through supplement-free nanovibration-driven mesenchymal stem cell differentiation (2018) Tom Hodgkinson, Karl Burgess, David France, Paul Campsie, Shaun Robertson, David Phillips, Peter Childs, Richard Oreffo, Stuart Reid, Manuel Salmeron-Sanchez, Matthew Dalby - Matrix Biology Europe, Manchester, UK. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Conference presentation |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Identification and in vitro screening of osteogenic metabolites through supplement-free nanovibration-driven mesenchymal stem cell differentiation (2018) Tom Hodgkinson, Karl Burgess, David France, Paul Campsie, Shaun Robertson, David Phillips, Peter Childs, Richard Oreffo, Stuart Reid, Manuel Salmeron-Sanchez, Matthew Dalby - Matrix Biology Europe, Manchester, UK. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Conference presentation |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
Results and Impact | Identification and in vitro screening of osteogenic metabolites through supplement-free nanovibration-driven mesenchymal stem cell differentiation (2018) Tom Hodgkinson, Karl Burgess, David France, Paul Campsie, Shaun Robertson, David Phillips, Peter Childs, Richard Oreffo, Stuart Reid, Manuel Salmeron-Sanchez, Matthew Dalby - GLORI, Glasgow UK. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Dr Monica Tsimbouri, Change Champion helping to organise and interface with academics regarding the Advanced Research Centre at UofG |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | In the role of a Change Champion deputy my role was to assist in the organisation and planning of the building of a new centre for advanced research within Glasgow university. This centre consists of a large inter disciplinary cohort, to encourage collaboration, and would therefore require a wide degree of specialisations. At these events i was required to interface with companies, academics and univeristy professionals to exchange information and then disseminate this to my own colleagues. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Dr P. Tsimbouri helped organise the: Joint symposium with UCL: Mind & Body Healing October 2020 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | Dr P. Tsimbouri helped organise, chaired and also delivered an oral presentation to the: Joint symposium with UCL: Mind & Body Healing October 2020. The symposium was open to the scientific community and the general public. Talk presentations were delivered from members of the UofG and UCL research teams on their research work. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | https://www.gla.ac.uk/explore/avenue/noticeboard/headline_744729_en.html |
Description | European Society for Biomaterials Keynote (Dalby) Talk |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Keynote conference talk |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | European Society for Biomaterials Talk |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Talk at the ESB conference for Dr Hussain Jaffery |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Explorathon - materials matter |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | This event was held as part of the Explorathon programme at a shopping centre in Glasgow. The activities were to inform the public about the work we do with the different materials in the body (bone, tissue). |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Explorathon Nov 2020: Fantastic Proteins & Where to Find Them |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Short video clips on our fantastic proteins collagen, fibronectin, laminin, & piezo posted throughout the day on the Explorathon 2020 Facebook live event. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | https://www.explorathon.co.uk/events/fantastic-proteins/ |
Description | FEBS Workshop Biological Surfaces and Interfaces: Interface Dynamics, 2nd-7th July 2017, Sant Feliu de Guixols, Catalonia, Spain |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Mr W. Orapiriyakul had a Poster presentation at FEBS Workshop Biological Surfaces and Interfaces: Interface Dynamics, 2nd-7th July 2017, Sant Feliu de Guixols, Catalonia, Spain |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | GLORI 2023 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Meeting of the Glasgow Orthopaedic Research Initiative Tuesday 21st March 2023, ARC, GU. An educational and collaborative meeting/workshop between Scientists and Clinicians. This is a repeating workshope every year with the aim to inform everyone about new developemnt on bone regeneration. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
Description | GLORI at the CeMi |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Tom Hodgkinson, Talk "Identification and in vitro screening of osteogenic metabolites through supplement-free nanovibration-driven mesenchymal stem cell differentiation" Glasgow Orthopedic Research Initiative 2018 23rd November 2018 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | GLORI at the CeMi |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Mr Ian Kennedy presented a talk on "Nanoscale vibrations to modulate osteogenesis" Glasgow Orthopedic Research Initiative 2018 23rd November 2018 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | GLORI conference organisation |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Planning and Organisation of Dr Monica P Tsimbouri the scientific mentor of the Glasgow Orthopaedic Research Initiative (GLORI). GLORI has been established to encourage collaboration between the basic sciences, applied sciences, engineering and clinic. This has the aim of bringing the latest ideas in basic materials research into use to deliver the next-generation of orthopaedic care. It combines expertise from orthopaedic surgeons, biologists, engineers and chemists not only from Glasgow and Strathclyde Universities but the rest of Scotland too and also with the view to expand to the rest of the UK. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | GLORI-2018 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | National orthopedic conference in Glasgow where about 60 audience attended. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Glasgow Orthopaedic Research Initiative (GLORI 2018), 23d February 2018, Glasgow, UK. |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Mr W. Orapiriyakul had a Poster presentation at Glasgow Orthopaedic Research Initiative (GLORI 2018), 23th Febuary 2018, Glasgow, UK. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Glasgow Science Festival: Regenerate |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | The Glasgow Science Festival runs for a few weeks and we did a full day focusing on Stem Cell activities, talking to the general public (mainly children). The aim was teach them how stem cells differentiate. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Glori2018 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Submitted a research abstract, stimulating discussion and chaired a conference session on bone regeneration strategies |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | HEALIKICK Translation session |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Translation session as part of the HEALIKICK project where clinicians from Spain attended to discuss emerging translational technologies. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
Description | Healickick (EU grant) translation day |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Discussion between academics and surgeons around technologies we have developed. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | IKEA at home with life sciences |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Dr Monica P. Tsimbouri participated at the IKEA at Home with Life Sciences A team of students, researchers and support staff represented the Institute at IKEA on Saturday 24th November 2018 as part of the MVLS at IKEA event. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
URL | https://www.gla.ac.uk/researchinstitutes/biology/newsevents/headline_581051_en.html?utm_medium=email... |
Description | Industry seminar |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Attended seminar by CEO, John Sharpe of Cytonome (partner of the lifETIME CDT). |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
Description | Institute seminar presentation |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | An institute and school hosted seminar series, highlighting and discussing work from within MCSB at Glasgow University. The presentation was to other post doctoral researchers and students within primarily MVLS. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021,2022 |
Description | International summer school |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | PhD student Yusuf Ayten attended the Bio-TUNE Summer School - Flash Presentation - 14th July 2023 - University of Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
Description | Invited talk at British Orthopaedic Research Society |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Discussed research training of junior surgeons |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Joint CDT & UKANet/ECMage network meeting. |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Joint conference of the lifETIME CDT and ECMage & Blast Networks met to hold a conference on topics aligned to the CDT & Networks followed by an EDI facilitated session. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
Description | Joint TCES/CDT conference |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | Joint Tissue and Cell Engineering conference with the lifETIME CDT. Over 100 academics (PhD's to professor level) were in the audience focussing on research developments of like-minded EPSRC CDTs |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Joint conference of the Centres for Doctoral Training - Future Leaders in Regenerative Medicine |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | A joint meeting, hosted by the UK Society for Biomaterials, focussing on research developments of like-minded EPSRC CDTs |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Joint symposium with UCL: Mind & Body Healing October 2020 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | Open to the public and scientific community. Presentations from UofG and UCL on research work. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | https://www.gla.ac.uk/explore/avenue/noticeboard/headline_744729_en.html |
Description | Keynote talk (Dalby) at Tissue Engineerign and Regenerative medicien International Society |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Keynote talk at a major conference |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | MVLS talk presentation |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Yusuf Ayten delivered a Flash Presentation for the new term PhD students - 5 October 2023, College of MVLS, University of Glasgow |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
Description | Media interest BBC (nanokicking) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | Talk sparked public interest Many interested enquirers. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
Description | Media interest BBC (orthopaedic materials) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | Sparked public interest Enquieries from the public |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
Description | Media interest BBC (stem cell growth) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | Talk sparked public interest Enquieries from the public |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
Description | Monthly technical meeting Healkick/SBCF |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
Results and Impact | These regular focused technical meetings involve presentations and discussions of current work from three projects related to the Sir Bobby Charlton Foundation (SBCF, previously Find A Better Way) funded project. These meetings include throuble-shooting of current methodologies and issues associated, and in-depth knowledge exchange between collaborators. The outcomes of these discussions usually lead to new areas for development and possibilities of new collaborations including industrial engagement arising for UKRI nanokick projects. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017,2018,2019,2020,2021,2022,2023 |
Description | NEB community: the story behind the paper |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Dr P.M. Tsimbouri and Dr P. Childs were asked by the NEB community to write a story behind their recent paper Tsimbouri, Childs et al. Stimulation of 3D osteogenesis by mesenchymal stem cells using a nanovibrational bioreactor. Nat. Biomed. Eng. http://doi.org/10.1038/s41551-017-0127-4 (2017). Story title: Growing bone using nanovibration: A reproducible method for mechanically driving stem-cell osteogenesis in 3D culture. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
URL | http://go.nature.com/2xVgSNN |
Description | Oral Presentation at Biomaterials Seminar, University of Glasgow |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Presented research on nano vibrational differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells as part of the biomaterials seminar series at the University of Glasgow |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Oral presentation |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Internal seminar on update of the research. Led to discussions that influenced future plans for the project. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | Oral presentation at IChemE Cell and Gene Therapy Advances Webinar |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | Invited to take part in IChemE Cell and Gene Therapy Advances Webinar. Presented current work to the network, which included academics of all stages and industrial partners. Sparked discussion afterwards. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | Plenary talk at TERMIS |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Matthew Dalby gave a plenary talk on materials for stem cell growth and differentiation |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
Description | Poster presentation |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Wich Orapiriyakul presented a poster at GLORI2018 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Poster presentation at World Biomaterials Congress |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | Poster presentation at World Biomaterials Congress, hosted online in 2021. Attended by international academics. Sparked discussion about future work. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Presentation and Lab session for Stem Cell Engineering for Regenerative Medicine MSC course |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | A presentation and discussion regarding the work performed within the research group and within this project followed by a lab session, with experiments planned around work from within this project. The students performed 2 weeks of experiments within the lab. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Presentation at Conference - Tissue and Cell Engineering Society |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Oral presentation at Tissue and Cell Engineering Society Online Conference. Over100 academics (PhD's to professor level) were in the online audience. Presentation sparked questions and discussion afterwards. Provided a good networking opportunity. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://tces2021.eng.ed.ac.uk/sites/tces2021.eng.ed.ac.uk/files/attachments/freestyle-page/20210705/... |
Description | Presentation at Joint ECMage/LifETIME CDT meeting |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Keynote talk by Matthew Dalby. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
Description | Public engagement-#Run2Jordan |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | University of Glasgow and Strathclyde came together, and took part in the biggest CeMi fitness challenge to date! The aim was to raise as much as possible, a team from the CeMi run, walked and cycled the distance from Glasgow to the Sir Bobby Charlton Rehabilitation Centre in Amman, Jordan, that is 5436k! #RunToJordan We managed to raise £1,719! |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | https://glasgow.thecemi.org/2020/08/04/runtojordan/ |
Description | Research Presentation for Biomaterials seminar |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | ~30 attendees, undergraduates, postgraduates and other lab members (research associated, fellows, lecturers, professors), for a seminar. Research and results were presented with a discussion afterwards, lead to collaboration with other lab members with regards to certain techniques. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | Research Presentation for Departmental Seminars |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | PostGraduate researchers within the Institute of Molecular, Cell and Systems Biology and other related institutes from around UofG are invited to present and discuss current research with questions afterwards. The audience includes primarily postgraduates but also includes technicians and other associated lab members and external researchers relevant to the field. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019,2020 |
Description | Research Presentation for internal Biomaterials seminars |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Researchers from biomedical engineering and other related subjects from around UofG are invited to present and discuss current research with discussion afterwards. The audience includes undergraduates, postgraduates, lecturers, professors, other associated lab members and external researchers relevant to the field. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015,2016,2017,2018,2019,2020 |
Description | ResearchTogether: Patients Guiding the Future of Science |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Patients, carers and/or patient groups |
Results and Impact | This was a Patient and Public Involvement & Engagement event that brought together patients, researchers, and charities to discuss recent research advancements as well as how to improve research targeting healthcare improvement in the future. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
URL | https://lifetime-cdt.org/agenda-of-cdt-events/research-together/ |
Description | ResearchTogether: Patients Guiding the Future of Science |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Patients, carers and/or patient groups |
Results and Impact | The event focused on Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement (PPIE) bringing together patients, researchers, industry, and charities to discuss recent research advancements as well as how to improve research targeting healthcare improvement in the future. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Royal Society Summer Exhibition |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | We presented our growth factor based bone regeneration technology at the Exhibition |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Science Den |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Professor Matthew Dalby on judging panel for the lifETIME CDT Science Den Competition |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
Description | Scottish Gocernment Outreach Event Edinburgh |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Outreach event to mark the Scottish Governments science policy launch |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Social Media management for the CeMi |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | This social media platform, Instagram has 102 followers (at time of writing), ranging from members of the general public to professional organisations relevant to the groups field. This output aims to highlight and engage this audience with current ongoing work and researchers at the institute. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018,2019,2020 |
Description | Strategic Board Meetings - SBCF |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Supporters |
Results and Impact | Presentation or research within poster presentation and subsequent follow-up discussions and questions to board members of related charitable foundation (Sir Bobby Charlton Foundation) in conjuncture with collaborative orthogonal project (formally Find a Better Way). |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020,2021,2022 |
Description | Strategic Board Meetings - SBCF |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Supporters |
Results and Impact | Poster presentation and subsequent follow-up discussions with board members of related charitable foundation the Sir Bobby Charlton Foundation (formally Find a Better Way). |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019,2020 |
Description | Strategic collaborative meeting - Dublin |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
Results and Impact | International meeting with collaborators to exchange information and plan the development of the project. This meeting consisted of the UofG team and members of Dr Manus Biggs' lab. Both groups presented slides and exchanged questions following extended discussion. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Strategic collaborative meeting for SBCF |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | These regular focused strategy meetings involve presentations and discussions of current work from two projects related to the Sir Bobby Charlton foundation (previouslv Find A Better Way) funded proiect. These meetings include in-depth knowledge exchange with industrial partners and service providers will help to bring the system to market. The outcomes of these discussions usually lead to new areas for development and possibilities of new collaborations. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023,2024 |
Description | Strategic collaborative meetings - Sir Bobby Charlton Foundation |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
Results and Impact | These regular focused strategy meetings involve presentations and discussions of current work from two projects related to the Sir Bobby Charlton Foundation (SBCF, previously Find A Better Way) funded project. These meetings include in-depth knowledge exchange with industrial partners and service providers we are collaborating with to bring the system to market. The outcomes of these discussions usually lead to new areas for development and possibilities of new collaborations. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019,2020 |
Description | Strategic collaborative meetings - SBCF |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
Results and Impact | Participation in focused strategy meetings regarding the Sir Bobby Charlton Foundation (previously Find A Better Way) project presenting and discussing current work from both projects. Meetings include in-depth knowledge exchange with industrial partners and service providers we are working with to bring the system to market. These discussions have highlighted further areas of examination for projects and garnered enhanced collaboration. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019,2020,2021,2022 |
Description | Strategic collaborative meetings - Sir Bobby Charlton Foundation |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
Results and Impact | These regular focused strategy meetings involve presentations and discussions of current work from two projects related to the Sir Bobby Charlton Foundation (SBCF, previously Find A Better Way) funded project. These meetings include in-depth knowledge exchange with industrial partners and service providers we are collaborating with to bring the system to market. The outcomes of these discussions usually lead to new areas for development and possibilities of new collaborations. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019,2020,2021 |
Description | Studentship Interviews and Assistance - CDT |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Assistance in the introduction and selection of students for PhD positions within a the LifeTimeCDT programme to be held throughout the UK. Students were shown around the institute and guided through training activities, additionally MS participated in part of the group interview process. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019,2020 |
Description | TCES 2010 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
Type Of Presentation | paper presentation |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Dr Monica P Tsimbouri. exiting discussion after talk Interested parties continued discussion |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2010 |
Description | TCES 2012 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
Type Of Presentation | paper presentation |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Dr P Tsimbouri. talk sparked questions and discussion afterwards Engagement with company Reps and received very good discount on equipment. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
Description | TERMIS EU 2011 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
Type Of Presentation | paper presentation |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Dr Monica P Tsimbouri. Talk sparked questions and discussion afterwards There was further discussion during a later session about my talk |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
Description | Talk at GLORI2018 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Dr Monica P Tsimbouri delivered a talk on behalf of Prof Dalby at GLORI2018 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Talk in Portugal |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Invited talk for Dalby at University of Aviero |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | The University Network ((TUN) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Dr Monica P. Tsimbouri was invited by the The University Network ((TUN), a global media company for college students available in 108 languages) to write an article about the nanokicking project. (https://www.tun.com/blog/nanokicking-technology-bone-growth-development/) |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
URL | https://www.tun.com/blog/nanokicking-technology-bone-growth-development |
Description | TheGlasgowCeMi Instagram social media page |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | The Glasgow CeMi Instagram page (formally Mimeresearch) has been set up to improve public engagement and improve the visibility of teh researchers and science being performed at the centre. This social media page has been contacted by external reserarchers, industrial companies and prospective students. It currently has at the time of writing 123 followers. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019,2020,2021,2022 |
URL | https://www.instagram.com/theglasgowcemi/ |
Description | Thesis competition |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Professor Matthew Dalby on judging panel for lifETIME CDT 3-MT thesis competition. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
Description | UKSB |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
Type Of Presentation | paper presentation |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Dr M. P. Tsimbouri. Interesting discussion following presentation Discussion lead to problem solving for a fellow scientist |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2010 |
Description | lifETIME CDT student day |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Stakeholders in the Centre for Doctoral Training engage with CDT students to enhance student training and careers. This is followed by discussion with the CDT advisory board. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021,2022 |
Description | lifETIME Centre for Doctoral Training Stakeholder Day |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | A facilitated meeting where improvements in PGR training provision are discussed and workshopped with a diverse group of stakeholders and students. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | workshop training |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | PhD student Ioanna Rigou visited a collaborators lab in Ireland (RCSI) 11th - 13th of December 2023- Collaboration, with a previous lab member and also training in a new technique (OCT) and new assays ( sGAG/Alcian blue-metabolic activity of chondrocytes/sGAG productivity) important for the next steps of the chondrogenic differentiatioon using nanovibrations project. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |