Updates, awards, and achievements from our lab
Our paper, "The osteochondral regeneration paradox: why biomimetic scaffolds are biologically superior but injectable systems dominate the clinic", was published in RSC Advances. DOI: 10.1039/D5RA09529H.
Nuria served as local organiser of the 7th NETSKINMODELS COST Action Meeting hosted at IQS Barcelona.
JA Duran Mota, H Moon, M Artigues, S Borros, N Oliva. "Insights into the alkaline degradation of oxidized chondroitin sulfate: implications in Schiff base formation for hydrogel preparation" (Carbohydrate Polymers, 367, 124016).
Publication of "Advanced skin models for nanomaterials safety assessment" (Springer Nature) with collaborators from NETSKINMODELS.
Oral presentation in Barcelona: "Machine learning for precision nanomedicine: Forecasting cellular uptake."
Keynote lecture: "From Structure to Scar: Bioprinting the Transition from Healthy to Fibrotic Skin."
Invited talk at "Actualitat cientifica i recursos d'aula": "La quimica rere la impressio 3D."
Invited talk for Y11 students: "Future You: Staying Healthy with Tomorrow's Medicine."
Invited talk for residents of an old age home: "Tomorrow's Medicine, Today. How Technology helps us age better."
Invited outreach talk: "Who wants to live forever? The promise of a better life with biomaterials."
Awarded PI funding for REJUVEN8 ("Turning back the healing clock"), 140,000 EUR.
Appointed Coordinator of the Master's in Cosmetics and Perfumery at IQS Barcelona.
Oral presentation in Barcelona on predicting nanoparticle cellular uptake with machine learning.
Invited talks at ICMAB-CSIC and PUZZLE-X (MADE in Barcelona session), plus invited talk on skin models for the cosmetics industry and round-table moderation on plastic biodegradability and microplastics.
Invited outreach article in Farmabiotec magazine (no. 128), invited podcast "Aprendiendo del experto", and IQS News feature on protein degraders for diabetic foot ulcers.
A Loecher, M Bruyns-Haylett, P Ballester, S Borros, N Oliva. "A machine learning approach to predict cellular uptake of pBAE polyplexes" (Biomaterials Science, 11, 5797-5808).
Co-PI in APTADEGRAD: "Novel, first-in-class, protein degrader-based therapy for diabetic foot ulcer." Total consortium award: 1,474,407 EUR; IQS share: 195,898 EUR.
Reached interview stage for ERC Starting Grant call (not funded).
Named Emerging Investigator (Biomaterials Science, RSC) and Outstanding Reviewer for Materials Horizons (RSC).
Poster presentation in Davos on scaffold properties and myofibroblast activation.
Invited speaker at la Caixa Foundation ceremony and invited talk at CIC biomaGUNE; also served as bioengineering ECR representative for EPSRC team visit and co-edited the Frontiers collection on micro/nanobots in drug delivery.
Outreach article in Farmabiotec (no. 7), mentoring in the AIQS programme, and coverage/interviews in IQS News, ABC, Catalunya Radio, COPE, and La Vanguardia.
Anna and Toni co-author this review paper in Biomaterials Science summarising the current progress in bionanomaterials to modulate the epigenome! Good work!!
Dr. Oliva is awarded an EPSRC New Investigator Award to develop tough hydrogels for cartilage regeneration.
The BIOMEND LAB receives a Royal Society Research Grant for Β£20,000 to develop novel DNA nanotechnologies to enable selective and synergistic treatment of ovarian cancer!
Toni's first first-author paper is now available online. Congratulations to Toni for an amazing job!
PhD student Toni is selected for the Techcelerate programme at Imperial!
The BIOMEND LAB receives a Rosetrees Trust Seedcorn Award to kickstart a new line of research regenerating cartilage with biomaterials.
Nuria receives a Highly Commended mention at the 2020 Aviva Women of the Future Awards for her work on bioadhesives and for encouraging young women to follow her in a career in STEM.
The BIOMEND LAB receives a British Skin Foundation Small Grant to continue Toni's work on wound dressings for diabetic foot ulcers.
Nuria is shortlisted for the 2020 Aviva Women of the Future Awards!
The BIOMEND LAB is open for business!
Nuria wins the WHS Woundshark Innovation Competition!
Nuria is shortlisted for the 2020 L'OrΓ©al-UNESCO For Women in Science Rising Talent Award.
Nuria is a finalist of STEM for Britain!
Nuria is awarded a prestigious Imperial College Research Fellowship to start her own independent group!
Nuria joins the third cohort of MedTech SuperConnector to bring TRAPS technology to the market.
Nuria wins the 2019 European Tissue Repair Society Young Investigator Award!
Nuria is selected to the ACS Biomaterials Science and Engineering Early Career Editorial Board.
Nuria gives a talk at New Scientist Live Festival.
Nuria is shortlisted for the 2018 L'OrΓ©al For Women in Science Awards.
Nuria is awarded a Marie SkΕodowska Curie Action Postdoctoral Fellowship!