The Advanced Materials in Medicine (AMM) Seminars focus on multidisciplinary projects and facilities at the University of Manchester, which discover new advanced materials and their uses to address unmet biological and clinical needs. The seminars are delivered as part of the Pankhurst Seminar Series. Each hybrid seminar consists of short talks over 1 hour. The seminar welcomes anyone with an interest in advanced materials used in clinical settings.
Speakers' details:
Dr Joan Chang, Research Fellow. Division of Molecular and Cellular Function (FBMH). The title of Joan's talk is "Circadian regulation of collagen and implications on biomaterials"
Joan completed her undergraduate studies at Imperial College London (Biochemistry), followed by a PhD from the Institute of Cancer Research, London, investigating how LOXL2 mediates cancer metastasis under the tutelage of Dr Janine Erler. Joan then briefly worked with Dr Andrew Dudley (UNC Chapel Hill, USA) on how adipocytes influence cancer microenvironment, before moving to University of Manchester, where she worked with Prof Karl Kadler investigating how circadian rhythm controls collagen-I homeostasis.
In 2022, Joan started her own lab with an MRC Career Development Award, investigating the intracellular and intercellular molecular mechanisms that controls collagen-I trafficking in health and disease.
Prof Matthew Gibson, Chair of Sustainable Biomaterials. Department of Chemistry and Manchester Institute of Biotechnology. The title of Matt's talk is “Biomaterials to Store Biologics Better”
Matt holds a Chair in Sustainable Biomaterials at the University of Manchester, UK. He was previously (2009-2023) an Assistant, Associate and Full Professor at the University Warwick UK. Matt was a Royal Society Industry Fellow with Cytiva (2019-2023), holds an ERC Consolidator Grant, and is co-founder of the biotech spin-out Cryologyx Ltd.
Matt has been awarded several prizes including the McBain, Dextra and MacroGroup Young Researcher’s medals as well prizes from the American Chemical Society, and an RSC Horizon Prize for ‘Team Ice’. Professor Gibson’s multidisciplinary research group focusses on developing new materials to address challenges in Biotechnology and Healthcare with a particular focus on cryobiology. For more information please visit https://gibsongroupresearch.com
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