Prof Molly Stevens awarded IOM3 Rosenhain Medal and Prize
20th May, 2010
Professor Molly M Stevens has been awarded the IOM3 Rosenhain Medal and Prize 2010. This prize is awarded in recognition of distinguished achievement in any branch of materials science, preference being given to candidates under the age of 40.
The Stevens Group have been featured in The Observer. The article “Can a body grow its own spare parts?” features an interview with Professor Molly Stevens discussing techniques enabling a damaged heart to repair itself or bone tissue to regenerate.
Professor Molly M Stevens has been awarded the Royal Society of Chemistry 2010 Norman Heatley Award for ‘her pioneering work on tissue engineering and regeneration that combines research skills at the interface of biology, chemistry, engineering and pharmaceutical sciences’.
Prof Molly Stevens receives Polymer International–IUPAC Award 2009
8th April, 2010
Professor Stevens has won the second Polymer International-IUPAC Award for Creativity in Applied Polymer Science or Polymer Technology for having developed novel approaches to tissue engineering.
The Stevens Group's research has been featured in Nature News. The article “Nanoparticle kit could diagnose disease early” discusses techniques in which colour changes show the presence of minuscule amounts of key enzymes.
Professor Molly M Stevens won the Amgen Life Sciences Award at the ACES (Academic Enterprise Awards. The judges praised Dr Stevens for transforming “outstanding science” into an materials innovations that have “enormous potential for human health”.
Food packaging and other disposable plastic items could soon be composted at home along with organic waste thanks to a new sugar-based polymer. The degradable polymer is being developed by the Stevens' group in collaboration with Dr Charlotte Williams at Imperial College London.
Prof Molly Stevens has been awarded the Jean Leray Award from the European Society for Biomaterials. She will present her award lecture and receive the award at the 22nd European Conference on Biomaterials in Sep 09 in Lausanne.
Dr Stevens awarded Technology Strategy Board Grant
1st July, 2008
Dr Molly Stevens awarded Technology Strategy Board grant to support a £1.3 million project on "Cell Therapy" with BioCeramic Therapeutics, Plasticell and Finsbury Orthopaedics.
First woman to win Royal Pharmaceutical Society Science Medal
1st August, 2007
Dr Molly Stevens wins Science Medal from the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain for her work in regenerative medicine, nanotechnology and tissue transplantation.
BioCeramic Therapeutics Ltd. receives first financing round
1st February, 2007
BioCeramic Therapeutics Ltd, a spin-out company from Imperial College co-founded by Dr Molly Stevens and Professor Robert Hill, receives its first financing round.
This funding will enable the company to press forward with its plans to develop a range of bioceramic and nanostructured scaffold products, designed to help patients suffering from musculoskeletal conditions.
Dr Molly Stevens has won one of six national new EPSRC 'Challenging Engineering' awards worth about one million pounds each. The awards are aimed at identifying and supporting future international leaders in engineering.
Bone repair may use PUs: orthopaedic uses of biodegradable medical PU investigated (polyurethanes). PolyNovo Biomaterials Pty Ltd. join forces with Imperial College London.
Stevens group students win award at TERMIS-EU Meeting
17th July, 2010
Congratulations to Nasrin Lotfibakhshaiesh and Maria Azevedo whose abstracts have been selected for the "Best Abstracts Award" of theTERMIS-EU 2010 Meeting in Galway.
Julian George awarded McLean Medal and Prize
14th April, 2010
Julian George, who graduated last year, has won the McLean Medal and Prize for "Best paper achieved during a PhD" for his Science paper.
Pelin Çandarlıoğlu awarded Faculty for the Future fellowship
30th March, 2010
Pelin Çandarlıoğlu has been selected for an immensely prestigious Faculty for the Future fellowship from the Schlumberger Foundation. Only 20 fellowships are awarded worldwide and just two other women from Turkey have ever received it.
More information on Faculty for the Future on their website.
Andre Chow awarded Wellcome Trust Fellowship
18th March, 2010
Andre Chow has successfully secured a fellowship from the extremely competitive Wellcome Trust Clinical PhD Programme.
Steve Mwenifumbo graduates with PhD
5th March, 2010
Congratulations to Steve Mwenifumbo who graduates from The Stevens Group with a PhD entitled "Investigations of carbon nanotube and monolayer protected metal nanoparticle systems and their biological interactions".
Yann Fredholm graduates with PhD
5th March, 2010
Congratulations to Yann Fredholm who graduates from The Stevens Group with a PhD entitled "Development and characterisation of strontium containing bioactive glasses and aluminium-free glass polyalkenoate cements".
IBE wins Times Higher Education Award
16th October, 2009
The Institute of Biomedical Engineering, in which the majority of the Stevens Group carry out their research, won the Times Higher Education Award for Innovation and Technology - selected from over 670 institutions in the UK.
Oliver Mahony wins multiple awards
30th September, 2009
Oliver Mahony was awarded one of five College Student Awards for Outstanding Achievement (valued at £250) in recognition of his outstanding sporting achievements on Great Britain's rowing team. Oliver is currently in the Great Britain Men's Lightweight Pair and has raced at the 2009 World Cup meetings and the World Cup in Poland, where he finished 5th in the world.
In addition to this, Oliver, won best oral presentation at the 22nd Annual Meeting of the European Society for Biomaterials in Lausanne, Switzerland, for his paper "Silica-Gelatin Hybrid Scaffolds with Controlled Degradation and Mechanical Properties".
Dr Luis Rojo del Olmo awarded Extraordinary PhD Prize
30th September, 2009
Dr. Luis Rojo del Olmo, now a postdoc in the Stevens group, was awarded the 2008 Extraordinary PhD Prize in Chemistry by the Universidad Complutense de Madrid.
Oliver Mahony represents Great Britain at Rowing World Championships
30th August, 2009
Oliver Mahony represented Great Britain at the Rowing World Championships 2009 in the lightweight men’s pair. This was his debut to senior international competition, but despite his relative inexperience he pulled out some exciting racing to reach the final, were he finished 5th in the world. Fantastic!
The London international science youth forum (LIYSF) visited Steven's group on the 31st July. These international students won competitions to spend two weeks in London visiting scientific institutes. After a short lecture by Gavin, the students were given practical demonstrations in cell culture (by Elsie), Raman spectroscopy (Kristy) and nanotechnology (Yixiang and Morgan).
Congratulations to Rachel Osborne who graduates from The Stevens Group with a PhD entitled "A detailed study of GCN4-based coiled-coils, both in vitro and in silico with potential applications in responsive bio-inorganic nanomaterials".
Stevens Group Research Away-Day
8th June, 2009
The Stevens Group spent the weekend in Derbyshire, discussing science, hiking and taking part in group activities.
Julian George graduates with PhD
2nd June, 2009
Congratulations to Julian George who graduates from The Stevens Group with a PhD entitled "Engineering of Fibrous Scaffolds for Use in Regenerative Medicine".
Promega UK Young Life Scientist Awards
15th May, 2009
Gavin was a finalist in the the Promega UK Young Life Scientist Awards. His abstract entitled "hypoxia mimicking materials in tissue regeneration" was shortlisted for a presentation at the Young Life Scientists’ Symposium at the Bristol Council House on Thursday 14th May 2009. Promega invited 6 finalists to the awards, selected from over 150 initial entrants.
Congratulations to Min Tang who graduates from The Stevens Group with a PhD entitled "Novel Biodegradable polyesters derived from carbohydrates".
Iranian Academics Symposium Best Scientific Content prize awarded to Nasrin Lotfibakshaeish
10th May, 2009
Nasrin Lotfibakshaeish is awarded first prize for best scientific content and presentation of a lecture in the Biomedical Science section at Iranian Academics Symposium, UCL.
Dr Heiko Andresen awarded prestigious Marie Curie Fellowship
7th May, 2009
Dr Heiko Andresen is awarded prestigious Marie Curie Intra-European Fellowship by the European Community for his two-year project "Superantibodies" to pursue his research in engineering synthetic molecular receptors.
Yann Fredholm wins prize at Postgraduate Research Day
23rd March, 2009
Yann Fredholm is awarded first prize for "Best Scientific Content of a Lecture" at Imperial College Department of Materials Postgraduate Research Day.
John Dick wins prize at Postgraduate Research Day
23rd March, 2009
John Dick is awarded second prize for "Best Poster Design & Layout" at Imperial College Department of Materials Postgraduate Research Day.
Dr Caterina Minelli awarded June Wilson Memorial Award
6th March, 2009
Dr Caterina Minelli has won the 2009 June Wilson Memorial Award. The prize, valued at £1000, is awarded to a female scientist who has shown excellence in the fields of tissue engineering, biomaterials, pathology or related disciplines. The award was set up by Professor Larry Hench in conjunction with the London Materials Society, in honour of his late wife's achievements in the field of biomedical materials research. As the winner, Dr Minelli received the honour to present her research work at the 2009 June Wilson Memorial Lecture of the London Materials Society on 12th March.
IOM3 Prize awarded to Maria Azevedo
19th February, 2009
Maria Azevedo awarded runner-up prize at Young Persons' Lecture Competition 2009, The Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining [IOM3] for the talk "Hypoxia-mimicking bioactive materials for regenerative medicine".
The Stevens Group hosts Newlands School, Maidenhead, for lectures and demonstrations on applications of and techniques used in tissue engineering.
DFG research grant awarded to Dr Heiko Andresen
30th October, 2008
Dr Heiko Andresen awarded prestigious fellowship by the German Research Foundation [DFG] for his research on "engineering biohybrid affinity materials for molecular recognition".
Robin Swain graduates with PhD
12th September, 2008
Congratulations to Robin Swain who graduates from The Stevens Group with a PhD entitled "Non-invasive biochemical analysis of cells, tissues and tissue constructs with Raman micro-spectroscopy".
Annual Festival of Science Prize awarded to Nasrin Lotfibakshaiesh
11th September, 2008
Nasrin Lotfibakshaiesh awarded prize for essay at the British Association Annual Festival of Science in Liverpool.
Ian Bonzani graduates with PhD
4th September, 2008
Congratulations to Ian Bonzani who graduates from The Stevens Group with a PhD entitled "Development of novel strategies for muscoskeletal tissue engineering".
Liling Koh graduates with PhD
4th July, 2008
Congratulations to Liling Koh who graduates from The Stevens Group with a PhD entitled "Investigations of bio-responsive peptide-inorganic nanomaterials".
TERMIS-EU Prize awarded to Dr Nick Evans
26th June, 2008
Dr Nick Evans awarded Best Overall Presentation at TERMIS-EU, Porto.
Stevens Group Research Away-Day
9th May, 2008
The Stevens Group spent the weekend at Lizard Point in Cornwall, discussing science, hiking and taking part in group activities.
Healing Foundation / BAPRAS Fellowship awarded to Dr Erh-hsuin Lim
1st May, 2008
Dr Erh-hsuin Lim awarded prestigious Healing Foundation / BAPRAS fellowship to conduct research into electrospun scaffolds for tissue engineering.
FCT Fellowship awarded to Dr Paulo Sardinha
1st May, 2008
Dr Paulo Sardinha awarded Fundação para a Ciência ea Tecnologia [FCT] Fellowship.
Whitaker International Fellowship awarded to Kristy Cloyd
11th April, 2008
Kristy Cloyd awarded Whitaker International Fellowship to conduct research in The Stevens Group for one year.
June Wilson Award & Lecture awarded to Dr Olga Tsigkou & Dr Eileen Gentleman
20th March, 2008
Double success! Dr Olga Tsigkou awarded winner in 1st Annual June Wilson Award by London Materials Society [LMS], with Dr Eileen Gentleman winning runner-up position!
The Stevens Group wins multiple prizes at Postgraduate Research Day
17th March, 2008
Students from The Stevens Group awarded various prizes at Imperial College Department of Materials Postgraduate Research Day:
Yann Fredholm - Best Overall Poster
Jessica May - Best Scientific Content Poster
James Ghadiali - Second Prize Best Poster Design & Layout
Steve Mwenifumbo - Best Presentation Style
Marie Curie Fellowship awarded to Dr Caterina Minelli
4th February, 2008
Dr. Caterina Minelli awarded prestigious Intra-European Marie Curie Fellowship by the European Community valued at €170,000 [£135,000] for the two-year project "HOT SHOT – Rationally designed supramolecular bio-inorganic hydrogels for tumour therapy".
Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia Fellowship awarded to Maria Azevedo
1st October, 2007
Maria Azevedo awarded four-year fellowship by Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia, Portugal, to conduct PhD in The Stevens Group.
Royal Society Incoming Fellowship awarded to Dr Lijun Ji
4th September, 2007
Dr Lijun Ji awarded prestigious Royal Society Incoming Fellowship to conduct research The Stevens Group.
