2016
Alvaro Mata to give Invited Talk at the Nanoscience and Nanotechnology in Interfaces (NaNaInt) 2017 conference in Jerusalem, Israel, April 2-5.
- 31 December 2016
Alvaro Mata has been invited to give a talk at the Nanoscience and Nanotechnology in Interfaces (NaNaInt) 2017 conference to take place in Jerusalem, Israel, April 2-5. Organizers of the event describe it as “designed to illuminate the diverse aspects of this multidisciplinary field, stimulate conversations among scientists active in this field, and highlight research efforts
Arturo Jose Mendoza Meinhardt wins the best UK Polymer Graduate Award in 2016
- 4 December 2016
Arturo Jose Mendoza Meinhardt, who graduated last year with a 1st class BEng degree in Materials Science and Engineering, and is now a PhD in the Mata group, has been awarded the RH Craven Award of the Institute of Materials, Minerals, and Mining (IOM3), given to the best UK materials graduate in with excellence in polymers of the year 2016.
Patent Granted: Aligned Nanofiber Bundle Assemblies
- 9 November 2016
(Image credit: Nature Materials 2008) A US Patent has been assigned to Northwestern University, listing Alvaro Mata as an inventor. The team of inventors in the patent also include Samuel I. Stupp, Shuming Zhang, and Megan A. Greenfield. In particular, the invention relates to aligned nanofiber bundle assemblies formed of peptide amphiphiles. These aligned nanofiber
ERC Proof of Concept Grant Awarded: Biomimetic mineralization for enamel regeneration (ENAMULATE)
- 11 September 2016
An ERC Proof of Concept grant has been awarded to the Mata group, for the development of protein-peptide membranes and hierarchically-ordered crystals towards application dental enamel regeneration. ERC Proof of Concept Grants are designed to support ERC grantees with the commercial or societal application of the results of their funded research. Click here to learn more
Alvaro Mata to give Keynote lecture in the 2017 Annual European Society for Biomaterials Conference, Greece
- 15 August 2016
Alvaro Mata will be giving a Keynote lecture at the 28th Annual European Society for Biomaterials Conference in Athens, Greece, September 4th – 8th, 2017. This annual conference, since its establishment in 1976, has been a major event for the biomaterials science community. It works to bring together all major disciplines of biomaterials science, and enable participants
Sherif Elsharkawy receives Gordon Research Conference Travel Award
- 31 July 2016
Sherif Elsharkawy of the Mata Group has been awarded a highly competitive travel award from the Gordon Research Conferences (GRC). The award covers travel to the highly prestigious Biomineralization GRC 2016, in which Sherif will present his most recent work on hierarchical biomineralization of protein-peptide based scaffolds for the formation of enamel-like structures.
“Gordon Research Conferences, founded in 1931 and headquartered in Rhode Island, is an organization that organizes prestigious international scientific conferences dedicated to advancing the frontiers of scientific research in the biological, chemical, and physical sciences, and their related technologies. GRC organizes over 365 conferences, each highlighting the latest, cutting-edge research in fields ranging from physics to neurobiology, material science to medicine.” – Gordon Research Conferences Organization: www.grc.org
Interview with Alvaro Mata on Regeneratively Speaking ® Podcast, Wake Forest Institute
- 15 July 2016
Alvaro Mata is interviewed on Regeneratively Speaking ® Podcast by Wake Forest Institute. Listen now to hear more about how Alvaro got into the area of functional biomedical materials, where his research is now and the direction of the Institute of Bioengineering at Queen Mary, University of London.
Sherif Elsharkawy receives the IADR Heraeus Kulzer Travel Award
- 11 June 2016
PhD Student Sherif Elsharkawy received the prestigious Heraeus Kulzer Travel Award from the International Association for Dental Research.
Michal Lipka is granted a 2016 World Biomaterials Conference travel award
- 30 May 2016
Michal Lipka from the Mata Lab received a travel award at the World Biomaterials Conference in Montreal.
Arturo Mendoza Meinhardt awarded a 2016 Alan & Kathie Stross Summer Fellowship by the Dr Hadwen Trust
- 11 May 2016
Our student Arturo Mendoza Meinhardt has been awarded a summer 2016 Alan & Kathie Stross Summer Fellowship by the Dr Hadwen Trust to carry out research in CN Bio Innovations over the summer. We wish him the best of luck.
Alvaro Mata will give a Keynote presentation at the 2016 TERMIS EU Conference, Uppsala, Sweden June 28th – July 1st
- 28 April 2016
Alvaro Mata will be giving a Keynote presentation at the 2016 EU chapter meeting of the Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society (TERMIS) in Uppsala, Sweden, June 28 – July 1. The theme of this conference is “Towards Future Regenerative Therapies” and Alvaro will talk on “Enabling technologies for complex tissue engineering and novel 3D printing methods”.
Our novel hierarchical apatite system to feature as the cover of the Materials Today journal!
- 1 April 2016
Sherif Elsharkawy a PhD student at Mata group won the 2016 Photo Competition running by Materials today journal in conjunction with ZEISS microscopy. Sherif was devoted after winning the competition to write an article in Materials Today which will appear in August 2016.
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