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Our book, Hydrogels: Design, synthesis & application in drug delivery & regenerative medicine, available now!

If you are interested in knowing more about the potential applications of our hydrogels, remember to check out our  recent book “Hydrogels: Design, synthesis & application in drug delivery & regenerative medicine,” co-edited alongside Dr Raj Thakur and Prof Ryan Donnelly. Thanks to all those who contributed.

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Advanced Science News Coverage and Advanced Healthcare Materials paper

Our recent research into using peptide hydrogels as long-acting injectable implants for HIV/AIDS drug delivery has be covered by Advanced Science News. This provides an oversight of our most recent publication within Advanced Healthcare Materials. A link to both can be found below: Advanced Science News Advanced Healthcare Materials    

Our EPSRC research selected as case study

Our research into long-acting peptide hydrogel drug delivery implants has been selected as a case study by the EPSRC for their Developing New Therapies Grand Challenge. Thanks to all of those involved in this multidisciplinary project and it’s great to see our work moving forward towards future use in patients. Please find a link to the […]

Latest paper from group: Investigating the In Vivo Antimicrobial Activity of a Self-Assembling Peptide Hydrogel Using a Galleria mellonella Infection Model

Our latest research paper is now freely available via the journal ACS Omega, whereby we use an innovative waxworm (Galleria mellonella) model as an alternative to mammalian/vertebrate testing. The following assay can be very simply performed without any specific ethical approval or animal licenses. We successfully employed the methods outlined to study the antimicrobial efficacy […]

Latest publication: Pharmaceutical formulation and characterization of dipeptide nanotubes for drug delivery applications

Our latest paper has been published in the journal Macromolecular Bioscience focusing on formulating peptide nanotubes using mild techniques to improve potential for pharmaceutical upscale. Paper can be accessed here: https://doi.org/10.1002/mabi.202000115   Abstract Peptide nanotubes are promising materials for a variety of biomedical applications with ultrashort (≤7 amino acids) forms providing particular promise for clinical translation. […]

PhD positions available within our group: 7th January 2019 deadline

A number of PhD positions are available within the group. Funding will be allocated to successful applicants rather, than project. Successful applicant will receive tuition fees(UK/EU) paid and a stipend (for UK residents only). Closing date for all applications is 7th January 2019 with interviews being scheduled for February 2019.   Dr Garry Laverty (First […]

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