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Exciting new lab facilities


We are currently moving into our new lab facilities in the School of Pharmacy’s McClay Research Centre, including a new synthesis and microbiology lab.

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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 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. […]

Latest hydrogel work published in Chemical Communications

Our latest collaborative work on entitled “Tuning the antimicrobial activity of low molecular weight hydrogels using dopamine autoxidation,” has been accepted within Chemical Communications. This work was led by Emily Cross and represents a collaboration with Prof Dave Adams’ Group at the School of Chemistry University of Glasgow and is freely available here. Thanks again […]

Research Group receive Innovate UK ICURe SETsquared Award

We are delighted to be currently taking part in the UKRI Innovate UK ICURe SETsquared Cohort 32 (32-08 / 520268133: £30,000). This programme is allowing us to market validate our peptide hydrogel technology in a variety of applications both within drug delivery and the wider commercial landscape. Our Research Associate Simon Porter is currently undertaking these […]

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