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SUMMARY:Regenerating organs and other small challenges - Prof. Molly Steve
 ns\, Imperial College
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DESCRIPTION:A disagreeable side effect of longer life-spans is the failure
  of one part of the body – the knees\, for example – before the body a
 s a whole is ready to surrender. The search for replacement body parts has
  fueled the highly interdisciplinary field of tissue engineering and
reg
 enerative medicine.
This talk will describe Professor Stevens' research 
 using directed stem cell differentiation for musculoskeletal engineering a
 nd new approaches in tissue regeneration including modulation of cell beha
 vior through
nanoscale architecture and bioactive scaffolds.
\nAnother
  example of bio-inspired engineering is the use of biomolecular assembly p
 rocesses to create higher order architectures. Professor Stevens' group ha
 s current research efforts in exploiting specific biomolecular recognition
  and self-assembly mechanisms to create new dynamic nano-materials\, biose
 nsors and drug delivery systems. This talk will give an overview of their 
 recently developed peptide-functionalised nanoparticles for enzyme biosens
 ing that have enabled the most sensitive facile enzyme detection to date a
 nd have a host of applications across diseases ranging from cancer to glob
 al health applications.
\n\nMolly Stevens is currently Professor of Biom
 edical Materials and Regenerative Medicine and the Research Director for B
 iomedical Material Sciences in the Institute of Biomedical Engineering at 
 Imperial College. She joined Imperial in 2004 after a Postdoctoral trainin
 g at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT). Prior to this she gra
 duated from Bath University with a First Class Honours degree in Pharmaceu
 tical Sciences and was then awarded a PhD from the Laboratory of Biophysic
 s and Surface Analysis at the University of Nottingham (2000). She has bee
 n recognised by numerous awards including the 2012 EU40 Award for top mate
 rials scientist in Europe and Technology Review’s TR100\, a compilation 
 of the top young innovators worldwide\, who are transforming technology - 
 and the world with their work. Her group is focused on both high quality f
 undamental science and translation for human health in the regenerative me
 dicine and biosensing fields.
LOCATION:Department of Chemistry\, Cambridge\, Pfizer lecture theatre
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