News
May 2024 | ||
 Queen Mary University London leads £1.7 million project to revolutionise drug discovery with next-generation organ-chip technology17 May 2024Queen Mary University of London in collaboration with a consortium of leading pharmaceutical companies, organ-chip technology providers, and regulatory bodies, has secured a £1.7 million research grant from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) to develop a groundbreaking approach to drug discovery. An organ-chip is a bioengineered microfluidic system ... [more] | ||
April 2024 | ||
 Prof Knight contributes to organ-chip panel at Target to Patient conference29 April 2024Prof Knight gave an invited lecture and sat on an organ-chip discussion panel at the excellent 'Target to Patient 2024' Conference. Prof Knight was part of the session on 'Novel tools and approaches in complex in vitro cellular models' and shared the panel with Dr Lorna Ewart from Emulate Inc ... [more] | ||
 CPM helping to shape policy discussions on NAMs and organ-chip technology25 April 2024The Cosmetic, Toiletry & Perfumery Association (CTPA) is calling for a dedicated UK Government Strategy on New Approach Methodologies (NAMs) and related predictive in vitro models. The CTPA held a special seminar to discuss this call for progress in the adoption of animal-free safety science for chemicals. Prof Knight, from Queen ... [more] | ||
March 2024 | ||
 Queen Mary team awarded £7 million grant to train next generation of organ-on-a-chip scientists and bioengineers13 March 2024A team of bioengineers led by Professor Hazel Screen have been awarded a £7 million grant to establish an EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) in Next Generation Organ-on-a-Chip Technologies. Queen Mary University of London is one of sixty-five universities chosen to receive funding from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research ... [more] | ||
January 2024 | ||
 Hazel Screen on BBC TV's Operation Ouch! talking about organ-chips24 January 2024Professor Hazel Screen of the Centre for Bioengineering recently took on a new challenge: explaining the fascinating world of organ-chips technology to the young audience of CBBC Operation Ouch! You can watch on the BBC iplayer the episode which was filmed in our Organ-Chip Centre: https://www.bbc.co.uk/... [more] | ||