RSC Biomaterials
Chemistry Group 19th Annual Meeting
8th
– 10th January
2025 Burlington House, Piccadilly, London
RSC
Biomaterials Chemistry Group
The RSC Biomaterials Chemistry Special Interest Group was set up in 2005 to provide a focus for groups in UK universities and industry working on the synthesis and characterisation of biomaterials. The group aims to enhance the understanding of the chemistries underlying the use of biomaterials in applications including prostheses, drug delivery and regenerative medicine.
Annual
Meetings
Abstract are invited from all Biomaterials Chemistry areas. To submit abstracts and to register for the event please visit the RSC event page.
Poster and oral presentation formats:
Posters should be prepared as A0 size portrait (preferred) or A1 size landscape.
Oral contributed presentations are 12 min + 3 min of Q&A. Please note that strict time limits will be applied therefore please ensure you have rehearsed your presentation suitably before the conference.
Deadlines
Orall & Poster Abstracts
– 20th Nov 2024 - CLOSED
Early
bird registration – 30st Nov
2024 - CLOSED
Late poster abstracts – 15th Dec 2024 - CLOSED
Standard
registration – 20th Dec
2024
Contributed oral abstracts acceptance will be confirmed by the 25th of Nov 2024
Fees
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Early
Bird Registration fees |
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Student
RSC Member: |
£120 |
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Student
Non-RSC member: |
£160 |
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RSC
Members: |
£200 |
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Non-RSC
Members: |
£250 |
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Full
Registration fees |
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Student
RSC Member: |
£150 |
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Student
Non-RSC member: |
£200 |
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RSC
Members: |
£240 |
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Non-RSC
Members |
£290 |
Registration fees include attendee pack, all coffee/tea breaks, lunch on the Thursday and Friday, wine reception on the Wednesday as well as the conference dinner on the Thursday evening. See conference programme below for more details.
Note that RSC Student Membership is £21. To become a member please follow this link: RSC Membership. When registering please ensure you tick the RSC Biomaterials Chemistry group membership.
Invited Speakers:
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Prof
Sebastien Perrier University of Warwick Title: Nanostructured Materials for Bioapplications Biography & Bibliography |
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Prof
Raechelle D’Sa University of Liverpool Title: Infection Wars: A New Hope Biography & Bibliography |
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Dr
Dana Al-Sulaiman KAUST University Title: Smart Polymeric Microneedles for Non-invasive Transdermal Drug Delivery and Electrochemical Biosensing Biography & Bibliography |
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Dr
Joao Borges
University of Aveiro Title: Leveraging supramolecular polymeric biomaterials for regenerative medicine strategies Biography & Bibliography |
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Dr
Giuseppe Mantovani University of Nottingham Title: Glycan polymers and beyond |
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Dr
Alessandra Pinna
University of Surrey Title: Silica mesoporous nanostar and their interaction with biological environment Biography and Bibliography |
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Prof
Theoni Georgiou
Imperial College London Title: Tuning the gelation temperature of injectable thermogels Biography & Bibliography |
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Dr
Mohamed Elsawy University of Manchester Title: Simple & Smart: Minimalistic Design Approach for the Development of Peptide Nanomaterials Biography & Bibliography |
Preliminary
Meeting Programme (PDF Version):
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Wednesday, January
8th, 2025 13:00 Arrival, Registration, Posters setup,
Coffee/Tea
13:55 Welcome and housekeeping 14:00 Prof S.
Perrier (University of Warwick) Title: Nanostructured
Materials for Bioapplications 14:30 Charles Brooker (University of Leeds) Title: Mechanical
and suture-holding properties of a UV-cured atelocollagen membrane for guided
bone regeneration 14:45 Triona Kirabo (University of Reading) Title: Amphoteric
copolymers as new pharmaceutical biomaterials: synthesis, characterisation and
toxicological studies 15:00 Nicola Kelly (University of Liverpool) Title: Novel
Electrospun Materials for the Advancement of Lateral Flow Diagnostics 15:15 Jake Edmans (University of Sheffield) Title: Bead-on-string
electrospinning for the encapsulation of protein-loaded copolymer vesicles
within poly(ethylene oxide) fibres 15:30 Qixun Chu (University of Manchester) Title: Designing
the self-assembling peptide - biopolymer bioinks for 3D bio-printing
applications 15:45 Coffee/Tea break Session 2 Chair:
Dr M Elsawy (University of Manchester) 16:15 Dr A. Pinna (University of Surrey) Title: Silica
mesoporous nanostar and their interaction with biological environment 16:45 Dimitrios Kontziampasis (University of Leeds) Title: Advanced
plasma surface engineering for cardiac cell manipulation 17:00 Chantelle Spiteri (King's College London) Title: Spatially-resolved
transfection by porous silicon-mediated optoporation 17:15 Selase Torkornoo (Max Planck Institute for
Sustainable Materials) Title: Unveiling
nanometric phase formation and oxidation achieved by powder metallurgy
processing routes of Zn-Mg-(Ag) alloys for bioresorbable implants 17:30 Reshma McMullan (Ulster University) Title: 3D
Printing of Polyaryletherketone (PAEK)/Apatite composites for lattice
structures for Orthopaedic Implants 17:45 Carlos Neri (Queen Mary University of London) Title:
Design of Hierarchical Block-Copolymer Brushes for Enhanced siRNA Delivery 18:00 Poster session & Drink Reception
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Thursday, January 9th,
2025
09:00 Dr J.
Borges (University of Aveiro) Title: Leveraging supramolecular polymeric biomaterials
for regenerative medicine strategies 09:30 Ian Hamley (University of Reading) Title: Lysine-Rich
Lipopeptides: Biosurfactants and Bioactive and Model Colloidal Systems 09:45 Nastaran Zoghi (University of Manchester) Title: Influence of End-Residue on the Properties of Self-Assembled β-Sheet-Forming-Peptide Hydrogels 10:00 Roberto Di Pasquale (University of Surrey) Title: 3D
printing of hybrid polyphosphate coacervate gels for bone scaffolds manufacturing 10:15 Himanshi Mishra (Renovos) Title: RENOVITE®:
A Novel Injectable Clinical-Grade Nanoclay for Targeted Biomedical Applications 10:30
Hilal Mete Gunaydin (University of Birmingham) Title: The
development of ionotropically gelled alginate to mimic the mechanical
properties of skin 10:45 Coffee/Tea break Session 4 Chair: Dr D. Carta (University of Surrey) 11:15 Dr G.
Mantovani (University of Nottingham) Title: Glycan polymers and beyond 11:45 Georgios Mikalef (University of Birmingham) Title: Characterisation
of an Electroactive hydrogel actuator and its biomedical applications 12:00 Alexander Robson (University of Sheffield) Title: A
cold atmospheric plasma-composite hydrogel delivery system for anti-cancer
drugs 12:15 Moira Lorenzo Lopez (University of Liverpool) Title: Nanoparticle
label-free tracking technique as an indirect hydrogel characterization platform 12:30 Stefano Pretto (University of Manchester) Title: Self-Assembling
Peptide Hydrogels: Moving towards Sustainable 3D Liver Models in Drug Discovery 12:45 Alexandros Magiakos (University of Warwick) Title: A tuneable hydrogel
platform based on platinum-containing polymeric arsenicals 13:00 Buffet lunch Session 5
Chair: Dr S Deb. (King’s College London) 14:00 Dr D. Al-Sulaiman (KAUST University) Title: Smart Polymeric
Microneedles for Non-invasive Transdermal Drug Delivery and Electrochemical
Biosensing 14:30 Rafeullah
Amiri (University of Nottingham) Title: Enzyme
Responsive Hydrogels For Personalised Drug Delivery 14:45 Ningjia Sun (King's college London) Title: Nanoneedle-Based
Electroporation for Efficient Manufacturing of Human Primary Chimeric Antigen
Receptor Regulatory T-Cells 15:00 Chenlei Gu (King's College London) Title: Nanoneedle
biopsy for nondestructive temporal lipidomics of tissue 15:15 Daniel Yanes (University of Nottingham) Title: Identification
of key drivers of liposome drug release 15:30 Poster
session & Coffee/Tea break Best poster prize judging Session
6 Chair: Dr M. Zelzer (University of Nottingham) 17:00 Dr M. Elsawy (University of Manchester) Title:
Simple & Smart: Minimalistic Design Approach for the Development of Peptide
Nanomaterials 17:30 RSC Biomat Chem Group AGM All welcome 18:30 Conference dinner Burlington House Sit-down dinner
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Friday, January 10th,
2025
09:00 Prof R. D’Sa (University of
Liverpool) Title: Infection
Wars: A New Hope 09:30 Lena
Dalal (University of Warwick) Title: Design
and evaluation of cationic antimicrobial polyacrylamides 09:45 Maddie Berrow (University of Nottingham) Title: Chlorhexidine
Digluconate Epoxy Resin: A Durable and Potent Antimicrobial Coating to
Eliminate Microbial Contamination and Disease Transmission 10:00 Lauren Churchill (University of Manchester) Title: Design
of peptide hydrogels for ocular drug delivery 10:15 Thomas Robinson (University of Birmingham) Title: Function
and Delivery of Antifibrotic Polysaccharides 10:30 Vahid Heravi Shargh (University of Liverpool) Title: NO-releasing
liposomal formulations for the treatment of respiratory infections 10:45 Coffee/Tea break Session
8 Chair: Prof C. Sammon (Sheffield Hallam University) 11:15 Prof T. Georgiou (Imperial College) Title: Tuning the gelation
temperature of injectable thermogels 11:45 Runxin Xu (Imperial College London) Title: Development
of Enzyme-responsive Nanogels for Treating Inflammatory Diseases 12:00 Rupali Dabas (Imperial College London) Title: Redox-responsive
nanogels facilitate in vitro and in vivo RNA delivery 12:15 Sofia Patri (Imperial College London) Title: Magnetic
nanogels for combined hyperthermia and chemotherapy of prostate cancer 12:30 Imogen Walker (University of Liverpool) Title: Development
of Inhaled Therapeutic Polymeric Nanoparticles for the Treatment of Respiratory
Infections 12:45 Prizes announcement and concluding remarks 13:00 Lunch, poster dismount and departure |
Posters Contributions
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Presenter
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Title |
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Abdelrhman Moustafa De Montfort University |
Co-assembled peptide emulgels: Promising adjuvanted vehicles for nasal
delivery of influenza subunit vaccine |
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2 |
Aaron Lee Imperial College London |
Design of a conducting self-assembling peptide hydrogel material for
spinal cord injury repair |
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3 |
Dinara Satmbekova University of Reading |
Synthesis of antimicrobial polymeric ionenes and their evaluation in
Galleria mellonella in vivo model |
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4 |
Alfred Corrigan University of Manchester |
Reversibly adhesive thermo-responsive peptide hydrogels for localised
drug delivery |
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5 |
Jon Gorman University of Leeds |
Smart wound dressings with on-demand antimicrobial therapeutics |
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6 |
Stefana Duca University of Nottingham |
Cell penetrating peptides for enhanced intranasal drug delivery |
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Lineta Stonkute University of Glasgow |
Multicomponent supramolecular hydrogels for nerve repair |
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Cadhan O'Garra University of Liverpool |
Fabrication of Antibacterial NO Releasing Cellulose Acetate Nanofibers
for Wound Healing Applications |
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Eleanor Yates University of Sheffield |
Plasma activated hydrogel release of Polymyxin B for wound disinfection |
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10 |
Yasmeen Ezzeldeen British University in Egypt |
Advances Towards Industrial-Scale Manufacturing of Eco-Friendly
Nano-Pharmaceuticals |
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11 |
Zizheng Ge Imperial College London |
pH-Responsive Virus-shaped Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles for
Extra-Pulmonary Tuberculosis treatment |
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12 |
Monica Montesi ISSMC NRCI |
Biomimetic 3D In Vitro Models of Osteosarcoma: A Novel
Hydrogel-Scaffold System for Enhanced Therapeutic Research |
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13 |
Silvia Panseri ISSMC NRCI |
Enhancing excellence for the development of advanced predictive and
therapeutic models for osteosarcoma |
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14 |
Sara Ali Hosseinzadeh University of Manchester |
Development of Peptide-Chitosan Hydrogel Composites for Wound Healing
Applications |
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15 |
Ayimuhan University of Manchester |
Design of PVA hydrogels with self-assembled peptide for drug delivery
applications |
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16 |
Niall Mahon University of Manchester |
New Approaches in the Production of Textured, Cultured Meat |
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17 |
Kornkanok Wejchapan University of Bristol |
Oxygen-modulated biomimetic ‘breathing’ tissue from photo-crosslinked
protocells |
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18 |
Rebekah Kay University of Manchester |
Engineering bio/material inks for bioprinting of multicellular and
mechanically tuneable hydrogels |
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19 |
Yi-Tung Lu University of Manchester |
Sustained growth factor delivery from bioactive
PNIPAM-grafted-chitosan/heparin multilayers as a tool to promote cell behaviours |
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20 |
Juliette Sarciron University of Nottingham |
Liquid crystal formation in oligonucleotide solutions and
characterisation of their molecular structure |
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21 |
Genevieve Schleyer University of Liverpool |
Quantifying the Effect of Cell Layers on Nanoparticle Diffusion in Experimental
Models |
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22 |
Ryan Meechan University of Birmingham |
The Development of High Strength Vascular Adhesives |
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23 |
Arjan Sall University of Birmingham |
A thermo-responsive shape memory polymer for the delivery of an
implantable hypertension sensor |
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24 |
Ji Song University of Warwick |
Cationic Polymers for Gene Delivery in Colorectal Cancer: Impact of
Protonation Behaviour and DNA Complexation |
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25 |
Lewis O'Shaughnessy University of Nottingham |
Exploiting multicomponent reactions to synthesise biologically
compatible polycations for non-viral gene delivery |
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26 |
Cliona Ni Chochlain Imperial College London |
Development of theranostic gold nanoparticle encapsulated systems:
aqueous synthesis and characterization of gadolinium-tethered nanogels |
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27 |
Ruslan Mohamed University of Nottingham |
Rational polymer design for microarray transdermal delivery |
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28 |
Mariam Mammen Nottingham Trent University |
Vaterite CaCO3 Crystals as a Versatile Platform for Drug Delivery into
Cells |
Venue:
Royal
Society of Chemistry
Burlington House
Piccadilly, W1J 0BA
London
Burlington
House is on the north side of Piccadilly, opposite Fortnum and Mason
and not
far from The Ritz. After entering the gates, you will find the Royal
Society of
Chemistry at the far right of the courtyard. Disabled access is
available.
The nearest tube stations are Green Park and Piccadilly Circus.
Accommodations:
There are a range of hotels in this part of central hotels for all kinds of budgets. Here are some suggestions:
Premier Inn Hub, St James's Park, London
Premier Inn Hub, Westminster Abbey, London
The Cavendish Hotel, Piccadilly, London
If
you are interested in sponsoring and displaying
at this event, please contact the conference chair:
Prof
Alberto Saiani, Univ. of Manchester
E-mail:
a.saiani@manchester.a.uk
Organising
committee
Prof
Alberto Saiani (Chair), Univ. of Manchester
Prof
Chris Sammon, Sheffield Hallam Univ.
Dr Mischa Zelzer, Univ. of Nottingham
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