Advanced Materials in Medicine (AMM)
Latest highlights including events, announcements, Royce updates and funding opportunities.
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Due to all of the changes which have come with COVID-19, we have checked and amded all upcoming events and funding calls which are subject to change. As you can appreciate, due to the uncertainty of the situation, there may be more events which are changed, postponed or cancelled in the upcoming months. Please check these monthly newsletters to ensure you have the most up-to-date information.
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Call for AMM experts to join official UoM media list
James Tallentire, Marketing And Communications Manager within FSE, has requested that in order to enroll more academics onto UoM’s official COVID-19 media database, can the AMM academic community please complete this form and send it, along with a picture of themselves, to Michael Addelman in the UoM press office.
Please note that if you are on a joint contract it will first need to be approved by both comms teams.
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Applications for CRUK Major Centre PhD training schemes are now open
Project title: Development of a 3D in vitro lung cancer model to track genetic instability
This interdisciplinary project will utilise a variety of material science and biological approaches to create an improved in vitro lung tumourigenesis model that can be used for therapeutic pre-clinical testing and biological mechanistic study. The projects overall goal will be to build an in vitro 3D tissue engineered model that closely mimics human lung tissue. This model can then act as test bed for understanding how different factors can initiate cancer in the lung.
Applications are to be made via The University of Manchester application portal.
Deadline for submissions: Sunday 26th April
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Invitation to submit a manuscript for a special issue of 'International Journal of Precision Engineering and Manufacturing' entitled "Soft and Green Manufacturing Applications"
(Impact Factor: 4.561)
Topics include, but are not limited to:
* Stretchable/flexible electronics, optics, structures and sensors
* Soft/green robotics and actuators
* Bio printing/manufacturing processes
Deadline for submissions: Wednesday 30th September
Link to submit
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Postponed/Cancelled Events
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IEEE International Conference on Flexible and Printable Sensors and Systems
Areas of interest include:
• Organic Electronics
• Emerging Materials for Flexible and Printable Systems
• High-throughput Printable Electronics
• Organic/Inorganic/Hybrid Flexible Sensors and Electronics
• Stretchable/Shrinkable Sensors and Electronics
• Soft/Smart Wearable and Implantable Sensing Systems
• Printed Large-Area Sensors and Systems
• Disposable/Reusable Sensors and
• Flexible or Printed Active and Passive Components (e.g. actuators, printed energy storage, generation devices, smart labels, RFID etc.)
• Emerging applications of Flexible Electronics inc. IoT, smart cities etc.
• Simulation and Modelling
• Flexible/Printable Electronics in context with Circular Economy
These areas should have a lot of cross-overs with bioelectronics activities in the University. Keynote speakers include John Rogers from Northwestern University on their bioelectronics activities.
Deadline for 3 page papers is 1st March. It should be a really good conference, and hopefully there will be a good Manchester presence too.
When: POSTPONED to 16th - 19th August 2020
(Deadline for 3 page papers EXTENDED until April 17th)
Where: Hilton Deansgate, Manchester
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Dementia Biodesign Workshop
KTN's Neurotechnology SIG is collaborating with UK Dementia Research Institute (UKDRI) for its 4th biodesign workshop, focussing on dementia treatment and care. At this workshop, attendees will explore novel neurotechnologies to treat dementia, discuss barriers to adoption and new opportunities in the field. The workshop aims to bring together clinicians, companies, academics, charities and other stakeholders, to identify key areas to accelerate the development of new neurotechnologies for dementia.
When: POSTPONED to the 16th September 2020
Where: London
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International Society for Heart Research (ISHR) Cardiovascular Webinar Series
A novel forum for exchange and dissemination of research findings and paradigms. Webinars will be streamed live via Zoom and for this, ISHR requests your participation as a speaker and attendee.
Speakers should aim to give a 30 minutes long webinar, followed by 10 minutes of questions. If you are willing to give a webinar, please indicate your availability in the GoogleDocs Excel file using this link.
When: Every weekday at 5pm
Where: Each speaker has a link to their Zoom meeting here.
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Virtual Digital Health Reading & Research Group
A weekly discussion group open to all, whether or not you have digital health expertise. We will discuss items on a range of topics related to digital health research, including journal articles, book chapters, podcasts, videos...
It is an informal group that allows for sharing of ideas, and gives you knowledge and updates on Digital Health to take with you into your own work, without taking up too much of your day! Also it is a nice opportunity to be in touch with people across the division whilst we are working from home. Please contact Pauline Whelan for more information or click here to join the mailing list.
When: every Tuesday, 9.15 - 9.45
Where: Virtual (Google Hangouts)
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Medical Device and Biomaterial Testing Seminar Series
Waters & TA Instruments are sharing their in-house expertise. Join their new online seminar series for a unique opportunity to learn and discuss the latest analytical insights with our applications and product management team. A question and answer session with the speaker will follow each seminar.
Seminars:
Chemical Characterization of Medical Device. Presented by: Baiba Cabovska, Ph.D.
Mechanics and Strength of Biomaterials. Presented by: Muhammad Haris
Fatigue and Durability of Medical Devices. Presented by Sadegh Behdad, Ph.D.
Rheology of Soft Biomaterials. Presented by: Greg Kamykowski, Ph.D.
When: each day from Tuesday 14th April - Friday 17h April, 16.00 - 17.00
Where: Online
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CiC Target Product Profile (TPP - short form) workshop
The UoM MRC funded Confidence in Concept (CiC) pump-priming scheme for early translational proof-of-concept (PoC) studies is forecasted to open in late March 2020 with a deadline for Expressions of Interest on 1st May 2020. The CiC2020 application process will include a short Target Product Profile (TPP) form where we ask investigators to describe the end product.
This workshop consists of one hour of presentations followed by 30mins 1-2-1 advice sessions with an industry expert. Please note that 121s require completion of a short TPP form prior to the event and are allocated on a first-come-first-serve basis. TPP advice can support studies at different stages of the translational pathway including projects that are ready for CiC or DPFS funding.
Our industry experts are:
• Dr Graeme Wilkinson, Head of virtual R&D, Medicines Discovery Catapult
• Dr Martino Picardo, Independent Consultant specialising in business start-up in Life Sciences (former UMIP entrepreneur-in-residence)
• Dr Eric Culbert, Executive Consultant at BioScience Innovations Ltd
If you would like to attend, please contact Dr Anu Suokas.
When: Monday 20th April 2020, 09.30 - 13.30
Where: TBC
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Digital Health Domain Biobank Webinar
A high-level overview of Biobank research currently conducted at UoM, provided by a mixture of potential speakers including Nigel Hooper, Niels Peek, Bernard Keavney, Simon Lovell, Tracy Hussell, Rebecca Elliott and Alex Casson.
Following this webinar regular, shorter webinars will be organised to focus on a specific data modality and provide an accessible introduction to analytical approaches for that modality, the data that are available in the Biobank, the work that is being conducted in Manchester, and key UoM researchers working with that data modality.
When: Thursday 23rd April 2020
Where: Zoom
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Thomas Ashton Institute Sandpit: Integrity and Risk in Additively-Manufactured Components
Join other professionals from industry, academia and regulatory bodies such as HSE to identify and discuss the key issues around managing risks in AM. The aim is to identify cross-sectoral issues and plan technical and guidance strategies to define a path by which the AM revolution can be safely navigated through better research and regulation.
Programme details and booking information will be published soon – please email ashton@manchester.ac.uk to register your interest in this event.
When: Thursday 28th May 2020
Where: TBC
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Updates from The Henry Royce Institute
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COVID-19 - UK Critical Equipment Supply Chain Survey to Support the NHS
Hospital trusts in the UK are facing increasing shortages of critical equipment including personal protective equipment (PPE) and respiratory apparatus.
The Henry Royce Institute, as the national institute for advanced materials research and innovation, has been contacted by NHS hospital trusts requesting assistance in engineering and manufacturing these items to aid their response, including:
- Rapid provision of equipment parts associated with Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) by 3D printing/additive manufacturing to Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) standards under emergency humanitarian provision regulation.
- Advice or expertise on reverse engineering components such as oxygen flow valves for respiration aids and adaptors to allow non-clinical respirator masks to be used to provide positive air pressure breathing support (C-PAP).
Royce intends to set up and manage a database to simplify and expedite access for the NHS to design and manufacturing capabilities across the UK. As such, we are launching two surveys for:
- Those registering design and/or manufacturing facilities and resources in the UK that they wish to make available to the NHS, CLICK HERE.
- Those requiring access to design and/or manufacturing facilities to produce parts for critical equipment for the NHS, CLICK HERE.
We are aiming to match suitable resources with local needs and are also interested in hearing about ongoing projects associated with the design and manufacture of equipment for the NHS which we could support through this project.
Please share this widely and encourage those with resources or a need to complete these surveys.
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The Royce has some online training courses available to PhD students delivered by the National Physical Laboratory on ‘Introduction to Metrology’ and ‘Introduction to Measurement Uncertainty’ available to PhD students. Application for the course can be made via the Royce website.
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University of Manchester - University of Toronto: Manchester-Toronto Research Fund
Funding is available for staff at both institutions to undertake short-term visits to initiate, deepen and extend collaborative research links with a view to enabling principal investigators to make joint proposals to external funding sources for the next phase of their research.
Deadline for submission of proposals: 17 April 2020
(THIS MAY BE EXTENDED to the start of May due to COVID-19 - please email for an update)
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The Tech Clusters: Innovation Challenge Fund 2020
The UK Government expects to make 4-10 awards of between £200,000 - £500,000 for innovative projects in Artificial Intelligence / Data Science that address social or environmental challenges in India. Proposals for research and development projects are invited from consortia made up of researchers and industry from India, and international counterparts, including the UK.
Concept note deadline: 21 April 2020
(EXTENSION OF DEADLINE from 7 April 2020 due to COVID-19)
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UoM MRC: Confidence in Concept 2020
The University has secured funding from the eighth round of the UKRI Medical Research Council (MRC) Confidence in Concept (CiC) scheme.
Please use the mandatory 2-page proforma (page 3) in this CiC2020 EoI call guidance document.
NB: COSTINGS ARE NOT REQUIRED AT EOI APPLICATION STAGE. Please read the call guidance including the eligibility criteria.
EoI workshop registration details are in the 'Events' section of this newsletter.
CiC2020 launch event video link and presentations
Please find presentation slides and a video of the UoM CiC2020 (which took place on Fri 2nd April)
Presentations:
1. Dr Agnes Leung and Dr Alex Phillips, DPFS Programme Managers, UKRI MRC: UKRI MRC Translational Funding & Q&A
2. Dr Anu Suokas, UoM/CiC Programme Manager, Strategic Funding Team, UoM: Process, timelines and guidance for the CiC 2020 Programme
3. Dr Sam Butterworth, CiC Lead Academic, UoM: Advice for early translational studies & Q&A
EoI deadline: Friday 1st May at 10am
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Bioengineering: Travel Award 2020
The Bioengineering Travel Award 2020 consists of 800 Swiss Francs to attend a conference between June 2020 and December 2020, with research in the area of biological engineering and biomedical engineering.
Closing date: Sunday 10th May
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Wellcome: Innovator Awards
These awards support researchers who are transforming great ideas into healthcare innovations that could have a significant impact on human health
Closing date: Open response mode (no deadline)
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Please contact amm@manchester.ac.uk if you have any content you would like us to include in upcoming Newsletters.
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