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Manchester | 16th January 2020

Advanced Materials in Medicine: Launch Event

Date :
16 January 2020
Time :
1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Location :
The Whitworth
Event Type :
Opening event

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Advanced Materials in Medicine’s inaugural event.

Join us for a series of talks to launch Advanced Materials in Manchester (AMM), an initiative to foster collaboration between researchers at the University of Manchester,

Agenda

Opening Statement

  • Prof Chris Taylor FREng, OBE – Associate Vice President Research, University of Manchester

Updates, outputs and the future from the Directors of AMM

  • Prof Julie Gough – Professor of Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering, University of Manchester
  • Prof Kostas Kostarelos – Chair of Nanomedicine, University of Manchester

Updates from AMM theme leads on current status and future direction

  • Prof Kostas Kostarelos – Nanomedicine
  • Prof Judith Hoyland – Tissue Engineering
  • Dr Alex Casson – Bioelectronics
  • Prof Alberto Saiyani – Biomaterials

Talks from research councils

  • Dr Agnes Leong – Programme Manager for Translation, Medical Research Council (MRC)
  • Dr Alex Broomsgrove – Portfolio Manager for Materials, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
  • Dr Lloyd Gregory – Academic Partnerships Director, Health Innovation Manchester
  • Brian McCarthy – Knowledge Transfer Manager for Advanced Materials, Knowledge Transfer Network

Capabilities at the Henry Royce Institute

  • Dr Jonny Blaker – Royce Biomedical Research Theme Co-Lead, University of Manchester – Facilities at the Henry Royce Institute

Canapés and drinks to finish

Address

The Whitworth
The University of Manchester
Oxford Road
Manchester
M15 6ER

Contact

Email amm@manchester.ac.uk for further information.