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Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences: Materials and Nanoscience Theme Dr Sub Reddy (Theme Coordinator) [email protected] • 18 academic members in theme • Dedicated web pages with up-to-date research in Materials and Nanoscience in FHMS • Regular meetings of Theme members – Discuss upcoming research calls and bids (EU FP7 and EPSRC have specific calls and initiatives in Smart Materials, Fuels and Nanotechnology) Hot topics • Nanotechnology for harvesting energy – Nanocatalysts (e.g. alkaline anion exchange membranes for fuel cells) • Exposure scenarios to nanoparticles – Drug delivery / terrorist attacks Hot topics Molecularly Imprinting Polymers… selective protein recognition 5 0.8 Mass (ng/mm 2)/Thickness (nm) 4.5 0.75 4 0.7 3.5 0.65 3 0.6 2.5 0.55 2 0.5 1.5 0.45 MIP 2 Injection 1 1 7500 Density (ng/mm 3) • Biomimetic gels and polymers for molecular recognition/biosensors 8000 8500 MIP 2 Injection 2 9000 9500 10000 10500 0.4 11000 Time (secs) Thickness • Nanomedicine: fighting cancer using polymer-drug conjugates Targeting units Mass Layer Density Other modifiers (solubility, pharmacokinetics, etc) Degradable linker Polymer Drug Researchers •John Varcoe Global Threats to Security / Exposure Scenarios /Biomedical Sensing •Peter Slater •Brendan Howlin Energy •Bob Slade •Johnjoe McFadden Nanotoxicology •Angela Namor •Shirley Price • John Hay •Geoff Hunt •Mike Hughes •Shirley Price •Sub Reddy Nanomedicine/ Biomimetic gels and polymers •Mark Baker •Gabriel Cavalli •John Hay •Sub Reddy •Dmitry Stetsenko •Ian Hamerton Synergies with CNSI’s Research Thrust Groups • Energy Efficient Technologies • Nanobiotechnology: Biomedical Sensing, Diagnosis and Therapy • Environment and Nanotoxicology