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Personal Statement
I am a Chancellors Fellow within the Department of Biomedical Engineering. My research interests center on mechnicsms to control cell function/fate using mechanical stimulation and biomaterials. The goal of these investigations largely relate to regenerative medicine and tissue repair through the development of new implantable cellular and acellular biomaterials.
Since 2012 I have been involved with a multidisciplinary collaboration using nano-amplitude vibration to stimulate bone formation from adult stem cells in a process dubbed 'nanokicking'. This technology is now being translated towards clinic to produce an osteogenic cell therapy for orthopaedic repair. I have also been involved in the pre-clinical translation of implantable bioactive polymers for growth factor delivery ('HealiOst'). Previously, I was awarded a Royal Society of Edinburgh Enterprise Fellowship and have a keen interest in the clinical/commercial translation of cell engineering technologies.
Keywords
- Tissue engineering
- stem cells
- mechanobiology
- vibration
- clinical translation
- bioreactors
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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BRAINS: BRAINS Strathclyde Centre for Doctoral Training
MacKenzie, L., Childs, P., Witte, K., Jimenez, M., Chow, S., Fu, Y., Gomez-Roman, N., Fazio, M. & Reid, A. B.
1/05/23 → …
Project: Internally funded project
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DTP 2224 University of Strathclyde | Pereira Sousa, Rui Pedro
Childs, P., Jimenez, M. & Pereira Sousa, R. P.
EPSRC (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council)
1/10/22 → 1/04/26
Project: Research Studentship - Internally Allocated
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Real time deformability cytometry for mechanically stimulated bone cells characterisation
Pereira Sousa, R. P., Reid, S., Childs, P. & Jimenez, M., 20 May 2023.Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster › peer-review
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Mechanosensitivity and deformability of mechanically stimulated bone cells
Pereira Sousa, R. P., Jimenez, M., Reid, S. & Childs, P., 27 Mar 2023.Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster › peer-review
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Data for: "Design, construction and characterisation of a novel nanovibrational bioreactor and cultureware for osteogenesis"
Campsie, P. (Creator), Childs, P. (Creator), Robertson, S. (Creator), Cameron, K. (Creator), Hough, J. (Creator), Salmerón-Sánchez, M. (Creator), Tsimbouri, P. M. (Creator), Vichare, P. (Creator), Dalby, M. J. (Creator) & Reid, S. (Creator), University of Strathclyde, 19 Aug 2020
DOI: 10.15129/6aaa2114-2ce4-4e63-a0a4-af34ad3f6324
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Activities
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LifEtime CDT Dragon's Den
Peter Childs (Participant)
May 2023 → Sept 2023Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
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Healikick clinical translation session
Peter Childs (Participant)
11 May 2023 → …Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course