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Celebrating our Women of Achievement 2016

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To mark International Women's Day on Tuesday 8 March 2016, the University has awarded 16 members of staff or students the title 'Woman of Achievement 2016'. The Women of Achievement awards recognise the significant contribution and impact that women – both staff and students - have made across the University and beyond. The awards are...

Staff and student's attend 62nd Annual Meeting of the ORS

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The ORS celebrates its 62nd Annual Meeting in Orlando Florida, USA and iMBE students and staff are participating over this 4 day event (5-8 March 2016). Please find below a list of our posters. Click on the links to access the relevant pdf. Poster No 0937 In-Vitro Simulation of the Natural Hip Joint - Dawn Groves...

New support for medical innovation in Yorkshire’s universities

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The University of Leeds has secured a £2.25 million investment to support the commercialisation of medical technologies developed by five universities in the Leeds City Region. The Medical Technologies Innovation Catalyst project, funded by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE), will translate the region’s best medical technology research into practical products available to...

Boost for UK medical technology innovation

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The University of Leeds Medical Technologies Innovation and Knowledge Centre (IKC) has won £3 million to continue bringing the best of the UK’s medical technology research to patients. The centre has been a leader in medical technology innovation since it was established in 2009, building a reputation for fostering close collaboration between industry and top...

University of Leeds showcases pioneering research for Minister

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The new Minister for Universities and Science, Jo Johnson MP, visited world-leading research facilities at the University of Leeds today. Mr Johnson toured the University’s Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering (iMBE), which has pioneered research in joint replacement technologies, regenerative medicine and tissue engineering, and the National Facility for Innovative Robotic Systems, one of the best...

iMBE at the Annual Meeting of the Orthopaedic Research Society 2015

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The ORS celebrates its 61st Annual Meeting in Las Vegas USA and iMBE students and staff are participating over this 4 day event (28-31 March 2015). The theme of this year's meeting is "Accelerating the pace of discovery". Please find below a list of our posters. Click on the links to access the relevant pdf. Poster...

Science Research Photography Competition 2015

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Fourth Year PhD student Rachel Pallan’s human hip joint section photograph took 2nd place in the discovery category of the 2nd Annual EPSRC Photo Competition, an event for all EPSRC-supported researchers and EPSRC-supported doctoral students to share their research using images. Rachel is studying on the DTC Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine programme. This is...

Uniting the Women of Science and Engineering

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Three University of Leeds academics have been honoured with a Medical Research Council (MRC) Suffrage Award. Professor Anne Neville (School of Mechanical Engineering), Professor Ruth Wilcox (Institute of Medical & Biological Engineering) and Dr Lorna Dougan (School of Physics and Astronomy) have all been selected by current MRC Suffrage Award holders as outstanding researchers in science and engineering. As part...

Tribology Trust Bronze Medal awarded to Dr Junyan Li

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The Tribology Trust Bronze Medal is an internationally prestigious award made annually by the Institute of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) to an early tribologists The Tribology Trust Bronze Medal is an internationally prestigious award made annually by the Institute of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) to an early career scientist/engineer for technical contributions in the field of friction, lubrication and wear i.e tribologists....

‘We’ve got your back’ - Otley Science Fair

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Nine staff and PhD students from the Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering  (Faculties of Engineering and Biological Science) attended the Otley Science Fair on 15th November 2014 interacting with the general public through a interactive exhibits. Visitors to the stand ranged from toddlers to pensioners, and everyone in between! ‘We’ve got your back’ Interactive...