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New Vice-Chancellor Sir Alan Langlands hosted a round table discussion earlier this week about the Government’s strategy for life sciences across the UK. It was as part of a visit by Minister for Universities and Science, the Rt Hon David Willetts MP. They were joined by key business leaders and representatives from the region’s medical...
Fourteen staff and PhD students from the Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering (iMBE) spent six days at The Times 2013 Cheltenham Science Festival earlier this month. They spent time interacting with school students and the general public through a science exhibit in the Discover Zone. Visitors to the stand ranged from toddlers to pensioners,...
Tissue Engineering & Regenerative Medicine and Medical & Biological Engineering Monday 22 April 2013 - Weetwood Hall Hotel and Conference Centre, Leeds The Doctoral Training Centres in Tissue Engineering & Regenerative Medicine and Medical & Biological Engineering are hosting an Industry Day to highlight the interdisciplinary research undertaken by our PhD students. In addition, it...
The University of Leeds is leading a £5.7 million, government-backed initiative to transform the way replacement joints and other medical implants are made. The Centre for Innovative Manufacturing in Medical Devices will bring together academics and industrialists in a bid to maintain the UK’s leading role in the medical technologies industry and improve the quality...
Staff and students are participating in the 2013 Annual Meeting of the Orthopaedic Research Society which takes place between January 26 - 29, in San Antonio, Texas USA. The theme of this year's meeting was "Bridging Innovation" with the stated objectives of: To present the best available research from all disciplines of musculoskeletal research. To...
A team of researchers from the Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering have been announced as one of the winning teams in the first National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) YouTube New Media Competition. The aim of the competition was for NIHR funded trainees and researchers to communicate their work through the medium of short...
The Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering has achieved ISO 9001 accreditation for its quality management system. ISO 9001 is by far the world’s most established quality framework, currently being used by 1,064,000 organisations in 178 countries worldwide, and sets the standard not only for quality management systems, but management systems in general. The accreditation...
Professor John Fisher and students from the institute of Medical and Biological Engineering (iMBE) featured on the ITV programme 'Tonight' on Thursday 5 July. Professor Fisher discussed his research into joint replacement and substitution and the need for replacement joints with longer lifespans. Related articles: Royal Honour - Professor John Fisher receives the Queen’s Anniversary Prize....
Exclusive funding for regenerative medicine projects with academic and industry collaborators has been launched at a special conference. The event, organised by Regener8 and the Medical Technologies Innovation and Knowledge Centre (IKC), launched a call for five Proof of Concept (PoC) awards of up to £100K to fund projects that align with the therapeutic priorities...
The University has committed £2.1m to create a 700 square metre facility dedicated to Medical Engineering at Leeds. Accommodating over 100 research and innovation personnel the new facility will extend existing dedicated medical engineering laboratories to meet the needs of our planned growth and innovative scientific ambitions over the next decade and beyond. It will...