| May 2013 |
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| Dr. Shu presented "Organ Printing from Stem Cells" to University court members and won a poster award. |
| Congratulations to Wenxing "Issac" Wang who successfully passed his PhD viva. |
| Alan Faulkner-Jones delivered an invited talk at Eindhoven University of Technology on the uses of 3D bioprinting in regenerative medicine. |
| April 2013 |
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| Little Atoms's Neil Denny interviewed Alan Faulkner-Jones as part of a larger interview about Deadinburgh. |
| Alan Faulkner-Jones, Atabak Tabriz and Dr. Shu took part in Deadinburgh - a unique science/theatre experiental event created by LAStheatre in association with The Gate Worldwide. |
| The 3D Cell Printing work is featured by The Economist. |
| Dr. Shu is interviewed by Steven Cherry for IEEE Spectrum Magazine on the Cell Printing work: "Techwise Conversations: A 3-D Printer for Human Embryonic Stem Cells." |
| March 2013 |
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| Congratulations to Yifan Liu who successfully passed his PhD viva. |
| Bioprinting work is featured at Reuters TV: "Future organ production a possibility with 3D stem cell printer". |
| Dr. Shu delivered an invited talk at UCL Faulty of Engineering and visited London Centre for Nanotechnology. |
| The Great British Innovation Vote was launched by Prof Stephen Hawking and shortlisted Alan Faulkner-Jones' cell printing work (in collaboration with Roslin Cellab Ltd.) in their list of future innovations most likely to shape the future. The public voted our cell printing research as the third most important future British innovation. |
| Nature Medicine featured Alan Faulkner-Jones' cell printing work (in collaboration with Roslin Cellab Ltd.) in their Biomedical briefing. |
| November 2012 |
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| Alan Faulkner-Jones' cell printing work in collaboration with Roslin Cellab Ltd. is featured
in a press release. News Links:
Scotland on Sunday,
Heriot-Watt University News,
Knowledge Transfer (HWU),
Edinburgh Science Triangle,
3ders.org,
Life Sciences Scotland,
Altweb (the Alternatives to Animal Testing Web Site),
MedicalXpress,
Metro.
Photo by Colin Hattersley. |
| October 2012 |
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| Accufluidics launches the collaboration with Moredun Scientific Ltd. on Microfluidic Parasite Separation Technology, and won the KTN Spark Award. |
| The first University spin-out from the group is formed by Dr. Farid Amalou:
Accufluidics.
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| Alan Faulkner-Jones receives the Second Year Postgraduate Research Prize 2012 from the Head of
the School of Engineering and Physical Sciences.
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| Alan Faulkner-Jones presented his work at the International Conference on Biofabrication 2012 in Manchester, UK. |
| September 2012 |
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| Ageel Alogla presented his work at Eurosensor 2012 in Krakow, Poland.
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| August 2012 |
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| Alan Faulkner receives the First Prize for his Oral Presentation at the Heriot-Watt University Postgraduate Conference 2012. |
| Dr. Shu is promoted to Reader. |
| July 2012 |
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| "Organ Printing using Stem Cells" published in Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News (GEN) magazine. News Links: Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News, 2. |
| June 2012 |
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| Alan Faulkner won the Best Poster Award at the Scottish University Physics Alliance (SUPA)
INSPIRE annual meeting in Edinburgh (again)!
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| Dr. Shu and Paul Scanlan presented their work at the First International Workshop on the Point of
Care Diagnostics in Kenya.
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| May 2012 |
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| Yifan Liu presented his work at Biosensors 2012 in Cancun, Mexico. |
| April 2012 |
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| E-finger project started with Edinburgh University. Paul Scanlan joined the group as an EPSRC
funded PhD student, with Dr. Steven Hammer as the RA.
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| March 2012 |
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| Dr. Shu was awarded an EPSRC additional grant scheme. |
| February 2012 |
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| Dr. Shu visited Stanford University and UC Berkeley. |
| Dr. Shu gave an invited talk to HW Crucible III at British Council, Edinburgh. |
| January 2012 |
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| Dr. Shu gave an invited talk at the University of Edinburgh. |
| Dr. Shu selected as a member for RSE Young Academy Interim Steering Group (until April 2012). |
| November 2011 |
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| Dr. Shu is an investigator in collaborative research team from Heriot-Watt University and University of Edinburgh awarded £1M project from EPSRC to develop an "e-finger" for prostate cancer diagnosis. News Links: Heriot-Watt University News. |
| Mr. Yifan Liu's image on cell printer is selected by Nexxus Life Sci Visions Competition for 2012
Calendar. News Links:
Nexxus Scotland.
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| October 2011 |
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| Alan Faulkner presented his work at the International Conference on Biofabrication 2011 in Toyama,
Japan.
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| September 2011 |
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| Dr. Shu is elected as a founding member of Royal Society of Edinburgh Young Academy of Scotland.
News Links:
The Royal Society of Edinburgh,
Heriot-Watt University News.
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| Dr. Amalou with Dr. Shu won the third place in Converge Business Plan Competition in 2011.
News Links:
Heriot-Watt University News,
Nexxus Scotland,
Heriot-Watt University News,
Life Sciences Scotland.
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| Alan Faulkner wins the Best Poster award at the Scottish University Physics Alliance (SUPA)
sponsored INSPIRE meeting, held in Edinburgh. News Links:
Heriot-Watt University News.
Photo by Rumelo Amor. |
| August 2011 |
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| Heriot-Watt partnership wins prize for smart label. News Links: Heriot-Watt University News, Herald Scotland. |
| June 2011 |
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| Dr. Shu visits Stanford University as a visiting scientist. |
| March 2011 |
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| Dr. Farid Amalou awarded the Royal Society of Edinburgh/Scottish Enterprise Fellowship. |
| February 2011 |
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| Heriot-Watt helps develop smart label for food. News Links: Heriot-Watt University News |
| September 2010 |
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| Yifan Liu won the Principal's Enterprise Award on Converge Challenge Business Plan Competition. |
| Ben Robinson graduated with a Distinction for his MSc. |
| Dr. Shu visited Stanford University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. |
| August 2010 |
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| Yifan Liu won first prize in the Converge Challenge Elevator Pitch, for his business plan idea on
Smart Biosensors for Personalised Medicine. News Links:
Heriot-Watt University News.
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| July 2010 |
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| Dr. Shu and Prof. Reuben met the First Minister at a Scottish Reception in Beijing.
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| June 2010 |
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| Douglas Yeboah is awarded a PhD scholarship from National University of Singapore. |
| May 2010 |
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| Dr. Shu, Dr. Amalou, Dr. Kersaudy Kerhoas are featured by Nexxus News Letter for synthetic biology
work on microfluidic devices.
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| April 2010 |
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| GSA programme is featured in Herald Sunday: "A design for life". News Links: Herald Scotland. |
GSA programme is featured in Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News: "Scotland takes on synthetic biology bottleneck". News Links: Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News. |
| March 2010 |
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| Dr. Shu is awarded a grant from the Scottish Funding Council (SFC) to develop strategic collaboration with Roslin Cellab Ltd. for stem cell research. |
| Dr. Amalou interviewed by Talent Scotland. |
| February 2010 |
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| Ageel Alogla received sponsorship from the Saudi Arabia government for his PhD studies at Heriot-Watt. |
| Dr. Shu delivered an invited talk at the University of Cambridge. |
| January 2010 |
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| Dr. Shu is awarded a grant for PhD exchange programme with Tsinghua University (the top engineering school in China), sponsored by Scottish Government, Chinese government and British Council. The grant will allow exchange visits of PhD students and researchers from both universities to develop educational and research partnership. |
| December 2009 |
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| Dr. Shu delivered an invited talk at a KTN biosensor workshop in London. |
| November 2009 |
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| Dr. Shu received funding from SE for developing portable microsensors. |
| October 2009 |
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| Yifan Liu received 1st Year Postgraduate Research Prize 2009 from the Head of the School of
Engineering and Physical Sciences.
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| Lydia Fawcett graduated with a Distinction for her MSc and started her PhD at Imperial College London. |
| Alice Daniels started her MSc in nanotechnology at Cranfield University. |
| September 2009 |
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| Dr. Shu is awarded major funding from the Genome Synthesis and Assembly (GSA) programme of ITI Life Sciences on developing a novel microfluidic platform for synthetic biology. The project involves collaboration with a leading synthetic biology team from Ginkgo Bioworks, a spinout company from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). News Links: ITI Life Sciences, Scotsman. |
| Yifan Liu received J.M. Lessels Scholarship from Lord Wilson of Tillyorn, the
President of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.
Photo by Gary Doak Photography |
| August 2009 |
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| Dr. Shu met leading scientists from China over their academic visits to Scotland. Delegates
include Prof. Bai (Vice-President of the Chinese Academy of Sciences) and Prof. Zhou (President of
Peking University).
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| July 2009 |
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| Lydia Fawcett awarded a 3-year PhD studentship to study at the Imperial College London Department of Materials. |
| Dr. Will Shu received nomination for Graduating Students' Prize for Lecturer of the Year by Heriot-Watt University Students' Association. |
| June 2009 |
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| Yifan Liu awarded J. M. Lessels Scholarship from the Royal Society of Edinburgh. News Links: 1 (Department) & 2 (University). |
| Alice Daniels awarded IMechE Award for the Highest Marks of the 4th year BEng Final Project. |
| May 2009 |
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| Alice Daniels won an EPS photo competition award.
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| Alice Daniels won the 2009 SELEX Galileo Best Poster Award for 4th year
BEng individual project Poster (1st place) Alice Daniels won the 2009 SELEX Galileo Best Presentation Prize for 4th year BEng individual project presentations (3rd place) Neil MacKay won the 2009 SELEX Galileo Best Presentation Prize for 4th year BEng individual project (1st place) Neil MacKay won the 2009 SELEX Galileo Best Poster Presentation Prize for 4th year BEng individual project (2nd place) |
| September 2008 |
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| Yifan Liu awarded the Heriot-Watt University Scholarship & Neilson's Fund. |
| June 2008 |
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| Alice Daniels awarded an EPSRC summer internship. |
| May 2008 |
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| Wenxing Wang awarded the ORSAS & Heriot-Watt University Scholarship. |
| March 2008 |
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| Dr. Will Shu received funding support from Royal Society of Edinburgh on DNA aptamer based biosensors for disease diagnosis |