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NEWS

April 2024

Join us for the Clifford Paterson Prize Lecture 2024 given by Professor Mohan Edirisinghe - The Royal Society 

March 2024

25th

Professor Mohan and colleagues publish landmark book about biomaterials in healthcare - European Academy of Sciences - IOP Publishing - Amazon 

 

December 2023

7th

Omar Shafi Passes PhD Viva - Our 47th Success - twitter

August 2023

29th

Professor Mohan Edirisinghe OBE FREng awarded the Clifford Paterson Medal and Lecture - UCL News - The Royal Society - European Academy of Sciences

Clifford Paterson Medal and Lecture winner 2023: Professor Mohan Edirisinghe - The Royal Society - UCL Mechanical Engineering News 

July 2023

Protein used as weight-training supplement ‘may also speed up wound healing’: Dr. Ahmed and Prof. Edirisnghe - The Independent - Evening Standard - Mirage NewsTechnology Networks - Jersey Evening Post - earth.comWales Online - Hindustan Times - Medicalxpress - myscience

26th


Protein found in milk speeds up wound healing: Dr. Jubair Ahmed and Prof. Edirisinghe test casein for its wound healing capabilities - UCL News

June 2023

 

2nd

Professor Edirisinghe announced as winner of the Royal Academy of Engineering’s Colin Campbell Mitchell Award 2023 - Royal Academy of Engineering NewsUCL News -  European Academy of Sciences

 

May 2023

12th

Hamta Majd Wins Maryam Mirzakhani Persia Scholarship - UCL News

7th

Professor Edirisinghe gives plenary speech at The First International Biomaterials Conference in Qatar entitled as “Biomaterial, Biosensor and Microfluidics Technologies for Medical Applications” on May 6th 2023 – May 7th 2023 at Qatar University.

March 2023

27th

Professor Edirisinghe presents at BIOMAT-Sheffield on 'A New Generation of Biomaterials: Processing, Forming and Sustainable Manufacturing Research for Healthcare' - Edirisinghe Lab Blog - Twitter

8th

Dr. Ayda Afshar succeeds her PhD to become the 46th of Edirisinghe Group - Edirisinghe Lab Blog - Twitter 1, Twitter 2

 

February 2023

4th

Professor Edirisinghe is the 3rd highest cited author of all time for the Journal of the Royal Society Interface - Edirisinghe Lab Blog

 

3rd

Edirisinghe Lab Publication Top 5 Cited: The Royal Society - Edirisinghe Lab Blog

January 2023

9th

Edirisinghe Lab Recognised in Canvas at UCL Cloisters  Edirisinghe Lab Blog

October 2022

10th

Watch Professor Edirisinghe's Keynote Lecture at MS&T2022 (USA) on 10th October 2022 Edirisinghe Lab Blog

August 2022

23rd

UCL Mechanical Engineering PhD successes: number 43, 44 and 45 PhD graduates from Edrisinghe Labs:

Jubair (43rd): Twitter Phoebe (44th): Twitter Hussain (45th): Twitter

 

May 2022

19th

PhD Student Ayda Afshar announced as Maryam Mirzakhani Persia Scholarship winner - UCL NewsPersia Educational Foundation

13th

PhD Student Omar Shafi Wins Departmental 180 Second Thesis Presentation - Edirisinghe Lab Blog

12th

Watch PhD Student Jubair Ahmed give a tour of UCL - YouTube, LinkedIn, Instagram, Twitter

 

11th

Professor Mohan Edirisinghe receives his OBE for services to Biomedical Engineering at Buckingham Palace - Edirisinghe Lab Blog

 

April 2022

14th

PhD student Mehmet and group publishes on the front cover of Advanced Science - Advanced Science 

 

January 2022

21st

Variants of SARS-CoV-2 and preventive strategies - referring to our lab work on Covid-19 and Coronavirus - Medical News

 

December 2021

11th

Watch PhD Student Jubair Ahmed talk about undergraduate vs. postgraduate life - UCL YouTube - UCL Twitter

10th

Read about "Coronavirus and surfaces" on The Royal Society Blog

1st

PhD Student Hussain Alenezi publishes headline paper in Applied Physics Reviews - Edirisinghe Lab Blog

 

June 2020

3rd

Spotlight on Dr Rupy Matharu - Meet Dr Rupy Matharu! - UCL News

May 2020

5th

Researcher Phoebe Heseltine snatches faculty 3 Minute Thesis title - Edirisinghe Lab Blog.

December  2020

31th

Professor Mohan Edirisinghe given OBE for services to Biomedical Engineering - UCL News, Royal Academy of Engineering, Sunday Times, The Gazette  

13th

Meet the duo behind biotech startup Enteromics - UCL News

4th

PhD student Phoebe Heseltine and Mariam Elgabry awarded £150k for gut health 'smart pill’ - UCL News

1st 

Dr. Rupy Matharu becomes 41st to graduate under the supervision of Professor Mohan Edirisinghe - UCL News

November 2020

20th

Phoebe Heseltine at 2020 Autumn Research Symposium- UCL News

12th

Professor Mohan Edirisinghe makes it onto the Achievements of leading UCL academics recognised at Provost’s Annual reception - UCL News

 

October 2020

14th

Layered hybrid fibers could be used to build anti-viral masks, researchers say, Edirisinghe Lab advances technology on hybrid fibres - UPI, UCL News

13th

Post-doc Sunthar Mahalingam publishes work on novel core-sheath fibre formation for biomedical applications (Impact factor 17) - AIP publishing, Altmetric.  

 

September 2020

9th

PhD Student Jubair Ahmed publishes article analysing the effects of lockdowns, face masks and other healthcare policies on the spread odd Covid-19 in the first initial months of the 2019 coronavirus pandemic - Wiley

2nd

Mohan Edirisinghe elected Fellow of The European Academy of Science -  Edirisinghe Lab Blog

April  2020

21st

PhD student Jubair Ahmed publishes Review in Biotechnology Advances (Impact factor 12.83) -  Biotechnology Advances. 

 

February  2020

27th: 

PhD Student Phoebe Heseltine wins 3MT Departmental Heat - Edirisinghe Lab Blog.

 

26th:

Watch Professor Edirisinghe's TMS 2020 Conference talk - Edirisinghe Lab Blog.

6th:

PhD Researcher Jubair Ahmed wins 1st place at the London Materials Society Young Person's Lecture Competition Local Heat - Edirisinghe Lab Blog.

January 2020

24th:

PhD Researcher Hussain Alenezi is awarded Outstanding Student and Researcher by the Kuwaiti Embassy. - Edirisinghe Lab Blog.

October 2019

30th:

Great Success of Nanotechnology Center (NBUAM) Researcher -  Marmara University

15th:

Creating Miracles with Polymeric Fibers - AIP PublishingBioengineerSciencedailyEurekalert, Top Technology News, Oshniksenva, Agenparl, 

Researchers studied the fabrication of polymeric fibers for use in advanced health care - PHYS.ORGParallel State

July 2019

26th:

Early career researchers win support for biotech startup - UCL News

December 2018

3rd:

New EPSRC Manufacturing The Future funding for the Biomaterials Lab - UCL News

 

November 2018

2nd:

Cutting-edge technology synergy in the personalised nanomedicine space: Focus on pharmaceutical nanomanufacturing - Open Access Government 

May 2018

10th:

Royal Society special issue on Biomedical Applications of Graphene organised by Edirisinghe - UCL News

July 2018

23rd: 

Pressurized Gyration for the Mass Production of Polymeric Fibers - Advanced Science News

May 2017

3rd:

Edirisinghe wins IOM3’s Chapman Medal - UCL News

9th:

Record-breaking month for Professor Mohan Edirisinghe - UCL News

April 2017

3rd:

New manufacturing methods land Edirisinghe materials prize - UCL News

March 2017

31st:

New EPSRC manufacturing funding for Biomaterials Lab - UCL News 

July 2016 

13th:

Research grant to design antimicrobial filters awarded - UCL News

September 2015

21st:

Professor Edirisinghe appointed as fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering - UCL News

May 2014

1st:

Pressurised gyration to produce nanofibrous pharmaceutical materials - UCL News

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