LAB News
David Nisbet secures NHMRC Project Grant and FellowshipDec 14th 2017
A/Prof Nisbet has obtained an NHMRC Fellowship to ultlise nanoscaffolds to treat Parkinson's Disease Dementia. Read more bit.ly/2Bwo6uJ. He is also leading an NHMRC Project Grant to explore the use of nanomaterials to reprogram inflammatory brain cells into functioning neurons. Read more bit.ly/2AW8GPg |
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Francesca Maclean awarded a Doctorate in PhilosophyDec 12th 2017
Congratulations to Dr Francesca Maclean who was awarded a PhD for her thesis "Biomaterials to change astrocyte behaviour and morphology for brain repair". Congratulations also to our undergraduates, Mr Jacob Thomas, Ms Laura Boxshall who obtained their Bachelor Degrees. |
Vini Gautam awarded ARC DECRA Fellowship
Nov 10th 2017
Congratulations to Dr Vini Gautam for been awarded and ARC Fellowship entitled "Using nanostructured scaffolds to understand and engineer neuronal circuits". |
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Kiara Bruggeman awarded a Doctorate in Philosophy
July 12th 2017
Congratulations to Dr Kiara Bruggeman who was awarded a PhD for her thesis. "Novel Growth Factor Delivery Systems from Self-Assembling Peptide (SAP) Hydrogels".. |
Francesca Maclean win ACT Young Woman of the Year.
March 7th 2017
Congratulations to Francesca for wining the ACT Young Woman of the Year. This award recognizes Francesca's extracurricular activities that she undertakes in addition to her PhD. It honours an outstanding contribution to improving the lives of women and girls in the ACT. She was awarded it for her extensive mentoring of undergraduate students as well as establishing and growing Fifty50 (a gender equity initiative), creating an inclusive culture in STEM disciplines. We are all very proud of Francesca's achievements. |
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Submission of Undergraduate ThesesJune 24th 2016
Congratulations to our 2016 undergraduate students who have all recently submitted the thesis for the work they conducted as part of the Laboratory of Advanced Biomaterials. We wish Georgina, Betty and Lachlan the best of luck in their future careers! |
Conor Horgan: Doctorate in Philosophy at Imperial College London
May 2nd 2016
Congratulations to Mr Conor Horgan who will undertake a PhD within the Stevens group at Imperial College London. He will be studying the characterisation of nanomaterials for drug delivery. |
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Alexandra awarded a Doctorate in Philosophy
December 18th 2015
Congratulations to Dr Alexandra Rodriguez who was awarded a PhD for her thesis "Engineering novel, nanofibrous scaffolds to promote neural regeneration in Parkinson's Disease". Congratulations also to our undergraduates, Mr James Curry, Mr Adam Rudgley and Mr Conor Horgan who obtained their Bachelor Degrees. |
Kiara Highly Commended for the ANU Media and Outreach AwardDecember 10th 2015
Congratulations to Kiara who was highly commended for the ANU vice chancellors ANU Media and Outreach Award for "Best Film Talent" for the work she as presented in 2015. |
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Submission of Undergraduate ThesesOctober 31st 2015
Congratulations to our 2015 undergraduate students who have all recently submitted the thesis for the work they conducted as part of the Laboratory of Advanced Biomaterials. We wish them all the best of luck in their future careers!
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Kiara Wins ANU 3MT CompetitionSeptember 14th 2015
Congratulations to Kiara who won the ANU 3 Minute Thesis competition! Kiara bested competitors from each of the different colleges at ANU and will now travel to Brisbane to compete in the Australian 3MT competition.
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Alexandra Wins Best Poster at ASBTE ConferenceApril 10th 2015
Congratulations to Alexandra who was recently awarded the prize for best poster at the 24th Annual Australasian Society for Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering in Sydney.
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