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The Institute of Materials, Minerals & Mining
BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS DIVISION ANNUAL
REPORT FOR 2014
1. Board membership
Chairman Prof Serena M Best, University of Cambridge
Secretary Dr Gabriela Juarez Martinez, KTN Limited
Mrs Sue Dunkerton, KTN Limited
Dr Geoffrey Andrews, CEO, Ranier Technology
Dr. Anna Angus-Smyth, EPSRC
Professor William Bonfield, Cambridge
Dr Julian Braybrook, LGC
Professor Justin Cobb, Imperial College
Professor Lucy Di Silvio, Kings College London (Former President of UKSB, secretary of
European Society of Biomaterials)
Professor Sandra Downes, University of Manchester
Dr Minoo Esat, Independent Consultant
Dr David Farrar, Smith & Nephew
Mr Roger Feneley, Independent (retired urology surgeon)
Professor Paul Hatton, University of Sheffield
Dr Jie Huang, UCL
Dr Andrew Jackson, The Technology Partnership plc
Dr Julian Jones, Imperial College
Mr Brian Kent, Independent
Prof Jonathan Knowles, UCL
Prof David Lee, Queen Mary University of London (and representative of TCES)
Prof Andrew Lewis, Biocompatibles UK plc
Professor Andrew Lloyd, University of Brighton
Professor Brian Meenan, Nanotechnology & Integrated Bio-Engineering Centre, University of
Ulster
Professor John Nicholson, St Mary’s University
Professor Neil Rushton, Cambridge
Professor Elizabeth Tanner, University of Glasgow
Dr Irene Turner, University of Bath
Professor Matteo Santin, University of Brighton
Professor Pankaj Vadgama, Director, Biomedical Materials IRC, Queen Mary University of
London
Prof Rachel Williams, University of Liverpool
Mr David Sharp, Consultant, Ipswich Hospital
IOM3 Staff
Geoff Hale, IOM3
Catherine Tuke, IOM3
Melanie Boyce, IOM3
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2. Board meetings
20 January 2014, Carlton House Terrace, London
Attendees (13)
Chairman Prof Serena M Best
Dr David Farrar
Dr Rachel Williams
Mrs Sue Dunkerton
Dr Julian Jones
Dr Irene Turner
Prof Andy Lewis
Prof Pankaj Vadgama
Dr Minoo Esat
Prof Lucy Di Silvio
Dr Julian Braybrook
Mr Roger Feneley
Prof Liz Tanner
19 May 2014, Carlton House Terrace, London
Attendees (12)
Chairman Prof Serena M Best
Mr Roger Feneley
Dr Minoo Esat
Dr Irene Turner
Prof Julian Jones
Dr Anna Angus-Smyth
Mr David Sharp
Prof Sandra Downes
Prof Rachel Williams
Dr Brian Kent
Prof Pankaj Vadgama
Dr Julian Braybrook
14 October 2014, Carlton House Terrace, London
Attendees (15)
Chairman Prof Serena M Best
Prof Pankaj Vadgama
Mr Roger Feneley
Prof Paul Hatton
Prof Julian Jones
Geoff Hale
Prof Jonathan Knowles
Dr Irene Turner
Dr Jie Huang
Mrs Sue Dunkerton
Prof Rachel Williams
Dr Julian Braybrook
Dr David Farrar
Prof Andy Lewis
Dr Gabriela Juarez Martinez
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3. Activities during 2014
1.1. Technical programme
Self-Assembly Network
Pankaj Vadgama (PV) noted that he had attended a meeting of this EPSRC Network. It
is relevant to the Division, particularly as he saw the Network as still working on
fundamental surface chemistry but not really addressing the important
translation/applied research.
RSC Biomaterials Chemistry Meeting
The Division had heard this was a good meeting.
Orthopaedic Research Society Meeting, Venice.
Prof Lucy Di Silvio (LDS) had attended this meeting and noted it had been the best
meeting in years. Targeted young career people from both academia and clinical and
networked these with more experienced mentors. Some very good initiatives in the
meeting.
ESB and UKSB Meetings, Liverpool, September 2014.
UKSB had a lower numbers of attendees than usual as a result of running
within/alongside the ESB meeting but overall the meting was seen as being very good.
Annual Congress of Electrochemistry, Lausanne.
The relevant contribution was the increasing use of electrochemistry as an analytical tool
for cell culture, including imaging.
MeDe Innovation Workshop, Sheffield.
Paul Hatton attended this workshop. This is a network around manufacturing and
materials. It included industrial representatives and regulators talking around the entire
translational pathway between industry and academia.
Summary; details in Appendix
FUTURE MEETINGS
Spine Symposium
Mino Esat (ME) was intending to organise this meeting with support of the IoM3, but
the costs are very high. Serena Best and ME are looking for alternative venues.
5th China-Europe Symposium on Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering, 7-10th April,
2015.
This is a joint meeting organised by the Chinese Society for Biomaterials and the
European Society for Biomaterials (President Matteo Santin) to be held in Zhejiang,
China.
11th WBC 2020 Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre (SECC), Glasgow
Professors Tanner and DiSilvio are organising this meeting in 2020. Members of the
Biomedical Applications Division will be involved with assisting in organising this
major event which is expected to attract more than 2000 attendees.
1.2. Web-site developments
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The Division kept up to date with changes to the website over the year, as has worked to
include articles of relevance to the biomaterials community.
1.3. Engagement with technical community and/or local societies
Educating Teachers in Biomaterials
This discussion highlighted some uncertainty over what was really needed and what
could be provided which would not be too costly/time consuming. There was a
willingness to support as many could see the advantages of getting teachers enabled to
better present options available in biomaterials, but it was noted how any materials must
fit within the constraints of the national curriculum. There is no immediate urgency to
this request, so it was suggested that Diane Aston attend a future meeting to open up the
discussion on specific material needed and also many members of the Division would be
open to be interviewed to present the range of career prospects.
Evening Lectures
Professor Best co-organised a joint meeting of CAMSoc and the Biological Society of
East Anglia for an evening of lectures and discussion in November 2014.
1.4. Contributions to IoM3 house journals
The report on Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering in the UK has been circulated widely
and has received attention from both Government ministers and also EPSRC.
1.5. Other
3.1.1. Foresight/ Innovation and Growth
The Division has kept abreast of innovation activities through the HealthTech and
Medicines KTN, in particular inputting to call topics for regenerative medicine and in
supporting meetings addressing clinical need where materials might provide new
solutions.
Professor Lewis and Ms. Dunkerton are members of the EPSRC SAT in Healthcare
Technologies. The ESPRC undertook a survey of the field under the banner “Grand
Challenges”. Members of the BMADiv. were consulted and Professor Best provided
feedback to the EPSRC on behalf of the Division.
4. Strategy and Objectives for 2015 and Beyond
1.1. Opportunities and Constrains
The Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering field continues to grow and there is significant
activity in both industry and academia. The Division seeks to bring together
industrialists, academics and clinicians to focus on and highlight key topics in the field.
The major constraint continues to be the availability of time to bring the various
important players in the field together.
1.2. Specific targets for 2015
To continue to highlight the outcomes of the Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering
Report.
The Committee aim to assist Diane Aston with producing material that will be suitable
for distribution to teachers and school-age children
Members of the Biomedical Applications Division are keen to continue to organise
meetings which bring together clinicians and scientists / engineers. There are a number of
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areas within the biomaterials field that would benefit further from this type of interactive
meeting.
1.3. Outline plans for the 4 years beyond 2015
Professor Best will be stepping down from the Chair during 2015.
The Biomedical Applications Division is not a UK Society, (this purpose is served by
the UK Society for Biomaterials). Rather, the Divisional Committee brings together
leading members of the fields of Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering to provide input
to the Government and the relevant Research Councils and to provide information to the
community about events and activities on-going in the field. It is intended that the
Division will continue to serve the community in this manner over the next 4 years and
beyond.
Appendix: Technical Programme as of December 2013
Date
10th Feb 2014
Status
(Held
/Progressing
/Planned)
Held
Title
Location
Launch meeting –
1, CHT
Biomaterials and Tissue
Engineering Report
Organising
Financial
Division(s)
Underwriter
/Committee(s)
(IOM3/
/Collaborators
Local/
Other)
100%
Target
No's
BMADiv
100%
>50
IOM3
Actual
No’s
7th/8th January Held
2014
RSC Biomaterials
Chemistry Meeting
Manchester
University
RSC
No financial
Biomaterials
underwriting
Special Interest from Iom3
Group
~70
~70
2nd -3rd Sep
2014
Held
ESB and UKSB
Meetings
Liverpool
ESB and
ESB
UKSB
(including
members of the
BMADiv)
100%
c.700
8th Sep 2014
Held
Workshop on
Biological &
Biomimetic Materials
Sheffield
Planned
Spine Symposium
7-10th Apr
2015
Planned
Zhejiang,
5th China-Europe
China
Symposium on
Biomaterials and Tissue
Engineering
ESB / Chinese
Society for
Biomaterials
2020
Planned
11th WBC
WBC
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London
EPSRC
100
Centre for
Innovative
Manufacturin
g of Medical
Devices
(MeDe
Innovation)
Glasgow
75
IOM3
n/a
WBC
n/a
6
5th-6th Jan 2015 Planned
RSC Biomaterials
Chemistry
London
24th- 25th Jun
2015
Planned
UKSB Annual
Conference
Belfast
30th Aug -4th
Sep 2015
Planned
ESB Annual
Conference
Krakow
17th – 22 May
2016
Planned
World Biomaterials
Congress
Montreal,
Canada
June, 2015
Planned
Nano4Life
Wales, UK
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