Prof Julia Shelton
BA(Cantab) PhD(Lond)

Research Group News

November 2024

Biomedical Engineering student wins ‘junior nobel prize’ 13 November 2024 Balvinder Dhillon, a fourth year Biomedical Engineering student, has been awarded the Global Winner Award for Engineering at the Global Undergraduate Awards. Nicknamed the ’Junior Nobel Prize’, the Global Undergraduate Awards is the world's leading academic awards programme which recognises top undergraduate work, shares this work with … [more]

October 2024

Queen Mary Materials Science graduate to lead Pakistani University 17 October 2024 Professor Dr Aqif Anwar Chaudhry has recently become the Vice Chancellor of the University of Education, in Lahore, Pakistan. Aqif started his research career at the Department of Materials at Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) as a PhD student. Professor Chaudhry’s PhD, on 'Continuous Hydrothermal Flow Synthesis … [more]

September 2024

Queen Mary hosts over 400 delegates at BioMedEng24 18 September 2024 On Thursday 5 and Friday 6 September, Queen Mary University of London proudly hosted BioMedEng24, the 16th annual conference bringing together experts from across the Biomedical Engineering industry in the UK and internationally. This year, more than 430 delegates attended and the programme featured over 30 sessions and more than 240 poster presentations were displayed. 56% … [more]

May 2024

BioMedEng24: Abstract deadline extended to 22nd May 1 May 2024 BioMedEng24 is pleased to announce an extension to the deadline for abstract submission. New Deadline for Submission: 22nd May 2024 Don't miss your chance to showcase your innovative work at this leading biomedical engineering conference. Ensure you submit your abstract by the new deadline to secure your spot. Please visit: … [more]

March 2024

BioMedEng24 Abstract Submission 31 March 2024 The next Biomedical Engineering Association’s annual conference, BioMedEng24, will be organised by Queen Mary University of London, taking place on 5-6 September 2024. Expect to explore plenary sessions, keynote talks, break-out workshops, poster sessions, dedicated early-career researcher sessions and more. Abstract Submission Leaders from academia, industry, clinicians, early-career researchers … [more]

February 2020

New paper on the anti-inflammatory effects of low levels of cobalt ions 3 February 2020 Cobalt ions from some orthopaedic implants induce a dose-dependent cytotoxic and pro-inflammatory response. However, this new paper from Prof Knight and Prof Shelton's groups shows that low levels of cobalt are in fact beneficial and block pro-inflammatory signalling in cartilage. The authors showed that sub-toxic levels of cobalt (50uM) … [more]

January 2020

Dan Bader Gives His Valedictory Lecture in Technical University of Eindhoven 24 January 2020 During his time as Professor of Medical Engineering at Queen Mary University of London, Prof Bader was also a part-time visiting professor in the Technical University of Eindhoven (Tu/E). There he worked closely with Prof Cees Oomens in the area of pressure ulcers as well as continuing his work … [more]

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