Dr Timothy Hopkins
PhD
Current Funding
- Human joint-on-a-chip: a novel, modular platform to investigate osteoarthritis treatment mechanisms in a personalised manner
Timothy Hopkins and Martin Knight
£100,000 Arthritis UK
30-06-2026 - 29-06-2028 - Animal-free hydrogels for organ-on-a-chip applications.
Timothy Hopkins and Martin Knight
£25,000 National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research
02-03-2026 - 01-08-2026 - Micro-manufacturing of tissue patterned organ-chips for accelerated deployment of new medicines
Martin Knight, Hazel Screen, Julien Gautrot, Timothy Hopkins, John Connelly, Liisa Blowes and Xavier Griffin
£1,787,725 Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council 
01-10-2024 - 30-09-2027
Recent Funding
- Organ-chip Facility: A world-class in vitro models facility for the UK community, reducing the barriers to adoption to drive animal replacement
Hazel Screen, Stefaan Verbruggen, Martin Knight, Julia Shelton, Timothy Hopkins and John Connelly
£573,537 NC3Rs National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research 
07-10-2024 - 14-03-2025 - Human synovium-cartilage organ-chip for personalised surgical screening
Martin Knight and Timothy Hopkins
£311,203 Versus Arthritis
01-04-2022 - 30-06-2026