Rob has recieved a bursary to attend the Chemical Tools and Challenges in Systems Biology Conference in London, later this year. Well done!

From today, 5 new PhD candidates join the MIG group. Dan Phillips, Caroline Moore, Sarah-Jane Richards, Thomas Congdon and Alaina Emmanuella.

They will be working on a huge range of projects from fundemental polymer synthesis, pathogenic diagnostic tools, cryopreservation mechanisms all the way to molecular modelling of polymers at interfaces!

Good luck to everyone!

Ajit and Yussif handed in their final AS:MIT reports today. They both completed challenging projects at the Chem/bio interface and their results will guide some of our future studies. Good luck to both of them in the future!

Sarah-Jane is joining us for 2 Months as part of her MOAC DTC course. She will be investigated the interactions between bacterial toxins and biomimetic surfaces.

Yussif Saaka and Ajit Raghuwanshi join us for the next 5 months as part of their AS:MIG (analytical science) master's degree. They will be working on (i) new, ultra-sensitive methods for quantitive evaluation of protein-ligand interactions to measure the efficacy of anti-infectives; (ii) interaction of stimuli responsive polymers with biological membranes to develop more effective and safer drug delivery systems.

A recent collaborative project grant between Gibson and Notman is highlighted on the Leverhulme Trust's webpage.

Dan Phillips, who has been working with us for the past 7 months as part of his MChem will be joining us as a Ph.D student later this year.

Mat Jones joins us as a PDRA, working on a collaborative project with Coventry NHS trust. He previously completed his Ph.D at Warwick with Dave Haddleton