Our consortium met at the University of Trento to launch the research project and set out the programme of work for the for the next six months. Partners from U.K., France, Switzerland, Germany and Italy joined the meeting for exciting discussion and plans for enlivening the work of Bio-HhOST in our aims for developing the next generation of tissue models.
Bio-HhOST Kick-Off
Postdoctoral Position Available.
Join the Cardiff Bio-HhOST team.
We are recruiting to the Cardiff Bio-HhOST team.
If you are a talented postdoctoral scientist excited by the Bio-HhOST project, with skills to contribute across some of the following areas:
cell-culture, cell-biology, or spheroid/organoid biology and culture, or tissue engineering;
multiphase droplet microfluidics;
synthetic biology, engineering biology or bioengineering, particularly cell encapsulation;
additive manufacturing or microfabrication, or project relevant modelling techniques;
membrane science, along with a working knowledge of laboratory analytical techniques.
Please get in touch.
Oliver Castell talks about 3D bioprinting with BBC Radio
Oliver Castell of the Bio-HhOST consortium appeared on BBC radio Wales alongside Cardiff University colleague and collaborator, Dr Chris Thomas. Appearing on Adam Walton’s Science Cafe program which communicates current science and technology stories to the general public. The pair talk about the technology of 3D bioprinting and how a prototype bioprinter made from LEGO can help this science reach new audiences and laboratories.
Harnessing Protein Biotechnology For Synthetic Biology - Exploiting Protein Evolution For Protein Engineering
Oliver Castell represented Bio-HhOST as invited speaker at the Synthetic Biology meeting : “Harnessing protein biotechnology for synthetic biology - Exploiting protein evolution for protein engineering” in Heraklion, Greece at the FORTH institute for Molecular Biology and Biotechnology. He presented some work on artificial membranes and their use for fundamental study of membrane proteins which can feed into design of membrane-based artificial cells. A key underpinning technology of Bio-HhOST.
The intimate meeting was organised by Matthew Baker (UNSW Sydney) and Giorgos Gouridis (FORTH institute) and saw a range of exciting talks on topics including molecular bearings, the flagella motor, evolutionary protein reconstruction, machine learning in protein dynamics and fractal protein assemblies, to name but a few. A number of these fundamental and applied research areas will have implications for engineering biology and engineered living materials