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* January 2015: Funding success for the Developmental Biomechanics group! A Project Grant has been awarded by the Leverhulme Trust to Niamh and to her co-investigators Prof James Iatridis (Mount Sinai School of Medicine, USA) and Dr Michelle Oyen (University of Cambridge, UK). The grant will run for 3 years and will research the importance of fetal movements for the development of the spine. | |||
* January 2015: A new review paper by Niamh entitled "Biomechanics of Fetal Movement" has been published in the eCM Journal and is available at the [[Nowlan:Publications |Publications]] link. | |||
* October 2014: Bioengineering MRes students [http://openwetware.org/wiki/Nowlan:People#Devi_Bridglal.2C_MRes_Student Devi Bridglal] and Ahmad Zuheir Zaidon join the Developmental Biomechanics group this month. Welcome Devi and Zuheir! | |||
* 6 October 2014: [http://openwetware.org/wiki/Nowlan:People#Lisa_Abela.2C_PhD_Student Lisa Abela] joins the Developmental Biomechanics group. Lisa's research forms part of an ERC Starting Grant project. Welcome Lisa! | |||
* October 2014: Goodbye to the talented UROP students who were doing research in the lab this summer, and good luck for the coming academic year! Before the UROP students finished up, the entire group enjoyed a picnic in Hyde Park to celebrate a productive summer, as shown in the picture below. [[Image:SummerPicnicHydePark.JPG|350px|right|Summer Picnic]] | |||
* 4 September 2014: [http://openwetware.org/wiki/Nowlan:People#Stefaan_Verbruggen.2C_Postdoctoral_Researcher Dr Stefaan Verbruggen] joins the Developmental Biomechanics group. Stefaan's research is funded by Arthritis Research UK. Welcome Stefaan! | |||
* September 2014: Congratulations to Mario, who won the best presentation prize at the first joint meeting of the British Societies for Matrix Biology and Developmental Biology (BSMB-BSDB) held in Norwich, 1st-3rd September 2014. Mario's talk was entitled "The role of fetal movement in prenatal hip joint morphogenesis" and his award was sponsored by Orthopaedic Research UK (ORUK). Well done Mario!! | |||
* 28 July 2014: Jessica Loo joins the lab this week for her UROP summer placement. Welcome Jessica! | |||
* 21 July 2014: Cecilia Kan and Daniel Ko join the lab this week for UROP summer placements. Welcome Cecilia and Daniel! | |||
* 14 July 2014: Akalja Logeswaran joins the lab this week for a UROP (undergraduate research opportunities programme) summer placement. Welcome Akalja! | |||
* July 2014: Mario was the winner of the European Society of Biomechanics Student Prize- congratulations Mario! [[Image:Mario_ESB.jpg|150px|right|ESB Award Winner]] | |||
* June 2014: Niamh presented an invited talk entitled "Developmental biomechanics of the prenatal skeleton" at eCM XV: Cartilage & Disc: Repair and Regeneration, in Davos, Switzerland. | |||
* June 2014: Mario has been shortlisted for the ESB Student Prize, the final for which will take place at the WCB in Boston. Good luck Mario! | |||
* April 2014: Vikesh and Mario's abstracts were both accepted for oral presentations at the World Congress of Biomechanics, which will take place in July in Boston, USA. | |||
* April 2014: Hannah Thompson won a poster prize for her poster entitled "How does movement affect skeletal development?" at the recent Musculoskeletal Technology Network Event. Well done Hannah! | |||
* April 2014: [http://openwetware.org/wiki/Nowlan:People#Samantha_Martin.2C_Research_Technician Samantha Martin] has joined the Developmental Biomechanics lab as a full time research technician. Welcome Samantha! | |||
* March 2014: Suzie and Hannah have completed their MRes project in the Developmental Biomechanics Lab, and we wish them every success in their next rotation! | |||
* February 2014: Another new paper from the Developmental Biomechanics Lab has been accepted for publication. The paper entitled "Immobilised chicks as a model system for early-onset developmental dysplasia of the hip", published in the Journal of Orthopaedic Research (JOR) is available at the [[Nowlan:Publications |Publications]] link. | |||
* January 2014: Mario's work has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Biomechanics- congratulations Mario! The paper, entitled "Mechanobiological simulation of prenatal joint morphogenesis" is now available at the [[Nowlan:Publications |Publications]] link. | |||
* December 2013: [[Image:Christmas2013.jpg|350px|right|Christmas 2013]] Happy Christmas from the Developmental Biomechanics Lab! Here we are with our friends from the Shefelbine Group enjoying a Christmas lunch at Mario and Alessandra's favourite Italian restaurant (in London that is). From left: Andre, Vikesh, Mario, Tyler, Niamh, Helen, Dalila, Hannah, Suzie, Naiara and (taking the picture) Alessandra! | * December 2013: [[Image:Christmas2013.jpg|350px|right|Christmas 2013]] Happy Christmas from the Developmental Biomechanics Lab! Here we are with our friends from the Shefelbine Group enjoying a Christmas lunch at Mario and Alessandra's favourite Italian restaurant (in London that is). From left: Andre, Vikesh, Mario, Tyler, Niamh, Helen, Dalila, Hannah, Suzie, Naiara and (taking the picture) Alessandra! | ||
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* March 2013: Vikesh sucessfully completed his MRes project in the Developmental Biomechanics lab. Good luck to Vikesh in the second part of his MRes! | * March 2013: Vikesh sucessfully completed his MRes project in the Developmental Biomechanics lab. Good luck to Vikesh in the second part of his MRes! | ||
* January 2013: | * January 2013: Mario and Niamh attended the 2013 Annual Meeting of the Orthopaedic Research Society [http://www.ors.org/ (ORS)], where Mario presented a poster on his research. Mario also presented a talk entitled "Fetal Movements Play an Important Role in Joint Shape Morphogenesis" at the [http://www.pre-ors.org/ "pre-ORS"], the 21st Annual Symposium on Computational Methods in Orthopaedic Biomechanics. | ||
* October 2012: Vikesh Chandaria (Mres student) is welcomed to the Developmental Biomechanics Lab! | * October 2012: Vikesh Chandaria (Mres student) is welcomed to the Developmental Biomechanics Lab! |
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