Lab News

Marc's Paper Generates Media Interest!

Marc Fernandez' Ph.D work has been published in Advanced Materials. This latest paper has generated significant media interest with...

Marc Fernandez Publishes Paper on Tssue Engineered Piezoelectric Scaffolds

Marc Fernandez' Ph.D work has been published in Advanced Materials. Tendon disease constitutes an unmet clinical need and remains a...

New Paper by James Britton on a Green Biosensor

Biosensor technologies are of great interest for applications in wearable electronics, soft robotics and implantable biomedical devices....

Marc Fernandez awarded the Julia Polak European Doctorate Award

Dr. Mark Fernandez, has been awarded the Julia Polak European Doctorate Award 2021 of the European Society for Biomaterials (ESB) to be...

Kasia's New Paper on Neural Interface Biomaterials Published in Scientific Reports

By providing a bidirectional communication channel between neural tissues and a biomedical device, it is envisaged that neural interfaces...

Enterprise Ireland Commercialisation Funding Awarded to Marc Fernandez to Develop His PhD Work Into

Funding has been approved by Enterprise Ireland to Marc Fernandez to further develop his PhD research at the Biggs Lab into a synthetic...

New Paper by Ghazal Tadayyon on the Development of a Resorbable Strain Sensor Published in Materials

Biodegradable strain sensors able to undergo controlled degradation following implantation have recently received significant interest as...

Dr Adriona Kelly Awarded the Ph.D Degree Following a Successful Thesis Defence

Adriona Kelly was awarded the Ph.D degree after successfully defending her thesis on February 28th, 2020. Adriona was co-supervised by...

New Collaborative Paper with Matthew Dalby and Team on Nanovibrational Stimulation of Stem Cells

There is a pressing clinical need to develop cell-based bone therapies due to a lack of viable, autologous bone grafts and a growing...

Alexandre Trotier Receives Best Rapid-Fire Presentation Award at Frontiers in Traumatic Brain Injury

The Frontiers in Traumatic Brain Injury 2020 (FiTBI2020) conference was hosted online on the 16th of June 2020 to showcase the current...