Join us at Burlington House as the 91AV welcomes the Membrane Biophysics Platform, winners of the 2017 Rita and John Cornforth Award.
The Membrane Biophysics Platform at Imperial College London engineers new membrane structures for everything from pharmaceutical products to artificial cells that mimic their biological counterparts. The team, led by Dr Nick Brooks, Professor Oscar Ces, Dr Yuval Elani, Dr Rob Law and Professor John Seddon, will give a short talk on their work and share their experience in interdisciplinary research.
A drinks reception will follow the talk. The event is free, but please register as limited spaces are available.
About the winners
The Membrane Biophysics Platform (MBP) at Imperial College London (IC) is a world leading centre in the design, characterisation and industrial application of self-assembled amphiphilic microstructures. They have pioneered advances in molecular membrane engineering, lyotropic liquid crystals, membrane mechanics, small molecule and protein-lipid interactions, artificial cells and single cell analysis. A key facet of the group that underpins this research portfolio is the development of bespoke instrumentation, from imaging methods through to advanced X-ray beamlines and microfluidics.
Through its leadership of large scale research and training initiatives such as the Institute of Chemical Biology (ICB), the ICB Centre for Doctoral Training, the IC Advanced Hackspace and the CAPITALS programme, the MBP has fostered collaborations across the physical - life sciences interface, bringing together academic and industrial communities in partnership with policymakers to develop high-impact multidisciplinary research targeted at industrial and societal grand challenges. The MBP is engaged in more than 60 collaborations across the globe, their current interactions with industry include long standing partnerships with pharmaceutical industry, the personal care sector, agri-tech, food science and biotech SMEs. Research programmes with UK and European large X-ray and neutron facilities have underpinned breakthroughs in novel X-ray technologies and the discovery of novel lipid mesophases.
The MBP has an exceptional record of training early-career researchers, graduating more than 30 PhD students in recent years, with more than half of these going on to secure positions as academic PIs or Research Fellows. Most recently, MBP translational research led to the establishment of Biomin Technologies Limited.
Group website: https://www.imperial.ac.uk/membrane-biophysics
About the Award
The Rita & John Cornforth Award is awarded to scientists working in collaborative research teams between the chemistry and life sciences disciplines.
For more information, please visit http://www.rsc.org/ScienceAndTechnology/Awards/RitaandJohnCornforthAward/
The Membrane Biophysics Platform at Imperial College London engineers new membrane structures for everything from pharmaceutical products to artificial cells that mimic their biological counterparts. The team, led by Dr Nick Brooks, Professor Oscar Ces, Dr Yuval Elani, Dr Rob Law and Professor John Seddon, will give a short talk on their work and share their experience in interdisciplinary research.
A drinks reception will follow the talk. The event is free, but please register as limited spaces are available.
About the winners
The Membrane Biophysics Platform (MBP) at Imperial College London (IC) is a world leading centre in the design, characterisation and industrial application of self-assembled amphiphilic microstructures. They have pioneered advances in molecular membrane engineering, lyotropic liquid crystals, membrane mechanics, small molecule and protein-lipid interactions, artificial cells and single cell analysis. A key facet of the group that underpins this research portfolio is the development of bespoke instrumentation, from imaging methods through to advanced X-ray beamlines and microfluidics.
Through its leadership of large scale research and training initiatives such as the Institute of Chemical Biology (ICB), the ICB Centre for Doctoral Training, the IC Advanced Hackspace and the CAPITALS programme, the MBP has fostered collaborations across the physical - life sciences interface, bringing together academic and industrial communities in partnership with policymakers to develop high-impact multidisciplinary research targeted at industrial and societal grand challenges. The MBP is engaged in more than 60 collaborations across the globe, their current interactions with industry include long standing partnerships with pharmaceutical industry, the personal care sector, agri-tech, food science and biotech SMEs. Research programmes with UK and European large X-ray and neutron facilities have underpinned breakthroughs in novel X-ray technologies and the discovery of novel lipid mesophases.
The MBP has an exceptional record of training early-career researchers, graduating more than 30 PhD students in recent years, with more than half of these going on to secure positions as academic PIs or Research Fellows. Most recently, MBP translational research led to the establishment of Biomin Technologies Limited.
Group website: https://www.imperial.ac.uk/membrane-biophysics
About the Award
The Rita & John Cornforth Award is awarded to scientists working in collaborative research teams between the chemistry and life sciences disciplines.
For more information, please visit http://www.rsc.org/ScienceAndTechnology/Awards/RitaandJohnCornforthAward/
