News

December 2015

Congratulations to Dr Liyong Jia 23 December 2015 Well done to Liyong who successfully defended his thesis "The mechanical role of GAGs in the aortic valve" funded by a China Scholarship, just before Christmas. What a great end to the year!

October 2015

Job Vacancy 25 October 2015 Sports and Exercise Medicine at QMUL and Musculoskeletal physiotherapy at Bart's Health NHS trust. Band 8a Research Physiotherapist and Extended Scope Practitioner This is will be a joint post with the substantive employer being Sports and Exercise Medicine in the William Harvey Research Institute (WHRI) of Barts and The London ... [more]

New Paper Accepted 15 October 2015 We have recently had a new paper accepted in the Muscles, Ligaments and Tendons Journal with Dr Sarah Morton as lead author MLTJ-2015-02417-R2. Entitled "Tears of the fascia cruris demonstrate characteristic sonographic features: a case series analysis". Abstract: Background: The study aim was to describe the radiological features ... [more]

Congratulations to Dr Victoria Tzortziou-Brown 12 October 2015 Well done to Dr Victoria Tzortziou-Brown who successfully defended her thesis "Professional interventions to improve general practitioner management of common musculoskeletal conditions" funded by Arthritis Research UK. The viva was a proper 'grilling' but Victoria performed brilliantly and will now get on with publishing the outputs of her studies – the ... [more]

Congratulations to Dr Dharmesh Patel 7 October 2015 Well done to Dharmesh who successfully defended his thesis "A novel fibre composite system to investigate tenocyte metabolism under physiological and pathological loading conditions" funded by Arthritis Research UK. Both examiners commented on how well he performed during his viva, and we were all delighted to take Dharmesh out for ... [more]

September 2015

Congratulations to Daniel Rowson 10 September 2015 Well done to Dan, who won a prize for the best poster at our conference Advances in Tendon Research: From Bench to Bedside, for his research looking at the primary cilia in tendon.

Conference Success 9 September 2015 Thanks to everyone in the organising group for all your hard work - our conference "Advances in Tendon Research: From Bench to Bedside" was a great success. We held the conference at QMUL on 7-8 September, and welcomed over 100 delegates from academic, industrial and clinical backgrounds. With four keynote talks, ... [more]

July 2015

Welcome to Beryl and Martha 22 July 2015 Beryl and Martha have joined us from Uganda for a few weeks as summer student, and will be working with the group on tendon mechanics.

Conference Keynote 20 July 2015 Dr Screen has just returned from the International Society of Biomechanics conference in Glasgow, where she gave a keynote lecture about tissue mechanics, including an overview of some of the groups work.

June 2015

Abstract Submission is now open 15 June 2015 Registration, abstract submission and bursary applications for the Conference: 'Advances in Tendon Research: From Bench to Bedside', sponsored by the Company of Biologists, are NOW open! Deadline for receipt of abstracts is 24th July 2015. Abstract submissions are made on-line here. When you click on the abstract submission link you will ... [more]

Welcome to Jade and Kabelan 10 June 2015 Both have joined us for project work over the summer. We hope they enjoy working with our group

April 2015

Two more papers accepted 7 April 2015 We have recently had two more papers accepted. One on tendon micromechanics and the fatigue behaviour of the IFM, and one using microdialysis to investigate how shockwave therapy affects cell metabolism in the Achilles. Thorpe CT, Godinho MSC, Riley GP, Birch HL, Clegg PD, Screen HRC. (2015) The interfascicular matrix enables ... [more]

March 2015

Conference Attendance 28 March 2015 We attended the International Symposium on Ligaments & Tendons and the Orthopaedic Research Society conference in Las Vegas, enjoying some great science at both events. Well done to Dharmesh and Chavaunne on excellent presentations. To celebrate, we enjoyed two days in Bryce Canyon and Zion National Park after the conference [more]

February 2015

Conference announcement: Advances in tendon research - from bench to bedside - 7 and 8th September 2015 - London 12 February 2015 We are pleased to announce that the British Society for Matrix Biology (BSMB) satellite meeting "Advances in tendon research – from bench to bedside" will be held in London in September 2015. This meeting will bring together leading scientists and clinicians from across the tendon and musculoskeletal research fields, providing a forum ... [more]

More Conference Talks Success 10 February 2015 Congratulations to Dharmesh Patel and Chavaunne Thorpe, who have both had abstracts accepted for oral presentations at the International Symposium on Ligaments & Tendons this April in Las Vegas. Chavaunne has also secured an oral presentation at the International Society of Biomechanics in Glasgow in July this year. [more]

January 2015

Two New Journal of Orthopaedic Research Papers Published 26 January 2015 We have recently had two papers accepted in the Journal of Orthopaedic Research, following the successful New Frontiers in Tendon Research held in New York last September. Screen HRC, Birk DE, Kadler KE, Ramirez F, Young MF (2015) Functional Extracellular Matrix. Journal of Orthopaedic Research Spiesz EM, Thorpe CT, Riley GP, ... [more]

Science and Engineering Faculty Celebration Day 14 January 2015 We started the year with the Science & Engineering Faculty Celebration Day and were very excited to meet Professor Bonfield, who presented Marta with a certificate in recognition of her being the very first Bonfield Scholar at QMUL. We all had a very enjoyable evening. [more]