Queen Mary, University of London - Department of Materials

Development of biomaterials for tissue engineering

The Department of Materials was established at Queen Mary, University of London in 1967 and works on different materials including polymers, ceramics and biomaterials. The biomaterial research derives from the Interdisciplinary Research Centre for Biomaterials at the University founded in 1995 and is now continued within the Department of Materials.
The Department collaborates with the Centre for Biomedical Materials Research (IRC) and is in interested automotive engineering, biomedical materials, energy systems and environmental materials.

Paul Hogg, Prof., PhD, Head of Department

Mile End Road
London E1 4NS
UK
Phone: +44-20-7882-5150
Fax: +44-20-8981-9804

The biomaterials section works on polymers (from silicone to acrylics) and ceramics in order to find suitable biodegradable materials for use in tissue engineering and as scaffold. Polymer applications inlcude prosthetic devices (e.g. heart valves, replacement arteries and veins, lenses), drug delivery matrices and fixation materials (e.g. bone cement). Tissue engineering applications include bone repair based on ceramic lattices and hard-tissue replacement. The scientists were able to show that synthesised 3D calcium phosphate is able to initiate bone formation. Carbon dioxide is used in order to develop open pore scaffolds, which can be applied in wound healing.