Dermal Drug Delivery & Diagnostics Laboratory
Dr Keng Wooi Ng @ Newcastle University
Just as we were about to wind down our lab operations for Christmas, we welcomed postdoctoral research associate, Dr Hassan Elsana, into our team this week. Hassan will be working on an EPSRC-funded project researching microneedle-mediated drug delivery in the skin.
This project is a collaboration with Dr Wing Man Lau (School of Pharmacy) and Dr Katarina Novakovic (School of Engineering). We have high hopes for this project.
Exciting times ahead, and I don’t just mean Christmas!
This week, I welcome 4 new team members into the team:
Cerys Evans is an MPharm student who will be investigating microneedle coating strategies for dermal drug delivery over the next 10 weeks.
Rachael Dixon joins us to develop a novel skin health monitor, in a joint effort between the School of Pharmacy and the Institute of Cellular Medicine. Professor Syed Moein Moghimi, Professor Mark Birch-Machin and Dr Philip Manning are co-supervisors.
Grace Young starts her PhD research formulating an antimicrobial delivery strategy to combat biofilms. The project, led by Dr Wing Man Lau and co-supervised by Dr Nick Jakubovics and myself, is a collaboration between the School of Pharmacy and the School of Dental Sciences.
Georgia Peavoy joins us to develop a novel diagnostic device for detecting nerve damage in diabetic patients. This is a collaborative project with Dr Roger Whittaker (lead supervisor, Institute of Neuroscience) and Professor Anthony O’Neil (School of Engineering).
I hope they enjoy their time with us and have a productive research project in the months and years ahead.
An EPSRC-funded PhD studentship is now open for application. The successful candidate will join a multi-disciplinary team to develop a microneedle device to assess nerve function in diabetes.
The project will be led by Dr Roger Whittaker (Institute of Neuroscience), and co-supervised by Professor Anthony O’Neill (School of Engineering) and myself (School of Pharmacy).
Closing date: 5 June 2019.
Full details here.
We are now accepting applications for a funded PhD studentship in rapid disease diagnosis.
If you have read about our microneedle technology, and think that it is an area of research you would like to engage in and gain a PhD in the process, then please see the link below for eligibility and how to apply: