Welcome to The Centre for Bioengineering
Queen Mary has a long track record of outstanding bioengineering and biomaterials research dating back to the EPSRC funded Interdisciplinary Research Centre in Biomedical Materials. We are dedicated to Engineering Better Medicine for a brighter and healthier future. At the heart of our mission lies the unyielding commitment to advancing the boundaries of science and engineering by delivering cutting-edge biomedical engineering solutions. We foster collaboration among world-class researchers and external partners.
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Recent Publications
- Neuromodulation of a peripheral nerve using fully polymeric cuff electrodes: understanding predictability of selective stimulation
Bailey ZK Nairac Z Cuttaz EA M’Rad IB Chapman CAR Rapeaux A Goding JA Roche AD et al.
Journal of Neural Engineering, Iop Publishing vol. 23 (1)
01-02-2026 - Deep learning models to map osteocyte networks from confocal microscopy can successfully distinguish between young and aged bone
Vetter SD Schurman CA Alliston T Slabaugh G Verbruggen SW
Plos Computational Biology, Public Library of Science (Plos) vol. 22 (1)
27-01-2026 - Real-time high-throughput characterisation of the surface elasticity of suspended cells
Guo Z Sui Y Wang W
Lab on a Chip, Royal Society of Chemistry (Rsc) vol. 26 (8), 2514-2530.
01-01-2026
Recent Grants
- (CONTRA) Cancer-Osteocyte Network Atlas - ERC CoG 2025 Verbruggen
Stefaan Verbruggen
£1,575,029 EU Commission - Horizon Europe
01-06-2026 - 31-05-2031 - Grant Transfer - Enabling Non-invasive Image-based Prostate Cancer Detection Through Machine Reasoning
Shaheer U. Saeed
£112,341 Cancer Research UK
01-04-2026 - 30-06-2028 - Vagina microbiome organ chip for testing of biotherapeutics to treat BV
Tina Chowdhury and Ruairi Robertson
£50,000 Tommy's
01-04-2026 - 31-03-2028