Prof Karin Hing

Professor of Biomaterials and Tissue Regeneration
Biomedical Engineering Programme Director
School of Engineering and Materials Science
Queen Mary University of London
Queen Mary University of London
Research
Biomaterials, Bone graft substitutes, Biocompatibility, Orthobiologics, Regenerative Medicine, Tissue Engineering
Interests
Karin’s main research interests centre on development of next generation of orthobiologic bone graft substitution technologies and bioactive regenerative replacement materials through investigation of the chemical and structural control of the rate, volume and quality of bone regeneration in these biomaterials. These investigations have led to the development of 3D In vitro models for investigation of the physio-chemical phenomena behind chemical and structural enhancement of the rate and volume of bone tissue regeneration in the body.Her research formed part of the underpinning science behind ApaTech™ Ltd., a QMUL spin-out company that was founded in 2001 to translate pioneering research into clinical practice through the launch of Apapore™ and Actifuse™ synthetic bone graft substitutes. In 2010 Apatech™ was acquired by Baxter for $330m in recognition of its position as a global leader in the provision of their bone graft substitute technologies. On-going collaboration with Baxter, has led to the launch of Inductigraft™ (2013) and AltaPore™ (2017), synthetic bone graft substitutes with enhanced osteo-productivity and, in clinical trials, similar efficacy to autograft. As such she has extensive experience in the commercial translation of research from bench to bedside. To date it is estimated that ApaTech™/Baxter bone graft substitute materials have been used in a range of clinical applications including trauma, maxillofacial reconstruction, joint revision and spine surgery, to treat over 500,000 patients world wide.
Karin is also actively involved in public engagement having appeared in a feature on her research in an episode of the BBC's prime time science programme, 'Bang Goes the Theory' (March 2013). She was awarded the Royal Academy of Engineering's Silver Medal in 2011 and has since been awarded the Kroll Medal by the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining, and the Biocompatibles Prize by the UK Society for Biomaterials, both in 2013. In 2019 the outstanding engineering achievements that underpinned the founding of ApaTech™ and development of Actifuse™ and Inductigraft™ were celebrated as one of the six Royal Mail stamps issued commemorating 50 years of British Engineering.
Publications

2023

Mafina K, Wilson RM, Rees GJ, Gierth P, Sullivan AC and Hing KA
Academia Materials Science, Academia.Edu Journals vol. 1 (1)
06-11-2023

Mafina M-K, Wilson R, Rees G, Gierth P, Sullivan A and Hing K
Academia Materials Science
05-11-2023
2022

Zhou B, Jiang Y, Guo Q, Das A, Jorge Sobrido A, Hing K, Zayats A and Krause S
Acs Applied Nano Materials, American Chemical Society
10-11-2022

Kohnken-Sawall J, Rawlinson SCF and Hing KA
01-01-2022
2021

Zhou B, Das A, Zhong M, Guo Q, Zhang D-W, Hing KA, Sobrido AJ, Titirici M-M and Krause S
Biosensors and Bioelectronics, Elsevier vol. 180
02-03-2021
2020

Hexter AT, Hing KA, Haddad FS and Blunn G
Bone and Joint Research, The British Editorial Society of Bone & Joint Surgery vol. 9 (6), 293-301.
17-06-2020
2019

Wu F, Zhou B, Wang J, Zhong M, Das A, Watkinson M, Hing K, Zhang D-W and Krause S
Anal Chem
15-04-2019
2017

Mafina MK, Sullivan AC and Hing KA
Materials Science and Engineering C vol. 80, 207-212.
01-11-2017

Sriranganathan D, Chen X, Hing KA, Kanwal N and Hill RG
Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids vol. 457, 25-30.
01-02-2017
2016

Coathup MJ, Blunn GW, Campion C, Ho C-Y and Hing KA
J Biomed Mater Res B Appl Biomater vol. 105 (4), 805-814.
14-01-2016
2015

Sriranganathan D, Kanwal N, Hing KA and Hill RG
Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine, Springer Nature vol. 27 (2)
24-12-2015

Hutchens SA, Campion C, Assad M, Chagnon M and Hing KA
J Mater Sci Mater Med vol. 27 (1), 20-20.
18-12-2015

Shah FA, Brauer DS, Hill RG and Hing KA
Materials Letters, Elsevier vol. 153, 143-147.
01-08-2015
2014

Shah FA, Brauer DS, Desai N, Hill RG and Hing KA
Materials Letters vol. 119, 96-99.
15-03-2014

Shah FA, Brauer DS, Wilson RM, Hill RG and Hing KA
Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part A vol. 102 (3), 647-654.
01-03-2014
2013

Castagna V, Olivares-Navarrete R, Schwartz Z, Boyan BD and Hing KA
European Cells and Materials vol. 26 (SUPPL. 3)
08-08-2013

Campion CR, Ball SL, Clarke DL and Hing KA
Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine vol. 24 (3), 597-610.
01-03-2013

Mafina M-K, Hing KA and Sullivan AC
Langmuir vol. 29 (5), 1420-1426.
05-02-2013

Ghani Y, Coathup MJ, Hing KA and Blunn GW
Jrsm Short Rep vol. 4 (9)
01-01-2013

Ruys A, Tampieri A, Sprio S, Ehrlich H, Rabiei R, Dastjerdi AK, Mirkhalaf M, Barthelat F, Chánová EM, Rypáček F, Boughton P, , Roger G, Rohanizadeh R, Mason RS, Boughton E, McLennan SV, Le Bao Ha T, Hing KA, Zhu J, et al.
In Biomimetic Biomaterials, Elsevier ix-xi.
01-01-2013
2012

Coathup MJ, Hing KA, Samizadeh S, Chan O, Fang YS, Campion C, Buckland T and Blunn GW
Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part A vol. 100 A (6), 1550-1555.
01-06-2012

Ghani Y, Coathup MJ, Hing KA and Blunn GW
J Orthop Res vol. 30 (3), 356-363.
01-03-2012

Chan O, Coathup MJ, Nesbitt A, Ho CY, Hing KA, Buckland T, Campion C and Blunn GW
Acta Biomaterialia vol. 8 (7), 2788-2794.
01-01-2012

Campion R, Ball S, Clarke D and Hing K
01-01-2012

Campion C, Ball S, Clarke D and Hing K
01-01-2012

Ozad U, Parish A and Hing KA
Sakarya University Journal of Science, Lookus Bilisim vol. 16 (3), 170-177.
01-01-2012
2011

Coathup MJ, Samizadeh S, Fang YS, Buckland T, Hing KA and Blunn GW
J Bone Joint Surg Am vol. 93 (23), 2219-2226.
07-12-2011

Parish A, Davis G and Hing K
24th European Conference On Biomaterials - Annual Conference of The European Society For Biomaterials
01-12-2011

Castagna V, Sullivan A and Hing K
24th European Conference On Biomaterials - Annual Conference of The European Society For Biomaterials
01-12-2011

Guth K, Campion C, Buckland T and Hing KA
Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine vol. 22 (10), 2155-2164.
01-10-2011

Campion CR, Chander C, Buckland T and Hing K
Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part B Applied Biomaterials vol. 97 B (2), 245-254.
01-05-2011

Castagna V, Sullivan A and Hing KA
European Cells and Materials vol. 22 (SUPPL.2)
01-01-2011

Mafina MK, Sullivan AC and Hing KA
European Cells and Materials vol. 22 (SUPPL.2)
01-01-2011

Parish AJB, Davis GR and Hing KA
European Cells and Materials vol. 22 (SUPPL.2)
01-01-2011
2010

Guth K, Campion C, Buckland T and Hing KA
Advanced Engineering Materials vol. 12 (4)
01-04-2010

Guth K, Campion C, Buckland T and Hing KA
Advanced Engineering Materials vol. 12 (1-2)
01-02-2010
2009

Mafina MK, Sullivan AC and Hing KA
European Cells and Materials vol. 18 (SUPPL. 2)
01-07-2009
2008

Samizadeh S, Amogbokpa J, Fang SC, Coathup MJ, Hing KA, Buckland T and Blunn GW
8th World Biomaterials Congress 2008 vol. 2
01-12-2008

Hing KA
Journal of Physics: Conference Series vol. 105 (1)
01-03-2008

Rashid N, Harding I, Buckland T and HING KA
, Editors: Meenan BJ and Boyd AR. International Journal of Nano and Biomaterials vol. 1 (3), 299-319.
01-01-2008

Christophy C, Rashid N, Di Silvio L and Hing KA
01-01-2008
2007

Mabilleau G, Xia Z, Hing KA, Buckland T and Sabokbar A
01-06-2007

Hing KA, Wilson LF and Buckland T
Spine J vol. 7 (4), 475-490.
01-01-2007
2006

De Carlos A, Lusquinos F, Pou J, Leon B, Perez-Amor M, Driessens FCM, Hing K, Best S and Bonfield W
01-11-2006

Hing KA, Revell PA, Smith N and Buckland T
Biomaterials vol. 27 (29), 5014-5026.
01-10-2006

De Carlos A, Lusquinos F, Pou J, Leon B, Perez-Amor M, Driessens FCM, HING KA, Best S and Bonfield W
Journal of Materials Science Materials in Medicine vol. 17 (11), 1153-1160.
01-01-2006

Guth K, Buckland T and Hing KA
, Editors: Nakamura T, Yamashita K and Neo M.
01-01-2006
2005

Harding IS, Rashid N and Hing KA
Biomaterials vol. 26 (34), 6818-6826.
01-12-2005

Mehta JS, Futter CE, Sandeman SR, Faragher RGAF, Hing KA, Tanner KE and Allan BDS
Br J Ophthalmol vol. 89 (10), 1356-1362.
01-10-2005

Hing KA, Annaz B, Saeed S, Revell PA and Buckland T
01-05-2005

HING KA, Annaz B, Saeed S, Revell PA and Buckland T
Journal of Materials Science Materials in Medicine vol. 16 (5), 467-475.
01-01-2005

Hing KA
Int J Appl Ceram Tec vol. 2 (3), 184-199.
01-01-2005
2004

Hing KA
Philos Trans a Math Phys Eng Sci vol. 362 (1825), 2821-2850.
15-12-2004

Rashid N, Harding I and Hing KA
Transactions - 7th World Biomaterials Congress
01-12-2004

Hing KA, Saeed S, Annaz B, Buckland T and Revell PA
Transactions - 7th World Biomaterials Congress
01-12-2004

Hing KA, Saeed S, Annaz B, Buckland T and Revell PA
Transactions - 7th World Biomaterials Congress
01-12-2004

Saeed S, Hing K and Revell PA
Transactions - 7th World Biomaterials Congress
01-12-2004

Annaz B, Hing KA, Kayser M, Buckland T and Di Silvio L
Transactions - 7th World Biomaterials Congress
01-12-2004

Annaz B, Hing KA, Kayser M, Buckland T and Di Silvio L
J Microsc vol. 216 (Pt 2), 97-109.
01-11-2004

Annaz B, Hing KA, Kayser M, Buckland T and Di Silvio L
J Microsc vol. 215 (Pt 1), 100-110.
01-07-2004

Hing KA, Saeed S, Annaz B, Buckland T and Revell PA
, Editors: Barbosa MA, Monteiro FJ, Correia R and Leon B.
01-01-2004

HING KA, Tanner KE, Best SM, Bonfield W and Revell PA
Journal of Biomedical Materials Research vol. 68A, 187-200.
01-01-2004

HING KA, Revell PA, McInness T and Damien E
Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery - British Volume vol. 86-B Suppl I:II
01-01-2004

Hing KA, Best SM, Tanner KE, Bonfield W and Revell PA
J Biomed Mater Res A vol. 68 (1), 187-200.
01-01-2004
2003

Damien E, Hing K, Saeed S and Revell PA
J Biomed Mater Res A vol. 66 (2), 241-246.
01-08-2003

Lusquiños F, De Carlos A, Pou J, Arias JL, Boutinguiza M, León B, Pérez-Amor M, Driessens FCM, Hing K, Gibson I, Best S and Bonfield W
J Biomed Mater Res A vol. 64 (4), 630-637.
15-03-2003
2002

Patel N, Best SM, Bonfield W, Gibson IR, Hing KA, Damien E and Revell PA
J Mater Sci Mater Med vol. 13 (12), 1199-1206.
01-12-2002

Ke S, Gibson IR and Hing KA
, Editors: Brown S, Clarke I and Williams P.
01-01-2002

Abdullah Y, Yusof MR, Besar I, Mustafa R and Hing KA
01-01-2002

Patel N, Gibson IR, Hing KA, Best SM, Damien E, Revell PA and Bonfield W
, Editors: Brown S, Clarke I and Williams P.
01-01-2002

Gibson IR, Hing KA, Revell PA, Santos JD, Best SM and Bonfield W
, Editors: Brown S, Clarke I and Williams P.
01-01-2002
2001

Damien E, MacInnes T, Hing K and Revell PA
J Pathol vol. 193, 6A-6A.
01-03-2001
2000

Hing KA, Gibson IR, Revell PA, Best SM and Bonfield W
, Editors: Giannini S and Moroni A.
01-01-2000

Patel N, Best SM, Gibson IR, Ke S, Hing KA and Bonfield W
, Editors: Giannini S and Moroni A.
01-01-2000
1999

Huang J, Hing KA, Best SM, Lee DA, Silvio LD and Bonfield W
Bioceramics.
01-10-1999

Parsons NS, Hing KA, Buckland T, Best SM and Bonfield W
Bioceramics.
01-10-1999

Hing KA, Merry JC, Gibson IR, Di-Silvio L, Best SM and Bonfield W
Bioceramics.
01-10-1999

Hing KA, Best SM, Tanner KE, Bonfield W and Revell PA
Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine, Springer Nature vol. 10 (10-11), 663-670.
01-10-1999

Hing KA, Best SM and Bonfield W
J Mater Sci Mater Med vol. 10 (3), 135-145.
01-03-1999

Di Silvio L, Hing K and Bonfield W
Proceedings of The Controlled Release Society (26), 1152-1153.
01-01-1999
1998

Hing KA, Best SM, Tanner KE, Revell PA and Bonfield W
Proceedings of The Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part H Journal of Engineering in Medicine, Sage Publications vol. 212 (6), 437-451.
01-06-1998

Di Silvio L, Hing K and Bonfield W
, Editors: Haris PI and Chapman D.
01-01-1998
1997

HING KA, BEST SM, TANNER KE, BONFIELD W and REVELL PA
Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine, Springer Nature vol. 8 (12), 731-736.
01-12-1997

Hing KA, Di Silvio L, Gibson IR, Ohtsuki C, Jha LJ, Best SM and Bonfield W
, Editors: Sedel L and Rey C.
01-01-1997

Lopes MA, Knowles JC, Hing KA, Santos JD, Monteiro FJ and Olsen I
, Editors: Sedel L and Rey C.
01-01-1997

Revell PA, Hing KA, Tanner KE, Best SM and Bonfield W
01-01-1997
1996

Hing KA, Best SM, Revell PA, Tanner KE and Bonfield W
Transactions of The Annual Meeting of The Society For Biomaterials in Conjunction With The International Biomaterials Symposium vol. 2
01-12-1996

HING KA
, Editors: Best SM and Bonfield W.
01-01-1996
Grants


Karin Hing
£30,000 Baxter Healthcare Corporation
21-09-2021 - 20-09-2025

Karin Hing and Simon Rawlinson
£41,283 Innovate UK
25-03-2024 - 24-07-2024

Karin Hing and Simon Rawlinson
£256,237 Innovate UK
17-02-2021 - 17-02-2024

Karin Hing and Emiliano Bilotti
£50,243 Baxter Healthcare Corporation
11-01-2021 - 22-01-2025

Karin Hing
£29,000 Baxter Healthcare Corporation
01-10-2020 - 30-09-2024

Karin Hing
£87,500 Apatech Ltd
01-10-2017 - 31-03-2022

Karin Hing
£79,714 Baxter Healthcare Corporation
01-01-2015 - 31-03-2022