We are an interdisciplinary group working on developing supramolecular biomaterials and fabrication processes to tackle challenges in regenerative medicine
Joined October 2015
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The Mata Lab retweeted
14 Jun 2025
Check out our Perspective on emerging #biofabrication and #biomanufacturing technologies, with @ArnoldLiningJu
With innovative design & system #EngineeringBio, we hope to move closer to making functional human tissues and organs at scale.
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The Mata Lab retweeted
13 Jun 2025
🥳Our review on #Swarming Intelligence in #nanomotors, idea conceived years ago, the basis of my @ERC_Research CoG (i-Nanoswarms), is now published in @NatRevMater nature.com/articles/s41578-0… Great collaboration with @ayusmansen @ahortelao @ShuqinChen5 @tania_patino_
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3 Apr 2025
Great talk by Helena Azevedo @mhatricell from @i3S_UPorto on smart peptide-based strategies for immunomodulation. We were lucky @UoN_BDI @UoN_RMCT to have her visit.
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The Mata Lab retweeted
11 Mar 2025
Incredibly proud of the fantastic line-up of invited speakers in the @MOBILIsE_EU 1st #molecular #bioengineering symposium! Early Bird Registration & Abstract Submission are open, but will close soon (12 March 2025)! Looking forward to your submissions & participation!😊
11 Mar 2025
🌟Take advantage of the early bird fee and submit an abstract by tomorrow, Mar 12!🚀Many reasons to attend this symposium @i3S_UPorto and explore opportunities within the multidisciplinary field of #immunoengineering! 👀Check all details and register here bit.ly/4fYZVH9
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The Mata Lab retweeted
24 Feb 2025
Couldn't be prouder about having Jeffrey Hubbell @nyutandon, a #bioengineer & a giant in #biomaterials, in our 1st @MOBILIsE_EU symposium @i3S_UPorto. He is developing innovative biomaterials to stimulate the #immune system to fight #cancer or #infection.
24 Feb 2025
📢Thrilled to announce the plenary speaker of
@MOBILIsE_EU Symposium in #MolecularBioengineering focused on #Immunoengineering!💡Prof Hubbell uses biomaterials & protein engineering to explore regenerative medicine and immunotherapeutics solutions! 👀bit.ly/4fYZVH9
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20 Feb 2025
Check out Alex's review comparing mech properties of fibrous ECM components and self-assembling peptide nanofibres. An effort to contribute towards the rational design of tissue engineered matrices. @AOCMF_BOOST @NottmBRCMSIR @UKRMP_Smart @UoN_RMCT @UoN_BDI @UoN_SoE @philmw
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20 Feb 2025
Check out @CosLigorio paper co-assembling peptides with skin ECM components and their non-invasive monitoring for skincare applications. Great collaboration with @EsteeLauder, David Scurr, and Guy German. @AOCMF_BOOST @UKRMP_Smart @NottmBRCMSIR @UoN_RMCT @UoN_BDI
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The Mata Lab retweeted
28 Jan 2025
‼️Symposium alert‼️
👉Working on #supramolecular #biomaterials based on #peptide and/or #proteins & planning to attend @ESB_2025🇮🇹 ?🤔
🎯Submit your abstract for #oral comm to our #symposium until March 15!
👉 esb2025.org/abstract-submiss…
🙏🏻 @RSCbiomatchem group for sponsorship 🙌
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The Mata Lab retweeted
20 Jan 2025
My laboratory has an open position in osteochondral engineering
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The Mata Lab retweeted
13 Jan 2025
Our article entitled ‘Disassembly of self-assembling peptide hydrogels as a versatile method for cell extraction and manipulation’, has been featured in the J of Mater Chem B 2024 Most Popular Articles collection. Free to access until 28 Feb 2025 shorturl.at/ETcQM @Mata_Lab
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16 Nov 2024
Please check out our recent paper led by @CosLigorio and Soraya on a biocooperative approach to turn whole blood into personalised and tuneable regenerative implants @iskratsch
@ERC_Research @AOCMF_BOOST @NottmBRCMSIR @UoN_BDI @UoN_RMCT onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
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The Mata Lab retweeted
6 Nov 2024
🚨 The Whelan lab is hiring! 🚨 We are looking for a PDRA to join our lab at U of Manchester. We & collab @Mata_Lab are seeking someone interested in interdisciplinary techniques to est a hydrogel biofilm model to study microbe-pathogen interactions
jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/Jo…
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The Mata Lab retweeted
26 Oct 2024
Studying water's behaviour is tricky – how do you distinguish between a hydrogen-bonded water and an unbonded one? New research has used x-ray Raman scattering spectroscopy to detect changes in local hydrogen-bonding, as @philipcball explores.
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Gentle dis-assembly of peptide-based hydrogels for growing, extracting, and reusing cells @CosLigorio @ERC_Research @AOCMF_BOOST @NottmBRC @UKRMP_Smart @UoN_RMCT @UoN_BDI
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25 Oct 2024
Gentle dis-assembly of peptide-based hydrogels for growing, extracting, and reusing cells @CosLigorio @ERC_Research @AOCMF_BOOST @NottmBRC @UKRMP_Smart @UoN_RMCT @UoN_BDI
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18 Oct 2024
Elegant work Cosimo!
17 Oct 2024
Happy to share our latest publication on J Mater Chem B. Here, we developed a gentle method to disassemble self-assembling peptide hydrogels, allowing high-yield recovery of encapsulated cells for further cell manipulation. @Mata_Lab @AOCMF_BOOST @NottmBRC bit.ly/4eINU8A
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The Mata Lab retweeted
5 Sep 2024
📢 We're so excited to share our new review paper on engineered protein hydrogels! @Yueming_L and @aidan_gilchrist discuss how amino acid sequences can be designed for tunable control over scaffold properties in cell culture applications. @AdvSciNews
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The Mata Lab retweeted
5 Aug 2024
Our Advanced Materials review on neuromorphic biomaterials is now out! Led by Jiongyi Yan, together with Adam Perriman and Fabrizio Scarpa: doi.org/10.1002/adma.2024039…
@AdvSciNews @Brms_Research
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The Mata Lab retweeted
18 Jul 2024
Registration open!
Symposium to celebrate the career and mark the retirement of Professor Richard Oreffo
Tuesday 10th September 2024: Lunch 12.30-2pm, Symposium 2-5.30pm.
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The Mata Lab retweeted
18 Jul 2024
Self-Sorting in Multicomponent Supramolecular Gels Using Different Assembly Triggers and Calcium Ion-Induced Diffusion Patterning
By Chayanan Tangsombun & @professor_dave @UniOfYork
Read the paper 👉 go.acs.org/ac6
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