Medipol
Improved quality of life thanks to innovative polymers for
biomedical applications
About the project
MEDIPOL is designed to identify, design, develop and disseminate understanding of materials and technologies for systems that will aid and augment the healthy ageing of ocular and dermal tissue.
This EU-funded Molecular Design of Polymers for Biomedical Applications (MEDIPOL) project is an integrated four-year programme of knowledge transfer and networking, between six partners (Aston University in UK; Technical University of Liberec in Czech Republic; Chiang Mai University, Naresuan University and Mae Fah Luang in Thailand and i+Med S. Coop, Spain) with complementary expertise, to design and develop new materials for advanced biomedical applications, targeting soft tissues, especially the eye and dermal (skin) wounds. There are clear similarities between ocular and dermal sites; understanding these analogies facilitates the design of, for example, corneal bandages, ophthalmic dry eye therapies and effective burn and wound dressings with increased effectiveness. The specific major problems being targeted relate to vision and mobility, increasingly critical issues worldwide in healthcare systems that have the task of managing the socio-economic aspects of ageing populations. MEDIPOL’s knowledge transfer programme will train sixty professionals as future leaders in academia and industry leading to the development of new treatments.
Consortium
Summer Schools
Dissemination
Biphasic nanofibrous scaffolds based on collagen and PLC for controlled release LL-37 in guided bone regeneration
Abstract This is a feasibility study on the ability of biodegradable collagen coated with poly(L-lactide-co-ε-caprolactone) (PLC) to deliver the antimicrobial peptide, LL-37, for usage as a barrier membrane in guided bone regeneration. In this study, a nanofibrous PLC...
Scalable and Room-Temperature Ring-Opening Polymerization of ε-Caprolactone Catalyzed by Active Lithium Tetramethylene-Tethered butylimidazol-2-ylidene Heterocyclic Carbene as a Lewis Acid Organocatalyst
Abstract The Lewis acid organocatalytic system of lithium tetramethylene-tethered bis[N-(N′-butylimidazol-2-ylidene)] N-heterocyclic carbene (1,4-bisNHC) including lithium benzyloxide and benzyl alcohol has been successfully utilized in the ring-opening polymerization...
Effectiveness of physicochemical techniques on the activation of Ti6Al4V surface with improved biocompatibility and antibacterial properties
Abstract Today, Ti6Al4V alloy is the most used and manufactured metallic implantable biomaterial in biomedical industry. However, in recent years it has demonstrated that Ti6Al4V based biomaterials could induce harmful diseases to human health in long-term...
News / Events
10th International Polymer Conference of Thailand (PCT-10)
6-7 August 2020 Online Conference. Session Chair (Biomedical Polymers): Winita Punyodom. Invited Speaker: Dr. Anisa Mahomed (Aston, UK)
SmartMat-2020 (The 5th International Conference on Smart Materials and Nanotechnology). Onsite Conference
1st International Conference on Advanced Materials for Printed Electronics and Sensors (ICAMPS 2020) 10-11 September 2020 Online Conference. Session Chair (Advanced Materials for Biomedical Applications): Winita Punyodom, Robert Molloy, Runglawan Somsunan, Kittikhun Manokruang & Patnarin Worrajittiphon
IUMRS-ICA 2020 : The 21st International Union of Materials Research Societies
International Conference in Asia. Online Conference 23-26 February 2021. Symposium Chair (Biomaterial): Winita Punyodom and Robert Molloy
January 2020 kick off meeting
1st International Symposium for MEDIPOL Researchers 2022
Contact
The lead partner and coordinator of MEDIPOL is the Aston University.
Please contact us if you have any questions about the project.
European Coordinator:
Professor Paul Topham
Director, Aston Institute of Materials Research (AIMR)
p.d.topham@aston.ac.uk
Project Manager
Dr. Val Franklin
Research Fellow, Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry
Biostuff@aston.ac.uk
MEDIPOL project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No 871650.
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