Biomedical Engineering - About Us
The Biomedical Engineering Initiative aims to develop novel solutions in healthcare and biosciences and to apply and commercialise these through a robust translational pipeline.
Our aims are to provide an environment for innovation and technological development that brings together our world class biomedical research and clinical activity with all branches of engineering and physical sciences.
Our strength in nanoscience and small scale engineering supports a range of projects from the construction of single biomolecular wires and scaffolds for interfacing devices with the biological environment, to accelerometers for monitoring movement and electrodes that form the basis of brain and retinal prosthetic implants. Our current portfolio covers a wide range of near clinic to blue skies projects.
Both within the University and wider region we have world class facilities both for fabrication and for testing and clinical implementation. The translational pipeline is facilitated by the close links between University, Health Trusts and commercial partners. This follows the Triple Helix model of innovation which is being developed at Newcastle as the basis of science cities (download the full article - pdf)
Our achievements include spin out companies and contract fabrication (e.g. Orlaproteins and INEX) as well as numerous CE marked devices licensed to manufacture.
We also provide training for work at this inter-disciplinary interface, including a Wellcome Trust PhD programme in Neuroscience specifically aimed at students with backgrounds in engineering or the other physical sciences.
