Professor Helen Colley

Post-doctoral Research Assistant:

Dr Amy Harding - Development of the Next Generation of Skin Models (funded by EPSRC with Industrial collaborators). 

Postgraduate Research students:

Helal Alanazi (co-supervisor with Dr S Hunt) Exploring the role of extracellular vesicles in chemotherapy resistance in head and neck cancer.

Catherine Park (co-supervisor with Dr S Hunt) Targeting extracellular vesicle-mediated intercellular communication in cancer through the use of 3D tissue engineered models.

Klaudia Slowik (primary supervisor with Dr R Bolt, Prof C Murdoch and Prof P Hatton) Fabrication and toxicity testing of drug-loaded oral patches to expedite wound repair following tooth extraction.

Jake Edmans (primary supervisor with Dr S Spain, Prof C Murdoch and Prof P Hatton) Novel strategies for the transmucosal delivery of biofunctional peptides using electrospun polymer patches.

Asma El Howati (primary supervisor with Prof C Murdoch). Modelling T-cell interactions in oral inflammatory disease.

Inmaculada Barragan Vazquez (co-supervisor with Prof C Murdoch and Dr S Danby). Development of an immune competent human skin equivalent model of atopic dermatitis for pre-clinical drug testing.

Claire Johnson (primary supervisor with Prof C Murdoch). Development of a multi-cellular tissue engineered model of T-cell inflammatory disease.

Witchayut Sasimonthon (co-supervisor with Prof G Reilly and Dr F Claeyssens). The role of the extracellular matrix in bone tissue engineering.

Bethany Ollington (co-supervisor with Prof C Murdoch). Development and characterisation of an in vitro immuno-competent oral mucosal model to evaluate xenobiotic metabolism and inducible allergic responses.