Professor Tim Leighton explains NAMRIP at a 'future funding' meeting at the Royal Society
On 15 April 2016 at The Royal Society, Professor Leighton outlined NAMRIP’s collaborative philosophy, highlighting key projects and successes and the people who had achieved them, to a meeting that addressed the future landscape and methods of research funding. Attending the meeting were delegates from across industry, the research councils, NIHR and academia. The projects he highlighted were:
- ‘3D printed clogs for cattle’ (Emma Roe, Shoufeng Yang, Timothy Leighton)
- ‘Sugar up the nose’ (Claire Jackson, Peter Lackie, Ray Allan)
- ‘The phone app, Microguide’ (Kieran Hand)
- ‘SurgiHoney’ (S. Pender, R. Salib, Matoke Holdings)
- ‘Rapid bedside diagnostics’ (Hywel Morgan, Sumit Kalsi, Martha Valiadi, Public Health England and Sharp)
- ‘Urinary catheters and healthcare practice’ (Jacqui Prieto, Mandy Fader)
- ‘Copper coatings for catheters, instruments and surfaces’ (Bill Keevil, Sandra Wilks, Rod Herve)
- ‘Low cost, laser-printed, paper-based, point of care diagnostic devices’ (Rob Eason, Collin Sones)
- ‘Antibiotic release at point of prosthetic surgery from substrates designed for reabsorption’ (Rob Howlin)
- ‘3-D human cell cultures’ (Paul Elkington, Xunli Zhang)
