Dr Mairi Sandison
Senior Lecturer
Biomedical Engineering
Personal statement
Personal statement
My research focuses on exploiting microsystems engineering approaches (lab-on-a-chip, microfluidics, materials engineering) to create new in vitro models for investigating and controlling cell behaviours. Applications of this work include the development of tools for drug screening and for tissue engineering. My background is highly interdisciplinary, spanning the engineering-life science interface, with expertise in a wide range of cell biology, microfabrication, live-cell imaging and analytical technologies.
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Publications
- 3D printing of noncytotoxic high-resolution microchannels in Bisphenol-a ethoxylate dimethacrylate tissue-mimicking materials
- Domingo-Roca Roger, Gilmour Lauren, Dobre Oana, Sarrigiannidis Stylianos, Sandison Mairi E, O'Leary Richard, Mulvana Helen E
- 3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing Vol 10, pp. 1101-1109 (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.1089/3dp.2021.0235
- Microwell arrays for long-term confinement and single-cell tracking of phenotypic heterogeneity in vascular smooth muscle populations
- Zagnoni Michele, Smith Ellis, Sandison Mairi
- 2nd Microphysiological Systems, World Summit, Berlin, 2023 (2023)
- Cellular microarrays for assessing single-cell phenotypic changes in vascular cell populations
- Smith E, Zagnoni M, Sandison M E
- Biomedical Microdevices Vol 25 (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10544-023-00651-5
- Microwell arrays for long-term confinement and single-cell tracking of phenotypic changes in vascular cell populations
- Smith Ellis, Zagnoni Michele, Sandison Mairi
- MNE2022 (48th International Conference on Micro and Nano Engineering) (2022)
- Metal oxide-doped elastomeric materials for amplifying visible light-based antimicrobial activity
- McShea Laura, Kambo Harjot S, Maclean Michelle, Sandison Mairi E
- Materials Research Express Vol 9 (2022)
- https://doi.org/10.1088/2053-1591/ac8641
- 3D human model of the uterine wall in a microfluidic array
- Busch Caroline, Hill Christopher, Hapangama Dharani, Zagnoni Michele, Sandison Mairi
- EUROoCS Annual Meeting 2022 (2022)
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Teaching
I have taught on both the BEng/MEng and MSc courses in Biomedical Engineering and I am currently module coordinator for BE105 (Cell Biology 1) and co-lead on the creation and implementation of new UG teaching laboratory classes.
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Research Interests
Current research projects, involving collaboration with a diverse range of academic and clinical collaborators, include:
- investigating the phenotypic changes in vascular cells that underlie cardiovascular disease
- the development of organ-on-a-chip models for chronic gynaecological conditions
- the development of new methods for monitoring mitochondrial dynamics in neuronal preparations
- the development of novel materials for antimicrobial applications.
Professional Activities
- A Microfluidic Approach to Investigating Vascular Cell Fate at the Single-Cell Level
- Contributor
- 24/3/2022
- Adenomyosis-on-a-chip: a 3D endometrial-myometrial microfluidic model
- Speaker
- 17/11/2021
- Automated tracking of mitochondrial motility using image processing and epifluorescence microscopy
- Contributor
- 25/11/2020
- PhD External Examiner
- Examiner
- 9/8/2019
- Microwell Arrays for Monitoring Phenotypic Heterogeneity in Vascular Cell Populations
- Speaker
- 25/9/2018
Projects
- EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Prosthetics & Orthotics | Brown, Ruth
- Sandison, Mairi (Principal Investigator) Buis, Arjan (Co-investigator) Brown, Ruth (Research Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2022 - 01-Jan-2026
- Development of a functional organ-in-lab model of human vascular aging
- Wu, Junxi (Principal Investigator) Sandison, Mairi (Co-investigator) McCormick, Christopher (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2022 - 30-Jan-2025
- EPSRC IAA: Acceleration of cytocompatible hydrogel discovery: a feasibility assessment of multiplexing approaches to increase screening throughput
- Sandison, Mairi (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2022 - 31-Jan-2025
- Adenomyosis-on-a-chip: a microfluidic 3D model of the endometrial-myometrial junction (EMJ)
- Sandison, Mairi (Principal Investigator) Zagnoni, Michele (Co-investigator) Busch, Caroline (Researcher)
- 06-Jan-2021 - 23-Jan-2021
- Rational design of novel microfluidics devices for in vitro evaluation of nanomedicine biological fate
- Rattray, Zahra (Principal Investigator) Kazakidi, Asimina (Principal Investigator) Sandison, Mairi (Principal Investigator) Perrie, Yvonne (Principal Investigator)
- EPSC STEM Equals feasibility grant, part of the EPSRC Inclusion Matters grant (EP/S012133/1). Award: £5,000
- 01-Jan-2020 - 31-Jan-2021
- Doctoral Training Partnership 2020-2021 University of Strathclyde | Gilmour, Lauren
- Mulvana, Helen Elizabeth (Principal Investigator) Sandison, Mairi (Co-investigator) Gilmour, Lauren (Research Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2020 - 01-Jan-2024
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Contact
Dr
Mairi
Sandison
Senior Lecturer
Biomedical Engineering
Email: mairi.sandison@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 548 3030