Professor Will Shu
Biomedical Engineering
Personal statement
Will Wenmiao Shu is the Hay Professor in Biomedical Engineering at the University of Strathclyde (Glasgow). He obtained his PhD at the University of Cambridge. Following his postdoctoral work at Cambridge University, he worked at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh's School of Engineering and Physical Sciences as a lecturer (2007-2012) and a Reader (2012-2016). His research interests cover a range of biomedical engineering topics including 3D biofabrication, biosensors, microsystems and their applications for regenerative medicine. He led the research to demonstrate the first bioprinting of human embryonic stem cells (h-ESCs) and human induced pluripotent stem cells (h-iPSCs), paving the way for their applications on animal-free drug testing and 3D printed organs. He was one of the founding members (and now an emeritus member) of Royal Society of Edinburgh’s Young Academy and held a visiting position at Stanford University. He is an editorial board member for IOP Biofabrication Journal and serves as a board director of the International Society for Biofabrication (ISBF).
Prize And Awards
- Real-time Digital Twin Assisted Surgery (DTAS)
- Recipient
- 29/3/2023
- Scottish Edge Award: Top Winner Round 18
- Recipient
- 12/2021
- Digital twin guided minimally invasive, intelligent and intuitive surgery (MI-3 Surgery)
- Recipient
- 2021
- Global Surgical Training Challenge Discovery Award
- Recipient
- 2021
Publications
- Exploiting light-based 3D-printing for the fabrication of mechanically enhanced, patient-specific aortic grafts
- Asciak Lisa, Domingo-Roca Roger, Dow Jamie R, Brodie Robbie, Paterson Niall, Riches Philip E, Shu Wenmiao, McCormick Christopher
- Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials Vol 154 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmbbm.2024.106531
- Understanding the role of biofilms in acute recurrent tonsillitis through 3D bioprinting of a novel gelatin-PEGDA hydrogel
- Denton Oliver, Wan Yifei, Beattie Laura, Jack Téa, McGoldrick Preston, McAllister Holly, Mullan Cara, Douglas Catriona M, Shu Wenmiao
- Bioengineering Vol 11 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.3390/bioengineering11030202
- A mathematical model of blood loss during renal resection
- Cowley James, Luo Xichun, Stewart Grant D, Shu Wenmiao, Kazakidi Asimina
- Fluids Vol 8 (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.3390/fluids8120316
- Stratified tissue biofabrication by rotational internal flow layer engineering
- Holland Ian, Shu Wenmiao, Davies Jamie A
- Biofabrication Vol 15 (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.1088/1758-5090/ace2ed
- Three-dimensional biofabrication of nanosecond laser micromachined nanofibre meshes for tissue engineered scaffolds
- McWilliam Ross H, Chang Wenlong, Liu Zhao, Wang Jiayuan, Han Fengxuan, Black Richard A, Wu Junxi, Luo Xichun, Li Bin, Shu Wenmiao
- Biomaterials translational Vol 4, pp. 104-114 (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.12336/biomatertransl.2023.02.005
- Composite bioinks that can be injected or 3D bioprinted to aid osteochondral defect repair
- Turnbull G, Picard F, Clarke J, Li B, Shu W
- Orthopaedic Proceedings Vol 105-B, pp. 108-108 (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.1302/1358-992x.2023.8.108
Professional Activities
- Springer Nature (Publisher)
- Peer reviewer
- 11/2016
- 2016 International Conference on Biofabrication
- Chair
- 31/10/2016
- 2016 International Conference on Biofabrication
- Keynote/plenary speaker
- 30/10/2016
- 13th Annual Norwegian Stem Cell Network Conference, Oslo September 15th, 2016
- Keynote/plenary speaker
- 15/9/2016
- 16th Annual Meeting of Tissue and Cell Engineering Society, UCL, London.
- Keynote/plenary speaker
- 4/7/2016
- The British Transplantation Society Congress
- Keynote/plenary speaker
- 24/2/2016
Projects
- Development of bioactive graphene based scaffolds for tissue repair
- Shu, Will (Principal Investigator) Wu, Junxi (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2023 - 31-Jan-2025
- Real-time Digital Twin Assisted Surgery
- Shu, Will (Principal Investigator) Connolly, Patricia (Co-investigator) Kazakidi, Asimina (Co-investigator) Luo, Xichun (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2023 - 31-Jan-2027
- Real-time Digital Twin Assisted Surgery (DTAS)
- Shu, Will (Principal Investigator) Kazakidi, Asimina (Co-investigator) Luo, Xichun (Co-investigator) Connolly, Patricia (Co-investigator) Stewart, Grant D (Co-investigator) Tsaftaris, Sotiris (Co-investigator) O'Neil, Kevin (Co-investigator)
- EPSRC Transformative Healthcare Technology (THT) Phase 2 grant (EP/X033686/1)
Award: ~£4M, fEC: ~£4.9M (1 of only 5 funded projects in the UK) - 01-Jan-2023 - 31-Jan-2027
- Digital twin guided minimally invasive, intelligent and intuitive surgery (MI-3 Surgery)
- Shu, Will (Principal Investigator) Kazakidi, Asimina (Co-investigator) Luo, Xichun (Principal Investigator)
- EPSRC Transformative Healthcare Technology Phase 1 grant (EP/W004860/1)
Awarded: 2021. Award: £302.45K, fEC: £374.59K - 01-Jan-2021 - 01-Jan-2023
- Digital twin guided minimally invasive, intelligent and intuitive surgery (MI-3 Surgery)
- Shu, Will (Principal Investigator) Kazakidi, Asimina (Co-investigator) Luo, Xichun (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2021 - 01-Jan-2023
- Development an innovative vascularisation strategy for organ regeneration
- Wu, Junxi (Principal Investigator) Shu, Will (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2021 - 31-Jan-2023