Dr Peter Childs
Senior Lecturer
Biomedical Engineering
Personal statement
I am a Chancellors Fellow within the Department of Biomedical Engineering. My research interests include the control of cell function/fate through applied mechanical stimulation and development of materials for tissue regeneration (cellular and acellular). Since 2012 I have been involved with a multidisciplinary collaboration using nano amplitude vibration to stimulate stem cell osteogenesis ('nanokicking'). This technology is now being translated towards clinic as an osteogenic cell therapy for orthopaedic repair. I have also been involved in the translation of implantable bioactive polymers for growth factor delivery ('HealiOst'). Previously I was awarded a Royal Society of Edinburgh Enterprise Fellowship and have a keen interest in the clinical/commercial translation of cell engineering technologies.
Publications
- Upscaling manufacture of osteogenically differentiated mesenchymal stem cells using nanoscale vibration and microcarrier suspension culture
- Williams Jonathan, Dalby Matthew J, Salmerón-Sánchez Manuel, Childs Peter, Reid Stuart
- 7th Termis World Congress (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1089/ten.tea.2024.06979.abs
- Developing and investigating a nanovibration intervention for the prevention/reversal of bone loss following spinal cord injury
- Williams Jonathan A, Campsie Paul, Gibson Richard, Johnson-Love Olivia, Werner Anna, Sprott Mark, Meechan Ryan, Huesa Carmen, Windmill James FC, Purcell Mariel, Coupaud Sylvie, Dalby Matthew J, Childs Peter, Riddell John S, Reid Stuart
- ACS Nano Vol 18, pp. 17630-17641 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.4c02104
- Engineered surfaces that promote capture of latent proteins to facilitate integrin-mediated mechanical activation of growth factors
- Dhawan Udesh, Williams Jonathan A, Windmill James F C, Childs Peter, Gonzalez-Garcia Cristina, Dalby Matthew J, Salmeron-Sanchez Manuel
- Advanced Materials Vol 36 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202310789
- High throughput deformability for the mechanical fingerprinting of adherent cells
- Pereira Sousa Rui Pedro, Reid Stuart, Childs Peter, Jimenez Melanie
- CYTO 2024 (2024)
- Developing and investigating nanovibration as an intervention for the reversal of spinal cord injury-induced osteoporosis
- Williams Jonathan, Campsie Paul, Gibson Richard, Huesa Carmen, Windmill James, Purcell Mariel, Dalby Matthew J, Coupaud Sylvie, Childs Peter, Riddell John S, Reid Stuart
- Glasgow Meeting of Orthopaedic Research 2024 (2024)
- High throughput deformability cytometry for the fingerprinting of adherent cells
- Pereira Sousa Rui Pedro, Jimenez Melanie, Reid Stuart, Childs Peter
- (2024)
Professional Activities
- Strategic Themes - Bioimaging Workshop
- Participant
- 17/9/2024
- High throughput mechanical phenotyping of nano vibrated mesenchymal stem cells using real time deformability cytometry
- Speaker
- 10/6/2024
- Healikick clinical translation session
- Participant
- 11/5/2023
- LifEtime CDT Dragon's Den
- Participant
- 5/2023
- Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology (Journal)
- Peer reviewer
- 2023
- UK Advanced Therapies Network meeting
- Participant
- 10/10/2022
Projects
- MAINSTREAM: EPSRC research and partnership hub for health technologies in manufacturing stem cells
- Childs, Peter (Principal Investigator) Jimenez, Melanie (Co-investigator) Reid, Stuart (Co-investigator)
- 13-Jan-2025 - 12-Jan-2031
- Mechanobiology-based medicine / Mechanomeds
- Zagnoni, Michele (Principal Investigator) Childs, Peter (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2023 - 30-Jan-2028
- Nanovibrational control of chondrogenic differentiation
- Childs, Peter (Principal Investigator) Reid, Stuart (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2023 - 31-Jan-2026
- DTP 2224 University of Strathclyde | Pereira Sousa, Rui Pedro
- Childs, Peter (Principal Investigator) Jimenez, Melanie (Co-investigator) Pereira Sousa, Rui Pedro (Research Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2022 - 01-Jan-2026
- EPSRC REA - Mechanosensitivity of osteoporotic stem cells for diagnosis and treatment of osteoporosis
- Childs, Peter (Principal Investigator) Jimenez, Melanie (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2022 - 31-Jan-2026
- Mechanobiology-based medicine
- Childs, Peter (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2021 - 31-Jan-2022
Contact
Dr
Peter
Childs
Senior Lecturer
Biomedical Engineering
Email: peter.childs@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 548 3026