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
- 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 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202310789
- Surface-modified piezoelectric copolymer poly(vinylidene fluoride–trifluoroethylene) supporting physiological extracellular matrixes to enhance mesenchymal stem cell adhesion for nanoscale mechanical stimulation
- Donnelly Hannah, Sprott Mark R, Poudel Anup, Campsie Paul, Childs Peter, Reid Stuart, Salmerón-Sánchez Manuel, Biggs Manus, Dalby Matthew J
- ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces Vol 15, pp. 50652-50662 (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.3c05128
- An engineered periosteum for efficient delivery of rhBMP-2 and mesenchymal progenitor cells during bone regeneration
- Romero-Torrecilla Juan Antonio, Lamo-Espinosa José María, Ripalda-Cemboráin Purificación, López-Martínez Tania, Abizanda Gloria, Riera-Álvarez Luis, de Galarreta-Moriones Sergio Ruiz, López-Barberena Asier, Rodríguez-Flórez Naiara, Elizalde Reyes, Jayawarna Vineetha, Valdés-Fernández José, de Anleo Miguel Echanove-González, Childs Peter, de Juan-Pardo Elena, Salmeron-Sanchez Manuel, Prósper Felipe, Muiños-López Emma, Granero-Moltó Froilán
- NPJ Regenerative Medicine Vol 8 (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41536-023-00330-2
- Nanovibrational stimulation of neuroblastoma cells to induce neurogenesis
- Johnson-Love Olivia, Griffin Jon, Dalby Matthew J, Reid Stuart, Childs Peter
- Scottish Neuroscience Group Meeting 2023 (2023)
- Real time deformability cytometry for mechanically stimulated bone cells characterisation
- Pereira Sousa Rui Pedro, Reid Stuart, Childs Peter, Jimenez Melanie
- CYTO 2023 (2023)
- Using nanovibrational stimulation to induce osteogenic, mechanical and morphological changes in MG63 cells
- Johnson-Love Olivia, Dalby Matthew J, Reid Stuart, Childs Peter
- European Calcified Tissue Society (ECTS) congress 2023 (2023)
Professional Activities
- 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
- PhD examination
- Examiner
- 29/7/2022
- Cellular Mechanotransduction: Using vibration to manufacture a cellular ATMP
- Speaker
- 15/3/2022
Projects
- Mechanobiology-based medicine / Mechanomeds
- Zagnoni, Michele (Principal Investigator) Childs, Peter (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2023 - 30-Jan-2028
- 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
- 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
- Mechanobiology-based medicine
- Childs, Peter (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2021 - 31-Jan-2022
- Selective stem cell engineering through tuned mechanical loads
- Childs, Peter (Principal Investigator)
- 31-Jan-2021 - 30-Jan-2022
- Doctoral Training Partnership 2020-2021 University of Strathclyde | Johnson-Love, Olivia
- Childs, Peter (Principal Investigator) Reid, Stuart (Co-investigator) Johnson-Love, Olivia (Research Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2020 - 01-Jan-2024
Contact
Dr
Peter
Childs
Senior Lecturer
Biomedical Engineering
Email: peter.childs@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 548 3114