Dr Peter Childs

Senior Lecturer

Biomedical Engineering

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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.

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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)

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Professional Activities

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
PhD examination
Examiner
29/7/2022

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Projects

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
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

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Dr Peter Childs
Senior Lecturer
Biomedical Engineering

Email: peter.childs@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 548 3026