Professor Will Shu
Biomedical Engineering
Personal statement
Professor Will Wenmiao Shu is the Hay Chair in Biomedical Engineering and Director of Research at the Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Strathclyde (Glasgow). He obtained his PhD at the Engineering Department (specialised in Electrical Engineering and Nanoscience), 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) of Biomedical Microenginering. His research interests cover a range of biomedical engineering topics including 3D biofabrication, bioprinting, 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 served as a board director of the International Society for Biofabrication (ISBF).
Prize And Awards
- Elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine (FRSM)
- Recipient
- 10/2024
- Best presentation award in 'Supporting the Replacement of Animals in Science' at BioMedEng24.
- Recipient
- 6/9/2024
- Real-time Digital Twin Assisted Surgery (DTAS)
- Recipient
- 29/3/2023
- Scottish Edge Award: Top Winner Round 18
- Recipient
- 12/2021
- Global Surgical Training Challenge Discovery Award
- Recipient
- 2021
- Digital twin guided minimally invasive, intelligent and intuitive surgery (MI-3 Surgery)
- Recipient
- 2021
Publications
- Biofabrication and biomanufacturing in Ireland and the UK
- Murphy Jack F, Lavelle Martha, Asciak Lisa, Burdis Ross, Levis Hannah J, Ligorio Cosimo, McGuire Jamie, Polleres Marlene, Smith Poppy O, Tullie Lucinda, Uribe-Gomez Juan, Chen Biqiong, Dawson Jonathan I, Gautrot Julien E, Hooper Nigel M, Kelly Daniel J, Li Vivian S W, Mata Alvaro, Pandit Abhay, Phillips James B, Shu Wenmiao, Stevens Molly M, Williams Rachel L, Armstrong James P K, Huang Yan Yan Shery
- Bio-Design and Manufacturing Vol 7, pp. 825-856 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s42242-024-00316-z
- Printing cell embedded sacrificial strategy for microvasculature using degradable DNA biolubricant
- Shi Jiezhong, Wan Yifei, Jia Haoyang, Skeldon Gregor, Cornelissen Dirk Jan, Wesencraft Katrina, Wu Junxi, McConnell Gail, Chen Quan, Liu Dongsheng, Shu Wenmiao
- Angewandte Chemie International Edition (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202417510
- Near real-time estimation of blood loss and flow-pressure re-distribution during unilateral nephrectomy
- Cowley James, Kyeremeh Justicia, Stewart Grant D, Luo Xichun, Shu Wenmiao, Kazakidi Asimina
- Fluids Vol 9 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.3390/fluids9090214
- Dynamic healing-assembly for biocompatible, biodegradable, stretchable and self-healing triboelectric nanogenerators
- Shen Ao, Xuan Huixia, Jia Yujie, Gu Shijia, Neisiany Rasoul Esmaeely, Shu Wenmiao, Sun Wei, You Zhengwei
- Chemical Engineering Journal Vol 491 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2024.151896
- 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
Professional Activities
- Health and Care Futures: thematic areas workshop
- Invited speaker
- 30/5/2024
- 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
Projects
- Engineering Functional Human Tissue
- Eastham, Sarah (Research Co-investigator) Wu, Junxi (Principal Investigator) Shu, Will (Co-investigator)
- A 3-year studentship to develop a 3D microvascular model with blood-brain barrier function.
- 01-Oct-2024 - 01-Oct-2027
- Development of bioactive graphene based scaffolds for tissue repair
- Shu, Will (Principal Investigator) Wu, Junxi (Co-investigator)
- 01-Oct-2023 - 31-Mar-2025
- 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-Sep-2023 - 31-Aug-2027
- Real-time Digital Twin Assisted Surgery
- Shu, Will (Principal Investigator) Connolly, Patricia (Co-investigator) Kazakidi, Asimina (Co-investigator) Luo, Xichun (Co-investigator)
- 01-Sep-2023 - 31-Aug-2027
- BIO-ART: Multiscale understanding of BIOfilms and microBIOmes in Acute Recurrent Tonsillitis (Fellowship for Catriona Douglas, NHS)
- McConnell, Gail (Principal Investigator) Hoskisson, Paul (Co-investigator) Shu, Will (Co-investigator)
- 09-Jun-2023 - 08-Jun-2026
- 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-Oct-2021 - 01-Jun-2023