The mission of the Di Silvio lab is to understand the biology of cell-material interfaces and develop novel therapies for musculoskeletal regeneration and repair using tissue engineering strategies; working closely with clinicians to bridge the gap between research and translation to clinical practice.
Publications
Awards
- European Society for Biomaterials Klass de Groot Award 2018
- Guest Professor, School of Materials Science & Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
Activities
World Biomaterials Congress
Professor Di Silvio is the Chair for the World Biomaterials Congress 19 - 24 May, 2020 Glasgow, Scotland
Media & Public Engagement
Science Gallery London, Exhibition Spare Parts- Rethinking Human Repair (Projects; Organs of Creation & Crafting the Body)
Collaborations
With the growing need to deliver an increasingly technology-driven standard of patient care, the core expertise of the
Di Silvio lab, based on functional tissue engineering, has forged closer links with the Coward 3D printing lab in the ACRS Centre to provide an integrated 3D platform for bespoke, hard and soft tissue engineered systems for cranio-maxillofacial reconstruction.
https://www.kcl.ac.uk/research/profile/academic-centre-of-reconstructive-science
Publications
Awards
- European Society for Biomaterials Klass de Groot Award 2018
- Guest Professor, School of Materials Science & Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
Activities
World Biomaterials Congress
Professor Di Silvio is the Chair for the World Biomaterials Congress 19 - 24 May, 2020 Glasgow, Scotland
Media & Public Engagement
Science Gallery London, Exhibition Spare Parts- Rethinking Human Repair (Projects; Organs of Creation & Crafting the Body)
Collaborations
With the growing need to deliver an increasingly technology-driven standard of patient care, the core expertise of the
Di Silvio lab, based on functional tissue engineering, has forged closer links with the Coward 3D printing lab in the ACRS Centre to provide an integrated 3D platform for bespoke, hard and soft tissue engineered systems for cranio-maxillofacial reconstruction.
https://www.kcl.ac.uk/research/profile/academic-centre-of-reconstructive-science
Our Partners
GlaxoSmithKline
Zhejiang University
University College London
Queen Mary University of London
Group lead
Lucy (Luciana) Di Silvio
Professor of Tissue Engineering
Contact us
Professor Lucy Di-Silvio
Professor of Tissue Engineering
Guy's Tower Wing
Guy's Hospital