Activities

Keele Research Group in Magnetism and Magnetic Materials Techniques

Invited Talks and Presentations:

Invited Lecture:
US Food & Drug Administration / UK Royal Society of Medicine Conference on “Gene Therapy: State of the Art” (2005)
"Magnetic Gene Therapy Vectors"

Invited Lecture:
Bose Corporation / Enduratec Bioreactor Technology Forum (2005)
"Development of Mechanical Conditioning Bioreactors Based on Magnetic Nanoparticle Technology"

Invited Lecture:
International Conference on Fine Particle Magnetism (2004)
"Magnetic Iron Biominerals and Neurodegenerative Disease"

Invited Lecture:
Tissue and Cell Engineering Society [Nanomed/Magnanomed] (2002)
"Biological and Biocompatible Nanomagnets"

Invited Lecture:
The 14th International Zurich Symposium on Electromagnetic Compatibility (2001)
"A Ferromagnetic Transduction Mechanism for Radio Frequency Bioeffects"

Invited Lecture:
The 4th Joint UK Magnetics Workshop (2001)
"Biomedical Applications of Biological and Biocompatible Nanomagnets"

Invited Lecture:
U.N.E.S.C.O. & World Health Organization (W.H.O.) - Yerevan, Armenia (2000)
Workshop on Cellular Mechanisms of Beneficial and Harmful Effects of Electromagneic Fields
"Interactions of applied electromagnetic fields with biogenic and biocompatible magnetic nanoparticles"

Keynote Lecture:
BrainFair 2000 - Zurich, Switzerland (2000)
"Athermal Effects of Weak Electromagnetic Fields on Biogenic Magnetite in the Human Brain"

Invited Poster and Oral Presentation:
The Gordon Research Conference on Bioelectrochemistry - Oxford, England (2000)
"The Influence of Electromagnetic Fields and Biomagnetic Materials on Electrical Activity in Cells"

Invited Lecture:
Australian Institute of Physics 13th National Congress (1998)
"Effects of Weak-Field Magnetic Stimulation of EEG-Recorded Brainwave Activity in Epileptics"

Invited Lecture:
Bioelectromagnetic Compatibility Workshop - Sydney, Australia (1995 & 1998)
"Biological Magnets and Environmental Electromagnetic Fields" (1998)
"Magnetic properties of human brain tissue & the effects of magnetic fields on EEG-recorded brain wave activity" (1995)

Keynote Address:
Australasian College of Physicists and Engineers in Biology and Medicine (1998)
Public Forum on the Health Effects of Mobile Phones
"Effects of Environmental Electromagnetic Field Exposure on Human Health: An Overview"

Keynote Lecture:
Australasian College of Physicists and Engineers in Biology and Medicine (1997)
"Experimental and Theoretical Evaluation of the Interactions of Biogenic Magnetite with Electromagnetic Fields"


Departmental Seminars:

  • Cambridge University, Department of Materials Science & Metallurgy (2005)
  • University of Exeter, Department of Physics (2005)
  • University of Lancaster, Centre for Environmental Magnetism (2005)
  • Imperial College, London, Gene Therapy Department (2003)
  • University of Nottingham, Centre for Mathematical Medicine (2001)
  • University of Warwick, Department of Physics (2001)
  • King's College London, Department of Neuroscience (2001)
  • University College London, Department of Physics (2000)
  • University of Florida, Biomedical Engineering Program (1999)
  • Georgetown University, Department of Physics (1998)
  • University of Western Australia, Department of Pharmacology (1998)
  • University of Western Australia, Department of Anatomy & Human Biology (1997)
  • University of Zurich, Department of Physics (1997)
  • University of Western Australia, Department of Physiology (1996)
  • Max Planck Institutes & Tech. Univ. Munich (Biology & Geophysics) (1995)

Awards, Patents and Professional Associations:

  • Royal Society-Wolfson Foundation Research Merit Award [2004-2008]
  • Sir Henry Wellcome Showcase Award (Wellcome Trust) [2002-2004]
  • Teaching and Research Fellowship Award - University of Western Australia [1995 - 1998]
  • Vice President: Sigma Gamma Epsilon National Earth Sciences Honors Society, U.F. Chapter [1985 - 1986]
  • U.S. Patent No. 5,743,854: Method and Apparatus for Inducing and Localizing Epileptiform Activity [Patent Awarded, 1998]
  • U.S. Patent No. 6,548,264: Coated Nanoparticles [Patent Awarded, 2003]
  • U.S. Patent No. 6,924,116: Method for Identifying Cells [2005]
  • US, EU/UK and PCT Patent Pending No. WO 02/051985 and GB01/05606: Culturing tissue using magnetically generated mechanical stress [Applied, 2000]
  • EU/UK Patent Pending No. 0214209.9: Magnetic Nanoparticles as Ion Channel Agonists [Applied, 2002]
  • US, EU/UK Patent Pending No. 0329610.7: Magnetic methods for mechanical conditioning of stem cells [Applied, 2003]
  • UK Patent Pending No. 0508110.4: Gene Delivery [Applied, 2005]
  • EDITORIAL BOARD - IEEE Transactions on NanoBioScience [2002 - Present]
  • EDITORIAL BOARD - American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease & Other Dementias [2004 - Present]
  • EDITORIAL BOARD - Journal of Alzheimer's Disease [2005 - Present]
  • EDITORIAL BOARD - Electromagnetic Biology and Medicine (Marcel Dekker, publisher) [2001 - Present]
  • INTERNATIONAL REVIEWERS PANEL - Medical Science Monitor [2003 - Present]
  • American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS): Member [2002 - Present]
  • Bioelectrochemical Society: Member [2001 - Present]
  • U.K. Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) Nanomagnetics Network: Founding Member [2000 - Present]
  • Biophysical Society: Member [1998 - Present]
  • Elected Member - EPSRC Peer Review College [2002 - Present]
  • American Institute of Physics/American Geophysical Union: Member [1987 - Present]
  • Bioelectromagnetics Society: Member [1995 - 1999