Congratulations to PGR Pablo Martinez Pancorbo, who submitted his thesis this month and on 18th September, successfully passed his viva. Here’s Pablo’s words on the challenges and rewards of undertaking his PhD and his time with the CDT: My thesis is submitted just in time! It has been four years working on this incredible research […]
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Pablo Martinez Pancorbo featured in 20 in 2020 blog post series
Congratulations to fourth year PGR Pablo Martinez Pancorbo, whose research has been featured on the Researcher and Innovation blog as part of the 20 in 2020 series of blog posts. This is comprised of 20 PhD students across multiple disciplines in the University; Pablo’s post, on ‘Nano-medicine in cancer diagnosis’ can be found here. Pablo is […]
Summer Student Projects 2019
This summer, three of our then-third year PGRs (Pablo Martinez Pancorbo, Ned Taylor and Elizabeth Martin) were awarded summer student bursaries, covering a small stipend and project fees to allow them to host an undergraduate student for 10 weeks to complete a summer research project. In a competitive process, the PGRs had to put forward […]
New Publication: Novel Au–SiO2–WO3 Core–Shell Composite Nanoparticles for Surface‐Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy with Potential Application in Cancer Cell Imaging
Congratulations to third year PGR Pablo Martinez Pancorbo for his latest publication- a paper on Novel Au–SiO2–WO3 Core–Shell Composite Nanoparticles for Surface‐Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy with Potential Application in Cancer Cell Imaging , published this week in Advanced Functional Materials. Abstract With the rapid development of nanotechnology during the last decades, the ability to detect and […]
CDT PGR Pablo Martinez Pancorbo is Poster Award Finalist at Nano Today Conference 2019
At the Nano Today Conference in Lisbon, third year PGR Pablo Martinez Pancorbo reached the final 17 in the Poster Awards (out of 350 posters)- the only UK student this year to do this. Overall, there were 1,100 entries to attend the conference so this is a real achievement for Pablo. Chaired by Nano Today […]
Pint of Science Festival 2019
Last month Pint of Science returned to Exeter. Pint of Science is a worldwide science festival that takes place every year and brings researchers to your local pub to present their scientific discoveries. This year it was in over 24 countries in nearly 400 cities. In the UK there were over 600 events in 41 […]
Innovative creations at Exeter and Queensland HealthTech Hackathon
Third year PGR Pablo Martinez Pancorbo took part in The Exeter & Queensland HealthTech Hackathon on 29th-31st March 2019. A Hackathon (Hacking Marathon) is an event where a multidisciplinary team collaborate for an intense period of time on a specific project; the goal is to create something useable and tangible. This was three day event- […]
Pablo Martinez Pancorbo attends the Organ-A-Chip Learning & Collaborative Event
On 8th and 9th April, third year PGR researcher Pablo Martinez Pancorbo attended the Organ-on-a-Chip Learning & Collaborative Event. The event provides a valuable opportunity for network members from academia, healthcare, industry, and governance to take part in a range of talks, industry demonstrations, training sessions and network workshops. Pablo attended as a member of […]
Pablo Martinez Pancorbo wins first prize in ChemBio category of RSC Twitter Poster Competition
Third year PGR Pablo Martinez Pancorbo has won first prize in the ChemBio category of Royal Society of Chemistry‘s Twitter Poster Competition. Pablo’s poster was on Smart nanoparticle design for finding and killing early-stage single cancer cells. The #RSCPoster Twitter Conference is an online event held entirely over Twitter to bring members of the scientific […]