We are delighted to host Prof. Shan Bian’s group from Tongji University for a lab visit and to discuss exciting collaboration opportunities in organoid engineering!
April 2026
Dr Xie attended 2026 Organoids and Organs-on-Chips Conference & Organ Intelligent Manufacturing and Translational Medicine Conference in Shenzhen, organised by Prof. Qiongling Liang (Tsinghua University). The conference provided great insights into the latest developments of the field. It was also fantastic to reunite with colleagues and alumni from the Liang groups!
March 2026
The RXie Group celebrated Chinese New Year with Joe Forth's and Will Sharratt's groups. We had such a great time that we completely forgot to take a photo!
Dec 2025
We are excited to have been awarded two Impact Accelerator Accounts (IAA) grants! In one project, funded by the EPSRC/MRC IAA, we will collaborate with Prof. Dharani Hapangama (Liverpool Women's University Hospital) and Dr. Bettina Wilm (UoL) to develop an endometriosis model. The other project, funded by the BBSRC IAA, will focus on developing a high-throughput skin model.
Oct 2025
The RXie Group celebrated the Mid-Autumn Festival together! We made delicious mooncakes!
Oct 2025
The RXie Group attended the Nature Conference on Engineered Models of Human Disease in Belgrade, Serbia.
Aug 2025
We are delighted to welcome Prof. Liliang Ouyang from Tsinghua University to visit our lab and deliver a talk on 'Emerging bioinks and bioprinting for 3D cell culture and tissue engineering' at UoL!
Aug 2025
Dr. Xie presented a talk titled "Advancing the biofabrication of tissue building blocks" at the Bio-Design and Manufacturing Conference 2025, held at the University of Oxford.
Aug 2025
We are pleased to welcome Prof. Jie Wei from the East China University of Science and Technology to visit our lab and deliver a talk on 'Biomaterials for facilitating bone regeneration/tendon-bone healing and preventing infection' at UoL!
June 2025
Dr Xie was invited to deliver a talk at the 'Royal Society Conference - Cyborg Future' and participate in the panel discussion on 'Biointerfacing and Biomaterials' together with Prof. Molly Stevens, Prof. Alicia El Haj, Prof. Catalina Pineda Molina, and Dr Nazia Mehrban. Thanks to Prof. Jonathan Rossiter for the invitation!
October 2024
We are pleased to have received a research grant from UKRI-iiCON to develop an infected skin-on-a-chip model, collaborating with Dr. Francesco Giorgi and industry partner 5D Health Protection Group (5DHPG) !
September 2024
We are pleased to have received a research grant from the Royal Society to advance 3D-printed kidney models for nephotoxicity testing!
Aug 2024
We are pleased to have received the Early Career Researcher and Retuner Fund from the UoL to develop bioreactors for organoid engineering.
June 2024
Dr. Xie attended the TERMIS World Congress 2024 (Seattle, USA) as a co-chair for the session "Biomaterials for Controlled Delivery of Therapeutics" and a speaker for the session "Emerging Biofabrication Technologies". It was an inspiring journey and also a wonderful opportunity to catch up and reunite with members and alumni from the Stevens Group and the Radisic Group!