Dr Gavin Jell

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Name: Gavin Jell Email: g.jell@ucl.ac.uk
Title: Dr Tel: 020 7794 0500
Department: Research Department of General Surgery Fax:
Position: Non-Clinical Lecturer in Nanotechnology and Regenerative Medicine Address: UCL Medical School, Royal Free Campus, 9th Floor, Royal Free Hospital,Pond Street, London, NW3 2QG
Research Domain: Biomedical Imaging (Frontier Disciplines), Materials, Nanotechnology (Frontier Disciplines), Stem Cells & Regenerative Medicine (Frontier Disciplines) Web Page: Personal Web Page

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Research Description

Investigating the interface between material science and cell biology.
Engineering functional materials to activate specific cellular responses (e.g. the hypoxia pathway) for tissue regeneration. Exploring cellular response to various physicochemical stimuli e.g. surface chemistry, micro and nano-topography, mechanical stress, inorganic ions and physical architecture.

Development of non-invasive Bio-Raman spectroscopy for live biochemical analysis of cells, tissues and tissue engineered constructs. Developing novel strategies for promoting the vascularisation of tissue engineered scaffolds. Other interests include; the in-situ endothelialisation of vascular grafts, bone-implant interface biology, stem cell differentiation, cellular interaction with carbon nanotubes, the biological consequences of orthopaedic wears debris and lymphangiogeneis in regenerative medicine.

Research Activities

Bone plug tissue engineering

Characterisation of hypoxia in 3D scaffolds

Characterisation of stem cell treated osteogenesis imperfect with AFM analysis.

Characterisation of tissue engineered constructs

HIF-1

Polymer nanocomposites for Novel Tissue Engineering Scaffolds

Raman spectral analysis and bioactive glasses

biophotonic imaging

pro-angiogenic materials

Education Description

Lecturing:
Programme Director for MSc in Nanotechnology and Regenerative Medicine (UCL)
Module tutor for; Nanotechnology, Tissue Engineering, Practical Cell Biology, Biomaterials and Research Methodologies.
Lecturer on the Intercalated BSc in Medicine and MSc in Surgical Science (UCL).
Lectured for four years within the Dept. Materials ICL (24/24 teaching assessment) on undergraduate and post-graduate courses including: Material Science and Engineering B.Eng, Biomedical Engineering M/Sc, Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering M.Eng.

Course organisation:
General administration for MSc in Nanotechnology and Regenerative Medicine including; student recruitment, setting exams/marking exams, coursework and developing course structure.
Developed new online teaching media (Moodle)
Created new MSc modules e.g. Biomaterials in Regenerative Medicine (2011/11)

Pastoral Care:
Personal Tutor for MSc in Regenerative Medicine and Nanotechnology.

UCL Collaborators

Dr Vehid Salih; Dr Umber Cheema; Prof Barry Fuller; Dr Vivek Mudera; Prof Alexander Seifalian; Dr Brian Cousins

External Collaborators

Publications

    2011

    • Vanleene M, Saldanha Z, Cloyd KL, Jell G, Bou-Gharios G, Bassett JH, Williams GR, Fisk NM, Oyen ML, Stevens MM, Guillot PV, Shefelbine SJ (2011). Transplantation of human fetal blood stem cells in the osteogenesis imperfecta mouse leads to improvement in multiscale tissue properties.. Blood, 117(3), 1053 - 1060. doi:10.1182/blood-2010-05-287565
    • Ji L, Jell G, Dong Y, Jones JR, Stevens MM (2011). Template synthesis of ordered macroporous hydroxyapatite bioceramics.. Chem Commun (Camb), 47(32), 9048 - 9050. doi:10.1039/c1cc11819f

    2010

    • Azevedo MM, Jell G, O'Donnell MD, Law RV, Hill RG, Stevens MM (2010). Synthesis and characterization of hypoxia-mimicking bioactive glasses for skeletal regeneration. J MATER CHEM, 20(40), 8854 - 8864. doi:10.1039/c0jm01111h
    • Jell G, Swain R, Stevens M (2010). Raman spectroscopy: A tool for Tissue Engineering.. In Matousek P, Morris M (Ed.), Emerging Biomedical and Phatmaceutical Applications of Raman Spectroscopy (pp. - ). : . doi:10.1007/978-3-642-02649-2_18
    • Gentleman E, Fredholm YC, Jell G, Lotfibakhshaiesh N, O'Donnell MD, Hill RG, Stevens MM (2010). The effects of strontium-substituted bioactive glasses on osteoblasts and osteoclasts in vitro.. Biomaterials, 31(14), 3949 - 3956. doi:10.1016/j.biomaterials.2010.01.121

    2009

    • Gentleman E, Swain RJ, Evans ND, Boonrungsiman S, Jell G, Ball MD, Shean TAV, Oyen ML, Porter A, Stevens MM (2009). Comparative materials differences revealed in engineered bone as a function of cell-specific differentiation. Nature Materials, 8(9), 763 - 770.
    • Jell G, Minelli C, Stevens M (2009). Surface structuring biomaterials. In Meyer U (Ed.), Fundementals of tissue engineering and regenerative medicine (pp. - ). : Springer publishing Ltd.
    • Verdejo R, Jell G, Safinia L, Bismarck A, Stevens MM, Shaffer MSP (2009). Reactive polyurethane carbon nanotube foams and their interactions with osteoblasts. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A, 88A(1), 65 - 73.

    2008

    • de Mel A, Jell G, Stevens MM, Seifalian AM (2008). Biofunctionalization of Biomaterials for Accelerated in Situ Endothelialization: A Review. Biomacromolecules, 9(11), 2969 - 2979.
    • Swain RJ, Jell G, Stevens MA (2008). Non-invasive analysis of cell cycle dynamics in single living cells with Raman micro-spectroscopy. Journal of Cellular Biochemistry, 104(4), 1427 - 1438.
    • Jell G, Notingher I, Tsigkou O, Notingher P, Polak JM, Hench LL, Stevens MM (2008). Bioactive glass-induced osteoblast differentiation: A noninvasive spectroscopic study. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A, 86A(1), 31 - 40.
    • Azevedo M, Jell G, Hill R, Stevens MM (2008). Novel hypoxia mimicking bioactive materials for tissue engineering.
    • de Mel A, Jell G, Stevens MM, Seifalian AM (2008). Biofunctionalization of biomaterials for accelerated in situ endothelialization: a review.. Biomacromolecules, 9(11), 2969 - 2979. doi:10.1021/bm800681k
    • Azevedo M, Jell G, Hill R, Stevens MM (2008). Novel hypoxia mimicking bioactive materials for tissue engineering. Tissue Engineering Part A, 14(5), 288 - .
    • Jell G, Verdejo R, Safinia L, Shaffer MSP, Stevens MM, Bismarck A (2008). Carbon nanotube-enhanced polyurethane scaffolds fabricated by thermally induced phase separation. Journal of Materials Chemistry, 18(16), 1865 - 1872.

    2007

    • Gerhardt LC, Jell GMR, Boccaccini AR (2007). Titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanoparticles filled poly(D,L lactid acid) (PDLLA) matrix composites for bone tissue engineering. Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine, 18(7), 1287 - 1298.

    2006

    • Jell G, Kerjaschki D, Revell PA, Al-Saffar N (2006). Lymphangiogenesis in the bone-implant interface of orthopedic implants: importance and consequence. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A, 77(1), 119 - 127.
    • Jell G, Stevens MM (2006). Gene activation by bioactive glasses. Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine, 17(11), 997 - 1002.
    • Owen CA, Selvakumaran J, Notingher I, Jell G, Hench LL, Stevens MM (2006). In vitro toxicology evaluation of pharmaceuticals using Raman micro-spectroscopy. Journal of Cellular Biochemistry, 99(1), 178 - 186.

    2005

    • Jell G, Bonzani I, Stevens MM (2005). Stem cells in regenerative medicine. Pharmacuetical Journal, 275, 695 - 698.
    • Lohbauer U, Jell G, Saravanapavan P, Jones JR, Hench LL (2005). Antimicrobial treatment of dental osseous defects with silver doped bioglass: Osteoblast cell response. Bioceramics, 284-286, 435 - 438.
    • Selvakumaran J, Jell G (2005). A guide to basic cell culture and applications in the field of biomaterials.. In Hench LL, Jone J (Ed.), Biomaterials, artificial organs and tissue engineering (pp. 215 - 226). : Woodhead publishing Ltd..
    • Jell G, Selvakumaran J (2005). Immunochemical techniques in tissue engineering and biomaterial science. In Hench LL, Jone J (Ed.), Biomaterials, artificial organs and tissue engineering (pp. 227 - 240). : Woodhead publishing Ltd.
    • Notingher I, Jell G, Notingher PL, Bisson I, Polak JMP, Hench LL (2005). Raman spectroscopy: Potential tool for in situ characterization of bone cell differentiation. Bioceramics, 284-286, 545 - 548.
    • Notingher L, Jell G, Notingher PL, Bisson I, Tsigkou O, Polak JM, Stevens MM, Hench LL (2005). Multivariate analysis of Raman spectra for in vitro non-invasive studies of living cells. Journal of Molecular Structure, 744, 179 - 185.
    • Lohbauer U, Jell G, Saravanapavan P, Jones JR, Hench LL (2005). Indirect cytotoxicity evaluation of silver doped bioglass Ag-S70C30 on human primary keratinocytes. Bioceramics, 284-286, 431 - 434.
    • Kasuga T, Maeda H, Jell G, Notingher I, Hench LL (2005). Preparation of vaterite/poly(lactic acid) composites with excellent apatite-forming ability. Bioceramics, 284-286, 449 - 452.

    2004

    • Owen CA, Notingher I, Jell G, Selvakumaran J, Stevens MM, Hench LL (2004). Raman spectroscopy as a tool for preliminary drug testing on human cells. Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, 56, 140 - .
    • Notingher I, Jell G, Lohbauer U, Salih V, Hench LL (2004). In situ non-invasive spectral discrimination between bone cell phenotypes used in tissue engineering. Journal of Cellular Biochemistry, 92(6), 1180 - 1192. doi:10.1002/jcb.20136
    • Owen CA, Notingher I, Jell G, Selvakumaran J, Stevens MM, Hench LL (2004). Raman spectroscopy as a tool for preliminary drug testing on human cells. Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, 56(S1), S51 - S52.

    2003

    • Stanley RG, Ngaiza JR, Atieno E, Jell G, Francklow K, Jackson CL, Parry H, Doenhoff MJ (2003). Immune-dependent thrombocytopaenia in mice infected with Schistosoma mansoni. Parasitology, 126, 225 - 229.

    2001

    • Jell GMR, Al Saffar N (2001). Does a pro-angiogenic state exist in the bone-implant interface of aseptically loosened joint prosthesis?. Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine, 12(10-12), 1069 - 1073.

    • Jell G, Hill R, Azevedo M, Stevens MM (). Hypoxia inducing factor (HIF) stabilising glasses..