Research Collaborations
A lot of our research involves collaboration with others. We aim to foster a dynamic and inclusive research environment that extends both internally within the university environment and globally through international collaborations. We believe in the power of interdisciplinary collaboration and its ability to unite individuals with diverse skills, knowledge, and perspectives. This diversity enhances problem-solving capabilities and facilitates a more comprehensive understanding of complex scientific issues.
Our research collaboartions come together to explore new frontiers, combining expertise from diverse fields to address complex challenges. Whether it's a fusion of engineering or biology with chemistry, or the synergy between molecular level insight and nanotechnology, our collaborations drive innovation and amplify the impact of our research. We recognise the power of bringing together varied perspectives and creating a rich tapestry of ideas and methodologies.
To start the conversation, simply send an email to oas23@cam.ac.uk.
Local delivery for Glioblastoma
Over the past decade we have developed a delivery platform for the local administration of chemotherapeutics against Glioblastoma, a deadly form of brain cancer. This has project was started in collaboration with Professor Colin Watts, a leading UK neurosurgeon. Since its conception, together with Colin, the project has expanded and the collaboration now incompasses researchers and surgeons from across the UK including Nottingham (Prof Ruman Rahman and Prof Cameron Alexander) Leeds, Liverpool and others.
Natural Materials Innovation
Professor Michael Ramage (Dep of Architecture) runs the Center for Natural Materials Innovation at Cambridge. Together Michael and Oren study how natural materials like bamboo and timber can be endowed with superior mechanical properties through chemical modification and molecular understanding to valdiate their use as low-energy structural materials for building the sustainable skyscrapers of tomorrow. The collaboration formed part of a Royal Society Summer Exhibition, read more here.
SERS active nanoarchitectures
A longstanding collaboration with Prof Jeremy Baumberg and the NanoPhotonics Center in the Department of Physics has pioneered the development of CB[n]-based SERS active nanoconstructs. Within this collaboration we have realised real-time monitoring of photochemistry, in situ polymerisation, room temperature single molecule coupling, detection of neurotransmitters in urine, tracking of light-induced electron transfer and more!