December 6, 2015

Paper: Material Ecologies for Synthetic Biology

Our Material Ecologies for Synthetic Biologies paper has been published in Computer-Aided Design. Abstract and download are below: This paper discusses the role that material ecologies […]
July 11, 2016

Computational Colloids Project at ACADIA 2016

The Computational Colloids project will be presented at ACADIA 2016 (Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture). The paper which will be published in October 2016 […]
December 6, 2016

Future buildings could grow their own foundations

Reuters have produce a short video featuring out Computational Colloids project: Researchers at the universities of Newcastle and Northumbria want to render traditional building foundations obsolete. […]
February 23, 2017

EPSRC Design the Future 2: Thinking Soils

We have just completed our Booster Grant application following our Computational Colloids Pilot Project.  Inevitably in writing the follow-up grant we have been unable to include […]
January 27, 2020

Visit from Minister for Universities

On the 24th Jan 2020 the Minister of State for Universities, Science, Research and Innovation (Chris Skidmore MP) visited Northumbria University as part of a tour […]
March 23, 2020

Showing at OpenCell During London Design Festival

We are happy to announce that we have been selected to show at the Biodesign Here Nowexhibition at Opencell London during London Design Festival 2019. Our Ph.D. students whose work […]
March 23, 2020

Projects Presented During the Biosummit at MIT Media Lab

The Community Biotechnology Initiative at the MIT Media Lab organised a third annual Global Community Biosummit last month that brought together over 500 participants of DIY bio-enthusiasts from all over the world […]
March 25, 2020

HBBE Response to Covid-19

The HBBE Team would like to reach out to colleagues, friends and collaborators all round the world at this challenging time. Our thoughts are with everyone, […]