{"id":1252,"date":"2021-12-17T09:39:45","date_gmt":"2021-12-16T23:39:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/herston-biofabrication-institute\/?p=1252"},"modified":"2023-03-09T14:01:24","modified_gmt":"2023-03-09T04:01:24","slug":"uq-hbi-phd-scholarship-craniofacial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/herston-biofabrication-institute\/news\/uq-hbi-phd-scholarship-craniofacial","title":{"rendered":"UQ-HBI PhD scholarship with HBI CranioFacial Biofabrication"},"content":{"rendered":"

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UQ-HBI PhD scholarship<\/a>: Bioresorbable Metals for Intraoperative Ligation Clips: In Vitro and Biomechanical Engineering Experiments<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>
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UQ-HBI Supervisor: Professor Matthew Dargusch<\/a>, A\/Prof Martin Batstone<\/a>, Dr James Novak<\/a>.<\/h2>\n

HBI CranioFacial Biofabrication<\/a><\/h2>\n
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This PhD position is available within the\u00a0School of Mechanical and Mining Engineering<\/a>\u00a0and will be a part of the CranioFacial program within the Herston Biofabrication Institute (HBI).<\/p>\n

This project aims to test and develop a range of metal alloys that may be suitable as a replacement for implanted intraoperative ligation clips. These are currently manufactured from titanium or stainless steel, largely for their ideal mechanical properties such as strength, ductility, malleability and biocompatibility. These ligation clips serve a purpose for a period of time and then become redundant, potentially requiring another surgical procedure to remove them. There are also risks of these becoming problematic over time.<\/p>\n

This materials and mechanical engineering project will focus on the development and analysis of metal alloys (including Mg, Zn and Fe) for comparison to pure metals (Mg, Zn and Fe) suitable to be used as ligation clips to degrade within the body. The project will be conducted in two phases:<\/p>\n

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  1. Assessment for suitability of pure biodegradable metals\n