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Transplantation of human fetal blood stem cells in the osteogenesis imperfecta mouse leads to improvement in multiscale tissue properties.

This study gave insight into multi-scale mechanics of bone. It led to: collaboration with Professor Buehler (MIT) on a funded Leverhulme Fellowship (RF/2/RFG/2010/0347; £13,620); two further publications; and a Wellcome Trust International Post-doctoral Fellowship (WT/097347/Z/11/Z amount $99,935) to co-supervise the modeling of mineral on the collagen. Invited talks: at conferences (MRS, Boston) and at seminars (Southampton University, ETH Zurich, Northeastern, Harvard, MIT, Tufts, Dartmouth College, Washington University in St. Louis, Brown University in Providence). This work attracted public interest and I gave a Wellcome Trust Pack Lunch talk on ‘Bones’ (http://tinyurl.com/q9jrhz4) and presented at Imperial’s Fringe Festival.