Overview
John Hunt is professor and research theme lead at Nottingham Trent University (NTU) focussing on utilising and building the extensive research power of NTU to address what is required from technology and materials in the short, medium and long term. His research centres on developing breakthrough therapies, devices and technology to repair, replace, augment and in the future regenerate diseased, infected and damaged tissues in humans and other mammals using material interventions.
With over three decades of experience in developing and testing materials and cellular therapies I’m very excited to be part of MTIF. The innovation facilities that it offers will drive the delivery of next generation therapies to meet the increasing demands made on healthcare
Professor John Hunt
Current Research Areas & Activities
The Cellular Response to Implanted Materials
Tissue Engineering in vitro, in vivo and ex vivo
Medical Materials including living materials (deriving and applying progenitor cells)
Diagnostics and health monitoring
Specialises in
Cellular and molecular mechanisms related to the clinical outcome and efficacy of medical devices including biocompatibility, inflammation and stem cell biology
Tissue engineering focussed on material implantation
Primary cell sourcing and controlling cell function
Controlling extracellular matrix interactions, angiogenesis, inflammation, and tissue regeneration
Selected Publications
Rogers, E.H. Fawcett, S.A.Pekovic-Vaughan V. Hunt J.A. Comparing Circadian Dynamics in Primary Derived Stem Cells from Different Sources of Human Adult Tissue. Stem Cells International Volume 2017 (2017), https://doi.org/10.1155/2017/2057168
Chen, R. Curran, J.M. Pu, F. Zhuola, Z.A. Bayon, Y. Hunt, J.A. In vitro response of human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) to collagen films treated with cold plasma. Polymers Volume 9, Issue 7, 29 June 2017, DOI: 10.3390/polym9070254
Aine Devlin-Mullin, Naomi M. Todd, Zahra Golrokhi, Hua Geng, Moritz A. Konerding, Nigel G. Ternan, John A. Hunt, Richard J. Potter, Chris Sutcliffe, Eric Jones, Peter D. Lee, Christopher A. Mitchell. Atomic Layer Deposition of a Silver Nanolayer on Advanced Titanium Orthopedic Implants Inhibits Bacterial Colonization and Supports Vascularized de Novo Bone Ingrowth. Advanced Healthcare Materials. March 2017. 1700033. DOI: 10.1002/adhm.201700033