Will Soutter

Creative - Video Specialist

Will has a B.Sc. in Chemistry from the University of Durham, and a M.Sc. in Green Chemistry from the University of York. Naturally, Will is our resident Chemistry expert but, a love of science and the internet makes Will the all-rounder of the team. In his spare time Will likes to play the drums, cook and brew cider.

Articles from Will

Gold Nanoparticles for Effective Prostate Cancer Treatment

It is known that conventional treatment methods of cancer are accompanied by toxic side effects. This is particularly true of chemotherapy in which chemicals injected into the body are not confined to the tumors alone but attack healthy tissues and vital organs thereby impacting normal bodily functions.

18 Jul 2012

Seeing at the Nanoscale 2012 - Bruker Demonstrate Advanced AFM Techniques

The AZoNano team attended Bruker's Seeing at the Nanoscale event in Bristol last week. We collected some great video of equipment demos by the Bruker Nano Surfaces team.

17 Jul 2012

Tekmira’s Lipid Nanoparticle Technology Facilitates Alnylam’s Positive ALN-TTR02 Clinical Results

Tekmira Pharmaceuticals, a company specializing in RNA interference (RNAi) therapeutics, announced that Alnylam Pharmaceuticals has reported its Phase 1 clinical trial results for ALN-TTR02, an RNAi therapeutic that uses Tekmira's lipid nanoparticle delivery platform to target transthyretin (TTR) for TTR-mediated amyloidosis (ATTR) treatment.

17 Jul 2012

STMicroelectronics Introduces 6-Axis Miniature MEMS Module with Motion-Recognition Capabilities

STMicroelectronics has unveiled an ultra-compact multi-sensor MEMS module equipped with programmable motion-recognition capabilities called the LSM330.

17 Jul 2012

Griffith University Researchers Receive Funds to Develop Silicon Carbide Microchip Production Processes

The Queensland Government has granted a research funding worth $1 million to the Queensland Micro- and Nanotechnology Centre of the Griffith University to devise manufacturing techniques for a silicon carbide microchip.

17 Jul 2012

Nanolipogels – A Sophisticated Anti-Cancer Drug Delivery System

Yale researchers have developed an anti-cancer drug delivery technique that addresses the challenges in combinatorial drug therapy.

17 Jul 2012

German-Made NMR Equipment Delivered to Texas A+M University

A German-made 800 MHz, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectrometer was delivered at the Texas A&M University. After being flown in on a cargo plane, the US $2.7 million instrument was set up at the university by using a crane to lower it down on an opening in the roof of a building of the biochemistry and biophysics department.

17 Jul 2012

New Report Sheds Light on Thin-Film and Printed Battery Markets

Research and Markets has included a new research report titled ‘Thin-Film and Printed Battery Markets - 2012’ to its catalogue.

17 Jul 2012

Silver Nanoparticles as Antimicrobial Agent

Nanosilver has been used to kill off bacteria for well over a hundred years. But do we understand its effects as well as we think?

16 Jul 2012

Researchers Develop New Materials and Nanofabrication Techniques to Create Miniaturized Components

A research group of John Fourkas, a Chemistry Professor from the University of Maryland, has created innovative materials and nanofabrication techniques to produce miniaturized components essential for sensors, medical diagnostics and other applications.

16 Jul 2012