{"id":1545,"date":"2017-02-27T10:29:40","date_gmt":"2017-02-27T10:29:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mub.eps.manchester.ac.uk\/uommaterialsblog\/?p=1545"},"modified":"2018-05-22T16:52:36","modified_gmt":"2018-05-22T15:52:36","slug":"mondaymaterials-episode-29-naa-dei-nikoi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mub.eps.manchester.ac.uk\/uommaterialsblog\/mondaymaterials-episode-29-naa-dei-nikoi\/","title":{"rendered":"#MondayMaterials Episode 29 &#8211; Naa-dei Nikoi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hello all. Welcome back once more. We\u2019re on Episode 29 of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mub.eps.manchester.ac.uk\/uommaterialsblog?s=%23MondayMaterials\" target=\"_blank\">#MondayMaterials<\/a> now, and today we\u2019re meeting Naa-dei Nikoi. Naa-dei is a PhD student working in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.materials.manchester.ac.uk\/our-research\/research-groupings\/biomaterials\/\" target=\"_blank\">Biomaterials<\/a> research area. It\u2019s easy to forget that we have people in this school working on amazing medical advances, but Naa-dei was a stark reminder. \u00a0As another piece of evidence that some of the most crucial research imaginable is happening here in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.materials.manchester.ac.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">School of Materials<\/a>, let\u2019s need Naa-dei:<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Hi Naa-dei. Thanks so much for talking to us. Could you please describe your research, for the layman, in ten sentences or less?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div class=\"video-container\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MRE5tLX3lmE?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>Well in a sentence, I make muscle.<\/p>\n<p>To be more precise, one of the real challenges we have when some suffers an injury that our body isn\u2019t able to repair is that the cells within that tissue lose their spatial guidance, their sense of where they need to be and what they need to do. With muscles, they need to be able to join end to end in order to form a single muscle that can transmit from here to here so I can move my hand.<\/p>\n<p>So what I\u2019m doing is I\u2019m using a very cheap material which everyone knows \u2013 cellulose, the stuff we make paper out of. I\u2019m taking out crystals and lining them up, and we\u2019re finding that they\u2019re able to allow muscles to guide themselves and go \u2018oh, this is what we need to do\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>I find it really quite exciting to actually see muscular tissue. And now I\u2019m working on creating what we call scaffolds, things that actually sit free and make little tubes that hopefully, in the long term, we can actually use to repair someone\u2019s injury.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Wow \u2013 that is very impressive. So obviously you\u2019ve touched on this, but could you tell us a bit more about how the public can benefit from your research?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div class=\"video-container\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/p-lUaymvPTU?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1551\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mub.eps.manchester.ac.uk\/uommaterialsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2017\/02\/Naa-DeiLabBlog.jpg\" alt=\"Naa-DeiLabBlog\" width=\"375\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mub.eps.manchester.ac.uk\/uommaterialsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2017\/02\/Naa-DeiLabBlog.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.mub.eps.manchester.ac.uk\/uommaterialsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2017\/02\/Naa-DeiLabBlog-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.mub.eps.manchester.ac.uk\/uommaterialsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2017\/02\/Naa-DeiLabBlog-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mub.eps.manchester.ac.uk\/uommaterialsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2017\/02\/Naa-DeiLabBlog-50x50.jpg 50w, https:\/\/www.mub.eps.manchester.ac.uk\/uommaterialsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2017\/02\/Naa-DeiLabBlog-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/>Sure. So my work specifically, hopefully, can benefit, very directly, people who have suffered muscle injuries. For example, somebody who&#8217;s come off a motorbike and they\u2019ve not just broken their arm but taken a chunk out of it as well. In those cases you can repair the nerves and the bones and so on, but you\u2019ll find that you\u2019re quite weak.<\/p>\n<p>But more generally, because my field is interested in how we can use materials to help the body repair itself, I\u2019m hoping that we can lead to new generations of materials that can help people knit bones better, repair skin better, and\u2026 It\u2019s a very humbling process, and one that I hope can \u2013 I don\u2019t want to say revolutionise medicine, but more like evolve it such that we enhance the healing process. So we allow people to heal their bodies to a much better extent than is currently possible.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>And how did you first get interested in the research area?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>My research area? Well, it was a mouse!<\/p>\n<p>More precisely, it was the sight of the first tissue engineered cartilage. The guy doing it had grafted the ear onto the back of a nude mouse and shown that you could actually get the mouse\u2019s cells to go into this artificial ear, and it was featured on the old BBC programme QED.<\/p>\n<p>And at that time I was thinking I was going to be a vet, but then I saw this and I was like \u2018This is possible? This is what I want to do.\u2019 And that\u2019s what persuaded me from thinking \u2018yeah, I want to be a vet\u2019 to actually going into materials science. And I\u2019ve not regretted it a day.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Brilliant, thank you. A great answer, and similar to one from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mub.eps.manchester.ac.uk\/uommaterialsblog\/?p=1108\" target=\"_blank\">Sarah Cartmell<\/a> earlier in the #MondayMaterials series. Going back a bit further, then, can you tell us who or what first inspired your interest in science? <\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>For science, it would have to be this book by Isaac Asimov, it was called Jupiter. It was a really tiny little book and he\u2019d written about the planet Jupiter \u2013 I think I was about seven or eight or so. It wasn\u2019t just cool facts about it, but also how we knew what we knew.<\/p>\n<p>Up until that age, you read things, and they are just presented as \u2018these are the facts, the laws of nature\u2019. The idea that you could actually investigate, and actually go \u2018okay, so this is how I know how bright a planet is\u2019. And albedo, which drove my parents crazy \u2013 \u2018what do you mean about albedo?\u2019 Then it was \u2018how do you weigh a planet? How do you work out how hot it is without going there?\u2019<\/p>\n<p>And just having those answers made me a very annoying person, because I kept asking my friends \u2018how do you know that?\u2019 And my teachers, too. But it\u2019s what got me into science, and here I am, I guess.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Lovely! So moving away from work for a minute, can you tell us about your other interests? What do you get up to in your spare time?<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1553\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mub.eps.manchester.ac.uk\/uommaterialsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2017\/02\/Naa-deiLandscapeBlog.jpg\" alt=\"Naa-deiLandscapeBlog\" width=\"375\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mub.eps.manchester.ac.uk\/uommaterialsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2017\/02\/Naa-deiLandscapeBlog.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.mub.eps.manchester.ac.uk\/uommaterialsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2017\/02\/Naa-deiLandscapeBlog-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.mub.eps.manchester.ac.uk\/uommaterialsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2017\/02\/Naa-deiLandscapeBlog-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mub.eps.manchester.ac.uk\/uommaterialsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2017\/02\/Naa-deiLandscapeBlog-50x50.jpg 50w, https:\/\/www.mub.eps.manchester.ac.uk\/uommaterialsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2017\/02\/Naa-deiLandscapeBlog-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>In my spare time I used to volunteer as a first aider with St John\u2019s Ambulance. But currently I volunteer with a very small charity called <a href=\"http:\/\/streetsaheadmcr.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">Streets Ahead<\/a>. On Sunday evenings we go around Piccadilly Gardens looking for rough sleepers and give out food packages, warm clothes, and so on. I find that a very humbling process, and also a very rewarding one.<\/p>\n<p>Other than that, I\u2019m a junkie for travelling. Especially for just hopping in a car and going out to the next city or the countryside, just having a good wander around.<\/p>\n<p>And I spend way too much time reading books, I love it. And I go to the theatre when I can afford it, which isn\u2019t always.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Impressive stuff again, Naa-dei. Thank you. Can you tell us how being here in Manchester helps you work and research?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div class=\"video-container\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SNz0WBNnFU8?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>Being in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.manchester.ac.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">Manchester<\/a> is a bit like trying to drink water form a fire hydrant \u2013 there\u2019s just so much!<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve loved the interdisciplinary of Manchester. I spend some of my time here in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.materials.manchester.ac.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">School of Materials<\/a> and some of my time over at the Children\u2019s Hospital, where I\u2019m just blown away by the amount of research people do.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s just so exciting that you can almost always just pick up a phone and find a world expert in just about anything you can talk about. I love the fact that our labs are really well resourced. And I love the library. I don\u2019t think people appreciate just how incredible it is that almost any document, any material, I could possibly imagine wanting, I only need to ask a librarian and somehow they can make it possible. It\u2019s great. You can\u2019t underestimate it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lovely, thanks Naa-dei. I couldn\u2019t agree more with your closing statements. Thanks so much for talking with us, your work sounds hugely exciting and important. Readers, please go to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.materials.manchester.ac.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">website<\/a> to learn more about Materials in Manchester. And keep coming back to the blog for more insights into our world!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello all. Welcome back once more. We\u2019re on Episode 29 of #MondayMaterials now, and today we\u2019re meeting Naa-dei Nikoi. Naa-dei is a PhD student working in the Biomaterials research area. 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