Projects

The following list represents a selection of projects belonging to our researchers.

Recruiting — indicates projects currently recruiting research students. Visit our Study website for PhD program and application information.

• Electron microscopy visualisation of the developing heart at single-cell resolution Recruiting

  Team: Vijayaraghavan Rajagopal

• Industry-sponsored PhD position in microfluidics for drug screening applications Recruiting

  Team: Vijayaraghavan Rajagopal

• Biopolymers 4.0: Machine-learning-accelerated multiscale computational biopolymer design and experimental development of an archetypical intraocular device

  Team: Ellie Hajizadeh

• Biofabrication and matrix mechanobiology of cartilage tissue models

  Team: Kathryn Stok

• Data and image analysis of arthritis progression

  Team: Kathryn Stok, Catherine Davey

• Digital image processing of arthritis progression

  Team: Kathryn Stok

• Time-lapsed imaging of arthritis progression

  Team: Kathryn Stok, Catherine Davey

• Multi-scale cardiac mechanobiology and systems biology Recruiting

  Team: Vijayaraghavan Rajagopal

• The powerhouse of the cell: defining the governing laws of mitochondrial motion Recruiting

  Team: Vijayaraghavan Rajagopal

• Hydrogels for efficient 3D printing of hierarchical biomimetic structures

  Team: Andrea O'Connor, Brooke Farrugia

• Integration in biofabrication: biomaterial strategies for seamless tissue repair

  Team: Andrea O'Connor

• Advancing biofabrication technology through the development of improved bioinks Recruiting

  Team: Daniel Heath, Andrea O'Connor, Greg Qiao

• Advancing stem cell manufacturing and tissue engineering using decellularised materials Recruiting

  Team: Daniel Heath, Andrea O'Connor

• Biophysics of cell adhesion: discovering how nanoscale features impact the cell response Recruiting

  Team: Daniel Heath, Andrea O'Connor, Ray Dagastine

• Creating next-generation coatings for biomedical devices that lead to improved healing Recruiting

  Team: Daniel Heath, Andrea O'Connor, Greg Qiao

• Closed loop brain–machine interfaces Recruiting

  Team: Sam John, David Grayden

• Novel algorithms for brain computer interfaces Recruiting

  Team: Sam John, David Grayden

• Novel electrodes for brain computer interfaces Recruiting

  Team: Sam John, David Grayden

• Novel neural stimulation technologies Recruiting

  Team: Sam John, David Grayden

• Stentrode Brain Machine Interfaces: decoding movement and movement intent using a stentrode Recruiting

  Team: Sam John, David Grayden

• Stentrode stimulation: current steering with the stentrode for treatment of refractory epilepsy Recruiting

  Team: Sam John, David Grayden

• Stentrode stimulation: feasibility of an endovascular stimulation for monitoring excitability of brain networks Recruiting

  Team: Sam John, David Grayden

• Stentrode stimulation: long term safety and efficacy of stentrode stimulation of the brain Recruiting

  Team: Sam John, David Grayden

• Foot deformities in children with cerebral palsy

  Team: David Ackland

• Nanoengineering materials to combat antimicrobial resistance

  Team: Andrea O'Connor, Daniel Heath

• Brain mapping with MRI: brain atlases with multiple topographic features Recruiting

  Team: Andrew Zalesky

• Computational neuroscience: Simulating brain dynamics and generative modelling of brain networks Recruiting

  Team: Andrew Zalesky, Dr Caio Seguin

• Machine learning prediction of biological ageing of the brain and body Recruiting

  Team: Andrew Zalesky

• Network communication in the brain Recruiting

  Team: Andrew Zalesky, Dr Caio Seguin

• Structure-function coupling in the connectome Recruiting

  Team: Andrew Zalesky, Dr Caio Seguin

• Transcranial magnetic brain stimulation for depression Recruiting

  Team: Andrew Zalesky, Dr Robin Cash

• A versatile framework for simulating the structure and dynamics of cytoskeletal networks

  Team: Ellie Hajizadeh

• Programmable mechanical metamaterials for soft robotics

  Team: Ellie Hajizadeh

• Central representation of electroacoustic stimuli: modelling hearing with electrical and acoustic hearing

  Team: David Grayden

• Lab-on-a-chip, organ-on-a-chip and disease-on-a-chip technologies

  Team: David Collins, Vini Gautam

• Multiscale computational nanofluidics

  Team: Ellie Hajizadeh

• Microscopy image segmentation using machine and deep learning Recruiting

  Team: Vijayaraghavan Rajagopal

• Nano-scaffolds for neuroengineering

  Team: Vini Gautam

• Novel techniques for intelligent monitoring of fetal health

  Team: Marimuthu Palaniswami, Emerson Keenan

• Study of brain organoids to understand dementia

  Team: Vini Gautam

• Active matter: a multiscale simulation method for advanced swimmers

  Team: Ellie Hajizadeh

• Personalised optimisation of cochlear implants

  Team: Demi Gao, David Grayden

• Mechanical response of subchondral bone to fatigue loading

  Team: Fatemeh Malekipour, Peter Lee

• Creating subject-specific mathematical models to understand the brain

  Team: David Grayden, Philippa Karoly, Mark Cook

• Computational systems biology and mechanobiology of heart growth Recruiting

  Team: Vijayaraghavan Rajagopal

• Engineering stem cell derived cardiac tissue for drug screening of mitochondrial diseases

  Team: Vijayaraghavan Rajagopal

• Minimally invasive endovascular neural stimulation

  Team: David Grayden, Sam John, Anthony Burkitt, Mark Cook

• Energy harvesting and storage devices utilising piezoelectricity

  Team: Amanda Ellis

• Can we use marine based sulphated polysaccharides to create new biomimetic material technologies Recruiting

  Team: Brooke Farrugia

• Exploring the interaction between extracellular matrix molecules that modulate tissue turnover Recruiting

  Team: Brooke Farrugia

• Acoustic engineering: microfabrication of acoustic waveguides for non-contact microscale assembly Recruiting

  Team: David Collins

• Advanced 3D bioprinting: cell micromanipulation across hierarchical length scales

  Team: David Collins

• Novel mechanisms for continuous micro/nanoparticle manipulation

  Team: David Collins

• Efficient and effective adaptive radiotherapy

  Team: Leigh Johnston

• Use of Deep Learning computational methods to characterise cancer burden in PET imaging

  Team: Leigh Johnston

• Radiomics for cancer diagnosis and patient outcome prediction

  Team: Leigh Johnston

• Cancer data analytics with Deep Neural Networks

  Team: Saman Halgamuge

• AI solving the mysteries in the microbial world Recruiting

  Team: Saman Halgamuge

• Control of prosthetic limbs from decoded brain signals

  Team: David Grayden, Mark Cook, Sam John, David Ackland

• Vision restoration with retinal prosthetics: Understanding the impact of retinal degeneration on electrical stimulation efficacy

  Team: David Grayden, Anthony Burkitt

• Advanced epileptic seizure warning methods

  Team: David Grayden, Anthony Burkitt, Mark Cook

• Understanding cortical processing: Neuronal activity and learning in recurrently connected networks

  Team: David Grayden, Anthony Burkitt

• Individualised cochlear implant sound coding: Optimised algorithms for better hearing

  Team: David Grayden, Anthony Burkitt, Demi Gao