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.

• 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 Recruiting

  Team: Ellie Hajizadeh

• Programmable mechanical metamaterials for soft robotics

  Team: Ellie Hajizadeh

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

  Team: David Grayden

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

  Team: David Collins, Vini Gautam

• Multiscale computational nanofluidics Recruiting

  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 Recruiting

  Team: Ellie Hajizadeh

• Personalised optimisation of cochlear implants Recruiting

  Team: Demi Gao, David Grayden

• Mechanical response of subchondral bone to fatigue loading Recruiting

  Team: Fatemeh Malekipour, Peter Lee

• Creating subject-specific mathematical models to understand the brain

  Team: David Grayden, Philippa Karoly, Mark Cook

• Computational modelling of calcium signalling in heart growth Recruiting

  Team: Vijayaraghavan Rajagopal

• Cardiac cell mechanobiology

  Team: Vijayaraghavan Rajagopal

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

  Team: Vijayaraghavan Rajagopal

• Mitochondria form and function in the diabetic heart Recruiting

  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

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

  Team: Brooke Farrugia

• Utilising marine based sulphated polysaccharides to create new biomimetic material technologies 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 Recruiting

  Team: David Collins

• Efficient and effective adaptive radiotherapy Recruiting

  Team: Leigh Johnston

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

  Team: Leigh Johnston

• Radiomics for cancer diagnosis and patient outcome prediction Recruiting

  Team: Leigh Johnston

• Cancer data analytics with Deep Neural Networks

  Team: Saman Halgamuge

• Machine learning in functional MRI

  Team: Leigh Johnston, Dr Catherine Davey

• Optimised PET reconstruction Recruiting

  Team: Leigh Johnston

• Pattern recognition algorithms for the analysis of metagenomes Recruiting

  Team: Saman Halgamuge

• Control of prosthetic limbs from decoded brain signals Recruiting

  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

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

  Team: David Grayden, Anthony Burkitt

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

  Team: David Grayden, Anthony Burkitt, Demi Gao