Projects
The following list represents a selection of projects belonging to our researchers.
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Team: Vijayaraghavan Rajagopal
Industry-sponsored PhD position in microfluidics for drug screening applications
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
Team: Vijayaraghavan Rajagopal
The powerhouse of the cell: defining the governing laws of mitochondrial motion
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
Team: Daniel Heath, Andrea O'Connor, Greg Qiao
Advancing stem cell manufacturing and tissue engineering using decellularised materials
Team: Daniel Heath, Andrea O'Connor
Biophysics of cell adhesion: discovering how nanoscale features impact the cell response
Team: Daniel Heath, Andrea O'Connor, Ray Dagastine
Creating next-generation coatings for biomedical devices that lead to improved healing
Team: Daniel Heath, Andrea O'Connor, Greg Qiao
Closed loop brain–machine interfaces
Team: Sam John, David Grayden
Novel algorithms for brain computer interfaces
Team: Sam John, David Grayden
Novel electrodes for brain computer interfaces
Team: Sam John, David Grayden
Novel neural stimulation technologies
Team: Sam John, David Grayden
Stentrode Brain Machine Interfaces: decoding movement and movement intent using a stentrode
Team: Sam John, David Grayden
Stentrode stimulation: current steering with the stentrode for treatment of refractory epilepsy
Team: Sam John, David Grayden
Stentrode stimulation: feasibility of an endovascular stimulation for monitoring excitability of brain networks
Team: Sam John, David Grayden
Stentrode stimulation: long term safety and efficacy of stentrode stimulation of the brain
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
Team: Andrew Zalesky
Computational neuroscience: Simulating brain dynamics and generative modelling of brain networks
Team: Andrew Zalesky, Dr Caio Seguin
Machine learning prediction of biological ageing of the brain and body
Team: Andrew Zalesky
Network communication in the brain
Team: Andrew Zalesky, Dr Caio Seguin
Structure-function coupling in the connectome
Team: Andrew Zalesky, Dr Caio Seguin
Transcranial magnetic brain stimulation for depression
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
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
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
Team: Brooke Farrugia
Exploring the interaction between extracellular matrix molecules that modulate tissue turnover
Team: Brooke Farrugia
Acoustic engineering: microfabrication of acoustic waveguides for non-contact microscale assembly
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
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