Projects
MRes projects available (updating in progress)
MRes Bioengineering students work on their research project throughout the year. You must discuss possible projects with your potential supervisor before making your MRes application to ensure that there is a suitable project available for you. Some of the projects available for 2017-2018 are listed below:
| Supervisor(s) | Project title |
|---|---|
| Dr A Bharath | 3D data synthesis to train Artificial Neural Networks |
| Dr A Bharath | The Latent Space of Skin Lesions |
| Dr A Bharath | Visual Turing Test On Machine Generated "Handwriting" |
| Professor A Bull | Growth plate mechanobiology. |
| Professor A Bull | Smart phone scanning aid for prosthetists. |
| Professor E Burdet | How useful is a sixth finger? Analysis of finger force control data from polydactyl subjects. |
| Professor E Burdet | Modelling interaction in a collaborative virtual training game. |
| Professor E Burdet | Multi-joint (knee and hip) impedance modelling during walking . |
| Dr Adam Celiz | "Tough" Hydrogels for cartilage replacement |
| Dr Adam Celiz | Synthesis and in-vitro evaluation of biomaterial scaffolds for dental pulp stem cells |
| Dr P Chadderton | Structural changes in brain circuitry in healthy ageing. |
| Dr P Chadderton | Whisker representations in the cerebellar cortex. |
| Dr James Choi | Principles of a Remote Control for Noninvasive Surgery - Understanding how sound can control acoustic particles |
| Dr James Choi |
Seeing Sound - A Biomedical Technology to Visualise and Characterise Sound |
| Dr C Clopath | Computational modelling of activity regulation in the brain. |
| Dr C Clopath | Modelling the effects of cell death compendation during neurodegenration. |
| Dr C Clopath | Studying ageing in the brain using computational modelling. |
| Dr A del Rio Hernandez | Characterization of collagen secretion by HSCs seeded on different matrix rigidities |
| Dr A del Rio Hernandez | Development of a microfluidic platform for early detection of pancreatic cancer |
| Dr A del Rio Hernandez | Modelling the dynamic complex of EMT in pancreatic cancer |
| Dr A del Rio Hernandez | The combined role of matrix stiffness and inflammation in promoting PDAC malignancy |
| Prof M Drakakis | Design/Testing of high-performance wireless wearable patches for physiological monitoring |
| Prof M Drakakis | Low power, wireless wrist-based galvanometer |
| Dr A Faisal | Deep learning representations of sensorimotor control from ethomics data. |
| Dr A Faisal | Neurotechnology for sleep disorders. |
| Dr F Guder | Air Pollutant Degradation Mask |
| Dr F Guder | Wearable Systems for Animals |
| Dr C Higgins | Perturbing mutipotency with thermal injury |
| Dr C Higgins | Relationship of scar stiffness and cell behaviour |
| Dr A Kedgley | 3D scanning to monitor the progression of hand osteoarthritis |
| Dr A Kedgley | A musculoskeletal model of nerve palsy of the wrist |
| Professor R Krams, Dr A del Rio Hernandez | Synthetic Biology of mechanosensors. |
| Dr Andrei Kozlov | Need for speed: Developing new experimental methods to test the speed and sensitivity of mechano-electrical transduction in the inner ear |
| Professor R Krams | Machine learning tools to study long non-coding RNA. |
| Professor R Krams | Modelling of a synthetic oscillator. |
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Dr Huai-Ti Lin |
Castrode: rapid prototyping microelectrodes via micro-casting and laser cutting |
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Dr Rodrigo Ledesma Amaro |
Synthetic biology for engineering the transfer of biological information in cell free systems |
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Dr CF Lee |
High-throughtput surface tension measurement using optical method |
| Dr CF Lee |
The physics of stem cell dynamics and localisation in the bone marrow environment |
| Professor J Moore |
Develop phantoms to help them improve ultrasound imaging of lymphatic vessels. |
| Professor J Moore |
Physiological Aspects of Heavy Metal Performance. |
| Dr N Nowlan | Can automated tracking of fetal movements predict the health of a baby after birth? |
| Dr N Nowlan | 2018-19 MRes & PhD Opportunities in Developmental Biomechanics |
| Dr D O'Hare | Molecularly-imprinted polymers for sensing inflammation. |
| Dr D O'Hare | Nanostructured interfaces for biocompatible biosensors. |
| Dr D Overby | |
| Dr D Overby |
The Mechanobiology of Endothelial Cells within Microfluidic Systems. |
| Dr A Porter | Engineering detectable ZnO nanomedicines to analyse their risks to the environment |
| Dr C Rowlands | Developing algorithms to sculpt light in 3D |
| Dr C Rowlands | A framework for high-throughput imaging using multiple cameras |
| Dr J Reichenbach | Fluid dynamics of the ear's sensory receptors. |
| Dr J Reichenbach | Machine learning for decoding speech processing in the brain from otoacoustic emissions. |
| Dr S Schultz | Watching the cortical circuit in action. |
| Dr J Sherwood | A new method to measure the secretion of aqueous humour |
| Dr J Sherwood | Mimicking the mechanical forces on endothelial cells using microfluidics |
| Dr G Stan | RNA-based feedback control for faster, âcheaperâ and portable synthetic biology |
| Dr G Stan | Synthetic feedback control systems for automatic regulation and tuning of protein degradation rate. |
| Professor M Stevens | Investigating Collagen Fibre Formation in High Density Collagen Gels for Tendon Tissue Engineering. |
| Professor M Stevens |
Near-infrared confocal depth-resolved Raman spectroscopy for elucidation of articular cartilage and tissue-engineered constructs. |
| Dr J Tweedy | Rheological properties of vitreous humour |
| Dr J Tweedy | Understanding retinal detachment therapy |
| Dr R Tanaka | Computational design of cancer immunotherapy treatment schedules |
| Dr R Tanaka | Development of app to record and report the daily symptoms of atopic eczema |
| Dr M Tang | ECG gated ultrafast ultrasound for cardiovascular imaging |
| Dr M Tang | Multiplane wave compounding for ultrasound contrast agent imaging |
| Dr C Warboys |
The role of extracellular matrix in endothelial mechanosignalling through β-catenin |