Advanced Materials in Medicine Seminar Series
| Dates: | 17 May 2024 |
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| Times: | 13:00 - 14:00 |
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| What is it: | Seminar |
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| Organiser: | Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health |
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| Who is it for: | University staff, Current University students |
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| Speaker: | Dr Liam Johnson, Dr Maria Giovanna Lizio, |
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The Advanced Materials in Medicine (AMM) Seminars focus on multidisciplinary projects and facilities at the University of Manchester, which discover new advanced materials and their uses to address unmet biological and clinical needs. The seminars are delivered as part of the Pankhurst Seminar Series. Each hybrid seminar consists of short talks over 1 hour. The seminar welcomes anyone with an interest in advanced materials used in clinical settings.
Speaker details:
Dr Liam Johnson, CEO & Founder of MouseAble. Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering.
Liam is a biomedical engineer with an interest in advanced electrophysiology devices, with flexible and soft form-factors. He is a member of the Non-invasive Bioelectronic Systems Lab in the Henry Royce Institute and CEO of the start-up 'MouseAble', an award winning spin-out from his PhD at the University of Manchester. His company MouseAble uses advanced electronics and materials to improve the wellbeing of animals in research, including a non-invasive system for monitoring rodent physiology. This technology aims to reduce reliance on surgically implanted devices in pre-clinical science and empower researchers to be more humane, efficient and ambitious when planning experiments. Liam also has experience working with a wide range of animals in science, leading to a strong understanding of the trends, policy and technologies at play in this market.
The title of Liam's talk is 'Soft electronics for kinder science'.
Dr Maria Giovanna Lizio, ISSF Fellow. Division of Cancer Sciences. Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health.
Dr Lizio works at the intersection of innovation, entrepreneurship, and leadership using a multidisciplinary approach to address complex challenges and drive change. Dr Lizio pioneered the application of waveguide as a tool for patient diagnosis. This "ready-to-wear technology" is a principle of operation of fibre optics lamps and optic cables that Dr Lizio adapted to collect detailed images of human tissue samples. This technology can be paired with several spectroscopy techniques to perform correlative microscopy experiments. WILD Imaging is currently being tested in combination with Raman Spectroscopy for application in cancer diagnosis and patient stratification.
The title of Maria's talk is 'WILD Imaging microscopy combined with advanced spectroscopy for digital pathology and patient stratification'.
Please use this Eventbrite registration link if you wish to attend.
Speakers
Dr Liam Johnson
Role: CEO & Founder of MouseAble.
Organisation: Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering.
Dr Maria Giovanna Lizio
Role: ISSF Fellow.
Organisation: Division of Cancer Sciences. Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health.
Travel and Contact Information
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Emmeline Suite B
Christabel Pankhurst Building
Dover Street
Manchester
