Our laboratories

01

Ultrasound

This laboratory combines acoustic modelling and experiments to investigate ultrasound–tissue interactions, neural modulation and targeted delivery, with imaging and biological measurements across scales.

• Focused ultrasound and acoustic modelling
• Neuronal and cellular responses
• Blood–brain barrier modulation and targeted delivery
• Imaging, cavitation monitoring and histology

02

AI and Neural Decoding

This laboratory develops neural decoding, generative and geometric learning methods, connecting brain recordings with multimodal representations and testing their reliability across data and tasks.

• Neural encoding, decoding and brain–computer interfaces
• Generative and multimodal learning
• Graph neural networks and geometric learning
• Interpretability, uncertainty and computational planning

03

Neuromorphic and Bioinspired Computing

This laboratory develops spiking networks, reservoir computing and biologically inspired wiring to investigate learning, memory and robust computation under dynamical and physical constraints.

• Spiking networks and reservoir computing
• Bioinspired wiring and network topology
• Learning dynamics and computational memory
• Mismatch-tolerant learning and adaptive neural control

04

Imaging Physics and Quantification

This laboratory develops MRI, PET and radiation-measurement methods, combining physical modelling and computation to quantify tissue properties, physiological processes and spatial distributions of energy.

• MRI physics, diffusion and perfusion
• PET quantification and tracer kinetics
• Morphometry, longitudinal imaging and radiomics
• Radiation measurements, reconstruction and optimisation

05

Computational Neuroscience and Dynamics

This laboratory combines neural and physiological recordings with mathematical models to investigate brain networks, brain–body coupling, behaviour and the dynamics of physiological control.

• Nonlinear dynamics and Bayesian inference
• Brain networks and directed connectivity
• Physiological signals and brain–body coupling
• Behaviour, morphometry and vagus nerve stimulation

06

Molecular Methods and Nanomaterials

This laboratory combines molecular assays, microscopy and computational models to study biological regulation, nanocarrier transport, material interactions, exposure and predictive toxicology.

• Aptamers and molecular detection
• Fluorescence assays and extracellular vesicles
• Nanocarriers, pharmacokinetics and material–cell interactions
• Nanoinformatics, predictive toxicology and exposure modelling