FISMED / RESEARCH & EDUCATION
Research themes
Experimental biophysics, quantitative measurement and computational methods across biological scales.
Quantitative MRI, PET and multimodal imaging
MR acquisition physics, diffusion and microstructural modelling, PET kinetics and multimodal integration. Quantitative methods for measuring tissue properties, molecular processes and physiological function.
Focused ultrasound and targeted delivery
Acoustic modelling, cavitation monitoring and ultrasound–tissue interactions. Experimental and preclinical in vivo studies of blood–brain barrier modulation, targeted delivery and cellular responses, supported by stereotaxis, imaging, microscopy and histology.
Neural stimulation and bioelectronic interfaces
Electrical, magnetic and acoustic approaches to neural modulation. Development and experimental testing of wireless devices, implantable interfaces and technologies for neural recording and stimulation.
NeuroAI and neural decoding
Learning representations of images, signals, sound and brain activity. Generative models, foundation models, contrastive learning and multimodal alignment for reconstructing sensory information and modelling neural representations.
Neuromorphic and bioinspired computing
Spiking neural networks, reservoir computing and biologically inspired learning. Computational architectures and adaptive controllers informed by neuronal dynamics and physiological organisation.
Brain networks and physiological dynamics
Functional and effective connectivity, causal inference, graph methods and dynamical systems. Analysis of electrophysiological, imaging and autonomic signals to characterise interactions across neural and physiological systems.
Brain structure, development and behaviour
Morphometry, longitudinal modelling and structure–function relationships. Quantitative investigation of brain development, ageing, plasticity, cognition, emotion and behavioural variation.
Radiation physics, radiomics and optimisation
Radiation transport, dose estimation and computational treatment planning. Image-feature analysis, computer vision and optimisation methods for modelling spatial distributions, tissue responses and measurement uncertainty.
Nanomaterials, molecular systems and predictive toxicology
Design and characterisation of functional nanomaterials, molecular and pharmacokinetic modelling, and analysis of biological responses. Computational approaches to exposure assessment, toxicity prediction and safer material design.
Research across our laboratories
Research themes and the laboratories that develop their core and complementary methods.
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