News and Updates
Patient insight survey
Asthma and Lung UK conducted a patient insights survey to help the BIOREME community understand patient perspectives and priorities to be considered in our research aims.
International Day of Women and Girls in Science
International Day of Women and Girls in Science is an opportunity to promote full and equal access to and participation in science for women and girls. Hear from network members, Dr Mina Kim, Dr Ran Wang and Dr Hannah Pybus on their research, motivations and reflections.
Network Conference 11 – 12 Jan 2024
An overview of the BIOREME conference held on the 10-11 Jan in Nottingham
BIOREME Fellow, 1 year later…
An update from our first funded BIOREME fellow, Dr Lorenzo Petralia, detailing his next career steps in academic research.
Sandpit report – Structure and function in airways disease
A summary of the sandpit event focused on structure and function in airways disease
PhD opportunities in lung modelling and imaging
New PhD opportunities at the Universities of Sheffield and Manchester at the interface of biophysical modelling, imaging and respiratory medicine.
Patient involvement in research
Asthma + Lung UK are currently running a survey on our behalf (until 18th June) to find out about patient priorities in lung research. If you have any lung condition we would really appreciate your input.
Small Starter Grant supported Mina Kim on US research trip
Dr Mina Kim, Senior Research Fellow in the Quantitative Imaging Group at University College London, was awarded a BIOREME Small Starter grant in October 2022. The grant funded travel and accommodation costs of a research visit to Philadelphia in February 2023. Mina has written the following summary of her activities on this trip:
A Mathematical study group with industry
The study group provided an interface between companies, clinicians and mathematicians to develop mathematical tools and challenges set by Industry.
Undergraduate Student Internship Funding
BIOREME have funding to support undergraduate students to carry out internships in summer 2023. The application deadline is 31st Jan 2023.
Small Starter Grant supported James Shemilt to attend ERS
The BIOREME Small Starter Grant supported PhD student, James Shemilt, to take their mathematical modelling research to ERS 2022
BIOREME joined school careers week
Dr Carl Whitfield, Dr Anne Canning and Dr Katherine Pitrolino (Medical Research Council), spent the afternoon on 10 November at Fernwood Primary School, Nottingham, with 150 enthusiastic year 5s as part of their “Careers in Science” showcase.
Member Directory now live!
We invite all network members to create their BIOREME profile, which will be accessible to anyone visiting the webpage so they can search for members based on key words including institution and research area.
Registrations now open for our Annual Network Wide Meeting
Registrations now open for our Annual Network Wide Meeting
Congratulations to Dr Lorenzo Petralia
Following a competitive funding call, Lorenzo successfully secured 1 year of funding from the EPSRC BIOREME Fellowship funding grant to support the next stages in his research.
