Category: Featured Publications

  • Professor Mengxing Tang is a 2024 Falling Walls Winner in the Life Sciences category

    Professor Mengxing Tang is a 2024 Falling Walls Winner in the Life Sciences category

    Professor Mengxing Tang is a 2024 Falling Walls Winner in the Life Sciences category, awarded by the Fall-Walls Foundation (https://falling-walls.com/) based in Berlin, a global foundation which aims to shape the future of humanity by impact-oriented ideas and discoveries, driven by shared dedication for creating breakthroughs across borders and disciplines. https://falling-walls.com/people/mengxing-tang

  • Transthoracic ultrasound localization microscopy of myocardial vasculature in patients

    Transthoracic ultrasound localization microscopy of myocardial vasculature in patients

    Abstract Myocardial microvasculature and haemodynamics are indicative of potential microvascular diseases for patients with symptoms of coronary heart disease in the absence of obstructive coronary arteries. However, imaging microvascular structure and flow within the myocardium is challenging owing to the small size of the vessels and the constant movement of the patient’s heart. Here we…

  • Marcelo Lerendegui’s farewell dinner

    Marcelo Lerendegui’s farewell dinner

    We hosted a dinner in honour of Marcelo’s imminent completion of the PhD, or as many of you would know – one of the principle creators of BUFF. We are both proud and saddened by the occasion as Marcelo will go onto new endeavours. We wish him all the best and will always be happy…

  • ULIS on ice

    ULIS on ice

    After a productive day in the lab we decided to take a go at figure skating. Perhaps, you are looking at the next gold medalist at the 2028 winter Olympics.

  • Christmas dinner 2023

    Christmas dinner 2023

    Our lab concluded this year with its annual Christmas dinner tradition. –

  • 3D Acoustic Wave Sparsely Activated Localization Microscopy With Phase Change Contrast Agents

    3D Acoustic Wave Sparsely Activated Localization Microscopy With Phase Change Contrast Agents

    Objective  The aim of this study is to demonstrate 3-dimensional (3D) acoustic wave sparsely activated localization microscopy (AWSALM) of microvascular flow in vivo using phase change contrast agents (PCCAs). Materials and Methods  Three-dimensional AWSALM using acoustically activable PCCAs was evaluated on a crossed tube microflow phantom, the kidney of New Zealand White rabbits, and the…

  • Dr. Hansen-Shearer’s thesis defence

    Dr. Hansen-Shearer’s thesis defence

    Our lab is pleased to announce the successful thesis defence by Dr. Hansen-Shearer, who recently passed his viva with minor corrections. We would like to congratulate him on this achievement and express our gratitude for examiners for assessing Joe’s work!

  • Seminar by Professor Jørgen Jensen

    Seminar by Professor Jørgen Jensen

    Our lab had the pleasure of hosting a seminar by Prof Jørgen Jensen from Technical University of Denmark (DTU). Prof Jørgen Jensen is a leading researcher in the field of ultrasound, with over 25 thousand citations to date, whose most cited work includes the famous Field II simulation software.

  • ULIS outreach in St Albans School

    ULIS outreach in St Albans School

    Megan visited the St Albans School on the 29th September 2023 to give a seminar on her research to A-Level students. She was invited by the Stephen Hawking Society, a student-led group inviting academics to talk on a wide range of science-related topics in the fields of physics, chemistry and biology. Her presentation was titled…

  • Mikhail G. Shapiro Seminar – Talking to cells: biomolecular ultrasound for imaging and control of cellular function in intact organisms

    Mikhail G. Shapiro Seminar – Talking to cells: biomolecular ultrasound for imaging and control of cellular function in intact organisms

    Our lab was delighted to host Prof Mikhail G. Shapiro’s seminar. He presented the ongoing research carried at out California Institute of Technology: The study of biological function in intact organisms and the development of targeted cellular therapeutics necessitate methods to image and control cellular function in vivo. Technologies such as fluorescent proteins and optogenetics serve…