1. BIOENGINEERING CONFERENCE:
15 March 2019 | McGarth Centre, St. Catharine’s | 8:45 -14:00
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Cambridge University Engineering Department
McGrath Centre, St Catharine’s College, Cambridge, CB2 1RL
This half-day conference will showcase current collaborations between engineers, scientists and the wider biological and biomedical community, and aims to build bridges between researchers and practitioners in these areas. The keynote address from Professor Mihaela van der Schaar (DAMPT) will highlight innovations in machine learning as applied in healthcare. Other talks will cover the broad range of research underway in the Engineering Department. To register, please click here.
Research
Speakers from Cambridge academics, including:
Mihaela van der Schaar. Learning engines for healthcare: Using machine learning to transform clinical practice and discovery. 
Somenath Bakshi. Ultraprecise timelapse phenotyping: methods for analyzing control in cells
Sebastian Pattinson. Biomechanically tailored mesh for wearable and implantable devices
Fumiya Iida. Soft robotics: Turning soft materials into intelligent bioengineering applications
Rasha Rezk. Glioblastoma mechanics as a novel potential target for treatment
Felice Torrisi. Tailoring materials for wearable electronics and bio-engineering applications
George Malliaras. Electrophoretic devices for localised drug delivery
Flavia Mancini. Understanding the human brain mechanisms that make us feel pain
Early career researchers
A poster session for PhD students and post-docs to present their research and find opportunities for collaboration. If you are interested in presenting, please contact Anna Walczyk for more details.
The organisers are grateful to the Institution of Mechanical Engineers for supporting the poster prizes.