Thank you to all the speakers and attendees of our LABB Group’s inaugural meeting “Aorta:Structure to Rupture” which was held on 17th July 2018. We were pleased to have a day of excellent scientific talks and lots of discussion. The LABB group is grateful to the School of Engineering for the generous support in hosting it and for all the volunteers (Ya Hua Chim, Emily Pender, Zhuola, Ahmed Kazaili and Phakakorn Panpho) othat made the day a success. We hope to follow this up with a second meeting next year.