About LABB
Group
Biomechanics
We focus on understanding bio-mechanical changes that occur with aortic pathology through micro- and nano- mechanical testing methods.
Our Team
Dr Riaz Akhtar
His research group focusses on soft tissue micromechanics and structure-property relationships in aortic tissue. He is a Reader in Biomedical Engineering at University of Liverpool.
Dr Jill Madine
Her research group at the University of Liverpool has a wide interest in amyloid protein diseases and elucidating the factors that contribute to the pathogenicity associated with these diseases.
Prof. Mark Field
Cardiac Surgery training took place in Nottingham, Sheffield and Liverpool and finished in 2009. He was appointed a consultant at Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital in 2009.
Our Funders
The Leverhulme Trust was established by the Will of William Hesketh Lever, the founder of Lever Brothers.
Engineering is at the heart of our nation , transforming ideas and materials into global infrastructure, products and services.
We are the nation’s heart charity and the largest independent funder of cardiovascular research.
The Aortic Dissection Charitable Trust is the UK and Ireland charity uniting patients, families
Our Publications
DR. Riaz Akhtar
DR. Riaz Akhtar
DR. Jill Madine
Exploring the potential of rapid evaporative ionization mass spectrometry (Intelligent Knife)
MR. Mark Field
Latest News
The LABB Group took part in a highly successful multi-disciplinary workshop on aortic diseases with Fudan University and Zhongshan Hospital, Shanghai from 20th – 24th September 2023. Drs Riaz Akhtar (Liverpool) and Baolei Guo were successful in obtaining a Royal Society International Exchange grant to setup the workshop and attendees including researchers from Imperial College […]
Save the Date! We are pleased to announce that “Aorta: Structure to Rupture 2024” will take place once again in Liverpool on Thursday 20th June 2024. This is always an exciting inter-disciplinary meeting bringing together engineers, biologists, and clinicians to discuss state-of-the-art research in aortic disease. We encourage early career researchers to take part and […]
Congratulations to Bojin Marinov who won the best poster prize for his first year work looking at collagen fibril degradation in bicuspid aortic valve patients at BioMedEng 2023 conference which was held in Swansea, 14 – 15 September 2023. Bojin is a PhD student in the Department of Materials, Design and Manufacturing Engineering working under the supervision […]
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University of
Liverpool Brownlow Hill,
Liverpool L69 3BX,
United Kingdom
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+44 (0)151 794 2000
info@labb-group.com
