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By adminWe are just a few days away from Aorta: Structure to Rupture 2024. You can download the final programme and abstract booklet from the links below: Aorta Structure to Rupture 2024 – Final Programme Aorta Structure to...
April 11, 2024 By admin The LABB Group are super-excited to be co-hosting Northern Cardiovascular 2024 in Liverpool on 17th April 2024. The final programme can be downloaded from the link below: https://labb-group.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/NCRG-programme_final.pdf The event is to be held at the Novotel Hotel,...
October 26, 2023 By admin 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...
October 20, 2023 By admin 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,...
September 16, 2023 By admin 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...
May 4, 2023 By admin University of Liverpool researchers partnered with the Aortic Dissection Charitable Trust and Everton in the Community to host an event at Goodison Park to inspire underrepresented students aged 14-16 to explore careers in biomedical research. My Aorta...
February 28, 2023 By admin Dr. Riaz Akhtar, Reader in Biomedical Engineering, reflects on positive impact of Wellcome ISSF Research Support Fund grant in recognition of challenges presented by the pandemic. I am a Reader in Biomedical Engineering. My research focusses on...
September 27, 2022 By admin As we continue our ‘My First Paper’ Campaign, showcasing researchers and their research this week we talk to Martin Hossack from ISMIB, a trainee vascular surgeon undertaking a PhD investigating the biomechanics and biochemistry of abdominal aortic...
June 5, 2022 By admin Aorta: Structure to Rupture 2022 is less than 20 days away now. Below you can find the final programme and travel information. Final Programme: Registration will be open from 9 am. The meeting will commence at 930...
February 12, 2022 By admin We are pleased to announce that our Aorta: Structure to Rupture meeting will be taking place this year face-to-face at the University of Liverpool on Friday 24th June 2022. This is an interdisciplinary meeting bringing together clinicians,...
November 7, 2021 By admin We would like to introduce Professor Francesco Torella who has joined the LABB team and is now actively involved in our research efforts. Francesco was appointed Consultant vascular/endovascular surgeon in 2003. He works at the Liverpool University...
April 23, 2021 By admin Congratulations to Phakakorn Panpho who passed her PhD viva today. Her PhD title was “Biomechanics and biochemistry of the aorta in chronic aortic dissection” and her examiners were Prof. Aung Oo (External examiner, Cardiovascular Surgery Clinical Lead...
February 21, 2021 By admin The LABB Group would like to thank Dr Hannah Davies for all her contributions to the LABB Group. Hannah was involved in our research since the inception of the LABB Group. Hannah has taken on a new...
December 27, 2020 By admin Congratulations to Mark Field who has been appointed as an Honorary Associate Clinical Professor at University of Liverpool.
June 22, 2020 By admin The LABB Group is part of one of the academic research groups embedded in The Liverpool Centre for Cardiovascular Sciences. The Liverpool Centre for Cardiovascular Science (LCCS) has been formed as a strategic research platform, bringing together...
February 12, 2020 By admin Mr Mark Field from our LABB Group is featured in the award-winning short film ‘Today is a Good Day – Aortic Dissection Awareness’ by Aortic Dissection Awareness UK and Ireland, which you can watch on the link...
September 24, 2019 By admin There are just over 24 hours until our meeting, and we are looking forward to welcoming everyone at University of Liverpool. The final programme and abstract booklet can be downloaded from this page.
September 17, 2019 By admin orta: Structure to Rupture 2019 is just one week away. You can access the programme from the following link: Delegate Join us information
September 10, 2019 By admin We presented a poster (Phakakorn Panpho) and an oral presentation on our work at BiomedEng19 held at Imperial College which took place 5th-6th Sept 2019. Congratulations to Phakakorn Panpho who was awarded a BHF Travel Award.
June 29, 2019 By admin The LABB group presented their work at the Liverpool Aortic Surgery Symposium VIII on 28th June 2019, which was attended by leading cardiothoracic surgeons from the UK and USA. Dr Jill Madine delivered a talk entitled 'Idiopathic degenerative...
June 17, 2019 By admin Our paper 'Idiopathic degenerative thoracic aneurysms are associated with increased aortic medial amyloid' has now been published in the journal Amyloid.
June 17, 2019 By admin AORTA: STRUCTURE TO RUPTURE 2019 2nd Annual meeting of the Liverpool Aortic Biomechanics and Biochemistry (LABB) Research Group Date: 25th September 2019 Venue: Foresight Centre, University of Liverpool
February 16, 2019 By admin Our BHF-funded research on thoracic aortic aneurysms was covered by ITV Granada Reports: https://www.itv.com/news/granada/2019-02-14/tackling-heartbreak-on-valentines-day
February 14, 2019 By admin Our research on the use of nanomechanics and biochemistry to study thoracic aortic aneurysms was covered in an article published by the University of Liverpool: https://news.liverpool.ac.uk/2019/02/14/feature-meet-the-liverpool-scientists-beating-heartbreak-this-valentines-day/
February 12, 2019 By admin We are pleased that Zhuo Chang, who was supervised by Dr Riaz Akhtar on a project related to arterial stiffening has been awarded the prestigious Chinese Government Scholarship for Outstanding PhD Thesis for Self-Funded Students 2018. Zhuo’s...
January 18, 2019 By admin Dr Hannah Davies gave a presentation on how computational approaches can help to understand how aortic medial amyloid could be involved in aneurysm development on 18th January 2019, at 4th N8 Biophysical and Biochemical Symposium on Computational and...
December 10, 2018 By admin Dr Hannah Davies presented our BHF-funded research investigating amyloid in thoracic aortic aneurysms at the Northern Vascular Biology Forum University of Bradford. This meeting was held on 10th December 2019.
September 28, 2018 By admin We were pleased to attend the launch of the Liverpool Centre for Cardiovascular Science (LCCS). Former Liverpool Football Club manager Gérard Houllier came to Liverpool to help launch the new collaborative research initiative to improve the heart health...
September 13, 2018 By admin Our group presented two posters at BioMedEng18 held at Imperial College
July 22, 2018 By admin We are pleased to be hosting Dr Phornphop Naiyanetr (Mahidol University, Thailand) at the LABB group.
July 22, 2018 By admin Congratulations to Zhuo Chang who passed his PhD viva
July 22, 2018 By admin Thank you to all the speakers and attendees of our LABB Group’s inaugural meeting “Aorta:Structure to Rupture” last week.
July 16, 2018 By admin Tuesday 17th July 2018, 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM, School of Engineering, University of Liverpool , Hosted By: Dr. Riaz Akhtar.
February 5, 2018 By admin Ya Hua Chim gave an oral presentation and Phakakorn Panpho presented a poster at the 26th Northern Cardiovascular Research Group meeting ...
February 2, 2018 By admin Dublin City University are delighted to announce that the 24th Annual Conference of the Section of Bioengineering of the Royal Academy of Medicine in Ireland (BinI 2018)
January 30, 2018 By admin DR. Riaz Akhtar has been awarded an ODA Seed Fund to investigate the prevalence of aneurysms in Thailand.
January 27, 2018 By admin Riaz Akhtar and Jill Madine have been awarded a ISCF pump-priming grant to develop a novel biomarker test kit for aortic dissection.
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