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Professor Francesco Torella

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 Hospitals and at the Liverpool Heart & Chest Hospital. He studied in Italy, Belgium and the United Kingdom […]

Dr Panpho

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 for Aortovascular Surgery at The Barts Heart Centre) and Dr Jude Curran (Internal Examiner).  

Dr Hannah Davies

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 role at University of Liverpool as the Human Material and Quality Assurance Officer. We wish her well in […]

Professor Mark Field

Congratulations to Mark Field who has been appointed as an Honorary Associate Clinical Professor at University of Liverpool.

The Liverpool Centre for Cardiovascular Sciences

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 world-leading research and clinical specialists in cardiovascular biology and medicine. University of Liverpool, Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital […]

Today is a Good Day – Aortic Dissection Awareness

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 below. A powerful reminder about why our research is so important.    

BioMedEng19

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. 

Liverpool Aortic Surgery Symposium VIII

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 thoracic aneurysms are associated with increased aortic medial amyloid’. Dr Riaz Akhtar gave a talk entitled ‘Is bicuspid aortopathy associated with distinct patterns of matrix degradation?’

Congratulations to Riaz who was awarded the Best abstract presentation for scientific research in Thoracic Aortic surgery.