UCL Medical Physics & Biomedical Engineering

Our students and internationally leading researchers strive to save lives and improve healthcare by applying physics and engineering to medicine.

[Ilias Tachtsidis @IliasTachtsidis]

Teaching the younglings about Best Practices in #fNIRS Preparing our 1st year's neuroscientists underground students to join the world of #fNIRS Well done to Luca Giannoni and Isla Jones for leading this session @UCLmedphys @UCLIoN

[Research Coordination for Life & Medical Sciences @rco_slms_ucl]

Calling all cancer ECRs at UCL!

The deadline is fast approaching to submit your abstract for poster presentation at the 2025 UCL Cancer Symposium.

Abstracts can be on any topic relating to cancer research.

Deadline: Monday 17 March 2025, 1pm

Apply 👇
https://t.co/AD4nLG64ch

[UCL Medical Physics & Biomedical Engineering @UCLmedphys]

Applications are now open for PhD studentships with @RadNetCRUKCoL starting in Sept 2025!

To see what projects are available and how to apply, please visit https://t.co/0gtkaCoY4h - deadline to apply 19 March.

[CRUK RadNet City of London @RadNetCRUKCoL]

Are you interested in doing a #PhD in #cancerresearch? We have 4 x four year studentships available with the CRUK CoL Radiation Research Centre. For details on projects and how to apply click below https://t.co/vei5pAJoQA

[UCL Medical Physics & Biomedical Engineering @UCLmedphys]

Last month, we were delighted to have Prof Dean Barratt and Prof Quentin Pankhurst be awarded as part of the Creating Innovation through Knowledge Exchange Awards 2025.

To read more about their work and the awards they won, go to https://t.co/T6hOIS2kmW

[UCL Medical Physics & Biomedical Engineering @UCLmedphys]

Interested in patient involvement in cancer research?

Check out the latest role at @RadNetCRUKCoL - deadline to apply 6 March!

https://t.co/0cyIV3c9Vt

[Alice Taylor-Gee @alicetg]

A new part time PPI role linking to cancer research @RadNetCRUKCoL - based at UCL but linking to @KingsImaging too. https://t.co/UUCMTCC0eO
please RT @KingsEngages @LisaWhittaker02

[UCL Medical Physics & Biomedical Engineering @UCLmedphys]

Last week, we held our annual Student Awards Celebration 🎉

This provided a fantastic opportunity to come together as a department and celebrate the achievements of our student community.

To see who our winners are, please visit https://t.co/JqJ4oLP57X

[UCL Medical Physics & Biomedical Engineering @UCLmedphys]

Next in our cancer research initiatives is the first UCL Cancer Collaboratorium hackathon!

60 clinicians, scientists and engineers joined to solve problems in cancer using innovative computational techniques.

Find out more about the hackathon at https://t.co/HFBT3kUqUr

[UCL Medical Physics & Biomedical Engineering @UCLmedphys]

Interested in joining our department for a studentship?

Check out our Vacancies page at https://t.co/87PvBqMZh1 to find out more!

[Ilias Tachtsidis @IliasTachtsidis]

Come and join our team for some exciting #fNIRS work PhD Studentship: Development of Innovative fNIRS Techniques for Neuroimaging in Sport Sciences and Neuromarketing Applications at UCL https://t.co/2TB0n6zsZP @UCLmedphys @UCL_ICN @antoniahamilton @flaminiaronca

[UCL Medical Physics & Biomedical Engineering @UCLmedphys]

To mark World Cancer Day, we're highlighting departmental initiatives related to tackling cancer.

First up is Octopath, a new AI cancer pathology research platform that uses AI algorithms to revolutionise diagnostics.

Find out more about the platform at https://t.co/bSu7GJAB0x

[UCL Medical Physics & Biomedical Engineering @UCLmedphys]

Thank you to everyone who joined our festive celebration last week 🥳

We had so much fun seeing everyone’s festive jumpers and celebrating the end of term together.

We hope you all have a lovely and restful break🎄

[UCL Medical Physics & Biomedical Engineering @UCLmedphys]

Interested in an MSc degree with us? Join our open days!

🔬 Online Q&A for our campus based PG programmes - 15 Jan at 2pm
🔬 Online Q&A for our distance learning PG programme - 22 Jan at 1pm
🔬 In person open day - Sat 25 Jan 10am-4pm

To sign up, go to https://t.co/bBUyqjeXFn

[JASA @ASA_JASA]

For low-channel-count ultrasound imaging systems, direct model-based inversion offers superior image quality over conventional delay-and-sum reconstruction, at substantially reduced computation time. https://t.co/eyKoc76EoQ

@UCLmedphys @WEISS_UCL @uclcs

[UCL Engineering @UCLEngineering]

What's going on inside your baby's head? 👶

@uclmedphys researchers are using LED technology to bring baby brain scanning outside of traditional MRI machines ⬇️

https://t.co/mVSyiQWBBq

[UCL Medical Physics & Biomedical Engineering @UCLmedphys]

Congratulations to Biomedical Engineering students Martynas Pocius, Alyssa Quinney, Elio Kreka, Ruben Xie and Francisco Damaso De Lemos Santos who won the Best Inclusive Engineering Design/Research Project at the inaugural @uclengineering CEE Education Awards!
#ChangetheWorld

[CRUK RadNet City of London @RadNetCRUKCoL]

Delighted to announce that our Radiation Research Programme have been awarded £5.9 Million by @CR_UK to continue our research in Radiation.
https://t.co/Aodu57GnHh

[UCL Medical Physics & Biomedical Engineering @UCLmedphys]

📢Calling all Alumni! Did you study with us for your undergrad, postgrad or research degree? Stay updated on all Med Phys news by joining our new Alumni group on LinkedIn!

https://t.co/gyiS4Iu6dU

Get updates on events, newsletters & connect with our fantastic community #LoveUCL

[Evangelos Mazomenos @emazomenos]

The UCL Hawkes Institute at #miccai2024

@WEISS_UCL @CmicUcl @UCLmedphys @uclcs @UCLEngineering

[UCLBiochemEng @UCLBiochemEng1]

We need your help!
Our very own Ferdinando Sereno won the UCL 3 Minute Thesis #3MT competition and was put forward to be one of the UK finalists.
We think he should win the People's Choice award!
You can see all the presentations and vote here:
https://t.co/o76ZGRb7OK

[Channel 5 News @5_News]

A group of British scientists have devised a scanner that can look beneath the surface of the skin to examine tiny blood vessels that could show the first signs of diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis or cancer.

@catherine5news | @ucl

[UCL Medical Physics & Biomedical Engineering @UCLmedphys]

For the 3rd year running @SWAN_MedPhysUCL has funded a @Health_Eng summer studentship which enables a fantastic female #engineering student to take an 8-week funded placement

Read about Chia’s experience with the NHS Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital https://t.co/lq9CD72gfp