Congrats to all the Engineering students who graduated today. It was great to have two of my summer project students, from Dept of Materials, Design and Manufacturing Engineering, Sinead Gibbons and Daniel Riley receive prizes for the achievements on MSc Biomedical Engineering. #Classof2025

Our latest paper "Micromechanical heterogeneity in abdominal aortic aneurysms is associated with rupture risk" published in Acta Biomaterialia. Our work can help to refine prediction models and surgical decision-making for AAAs. @jmadine.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

School of Engineering marking World Heart Day @liverpoolccs.bsky.social

At @liverpoolccs.bsky.social World Heart Day workshop. Keynote by Dr Kuzma (Poland) on role of environment in CVD and stroke. We did an overview of aorta research in Liverpool @jmadine.bsky.social #worldheartday #liverpool

Britain’s zombie universities should put Schumpeter on the syllabus on.ft.com/46tIQC1 | opinion

Sign outside one of our teaching rooms @livuniwise.bsky.social 🤣

New paper out in BioEssays! We reflect on how #EDI can reshape research culture. Our EDI Sandpit tackled various assumptions in academia The message? Inclusive practices = stronger science a better future for academia. 🌍✨. @livuni-ilcams.bsky.social 🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

After a very successful @biomedeng25.bsky.social we are pleased to announce that BioMedEng 26 will be held in Liverpool. Watch this space for more details. @liverpooluni.bsky.social @drrostireadioff.bsky.social @livuni-ilcams.bsky.social @livuniwise.bsky.social

🧬 Our latest paper links 2 proteins, medin + transthyretin (TTR), that build up in ageing arteries. They cluster together in aortic tissue, & TTR may reduce medin’s harmful effects. Could be key to understanding vascular ageing + aneurysm risk. 👉 pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40899588 @jmadine.bsky.social

Josh Preston presenting his PhD work on coarctation of the aorta @biomedeng25.bsky.social @liverpoolccs.bsky.social @livuni-ilcams.bsky.social

Bojin Marinov presenting his work on collagen fibril degradation in thoracic aortic aneurysms @biomedeng25.bsky.social , @liverpoolccs.bsky.social

I made it to @biomedeng25.bsky.social last night after a long and arduous journey…trains halted at Preston, private hire cab offered as rail replacement, cab had engine issues and made repeated stops on the hard shoulder, rescue cab provided…worth the trouble ! Always a great meeting.

Our latest paper in The Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials: Regional quantification of glycosaminoglycans and their association with collagen fibril ultrastructure in the sclera following enzymatic degradation #collagen #AFM #eye www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

3 papers accepted whilst I was on annual leave. I should take a holiday more often :)

Another tragic story. Why we do the research we do. @aorticdissectct.bsky.social @jmadine.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

“In fact, the honour belongs to New Zealander Sir Ernest Rutherford, who demonstrated atoms could be split during experiments at Victoria University of Manchester in 1919.” www.bbc.co.uk/news/article....

Has Bluesky replaced X for scientists? Take Nature’s poll www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Over 60 German universities quit social media platform X. Platform accused of failing to uphold values of diversity, freedom, and scholarship.

Fantastic illustration of the topic of social construction of pathology -- and of medical progress, since we no longer pathologies this. #socy126 #nosology #lefties #southpaws

Bye bye X

What happens with the aorta rips? Aanimation video for 13-16 year olds exploring aortic disease, biomaterials and surgical repair. Developed with @aorticdissectct.bsky.social and @stemlearning.bsky.social funding. Science teachers, for Key Stage 3/4 students. www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUYz...

Award for best scarf at graduation goes to Selinam from Ghana, who completed her MSc in Biomedical Engineering with Management @liverpooluni.bsky.social

Was great to have Margherita Guido back on campus with her family. Margherita graduated with an MSc in Biomedical Engineering with Management. Her dissertation project was with Prof Lotto, (Alder Hey) and me on the repair of an aortic coarctation. @liverpooluni.bsky.social youtu.be/7T68GxYleKs?...

I am pleased to announce the launch of our new MSc programme at University of Liverpool in Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering MSc. Applications are open for January 2025 start date - www.liverpool.ac.uk/courses/2024... @livuniwise.bsky.social @livuninews.bsky.social

Good morning from School of Engineering, University of Liverpool 🦋

Hello all, I’ve finally made it to a much-needed different space. Nice to see some academic friends who I haven’t been able to interact with for a while !