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Groundbreaking cancer research hub receives £10 million in new funding

Insigneo Co-Director Professor Jim Wild is PI of the Sheffield Platform for Imaging Research in Oncology (SPIRO) with Co-PI Dr Bilal Tahir. SPIRO will revolutionise how the state-of-the-art imaging facilities in Sheffield are used to tackle cancer.

BBC Cameraman Jon Hillyer, Professor Andy Swift, Alison Holt and Director and Producer Jospeh McAuley pose smiling for a group photo with a television camera in the foreground
Photo: BBC Cameraman Jon Hillyer, Professor Andy Swift, Alison Holt and Director and Producer Jospeh McAuley filming the AI diagnostic cardiac tool at the Royal Hallamshire Hospital

Sheffield AI heart disease innovation features on BBC Panorama

Insigneo research theme director for Imaging Life, Professor Andy Swift is featured on tonight's episode of BBC Panorama talking about how AI tools speed up analysis of images and scans of the heart.

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
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Dr Pinaki Bhattacharya elected to the Executive Committee of the VPH Institute

Congratulations to Insigneo Member Dr Pinaki Bhattacharya from the School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering on his election to the Executive Committee of the Virtual Physiological Human (VPH) Institute.

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Heterogeneous strain distribution in the subchondral bone of osteoarthritic femoral heads measured with digital volume correlation

Researchers from our MultiSim project have published a paper in the journal Materials on ‘Heterogeneous strain distribution in the subchondral bone of osteoarthritic femoral heads measured with digital volume correlation’.
Women's Movement 100: Angels of the North

Angels of the North

MultiSim’s Director, Claudia Mazzà has been collaborating with dancer and choreographer Freddie Garland, Tenfoot Dance Company, in her continuing project ‘Women’s Movement 100: Angels of the North’.
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Sano is nominated for the Crystal Brussels Sprouts Award

Congratulations to our Sano project which has been nominated for the ninth edition of the Crystal Brussels Sprouts Award 2020 in the category of non-profit entities.
INSIGNEO Summer Placement Research Programme students with posters

Insigneo Summer Research Programme Posters 2020

The Insigneo Summer Research Programme 2020 took place remotely from June to September. We hosted placements for 13 University of Sheffield undergraduates to undertake a research project within the Institute on a topic related to in silico medicine.
A person using VR at the Insigneo showcase.

Insigneo Showcase 2019

On Friday 17 May 2019, the Insigneo Institute welcomed over 200 delegates, including academics, clinicians, industry and funding bodies, to its annual Showcase event at the University of Sheffield’s Octagon Centre.