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Enrico Dall’Ara with the winning team at Modelathon 2020

Researchers successfully tackle a multiscale Osteoarthritic knee challenge – Modelathon 2020

The MultiSim, OATech+ Modelathon 2020 aimed to provide an opportunity to discuss, network, and practise multi-scale research modelling skills through a hackathon competition with industry software and hands-on support from modelling experts.
Women's Movement 100: Angels of the North
Women’s Movement 100: Angels of the North by Freddie Garland

Angels of the North

MultiSim collaborated with the Tenfoot Dance Company to create a filmed performance about women’s suffrage, emancipation and health for 2020's Festival of the Mind.
MultiSim 2 logo

MultiSim2 goes ‘Beyond Academia’ with a CLEAR IDEAS Workshop

On Wednesday, 23rd October, our MultiSim2 project hosted a Clear Ideas workshop: Beyond Academia.
MultiSim2 Team at Engineering Research for Grand Challenges Event
(Left to Right) Erica Montefiori, Claudia Mazzà and Vee San Cheong

EPSRC Engineering Research for Grand Challenges

MultiSim members Prof Claudia Mazzà, Director, Dr Erica Montefiori (Researcher on the Clinical Workflow) and Dr Vee San Cheong (Researcher on the Preclinical Workflow) represented MultiSim at the EPSRC Engineering Research for Grand Challenges.
Participants at MultiSim 2 launch

MultiSim2 Launch

MultiSim2 was officially launched on Tuesday, 10th September 2019.
Percentage change, from 14 weeks baseline, in trabecular bone volume fraction

The longitudinal effects of ovariectomy on the morphometric, densitometric and mechanical properties in the murine tibia: A comparison between two mouse strains
Diagram showing Finite Element models of infant femur

Finite Element Modelling of the Developing Infant Femur Using Paired CT and MRI Scans

Through the MultiSim project in Sheffield, we have pioneered modelling technologies to investigate very young children’s bone using personalised computer models based on CT and MRI scans.
Dr Bryant Roberts, Mr Liam Boyle, Dr Enrico Dall’Ara, Dr Vee San Cheong and Dr Dharshini Sreenivasan

Insigneo Team Visit Diamond Light Source

Insigneo researchers (Dr Bryant Roberts, Dr Vee San Cheong, Dr Dharshini Sreenivasan, Mr Liam Boyle and led by MultiSim researcher Dr Enrico Dall’Ara) attended the Diamond Light Source I13 X-ray Imaging Lab in Oxfordshire.
Graphical Abstract, showing cells, atomic force microscopy and the effect of sample size on the coefficient of variance of the Young’s modulus of the cells

Effect of cell sample size in atomic force microscopy nanoindentation