@MetaboLight

Engineering light to monitor brain metabolism in babies: a @wellcometrust project from @UCLmedphys

 London, England
metabolight.org
Joined July 2016
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My office is pretty busy today, filming videos about a new student resource about using light in medicine for the RAEng and UCL. #physicsonline #raeng #ucl
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UCL STEM@UCLEngEdu22 Jan 2020
We are so excited to be filming today with the fabulous @legophysicsguy, @gemmabale @UCLmedphys & Yasmine Fahmy @EduRAEng for our new @UCLEngineering @RAEngNews Medical Physics KS2 & KS3 teaching resource! Stay tuned!
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🎧Follow our new podcast to hear our lecturers and researchers discuss what makes physics and engineering in medicine such a fascinating field: soundcloud.com/user-85770981… 🎧 @adam_p_gibson @gemmabale @JamieGuggenheim

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This weekend is your last chance to come and see the scientific spectacle of the #SummerScience exhibition. From living on the moon to quietest place in the Universe, from the taste of colours to robot rescuers plan your visit royalsociety.org/science-eve…
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Great to see the amazing science on display at #summerscience is being recognised. Here's the team from @UoNresearch and @UoNScience work on superbug beating materials they're working on telegraph.co.uk/news/0/new-b…
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We love the #TakeABiteCC exhibition that is now officially open at the @royalsociety #SummerScience Exhibition. If you are in London this week, visit the exhibition to get hands on with the science shaping our future. @N8agrifood @TechFoodNetwork @LettUsGrow
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Taking pride in our science come and see our stand Mathematics of Cancer @PrideInLondon @royalsociety @reanimatecancer @Health_Eng @_sweens @swalkersamuel @rebeccajshipley
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Very proud of the team @MetaboLight #SummerScience exhibition @royalsociety very busy and lots of interest of how we use our technologies to save babies lives @uclh @UCL_IfWH @UCLmedphys
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Plans for the weekend? There is so much to see at the @royalsociety #SummerScience exhibition including two UCL @Health_Eng stalls. Check out our @helenfcraig's brain scan - her neurons are on fire!
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ALT brain scan image

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.@bbcworldservice interviewed @BreatheOxford for Health Check episode from @royalsociety #summerscience exhibition this week. Listen here to find out how the brain influences breathing & what this might mean for treatment of breathlessness bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3csy9j… @OxfordMedSci
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The Royal Society #SummerScience Exhibition 2019, our #free festival of science, on all week. Come and join us during the week, at our late on Tuesday evening or for our phenomenal family weekend Royalsociety.org/summer
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At @Health_Eng @CABI_UCL we’re working to predict the effectiveness of cancer drug delivery in tumours. How? Find out at Stall 20 at @royalsociety #summerscience exhibition. We’re here all week!
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UCL News@uclnews4 Jul 2019
At the @royalsociety #SummerScience Exhibition, Dr @subhabratamitra @UCL_IfWH @UCLPopHealthSci & Dr @IliasTachtsidis @UCLmedphys @UCLEngineering introduce CYRIL, the infra-red monitor that detects brain damage in babies minutes after birth bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3csy9… (from 59 secs)

Health Check - Lighting the brain after birth - BBC Sounds

The infra-red device that can detect brain damage within minutes of a baby being born

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Want to piece together a 3D printed tumour like a puzzle? Try to ‘deliver drugs’ through its complicated network? Or walk yourself through tumour vessels using Virtual Reality? Visit @reanimatecancer and learn #TheMathematicsOfCancer at Stall 20 at @royalsociety #summerscience!
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UCL’s healthcare engineering excellence is on display this week at @royalsociety #summerscience. Our researchers are at Stall 6 @MetaboLight & Stall 20 @renanimatecancer - we’re all feeling so inspired by the level of visitor #engagement & perceptive questions. Come to visit us!
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Want to learn why we see colour? Have your hand scanned with light? Measure your own brain activity whilst doing maths? Or visit an EXACT replica Neonatal Intensive Care Unit? Join @MetaboLight for #LightingTheBrainAfterBirth at Stall 6 of @royalsociety #summerscience!
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Team is ready 4th day #SummerScience Exhibition Lighting the brain after birth @royalsociety Exhibit 6. Come along to learn how we use light to monitor newborns with brain injury @Health_Eng @UCLmedphys @uclh
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Thanks to the @metabolight team for showing me their fascinating exhibit @royalsociety #summerscience. Light can be used to monitor the brain activity of babies and predict outcome after a difficult birth @uclh @UCL_IfWH @Health_Eng @UCLmedphys
Ilias Tachtsidis@IliasTachtsidis3 Jul 2019
We just tried out our broadband NIRS miniCYRIL device with Anna @PrenatalTherapy getting some brain oxygen and energy metabolic changes during maths. @Health_Eng @UCLmedphys
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Paola Pinti@PaolaPinti4 Jul 2019
I had a great time yesterday at the soirée event at the #SummerScience Exhibition @royalsociety and talked to loads of interesting people as part of @MetaboLight. Come and visit our Stand 6 to find out how we engineer light to measure brain oxygen and energy metabolism!
MetaboLight@MetaboLight3 Jul 2019
Team is ready #SummerScience Exhibition @royalsociety the soiree event. Come and found out how we engineer light to save baby lives @uclh @UCLmedphys @UCL_IfWH @UCLEngineering
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Check out @bbcworldservice today at 20.32 to learn about @MetaboLight Lighting the brain after birth #SummerScience exhibition @royalsociety Listen to how medics, phycisists and engineers are working together to save babies lives @Health_Eng @UCLmedphys @The_MRC @wellcometrust
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