Bioengineering

@ImperialBioeng

The leading department of Bioengineering in the UK.

London

Joined October 2009

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Tom Ellis@ProfTomEllis · Jun 26

It's 25 yrs to the day since the Human Genome Project & Craig Venter declared joint victory in sequencing the human genome - an ideal time for @wellcometrust to annouce their new project, involving our lab, to begin work towards synthesising human genomes wellcome.org/news/researche…

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Bioengineering@ImperialBioeng · Jun 23

📸Miray Kirollos, PhD student in the @akedgley lab. 💬“To future women in Engineering: we're not just participating - we're redefining the future!” Women like Miray are helping to shape engineering into a more innovative and inclusive field. #INWED2025

ImperialBioeng's tweet image. 📸Miray Kirollos, PhD student in the @akedgley lab.

💬“To future women in Engineering: we're not just participating - we're redefining the future!”

Women like Miray are helping to shape engineering into a more innovative and inclusive field.

#INWED2025

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Tom Ellis@ProfTomEllis · Jun 30

We're hiring for 2 postdocs to work in our lab in London on the newly announced Wellcome Trust SynHG project. If you know people looking to work on big-scale ambitious science like this, please RT and share this with them. Apply by 7/20, interviews in Aug. imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-jo…

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I-X@ImperialX_AI · Jul 10

Next week, Dr Dandan Zhang (I-X & @ImperialBioeng) and Dr Qingbiao Li will be hosting the 1st Trustworthy Embodied Intelligence in Healthcare Symposium. 📅 Thursdady, 17 July 🕚 9AM–5:30PM 📍 Hybrid: I-X, White City & MS Teams 🔗 Learn more and register: intelligentrobotics-acrossscales.com/symposium2025/

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Bioengineering@ImperialBioeng · Jun 27

We're delighted to be part of a new @The_MRC funded Centre of Research Excellence aiming to develop brain stimulation devices to treat conditions such as Parkinson’s disease, dementia, stroke and childhood epilepsy. Find out more about the centre: ukri.org/news/mrc-centr…

ImperialBioeng's tweet card. MRC centre to develop brain stimulation device-based therapies

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Wellcome Sanger Institute@sangerinstitute · Jun 26

25 years ago today, the first draft of the human genome was announced, a breakthrough that changed science forever 🧬 Read more about this achievement and the future of genomics over the next 25 years, here ⤵️ sanger.ac.uk/news_item/25-y…

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Bioengineering@ImperialBioeng · Jun 26

A new project from @wellcometrust including our Professor Tom Ellis is aiming to develop the tools, technology and methods needed to synthesise human genomes. Find out how we will unlock a new meaning of life and explore the socio-ethical implications: wellcome.org/news/new-proje…

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Imperial Engineering@ImpEngineering · Jun 25

Congratulations to researchers from Imperial who have been awarded prizes from @roysocchem! Professor James Calder (@ImperialBioeng), Dr Chun Ann Huang (@ImpMaterials) and Professor Kim Jelfs (@ImpChemistry) were honoured for their contributions: ow.ly/fUZZ50WfY3A

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Bioengineering@ImperialBioeng · Jun 23

To all women in engineering: your work matters, your presence inspires, and your voice changes things💜 Happy #INWED2025 from all of us at @ImperialBioeng! #InternationalWomenInEngineeringDay #WomenInSTEM #INWED25

ImperialBioeng's tweet image. To all women in engineering: your work matters, your presence inspires, and your voice changes things💜

Happy #INWED2025 from all of us at @ImperialBioeng!

#InternationalWomenInEngineeringDay #WomenInSTEM #INWED25

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Bioengineering@ImperialBioeng · Jun 23

📸Dr Parry Hashemi, Associate Professor in Brain Diagnostics and Therapeutics. 💬“Don't give up; take challenges as opportunities to grow!” Challenges don’t stop progress; they fuel it. Thanks to Dr Hashemi for this uplifting call to keep pushing forward. #INWED2025

ImperialBioeng's tweet image. 📸Dr Parry Hashemi, Associate Professor in Brain Diagnostics and Therapeutics.

💬“Don't give up; take challenges as opportunities to grow!”

Challenges don’t stop progress; they fuel it. Thanks to Dr Hashemi for this uplifting call to keep pushing forward.

#INWED2025

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Bioengineering@ImperialBioeng · Jun 23

📸Naima Adan, PhD student in the @HashemiLab. 💬“We belong, always have!” A reminder that women, especially those historically pushed to the margins, have always had a place in engineering. #INWED2025

ImperialBioeng's tweet image. 📸Naima Adan, PhD student in the @HashemiLab.

💬“We belong, always have!”

A reminder that women, especially those historically pushed to the margins, have always had a place in engineering.

#INWED2025

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Bioengineering@ImperialBioeng · Jun 23

📸Mercedes Aramayo Gomes Rezende, PhD student in the @akedgley lab. 💬“Never apologise for being a powerful woman” #INWED2025

ImperialBioeng's tweet image. 📸Mercedes Aramayo Gomes Rezende, PhD student in the @akedgley lab.

💬“Never apologise for being a powerful woman”

#INWED2025

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Bioengineering@ImperialBioeng · Jun 23

📸Mengjie Shi, Research Associate in the ULIS Lab. 💬“If there is a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, you must be the one to write it.” Forging new paths in Engineering starts with imagining what’s missing and daring to create it. #INWED2025

ImperialBioeng's tweet image. 📸Mengjie Shi, Research Associate in the ULIS Lab.

💬“If there is a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, you must be the one to write it.”

Forging new paths in Engineering starts with imagining what’s missing and daring to create it.

#INWED2025

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Bioengineering@ImperialBioeng · Jun 23

📸Meg Spiteri, PhD student in the Masouros lab (@icsmas). 💬“The first step in equal research in healthcare is women in the lab answering their own questions. ” When women shape research, they reshape outcomes not only for themselves but also for everyone else. #INWED2025

ImperialBioeng's tweet image. 📸Meg Spiteri, PhD student in the Masouros lab (@icsmas).

💬“The first step in equal research in healthcare is women in the lab answering their own questions. ”

When women shape research, they reshape outcomes not only for themselves but also for everyone else.

#INWED2025

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Bioengineering@ImperialBioeng · Jun 23

📸Maryam Sajjad, PhD student in the @vBSLab. 💬“Women in STEM are powerful, so don't underestimate that. Pakistani women in STEM are equally powerful, despite what people might say.” Proud. Defiant. Unapologetically seen. #INWED2025

ImperialBioeng's tweet image. 📸Maryam Sajjad, PhD student in the @vBSLab.

💬“Women in STEM are powerful, so don't underestimate that. Pakistani women in STEM are equally powerful, despite what people might say.”

Proud. Defiant. Unapologetically seen.

#INWED2025

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Bioengineering@ImperialBioeng · Jun 23

📸Margherita Montavoci, PhD student in the @BioengIshihara lab. 💬 "Don't let anyone tell you that you don't have time. The world needs your ideas!" Margherita's message is the reminder female engineers need: you matter, and your ideas are worth making time for. #INWED2025

ImperialBioeng's tweet image. 📸Margherita Montavoci, PhD student in the @BioengIshihara lab.

💬 "Don't let anyone tell you that you don't have time. The world needs your ideas!"

Margherita's message is the reminder female engineers need: you matter, and your ideas are worth making time for.

#INWED2025

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Bioengineering@ImperialBioeng · Jun 23

📸Leah Redmond, PhD student in the @HigginsBioeng lab. 💬 “Engineering isn't just circuits and mechanics - it's cells, healing and the future of medicine! ” Leah’s message reminds us that compassion and care are at the heart of engineering innovation. #INWED2025

ImperialBioeng's tweet image. 📸Leah Redmond, PhD student in the @HigginsBioeng lab.

💬 “Engineering isn't just circuits and mechanics - it's cells, healing and the future of medicine! ”

Leah’s message reminds us that compassion and care are at the heart of engineering innovation.

#INWED2025

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Bioengineering@ImperialBioeng · Jun 23

📸Isna Safira, PhD student in the @akedgley lab. 💬 “Yo go girls!” Simple, powerful, and full of positivity! Isna brings the kind of energy we all need to feel seen and cheered on.🎉 #INWED2025

ImperialBioeng's tweet image. 📸Isna Safira, PhD student in the @akedgley lab.

💬 “Yo go girls!”

Simple, powerful, and full of positivity! Isna brings the kind of energy we all need to feel seen and cheered on.🎉

#INWED2025

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Bioengineering@ImperialBioeng · Jun 23

📸Hind Alyahya, PhD student in the @akedgley lab. 💬 “You don’t need to be perfect - you need to be persistent! ” Perfection is overrated. Hind champions persistence, resilience, and taking up space. #INWED2025

ImperialBioeng's tweet image. 📸Hind Alyahya, PhD student in the @akedgley lab.

💬 “You don’t need to be perfect - you need to be persistent! ”

Perfection is overrated. Hind champions persistence, resilience, and taking up space.

#INWED2025

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Bioengineering@ImperialBioeng · Jun 23

📸Gladys Diaz Armas, PhD student in the @vBSLab. 💬 “Where would the world be without women in science? Where would doctors be without any medical devices? Science needs engineering and engineering needs you!” #INWED2025

ImperialBioeng's tweet image. 📸Gladys Diaz Armas, PhD student in the @vBSLab.

💬 “Where would the world be without women in science? Where would doctors be without any medical devices? Science needs engineering and engineering needs you!”

#INWED2025

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