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Machine learning for affective manipulation in music brain computer interfaces

University of Reading
Department of Biomedical Engineering
At the University of Reading, we have created one of the first music brain computer interfaces (BCI). Read more
 Supervisor: Prof S Nasuto
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Generative AI in Energy Forecasting

University of Reading
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Project Overview. Meeting Net Zero targets will require fully utilizing smart solutions at all levels of the electricity network. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof W Holderbaum
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Fractional order modelling of neurons

University of Reading
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Project Overview. Fractional order calculus (integro-differential equations that are of non-integral order) is an emerging methodology with wide applications across all areas of Physics and Engineering. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr S Hadjiloucas, Dr E Delivopoulos
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Effects of estrogen on the activity of hypoxic neural networks

University of Reading
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Project Overview. This project offers an exciting opportunity to understand how estrogen protects the brain from the effects of stroke. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr E Delivopoulos
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Gel brain and body - What if intelligence does not arise from a brain controlling a body, but from a electroactive hydrogel that computes and moves simultaneously?

University of Reading
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Project Overview. Life begins as a single cell. At this stage, there is no distinction between brain and body, no predefined controller, and no specialised architecture for computation or actuation. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr Y Hayashi
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Delivering Sustainable Energy Solutions to Ports

University of Reading
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Ports are major sources of greenhouse gas emissions as they commonly move up to 10,000 containers a day from ship to road or rail transport and correspondingly in the reverse direction from land transport onto ships. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof W Holderbaum
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Coupled chemical oscillations in networks of neurons and astrocytes

University of Reading
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Project Overview. Waves and oscillations of molecules play a critical role in information processing in the brain. Meanwhile, pulsatility of hormones is the foundation of fertility, emotional regulation and mammalian behaviour. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr E Delivopoulos, Dr N Vasudevan
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Assessment of phototherapy with model organism Saccharomyces cerevisiae

University of Reading
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Project Overview. Saccharomyces cerevisiae is extensively used as model organism and is well understood from a sequencing perspective so up-regulation or down-regulation of gene expression is tractable. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr S Hadjiloucas, Dr E Delivopoulos
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Assessing neurotoxicity of insecticides using patterns of brain activity

University of Reading
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Project Overview. This work furthers our understanding of how chemicals can cause toxicity in the brain, with an efficient approach to screen compounds for neuroactivity and distinguish between compound effects on firing, bursting, and connectivity patterns. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr E Delivopoulos
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Animats - neural culture-controlled robots for closed-loop neuroscience

University of Reading
Department of Biomedical Engineering
The project will continue research started at the University of Reading on animats - robotic platforms controlled in real time by activity of biological neuron cultures - and will investigate the methods for implementing efficient conditioning protocols. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof S Nasuto, Dr E Delivopoulos
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A chemical engine to produce mechanical force: towards a physio-chemical model of heart cells

University of Reading
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Living systems are complex, and are based on the basic building blocks of genes, proteins, chemical reactions, and physical forces. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr Y Hayashi, Dr Z Wang, Dr N Vasudevan
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Staphylococcus aureus colonisation and pathogenicity

University of Reading
School of Biological Sciences
Project Overview.  . Staphylococcus aureus is a versatile and adaptable pathogen of humans and animals. Of serious medical and economic importance, infections can range from mild skin issues like boils and impetigo to more serious conditions like pneumonia and bloodstream infections. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr S R Clarke
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What is the role of steroid hormones made in the brain?

University of Reading
Department of Biomedical Sciences
Project Overview. Many behaviours differ between the sexes and this is often controlled by hormones. In our laboratory, we explore how hormones regulate behaviours that differ between the sexes. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr N Vasudevan, Prof P G Knight
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We are what we eat: Plants and their effects on the brain

University of Reading
Department of Biomedical Sciences
Project Overview. Plants synthesize many compounds that can act like hormones in mammals. A class of plant compounds called phytosteroids act like steroid hormones and may influence anxiety, reproduction and healthy aging, though the mechanisms by which these signal are poorly understood. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr N Vasudevan, Prof J A Hawkins
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Using CRISPR to study the molecular mechanisms of thrombosis and haemostasis

University of Reading
Department of Biomedical Sciences
Project Overview. Platelets are the small cells in the blood whose job it is to prevent bleeding. Under normal conditions, when they encounter a damaged blood vessel they become activated and form a thrombus. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr C.E. Hughes
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