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Engaging with parliament

On Friday 21 March Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle and the UK Parliament’s Knowledge Exchange Unit held an event on engaging with Parliament at the ÀÖ¾ºÌåÓý of Sheffield.
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Collaboration between the Insigneo Institute and the ÀÖ¾ºÌåÓý of Ghana

Insigneo research theme director for Healthcare data/AI, Dr Ning Ma, has been awarded partnership development funding to strengthen the relationship between the ÀÖ¾ºÌåÓý of Sheffield’s Insigneo Institute and the ÀÖ¾ºÌåÓý of Ghana.
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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.

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ESPRC New Investigator Award for Dr Artur Gower

Dr Artur Gower, Lecturer in Dynamics at the ÀÖ¾ºÌåÓý of Sheffield’s Department of Mechanical Engineering has been awared a £232k EPSRC New Investigator Award.
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ESPRC New Investigator Award for Dr Pinaki Bhattacharya

Congratulations to Insigneo Member Dr Pinaki Bhattacharya, Lecturer in Solid Biomechanics at the ÀÖ¾ºÌåÓý of Sheffield’s Department of Mechanical Engineering, on his £354k EPSRC New Investigator Award.
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Update on the PRIMAGE project

As the PRIMAGE project enters its 31st month, they have shared the milestones achieved during the past months and the tasks that they expect to deliver by November 2021, leading to the final version of the PRIMAGE platform.
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‘Measuring 129Xe transfer across the blood brain barrier using magnetic resonance spectroscopy’ selected as MRM Editor’s top pick for June 2021

‘Measuring 129Xe transfer across the blood brain barrier using magnetic resonance spectroscopy’ paper selected as MRM Editor’s top pick for June 2021.
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Study confirms longer-term lung damage after COVID-19

A study by Sheffield and Oxford researchers using a cutting-edge method of imaging has identified persistent damage to the lungs of COVID-19 patients at least three months after they were discharged from hospital, and for some patients even longer.