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Conference: In Silico Technologies for Respiratory Medicine


We are delighted to announce our annual conference will be a 2 day event held in Manchester, UK. We warmly welcome participants from academia, industry and charity groups to join us for some fascinating research talks, networking sessions and panel discussions.

Where: University of Manchester

When: 10 - 11th September

Registration and Abstract Submission: Deadline 13th June 2025

Cost: There is no registration fee

Format

This 2 day event will follow a traditional conference format with Keynote presentations, invited speakers, accepted abstract talks and networking opportunities covering the full breadth of our remit.

We will also take this opportunity to celebrate the achievements of the BIOREME Network+ as well as exploring the challenges and opportunities in this field.

Abstract Submission

We invite you to submit an abstract for this conference to present an oral presentation. We encourage researchers of all levels to submit abstracts. We welcome submissions that fall within our core four themes as well as our wider research remit. We welcome talks focussed on your research outcomes as well as talks exploring challenges and future opportunities.

  • Improving treatment delivery and clinical trial design

  • Developing the next generation of clinical lung function measurement

  • Modelling pulmonary mechanics in critical care

  • Modelling environmental determinants of lung health from micro to macro-scale

  • Wider remit of biophysical/mechanistic modelling in respiratory medicine and health

More information about our network themes can be found at https://www.bioreme.net/themes

Your abstract must be 350 words maximum (not including references) and can include 1 figure or table.

Key dates:

Submission open: 3 March 2025
Submission closes: 4pm 13 June 2025
Submission outcome: w/c 7 July 2025

Keynote Speakers

Talk details and further speakers to be announced soon!

Featured
Professor Merryn Tawhai
Professor Merryn Tawhai

University of Auckland

Prof Merryn Tawhai is the Director of the Auckland Bioengineering Institute (ABI) at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. Renowned for her pioneering work in computational physiology, Professor Tawhai specializes in creating detailed mathematical models of the respiratory system. Her research aims to enhance the understanding of both normal lung function and the pathological changes associated with diseases, thereby contributing to improved diagnostic and treatment strategies. Throughout her distinguished career, Professor Tawhai has received numerous accolades. In 2016, she was awarded the MacDiarmid Medal by the Royal Society Te Apārangi for her outstanding contributions to bioengineering. She was elected a Fellow of the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering and the International Academy of Medical and Biological Engineering in 2018, and in the same year, she became a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand.

Dr Nayia Petousi
Dr Nayia Petousi

University of Oxford

Prof Nayia Petousi is a Consultant Respiratory Physician (special airways clinic) at Oxford University Hospital and Associate Professor at the Respiratory Medicine Unit, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford.

 

Her research interests are in cardiorespiratory physiology, hypoxia, type-2 inflammation and airways diseases. She leads translational research oh physiological phenotyping of airways diseases using novel non-invasive physiological techniques, such as Computed cardiopulmonography, with the overarching aim to improve early disease detection, more accurately assess disease progression or treatment response and identify novel treatable traits for better targeting of treatment to airways patients. She is particularly interested in the role of type-2 inflammation as a driver of progressive respiratory morbidity, and whether early disease detection and intervention can prevent this.

Prof. Dr. Ben Fabry
Prof. Dr. Ben Fabry

University Erlangen-Nürnberg

Prof Ben Fabry is Professor of Biophysics at the University of Erlangen–Nuremberg, Germany. He specializes in cell and tissue biomechanics, with a focus on how mechanical forces regulate cell behavior. He previously developed the ventilator mode “Automatic Tube Compensation” to minimize barotrauma and volutrauma in ICU patients, and continues to research the role of physical forces in biology.

Dr Ian Mudway
Dr Ian Mudway

Imperial College London

Dr Ian Mudway is the head of the Environmental Toxicology group within the School of Public Health at Imperial College London and is the Gresham College Visiting Professor for Environmental Health. He is a member of the MRC Centre for Environment and Health, and the NIHR Health Protection Research Units in Environmental Exposures and Health, and Chemical and Radiation Threats and Hazards. He has over 30 years of experience researching the impacts of air pollution on human health and in the development of assays to quantify the toxicity of the chemical cocktails that pollute the air we breathe. Dr Mudway has published over 150 research papers, reports and book chapters on these topics, as well as providing advice to local, national and international governments and NGOs. Dr Mudway is passionate about the communication of science to lay audiences and has worked extensively with artists and educationalist to promote the public understanding of the risks associated with environmental pollutants.

BIOREME travel support

BIOREME will support a limited number of researchers to attend the event with bursaries of up to £200 available toward travel, accommodation and subsistence costs.

Please complete the relevant sections on the registration form to apply for this funding.

ECR conference committee

This conference is being supported by;
Dr Ran Wang, University of Manchester
Mr Robin Curnow, University of Manchester
Mr Jonathan Brady, University of Manchester
Dr Liam Weaver, University of Warwick

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