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Insigneo Showcase 2025

The Insigneo Showcase 2025 took place at the University of Sheffield's The Wave building on 4 July 2025 and was attended by over 200 guests from across academia, healthcare and industry.
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Insigneo Institute & Yorkshire MedTech Industry Day: Shaping the Future of Health Technologies

The Insigneo Institute, working in close collaboration with the Yorkshire MedTech Place-based Impact Accelerator, held an exciting Industry Day showcasing established MedTech collaborations between Yorkshire-based academics and industrial partners.
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Dr João Periquito awarded first prize in University of Sheffield's Open Research Prize 2025

Congratulations to Insigneo member, Dr João Periquito, on winning one of two first prizes in the Open Research Prize 2025 in the Staff category - individual prizes for his work on co-founding the Open Source Imaging Initiative (OSI²) e.V.
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ESPRC New Investigator Award for Dr Artur Gower

Dr Artur Gower, Lecturer in Dynamics at the University 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 University 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.