Alumni inspired by the scientific response to the SARS outbreak are developing aplatform to help researchers collaborate on global challenges.Imperial-founded startup SynSapien is developing an open innovation platform to bring together scientists,researchers and innovators from around the world to share data and collaboratively solve global challenges.International and interdisciplinary Using the platform,dispersed groups of scientists can strengthen their research impact through international,interdisciplinary collaboration.Upon logging in,innovators can choose to either launch their own challenge or join any of the active projects submitted by others.Once inside the collaboration space,they can propose ideas,provide feedback on the ideas of others,and rate proposals.The back-end algorithm propels top ideas and responses and helps the group make decisions.All user interactions are measured,allowing the group to identify key contributors. 查看详细>>

Three Imperial researchers have been awarded Future Leader Fellowships from UK Research and Innovation to tackle pressing global challenges.The prestigious fellowships were established to support anew generation of rising stars.They provide early career academics with the flexibility and time they need to tackle ambitious challenges.The three researchers will investigate how to use nature’s solar cells to power sustainable chemistry,develop anew understanding of single cells,and map cellular pathways involved in ageing.They each receive around£1.5m to support them for four years and allow them to grow their own teams.Sir Mark Walport,Chief Executive of UK Research and Innovation,said:“The Future Leaders Fellowships are UKRI’s flagship talent programme,designed to foster and nurture the research and innovation leaders of the future.“We are delighted to support these outstanding researchers and innovators across universities,research organisations and businesses.” 查看详细>>

16 April 2020 Newly-qualified doctors from Imperial College London have spoken about joining frontline NHS staff in the fight against COVID-19.Stephen Naulls,Gargi Samarth and Lieze Thielemans are just three of over 500 Imperial Medicine students who have begun helping the NHS and community efforts to fight the pandemic.In avideo,the students have shared the mix of emotions they are feeling as they prepare to start working on the frontline.Moral obligation Lieze said:“My mind is constantly switching between wanting to be holed up in my room to then feeling agreat sense of moral obligation and being determined to help in any way Ican,using the skills that Ihave learned over the last six years.We really are all in this together,and together we will beat this.”“I am confident in my education”View embedded Twitter content“I would be lying if Isaid Iwasn’t nervous,”Stephen says.“Our health service is under an enormous amount of pressure at the moment but ultimately Iam confident in my education.I’m excited to get on the wards and to help out however Ican in these unprecedented circumstances.”Putting training to the test Gargi adds:“We’ve been training for six years–this is essentially what we’ve been training for.While Iam nervous Iam excited that we can finally put our skills to use!” 查看详细>>

The MHIET-Imperial Future Boosting Innovation Centre will carry out detailed research on state-of-the-art turbocharger and exhaust energy technologies to improve engine performance and operation,and enable low carbon engine technology.The multi-million pound programme involves more than 10 staff from Mechanical Engineering and will develop PhD studentships and further training for staff at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Engine&Turbocharger(MHIET).Imperial‘s Provost Professor Ian Walmsley formally launched the new Centre this week in Tokyo.Professor Ian Walmsley,Provost of Imperial College London,said:“Imperial and MHI as partners in research have the potential to help drive the future of transport and power delivery."The new joint Centre will make engines cleaner and more efficient through innovative designs for turbochargers."This collaboration strengthens Imperial‘s growing connections with Japan,and we look forward to doing more together." 查看详细>>

A new project to explore how artificial intelligence(AI)could improve breast screening could potentially lead to more accurate detection of cancers.The project will see aconsortium of leading breast cancer experts,clinicians and academics partner with leaders in artificial intelligence(AI)research to explore whether AI could help detect and diagnose breast cancers more effectively.Led by Imperial College London,the consortium will be based at the Cancer Research UK Imperial Centre. 查看详细>>

Director of the UMI,Professor Richard Craster,said:“Data and technology are transforming the global economy,our societies,science and discovery.“There is adepth of UK knowledge in data science,statistics and mathematical modelling that complements the strengths of French science and mathematics.“While mathematics and statistics are at the heart of this programme we are also interested in its applications in others areas of science so are hoping for interesting applications from other parts of the College such as life sciences,public health,infectious diseases and materials.The UMI was created in 2018 and has equal status to aCNRS laboratory in France.Professor Craster hopes that the UMI will lead to decades of fruitful partnerships between Imperial and French mathematicians and eventually have“ties with every maths department in France.”The UMI has already hosted mathematicians from Paris,Toulouse,Marseille and Lyon for up to three months at atime.The visiting French mathematicians have worked with Imperial colleagues on areas such as swarming behaviour,optimal transport and simulations of rare events,and have already published papers together. 查看详细>>

The world’s largest study on babies with brain injuries will start in India this week to help prevent epilepsy.Brain injury during labour or childbirth is one of the leading causes of epilepsy in babies in some areas of the world.A common cause is perinatal asphyxia–where oxygen is cut off to the foetal brain,damaging it.Imperial College London will lead the Prevention of Epilepsy by reducing Neonatal Encephalopathy(PREVENT)study–to try and reduce the number of epilepsy ca... 查看详细>>

Computing suites,break-out spaces,smaller classrooms and lecture theatres have been included in renovation works over the summer.The College has focussed on improvements which can be delivered speedily and with as little disruption on staff and students as possible.The thirty-one locations are just some of anumber of teaching and study spaces where students,teachers and estates have worked together.The first series of improved spaces opened at the start of the 2018/19 academic year,and attracted positive feedback from teachers and students alike.Two lecture theatres,Blackett LT2(113)and RSM 147,have also recently been transformed into creative and flexible learning and teaching spaces at the College‘s South Kensington campus. 查看详细>>

The participants were part of‘StudentShapers’-Imperial‘s staff-student educational development hub that provides both communities the opportunity to contribute to shaping learning and teaching.The partnership aims to enhance the learning experience by fostering collaboration,with the end results being incorporated back into students’curriculum.Students are provided with financial support and expert advice to support them taking part and to ensure projects have as high an impact as possible.Dr Mike Streule,Director of StudentShapers said:“Staff and academics working with students as partners across both teaching and research has been proven to yield greater innovation.“Partnering with students in both curriculum development and educational research will further ensure aworld-class educational experience for our students into the future,and recognises the great talent and expertise that our students can offer to projects.” 查看详细>>

The project,funded by Research England,will see Imperial partner with Europe’s largest fundamental research organisation,Germany’s leading university and Asia’s most advanced technological university.The three clusters include:Mathematical sciences,with France’s Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique(CNRS)Computing,AI and robotics,with Germany’s Technical University of Munich(TUM)Technology and healthcare,with Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University(NTU)Each cluster will;develop flagship international studentships,expand academic exchange,accelerate frontier research with seed funding,and launch bespoke doctoral programmes.Global economies,societies,science and discovery are being transformed by data and technology.They are also central to the Fourth Industrial Revolution–which is fusing the physical,digital and biological worlds,across all disciplines,economies and industries. 查看详细>>