Our Bioengineering community has had plenty of reasons to celebrate this season.
Feel Good News is all about the moments that make our Bioengineering community special. Unlike Staff and Student Successes, here we celebrate personal wins, fun achievements, and the everyday highlights that bring us together.
Take a moment to congratulate your colleagues and peers, and if you have good news to share, make sure to send it in for the next newsletter.
Celebrating Recovery and Supporting Cancer Research
by Dr Laki Pantazis
My wife Nadine was diagnosed with breast cancer last September. Since then, she has bravely undergone chemotherapy, immunotherapy and surgery – and we are deeply grateful to share that she is now cancer-free.
Throughout this journey, Nadine received exceptional care at The Royal Marden Hospital. To show our gratitude and support the hospital’s incredible work in cancer treatment and research, we took part in the 15-mile Marden March on Sunday, 11 May, just a month after her surgery.
Thanks to the overwhelming generosity of friends, family and supporters, we raised £4,895. We are truly grateful to everyone who donated and stood with us.
Imperial Global Singapore celebrates a year of impact
by Professor Anil Bharath
The Imperial Global Singapore team celebrated a year of impact by hosting two events on April 8th to showcase Imperial Global Singapore’s impact in areas such as health, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, and technologies for clean fuel. The events took place at the Hub’s home at the CREATE Campus, an international research campus and innovation hub operated by the National Research Foundation Singapore (NRF).
Imperial Global Singapore is supported by the NRF, and its major research programmes are run with strategic partners, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
(NTU Singapore) and the National University of Singapore (NUS). The Hub has hired around 20 members of staff since its launch last year.
The establishment of IGS was spearheaded by academics from Bioengineering, Professors Manos Drakakis, James Moore Jr and Anil A Bharath, together with colleagues from Computing, Faculty of Medicine and other Engineering Departments, including the former ISST.
During the afternoon of the anniversary, collaborators and fellow entities from the CREATE ecosystem joined Imperial Global Singapore for focused research updates, aimed at sparking new ideas and strengthening collaboration across the Hub. In the evening, the Hub welcomed members of Imperial’s alumni community in Singapore, engaging with the wider ecosystem to celebrate the anniversary and explore opportunities for future expansion and scientific impact
Celebrating Outreach Success
by Flo Reeve
The Admissions and Outreach Team recently hosted a celebration lunch to thank the ambassadors and staff who make our outreach possible.
Thanks to their energy and commitment, the team has connected with around 2,750 young people this year, inspiring future engineers and scientists along the way.
At the lunch, Professor Rylie Green presented the Ambassador and GTA of the Year awards to Ella Silvester (Undergraduate Ambassador) and Maria Portela (Graduate Ambassador), recognising their outstanding and sustained contributions. A big congratulations to Ella and Maria, and thank you to everyone who supported outreach this year!
Professor Moore Shares His Research in the US
by Professor James Moore Jr
September was a busy month for Professor James Moore Jr, who was invited to share his expertise on two different stages in the United States. He gave a keynote talk at the 10th International Biofluid Mechanics and Mechanobiology Symposium in California, where he presented his work on lymphatic system flows and their role in immunology.
He then travelled to Minnesota to deliver a seminar at the Earl Bakken Medical Devices Centre at the University of Minnesota, sparking lively discussion on medical device innovation.
Sharing Our Expertise Beyond the Lab
by Nana Asante Asamoah-Danso
This autumn, Nana Asante Asamoah-Danso, Bioengineering Laboratory Support Technician, has been recognised in The Biologist magazine’s “A Day in the Life” series. The feature shines a spotlight on Nana’s varied role supporting our researchers and his ongoing work with the London Science Museum’s careers initiative.
On top of this, Nana Asante was also invited to deliver a glimpse of his live workshop session and represent Imperial College London at this year’s Great Exhibition Road Festival at the London Science Museum’s Smith Centre, for the NextGen Zone. Using food colouring gels, he gave visitors a hands-on look at the lab technique of streaking yeast agar plates.
VE80 Special: Matthew Kibble on the French Horn
by Matthew Kibble
On Monday, 5th May 2025, Dr Matthew Kibble, Research Associate, participated in a live performance on the BBC One Show as part of their VE80 special programme, alongside the Central Band of the Royal British Legion playing the French Horn. The programme can be rewatched on BBC iPlayer.
Matthew is a 2013 graduate of Imperial and the Royal College of Music’s BSc Physics and Music.
HybridNeuro Summer School at White City
by Ciaran McGeady
In July, Professor Dario Farina’s group, along with partners from Spain, Slovenia, and Sweden, hosted the HybridNeuro Summer School on Human Interfacing and Augmentation at White City.
Over five days, more than 60 participants from 15 countries joined in person, with others tuning in online, to take part in talks, hands-on training, and an industry panel. The event was a great success and received excellent feedback.
You can read the full recap on the HybridNeuro blog.