Picture Perfect: Using imaging techniques to understand the human body

Thursday 12 December, Physics Building, University Campus, University of Nottingham

Have you ever wanted to see inside the human body? In this lecture, three prominent academics from the University of Nottingham's Faculty of Science will explain how they use imaging techniques as part of their research. 

Faculty of Science Christmas Lecture speakers:

• Sally Eldeghaidy, Associate Professor in Nutritional Neuroimaging, School of Biosciences

• Karthik Bharath, Professor of Statistics, School of Mathematical Sciences

• David Scurr, Principal Research Fellow, School of Pharmacy

Our three speakers will show how they use different imaging techniques, including MRI, geometry and statistics for shape and image analysis, and OrbiSIMS mass spectroscopy. They will show how these tools can demonstrate the connection between our guts and our brains, help to diagnose brain tumours, and show if an anti-ageing cosmetic is actually absorbed by the skin. These tools help develop strategies to improve human health and wellbeing and other real-world applications.

Festive refreshments will be served after this seasonal lecture. There will also be an opportunity to see what some of these images look like under the microscope, as well as live Raman Imaging of a nanosized Christmas tree made out of gold and silicon, with the team from the University of Nottingham Nanoscale and Microscale Research Centre (nmRC).