Roentgen's Radio - A PEM podcast

Dr Elly Martin joins to talk about her research using Ultrasound. She goes way beyond conventional uses like imaging babies, into cutting edge ultrasound techniques - designing new cancer treatments, neuro-stimulation and the science of freezing and thawing.

Part 2 of our talk with Professor Clare Elwell where we talk about what makes a successful academic career, bravery, and good ways to support female scientists. Extra thanks to Naomi Britton for her editing support!

New series of the podcast! New name for the Podcast! The PEM Podcast is now Röntgen's Radio (A Physics and Engineering in Medicine Podcast), a tribute to the discoverer of the x-ray. The first episode of this series is with Dr Rob Moss, Lecturer in Applied Radiation Physics at University College London. Rob tells us about his research in x-ray diffraction, explaining how he started in security applications before coming to identify cancers and create new x-ray detectors.

A conversation with Associate Professor Karin Shmueli about her research career in MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging), Karin explains how MRI works before moving into her research speciality, QSM where she discusses finding functional information using the "imaginary" phase part of an image. Listen in to find out more!

We talk to Professor Clare Elwell about her career and research in Medical Physics. Clare has had an extraordinary career using Biomedical Optics in clinical environments, including a ongoing research project in the Gambia, studying development of infant brains, funded by the Bill Gates Foundation. This is Part One of our chat with Clare, focussing on her own research career. Look out for a further episode coming soon, where she talks insightfully about building a research career and her advice for aspiring scientists.

Clare Elwell is Professor of Medical Physics, Director of the Near Infrared Spectroscopy Group, and Vice-Dean for Impact at University College London

Prof Sandro Olivo sits down to share his career in Physics and Engineering in Medicine. Sandro talks about developing a brand new x-ray medical imaging technique, phase contrast, which not only has enormous potential for medical applications, but across the whole world of x-rays. We talk about his history with synchrotrons, particle physics and the strangest things he's ever imaged.

Dr Anne Vanhoestenberghe discusses the wonderful applications of rehab and assistive technologies. She talks about nerve and muscle simulators designed to provide real help to those with spinal chord paralysis and other related conditions.

Learn more about the department and its degree programmes at:

https://www.ucl.ac.uk/medical-physics-biomedical-engineering/

Dr Catarina Veiga describes her research into improving cancer treatments with x-ray and proton beams. She talks about the new proton therapy centre at UCLH, why protons beams are better, and why sometimes they aren't.

Learn more about the department and its degree programmes at:

www.ucl.ac.uk/medical-physics-biomedical-engineering/

Dr Sergio Bertazzo talks about his research in Mineralomics, the study of minerals that form in the body and how they relate to disease. He talks about how imaging these minerals with an electron microscope can give us new insights into the causes of some very common diseases. We also discuss his foray into the Jurassic World as he recalls the time he found dinosaur blood in a fossil.

Learn more about the department and its degree programmes at:

https://www.ucl.ac.uk/medical-physics-biomedical-engineering/

A roving chat with Prof Adam Gibson about his career in Physics and Engineering in Medicine. We talk about Adam's history with thermal imaging and x-ray mammography, before discussing his current research subjects of optical tomography (the MONSTIR project) and his work with the Heritage Institute imaging art and mummies.

Learn more about the department at and its degree programs at:

https://www.ucl.ac.uk/medical-physics-biomedical-engineering/