iHEART Simulator, a mathematical model of the heart to revolutionise cardiac research
The results of the iHEART project have been published in the prestigious journal Nature Scientific Reports.
The results of the iHEART project have been published in the prestigious journal Nature Scientific Reports.
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Politecnico di Milano is partner of VASCOVID, a new European project, will develop a platform that uses near-infrared light to monitor microvascular healthof COVID-19 patients and assist clinicians in delivering customized treatments.
ABB’s collaborative robot, YuMi, was used in an application designed at the Politecnico di Milano, in partnership with IEO to support hospitals in serological testing for the Coronavirus. In nominal conditions, YuMi can automate up to 77 per cent of the testing actions and helps to analyse up to 450 samples/hour
A study published in Nature sheds new light on a previously unknown role myocardial trabeculae. Trabeculae anomalous nature appears related to the risk of developing cardiovascular diseases.
Researcher of Politecnico di Milano Carmen Giordano received 2 grants for her work on the microbiota-gut-brain axis. DIANA and PEGASO 2 projects to investigate the set of connections that link the intestinal microflora (gut microbiota) and the functioning of our brain and to develop an innovative multi-organ-on-a-chip technological toolthat will study new therapeutic strategies for brain diseases.
Politecnico di Milano: “iHEART” winner of an ERC Advanced Grant of € 2,350,000, has set itself the ambitious goal of creating a complete mathematical model to study the behaviour of the human heart and its pathologies, a sort of “virtual microscope”, which integrates all cardiac function processes, namely electrical impulse propagation, contraction and myocardial relaxation, blood fluid dynamics.
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Research has always been linked to didactics and it is a priority commitment which has allowed Politecnico Milano to achieve high quality results at an international level as to join the university to the business world. Research constitutes a parallel path to that formed by cooperation and alliances with the industrial system.
Knowing the world in which you are going to work is a vital requirement for training students. By referring back to the needs of the industrial world and public administration, research is facilitated in following new paths and dealing with the need for constant and rapid innovation. The alliance with the industrial world, in many cases favored by Fondazione Politecnico and by consortiums to which Politecnico belong, allows the university to follow the vocation of the territories in which it operates and to be a stimulus for their development.
The challenge which is being met today projects this tradition which is strongly rooted in the territory beyond the borders of the country, in a relationship which is developing first of all at the European level with the objective of contributing to the creation of a single professional training market. Politecnico takes part in several research, sites and training projects collaborating with the most qualified European universities. Politecnico's contribution is increasingly being extended to other countries: from North America to Southeast Asia to Eastern Europe. Today the drive to internationalization sees Politecnico Milano taking part into the European and world network of leading technical universities and it offers several courses beside many which are entirely taught in English.
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