Melzer Andreas

Biography

Professor Melzer has co-ordinated and established a biophotonics laboratory, supported by IAPP Nanoporation, with the Nanobiotechnology lab also partly supported by an equipment grant from the Mathew Trust and partly by EU funding. The establishment of an interventional MRI plus surgical suite and the above mentioned laboratories were supported by further ERDF grants totalling £6m which allowed Professor Melzer to establish a pre-clinical multimodality imaging research centre including photonics and pre-clinical MRI intervention unit for ultrasound contribution. A further component of funding was the MRI-guided focused ultrasound system Exablate as well as the establishment of Thiel soft embalmed pre-clincial research which is currently one of the major research initiatives at IMSaT. The unique model of Thiel soft embalmed cadavers provides additional pre-clinical research and testing opportunities for medical technology particularly in the human anatomy ultrasound MRI and x-ray and in addition the correct anatomy of a human body. Through the IAPP industrial academia partnership Marie Curie programme, he was awarded €2.5m in collaboration with InSightec and CapsuTech for the development of MRI-guided focused ultrasound-mediated targeted drug delivery. The initial training network Marie Curie programme’s total budget of €3.8m was awarded in 2009 and was ranked in the ten best proposals out of more than 2000 applications. The initial training network started in October 2009 and established the interventional MRI and image guided procedure development research at IMSaT. I co-ordinate collaboration across 10 centres throughout Europe with a total of 13 PhDs, 6 postdocs and 4 visiting experienced researchers.  The Thiel-embalmed cadaver programme is now supported by further grants - MRC DPFS and EU funding to assist in the development work of refunctionalisation of the cadavers to establish respiratory motion of organs and pulsatile flow in arterial and venus segments and organs. This project integrates well with the IIIOS training network. A further programme of work established in April 2011 on numerical modelling and simulation of moving organs for MRI- guided focused ultrasound is well integrated with the Nanoporation IAPP programme with a recent additional large integrational project ViaBBB (via the blood brain barrier) submitted to give a total budget of £15m Euros, led by ShebaMedical Centre Tel Aviv, Israel.

Research Interest

Professor Melzer has co-ordinated and established a biophotonics laboratory, supported by IAPP Nanoporation, with the Nanobiotechnology lab also partly supported by an equipment grant from the Mathew Trust and partly by EU funding. The establishment of an interventional MRI plus surgical suite and the above mentioned laboratories were supported by further ERDF grants totalling £6m which allowed Professor Melzer to establish a pre-clinical multimodality imaging research centre including photonics and pre-clinical MRI intervention unit for ultrasound contribution. A further component of funding was the MRI-guided focused ultrasound system Exablate as well as the establishment of Thiel soft embalmed pre-clincial research which is currently one of the major research initiatives at IMSaT. The unique model of Thiel soft embalmed cadavers provides additional pre-clinical research and testing opportunities for medical technology particularly in the human anatomy ultrasound MRI and x-ray and in addition the correct anatomy of a human body. Through the IAPP industrial academia partnership Marie Curie programme, he was awarded €2.5m in collaboration with InSightec and CapsuTech for the development of MRI-guided focused ultrasound-mediated targeted drug delivery. The initial training network Marie Curie programme’s total budget of €3.8m was awarded in 2009 and was ranked in the ten best proposals out of more than 2000 applications. The initial training network started in October 2009 and established the interventional MRI and image guided procedure development research at IMSaT. I co-ordinate collaboration across 10 centres throughout Europe with a total of 13 PhDs, 6 postdocs and 4 visiting experienced researchers.  The Thiel-embalmed cadaver programme is now supported by further grants - MRC DPFS and EU funding to assist in the development work of refunctionalisation of the cadavers to establish respiratory motion of organs and pulsatile flow in arterial and venus segments and organs. This project integrates well with the IIIOS training network. A further programme of work established in April 2011 on numerical modelling and simulation of moving organs for MRI- guided focused ultrasound is well integrated with the Nanoporation IAPP programme with a recent additional large integrational project ViaBBB (via the blood brain barrier) submitted to give a total budget of £15m Euros, led by ShebaMedical Centre Tel Aviv, Israel.