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Rémi Hernandez, a PhD student in the Department of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine, has been selected to attend Parliament on 11 March 2025 to present his research to politicians and expert judges as part of STEM for Britain 2025.
STEM for BRITAIN is a major scientific poster competition and exhibition held in Parliament since 1997 and organised by the Parliamentary and Scientific Committee.
It aims to give members of both Houses of Parliament an insight into the outstanding research work undertaken in UK universities by early-career researchers.
Remi Hernandez will present his poster, Digital Twins of the Retina towards Personalised Medicine, in the biological and biomedical session of the competition.
For his PhD project, Remi is digitally mapping the blood vessels in people's retinas using non-invasive imaging. This allows him to study blood flow and oxygen transport in those vessels, all through computer models that simulate how fluids move in the body.
Remi reflected:
“It is hoped that as these retinal images are quick, cheap and non-invasive, we could predict the onset of disease and test any potential damage to a specific patient. For diseases where vision loss is rapid and sometimes, irreversible, this could allow us to monitor certain patients more closely and hopefully, prevent vision loss.”
Prizes are awarded to posters in each category that parliamentarians and judges consider the best at communicating the research to a lay audience.
STEM for BRITAIN takes place in Parliament on Tuesday, 11 March 2025. More information can be found at: www.stemforbritain.org.uk.