Below you can find a list of exemplary theses proposals. Please click into the title to find out more. To learn more about the context of these projects, we strongly encourage you to visit the pages of the supervising faculty members and their research groups linked from here.

Note that this list is continuously updated and that you are welcome to contact our faculty members with your own proposals. 

 

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Title

Hosting Group

Supervisor
Engineering biohybrid soft robots based on stem cell tissues Integrative Cell and Tissue Dynamics
Institute of Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC)		 Xavier Trepat
[email protected]
Development of an R Package for Shiny App Deployment in the Cloud Microbial Genomics Group (GEM)
IrsiCaixa (Institut de Recerca de la Sida)		 Francesc Català
[email protected]
Development of an R Package for Differential Abundance Testing in Microbiome Data Microbial Genomics Group (GEM)
IrsiCaixa (Institut de Recerca de la Sida)		 Francesc Català
[email protected]
Pathway-centric analysis of spatial transcriptomics data Functional Genomics Group
Dept. of Medicine and Life Sciences		 Robert Castelo
[email protected]
Splicing regulation during meiosis Oxidative Stress and Cell Cycle Research Group
Dept. of Medicine and Life Sciences		 Jose Ayte
[email protected]
Quantification and reconstruction of prototypic three-dimensional brain growth using a friendly digital interface (3D-BRAIN) Pujades lab
Dept. of Medicine and Life Sciences		 Cristina Pujades
[email protected]
Modelling dynamic molecular networks from advanced imaging data Gallego laboratory
Dept. of Medicine and Life Sciences		 Oriol Gallego
[email protected]
Coupling AI with bio-based hardware: Natural language processing for accelerated directed evolution of gene editors and writers Translational Synthetic Biology lab
Dept. of Medicine and Life Sciences		 Marc Güell
[email protected]
Detecting the time arrow in single-cell transcriptomics data Dynamical Systems Biology Lab
Experimental and Health Science Dept.		 Jordi Garcia-Ojalvo
[email protected]
Molecular basis of cellular memory Dynamical Systems Biology Lab
Experimental and Health Science Dept.		 Jordi Garcia-Ojalvo
[email protected]
Machine learning to predict prognosis of portal vein thrombosis from CT scans Simulation, Imaging and Modelling for Biomedical Systems
Information and Communication Technologies Dept.		 Gemma Piella
[email protected]
Study of structural connectivity maps in patients with depression using deep brain stimulation Simulation, Imaging and Modelling for Biomedical Systems
Information and Communication Technologies Dept.		 Gemma Piella
[email protected]
Beta wave mapping in the human subthalamic nucleus and its correlation with the position of implanted electrodes in people with Parkinson's disease Simulation, Imaging and Modelling for Biomedical Systems
Information and Communication Technologies Dept.		 Gemma Piella
[email protected]
Carbon footprint of catheter ablation versus anti-arrhythmic drug therapy in atrial fibrillation: a pilot ecological cost-effectiveness estimation Sensing in Physiology and Biomedicine Research Group
Information and Communication Technologies Dept.		 Óscar Cámara
[email protected]
Optimization of Tau PET quantification pipelines Sensing in Physiology and Biomedicine Research Group
Information and Communication Technologies Dept.		 Óscar Cámara
[email protected]
Deep learning model from diffusion weighted imaging Sensing in Physiology and Biomedicine Research Group
Information and Communication Technologies Dept.		 Óscar Cámara
[email protected]
Estimation of variability propagation in amyloid PET quantification Sensing in Physiology and Biomedicine Research Group
Information and Communication Technologies Dept.		 Óscar Cámara
[email protected]
3D reconstruction of the left atria from multiple 2D images Sensing in Physiology and Biomedicine Research Group
Information and Communication Technologies Dept.		 Óscar Cámara
[email protected]
Meshless mechanical model to simulate brain development in normal and abnormal infants Sensing in Physiology and Biomedicine Research Group
Information and Communication Technologies Dept.		 Óscar Cámara
[email protected]
Augmented reality and mobile-based digitalization, processing, classification and visualization of electrocardiograms in a real-world clinical environment Sensing in Physiology and Biomedicine Research Group
Information and Communication Technologies Dept.		 Óscar Cámara
[email protected]
Virtual and augmented reality platform for left atrial appendage occlusion device implantation Sensing in Physiology and Biomedicine Research Group
Information and Communication Technologies Dept.		 Óscar Cámara
[email protected]
Fluid simulations of blood flow in the left atrial appendage in patientspecific geometries with different devices Sensing in Physiology and Biomedicine Research Group
Information and Communication Technologies Dept.		 Óscar Cámara
[email protected]
Development of user interface for a web platform for anatomical and electrophysiological cardiac data processing and visualization Sensing in Physiology and Biomedicine Research Group
Information and Communication Technologies Dept.		 Óscar Cámara
[email protected]
Computational models of brain development in infants with Intra-Uterine Growth Restriction Sensing in Physiology and Biomedicine Research Group
Information and Communication Technologies Dept.		 Óscar Cámara
[email protected]
Coupling cerebral vasculature with brain tissue development Sensing in Physiology and Biomedicine Research Group
Information and Communication Technologies Dept.		 Óscar Cámara
[email protected]
Fluid dynamics study for left atrial thrombus prediction in heart transplant patients Sensing in Physiology and Biomedicine Research Group
Information and Communication Technologies Dept.		 Óscar Cámara
[email protected]
Classification of myocardial hypertrophy aetiologies with cine cardiac magnetic resonance imaging using machine learning Sensing in Physiology and Biomedicine Research Group
Information and Communication Technologies Dept.		 Óscar Cámara
[email protected]
In-house deployment of coronary artery segmentation algorithms including post-processing, automated measurements, and connection with PACS Sensing in Physiology and Biomedicine Research Group
Information and Communication Technologies Dept.		 Óscar Cámara
[email protected]
Development of a growth model of the fetal cardiovascular system images Sensing in Physiology and Biomedicine Research Group
Information and Communication Technologies Dept.		 Inma Villanueva
[email protected]
Understanding hemodynamic remodelling in intrauterine growth restriction: a computational modelling study Sensing in Physiology and Biomedicine Research Group
Information and Communication Technologies Dept.		 Inma Villanueva
[email protected]
Hemodynamic changes of the fetal circulation in Twin-to-Twin Transfusion Syndrome: a computational modelling study Sensing in Physiology and Biomedicine Research Group
Information and Communication Technologies Dept.		 Inma Villanueva
[email protected]
Uncertainty quantification in the computational modelling of the fetal cardiovascular system Sensing in Physiology and Biomedicine Research Group
Information and Communication Technologies Dept.		 Inma Villanueva
[email protected]
Semantic segmentation of the ventricles in 3D echocardiographic images Sensing in Physiology and Biomedicine Research Group
Information and Communication Technologies Dept.		 Gabriel Bernadino
[email protected]
Analysis of wave reflection in fetal circulatory system Sensing in Physiology and Biomedicine Research Group
Information and Communication Technologies Dept.		 Gabriel Bernadino
[email protected]
Quantum machine learning for biomedical data analysis Simulation, Imaging and Modelling for Biomedical Systems
Information and Communication Technologies Dept.		 Miguel A. González Ballester
[email protected]
PET left ventricular uptake quantification performance using a 3D semiautomatic anatomic – based segmentation approach in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients Simulation, Imaging & Modelling for Biomedical Systems
Information and Communication Technologies Dept.		 Miguel A. González Ballester
[email protected]
Design and implementation of light DNN architecture for organ segmentation on abdominal CT scans Simulation, Imaging & Modelling for Biomedical Systems
Information and Communication Technologies Dept.		 Miguel A. González Ballester
[email protected]
Musculoskeketal modeling and simulations to investigate the act of breathing and its influence over posture and stability Simulation, Imaging & Modelling for Biomedical Systems
Information and Communication Technologies Dept.		 Simone Tassani
[email protected]
Non-linear Analysis of EMG Signals Simulation, Imaging & Modelling for Biomedical Systems
Information and Communication Technologies Dept.		 Simone Tassani
[email protected]
Identification of statistical critical area of proximal femur when a lateral fall happens Simulation, Imaging & Modelling for Biomedical Systems
Information and Communication Technologies Dept.		 Simone Tassani
[email protected]
Modelling buckling effect for the prediction of trabecular bone failure in osteoporotic tissue Simulation, Imaging & Modelling for Biomedical Systems
Information and Communication Technologies Dept.		 Simone Tassani
[email protected]
Mapping intervertebral disc extracellular matrix degradation in terms of catabolic cells response using In-silico modelling Simulation, Imaging & Modelling for Biomedical Systems
Information and Communication Technologies Dept.		 Carlos Ruiz
[email protected]
Geometrical differences for classification of fracture and non-fracture cases of osteoporotic patients Simulation, Imaging & Modelling for Biomedical Systems
Information and Communication Technologies Dept.		 Carlos Ruiz
[email protected]
Intra-operative fusion of video stream for foetal surgery Simulation, Imaging & Modelling for Biomedical Systems
Information and Communication Technologies Dept.		 Mario Ceresa
[email protected]
Patient-specific exploration of knee-joint biomechanics in a cohort of osteoarthritis patients Simulation, Imaging & Modelling for Biomedical Systems
Information and Communication Technologies Dept.		 Jérôme Noailly
[email protected]
Mechanobiology and computational systems biology for the exploration of the early development atherosclerosis Simulation, Imaging & Modelling for Biomedical Systems
Information and Communication Technologies Dept.		 Jérôme Noailly
[email protected]
Intelligent enrichment of specialized corpora to generate of disease- and cell-specific interactomes in computational systems biology Simulation, Imaging & Modelling for Biomedical Systems
Information and Communication Technologies Dept.		 Jérôme Noailly
[email protected]
Biochemical changes in articular cartilage tissue and interactions with chondrocyte biophysical regulation Simulation, Imaging & Modelling for Biomedical Systems
Information and Communication Technologies Dept.		 Jérôme Noailly
[email protected]
Intervertebral disc systems mechanobiology Simulation, Imaging & Modelling for Biomedical Systems
Information and Communication Technologies Dept.		 Jérôme Noailly
[email protected]
Multiscale patient-specific modelling of articular chondrocyte biochemical regulation Simulation, Imaging & Modelling for Biomedical Systems
Information and Communication Technologies Dept.		 Jérôme Noailly
[email protected]
Mechanistic modelling of chondrocyte-mediated destruction of hyaline cartilage in intervertebral disc degeneration and osteoarthritis Simulation, Imaging & Modelling for Biomedical Systems
Information and Communication Technologies Dept.		 Jérôme Noailly
[email protected]
Body-wide modelling of immune cell circulation in the blood flow Simulation, Imaging & Modelling for Biomedical Systems
Information and Communication Technologies Dept.		 Jérôme Noailly
[email protected]
Coexistence of synchronization and desynchronization: Data-driven analysis of coupled network models Nonlinear Time Series Analysis
Information and Communication Technologies Dept.		 Ralph Gregor Andrzejak
[email protected]
Finding epileptic brain areas by analyzing electroencephalographic recordings Nonlinear Time Series Analysis
Information and Communication Technologies Dept.		 Ralph Gregor Andrzejak
[email protected]
X-PCI Cardiac remodelling in PHT Translational Computing in Cardiology
IDIBAPS/Hospital Clinic		 Patricia García
[email protected]
Visualisation & analysis tools for X-PCI data Translational Computing in Cardiology
IDIBAPS/Hospital Clinic		 Patricia García
[email protected]
Synchrotron X-PCI and SAXS/WAXS fibrosis characterisation Translational Computing in Cardiology
IDIBAPS/Hospital Clinic		 Bart Bijnens
[email protected]
Modeling Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension Translational Computing in Cardiology
IDIBAPS/Hospital Clinic		 Bart Bijnens
[email protected]
Deep-learning-based quantification of M-Mode images Translational Computing in Cardiology
IDIBAPS/Hospital Clinic		 Bart Bijnens
[email protected]
Relating genotypic and phenotypic factors in hypertrophic patients using machine learning Translational Computing in Cardiology
IDIBAPS/Hospital Clinic		 Bart Bijnens
[email protected]
Comparison and validation of different implementations of ML-based analysis framework Translational Computing in Cardiology
IDIBAPS/Hospital Clinic		 Bart Bijnens
[email protected]
Optimising information fusion in Unsupervised Multiple Kernel Learning Translational Computing in Cardiology
IDIBAPS/Hospital Clinic		 Bart Bijnens
[email protected]
Improving the interpretability of a labour monitoring and decision-support user interface Translational Computing in Cardiology
IDIBAPS/Hospital Clinic		 Bart Bijnens
[email protected]