{"id":462,"date":"2018-03-05T15:13:10","date_gmt":"2018-03-05T15:13:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/groups.tecnico.ulisboa.pt\/~larsys.daemon\/?page_id=462"},"modified":"2020-10-26T15:38:46","modified_gmt":"2020-10-26T15:38:46","slug":"life-engineering","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/groups.tecnico.ulisboa.pt\/~larsys.daemon\/life-engineering\/","title":{"rendered":"LIFE- Engineering for and from the life Sciences"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This thematic line aims at coordinating the scientific and technological research activities of LARSyS in topics related to Life\u00a0Sciences. The overarching goal of the LIFE thematic line is to apply our core knowledge in exact sciences and engineering in basic\u00a0research in biology, psychology, sports sciences and neurosciences or in the development of new medical and zootechnical tools for\u00a0diagnosis and therapeutics.<\/p>\n<p>The topics covered by LIFE range from the classical diagnosis based on medical imaging and fundamental or applied research in\u00a0neurosciences to robotic human-machine\u00a0interaction systems applied in rehabilitation, social robots in active and healthy life\u00a0supporting systems or new biomicrofluids lab-onc-hip\u00a0solutions.<\/p>\n<p>The strategic plan for the next period is to actively leverage new collaborations between the groups in LARSyS and deepen the\u00a0existing ones. The LIFE thematic line intends to foster the growth and deepening of existing collaborations with leading institutions in\u00a0the fields of biology, medicine and neurosciences, such as the IPATIMUP\/i3S, IMM, Champalimaud Foundation, Institute of\u00a0Neurology, UK, and the EPFL&#8217;s Center for Biomedical Imaging, Switzerland.<\/p>\n<p>The activity of the LIFE thematic line is planned to be a natural evolution of our activity in the previous period in the clinical domains\u00a0of Neurologic diseases, Cancer and Rehabilitation. The following are relevant examples of cross-fertilization\u00a0in LIFE:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Realtime EEG fMRI neurofeedback approach for stroke rehabilitation (ITI\/LaSEEB) identifying spatiotemporal patterns that occur during motor imagery EEG neurofeedback and structural differences to facilitate adaptive recovery of lost motor function after brain injury though EEG neurofeedback.<\/li>\n<li>Physiological Adaptive User Interfaces using Eye Tracking, Heart rate (HR) and Electrodermal activity (EDA) (ITI\/IRSg\/VisLab) developing emotional state awareness capabilities through psychophysiological correlates, facial expression and eye movement analysis for facilitating robot teleoperation in high stress rescue operations.<\/li>\n<li>Lab-On-Chip Cancer Diagnosis (IN+\/LaSEEB) developing\u00a0new diagnostic methods based on mechanophenotyping characterization\u00a0and on adapted constitutive models relating specific flow properties (e.g. rheological) with different stages of the disease. These\u00a0methods are particularly relevant in the early diagnostics of several types of cancer, namely gastrointestinal cancer, oral cancer and\u00a0lung cancer.<\/li>\n<li>Metabolic Monitoring in Grazing Animals (MARETEC\/LaSEEB) developing\u00a0monitoring methods for metabolic activity in grazing\u00a0animals, dealing with the specifically adverse and harsh conditions of an outdoor environment, and including the efficient\u00a0transmission of this data, to be integrated in operational management models, geared to multi-objective\u00a0optimization of technical\u00a0performance, resource use efficiency and environmental impact.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Research Groups that contribute to the Thematic Line:<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/vislab.isr.ist.utl.pt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Computer and Robot Vision Group (VisLab\u00adISR)<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.laseeb.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Evolutionary Systems and Biomedical Engineering Lab (LaSEEB\u00adISR)<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/irsgroup.isr.tecnico.ulisboa.pt\">Intelligent\u00a0Robots and Systems group (IRSgISR)<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/in3.dem.ist.utl.pt\/laboratories\/technology-management-and-policy\/\">Laboratory\u00a0of Technology Policy and Management (LTPMIN+)<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/iti.larsys.pt\">Interactive Technologies Institute (ITI)<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.maretec.org\">MARETEC\u00a0Marine,Environment &amp; Technology Center<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This thematic line aims at coordinating the scientific and technological research activities of LARSyS in topics related to Life\u00a0Sciences. 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