Reader in Biomedical Engineering and Director of Postgraduate Studies, Engineering, University of Liverpool. Fascinated by mechanics of biological tissues and disease processes. Enjoy running and martial arts. Own views.https://bsky.app/profile/drriaza.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/drriaza.bsky.social/post/3muegahdo7s2h🎉 #BioMedEng26 week has arrived! We’re excited to welcome close to 300 delegates to Liverpool this Thursday & Friday. Liverpool is ready! 🔬🫀 @biomedeng.bsky.social 📢 Presenters: don’t forget to upload your talks. There’s still time to register and join us!31 Aug 2026 07:50 +0000at://did:plc:luy2fwevthvdzpgwanrbzmru/app.bsky.feed.post/3muegahdo7s2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/drriaza.bsky.social/post/3modq3gulqk2oOur latest paper in Scientific Reports - We investigated how fluoroquinolone antibiotics alter tendon ECM, providing new mechanistic insights into why these drugs can increase the risk of tendinopathy. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-026-55720-515 Jun 2026 16:42 +0000at://did:plc:luy2fwevthvdzpgwanrbzmru/app.bsky.feed.post/3modq3gulqk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/drriaza.bsky.social/post/3mkrkhs4h3k2aSee you in Liverpool in September! [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 May 2026 06:58 +0000at://did:plc:luy2fwevthvdzpgwanrbzmru/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkrkhs4h3k2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/drriaza.bsky.social/post/3mkiz6sgvvc2cReminder - abstract submission deadline fast approaching #BioMedEng2627 Apr 2026 21:27 +0000at://did:plc:luy2fwevthvdzpgwanrbzmru/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkiz6sgvvc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/drriaza.bsky.social/post/3mibouue2mk2aAorta: Structure to Rupture 2026 Abstract submission deadline extended until 14th April 2026 Due to the Easter vacation, we received requests to extend the abstract submission deadline. The new deadline is now 14th April. https://labb-group.com/conferences/s2r2026/30 Mar 2026 12:44 +0000at://did:plc:luy2fwevthvdzpgwanrbzmru/app.bsky.feed.post/3mibouue2mk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/drriaza.bsky.social/post/3mhrxtbzkx22vAbstract submission deadline is approaching - https://labb-group.com/conferences/s2r2026/#abstract-submission Abstract submission deadline: 30th March 2026 Submit your abstract for oral or poster presenter – cmt3.research.microsoft.com/SR202624 Mar 2026 06:41 +0000at://did:plc:luy2fwevthvdzpgwanrbzmru/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhrxtbzkx22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/drriaza.bsky.social/post/3mg62lknxs22vAbstract submission deadline fast approaching03 Mar 2026 15:12 +0000at://did:plc:luy2fwevthvdzpgwanrbzmru/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg62lknxs22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/drriaza.bsky.social/post/3mg2v2s2rik2xOur latest collaborative paper with Alex Fletcher (Glasgow) and Edinburgh colleagues. A great step forward in utilising [18F]-sodium fluoride positron emission tomography (PET) for identifying aortic disease, here specifically in BAV patients. @jmadine.bsky.social @liverpoolccs.bsky.social [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 Mar 2026 08:56 +0000at://did:plc:luy2fwevthvdzpgwanrbzmru/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg2v2s2rik2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/drriaza.bsky.social/post/3mchztutlj22bWe have recently published a systematic review in Annals of Vascular Surgery which shows that women with abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) in the UK face worse outcomes at every stage of care including ↑ mortality after ruptured open repair https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0890509625008945?via%3Dihub @jmadine.bsky.social15 Jan 2026 16:45 +0000at://did:plc:luy2fwevthvdzpgwanrbzmru/app.bsky.feed.post/3mchztutlj22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/drriaza.bsky.social/post/3mcfsoh3aec2lAbstract submission is open for BioMed26 in Liverpool https://www.biomedeng.org/conference/biomedeng26/14 Jan 2026 19:31 +0000at://did:plc:luy2fwevthvdzpgwanrbzmru/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcfsoh3aec2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/drriaza.bsky.social/post/3m7l5s3lmfc2pCongrats to all the Engineering students who graduated today. It was great to have two of my summer project students, from Dept of Materials, Design and Manufacturing Engineering, Sinead Gibbons and Daniel Riley receive prizes for the achievements on MSc Biomedical Engineering. #Classof202509 Dec 2025 18:18 +0000at://did:plc:luy2fwevthvdzpgwanrbzmru/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7l5s3lmfc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/drriaza.bsky.social/post/3m4hw3oguac2dOur latest paper "Micromechanical heterogeneity in abdominal aortic aneurysms is associated with rupture risk" published in Acta Biomaterialia. Our work can help to refine prediction models and surgical decision-making for AAAs. @jmadine.bsky.social https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S174270612500795031 Oct 2025 07:07 +0000at://did:plc:luy2fwevthvdzpgwanrbzmru/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4hw3oguac2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/drriaza.bsky.social/post/3lzyurviaec24School of Engineering marking World Heart Day @liverpoolccs.bsky.social29 Sep 2025 20:43 +0000at://did:plc:luy2fwevthvdzpgwanrbzmru/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzyurviaec24https://bsky.app/profile/drriaza.bsky.social/post/3lzxz5czgy22eAt @liverpoolccs.bsky.social World Heart Day workshop. Keynote by Dr Kuzma (Poland) on role of environment in CVD and stroke. We did an overview of aorta research in Liverpool @jmadine.bsky.social #worldheartday #liverpool29 Sep 2025 12:28 +0000at://did:plc:luy2fwevthvdzpgwanrbzmru/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzxz5czgy22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/drriaza.bsky.social/post/3lyz6vkim7s2kSign outside one of our teaching rooms @livuniwise.bsky.social 🤣17 Sep 2025 06:19 +0000at://did:plc:luy2fwevthvdzpgwanrbzmru/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyz6vkim7s2khttps://bsky.app/profile/drriaza.bsky.social/post/3lyusaek6vc2eNew paper out in BioEssays! We reflect on how #EDI can reshape research culture. Our EDI Sandpit tackled various assumptions in academia The message? Inclusive practices = stronger science a better future for academia. 🌍✨. @livuni-ilcams.bsky.social 🔗 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/bies.7007015 Sep 2025 12:21 +0000at://did:plc:luy2fwevthvdzpgwanrbzmru/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyusaek6vc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/drriaza.bsky.social/post/3ly4berjkyk2cAfter a very successful @biomedeng25.bsky.social we are pleased to announce that BioMedEng 26 will be held in Liverpool. Watch this space for more details. @liverpooluni.bsky.social @drrostireadioff.bsky.social @livuni-ilcams.bsky.social @livuniwise.bsky.social05 Sep 2025 18:16 +0000at://did:plc:luy2fwevthvdzpgwanrbzmru/app.bsky.feed.post/3ly4berjkyk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/drriaza.bsky.social/post/3ly3azyiltc2x🧬 Our latest paper links 2 proteins, medin + transthyretin (TTR), that build up in ageing arteries. They cluster together in aortic tissue, & TTR may reduce medin’s harmful effects. Could be key to understanding vascular ageing + aneurysm risk. 👉 pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40899588 @jmadine.bsky.social https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/4089958805 Sep 2025 08:37 +0000at://did:plc:luy2fwevthvdzpgwanrbzmru/app.bsky.feed.post/3ly3azyiltc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/drriaza.bsky.social/post/3lxzlwqfuis2vJosh Preston presenting his PhD work on coarctation of the aorta @biomedeng25.bsky.social @liverpoolccs.bsky.social @livuni-ilcams.bsky.social04 Sep 2025 16:47 +0000at://did:plc:luy2fwevthvdzpgwanrbzmru/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxzlwqfuis2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/drriaza.bsky.social/post/3lxzlsyi3vs2vBojin Marinov presenting his work on collagen fibril degradation in thoracic aortic aneurysms @biomedeng25.bsky.social , @liverpoolccs.bsky.social04 Sep 2025 16:45 +0000at://did:plc:luy2fwevthvdzpgwanrbzmru/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxzlsyi3vs2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/drriaza.bsky.social/post/3lxzgzcxgvc2aI made it to @biomedeng25.bsky.social last night after a long and arduous journey…trains halted at Preston, private hire cab offered as rail replacement, cab had engine issues and made repeated stops on the hard shoulder, rescue cab provided…worth the trouble ! Always a great meeting.04 Sep 2025 15:19 +0000at://did:plc:luy2fwevthvdzpgwanrbzmru/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxzgzcxgvc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/drriaza.bsky.social/post/3lxhveglpwc2nOur latest paper in The Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials: Regional quantification of glycosaminoglycans and their association with collagen fibril ultrastructure in the sclera following enzymatic degradation #collagen #AFM #eye https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1751616125002851?via%3Dihub28 Aug 2025 15:48 +0000at://did:plc:luy2fwevthvdzpgwanrbzmru/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxhveglpwc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/drriaza.bsky.social/post/3lxfbbctjqk2m3 papers accepted whilst I was on annual leave. I should take a holiday more often :)27 Aug 2025 14:43 +0000at://did:plc:luy2fwevthvdzpgwanrbzmru/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxfbbctjqk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/drriaza.bsky.social/post/3lx2uqliluk2bAnother tragic story. Why we do the research we do. @aorticdissectct.bsky.social @jmadine.bsky.social https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clyj9zgk14eo23 Aug 2025 11:32 +0000at://did:plc:luy2fwevthvdzpgwanrbzmru/app.bsky.feed.post/3lx2uqliluk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/drriaza.bsky.social/post/3lgbndqdjus2v “In fact, the honour belongs to New Zealander Sir Ernest Rutherford, who demonstrated atoms could be split during experiments at Victoria University of Manchester in 1919.” https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cg451wx2n63o.21 Jan 2025 20:00 +0000at://did:plc:luy2fwevthvdzpgwanrbzmru/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgbndqdjus2v