FLEET Associate Investigator Professor Yuerui Lu (ANU) has been named a Heart Foundation Future Leader Fellow.
The innovation of Professor Lu’s research, which focuses on the next-generation high-throughput 3D microscopy for cardiovascular imaging, was also recognised by the Foundation’s Paul Korner Innovation Award.
This project aims to demonstrate proof of the concept for a novel high-throughput 3D microscope using ultra-thin, focus-tunable and high-speed micro-lens arrays.
The proposed system can produce digital 3D tissue models at micron-scale resolution, with potential to improve the accuracy and efficiency of cardiovascular pathology by transforming a manual, analogue, and qualitative field into an automated, digitised and quantitative medical science.
The technology would help cardiovascular specialties, creating new diagnostics and therapeutic solutions to improve cardiovascular clinical outcomes and save lives.
The Heart Foundation funds diverse investigations of the causes, treatment and prevention of heart diseases.
A/Prof Lu leads the ANU’s Nano-Electro-Mechanical System (NEMS) Lab. His research interests include MEMS/NEMS sensors and actuators, nano-manufacturing technologies, renewable energy harvesting, biomedical novel devices, 2D materials and devices.