Name of the research center: Center for Modeling Biological Systems and Data Analysis/ acronym CMSBAD

Director of the research center: Professor Diana Lungeanu, PhD

Date of establishment/ acknowledgement: 05.03.2021

Research areas/ research opportunities:

Comprising medical doctors, informatics experts, and physicists, CMSBAD is an interdisciplinary research center interested in the mathematical modeling of biological phenomena and statistical analysis of medical data. CMSBAD conducts scientific projects in the field of tissue engineering, human body composition analysis by physical methods, sonic representation of medical data, and inter-disciplinary analysis of bio-medical data.

Various bioprinting techniques are applied to build multicellular structures (such as tissue constructs that mimic the tumor microenvironment, or vascular structures) and computational models are developed to study cellular self-organization in tissue constructs assembled in the laboratory.

Body composition studies rely on: (i) air displacement plethysmography ‒ to assess global adiposity; (ii) ultrasound ‒ to measure thicknesses of fat and muscle layers; (iii) bioelectrical impedance analysis ‒ to evaluate the water content of the body as well as visceral adiposity; (iv) three-dimensional (3D) body scanning ‒ to conduct digital anthropometry and posture analysis.

Sonification studies refer to: (i) representation of medical data by sounds (biological signals, such as ECG, pulse wave, O2 saturation, or exercise tests; and biological sequences, such as DNA or protein sequences); (ii) developing algorithms and software for sonification, including their validation.

CMSBAD is open to collaborations in all domains of biomedical science in which its human and material resources might contribute to the understanding of biological phenomena and/or to the improvement of health care.

Members list:

Titular members:

Nr.

Name and surname of the titular member

Didactic/ research degree

1.

Adrian NEAGU

professor, PhD

2.

Monica NEAGU

associate professor, PhD

3.

Stelian ARJOCA

lecturer, PhD

4.

Raluca HORHAT

lecturer, MD, MSc, PhD

5.

Diana LUNGEANU

professor, PhD

6.

Raluca LUPUȘORU

assistant professor, MD, MSc

 

Associated members:

Nr.

Name and surname

Student, masters student, PhD student, postdoctoral student, auxilliary and non-teaching staff

1.

Anamaria-Bianca MATEI

student

2.

Lucreția-Anca MARIN-BĂNCILĂ

student

3.

Minas-Gabriel MUSCĂ

student

4.

Irina-Gabriela TÎLVESCU

PhD student

5.

Paul-Sebastian MUNTEAN

PhD student

6.

Robert-Angelo TUCE

PhD student

7.

Paul BÎNĂ

PhD student

 

External collaborators:

Nr.

Name and surname

Scientific degree Affiliation (Department, institution/university, city, country)

1.

Gheorghe-Ioan MIHALAȘ

PhD
Member of Academy of Medical Sciences, Romania

2.

Simona Claudia TĂMĂȘAN

MD, PhD
Liason Psychiatry
„Pius Brînzeu” Emergency Hospital, Timisoara, Romania

3.

Anca-Livia PANFIL

MD, PhD
Liason Psychiatry
„Pius Brînzeu” Emergency Hospital, Timisoara, Romania

4.

Gheorghe Nicușor POP

MD, PhD
Biostatistician / medical monitor HEMEX AG, Liestal, Switzerland

5.

Andrea PASQUINI

MD, MSc
„Pius Brînzeu” Emergency Hospital, Timisoara, Romania

6.

Samuel NISTOR

MD
Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Timisoara, Romania

7.

Valentin Laurențiu ORDODI

M.D. PhD, Dr. Habil in medical science
PhD in chemistry
MSc in medical electronics
Lecturer at “Politehnica” University of Timisoara