Q-BIOMED - The UK Quantum Biomedical Sensing Research Hub

🚨 Postdoc opportunity: Quantum Sensing with Molecular Spin Qubits, University of Glasgow Our collaborators at the University of Glasgow are looking for a postdoc to perform advanced optically detected magnetic resonance experiments on molecular spins, developing them as quantum probes for biosensing and nanoscale magnetic resonance. Funding available for up to 3 years in the first instance. Deadline: 17 September 2026 Find out more: https://lnkd.in/eFAiH7zf #ResearchPosition #AcademicJobs #QuantumCareers #QuantumSensing #QuantumTechnology

⏰ One week to go! 💡 Have an idea for applying quantum technologies to healthcare? There’s just one week left to apply for London Quantum Cluster seed funding for early-stage quantum health projects with potential for commercialisation and future funding. 🤝 We’re particularly interested in projects that: 🔹 Build interdisciplinary and cross-sector collaborations 🔹 Engage healthcare end users 🔹 Support Early Career Researchers 🔹 Create pathways to future funding 📅 Deadline: Monday 24 August, 4pm 🔗 Learn more and apply here: https://lnkd.in/esvR8NeK #Quantum #QuantumHealth #HealthcareInnovation #ResearchFunding #Commercialisation #LondonQuantumCluster

What’s so interesting about this conspiracy theory about an all-powerful government surveillance technology is that it was likely invented by the US government itself. When an American pilot was shot down in Southern Iran, the CIA announced that it had located him in the vast desert using a sinister new technology called ‘Ghost Murmur’. Numerous media outlets reported how Ghost Murmur used long-range quantum magnetometry to identify and locate the pilot’s heartbeat. “If your heart is beating, we will find you”, reported the NY Post. The problem with this technology is that scientists don’t believe it exists – “almost certainly not true” according to Scientific American. This is an interesting development for my work as a Co-Investigator on Q-BIOMED - The UK Quantum Biomedical Sensing Research Hub, which uses quantum technologies (like quantum magnetometry) to advance biomedical sensing. In my work with Q-Biomed, I’m interested in the new and emerging meanings that quantum sensing brings to our understanding of bodies, healthcare, and biotech, and how this relates to questions of ethics, responsibility, and public accountability. It matters if people believe that these advanced technologies, - which can resolve the human body down to the atomic level - can be used for powerful new forms of surveillance and control. It also matters that the source of the conspiracy is not some obscure forum in the depths of the internet but the director of the CIA. Ghost Murmur isn’t the first conspiracy theory that I’ve come across relating to quantum biomedicine. There is growing concern in tech conspiracy circles about quantum dots and their role in a mysterious disease called Morgellons (which scientists don’t believe exists). These conspiracies are obviously extreme examples of the ways that publics make sense of quantum technologies, but they speak to broader social anxieties about new healthcare innovations. This involves questions about the purposes of these technologies, who stands to benefit from them, who will own and control them, and who will be responsible if something goes wrong. Thanks to Adam Callan-Sidat and Amy Warnock for bringing this fascinating case to my attention! https://lnkd.in/eKma-f6C https://lnkd.in/eyH4W-qp

Great to see Gareth Barnes featured by Wellcome! We're fortunate to have Gareth as part of the Q-BIOMED community. His expertise is helping us accelerate the development and adoption of emerging sensing technologies, including OPMs, bringing them closer to real-world healthcare applications where they can make a tangible difference to patients. Congratulations on this well-deserved recognition, Gareth.

Delighted to host Dr Anjali John from University of Warwick - Department of Chemistry and Q-BIOMED - The UK Quantum Biomedical Sensing Research Hub to discuss the application of diamond as quantum biomedical sensor. Really looking forward to supporting her and Julie Macpherson on their exciting plans and massive thanks to The Bragg Centre for Materials Research for supporting our research and for providing fantastic research facilities!

📢 Calling entrepreneurs and industry scientists! We'd like to hear from entrepreneurs, innovators and industry scientists who might be interested in collaborating with us through the Royal Society's Entrepreneur in Residence scheme. The programme supports highly experienced industrial scientists and entrepreneurs to spend time within a university environment, helping researchers develop innovation pathways, strengthen industry connections and build entrepreneurial confidence. At Q-BIOMED, we bring together researchers working across quantum technologies, biomedical sensing and healthcare innovation and we'd like to hear from people with expertise in industrial R&D, entrepreneurship, commercialisation or investment that are interested in helping shape the future of quantum biomedical sensing and accelerate the translation of research into impact. Contact us on info@qbiomed.org to discuss potential collaboration opportunities.   Learn more about the Royal Society EiR scheme: https://lnkd.in/e6nYG59m    #QuantumTechnology #QuantumHealthcare #Entrepreneurship #ResearchTranslation #MedTech

We're delighted that researchers from Q-BIOMED and affiliated institutions have secured funding for nine projects through the NIHR (National Institute for Health and Care Research) i4i FAST Quantum Technology programme, supporting the early-stage development of innovations with the potential to benefit patients and the NHS. The funded projects span a remarkable range of healthcare challenges, including: - New quantum-enabled MRI techniques that could help clinicians better distinguish aggressive from slow-growing prostate cancer. - Quantum sensing tools designed to help identify the most effective biologic therapies for people with rheumatoid arthritis. - Portable quantum-enabled eye imaging systems that could enable children with serious eye conditions to be monitored closer to home. - Next-generation nanodiamond diagnostic technologies aimed at delivering ultra-sensitive tests in community healthcare settings. - Wearable quantum sensing technologies to detect the earliest brain changes associated with Alzheimer's disease and improve sleep monitoring for people living with epilepsy. These projects represent an important step towards Q-BIOMED's mission of bringing quantum technologies closer to healthcare applications that could improve diagnosis, treatment and patient outcomes. Congratulations to all the researchers, clinicians and partners involved. We look forward to following their progress as they help shape the future of quantum-enabled healthcare. Read more on our website: https://lnkd.in/gTUANJwm #QuantumTechnology #QuantumForHealth #HealthcareInnovation #MedTech #Diagnostics #QuantumSensing #Funding

🚨 Postdoc opportunities! Our co-investigator Cristian Bonato is seeking two Postdoctoral Research Associates to join their team's work on the development and deployment of real-time autonomous optimisation of nuclear spin sensing and control. The two positions are intended to complement each other and will work closely together at the interface of machine learning and quantum technology: - Computational Postdoctoral Research Associate (background in AI, machine learning, applied mathematics, computer science, or theoretical physics), will develop algorithms based on Bayesian experimental design, variational Bayesian inference, and reinforcement learning to enable autonomous detection and control of individual nuclear spins. - Experimental Postdoctoral Research Associate (background in experimental quantum technologies; experience with NV centres in diamond or other colour centres is particularly desirable), will further develop our real-time adaptive quantum sensing platform and lead experimental demonstrations of AI-driven quantum control for nuclear-spin quantum technology. Both positions will be based at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, offering a collaborative and internationally connected research environment in both quantum technology and AI, and the successful candidates will work closely with partners across the quantum technology hubs, including the Q-BIOMED. For both positions, we require excellent python skills. For more information, please visit the group website (below) and contact Prof Cristian Bonato (c.bonato@hw.ac.uk) as soon as possible! https://www.qpl-hwu.co.uk/

🚨 Job opportunity Professor John Morton’s group at the London Centre for Nanotechnology, UCL is currently hiring for a Research Fellow in Quantum Biomedical Sensors. The post holder will develop quantum sensors based on optically readable spin defects such as nitrogen-vacancy centres in diamond and related colour centres and engineer these into biocompatible quantum sensor platforms suitable for in-vivo biomedical sensing applications. The role will combine computational modelling of magnetic field distributions and sensor performance, materials and device engineering (spin defect characterisation, optically detected magnetic resonance (ODMR), sensor packaging and biocompatibility) with applied translational work, in close collaboration with clinicians and biomedical scientists within the Q-BIOMED Hub, to take quantum sensing concepts from the laboratory towards real-world, in-vivo diagnostic use. Find out more and apply 👉 https://lnkd.in/eVWKadqg Deadline: 26 July 2026 #Hiring #ResearchJobs #AcademicJobs #Research #QuantumSensing