Mark O'Reilly

Mark is a Master’s candidate in the Biomedical Engineering program at the University of Western Ontario in Canada. He completed a Bachelor’s degree in Biomedical Engineering at the University of Guelph, with a focus on biosignal processing and instrumentation. Mark developed an interest in neuroimaging during an internship at the Center for Addiction and Mental Health in Toronto. His research focuses on comparing the effects of paradigm choice on variability in functional magnetic resonance imaging.

Author's Posts

Medicine

March 11th, 2019 While most medical tools have seen incredible advances over the past century, the syringe has remained relatively unchanged despite room for improvement. Without the use of live imaging or sensing systems, which require additional time and resources, nurses and physicians must rely on blind insertion techniques using superficial...
Cardiology

February 19th, 2019 Researchers at the University of Toronto have developed a new device to cultivate and test both atrial and ventricular cardiac tissue in the lab. The device, called Biowire II, consists of two elastic polymer wires which are positioned three millimeters apart, with a small band of cardiac tissue grown between them. A "training"...
Anesthesiology

October 31st, 2018 During surgeries, anesthesiologists must monitor the vital signs of patients and administer the proper doses of anesthesia at the right times. While managing these responsibilities in a high-pressure situation, it can be difficult to anticipate surgical complications. One issue that can arise is hypoxemia, a condition in which the...
Genetics

October 12th, 2018 Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania's School of Medicine have developed a new method for sequencing chemical groups attached to the surface of DNA. These chemical groups are modifications of the DNA bases that convey important information relating to the patterns of gene expression. These modifications have been studied for the...
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