Our research projects with Fudan University
The Fudan-Warwick Joint Seed Fund has been established with the specific intention to foster new initiatives with high potential for global impact that combine complementary aspects of each institution towards novel research outcomes.
The first round of funding has recently been awarded with projects starting 1st August 2025. Find out more about the successful research projects below;
Deep Learning-Based Strain-Resolved Metagenomic Binning of Complex Microbial Communities
Warwick PI: Prof. Gary Bending, School of Life Sciences
Fudan PI: Shanfeng Zhu, ISTBI
Getting into your head: Modulation of Blood-Brain-Barrier tightness and drug delivery into the brain
Warwick PI: Dr Robert Dallmann
Fudan PI: Prof Mingliang Fang
AI-driven deep learning prediction for subsurface characterisation using random fields
Warwick PI: Dr Feng Mao
Fudan PI: Dr Jian Pu
Probing the Inner Accretion Flow of Black Holes: A Synergy Between Warwick and Fudan
Warwick PI: Dr Jiachen Jiang
Fudan PI: Prof Cosimo Bambi
Developing Multimodal AI Models for Automated Sleep Staging using Wearables
Warwick PI: Dr Yu Guan
Fudan PI: Dr Chen Chen