The BRAINs expert working group have published a report following a meeting of international experts in brain image biobanking. In recent years there has been significant growth in the number of databanks from cohorts of healthy controls and with various brain diseases. The report highlights the importance of studying brain images from healthy individuals as well as in disease, and addresses... Read more
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Mon, 06/19/2017 - 09:54
Dr Lucia Ballerini from the University of Edinburgh is visiting the research group at the Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto. The team are wokring on analysis methods which will be used to investigate the perivascular space in this study.
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Mon, 05/29/2017 - 10:10
Dr Axel Montagne, Assistant Professor at USC, visited the research groups in Paris on the 24th May.
Axel established a new collaboration with Anne Joutels group, which will involve studying microbleeds in rodent models using both MRI and histology to study different time points. He also learned how the Charpak group measure brain oxygen distribution using newly developed O2 nanosensor... Read more
Mon, 05/29/2017 - 10:06
A new state-of-the-art 3T MRI scanner, funded by the Dunhill Medical Trust, was installed at the University of Edinburgh at the end of last year. They have featured the grant in a recent news article, accessible ... Read more
Tue, 05/23/2017 - 18:28
The collection of articles features contributions from Professor Joanna Wardlaw and Professor Anne Joutel, along with other leading scientists in the field of SVD research. The issue can be accessed here
Tue, 05/23/2017 - 18:26
The first meeting of all network leads and junior members took place on the 12th May 2017 at the University of Copenhagen.
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Tue, 05/23/2017 - 18:25
14 February 2017
The Universitys Chancellor, HRH Princess Anne, opened a new imaging facility at the University of Edinburgh in February. The facilities include a new advanced MRI imaging system, which will be used in the Fondation Leducq funded project
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