Publications

Journal Articles

• • Altered functional connectivity between sub-regions in the thalamus and cortex in schizophrenia patients measured by resting state BOLD fMRI at 7T. Hua J, Blair NIS, Paez A, Choe A, Barber AD, Brandt A, Lim IAL, Xu F, Kamath V, Pekar JJ, van Zijl PCM, Ross CA, Margolis RL. Schizophr Res. 2019 Apr;206:370-377. doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2018.10.016. Epub 2018 Nov 6. PMID: 30409697

  • Abnormal Grey Matter Arteriolar Cerebral Blood Volume in Schizophrenia Measured by 3D Inflow-based Vascular-Space-Occupancy (iVASO) MRI at 7T. Hua J, Lee SW, Blair NIS, Wu Y, Brandt A, Patel J, Faria AV, Lim IA, Pekar JJ, van Zijl PC, Ross CA, Margolis RL. Schizophr Bull. 2017 May 1;43(3):620-632. doi: 10.1093/schbul/sbw109. PMID: 27539951

  • Age-Related Changes in anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) Glutamate in Schizophrenia. Brandt AS, Unschuld PG, Lim IA, Churchill G, Harris A, Pradhan S, Hua J, Barker PB, Ross CA, van Zijl PC, Edden RA, Margolis, RL. Schizophr Res. 2016 Apr;172(1-3):101-5. doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2016.02.017. Epub 2016 Feb 28. PMID: 26925800

  • Quantitative susceptibility mapping suggests altered brain iron in premanifest Huntington's Disease. van Bergen JM, Hua J, Unschuld PG, Lim IA, Jones CK, Margolis RL, Ross CA, van Zijl PC, Li X. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2016 May;37(5):789-96. doi: 10.3174/ajnr.A4617. Epub 2015 Dec 17. PMID: 26680466

  • Quantitative magnetic susceptibility mapping without phase unwrapping using WASSR. Lim IA, Li X, Jones CK, Vikram DS, Farrell JA, van Zijl PC. Neuroimage. 2014 Feb 1;86:265-79. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2013.09.072. Epub 2013 Oct 8. PMID: 24113625

  • Human brain atlas for automated region of interest selection in quantitative susceptibility mapping: application to determine iron content in deep gray matter structures. Lim IA, Faria AV, Li X, Hsu JT, Airan RD, Mori S, van Zijl PC. Neuroimage. 2013 Nov 15;82:449-69. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2013.05.127. Epub 2013 Jun 12. PMID: 23769915

  • Mapping magnetic susceptibility anisotropies of white matter in vivo in the Human Brain at 7 Tesla. Li X, Vikram DS, Lim IA, Jones CK, Farrell JA, van Zijl PC. Neuroimage. 2012 Aug 1;62(1):314-30. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2012.04.042. Epub 2012 Apr 28. PMID: 22561358

  • Multi-parametric neuroimaging reproducibility: A 3-T resource study. Landman BA, Huang AJ, Gifford A, Vikram DS, Lim IA, Farrell JA, Bogovic JA, Hua J, Chen M, Jarso S, Smith SA, Joel S, Mori S, Pekar JJ, Barker PB, Prince JL, van Zijl PC. Neuroimage. 2011 Feb 14;54(4):2854-66. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2010.11.047. Epub 2010 Nov 20. PMID: 21094686

Conference Abstracts

* = Presenting Author

Oral Presentations

• • Lim IA, Faria AV, Li X, Hsu JT, Airan RD, Mori S, van Zijl PC* (2013). Magnetic Susceptibility Atlas Development. 2nd International Workshop on MRI Phase Contrast and Quantitative Susceptibility Mapping (QSM), Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA, July 25-27.

  • Lim IA*, Li X, Jones CK, Farrell JA, Vikram DS, Renjifo CA, van Zijl PC (2012) Correlation of Brain Iron with Susceptibility: Comparison of Gradient Echo and WASSR Acquisition at 3 Tesla. Proceedings of the 20th Annual Meeting of ISMRM, Melbourne, Vic, Australia, May 9. [0411] ISMRM Merit Award: Summa Cum Laude.

  • Lim IA*, Choe AS, Li X, Jones CK, van Zijl PC (2012). Frequency Mapping in the Spinal Cord with WASSR at 3 Tesla. Proceedings of the 20th Annual Meeting of ISMRM, Melbourne, Vic, Australia, May 10. [0618]

  • Li X, Vikram DS, Lim IA, Jones CK, Farrell JA, van Zijl PC* (2012). Mapping Magnetic Susceptibility Anisotropies of White Matter in vivo in the Human Brain at 7 Tesla. Proceedings of the 20th Annual Meeting of ISMRM, Melbourne, Vic, Australia, May 9. [0414]

  • Lim IA, Jones CK*, Li X, Farrell JA, Vikram DS, Renjifo CA, van Zijl PC (2011) Frequency Mapping without Phase Wraps. ISMRM Scientific Workshop: Ultra-High Field Systems & Applications, Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada, Feb 20. 

Poster Presentations

• • Lim IA, Faria AV, Li X*, Hsu JT, Airan RD, Mori S, van Zijl PC (2013) Atlas-Based Segmentation of Quantitative Susceptibility Maps: Determining Iron Content in Deep Gray Matter Structures. Johns Hopkins PostDoc Association Symposium, June 18. Traditional Poster. [16]

  • Lim IA, Faria AV, Li X*, Hsu JT, Airan RD, Mori S, van Zijl PC (2013) Atlas-Based Segmentation of Quantitative Susceptibility Maps: Determining Iron Content in Deep Gray Matter Structures. Proceedings of the 21st Annual Meeting of ISMRM, Salt Lake City, UT, USA, April 23. Traditional Poster. [2484]

  • Lim IA, Li X*, van Bergen JM, Unschuld PG, Margolis RL, Ross CA, van Zijl PC (2013) Quantitative Magnetic Susceptibility Mapping in Prodromal Huntington's Disease Subjects. Proceedings of the 21st Annual Meeting of ISMRM, Salt Lake City, UT, USA, April 23. Traditional Poster. [1019]

  • Li X*, Lim IA, Jones CK, van Zijl PC (2013) Regularized Susceptibility Tensor Imaging for Generating White Matter Fiber Color Maps in Human Brain. Proceedings of the 21st Annual Meeting of ISMRM, Salt Lake City, UT, USA, April 23. Electronic Poster. [3840]

  • Lim IA*, Choe AS, Li X, Jones CK, van Zijl PC (2012). Frequency and Susceptibility Mapping in the Spinal Cord with WASSR at 3 Tesla. The Second Annual Hopkins Imaging Conference, Nov 16. Traditional Poster. [13]

  • Lim IA*, Li X, Jones CK, Renjifo CA, Vikram DS, Farrell JA, van Zijl PC (2011) Developing Quantitative Susceptibility MRI Methods to Measure Iron in the Brain. The First Annual Hopkins Imaging Conference, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, Oct 6. Traditional Poster. [20]

  • Lim IA*, Farrell JA, Jones CK, Vikram DS, Renjifo CA, Li X, van Zijl PC (2011) Frequency Mapping without Phase Wraps. Proceedings of the 19th Annual Meeting of ISMRM, Montréal, Québec, Canada, May 7. Electronic Poster. [4531]

  • Smith SA, Lim IA*, Bulte JW, van Zijl PC (2008) Direct Saturation MRI: Theory and Application to Imaging Brain Iron. NIH/NIBIB Trainee Meeting, Bethesda, MD, Jun 19. Traditional Poster. 

  • Holcombe HR*, Lim I, Rogers AR, Fox JG, Schauer DB (2004) Activation and reprogramming of macrophages by Helicobacter hepaticus. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Center for Environmental Health Sciences Forum, Cambridge, MA, Spring 2004. Traditional Poster.

  • Lim I* (2004) Cytokine response to Citrobacter infection in TCRα -/- and TCRβ -/- mice. Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology (HST) Forum. Traditional Poster.

  • Holcombe HR, Lim I*, Rogers AR, Fox JG, Schauer DB (2004) Activation and reprogramming of macrophages by Helicobacter hepaticus. MIT Center for Environmental Health Sciences Forum, Cambridge, MA. Traditional Poster.

  • Holcombe HR*, Lim I, Schauer DB (2003) Cytokine production and pathology induced by Citrobacter rodentium in TCR-deficient mice. American Association for Laboratory Animal Science (AALAS) National Meeting, Seattle, WA, Oct 12. Traditional Poster. [PS08]

  • Holcombe HR*, Lim I, Schauer DB (2002) Interaction of Enterohepatic Helicobacter Species with Macrophages: Receptors Involved in Uptake and Signaling. AALAS National Meeting, San Antonio, TX, Oct 27. Traditional Poster. [P062]

Feature Articles

• • Lim IA (2014) A Picture's Worth 1000 Words: Tips for making data visual. AAAS Sci-on-the-Fly. Blog Article. (Highest number of visitors / reads on the blog, as of August 2016)

  • Lim IA (2014) A Multi-Purpose PhD. AAAS Sci-on-the-Fly. Blog Article.

  • Lim IA (2014) Interested in Interviews? Hopkins Biotech Network (HBN). Electronic Newsletter / Blog Article.

  • Lim IA (2004) Biocompatibility of Stent Materials. MIT Undergraduate Research Journal (MURJ). 11(1): 33-37

  • Avasare R, Gebauer M, Lim IA, Vogel S (2004) Hotel Hormesis. MURJ. 10(1): 11-15. (Co-first-authors.)

  • Lim IA (2003) Tips on Writing a Scientific Research Paper. Central Dogma (MIT Biology Undergraduate Student Journal). 1(2): 4-5.

Newsletter Articles

• • Lim IA (2012) MRI in Melbourne and Exploring Australia. Restriction Digest (JHMI Graduate Student Association Online Newsletter). http://restrictiondigest.weebly.com/the-international-society-for-magnetic-resonance-in-medicine-ismrm.html

  • Lim IA (2011) MRI in Montreal. Restriction Digest (JHMI Graduate Student Association Newsletter). http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/gsa/newsletter/pdfs/GSAN0811.pdf

  • Lim IA, Djamanakova A (2010) Hopkins Dance: Fall 2009 Lessons -- A Sampling of Various Styles. Restriction Digest (JHMI Graduate Student Association Newsletter). http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/gsa/newsletter/pdfs/GSAN0110.pdf

  • Djamanakova A, Lim IA (2009) JHMI Dance: Salsa Dance Workshop. Restriction Digest (JHMI Graduate Student Association Newsletter). http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/gsa/newsletter/pdfs/GSAN0809.pdf

  • Lim IA (2004) BME & Toxicology Minors open doors to engaging research. The BioTECH (MIT Biomedical Engineering Society Quarterly Newsletter) 3(1): 8-9. http://web.mit.edu/bmes/www/thebiotech_vol3no1_beoptions_lim.html

  • Lim IA (2003) Science News Shorts. Central Dogma (MIT Biology Undergraduate Student Journal). 1(2): 6.

Poetry and Plays

• • Lim IA (2008) Litmus Test for Love. Meme (Hopkins Medicine Literary Magazine). 

  • Lim IA (2007) What Else? All of the Above (JHMI monologues about women in science).

  • Lim IA (2006) Whimsy, A Ring Around the Rosies. Meme (Hopkins Medicine Literary Magazine).

  • Lim IA (2006) The Fears of An Obsessive Author. Meme (Hopkins Medicine Literary Magazine). 

  • Lim IA (2004) Shades. Rune (MIT's Journal of Arts and Letters). 26(1). http://web.mit.edu/rune/www/

Blogs

• AAAS Sci-on-the-Fly

• Association for Women in Science, Greater Baltimore Chapter

• Ask the Beaver

• Hopkins Imaging Initiative

• Hopkins PostDocs

• Howard County Striders Racing Team

Blog Articles

• • Lim IA (2014) A Picture's Worth 1000 Words: Tips for making data visual. AAAS Sci-on-the-Fly (Online blog for the American Association for the Advancement of Science). http://aaaspolicyfellowships.org/sci-fly/pictures-worth-1000-words-visualizing-data-infographics (Highest number of visitors / reads on the blog, as of August 2016)

  • Lim IA (2014) A Multi-Purpose PhD. AAAS Sci-on-the-Fly (Online blog for the American Association for the Advancement of Science). http://aaaspolicyfellowships.org/sci-fly/a-multi-purpose-phd

  • Lim IA (2014) Useful Baby Items. Hopkins PostDocs (Online blog for the Johns Hopkins PostDoctoral Association). http://hopkinspostdocs.blogspot.com/2014/02/useful-baby-items.html

  • Lim IA (2014) Interested in Interviews? AWIS Baltimore (Online blog for the Association of Women in Science, Greater Baltimore Chapter). http://awisbaltimore.blogspot.com/2014/02/interested-in-interviews.html

  • Lim IA (2014) Interested in Interviews? Hopkins BioTech Network (Online blog for the Johns Hopkins University Biotechnology Network). http://hopkinsbio.org/biotechnology/interested-interviews/

  • Lim IA (2013) Research: Using MRI to Measure Iron in the Brain. Hopkins PostDocs (Online blog for the Johns Hopkins PostDoctoral Association). http://hopkinspostdocs.blogspot.com/2013/08/research-using-mri-to-measure-iron-in.html

Graphic Design

• • 2016: Cat Nappin Respite & Sanctuary. Logo for non-profit animal shelter. Plattsmouth, NE.

  • 2012: Port Warwick Pediatrics, Ltd (PWP): Logo, brochure, forms for private practice. Newport News, VA.

  • 2011: Hopkins Imaging Initiative (HI2): Logo. Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD.

  • 2010: Hopkins Biomedical Engineering: Departmental T-Shirt Design. Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.

  • 2009: Peninsula Pediatrics, Ltd: Logo for private clinical practice. Newport News, VA.

  • 2009: Medical-imaging Analysis and Statistical Interpretation (MASI) Laboratory: Logo. Dr. Bennett Landman, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN.

  • 2007: DTI-SPOT / CATNAP: Logos for MRI image analysis programs created by Drs. Bennett Landman and Jonathan Farrell. F.M. Kirby Research Center for Functional Brain Imaging, Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore, MD.

  • 2004: Phone Survey Saga / Laughter: Flash animations. Interactive and Non-Linear Narrative, viewable on MIT Open Courseware, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA.

  • 2004: Midget Alarm Clock / Jim, Don't Sit on Rail / Media / Boston Skyline Through Screen: Four photographs. How to Get Around MIT, Vol. XXXII, MIT, Cambridge, MA.

  • 2003: Legal Seafoods / SDS by Window: Two photographs. How to Get Around MIT, Vol. XXXI, MIT, Cambridge, MA.

  • 2003: Rush Week Swing-Dancing: Photographs. The Tech, Vol, 123, No. 38. MIT, Cambridge, MA.