Laboratory of Nanosensor Imaging in Cell Therapy (NICE-Lab)
2021
Oct. 2021
The rNOEw imaging has potential to serve as a new way to assist multiple sclerosis diagnosis! The related work entitled "Relayed nuclear Overhauser effect weighted (rNOEw) imaging identifies multiple sclerosis" has been published on NeuroImage: Clinical. Find more information at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nicl.2021.102867.
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Sep. 2021
Welcome Vivian Wai Man Leung to join the NICE-Lab as a Research Assistant. Wish her all the best for the new journey！
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Aug. 2021
Welcome Haoyun Su to join the NICE-Lab as a PhD student. Wish her all the best for the new journey！
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Jun. 2021
Welcome Kevin Kristoffer to join the NICE-Lab as a Research Assistant. Wish him all the best for the new journey！
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Apr. 2021
Congratulations on Rohith and Dr. Jianpan Huang's graduation. Best wishes to them in the coming new journey!
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May. 2021
In ISMRM 2021, our lab members have been awarded 2 Summa Cum Laude and 1 Magna Cum Laude abstracts.
Congratulations!! Jianpan Huang, Joseph Lai and Xiongqi Han!
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May. 2021
Exciting to see our members' contributions to the premium conference in the field #5 oral presentations. Congratulations!!
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Apr. 2021
Welcome Se Weon Park to join the NICE-Lab as a PhD student. Wish her all the best for the new journey！
Congratulations to Jianpan!
He has been awarded the Post-doc Fellowship!
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Mar. 2021
Welcome Jun Lim Liu to join the NICE-Lab as a Research Assistant. Wish his all the best for the new journey！
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Jan. 2021
Congratulations to Jianpan!
He has been awarded the 1st runner up by the Executive Board of HKMHDIA has approved the nominations from CityU for the HKMHDIA Student Research Awards 2019/20.
2020
Dec. 2020
Congratulations on Dr. Xiongqi Han's graduation. Best wishes to him in the coming new journey!
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Dec. 2020
"Boldly seeking truth and innovation"
The story about Dr. Kannie Chan and our NICE Lab has been reported in the latest issue of CityU Today. more information can be found here: https://www.cityu.edu.hk/cityutoday/en/ct-65/boldly-seeking-truth-and-innovation
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Sep. 2020
Congratulations to Xiongqi Han for successfully defending his PhD thesis! Wish him a bright future.
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Sep. 2020
Congratulations to Xiongqi Han for successfully defending his PhD thesis! Wish him a bright future in the career.
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Sep. 2020
Welcome Man Sze Li to join the NICE-Lab as a PhD student. Wish her all the best for the new journey！
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Jul. 2020
Welcome Se Weon Park to join the NICE-Lab as a Research Associate. Wish her all the best for the new journey！
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Jul. 2020
A news List about our DGE MRI work published on Science Advances：
English News:
1. Early detection of Alzheimer’s disease with dynamic MRI measurement of glucose in brain. [CityU Web]
2. Early detection of Alzheimer's disease with dynamic MRI measurement of glucose in brain. [Eurek Alert]
3. Early detection of Alzheimer's disease with dynamic MRI measurement of glucose in brain. [Medical X press]
4. Glucose-measuring Imaging Technique May Identify the Early Stages of Alzheimer's. [Technology Networks]
5. New Alzheimer's analysis may detect disease up to 10 years before symptoms. [South China Morning Post]
6. Early detection of Alzheimer's disease with dynamic MR measurement of glucose in brain. [DOTmed]
7. New MRI technique for early detection of Alzheimer's. [Healthcare in Europe]
8. MRI monitoring of brain glucose levels may help detect Alzheimer’s disease. [Physics World]
9. MRI enables early detection of Alzheimer's in mouse brains. [Lab on Line]
10. Glucose Abnormalities in Transgenic Alzheimer's Mice. [Neurology Today]
11. A Mouse Study on Glucose Levels in the Brain Could Hold a Clue to Alzheimer’s. [Being Patient]
12. EARLY DETECTION OF ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE WITH DYNAMIC MRI MEASUREMENT OF GLUCOSE IN BRAIN. [Axis Imaging News]
13. Early detection of Alzheimer's disease with dynamic MRI measurement of glucose in brain. [News Break]
Chinese News:
15. 檢測早期阿茲海默症新方法︰動態磁力共振掃描大腦葡萄糖水平 [Eurek Alert]
16. 城大研非侵入方法 識別早期阿茲海默症 [晴報] 2020-05-15 P16 港聞
17. 城大研非侵入式早測無症狀腦退化 [香港仔] 2020-05-15 P11 港聞
18. 城大研磁力共振成像法測早期阿茲海默症 [大公報] 2020-05-15 A07 要聞
19. 城大新成像法 早10年發現腦退化 [信報財經新聞] 2020-05-15 A13 創科鬥室
20. 城大新技術 及早識別老人癡呆症 [東方日報] 2020-05-15 A15 港聞
21. 城大新招測早期無症狀腦退化 [文匯報] 2020-05-15 A13 香港新聞
22. DGE-MRI 無創檢測 早期阿茲海默症 [am730] 2020-05-15 A38 健康
23. 城大研發非侵入式方法有助早期檢測阿茲海默症 [巴士的報]
24. 城大研發非侵入式方法有助早期檢測阿茲海默症 [rthk]
25. 城大團隊研發非入侵方式助早期診斷阿茲海默症 [商業電台]
26. 城大新技術偵阿茲海默症 及早識別可減神經元受損 [On.cc]
27. 【阿玆海默症】城大突破性技術檢測早期阿玆海默症 冀3年內展開臨床試驗 [Topick]
28. 城大研發非侵入式方法有助早期檢測阿茲海默症 [Yahoo!]
29. 城大研發非侵入式方法有助早期檢測阿茲海默症 [Line Today]
30.检测早期阿兹海默症新方法︰动态磁力共振扫描大脑葡萄糖水平 [生物通]
31. 检测早期阿兹海默症新方法︰动态磁力共振扫描大脑葡萄糖水平 [城大微信公众号]
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Jul. 2020
Congratulations to Jianpan Huang and Dr Kannie Chan for receiving the Young Investigator Award of 2020 OCSMRM (Overseas Chinese Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine)! Same congratulations to our nice collaborators Lin Chen, Jiadi Xu and Peter van Zijl from The Johns Hopkins University! Great team work！
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Jun. 2020
Our paper entitled "Relayed nuclear Overhauser enhancement (rNOE) imaging with magnetization transfer contrast (MTC) suppression at 3 Tesla" has been accepted by Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. Congratulations to Kannie Chan, Jianpan Huang and Xiongqi Han!
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May. 2020
Congratulations to Dr Kannie Chan for being selected as the Teaching Excellence Awards (TEA) recipients of City University of Hong Kong, for ‘Visualizing and Enhancing Students’ Passions via Biomedical Imaging to Promote Better Lives’. Congrats!
More information, please visit: https://www.cityu.edu.hk/media/news/2020/06/08/award-winning-cityu-educators-inspire-students-serve-society
Image from CityU.
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May. 2020
A press conference about our Science Advance paper "Altered D-glucose in brain parenchyma and cerebrospinal fluid of early Alzheimer’s disease detected by dynamic glucose enhanced MRI" was held in P4701 of AC1, CityU. First, Dr. Chan gave an introduction about our work and then guided the audiences for a visiting to MRI lab. The paper published news was also released by CityU Research and other medias. More information can be found in following links:
CityU Research Press:
Medical Express:
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-05-early-alzheimer-disease-dynamic-mri.html
Eurek Alert:
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-05/cuoh-edo051020.php
Being Patient:
https://www.beingpatient.com/glucose-levels-in-the-brain-alzheimers-mri/
SCMP:
ON CC
https://hk.on.cc/hk/bkn/cnt/news/20200514/mobile/bkn-20200514170634059-0514_00822_001.html
Topick:
https://topick.hket.com/article/2643027
Skypost:
CRHK:
https://www.881903.com/Page/ZH-TW/newsdetail.aspx?ItemId=1287519
Takungpao
http://www.takungpao.com.hk/news/232109/2020/0515/448744.html
Yahoo:
RTHK:
https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1526211-20200514.htm?spTabChangeable=0
Line Today:
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Feb. 2020
Our paper entitled "Altered D-glucose in brain parenchyma and cerebrospinal fluid of early Alzheimer’s disease detected by dynamic glucose enhanced MRI" has been accepted by Science Advances (IF: 12.804) without revision. Congratulations to Kannie Chan, Jianpan Huang and other coauthors!
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Feb. 2020
Jianpan Huang's abstract titled "Dynamic glucose enhanced (DGE) MRI at 3T detects alterations in glucose uptake and clearance in young and old Alzheimer's mice" has been accepted by ISMRM 28th Annual Meeting & Exhibition (Sydney, Australia) and selected for presentation in an Oral Scientific Session. Congratulations!
Xiongqi Han's abstract titled "CEST imaging of self-healing hydrogels for drug delivery to the brain" has been accepted by ISMRM 28th Annual Meeting & Exhibition (Sydney, Australia) and selected for presentation as a Power Pitch. Congratulations!
Jianpan Huang's abstract titled "Magnetization transfer contrast (MTC) suppressed relayed nuclear Overhauser enhancement (rNOE) imaging at 3T" has been accepted by ISMRM 28th Annual Meeting & Exhibition (Sydney, Australia) and selected for presentation as a Digital Poster. Congratulations!
Joseph H. C. Lai's abstract titled "Alzheimer’s Disease identification by an artificial neutral network based on chemical exchange saturation transfer (ANNCEST) MRI" has been accepted by ISMRM 28th Annual Meeting & Exhibition (Sydney, Australia) and selected for presentation as a Digital Poster. Congratulations!
More information about the accepted abstracts, please click: https://www.ismrm.org/20/accepted_abstracts.pdf
2019
Dec. 2019
Xiongqi Han's paper "CEST MRI detectable liposomal hydrogels for multiparametric monitoring in the brain at 3T" has been accepted by Theranostics (IF: 8.712). Congratulations to Kannie Chan, Xiongqi Han and other coauthors!
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Oct. 2019
Welcome Joseph H. C. Lai to join the NICE-Lab as a PhD candidate. Wish him all the best for his study.
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Aug. 2019
Welcome Joseph H. C. Lai to join the NICE-Lab as a Research Associate. Wish him all the best for his research.
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Feb. 2019
Xiongqi Han's ISMRM abstract titled"Imaging injectable liposomal hydrogels using CEST MRI for applications in the brain" has been accepted by ISMRM 27th Annual Meeting & Exhibition and selected for presentation in an Oral Scientific Session. Congratulations!
Jianpan Huang's ISMRM abstract titled "Dynamic glucoCEST MRI detects regional changes in cerebral glucose uptake in Alzheimer's disease at 3T" has been accepted by ISMRM 27th Annual Meeting & Exhibition and selected for presentation in an Oral Scientific Session. Congratulations!
Peng Xiao's ISMRM abstract titled "Microfluidics preparation of liposome containing alginate hydrogel microbeads for CEST MRI" has been accepted by ISMRM 27th Annual Meeting & Exhibition and selected for presentation in a Poster Scientific Session. Congratulations!
More information about the accepted abstracts, please click: https://www.ismrm.org/19/accepted_abstracts.pdf
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Jan. 2019
Welcome Lok Hin Law to join the NICE-Lab as a PhD candidate. Wish him all the best for his study.
2018
Nov. 2018 – Workshop on Frontiers in Biomedical Imaging Marks the Opening of Preclinical MRI for Biomedical Imaging Lab
The Medical Imaging Workshop “Frontiers in Biomedical Imaging” was held on 19 November 2018 at CityU. This Workshop, led by Dr. Kannie CHAN of the Department, also marked the opening of the Preclinical MRI for Biomedical Imaging Lab. Two Plenary Speakers and seven Keynote Speakers including Dr. Kannie CHAN were invited to share their expertise in biomedical imaging with fellow participants. Before the presentations, the group was arranged to visit the Lab.
More information about the Workshop can be found at: https://sites.google.com/site/kannienicelab/biomedimg-workshop?authuser=0.
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NOV. 2018 – Dr. Kannie CHAN and Jianpan Huang presented their research works in International CEST Workshop (Beijing 2018)
Congratulations to Mr. Jianpan HUANG, PhD student of Dr. Kannie CHAN of the Department, on being awarded for the “Young Investigator Award (Top 5%)” at the 7th International Workshop on Chemical Exchange Saturation Transfer (CEST) Imaging held in Beijing on 12-15 November 2018, which was the first one of the Workshop series in Asia. Mr. HUANG had presented a proffered paper titled “Dynamic glucose-enhanced imaging of mouse brain with Alzheimer’s disease at 3T MRI” in the area of “CEST in Neurology” and Dr. Kannie CHAN had presented the research work titled"CEST imaging of hydrogel-based therapy ".in the Workshop.
The six CEST Imaging workshops were previously held at universities in USA and Europe starting in 2010. Beijing CEST 2018 has become the tradition of presenting the latest developments in this exciting and rapidly advancing field, serving as a platform for young researchers to learn and collaborate as well.
More information about the Workshop can be found at: http://cest2018.medmeeting.org/en.
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Sep. 2018
Congratulations to Jianpan Huang for his conference abstract named ‘Dynamic Glucose-Enhanced Imaging of Mouse Brain with Alzheimer’s Disease at 3T MRI ’ has been selected for presentation as Oral Presentation (20 minutes) on The 7th International Workshop on Chemical Exchange Saturation Transfer (CEST) imaging （Beijing, Nov. 12-15, 2018） which is the first one in this workshop series to be organized in Asia. What's more, Jianpan Huang has been selected to receive a “Young Investigator Award” of this workshop according to the the review results. Click here for more information about the workshop http://cest2018.medmeeting.org/en.
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Aug. 2018
A delegation of Zhejiang University with 33 students and 2 teachers on 7 August ( Tuesday) visited our Preclinical MRI for Biomedical Imaging Laboratory (P7612, AC1). Jianpan Huang gave a brief talk about the principal and application of MRI and showed them how the scanner works.
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Jul. 2018
BIE student Joseph LAI Ho Chi and his teammate from the Department of Electronic Engineering have won the Gold Medal in "The Preliminaries" of the 3rd International Invention Innovation Competition in Canada (iCAN 2018) organized by Toronto International Society of Innovation and Advanced Skills (TISIAS), and were invited to attend “The Finals” where participants would be able to exhibit their award-winning invention/idea and compete for the Finals Awards in Toronto, Canada on 1 September 2018. The title of their entry is "ISFS Glasses (Intelligent Glasses for Parkinson’s Disease Patients with Safety Feedback System)". Please check out the link below for more information http://www.cityu.edu.hk/bme/news.htm.
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Jul. 2018
A video, which was shot by YAHOO Hong Kong in our lab, about hydrogel treatment of cancer has been published on CityU tumblr website. Please click on the link below to watch the video. http://cityudse.tumblr.com/ or https://www.facebook.com/cityuniversityhongkong/videos/10155619050231696/.
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Jul. 2018
Welcome Jianpan Huang to join the NICE-Lab as a PhD candidate. Wish him all the best for his study.
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Jun. 2018
Dr. Kannie W.Y. gave an academic talk named ‘CEST MRI of Biomolecules’ on the Joint Annual Meeting ISMRM-ESMRMB 2018 held in Paris, France. Please check out the link below for more details. https://www.ismrm.org/18/program_files/WE26AB.htm
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Apr. 2018
Jiadi Xu, an assistant professor from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, visited us. This is a valuable scientific exchange for the NICE-Lab members. We also performed many imaging experiments at our new 3T MRI scanner.
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Apr. 2018
Araki Rikita, an MRI application engineer from Japan, came to NICE-Lab to train the lab staffs and students how to use the new Bruker 3T Biospec.
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Mar. 2018
A new Bruker 3T Biospec MRI scanner was installed by the engineers. This new MRI scanner equipped with frontier magnet technology and coil setup. After testing on this new 3T MRI system, we are excited to acquire and see many high quality images.
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Mar. 2018
Vianne Lei and Joseph Lai presented their research data of hydrogel at the annual lunchon event. Their booth was selected and reported by some local media. Please check out the link below for more details. http://news.takungpao.com.hk/paper/q/2018/0316/3552115.html or http://www.metrodaily.hk/metro_news/.
2017
Nov. 2017
Welcome Jianpan Huang to join the NICE-Lab as a Research Associate. Wish him all the best in his research.
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Sep. 2017
Welcome Peng Xiao to join the NICE-Lab as a PhD candidate. Wish him all the best for his study.
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Jun. 2017
Welcome Xiongqi Han to join the NICE-Lab as a PhD candidate. Wish him all the best for his study.