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Fall 2023
Fall 2023
A first-of-its-kind compact MRI machine—one that can fit in the bed of a truck—could make this advanced imaging technology available to more people
July 2023
July 2023
Dr. Chris Warkentin was awarded the sixth Minnesota Neuroimaging Postdoctoral Fellowship. His selected mentor is Dr. Aaron Kerlin. Congratulations, Chris!
July 2023
July 2023
Dr. Celia Durkin was awarded the fifth Minnesota Neuroimaging Postdoctoral Fellowship. Her selected mentors are Drs. Kendrick Kay, Kathryn Cullen, and Michael-Paul Schallmo. Congratulations, Celia!
June 2023
June 2023
Karrie Molitor, our program manager will be passing the baton to Taylor Lopez-Angel. Her last day will be July 1, 2023. She will continue to be working at the Unviersity of Minnesota but will be focusing her efforts on the MnDRIVE Brain Conditions and Medical Discovery Team on Addiction program initiatives.
May 2023
May 2023
University of Minnesota developing compact and portable MRI scanner featuring one of our faculty mentors, Michael Garwood, PhD and his team.
March 2023
March 2023
Dr. Steven Hoffman was awarded the fourth Minnesota Neuroimaging Postdoctoral Fellowship. His selected mentor is Dr. Matthew Johnson. Congratulations, Steven!
December 2022
December 2022
Congratulations, to our neuroimaging fellows (Drs. Bullock and Kazinka) who had recent papers published!
Adriana K. Cushnie, Daniel N. Bullock, Ana M.G. Manea, Wei Tang, Jan Zimmermann, Sarah R. Heilbronner, The use of chemogenetic actuator ligands in nonhuman primate DREADDs-fMRI, Current Research in Neurobiology,2022, 100072, ISSN 2665-945X, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crneur.2022.100072.
Redish, A. D., Abram, S. V., Cunningham, P. J., Duin, A. A., Durand-de Cuttoli, R., Kazinka, R., Kocharian, A., MacDonald, A. W., 3rd, Schmidt, B., Schmitzer-Torbert, N., Thomas, M. J., & Sweis, B. M. (2022). Sunk cost sensitivity during change-of-mind decisions is informed by both the spent and remaining costs. Communications biology, 5(1), 1337. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-04235-6
November 2022
November 2022
We are excited to announce that Taylor Lopez-Angel has joined our neuroimaging team as our new program coordinator. Welcome to the team, Taylor!
November 2022
November 2022
Congratulations to Dr. Rebecca Kazinka on her recent publication!!!
Kazinka R. (2022). The Specificity of Paranoia and Uncertainty. Biological psychiatry. Cognitive neuroscience and neuroimaging, 7(11), 1053–1054. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpsc.2022.09.011
October 26, 2022
October 26, 2022
Boosting brain power: A conversation with Damien Fair
MIDB Co-Director Damien Fair recently spoke to Spectrum about solutions to the problem and reproducibility issues in neuroimaging studies in general. Check it out: https://www.spectrumnews.org/opinion/q-and-a/boosting-brain-power-a-conversation-with-damien-fair/
October 21, 2022
October 21, 2022
The Minnesota Neuroimaging Postdoctoral Fellowship Program will be accepting postdoctoral fellowship applications now until Thursday, December 15, 2022.
October 2022
October 2022
Our neuroimaging fellow, Dr. Rebecca Kazinka, had a recent publication come out! Congratulations!
Souther, M. K., Wolf, D. H., Kazinka, R., Lee, S., Ruparel, K., Elliott, M. A., Xu, A., Cieslak, M., Prettyman, G., Satterthwaite, T. D., & Kable, J. W. (2022). Decision value signals in the ventromedial prefrontal cortex and motivational and hedonic symptoms across mood and psychotic disorders. NeuroImage. Clinical, 36, 103227. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nicl.2022.103227
October 2022
October 2022
Congratulations, to Drs. Kamil Ugurbil and Damien Fair for being selected as speakers for the Dean’s Distinguished Research Lectureship & Wall of Scholarship Recognition. Hope you can join us on November 9th. Check out our events page to register!
September 14, 2022
September 14, 2022
Researchers combine data science and machine learning to improve traditional MRI image reconstruction
Researchers combine data science and machine learning to improve traditional MRI image reconstruction
University of Minnesota scientists and engineers have found a way to improve the performance of traditional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) reconstruction techniques, allowing for faster MRIs to improve healthcare.
September 2022
September 2022
WE ARE HIRING!!!
Executive Office and Administration Specialist
External Applicant Link:
https://hr.myu.umn.edu/jobs/ext/351779
Current UMN Employees Link:
https://hr.myu.umn.edu/jobs/int/351779
This position will provide support for two postdoctoral T32 training grants which will support up to 8 postdoctoral fellows a year. It will also provide administrative support for outreach, conferences, and grant preparation done by the Center for Neuroengineering (CNE).
August 2022
August 2022
Dr. Jesse Breedlove was awarded the third Minnesota Neuroimaging Postdoctoral Fellowship. Her selected mentors are Drs. Cheryl Olman and Kendrick Kay. Congratulations, Jesse!
July 2022
July 2022
TOP STORY: Rare disease research at the University of Minnesota holds global promise
Drs. Christophe Lenglet and Pierre-Gilles Henry from the University of Minnesota’s Center for Magnetic Resonance Research spoke with MPR News about the TRACK-FA study
Read more here: https://med.umn.edu/news-events/top-story-rare-disease-research-university-minnesota-holds-global-promise
June 16, 2022
June 16, 2022
The Minnesota Neuroimaging Postdoctoral Fellowship Program will be accepting postdoctoral fellowship applications now until Wednesday, June 15, 2022. DEADLINE HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO FRIDAY, JULY 8, 2022 BY 11:59 PM (CT)
June 2022
June 2022
Dr. Rebecca Kazinka was awarded the second Minnesota Neuroimaging Postdoctoral Fellowship. Her selected mentors are Drs. Kelvin Lim and Alexander Opitz. Congratulations, Becca!
April 20, 2022
April 20, 2022
What is the Adult Aging Brain Connectome Study?
Essa Yacoub, PhD, a professor of radiology at the U of M Medical School recently spoke with us about his part in a national study known as the Adult Aging Brain Connectome study.
https://med.umn.edu/news-events/what-adult-aging-brain-connectome-study
April 19, 2022
April 19, 2022
Congratulations to CSE faculty member Alena Talkachova on receiving the 2022 George W. Taylor Awards for Distinguished Service from the college!
March 28, 2022
March 28, 2022
The Minnesota Neuroimaging Postdoctoral Fellowship Program will be accepting postdoctoral fellowship applications now until Wednesday, June 15, 2022.
March 29, 2022
March 29, 2022
Exploring what the science says so far on how COVID-19 affects our brains
Exploring what the science says so far on how COVID-19 affects our brains
Gülin Öz is a professor of radiology at the University of Minnesota. She holds a Ph.D. in biochemistry and is leading a multiyear study aimed at understanding how long COVID impacts our brains. Conventional imaging has detected a range of problems.
Learn more here and listen to the Minnesota Public Radio Interview with Angela Davis: https://www.mprnews.org/episode/2022/03/29/exploring-what-the-science-says-so-far-on-how-covid19-affects-our-brains
February 15, 2022
February 15, 2022
Congratulations to Dr. Daniel Bullock on his first author publication regarding his neuroimaging fellowship research project!
Bullock, D. N., Hayday, E. A., Grier, M. D., Tang, W., Pestilli, F., & Heilbronner, S. R. (2022). A Taxonomy of the Brain's White Matter: Twenty-One Major Tracts for the 21st Century. Cerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991), bhab500. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bhab500
February 7, 2022
February 7, 2022
Congratulations to Professor Dr. Rhonda Franklin, who was recently named a McKnight Presidential Endowed Professor!
January 2022
January 2022
Dr. Daniel Bullock was awarded the first Minnesota Neuroimaging Postdoctoral Fellowship. His selected mentors are Drs. Sarah Heilbronner and Jan Zimmermann. Congratulations, Daniel!
January 2022
January 2022
New public neuroimaging dataset provides deep sampling of individual human brains
Researchers from the University of Minnesota Medical School have published an extensive dataset that uses cutting-edge, high-field fMRI technology to probe how humans perceive, interpret, and memorize naturalistic photographs. The Natural Scenes Dataset joins a growing body of big-data neuroimaging resources that are providing researchers with opportunities to develop deeper insights in cognitive and computational neuroscience.
October 2021
October 2021
The Minnesota Neuroimaging Postdoctoral Fellowship Program will be accepting applications at the beginning of October until November 29, 2021.
August 23, 2021
August 23, 2021
Recently featured in Nature magazine, IEM Member and Neuroimaging mentor, Christophe Lenglet, Ph.D., has been looking into the exciting field of Quantitative MRI’s which promises to aid in insight and understanding of disease pathology. https://nature.com/articles/s41596-021-00588-0
August 2021
August 2021
The College of Science and Engineering received $1,074,000 for a 5 year NIH training grant to support postdoctoral fellows to become leaders in neuroimaging using magnetic and optical imaging tools.
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