Prof. Benedetta Franceschiello working on the MonkeyCall project
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Mat-Tech at OHBM 2025 in Brisbane, Australia
Highlights of Mat-Tech at ISMRM 2025, Hawaii
Media Outlets
Media Outlets
[September 2025] Yiwei Jia presented MatTechLab's work on behalf of Prof. Franceschiello on MR-Eye at the 15th International Conference of the International Society for Low Vision Research and Rehabilitation (ISLRR), Florence Italy.
[June 2025] Yiwei Jia and Mauro Leidi took part in the OHBM 2025 Annual Meeting in Brisbane, Australia! They presented three poster contributions, including one on behalf of Jaime Barranco. Take a look at some moments from the conference!
[May 2025] Yiwei Jia (awarded Summa Cum Laude), Mauro Leidi (Magna Cum Laude recipient), and Jaime Barranco showcased our research at ISMRM 2025! Explore the highlights and feel free to connect with us!
[April 2025] The Arte documentary will be on air on May 6, and 7 at 4:35 pm, highlighting the innovative work of Prof. Benedetta Franceschiello on the MonkeyCall project. A great recognition for this pioneering research! Please check out the posts from HES-SO, School of Engineering, and from The Sense!
[March 2025] The MonkeyCall project, involving Prof. Franceschiello, has been showcased in ARTE’s documentary series “Animal Cultures: Sharing Traditions.” For further details, please visit ARTE’s official website.
[January 2025] High-tech collars to decipher the language of monkeys on Hemispheres. Check out the video explaining the project’s goals and challenges in detail.
[September 2024] Symposium: Novel Imaging Techniques in the Field of Ophthalmology and MR Eye
[November 2023] MR-Eye
[November 2023] Micro Collar MonkeyCall
[June 2022] Rapport annuel du CHUV - Prix et distinctions.
[Nov 2021] Special Issue topical collection now ready
[Oct 2021] FBM and News Unil celebrate our Prizes.
[Sept 2021] A short article for our paper in Nature Physics can be found here: link.
[Sept 2021] Prix Retina press release for DEBI
[Marc 2020] Our CNS symposium of New Technologies in Vision rehabilitation got Media attention: IEEE Spectrum and EurekAlert
[May 2020] Our recent MR-technology earned a publication in Progress in Neurobiology, a beautiful press-release, and a spot in the Swiss news; Press-release-1, Press-release-2, Newspaper, Patent
Awards and scholarships
Awards and scholarships
B. Franceschiello - 2021: Finalist EIT Health WildCard, Category: Eye and Vision care.
B. Franceschiello - 2021: OphthAward, 10k, Swiss Society of Ophthalmology, Category: Highest Clinical Relevance
B. Franceschiello - 2021: Prix Retina, 15k, Switzerland for the Diagnostic Eye Brain Imaging Publication.
B. Franceschiello - 2019: ARVO international Travel Grant for Trainee researchers, Vancouver, Canada.
Research Grants
Research Grants
Jan 2025 A high-resolution, sub-second and fast-sampled resting state fMRI protocol for a better disentangling of neural, hemodynamic, physiological and movement activity in BOLD signal
Awarding body: Weave funding scheme (Grant number: 229214)
PI: Prof. Benedetta Franceschiello, Daniele Marinazzo; Amount: 728,721 CHF.
Nov 2023 2.0 MR-Eye: towards a consensual Magnetic resonance Imaging protocol of the Human Eye
Awarding body: Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) (Grant number: 220433)
PI: Prof. Benedetta Franceschiello; Amount: 973,727 CHF.
Nov 2023 MR-Eye Track: Machine Learning Techniques to extract eye movements trajectories from MRI data
Awarding body: Project Libre, Inter-school Interdisciplinary Call
Role: Co-PI; Amount: 220’000 CHF
March 2023 Kick-fMRI: Kids Compliant functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Awarding body: The Sense Innovation and Research Center
Role: Co-PI; Amount: 100’000 CHF
Apr 2022 A-Eye: an Artificial intelligence large-scale Magnetic Resonance Imaging model of the Eye
Awarding body: Fondation Gelbert
PIs: Dr. Meritxell Bach Cuadra, Prof. Benedetta Franceschiello, Role: Co-PI, Amount: 200k CHF.
Jan 2022 DEBI: Dynamic Eye Brain Imaging, InnoTREK Pactt
Awarding body: InnoTREK Pactt
Role: PI; Amount: 100’000 CHF. Declined: incompatibility due to the new role as Associate Professor.
Nov 2017 - April 2020 Visual medicine 2020, SEER, screening Efficiency and Enhanced Rehabilitation
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Archived News
Archived News
Jan. 01, 2025: We are excited to announce Prof. Benedetta Franceschiello’s project, "A high-resolution, sub-second, fast-sampled resting-state fMRI protocol," has received 728,721 CHF from the Weave funding scheme💰 (Grant number: 229214) . PIs: Prof. Benedetta Franceschiello & Daniele Marinazzo.
Sept. 18, 2024: Symposium-Novel imaging technigques in the field of Ophthalmology and MR-Eye, held on September 18, 2024, at the Sion Energypolis Campus, brought together leading experts, researchers, and industry professionals to explore the latest advancements in the intersection of Ophthalmology and MRI technology.
Sept. 2nd, 2024: Congratulations to MatTech at Sense Symposium on Sep. 2nd! MatTech members presented fantastic posters/gave oral presentations at the Sense Symposium on September 2nd. Yiwei won the Poster Award for their excellent work. Congratulations to all involved!
August 15th, 2024: A new dataset "MR-Eye atlas: a large-scale atlas of the eye based on T1-weighted MR imaging" available for public access and collaboration from 15th August, 2024!
June 26th, 2024: Congratulations to Carolina Tammurello for an outstanding presentation at OHBM on 26th June, 2024! Check out the work here.
May 17, 2024: Prof. Benedetta Franceschiello is taking part in the 2024 “Bien en Valais” campaign under the theme “Bien dans mon école”, promoting inclusion for LGBTIQ people in education. The campaign runs from May 20 to June 2, with posters across Valais and online. See more.
Dec. 2023: The 2023 Annual Report of The Sense Innovation and Research Center is now available online! You can access the digital report by following this link.
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