Welcome to MEG-TREC 2025!

The MEG Translational Research Consortium (MEG-TREC)—formerly known as the MEG Texas Consortium—has evolved to reflect its national expansion and growing impact in magnetoencephalography (MEG) research, clinical applications, and technological advancements. Hosted by the University of Florida's MEG Lab, the 2025 MEG-TREC meeting will be held on April 25-26, 2025, in Gainesville, FL.

This event will feature keynote presentations, research discussions, debate sessions, and networking opportunities, bringing together clinicians, researchers, and industry partners to advance MEG in epilepsy, neurodegenerative diseases, brain-computer interfaces, and beyond.

This year, MEG-TREC will also offer Continuing Medical Education (CME) credits, providing valuable professional development opportunities for attendees. Join us to share discoveries and work together to advance MEG in both clinical care and research!

MEG-TREC Registration

Registration for MEG-TREC 2025 is free, but an RSVP is required. 

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Agenda

Friday, April 25, 2025 

5:20 – 6:30 pm         Tour of the Magnetoencephalography (MEG) Lab and Fixel Campus

                                 Location: Norman Fixel Institute for Neurological Diseases

   Address: 3011 SW Williston Rd, Gainesville, FL 32608 

7:00 – 9:00 pm         Networking Dinner (By Invitation Only)
Venue: Spurrier's Gridiron Grille
Address: 4860 Steve Spurrier Way, Gainesville, FL 32608

Saturday, April 26, 2025

7:30 am – 4:15 pm   Check-in
Location: Harrell Medical Education Building (HMEB) | Room 135
Address: 1104 Newell Dr, Gainesville, FL 32601

7:30 – 8:00 am         Breakfast

8:00 – 8:15 am         Welcome Remarks
Giridhar Kalamangalam, MD, DPhil and Abbas Babajani-Feremi, PhD

8:15 – 9:15 am         Keynote Lecture 1
8:15 am         50 Years of MEG
Andrew Papanicolaou, PhD

9:05 am         Q&A

9:15 – 9:30 am         Coffee Break

9:30 – 10:45 am       Session 1: MEG Clinical Applications
9:30 am         Lessons from MEG for the Electroencephalographer
Giridhar Kalamangalam, MD, DPhil

9:50 am         MEG Applications in Epilepsy Surgery
Ismail Mohamed, MD
10:10 am      How New MEG Hardware/Software Could Be Best Validated for Clinical Use
Jeffrey Tenney, MD, PhD
10:30 am      Q&A

10:45 – 11:45 am     Session 2: MEG Connectivity and Biomarkers
10:45 am      MEG Connectivity Measures as Biomarkers: Challenges and Opportunities
Abbas Babajani-Feremi, PhD
11:10 am      Investigating Criticality for Novel Biomarkers in Epilepsy
Paul Ferrari, PhD
11:35 am      Q&A

11:45 am                 Group Photo

11:45 am – 12:45 pm   Lunch

12:45 pm – 1:45 pm Keynote Lecture 2
12:45 pm     MEG in Dementia and Brain Tumors: Current Insights and Future Directions
Srikantan Nagarajan, PhD
1:35 pm       Q&A

1:45 pm – 2:00 pm   Coffee Break

2:00 – 3:00 pm         Session 3: Optically Pumped Magnetometers (OPM) MEG
2:00 pm       Enabling Opportunities of OPM-MEG
Timothy Roberts, PhD
2:25 pm       Pilot Data and Initial Experience with OPMs in Epilepsy Patients
Elizabeth Davenport, PhD
2:50 pm       Q&A

3:00 – 4:00 pm         Session 4: Integrating MEG with EEG and Other Modalities
3:00 pm       MEG and High-Density EEG: Allies or Enemies?
Christos Papadelis, PhD
3:25 pm       Diagnostic Yield of ESI and MSI Compared to PET, Ictal SPECT, and MRI in a Large Cohort of Patients Undergoing SEEG
Benjamin Brinkmann, PhD
3:50 pm       Q&A

4:00 pm – 4:15 pm   Coffee Break

4:15 – 5:15 pm         Session 5: MEG Emerging Applications

4:15 pm       Presurgical Planning of Intracranial Electrode Implants for Brain-Computer Interfaces
Stephen Foldes, PhD
    4:40 pm       Pain Impacts Neural Oscillatory Dynamics in the Aging Brain
Amy Proskovec, PhD
    5:05 pm       Q&A

5:15 – 5:30 pm         Closing Remarks and Acknowledgments