February 6th/7th, 2025BRAINS-lab at MaRBEL Conference 2025 (Liège) Numerous members of BRAINS-lab attended the MaRBEL conference and pre-conference courses, where the latest advancements in Belgian MR research were presented and discussed. It was a great opportunity to exchange knowledge and connect with fellow researchers in the field. We are proud to highlight Robin’s oral presentationContinue reading
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January 17th, 2025BRAINS-lab at ISMRM BeNeLux in Hilversum, NLThe new year started off well at the ISMRM BeNeLux in Hilversum, an annual conference where MRI scientists share their knowledge and findings in the field of advanced MRI. Our dra. Maud Beeckmans presented her brand-new diffusion results during one of the poster sessions. Additionally, Dr. MelinaContinue reading
February 10th, 2024First Belgian MR Research Community (BMRC) Meeting in Hasselt! Next year MaRBEL!Our BRAINS-lab team attended the Belgian MR Research Community (BMRC) kick-off event hosted at Oude Gevangenis UHasselt. Besides tons of networking, there was a great 7T keynote by Gilbert Hangel and workshops by researchers from VUB, UGent, University of Liège, KU LeuvenContinue reading
November 10-15, 2023Society for Neuroscience, Washington DC (USA)About 25600 neuroscience enthousiasts recently made a pilgrimage to Washington DC. Off course, BRAINSlab was also represented. Besides presenting our lab’s latest MRS work and attending several lectures, we also joined the SfN ‘Yes and…’ neuroscience improv social. We are thankful to FWO (Koen) and to the SfNContinue reading
September 13-15, 20237th International Symposium on GABA and Advanced MRS @ Bergen (Norway)Kia participated in this interesting symposium learning about the latest ongoing research and methods. She also presented her own work on: “Neurometabolic Changes in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.“
September 11-14, 2023MRtrix3 Workshop @ KU LeuvenIf you want to know the latest state-of- the-art of how to analyse diffusion weighted data the MRtrix3 course in Leuven is the place to be! With this technique we are able to visualise and measure different properties of white matter tracts in the brain.
September 8-10, 2023fMRS Symposium 2023 @ Bangor (Wales)Koen attended the functional magnetic resonance spectroscopy conference in Bangor. “It is impressive how the field is moving forward and what the possibilities are for researching neurometabolic dynamics at the level of the brain. For me personally, these techniques will offer new opportunities to investigate the effects ofContinue reading
July 22-26, 2023OHBM Conference 2023 Melina and Shanti represented BRAINS-lab at the Organisation for Human Brain Mapping in Montreal. Not only did they showcase their latest TMS research on brain connectivity and motor control/learning, they also had time to network with international experts from other top-level institutions.
July 3rd, 2023Research stay of Melina Hehl at Yale UniversityWe are proud to announce that our colleague Melina has started a 3-month research stay at the research group of Richard Carson at the prestigious Yale PET Center, Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, New Haven (CT, USA). During this stay, she will expand her knowledgeContinue reading
June, 6th, 2023Belgian Society for Neuroscience conference in BrusselsShanti Van Malderen showcased her latest research regarding cerebellar inhibition in older adults and Melina Hehl presented how to measure the magnetic field of your TMS coil. On top of that Melina was awarded the prize for the best oral presentation. Congratulations!
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