The Secret Lives of Martinos Folk: Ara Mahar and the Art of Kimono
Ara is a certified kimono dresser and teacher – and a lively promoter of the tradition.
NIH-Funded Experts Offer New Guidance for Navigating Ethical and Legal Challenges in Brain Research Using Portable MRI Technologies
Matthew Rosen was part of an effort to address barriers to the successful implementation of pMRI for brain research.
Radiating Kindness: Making Holiday Cards for Elderly Mass General Patients
Members of the Laboratory for Computational Neuroimaging embraced the spirit of the season at their holiday party in December.
The Secret Lives of Martinos Folk: Running Ultra-Marathons with Anna Blazejewska
For most people, the thought of running a marathon would be daunting enough. Not for Anna Blazejewska.
Maria Angela Franceschini to Receive $3.29 Million Award from ARPA-H’s Sprint for Women’s Health
The award will fund development of a wearable device for women that monitors the brain’s system that clears waste during sleep.
Malte Hoffmann Discusses SynthMorph, an AI-based Tool for Faster, More Precise Image Registration
The tool will make it easier for researchers without the technical expertise to take advantage of AI.
AI Enables Faster, More Precise Image Registration for Medical Image Analysis
Malte Hoffmann, PhD, and colleagues have developed a new, AI-based approach to image registration that is more robust, accurate, and faster than existing methods.
Within-Subject Reliability in fMRI Studies of Advanced Meditation
Recent research by Matthew Sacchet, PhD, and colleagues establishes strong proof of concept for studying advanced meditation in controlled neuroimaging settings.
MEG Detects Abnormal Cerebral-Cerebellar Functional Connectivity During Processing of Spoken Sentences in Autism Spectrum Disorder
The work was conducted by the Center’s Tal Kenet, PhD, and colleagues.
Earlier Detection of Alzheimer’s Could Help Reduce Its Most Devastating Effects
Heidi Jacobs, PhD, is a leader in Alzheimer’s disease research whose personal experience with the disease strengthens her passion for finding a cure.
Martinos Collaborators and Alum Receive 2024 Kavli Prize in Neuroscience
The prize recipients include Nancy Kanwisher, PhD, Winrich Freiwald, PhD, and Doris Ying Tsao, PhD.
The Martinos Center and the Institute for Innovation in Imaging Support Clinical Trial of Drug for Patients with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
The trial also demonstrated the capabilities of collagen PET imaging.
ISMRM 2024 Honors and Awards
A number of Martinos researchers were honored for their work at the meeting.
Study Identifies Signs of Repeated Blast-Related Brain Injury in Active-Duty United States Special Operations Forces
In a study of 30 active-duty United States SOF personnel, researchers found that increased blast exposure was associated with structural, functional, and neuroimmune changes to the brain and a decline in health-related quality of life.
Susie Huang Receives Jim Thrall, MD, Mentoring Award
The award honors the mentoring contributions of both clinical and research faculty in the Mass General Department of Radiology.
Uncovering the Relationship between Loneliness and Poor Health Outcomes
Martinos researchers Daphne Holt, MD, PhD, Faye McKenna, PhD, and colleagues have identified a potential marker of loneliness, which could help understand the effects of loneliness on the body and even how to reverse them.
Meet Nilson Fernandes, the New Operations Director for the Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging
Nilson will focus on all operations for the Center’s Imaging Research Core.
Martinos Fellowship Program Now Accepting Applications
Candidates are encouraged to apply by April 15, 2024.
Mesoscale Brain Mapping: Bridging Scales and Modalities in Neuroimaging
The Martinos Center and the HST-based Neuroimaging Training Program (NTP) recently hosted a symposium exploring the state-of-the-art in mesoscale brain mapping.
Symposium to Explore ‘Mesoscale’ Imaging of the Human Brain
The symposium will be held October 10, 2023, on the Assembly Row campus of Mass General Brigham, in Somerville, Mass.