µNEURO Connects is a series of monthly, interactive seminars in the µNEURO Centre of Excellence.
The goal: bringing researchers from different µNEURO groups together around a common topic, to get to know the recent work in other groups.
15th of October, 2024 - Biomarkers of brain (dys)function
- Lori Berckmans (Bio-Imaging Lab): Temporal profiling of neuroplasticity in the brain following spinal cord injury towards improved functional recovery
- Stéphanie De Keulenaer (Experimental Neurobiology Unit): Electrophysiological markers of ageing and neurodegeneration
- Dr. Mohit Adhikari (Bio-Imaging Lab): Resting-state co-activation patterns as brain functional markers in non-human models of neurodegenerative diseases
12th of September, 2024 - Basal ganglia
- Prof. Tommas Ellender and Dr. Danijela Bataveljic (Experimental Neurobiology Unit): Study of normal and abberant basal ganglia development
- Joëlle Van Rijswijk (Bio-Imaging Lab): Early mHtt lowering partially rescues structural brain alterations in the LacQ140 mouse model of Huntington’s Disease
- Kaat Colman (Translational Neurosciences): Early diagnosis of Parkinson's disease using smell disturbances, biofluid, sleep-related and imaging biomarkers
1st of July, 2024 - Organoids
- Dr. Bieke Bekaert, Dr. Stijn in’t Groen & Nathan Donies (Peripheral Neuropathy research group): Enhancing Neuromuscular Research with Next-Generation 3D Cell Models
- Sarah De Beuckeleer (Laboratory of Cell Biology and Histology): In toto imaging of cerebral organoids using light sheet microscopy
21st of May, 2024 - AI in Biomedical Imaging
- Dr. Tim Van De Looverbosch (Laboratory of Cell Biology and Histology): In-toto organoid phenotyping at cellular resolution using AI
- Mathias Huybrechts (Experimental Neurobiology Unit): Towards guidelines for AI neuroimaging tools in the memory clinic: a Delphi consensus study
- Dr. Diana Giraldo Franco (Imec-Vision Lab): Enhancing real-world MRI in multiple sclerosis with AI super-resolution