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As you read this newsletter, hopefully you will see how NIF is making a difference. Whether it is industrial processes, understanding human neural responses, or visualising brain structure and function in laboratory or native animals, imaging is an important tool. Our Facility and Informatics Fellows are key to the success of NIF, and are working to build engagement with our international partners in Global BioImaging (Kirk Feindel visits Belguim), and improve the processes within our facilities (Gary Perkins wins an award). These are activities that turn a hardware facility into an infrastructure capability.
As we close the year, it is worth reviewing where we want to go, how we went, and what we should be thinking about for 2018. Anyone in the research community is aware that there has been a marked emphasis on impact. Research needs new discovery, as the driver of future development, but we also need to look for ways to reach out to the community and find out how that discovery can make a difference, be it economic, better health, environmental protection, or better quality of life; the NIF team is looking at what is needed to drive impact.
In this newsletter, you will read about our engagement through national conferences, which offers a path for outreach; helping us to plan. But, we need to do more, we need to better engage with you. We have changed our structure, with the implementation of thematic teams, in which academic and industry users will play a critical role. We want you, our researchers, to join us, to plan the future. If you have any ideas, we would love to hear from you.
The NIF team wishes all our readers and their families a great Christmas holiday season, a time of reflection, relaxation and renewal. We look forward to 2018, and the opportunity to work with you and to achieve your goals.
CEO – Graham Galloway



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Imaging equipment such as MRI, PET and CT scanners are capable of producing vast amounts of valuable research data. In order to maximise research outcomes, data must be stored securely, have its quality verified, and should be accessible to the wider research community. Informatics fellows from around Australia have combined their expertise to build a... Read more
12:22 pm 8 Jan 2018
Micro-CT imaging data collected at CAI by National Imaging Facility (NIF) Fellow, Dr Karine Mardon, has been transformed into an interactive display as part of the 200 treasures exhibition at the Australian Museum’s newly restored Long Gallery (now Westpac Gallery). The data has been reconstructed to create a multimedia, interactive exhibit where visitors can see... Read more
12:15 pm 8 Jan 2018Symposia & Events
View detailSwinburne Brain Imaging Symposium 2015: Principles and Applications of Magnetoencephalography
Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne has one of the most advanced brain imaging facilities in the world. The entrepiece of this facility is a 306 sensor magnetometer, the only one of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere. Read more
Advanced Imaging & Visualisation in Research
The Multi-modal Australian ScienceS Imaging and Visualisation Environment (MASSIVE) is Australia’s specialised High Performance Computing facility for Imaging and Visualisation. Read more
Workshop on Preclinical Molecular Imaging
Hosted by NIF's University of New South of Wales and University of Sydney/ANSTO Nodes: Read more
Seminar on Radiotracers for Neuro Research
Gain a better understanding of molecular imaging for neuroscience, psychiatry and pharmacology, and learn more about radiotracer availabilities. Please join us for a discussion on the next C11 or F18 radiotracers that are most suitable for your research, and ways to arrange their availability. Read more