Professor Leigh Johnston is the Director of the Melbourne Brain Centre Imaging Unit and a faculty member in the Department of Biomedical Engineering and Assistant Dean Research Training in the Melbourne School of Engineering. Prior to her appointment at the University of Melbourne, Leigh was a research fellow at York University in Canada and the Universite catholique de Louvain in Belgium. Leigh’s research interests are focussed on the development of improved imaging techniques for interrogating fundamental questions in neuroscience and include pulse design for high field MRI, statistical analysis methods for functional MRI connectivity mapping, biophysical modelling for diffusion-weighted MRI, and acquisition and analysis techniques for high-field sodium imaging.
NIF is hiring: As the Scientific Project Manager, you will be instrumental in driving the successful delivery of key initiatives within the National Imaging Facility.
10 September 2024
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31 October 2023
The Commonwealth Government Department of Education has today announced National Imaging Facility (NIF) will receive $28m under the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS), to
19 October 2023