Appointment of Independent Board Chair
We are delighted to announce that Professor Margaret Harding has accepted the position as the next Independent Chair of the Board of the National Imaging Facility (NIF).
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Changes in the brain related to parenthood
Parents can tell you that having kids changes your life. Recent studies by the Cognitive Neuroimaging Team at Monash Biomedical Imaging have shown just how deep those changes go by analysing brain structure in older adults that have had children. Parenthood was shown to cause life-long changes in both mothers and fathers, with a follow-up study suggesting that motherhood can protect the ageing maternal brain.
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Thomas Shaw awarded MND Fellowship
With no known cure and over 2,100 Australians living with motor neurone disease (MND), there is a growing urgency to understand, diagnose, and treat this debilitating neurological disease.
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NIF Newsletter Dec 2020
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News:
- Announcing the new NIF Board Chair
Research spotlights:
- Virtual Laboratories for brain training and multi-tasking research
Virtual tools for MRI analyses
Mr Shane Ehrhardt, PhD candidate in the School of Psychology at the University of Queensland, wants to know: Do training benefits accrued from one task affect cognitive performance on separate, untrained tasks?
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NIF Newsletter Nov 2020
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Research spotlights:
- Creating a Lizard Brain Atlas
- Development of Microbeam Radiation Therapy
CT and 3D printing improving clinical PPE
Frontline medical workers put themselves at risk during a pandemic to deliver critical health care and save lives. Personal protective equipment (PPE) such as gloves, gowns, and face shields can reduce the risk of infection. To prevent contamination through airborne droplets, healthcare workers can employ an air-purifying respirator to push filtered air into their face shield or hood.
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Exploring Bio-Aesthetics using CT Imaging
Using the NCRIS-enabled CT imaging capabilities at the NIF Monash Node, award-winning artist Valerie Sparks is exploring ways to collect, manipulate and present 3D datasets. Her art project in progress, named ‘Bio-aesthetic’, focuses on the rarely visualised interior of flora.
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NIF Newsletter Oct 2020
Content
Updates:
- Collaborative Research Infrastructure in Australasian Biotechnology
- Swinburne Neuroimaging access and support scheme
- Job opportunities
- Recent publications
