CIBM Breakfast & Science Seminar 33 – April 25 2023

On 25th April 2023, CIBM held its 33rd Breakfast & Science Seminar. The seminar was chaired by Dr. Matthias Stuber, and the invited speaker was Prof. Aaron L. Baggish who gave an enlightening talk on “The Cardiovascular Complications of Sport: … Read More

EUROTECH Visiting Researcher Asst. Prof. Irena Zivkovic, Eindhoven University of Technology

As part of the EUROTECH visiting researcher programme, Asst. Prof. Irena Zivkovic was hosted by the CIBM MRI EPFL Animal Imaging and Technology Section from March 15-30, 2023. This program promotes cooperation between researchers at its partner universities, among which are École … Read More

CIBM Breakfast & Science Seminar 32 – March 28 2023

Chaired by Frédéric Grouiller, the CIBM Breakfast and Science Seminar #32 was held on March 28, 2023, featuring Damien Marie who gave a presentation entitled: Music against aging and mild cognitive impairment, results from two randomized controlled trials.  Music against aging and … Read More

CIBM Breakfast & Science Seminar 31 – February 28 2023

CIBM research staff scientist Dr. Elda Fischi Gomez chaired the CIBM Breakfast and Science Seminar #31 which was held on February 28, 2023, featuring Dr. Erick J. Canales-Rodríguez who gave a presentation entitled: What can T2 relaxometry tell us about … Read More

CIBM Breakfast & Science Seminar 30 – January 31 2023

The first of the 2023 CIBM Breakfast and Science Seminar Series was held on January 31, 2023, featuring a presentation by Dr. Katarzyna Pierzchala entitled: Systemic and Central Nervous System Oxidative Stress interplay with inflammation in a rat model of … Read More

Highlights from CIBM Annual Symposium 2022

On November 30, 2022, the CIBM Center for Biomedical Imaging Annual Symposium brought together members of the biomedical imaging community from Switzerland and beyond to share cutting-edge research developments in the field. “It was a pleasure for me to participate … Read More

CIBM Breakfast & Science Seminar 29 – October 25 2022

The 29th seminar of the CIBM Breakfast and Science Seminar Series was held on Ocotber 25, 2022, featuring a presentation by Anna Gaglianese, titled: Unravelling multisensory processes with high-field fMRI. Anna Gaglianese is Marie Curie Fellow, Laboratory for Investigative Neurophysiology … Read More

CIBM Breakfast & Science Seminar 28 – September 27 2022

The 28th seminar of the CIBM Breakfast and Science Seminar Series was held on September 27, 2022, featuring a presentation by Dunja Simicic, titled: Brain regional vulnerability in the rat brain during type C hepatic encephalopathy: from metabolic to cellular … Read More

CIBM-CHUV-MR Retreat 2022

The CIBM-CHUV-MR Retreat is an annual event with international participation that brings together basic scientists, clinical scientists, clinicians, and industry representatives to critically review progress of our MR research that has a strong focus on cardiovascular disease, the leading cause … Read More

CIBM Breakfast & Science Seminar 27 – August 30th 2022

The 2022 Summer Edition of the CIBM Breakfast and Science Seminar series featured PhD students affiliated to CIBM founding partner institutions to present their research work. Compartmentalized model of permeable cell tissue for microstructure estimation from DW-MRI signals Rémy Gardier,PhD … Read More

Highlights from the International MRS Workshop 2022

In harmony with CIBM traditions, on August 22-24, 2022, the International Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Workshop “MRS 2022: Overcoming the Barriers to Clinical Use” took place at the CIBM premises located at the EPFL campus in Lausanne. In addition to the latest … Read More

Arrival of the full body Siemens Healthineers MAGNETOM Terra 7 Tesla MRI scanner at the Campus Biotech Geneva

On June 21, 2022, the latest Siemens Healthineers MAGNETOM Terra 7T MRI scanner arrived at Campus Biotech in Geneva through an undertaking between Fondation Campus Biotech Geneva (FCBG), the CIBM Center for Biomedical Imaging and its common founding partner institutions: … Read More

CIBM Breakfast & Science Seminar 26 – June 28 2022

The 2022 Summer Edition of the CIBM Breakfast and Science Seminar series featured PhD students affiliated to CIBM founding partner institutions to present their research work.  Deep learning methods for fetal brain MRI tissue segmentation Priscille Guerrier de Dumast,MIAL UNIL … Read More

CIBM inauguration of the newly installed 3T MRI scanner at the BBL

On June 1, 2022, following the annual BBL-CIBM-FCBG Research Day, an on-site inauguration of a MAGNETOM Prisma Fit 3T MRI scanner took place at the University Medical Center in Geneva gathering over 100 attendees. The ceremony was opened by Dr. … Read More

BBL-CIBM-FCBG Research Day 2022

On June 1, 2022, an annual BBL-CIBM-FCBG Research Day took place at the University Medical Center in Geneva gathering 135 attendees. The meeting was followed by the inauguration of a newly upgraded MAGNETOM Prisma Fit 3T MRI scanner located in … Read More

CIBM Breakfast & Science Seminar 25 – May 31 2022

The 25th seminar of the CIBM Breakfast and Science Seminar Series was held on May 31, 2022, featuring a presentation by Tomas Ros, titled: Combining EEG microstates with machine learning to identify brain states and traits. Tomas Ros is Research Staff … Read More

UNIL FBM undergraduate students resume their annual visits to CIBM MRI EPFL

CIBM is happy to be able to resume the on-site visits after a 2-year break caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. On May 30, 2022, a group of 40 bachelor’s degree students from UNIL’s Faculty of Biology and Medicine visited the CIBM … Read More

Middle school students discover the field of biomedical imaging at CIBM MRI CHUV-UNIL

On May 18, 2022, a group of a dozen students from Collège de Béthusy in Lausanne visited the CIBM premises at the Radiology Department of the CHUV to discover the field of biomedical imaging and to learn more about the … Read More

EPFL Research Office visits CIBM MRI EPFL Animal Imaging and Technology Section

On May 5, 2022, 20 members of the EPFL Research Office visited the CIBM MRI EPFL Animal Imaging and Technology Section in Lausanne to learn about the research activities and discover the expertise and infrastructure available to the biomedical imaging … Read More

CIBM Breakfast & Science Seminar 24 – April 26 2022

The 24th seminar of the CIBM Breakfast and Science Seminar Series was held on April 26, 2022, featuring a presentation by Christopher Roy, titled: Imaging a Moving Target: Fetal and Pediatric Cardiovascular MRI. Christopher Roy is Maître assistant (SNSF Ambizione), Department … Read More

CIBM Breakfast & Science Seminar 23 – March 29 2022

The 23rd seminar of the CIBM Breakfast and Science Seminar Series was held on March 29, 2022, featuring a presentation by Pol del Aguila Pla, titled: Stability of image reconstruction algorithms. Dr. Pol del Aguila Pla is Research Staff Scientist, CIBM … Read More

CIBM at the Brain Week in Lausanne

Brain Week is an annual series of events taking place in several cities across Switzerland and beyond. This year, the Brain Week in Lausanne took place from March 14 to 18, giving the public an opportunity to attend numerous forums, … Read More

First post-pandemic activities: EPFL graduate students visit CIBM

On Friday, February 25, 2022, a group of 35 master’s degree students from EPFL visited the CIBM MRI EPFL infrastructure and the DNP systems as part of their curriculum to learn about the importance and essential elements of biomedical imaging … Read More

CIBM Breakfast & Science Seminar 22 – Feb 22 2022

The 22nd seminar of the CIBM Breakfast and Science Seminar Series was held on February 22, 2022, featuring a presentation by Prof. Patrik Vuilleumier, titled: Emotion dynamics: the brain at unrest. Prof. Vuillemier leads the Neurology and Imaging of Cognition Lab, … Read More

CIBM Breakfast & Science Seminar 21 – Jan 25 2022

The first 2022 seminar of the CIBM Breakfast and Science Seminar Series was kick-started by Professor Valentina Garibotto, the new CIBM PET HUG UNIGE Section Head. “The lively discussion was very promising for many novel collaborations,” she said. The interactive … Read More

Alpine Brain Imaging Meeting, ABIM’2022

The 16th edition of the Alpine Brain Imaging Meeting, ABIM’2022, an international neuroscience conference yearly organized by five labs from CIBM’s founding partner institutions, University of Geneva and EPFL, took place from January 9th to 13th, 2022, in the picturesque … Read More

CIBM Breakfast & Science Seminar 20 – Nov 30 2021

The last 2021 CIBM Breakfast and Science Seminar Series featured the following CIBM Affiliate member.  The quest for human brain fingerprints: a perspective Enrico Amico, SNSF Ambizione Fellow, Institute of Bioengineering/Center for Neuroprosthetics, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne and Department … Read More

New Ultra Low-Field MRI System preparatory kick-start meeting

Professor Matthias Stuber, CIBM MRI CHUV-UNIL Section Head held a kick-start meeting with applicants who received Swiss National Science Foundation R’Equip funding for the project Low-Field MRI – The Next Frontier at Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV) on 26 November, 2021. … Read More

CIBM Breakfast & Science Seminar 19 – Oct 26 2021

The penultimate of the 2021 CIBM Breakfast and Science Seminar Series featuring CIBM Associate member from Cologne, Germany. Seeing while hearing: altered audio-visual interactions in patients with cochlear implants Pascale Sandmann,Head of “Audiology and Pediatric Audiology” and Head of the … Read More

EPFL Workshop on “New Horizons in MRI”

The EPFL Workshop on ‘New Horizons in MRI’ took place on Friday, September 24, 2021, with the objective of bringing together experts from across the globe to share the current and future most important research topics in the field of … Read More

CIBM Breakfast & Science Seminar 18 – Sept 28 2021

The CIBM Breakfast and Science Seminar series number 18 was a hybrid – both virtual and on-site with a restricted number of people. It is our great honour to host the highly reputable speaker during this first in-person B&S event since … Read More

INSPiRE-MED EU Innovative Training Network annual meeting

The INtegrating Magnetic Resonance SPectroscopy and Multimodal Imaging for Research and Education in MEDicine (INSPiRE-MED) mid-term meeting took place at EPFL from September 13-15, 2021. The objective of INSPiRE-MED was to provide high-level training to a cohort of Early Stage … Read More

Report on ‘The Translational Brain Imaging Training Network (TRABIT)’ 2021

CIBM researchers and students held a virtual conference, ‘The Translational Brain Imaging Training Network (TRABIT)’ from September 7 to 10, with leading keynote speakers and round table discussions, to mark the nearing end of the project. TRABIT is an EU-funded … Read More

CIBM Summer Walk to Oron Castle

CIBM held a summer social event on September 3rd, with those in attendance enjoying a walk along the magical River Flon to a guided tour of the historic Oron Castle, followed by a networking aperitif. The CIBM summer 2021 social … Read More

CIBM Breakfast & Science Seminar 17 – Aug 31 2021

The 2021 Summer Edition of the CIBM Breakfast and Science Seminar series featured PhD students affiliated to CIBM founding partner institutions to present their research work. … Read More

CIBM presents remote teaching platform to IEEE Finland joint SPS/CAS Chapter

Dr. Pol del Aguila Pla presented “Remote and interactive image processing programming laboratories with Jupyter” during a webinar at the IEEE Finland joint chapter of the Signal Processing Society (SPS) and Circuits and Systems Society (CAS), chaired by Assistant Professor … Read More

CIBM Breakfast & Science Seminar 16 – Jun 29 2021

The 2021 Summer Edition of the CIBM Breakfast and Science Seminar series featured PhD students affiliated to CIBM founding partner institutions to present their research work. … Read More

Event: CIBM Breakfast & Science Seminar 15 – May 25 2021

Title: EEG Microstates and Modes of Conscious Experience
By Thomas König (Translational Research Center, University Hospital of Psychiatry, Bern, Switzerland)
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Highlighting MRI Scientific Activity in Geneva: BBL-CIBM-FCBG Research day 2021

A Research Day focusing on MRI, held on  May 5 with the CIBM Center for Biomedical Imaging.  the University of Geneva’s Brain Behaviour Laboratory (BBL) and Fondation Campus Biotech Geneva (FCBG) gathered around 100 MRI experts in Geneva and the Lemanic … Read More

CIBM Breakfast & Science Seminar 14 – April 27 2021

Title: Advanced MRI in Multiple Sclerosis
By Cristina Granziera (SNF Professor and Head of Translational Imaging in Neurology (ThINk) Basel, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Neurology Clinic and Policlinic & RC2NB, University of Basel and University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland) … Read More

CIBM launches two challenges at MICCAI 2021

  CIBM announces the co-organisation of two challenges at the International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention (MICCAI2021) to be held in Strasbourg, France from 27 September to 1 October. Diffusion-Simulated Connectivity Challenge (DiSCo),  MICCAI 2021 COMPUTATIONAL … Read More

CIBM Breakfast & Science Seminar 13 – March 30, 2021

Title: Inflammation imaging with fluorine-19 MRI – from toothpaste to bedside
by Ruud B. van Heeswijk (Department of Radiology of the University of Lausanne (UNIL) and Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV)) … Read More

CIBM presence at the 2021 CNS Annual Meeting

CIBM and its collaborators had a major presence in several symposia during the Cognitive Neuroscience Society Annual Meeting, which took place on March 13-16, 2021. CIBM research staff scientist, Dr. Benedetta Franceschiello, and CIBM Affiliate member, Dr. Anna Gaglianese, from … Read More

CIBM Breakfast & Science Seminar 12 – February 23, 2021

The invited speaker in this month’s edition of the CIBM Breakfast and Science Seminar was Prof. Inti Zlobec from the University of Bern who presented ”Introduction to Digital Pathology – the Third Revolution “ Chairing the event was Prof. Jean-Philippe … Read More

CIBM Breakfast & Science Seminar 11 – January 26, 2021

The 11th edition of the CIBM Breakfast and Science Seminar series, chaired by Prof. Francois Lazeyras, started on Jan. 26, 2021, with the presentation entitled “Brain MRgFUS: a review of physical principles, clinical status, and recent clinical research”, delivered by … Read More

CIBM Breakfast & Science Seminar 10 – November 24, 2020

In this this 10th edition of the CIBM Breakfast and Science Seminar series, the speakers covered two very diverse topics but each presentation demonstrated the importance of leveraging on multimodal methods. Numerous questions from the audience and exchanges allowed this … Read More

CIBM Breakfast & Science Seminar 9 – October 27, 2020

This 9th edition of the Breakfast and Science has seen turnout of 61 attendees of the CIBM Community. These included CIBM core and affiliate members from the five founding partner institutions , CIBM associate members from industry Nestle Health Science … Read More

CIBM community at MICCAI 2020

Members of the CIBM  community had the opportunity to present their research through pre-recorded video presentations, pitches, live Q/A sessions, as well as digital posters at the Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention society’s 23rd international conference from October 4th … Read More

CIBM Breakfast & Science Seminar 8 – September 29, 2020

The Breakfast and Science Seminar #8, held on 29th September, featured two presentations of CIBM research.  The first talk was given by Maria Giulia Preti and the second one by Daniel Wenz. Decoupling of brain function from structure reveals regional … Read More

CIBM Breakfast & Science Seminar 7 – August 25, 2020

The Breakfast and Science Seminar #7, held on 25th August, featured two presentations of CIBM research.  The first talk was given by Gabriel Girard. The second talk represents a long-standing research collaboration which started in 2015 between Dr. Gregoire Wuerzner, MD, … Read More

CIBM community in full force at ISMRM 2020

CIBM participated in the global flagship conference on Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM), held 8-14 August. Although this edition of ISMRM 2020 was virtual, there was a strong presence by members of … Read More

CIBM Breakfast & Science Seminar 6 – June 30, 2020

The sixth of the regular CIBM Breakfast & Science Seminar series – held the last Tuesday of the month – took place on Tuesday June 30th, with some fascinating insights into the important work being carried out by CIBM partners. … Read More

Event: CIBM Breakfast & Science Seminar 5 – May 26, 2020

CIBM’s fifth Breakfast & Science Seminar, held on May 26 featured two talks highlighting CIBM researchers’ latest research findings. Ileana Jelescu, Research Staff Scientist & 14T MRI Operational Manager, CIBM MRI EPFL Animal Imaging and Technology Section presented on “The … Read More

Fundamentals of Topographic EEG Analyses by Prof. Micah Murray

As part of the ANT Neuro Educational Webinar Series, Professor Micah Muray spoke about “Fundamentals of Topographic EEG Analyses” to an audience of 345  people whose feedback was unanimously postive: “I really liked the polling questions! Micah’s presentation was very … Read More

Tutorial: Biomedical Image Reconstruction—From Foundations To Deep Neural Networks at ICASSP 2020

Initially planned to be in Barcelona, due to COVID-19, the International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing ICASSP 2020, the world’s largest and most comprehensive technical conference focused on signal processing and its applications, took place from May 4-8 … Read More