Through the CIBM PET HUG-UNIGE Molecular Imaging Section, a new cutting-edge preclinical Positron Emission Tomography (PET) and Computed Tomography (CT) scanner: the nanoScan PET/CT 122S scanner from Mediso Medical Imaging Systems is available for research. This state-of-the-art imaging system marks … Read More
Grants
Multidisciplinary team secures major SNSF grant for pioneering brain research
Ileana Jelescu, Olivier Braissant, Cristina Cudalbu, Stephane Sizonenko In a remarkable demonstration of the CIBM Center for Biomedical Imaging collaborative spirit and scientific determination, a multi-institutional team of four researchers from CIBM’s founding partner institutions, École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne … Read More
Not one but THREE SNSF funded projects led by CIBM Core members!
Consistent with the mission of the CIBM to teach and educate its membership, in 2021 a grassroots effort in the form of a grant writing workshop organized by Dr. Cristina Cudalbu and Dr. Meritxell Bach Cuadra is now bearing fruit. … Read More
Dr. Lijing Xin is awarded SNSF Consolidator Grant to Advance Understanding of Brain Networks Through Novel Neuroimaging Modality
Lijing Xin Research Staff Scientist and 7T MRI Operational Manager CIBM MRI EPFL A SNSF ‘Consolidator Grant 2022’ was awarded to Dr. Lijing Xin, Research staff scientist and 7T MRI Operational Manager at the CIBM Center for Biomedical Imaging, Ecole … Read More
CIBM welcomes Dr. Valerio Zerbi through an SNSF Eccellenza Professorial Fellowship award
An SNSF Eccellenza Professorial Fellowship was awarded to Dr. Valerio Zerbi following his SNSF Ambizione at ETH Zurich. The Eccellenza fellowship allows him to continue his academic and research career as part of the the inter-faculty, Life Sciences (SV) and … Read More
Two SNSF R’Equip Funding for new and upgraded MRI Infrastructure at CIBM
Two Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) R’Equip Funding Awards were granted for the acquisition of MRI equipment. The equipment supports the overall strategy of the CIBM, to invest and provide access to state-of-the-art infrastructure for biomedical imaging technology in the … Read More
Third ERC Advanced Grant to Prof. Michael Unser, Head of CIBM Signal Processing EPFL Mathematical Imaging Section, for his FunLearn Proposal
Professor Unser, Head of CIBM Signal Processing EPFL Mathematical Imaging Section and Head of the Biomedical Imaging Group in the School of Engineering at EPFL received the European Research Council (ERC) Advanced Grant for his FunLearn proposal (Functional Learning: From … Read More
3 million Swiss francs for the positron emission tomography of the future
Research teams from three of CIBM’s founding institutions have been awarded CHF 3 million to develop the next generation of Positron emission tomography (PET). Positron emission tomography (PET) is a modern imaging technique that follows radioactive molecules within the human … Read More
Swiss National Science Foundation Eccellenza Professorial Fellowships for two CIBM research scientists
Two CIBM research scientists have been awarded the prestigious Swiss National Science Foundation Eccellenza Professorial Fellowship. Ileana Jelescu CIBM MRI EPFL AIT research staff scientist Jessica Bastiaansen CIBM MRI CHUV-UNIL affiliate member Both researchers aspire to a permanent professorship and … Read More