Dr. Stephanie Engel has accepted the position as the Associate Director of Imaging-based Population Sciences at the Biomedical Research Imaging Center Dr. Engel is a Professor in the UNC Department of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health. She is also the Director, UNC Center for Early Life Exposures and Neurotoxicity (UNC CLEAN), Deputy Director, … Continued
Join us on Wedenesday, July 13th for the BRIC Seminar Series, featuring: Eric Muir, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Radiology Director, Preclinical MRI Center Stony Brook University MRI of the Retina Wednesday, July 13, 2022 at 11 AM Marsico Hall, Room 2004 Abstract: MRI can provide anatomical, functional, and physiological images at relatively high spatial resolution and … Continued
The Biomedical Research Imaging Center is pleased to announce the return of our yearly seminar series, beginning on Wednesday May 25th, 2022 with a presentation by Dr. Li Shen, Professor of Informatics in Biostatistics and Epidemiology at The University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine. Join us via Zoom for Dr. Shen’s talk, followed by an … Continued
Transcriptome-wide association study on 211 brain structural traits Brain structural traits are highly heritable and have been linked to disease. Here the authors have used gene expression data to perform a transcriptome-wide association study on 211 brain structural traits, discovering 273 associated genes. We further validated the discovered genes using multiple methods. The paper was … Continued
The Biomedical Research Imaging Center exists to serve the imaging needs of researchers, and to advance the rapidly developing science of biomedical imaging.
– Weili Lin, Director
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Funded by AccuNovo Biotechnologies Inc. and the NIH: STTR: Theranostic NTSR1-targeting Agents for Complementary Management of PSMA-negative Prostate Cancer The UNC team will work with Accunovo Biotech, Inc. to evaluate the newly developed agents in NTSR1 positive PC3 animal models. Specifically, UNC will perform 64Cu radiolabeling of NTSR1 targeted compounds that are developed by Accunovo …
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Dr. Sarah Nyante was awarded two recent grants, both funded by the NIH/National Cancer Institute. R21CA270625 titled: Breast cancer neoadjuvant endocrine therapy during the Covid-19 pandemic: Opportunity for a new treatment paradigm? R03CA267469 titled: Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on newly diagnosed breast cancer More Grants at BRIC:
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Dr. Mingxia Liu was recently awarded an RO1 funded by the NIH titled: Multi-Site Neuroimage Harmonization for Personalized Brain Disorder Analysis This project is dedicated to creating a series of unique computational tools for multi-site neuroimage harmonization and personalized analysis of brain disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease and mild cognitive decline. More Grants at BRIC:
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Sarah Nyante was recently selected for the Academy for Radiology & Biomedical Research Council of Early Career Investigators in Imaging (CECI²). Congratulations Dr. Nyante!
