BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Biomedical Research Imaging Center - ECPv6.15.14//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.med.unc.edu/bric X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Biomedical Research Imaging Center REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20160313T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20161106T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20170312T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20171105T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20180311T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20181104T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20190310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20191103T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20180311T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20181104T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20190310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20191103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20200308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20201101T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170125T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170125T130000 DTSTAMP:20260404T010902 CREATED:20160819T173000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180823T202416Z UID:10000024-1485345600-1485349200@www.med.unc.edu SUMMARY:BRIC Seminar Series January 2017 DESCRIPTION:Join us on January 25th\, 2017\, for a presentation by Mark D’Esposito\, Director of the Henry H. Wheeler\, Jr. Brain Imaging Center\, UC Berkeley\, to be held from 12-1:00 pm in Marsico 4004. URL:https://www.med.unc.edu/bric/event/bric-seminar-series-november-2016/ LOCATION:NC ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.med.unc.edu/bric/wp-content/uploads/sites/843/2018/08/mark-desposito-11_30_16-seminar-series.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170222T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170222T120000 DTSTAMP:20260404T010902 CREATED:20160819T173000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180823T202416Z UID:10000025-1487764800-1487764800@www.med.unc.edu SUMMARY:BRIC Seminar Series February 2017 DESCRIPTION:Join us for a presentation titled “Efficient Multicontrast Structural Imaging with MPnRAGE” by Dr. Andrew Alexander\, Director of MRI Imaging\, Waisman Lab for Brain Imaging and Behavior\, University of Wisconsin at noon on February 22nd\, 2017 in room 4004\, Marsico Hall.\nAbstract: \nStructural T1-weighted (T1w) imaging is the cornerstone of neuroanatomical imaging for both research and clinical applications. The MP-RAGE sequence is a broadly used T1w imaging method with minimal changes over the last 20+ years. Some of the limitations of T1w MP-RAGE include a fixed singular contrast\, lack of quantitative measures\, and sensitivity to head motion. To address these issues\, our lab has developed a novel MPnRAGE method\, which acquires inversion-recovery prepared imaging data using a 3D radial imaging sequence. This technique can obtain high resolution (~1mm isotropic)\, whole brain images with more than 200 T1w image contrasts in comparable imaging time to fully sampled MP-RAGE. In addition\, MPnRAGE can provide quantitative T1 maps from the same data. Finally\, retrospective motion correction methods have been developed to significantly improve image quality when motion occurs. URL:https://www.med.unc.edu/bric/event/bric-seminar-series-february-2017/ LOCATION:NC ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.med.unc.edu/bric/wp-content/uploads/sites/843/2018/08/andrew-alexander-2_22_2017.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170309T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170309T130000 DTSTAMP:20260404T010902 CREATED:20161027T215843Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180823T202416Z UID:10000022-1489060800-1489064400@www.med.unc.edu SUMMARY:BRIC Seminar Series March 2017 DESCRIPTION:Join us on March 9th\, 2017\, for a presentation\, hosted in conjunction with the Neuroscience Center\, by Dr. Vivian Gradinaru\, Assistant Professor at Caltech\, from 12-1:00 pm. URL:https://www.med.unc.edu/bric/event/bric-seminar-series-march-2017/ LOCATION:NC ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.med.unc.edu/bric/wp-content/uploads/sites/843/2018/08/viviana-gradinaru-3_9_2017.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170315T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170315T170000 DTSTAMP:20260404T010902 CREATED:20160129T201000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180823T202418Z UID:10000026-1489566600-1489597200@www.med.unc.edu SUMMARY:2017 Triangle Imaging Symposium DESCRIPTION:Symposium Information\nThe 2017 Triangle Imaging Symposium at UNC BRIC\, co-hosted with the Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center\, will feature lectures by invited internal and external speakers covering topics encompassing imaging methods\, clinical and pre-clinical application\, and image analysis. Poster presentation will be given by students\, trainees\, residents\, and faculty to highlight imaging research projects within and outside UNC. The symposium will take place on Wednesday\, March 15th. \n \nSymposium Home Page URL:https://www.med.unc.edu/bric/event/copy_of_2016-triangle-imaging-symposium/ LOCATION:NC END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170419T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170419T150000 DTSTAMP:20260404T010902 CREATED:20161027T221000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180823T202416Z UID:10000021-1492610400-1492614000@www.med.unc.edu SUMMARY:BRIC Seminar Series April 2017 DESCRIPTION:Join us on April 19th\, 2017 for a presentation titled “Mapping neurochemical dynamics with molecular fMRI\, hosted in conjunction with the Alcohol Center\, by Dr. Alan Jasanoff\, Associate Professor at MIT\, from 12-1:00 pm in Marsico Hall\, room 4004. \nAbstract: The nascent experimental approach of molecular-level functional magnetic resonance imaging (molecular fMRI) offers unique potential for minimally-invasive mapping of molecular and cellular hallmarks of neural activity in brains of arbitrary size. The technology depends on the development of new MRI probes engineered from small molecule\, protein\, and nanoparticle-based platforms. I will discuss my lab’s efforts to incorporate such platforms into magnetically-active sensors for detection of neurochemical processes in the brain. I will present some of the first applications of these novel tools to map aspects of brain function in living animals\, focusing on studies of monoamine signaling and transport. I will show results that relate spatially-localized molecular imaging data to brain-wide population activity measured using conventional fMRI. I will also discuss some of our additional ongoing efforts to expand molecular fMRI technology and its applications in systems neuroscience. URL:https://www.med.unc.edu/bric/event/bric-seminar-series-april-2017/ LOCATION:NC ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.med.unc.edu/bric/wp-content/uploads/sites/843/2018/08/alan-jasanoff-4_19_2017.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170524T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170524T130000 DTSTAMP:20260404T010902 CREATED:20160819T173500Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180823T202416Z UID:10000023-1495627200-1495630800@www.med.unc.edu SUMMARY:BRIC Seminar Series May 2017 DESCRIPTION:Join us May 24th\, 2017\, for a presentation by Dr. Peter Bandettini\, Chief of Functional Imaging Methods\, NIMH\, to be held from 12:00 – 1:00 PM in room 4004\, Marsico Hall. \n“What further information can be extracted from time series fMRI data?” \nOver the years\, researchers continue to develop novel MRI acquisition and processing methods to extract ever more subtle physiologic and neuronal information. Recently\, time series fMRI has undergone a resurgence of interest with the explosion of resting state fMRI processing methods. In this talk\, I will cover some of the more recent developments in my lab\, including using novel approaches for time series cleanup\, the dynamics and stability of the resting state signal\, as well as novel methods to probe activation-related signal. With regard to activation-related signal assessment\, I will discuss our recent work in “decoding” ongoing mental processes using windowed pairwise correlation analysis\, discovery of a wide rage of non-canonical hemodynamic responses throughout the entire brain with only a relatively simple task\, and finally\, our most recent work using a non-invasive blood volume imaging technique known as VASO to differentiate layer dependent activity in somatosensory cortex. This layer dependent activity work potentially opens up a new avenue for fMRI to start looking not only at correlated activity but directionality of influence between regions and layers. URL:https://www.med.unc.edu/bric/event/bric-seminar-series-may-2017/ LOCATION:NC ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.med.unc.edu/bric/wp-content/uploads/sites/843/2018/08/peter-bandettini-5_24_2017-seminar-series.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171018T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171018T130000 DTSTAMP:20260404T010902 CREATED:20170713T191500Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180823T202418Z UID:10000029-1508328000-1508331600@www.med.unc.edu SUMMARY:BRIC Seminar Series October 2017 - Nicolas Tsapis\, PhD DESCRIPTION:Nicolas Tsapis\, Ph.D.\nInstitute Galien Paris-Sud\, CRNS\, Universite Paris-Sud\, Universite Paris-Saclay \n \nCapsules of Perfluorocarbons as Theranostic Agents \nAbstract \nThe need to detect cancer at its early stages\, as well as\, to deliver chemotherapy to targeted site motivates many researchers to build theranostic platforms which combine diagnostic and therapy. Among imaging modalities\, ultrasonography and MRI are widely available\, non invasive and complement each other. Both techniques often require the use of contrast agents. \nWe have developed nanocapsules of perfluorocarbons as dual contrast agent for both imaging modalities. The soft\, amorphous polymer shell provides echogenicity\, while the high-density perfluorinated liquid core allows detection by 19 F MRI. We have used mainly a shell of poly(lactide-co-glycolide) (PLGA) since this polymer is biodegradable\, biocompatible and can be loaded with drugs. These capsules were shown to be efficient in vitro as contrast agents for both 19 F MRI and ultrasonography1. In addition\, for in vivo applications a poly(ethyleneglycol) (PEG) coating promotes stability and prolonged circulation. Being stealth\, nanocapsule can accumulate passively into implanted tumors by the EPR effect. We will present nanocapsule formulation and characterization\, and will show promising in vivo results obtained for both ultrasonography and 19 F MRI2. The accumulation by EPR effect favors the efficacy of a chemotherapeutic agent co-encapsulated\, proving the feasibility of the theranostic approach. The different parameters one can play with to modulate the detection of these contrast agents will be presented. The limitations of these nanoparticles and the strategies to overcome them will be reviewed. URL:https://www.med.unc.edu/bric/event/copy_of_bric-seminar-series-november-2017/ LOCATION:NC END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171117T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171117T130000 DTSTAMP:20260404T010902 CREATED:20170713T191500Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180823T202418Z UID:10000019-1510920000-1510923600@www.med.unc.edu SUMMARY:BRIC Seminar Series November 2017 - Alessandro Gozzi\, PhD DESCRIPTION:Alessandro Gozzi\, PhD\nIIT (Istituto Italiano di Technologia) \nFunctional brain connectivity. \n \nCo-hosted with the Bowles Center for Alcohol Studies. URL:https://www.med.unc.edu/bric/event/bric-seminar-series-november-2017/ LOCATION:NC ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.med.unc.edu/bric/wp-content/uploads/sites/843/2018/08/alessandro-gozzi-11_17_2017.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171206T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171206T130000 DTSTAMP:20260404T010902 CREATED:20170713T191000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180823T202418Z UID:10000020-1512561600-1512565200@www.med.unc.edu SUMMARY:BRIC Seminar Series December 2017- Yiyun Henry Huang\, PhD DESCRIPTION:Yiyun Henry Huang\, PhD\nProf. of Radiology and Biomedical ImagingCo-Director of Yale PET Center & Director of ChemistryYale University \nDevelopment of PET Imaging Agents and their Applications in Translational Research and Drug Development. URL:https://www.med.unc.edu/bric/event/bric-seminar-series-october-2017/ LOCATION:NC ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.med.unc.edu/bric/wp-content/uploads/sites/843/2018/08/yiyun-henry-huang-10_18_2017-scaled.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180117T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180117T130000 DTSTAMP:20260404T010902 CREATED:20170713T192000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180823T202417Z UID:10000030-1516190400-1516194000@www.med.unc.edu SUMMARY:BRIC Seminar Series January 2018 - William Hersman\, PhD DESCRIPTION:William Hersman\, PhD\nProf. Dept. Physics and AstronomyUniversity of New Hampshire \nNew methods and applications for polarized 3He and xenon-129 for fundamental and medical physics. \nOptical pumping of alkali metal vapors with circularly polarized infrared laser light allows the spin-magnetism of nuclei to become aligned in a magnetic field. We have improved several components and processes\, lasers\, cryogenics\, and robotics\, to produce large quantities of hyperpolarized xenon for medical imaging. Since xenon is inert it can be inhaled\, and since it has nuclear magnetism it can be interrogated in an MRI scanner. This talk will outline innovations that enabled a new measurement of the rate of transfer of gas dissolving into the lung parenchyma\, revealing functional aspects of the microscopic tissue composition. URL:https://www.med.unc.edu/bric/event/bric-seminar-series-january-2018/ LOCATION:NC ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.med.unc.edu/bric/wp-content/uploads/sites/843/2018/08/william-hersman-1_17_2017.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180221T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180221T130000 DTSTAMP:20260404T010902 CREATED:20170713T192500Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180823T202417Z UID:10000031-1519214400-1519218000@www.med.unc.edu SUMMARY:BRIC Seminar Series February 2018 - Michael F Insana\, PhD DESCRIPTION:Michael F Insana\, PhD\nProf. Department of BioengineeringUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign \nMachine-learning methods for reconstructing ultrasonic elasticity images. URL:https://www.med.unc.edu/bric/event/bric-seminar-series-february-2018/ LOCATION:NC ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.med.unc.edu/bric/wp-content/uploads/sites/843/2018/08/michael-insana-2_21_2018.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180321T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180321T130000 DTSTAMP:20260404T010902 CREATED:20170713T193500Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180823T202418Z UID:10000032-1521633600-1521637200@www.med.unc.edu SUMMARY:Cancelled- BRIC Seminar Series March 2018 - Elizabeth Phelps\, PhD DESCRIPTION:Elizabeth Phelps\, PhD\nProf. Department of PsychologyNew York University \n \nMechanisms of Threat Control in Humans \nAnimal models of associative threat learning provide a basis for understanding human fears and anxiety. Building on research from animal models\, we explore a range of means maladaptive defensive responses can be diminished in humans. Extinction and emotion regulation\, techniques adapted in cognitive behavioral therapy\, can be used to control learned defensive responses via inhibitory signals from the ventromedial prefrontal cortex to the amygdala. One drawback of these techniques is that these responses are only inhibited and can return\, with one factor being stress. I will review research examining the lasting control of maladaptive defensive responses by targeting memory reconsolidation and present evidence suggesting that the behavioral interference of reconsolidation in humans diminishes involvement of the prefrontal cortex inhibitory circuitry\, although there are limitations to its efficacy. I will also describe two novel behavioral techniques that might result in a more lasting fear reduction\, the first by providing control over stressor and the second by substituting a novel\, neutral cue for the aversive unconditioned stimulus URL:https://www.med.unc.edu/bric/event/bric-seminar-series-march-2018/ LOCATION:NC ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.med.unc.edu/bric/wp-content/uploads/sites/843/2018/08/elizabeth-phelps-3_21_2018.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180418T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180418T170000 DTSTAMP:20260404T010902 CREATED:20180201T180000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180823T202416Z UID:10000033-1524040200-1524070800@www.med.unc.edu SUMMARY:2018 Triangle Imaging Symposium DESCRIPTION:Symposium Information\nThe 2018 Triangle Imaging Symposium at UNC BRIC will feature lectures by invited internal and external speakers. Poster presentations will be given by students\, trainees\, residents\, and faculty to highlight imaging research projects within and outside UNC. The symposium will take place on Wednesday\, April 18th. \n \nSymposium Home Page URL:https://www.med.unc.edu/bric/event/2017-triangle-imaging-symposium/ LOCATION:NC END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180506T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180508T180000 DTSTAMP:20260404T010902 CREATED:20180305T214427Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180823T202418Z UID:10000034-1525611600-1525802400@www.med.unc.edu SUMMARY:Flux Satellite Conference 2018 DESCRIPTION:UNC Chapel Hill\, in association with The Flux Society\, will host a conference highlighting research using large\, representative\, or publicly available datasets to investigate developmental cognitive neuroscience. This conference will address the unique ability of larger\, more representative datasets–and particularly those with multiple time points–to ask questions about brain development that have historically been impossible to address with the smaller\, cross-sectional samples utilized in most neuroimaging research studies. The focus will be on research leveraging large datasets to understand functional and structural brain development in the context of connectomics\, environmental influences on brain development\, and typical and atypical trajectories of brain development. \nPlease click here for more information and to register! URL:https://www.med.unc.edu/bric/event/flux-satellite-conference-2018/ LOCATION:NC ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.med.unc.edu/bric/wp-content/uploads/sites/843/2018/08/big-data-little-brains.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190424T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190424T160000 DTSTAMP:20260404T010902 CREATED:20190327T183210Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190327T183210Z UID:10000018-1556094600-1556121600@www.med.unc.edu SUMMARY:2019 Triangle Imaging Symposium at BRIC DESCRIPTION:Register Now! \nThe 2019 Triangle Imaging Symposium at UNC BRIC\, will feature lectures by speakers from Johns Hopkins\, UNC\, Duke\, NCSU and Wake Forest University and is open to the entire scientific community. This year\, a broad spectrum of topics will be covered\, from molecular and cellular imaging with MRI\, to simple and cheap hyper polarization techniques that can boost MR sensitivity by several orders of magnitude\, to computational tools for large-scale brain network\, to advanced ultrasound methodologies for tissue characterization. \nThe Symposium also includes a Poster Session with presentations given by students\, trainees\, residents\, and faculty to highlight imaging research projects within and outside UNC. The symposium will take place on Wednesday\, April 24th\, 2019 beginning at 8:30 am in the Bioinformatics building\, room 1131. Breakfast and lunch will be served for those register in advance! URL:https://www.med.unc.edu/bric/event/2019-triangle-imaging-symposium-at-bric/ LOCATION:1131 Bioinformatics Building\, 130 Mason Farm Road\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, 27599\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.med.unc.edu/bric/wp-content/uploads/sites/843/2019/03/Marsico-Ext-Close-Up-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR