Small MRI scanner idea gets big bucks -Blaine Chronik
http://london.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=654839&binId=1.1137789&playlistPageNum=1 Robarts scientist Blaine Chronik, PhD, discusses the next generation of smaller and less expensive MRIs via CTV...
View ArticleNew CFMM Ultrahigh-field MRI paper
Optimized Parallel Transmit and Receive Radiofrequency Coil for Ultrahigh-field MRI of Monkeys Kyle M. Gilbert a,⁎, Joseph S. Gati a, Kevin Barker a,b, Stefan Everling a,c, Ravi S. Menon a,d a Centre...
View ArticleCFMM welcomes Temerty family who gifted 5M to ONDRI study
It was a pleasure to welcome Jim, Louise and daughter Leah Temerty to Western’s Robarts Research Institute. where Dr. Robert Bartha lead the family on a personal tour of the MRI facility at the Centre...
View ArticleSome patients in a vegetative state retain awareness, despite being unable to...
New insight into a vital cerebral pathway has explained how some patients in a vegetative state are aware despite appearing to be unconscious and being behaviourally unresponsive. The findings,...
View ArticleEverling’s young scholar bridging gender gap in science Oct 29, 2015
As a child growing up in an Assyrian community in Etobicoke, Ramina Adam was encouraged by her parents to pursue higher education and follow her passion and interests. They never replaced Adam’s books...
View ArticleThe race to find “biomarkers” that can predict dementia (thestar.com)
http://www.thestar.com/news/insight/2015/11/22/the-race-to-find-biomarkers-that-can-predict-dementia.html GEOFF ROBINS FOR THE TORONTO STAR Physicist Robert Bartha, seen at Western University’s...
View ArticleMatthew Quinn – Professor Menon’s former student – receives the Canadian...
Professor Ravi Menon’s former student – Matthew Quinn, Medicine Class of 2017, receives the Canadian Medial Hall of Fame Award Congratulations to Matthew Quinn, Medicine Class of 2017, on receiving...
View ArticleCFMM works with the Robarts Concussion Group to find treatment
Western Concussion Study Group The Researchers A $500,000 donation from the National Hockey League Players’ Association (NHLPA) in August served as the foundation of a $3.125-million fund to enable...
View ArticleCFMM Plays a Key Part in ONDRI Study – January 21, 2016
Paul Mayne // Western News Part of the Ontario Neurodegenerative Disease Research Initiative (ONDRI) Integrated Discovery Program, leading ophthalmology researcher Chris Hudson joined a team of...
View ArticleCongratulations to Director Ravi Menon who was named CHR Researcher of the...
www.chrcrm.org/en/node/7213 CHR (Canadians for Health Research) Researcher of the Month Ravi Menon, PhD Canada Research Chair, Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Professor, Schulich School of...
View ArticleInternationally renowned neuroscientists join Western to further advance...
http://mediarelations.uwo.ca/2016/03/17/internationally-renowned-neuroscientists-join-western-to-further-advance-innovative-technologies/ An internationally renowned wife-and-husband team of cognitive...
View ArticleWestern welcomes new neuroscientist who unlocks minds with machines – March...
http://mediarelations.uwo.ca/2016/03/10/western-welcomes-new-neuroscientist-who-unlocks-minds-with-machines/ If you watch science fiction movies from 1970s, you would think by the year 2016 there...
View ArticleA Look At Life Outside The Lab For One Student
Jean-Guy Belliveau, Ph.D. By George Ardy, BA’15 When Jean-Guy Belliveau, PhD Candidate, is on the ice, time stops. “When I referee hockey the world doesn’t exist anymore,” said Belliveau. “I drop the...
View ArticleStudents Illustrating Excellence
CFMM is proud to be associated with an outstanding group of students who are proving their excellence! Congratulations to the following students for the well deserved awards. Ian Connell Received: An...
View ArticleCFMM members and users win big in 2016 CIHR Funding
Congratulations to the following 4 individuals who won Foundation Grants Dr. Ravi Menon Dr. Stefan Everling Dr. Andrew Pruszynski Dr. David Holdworth Congratulations to the following individuals who...
View ArticleContinuing To Lead In Cutting-Edge Research
By Crystal Mackay, MA’05 When the Centre for Functional and Metabolic Mapping (CFMM) first opened its doors at Robarts Research Institute in 1996 you could stand beside the building and see the...
View ArticleBlaine Chronik awarded NSERC Industrial Research Chair
Professor Blaine Chronik is one of two Western scientists who were awarded new NSERC Industrial Research Chairs. According to Western Media Relations, “Chronik is working with Toronto-based Synaptive...
View ArticleDr. Menon and His Team Receive 2.6M CIHR Foundation Grant
Ultra-high field Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Brain Structure and Function in Multiple Sclerosis ($2.6 million) Ravi Menon, PhD, and his team at Robarts Research Institute and Western’s Centre for...
View ArticleDr. Everling and His Team Receive 2.6M CIHR Research Grant
Muscarinic cholinergic modulation of cognition in primates ($2.5 million) Stefan Everling, PhD, and his team are investigating the changes in normal cognition in schizophrenia and testing new drug...
View ArticleOttawa Unveils Research Fund Winners
To view the Western Website and announcement of this Grant please follow the link directly below. http://uwo.ca/brainscan/index.html Ottawa unveils research fund winners Adrian Owen, (left) Canada...
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