Nanoscale Organisation & Dynamics Group Engagement
Nanoscale Research Newsletters
The Nanoscale Research Newsletter is produced several times per year. It aims to report on the activities of the Nanoscale Organisation and Dynamics Group (Nano), National Imaging Facility (NIF) and the Biomedical Magnetic Resonance Facility (BMRF) in a light hearted and entertaining manner.
Nanoscale Research Abstracts
The NODG irregularly invites guest speakers to present lectures at the Campbelltown campus on current and novel NMRI topics. Previous lecture abstracts are below together with a brief biography for each presenter.
NMR, MRI and Diffusion Symposiums
The Nano holds the Western Sydney University NMR, MRI and Diffusion Symposium every 2 years. A snapshot of each is below (speakers and their topics).
Recent Newsletters and Seminars
Issue 11 - June 2020 (PDF, 2777.35 KB)(opens in a new window) |
2020 Seminars (via ZOOM)
| 6th Aug 2020 | Paul Hurley | Medical Imaging of Things (PDF, 139.03 KB)(opens in a new window) |
| 13th July 2020 | Sarah Zhang | Development of High Performance Nanocomposite Adhesive (PDF, 281.76 KB)(opens in a new window) |
| 5th June 2020 | Ann Kwan | Using a multi-pronged approach to developing antimicrobials PDF, 108.91 KB(opens in a new window) |
| 3rd Sept 2020 | Caterina Brighi | Imaging and modulating the blood-brain barrier in high-grade glioma PDF, 149.99 KB |
| 13th Oct 2020 | Gurvinder Singh | |
| 5th Nov 2020 | Gaetano Gargiulo | Biomedical Engineering in the greater Western Sydney area: an overview PDF, 391.3 KB |
| 12th Nov 2020 | Simon Puttick | The Rarest Drug on Earth: Development of Targeted Alpha Therapies PDF, 135.54 KB |
| 19th Nov 2020 | Keiran Scott | |
| 26th Nov 2020 | Christopher Gordon | Developing Streamlined Flow Synthetic Methodologies PDF, 153.13 KB |
Previous Newsletters
Nanoscale Reseach Newsletters
| Issue 1 | December 2015 (PDF, 650.36 KB)(opens in a new window) |
| Issue 2 | February 2016 (PDF, 1092.56 KB)(opens in a new window) |
| Issue 3 | May 2016 (PDF, 1177.23 KB)(opens in a new window) |
| Issue 4 | September 2016 (PDF, 1815.47 KB)(opens in a new window) |
| Issue 5 | November 2016 (PDF, 768.06 KB)(opens in a new window) |
| Issue 6 | March 2017 (PDF, 2086.41 KB)(opens in a new window) |
| Issue 7 | November 2017 (PDF, 3381.44 KB)(opens in a new window) |
| Issue 8 | May 2018 (PDF, 1279.39 KB)(opens in a new window) |
| Issue 9 | June 2019 (PDF, 2396.08 KB)(opens in a new window) |
| Issue 10 | August 2019 (PDF, 860.09 KB)(opens in a new window) |
| Issue 11 | June 2020 PDF, 2777.35 KB(opens in a new window) |
Previous Seminars
2020 - Nanoscale Research Seminars
| Sarah Zhang | Centre for Research in Mathematics and Data Science, WSU | Development of High Performance Nanocomposite Adhesive PDF, 281.76 KB(opens in a new window) |
| Ann Kwan | School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Sydney | Using a multi-pronged approach to developing antimicrobials PDF, 108.91 KB(opens in a new window) |
| Paul Hurley | SCEM, WSU | Medical Imaging of Things (PDF, 139.03 KB)(opens in a new window) |
2019 - Nanoscale Research Seminars
Sean J. Blamires | School of Biological, Earth & Environmental Science, UNSW | Spider silk and glue as biomimetics (PDF, 139.87 KB) (opens in a new window) |
David Waddington | ACRF Image X Institute, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney | Nanodiamond-enhanced MRI (PDF, 48.33 KB)(opens in a new window) |
Rong Liu | Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry Facility, Western Sydney University | Advance Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (SIMS) Techniques and Applications in emerging Materials and Biological Science (PDF, 67.88 KB)(opens in a new window) |
Jeffrey C. Hoch | UConn Health, Farmington CT, USA | Beyond Fourier (PDF, 71.59 KB)(opens in a new window) |
| Sergey D. Traytak | Semenov Institute of Chemical Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia | Boundary effects for diffusion of particles in finite arrays of traps: Does the classical mean field theory really work? (PDF, 103.18 KB)(opens in a new window) |
| Pall Thordarson | School of Chemistry, UNSW Sydney | Programming Self-assembly (PDF, 71.75 KB)(opens in a new window) |
| Yingyan Zhang | SCEM, WSU | Computational Nanomaterials (PDF, 162.64 KB)(opens in a new window) |
| Danuta Kruk | University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, Poland | NMR relaxometry as a fingerprint of the mechanisms of molecular motion (Part 1,2 & 3) (PDF, 87.27 KB)(opens in a new window) |
| Murray C. Killingsworth | New South Wales Health Pathology (NSWHP), Liverpool NSW and Ingham Institute for Applied Medical Research, Liverpool NSW | Correlative Light and Electron Microscopy (CLEM) for translational biomedical research (PDF, 89.11 KB)(opens in a new window) |
2018 - Nanoscale Research Seminars
Konstantin Momot | Queensland University of Technology | Langevin dynamics as a tool for the modelling of restricted diffusion (PDF, 55.99 KB)(opens in a new window) |
Faith Bernadette A. Descallar |
Department of Food Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, Japan | Studies on Gelation Mechanisms of Food Gels (PDF, 52.77 KB)(opens in a new window) |
Christopher Jones | SSH, Western Sydney University | Role of tachykinin neuropeptides as synaptic copper chaperones( (PDF, 48.01 KB)(opens in a new window) |
Dr Orazio Vittorio |
Children's Cancer Institute Lowy Cancer Research Centre, UNSW, School of Women's and Children's Health, UNSW | In vivo [64Cu]CuCl2 PET imaging to monitor activity of anti-cancer drugs on tumor copper homeostasis (PDF, 52.19 KB)(opens in a new window) |
2017 - Nanoscale Research Seminars
| Dr Yves De Deene | Department of Engineering, Macquarie University | From Safeguarding to Image Guiding of Radiotherapy Challenges and Opportunities for quantitative MRI (PDF, 49.79 KB)(opens in a new window) |
| Dr Jeffrey Harmer & Dr Marcel Maeder | Centre for Advanced Imaging, University of Queensland & University of Newcastle | Extracting Information from NMR Spectra of Coal (PDF, 76.16 KB)(opens in a new window) |
| Dr Suzy Rogiers | NSW Dept. Primary Industries | The application of MRI and micro-CT to understanding Plant Structure and Function (PDF, 49.37 KB)(opens in a new window) |
2016 - Nanoscale Research Seminars
| Prof. Yuichi Ahara | Samsung Research & Developement, Japan | All Solid-State Batteries Using Sulfide Inorganic Conductors and Lithium-Metal Anode (PDF, 51.69 KB)(opens in a new window) |
| Dr Christopher J. Garvey | Bragg Institute, ANSTO | Dynamic and Structural Heterogeneity in Red Blood Cells (PDF, 50.05 KB) (opens in a new window) |
| Dr James Hook | NMR Facility and Spectroscopy Lab, Mark Wainwright Analytical Centre University of New South Wales | Social State NMR: New spice on the Horizon (%New asset_summary_1313379%)(opens in a new window) |
Associate Professor Neil Langlois |
Forensic Science SA University of Adelaide, SA | Bruises – Moving on to MRI (PDF, 50.49 KB)(opens in a new window) |
| Dr Quang Vinh Nguyen | MARCS Institute | Visual Analytics – Breaking the Complexity of Medical Data (PDF, 47.66 KB) (opens in a new window) |
| Dr Trang Pham | Liverpool Cancer Therapy Centre, UNSW & Ingham Institute for Applied Medical Research | Multi-parametric MRI for Treatment Response Prediction and Monitoring in Rectal Cancer (PDF, 49.29 KB) (opens in a new window) |
| Dr Saad Ramadan | University of Newcastle | Magnetic Resonance in life Sciences: Progress and Future Quests (PDF, 47.9 KB) (opens in a new window) |
| Associate Professor Yasuhiko Terada | Institute of Applied Physics, University of Tsukuba, Japan | Application of Open MRI Systems with permanent magnets to plant imaging (PDF, 48.59 KB) (opens in a new window) |
| Professor Yuichi Aihara | Samsung R&D Institute Japan | All Solid-State Batteries Using Sulfide Inorganic Conductors and Lithium-Metal Anode (PDF, 51.69 KB) (opens in a new window) |
Dr Nirbhay Yadav | The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine | MRI Imaging using Chemical Exchange Saturation Transfer (CEST) Methods (PDF, 47.91 KB) (opens in a new window) |
Dr Brendan Whelan |
Radiation Physics Lab, University of Sydney Ingham Institute, Liverpool Hospital | Integration of medical electron accelerators and MRI scanners: Next generation cancer radiotherapy (PDF, 49.25 KB) (opens in a new window) |
Dr Xiaoxue Xu | Macquarie University | Three-dimensional controlled growth of monodisperse sub-50 nm heterogeneous nanocrystals and their luminescent properties (PDF, 49.13 KB)(opens in a new window) |
2015 - Nanoscale Research Seminars
| 2015 | ||
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| Professor Sarah Codd | Montana State University, USA | Biofilms and NMR (PDF, 47.4 KB) (opens in a new window) |
| Professor Joseph D. Seymour | Montana State University, USA | NMR measurements of molecular dynamics to characterize structure formation during phase transitions in the gelation of biopolymers (PDF, 49.17 KB) (opens in a new window) |
| Associate Professor Dennis Hwang | National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan | Molecular imaging developments by NMR theory (PDF, 45.94 KB) (opens in a new window) |
| Associate Professor James Crowley | University of Otago, USA | Functional (Supramolecular) Molecular Architectures and Machines: It's easy as 1, 2, 3, Click (PDF, 153.52 KB) (opens in a new window) |
| Dr Tom Brenner | Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, Japan | Polysaccharide gels: diffusion and rheology (PDF, 45.11 KB) (opens in a new window) |
| Dr Jun Huang | School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering University of Sydney | Solid-state NMR spectroscopy for heterogeneous catalysis (PDF, 49.03 KB) (opens in a new window) |
2014 - Nanoscale Research Seminars
2013 - Nanoscale Research Seminars
2012 - Nanoscale Research Seminars
| 2012 | ||
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| Professor Magnus Nyden | University of South Australia | Diffusion and flow in soft heterogeneous materials (PDF, 89.99 KB) (opens in a new window) |
| Professor Sergey V. Ketov | The University of Tokyo, Japan | |
| Professor Sergey V. Ketov | The University of Tokyo, Japan | |
| Dr Stephen G. Bosi | University of New England | Filtered back-projection tomography part 2: And now for the equations! (PDF, 10.48 KB) (opens in a new window) |
| Professor William E. Price | University of Wollongong | Adventures with the dairy industry: Protein aggregation and molecular chaperones in milk (PDF, 10.48 KB) (opens in a new window) |
2011 - Nanoscale Research Seminars
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| Professor Karol Jackowski | University of Warsaw, Poland | NMR spectra of molecules in the gas phase (PDF, 47.16 KB) (opens in a new window) |
| Professor Sergey Traytak | Moscow State University for the Humanities, Russia | Analysis of the Smoluchowski-Debye equation with coulomb potential (PDF, 47.2 KB) (opens in a new window) |
| Professor Sergey Traytak | Moscow State University for the Humanities, Russia | Time-dependent conductivity of the conjugated oligomer solutions (PDF, 45.41 KB) (opens in a new window) |
| Associate Professor Dennis W. Hwang | National Chung Cheng University Chiayi, Taiwan | Novel MR molecular imaging development - From spin and molecular dynamics to in vivo studies (PDF, 47.24 KB) (opens in a new window) |
| Professor Kikuko Hayamizu | National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology Japan | NMR studies on the rotational and translational motions on ionic liquids of EMIm with TFSA and FSA including lithium salts (PDF, 44.9 KB) (opens in a new window) |
NMR, MRI & Diffusion Symposiums
The Nanoscale Organisation and Dynamics group hold their Symposiums in an effort to introduce people to the applications of Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Diffusion measurements. The Symposiums aim to showcase recent theoretical developments and cutting edge applications of NMR Imaging and NMR Diffusion measurements and try to bring together leading domestic and international experts on topics ranging from medical applications to polymers and plants. Students are encouraged to attend and present a current Poster of their research, with a prize (s) presented for the best Poster on the day.
1st NMR, MRI & Diffusion Symposium 2004
| Saturday 4th September 2004 | |
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| Prof. Bill Price (University of Western Sydney) | Introduction to NMR imaging and diffusion. |
| Prof. Les Field (University of Sydney) | Applications of diffusion ordered spectroscopy (DOSY) to monomer/dimer/oligomer problems in organometallics. |
| Prof. Paul Callaghan (Victoria University of Wellington) | Multidimensional pulsed gradient spin-echo NMR. |
| Mr. Cameron Barnard (Centre for Magnetic Resonance, University of Queensland) | Engineering innovations and applications at high field. |
| A/Prof. Andrew Whittaker (University of Queensland) | Diffusion-ordered spectroscopy and chemical exchange in polymers of controlled architecture: A tool for rational design of MRI relaxation agents |
| Prof. Chris Pantelis (University of Melbourne) | A brief recent history of the brain and schizophrenia |
| A/Prof. Graham Jones (University of Adelaide) | Water and solute movement through plant cell membranes (determined by NMR diffusion and relaxation times) |
| Dr. M. Iko Burgar (CSIRO - CMIT, Clayton, Victoria) | NMR spectroscopy and MRI of fluid flow in porous media |
| Dr. Alistair Young (University of Auckland) | Reconstruction of 3D heart wall motion and structure with MRI |
Sponsors: Varian and Bruker Biospin.
2nd NMR, MRI & Diffusion Symposium 2005
| Saturday 3rd September 2005 (Workshop: Sunday 4th September) | |
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| Prof. Bill Price (University of Western Sydney) | Introduction to NMR imaging and diffusion. |
| Dr. P.G. Anil Kumar (ETH, Switzerland/UWS) | Applications of PGSE diffusion NMR in Organometallic chemistry - A case study on late transition metal complexes. |
| Dr. Klaus Zick (Bruker Biospin) | Fine tuning of diffusion experiments. |
| Prof. Philip Kuchel (University of Sydney) | Molecular diffusion in cells: NMR. |
| Prof. Paul Callaghan (Victoria University of Wellington) | Diffusion and NMR in this, the 100th anniversary of the annus mirabilis of Einstein. |
| Dr. Roger Meder (Queensland University of Technology) | Diffusion tensor imaging: towards a diagnostic for arthritis. |
| Dr. Mark Wellard (Brain Research Institute) | Assessing the effects of type 1 diabetes 12 years after diagnosis using MRS and T2 relaxation. |
| Ms. Samantha Holdsworth (University of Queensland) | Sodium imaging: present and future clinical applications. |
| Workshop Tutors included: | Prof. Bill Price, Prof. Philip Kuchel, Dr. Bob Chapman, Dr. P.G. Anil Kumar and Dr. Mark Wellard. |
Sponsors; Bruker Biospin, Varian and NSW State Government BioFirst award.
3rd NMR, MRI & Diffusion Symposium 2006
| Sunday 22nd October 2006 (Workshop: Saturday 21st October 2006) | |
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| Prof. Philip Kuchel (University of Sydney) | Measuring diffusion cefficients as probes of cell function. |
| Dr. Konstantin Momot (Queensland University of Technology) | High-resolution NMR tools in diffusion measurements. |
| Prof. Peter Stilbs (Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm) | NMR using force - shoot, fry and electrocute. |
| Dr. Klaus Zick (Bruker Biospin, Germany) | Recent technical advances in micro-imaging and diffusion. |
| Dr. Christoph Arns (Australian National University) | A numerical study of diffusional averaging of surface relaxivity heterogeneities. |
| Dr. Michael Breakspear (University of New South Wales) | Multiscale character of evoked cortical activity... |
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Dr. Mark Wellard (Queensland University of Technology) | Correlation of magnetic resonance measurement with neuropsychological performance in Type 1 diabetes. |
| Dr. Gary Cowin (University of Queensland) | Contrast enhanced microimaging with Gd and Mn at 190MHz and 700 MHz. |
| Dr. Alistair Young (University of Auckland) | 3D mapping of cardiac structure and function in mice. |
| Workshop Tutors included: | Prof. William S. Price, Prof. Peter Stilbs, Prof. Philip Kuchel, Dr. Bob Chapman, Dr. P.G. Anil Kumar, Dr. Allan Torres, and Dr. Mark Wellard. |
Sponsors: Animated Biomedical Productions, Bruker Biospin, JEOL, Magritek, RACI, Varian and NSW Government BioFirst Award.
4th NMR, MRI & Diffusion Symposium 2007
| Saturday 27th October 2007 | |
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| Prof. Yoram Cohen (Tel Aviv University) | q-Space diffusion MRS/MRI in neuronal tissues. |
| Prof. István Furó (Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Sweden) | NMR investigations of porous materials. |
| Prof. Paul Callaghan (Victoria University of Wellington) | Multi-dimensional approaches to Pulsed Gradient Spin-Echo and relaxation NMR. |
| Prof. Philip Kuchel (University of Sydney) | Fast diffusion measurements following cell-shape changes. |
| Dr. Galina Pavlovskaya (Colorado State University) | Flow of fluids in porous media with transverse permeability discontinuity studied by MRI velocimetry. |
| Dr. Nyoman Kurniawan (University of Queensland) | Diffusion tensor imaging to study neurological changes in motor neuron and developmental diseases. |
| Prof. Perminder Sachdev (University of New South Wales) | The determinants and functional significance of white matter hyperintensities in mid-adult life. |
| A/Prof. Gary Egan (Howard Florey Institute) | Diffusion imaging in translational research: Application to Multiple Sclerosis MR imaging. |
| Dr. Roger Bourne (University of Sydney) | In vivo ADC measurements of human prostate. |
| Imaging the cortical and subcortical sites of cardiovascular control | Imaging the cortical and subcortical sites of cardiovascular control. |
| Dr. Marianne Keller (University of Queensland) | In vivo monitoring of MPTP induced Parkinson-like changes in the murine substantia nigra using diffusion weighted imaging. |
| A/Prof. Thomas Meersmann (Colorado State University) | Hyperpolarized krypton-83 as a novel contrast agent for MRI. |
Sponsors: NSW OFfice for Science and Medical Research, Bruker Biospin, JEOL, Magritek, RACI, Varian.
5th NMR, MRI & Diffusion Symposium 2012
| Friday 30th November 2012 | |
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| Prof. Peter Stilbs (KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden) | Some recent progress in PGSE NMR ‐ information content from spectral data correlation and forced electrophoretic transport. |
| Prof. Roger Ordidge (University of Melbourne) | Imaging of sub‐voxel microstructure in biomedical MRI. |
| Dr Allan Torres (University of Western Sydney) | Development of J‐compensated and singlet‐state NMR diffusion methods. |
| Professor Shingo Matsukawa (Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, Japan) | Application of gradient NMR to studies on polysaccharide gel systems. |
| Professor Graham Galloway (University of Queensland; Director of operations, National Imaging Facility) | MR Microscopy – exploring inner space / National Imaging Facility – imaging for you. |
| Professor Lindy Rae (University of NSW) | It pays to increase your brain power: MR studies of transcranial direct current stimulation. |
| Dr Roger Bourne (University of Sydney) | Multi‐scalar characterization of diffusion in prostate tissue. |
| Dr Petrik Galvosas (Victoria University of Wellington, NZ) | NMR with high pulsed field gradients: nuts and bolts. |
| Dr Klaus Zick (Bruker, Germany) | Micro imaging and diffusion news from the Bruker micro imaging group. |
| Prof. Magnus Nydén (University of South Australia) | A new theory for interpreting NMR diffusion experiments of restricted motion. |
| Prof. Mike Johns (University of Western Australia) | Emulsion characterisation using low field NMR. |
| Dr Gang Zheng (University of Western Sydney) | New developments in MRI and diffusion NMR at UWS. |
Poster Prize Winner: ANZMAG - Scott A. Willis (UWS)
Sponsors: Coregas, Office of the Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research), ANZMAG, Magritek, NIF, Diffusion Fundamentals, AIP, ANZMAG, RACI, ASB
6th NMR, MRI & Diffusion Symposium 2014
| Tuesday 31st March 2015, held concurrently with the Facility Opening (Prof. Barney Glover) and the ANZMAG Annual General Meeting (Workshop: Monday 30th March 2015) | |
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| Prof. Jörg Kärger (Univ. Leipzig) | Diffusion in nanoporous materials: Insights and challenges to meet. |
| Dr Kirk Feindel (UWA) | Beneath the grayscale: Harnessing sub-voxel processes to yield complementary MRI contrast. |
| Dr Konstantin Momot (QUT) | Spin relaxation and diffusion in the imaging of collagenous tissues. |
| Prof. Ian Brereton (UQ) | Diffusion weighted MR imaging in animal models of multiple sclerosis at ultra-high field. |
| Prof. Peter Basser (NIH, USA) - via skype | Developments in and the development of microstructure imaging. |
| Prof. Graham Galloway (NIF, UQ) | National Research Infrastructure – what’s in it for you? |
| Prof. Ken Harris (ADFA/UNSW) | The Stokes-Einstein-Sutherland relation and diffusion in ionic liquids. |
| Dr Gang Zheng (UWS) | Solvent signal suppression in NMR. |
| Dr Volker Lehmann (Bruker Biosciences) | Micro imaging application news. |
| Dr David Raffelt (Florey Institute) | Combining image intensity and morphology for quantitative analysis of white matter using diffusion MRI. |
Poster Prize Winner: Magritek - Scott A. Willis (UWS)
Sponsors: Coregas, ANZMAG, Magritek, Bruker Biospin, RACI, AIP, Diffusion Fundamentals, ASB, NIF.
7th NMR, MRI & Diffusion Symposium 2016
| Tuesday 26th November 2016 | |
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| Prof. Peter Basser (National Institutes of Health, USA) | Diffusion MRI as a means to probe brain microstructure and infer function. |
| Prof. Masaya Ishikawa (Tokyo University of Science, Japan) | Visualization of freezing behaviours in cold hardy woody plant tissues using high resolution MRI. |
| Ms Rebecca Hawker (UNSW) | Rational control of reaction outcome using ionic liquids: Predicting microscopic interactions using diffusion measurements. |
| Dr David Raffelt (Florey Institute) | Investigating white matter fibre density and morphology using a fixel-based analysis. |
| Dr Hiroaki Sasakawa (JEOL, (partly via Skype)) | Latest developments from JEOL. |
| Dr Petrik Galvosas (Victoria University of Wellington, NZ) | Recent advances in NMR diffusometry and velocimetry. |
| A/Prof. Gary Liney (Ingham Institute) | Using MRI to guide radiation treatment of cancer. |
| Dr Dmitry Shishmarev (University of Sydney) | NMR of stretched red blood cells. |
| A/Prof. Leigh Johnston (University of Melbourne) | Compartment and continuum models of diffusion-weighted MRI. |
| Dr Michaela Tymichova REDI, (Western Sydney University) | Working with Western Sydney University. |
| Prof. Siegfried Stapf (Technical University of Ilmenau) | Fun with variable magnetic fields: how and why. |
| Dr Abhishek Gupta (Western Sydney University) | Advanced MRI contrast agents and fast field cycling relaxometry. |
| Prof. Gareth Morris FRS (Univ. Manchester, UK (via Skype)) | DOSY: progress and pitfalls. |
Poster Prize Winners: Magritek - Neil Mallo (UNSW), ANZMAG - Igor Shikhov (UNSW), RACI - Johnny Chen (WSU)
Sponsors: JEOL, Siemens Healthineers, Bruker Biospin, WSU Office of Pro Vice Chancellor, Stelar.
8th NMR, MRI & Diffusion Symposium 2018
| Friday 9th November 2018 (Benchtop NMR Workshop Thursday 8th November 2018) | |
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| Dr James Nol (BMDH Medical Imaging) | MR SCREENING – THE NEW PARADIGM “The BMDH concept” diffusion weighted imaging – Changing brain stroke survival |
| Prof. Graham Galloway (NIF) | Industry and Society |
| Dr Nishikawa (JEOL) | |
| Dr Marianne Keller (SAHMRI) | Holistic disease testing and the art of brain segmentation |
| Prof. Yves De Deene (Macquarie University) | From safeguarding to image guiding radiotherapy challenges and opportunities for quantitative MRI |
| Prof. Daniel Alexander | Microstructure imaging: multi-contrast and machine learning |
| Dr Alexey Slobozhanyuk (ITMO, Russia) | Metasurfaces application in magnetic resonance imaging |
| Dr Dennis Hwang (Academia Sinica, Taiwan) | Acidosis imaging of skeletal muscles by chemical exchange saturation transfer (CEST) imaging |
| Dr Aditya Rawal (UNSW) | Structure-property relationships in natural and synthetic polymers |
| Dr Mikhail Zubkov (ITMO, Russia) | Preclinical small-animal magnetic resonance imaging with metamaterial-inspired resonators |
| Tom Honeyman (Australian Research Data Commons) | FAIR Data Imaging |
| Dr Tim Stait-Gardner (NIF, WSU) | Measuring signal amplitude; Lizard brain atlas |
| Prof. Daniel Topgaard (University College of London) | Multidimensional diffusion MRI |
Student Poster Prize Winners: $200 State Government cash prizes awarded to Shammi A.Ferdousi, Johnny Chen, Isuru E. Gunathilaka; $200 STELAR cash prize awarded to Gayani Petersingham, ANZMAG2019 Student Registration awarded to Kaitlin Jones and 150 RSC Book Voucher awarded to Rupeng Li.
Sponsors: Magritek (Workshop), JEOL,Bruker Biospin (Workshop), NIF, ANZMAG,RSC, STELAR,, NSW Government, Western Sydney University.
9th (biennial) Western Sydney University & Inaugural Asian Symposium on NMR, MRI & Diffusion 2020
| Highlights | |
Bernhard Blümich | "Advances and Adventures with Mobile NMR" Bernhard Blümich, Denis Jaschtschuk, and Christian Rehorn |
| Nirbhay Yadav | "Magnetic resonance imaging of glycogen using its magnetic coupling with water" Nirbhay N. Yadav, PhD is an Assistant Professor of Radiology at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and The Kennedy Krieger Institute, USA. Dr Yadav completed his PhD at the University of Western Sydney, Australia working on NMR studies of molecular diffusion under the supervision of Prof. William S. Price. In 2010, he moved to Johns Hopkins to take up a Post-Doctoral Fellowship under the supervision of Prof. Peter van Zijl. Dr Yadav has published over 50 reviewed articles and serves as the principle investigator for an ongoing National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded study. His current research interests include the development of MRI-based molecular imaging methods and the application of these methods in animal models and human patients with cancer, stroke, and neurodegenerative diseases |
| Ken Harris | |
| Stuart Crozier | |
Poster Prize Winners:
Sponsors: NSW Government, Western Sydney University.
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