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MaP at ESMRMB 2025: Pre-congress Workshop and Conference Highlights

22/09/25

The ESMRMB main conference takes place in Marseille on 8–11 October 2025. The pre-congress day features a dedicated workshop on Microstructural Imaging.

MaP highlights
• MaP team members Marco and Emma are part of the organising committee for the pre-congress workshop on microstructural imaging.
• MaP’s Mariam will present at talk entitled: “Virtual Tissues, Real Insights: Simulating Biological Microstructure for MRI” at the Microstructural Imaging Workshop.
• MaP's Miren will present a poster entitled: "Quantifying and Correcting Axonal Shrinkage in Transmission Electron Microscopy: Cryo-Fixation vs. Epon-Embedding" at the main conference.

Learn more and see the workshop details on the official site: esmrmb2025.org/precongress-workshops.

Professor Tim Dyrby gave April's MicroClub talk. Watch the full talk here!

05/02/25

Professor Tim Dyrby gave April’s MicroClub talk on “White Matter Microstructure, 3D Organization Across Scales, and Its Functional Relationship: Can We Trust Diffusion MRI Predictions?” You can watch the talk full interview here (or below!).

Did you know? Zooming into an MRI voxel, axons appear organized as laminar structures—even when crossing!

05/02/25

From Linkedin: 🧠🔬 Our latest research, published in eLife, shows that diffusion MRI and x-ray synchrotron imaging detect the same microstructural anisotropy, providing new insights into white matter organization across scales. Explore the full study here.

Tim Dyrby has been involved in formulating the recommendation from the ISMRM study group on preclinical diffusion MRI

26/02/25

Tim Dyrby has been involved in formulating the recommendation from the ISMRM study group on preclinical diffusion MRI. The recommendations are now published in the journal Magnetic Resonance in Medicine in three parts. Check out the papers here, here, and here.

Professor Tim Dyrby gave a talk today on measuring axonal conduction velocity as part of #CNStalks

05/02/25

Professor Tim Dyrby gave a talk today as part of the Clinical Neuroanatomy Seminars on how different methods shape our understanding of axonal conduction velocity. No worries if you missed it, you can watch the recording here (or below!).

PhD position in Machine Learning for Neuronal Feature Identification in 3D Microscopic Imaging [Expired]

02/12/24

Do you want to join a multidisciplinary team working with a new 3D optical imaging technology and develop machine learning models to map in the brain neuronal and cellular objects, their geometry, density and organization? Are you interested in learning about 3D imaging analysis, brain anatomy, collect your own high-quality microscopic data as well as generating synthetic cellular environments to evaluate and train your model? Are you intrigued by solving challenges working with big data? Are you eager to develop innovative solutions in a groundbreaking project at the intersection of neuroimaging and machine learning? If yes, we encourage you to apply and join our team! For more info & to apply, click here or contact Professor Tim B. Dyrby at timd@drcmr.dk

The new Handbook of Diffusion MR Tractography book is out with contribution from Professor Tim Dyrby

19/11/24

The new Handbook of Diffusion MR Tractography book is out with a contribution from Professor Tim Dyrby. The book provides a comprehensive overview of the state-of-the-art in diffusion MRI tractography. Specifically, we focus on the three chapters on Validation and future directions that we contributed with - written together with many collogues. Check out Chapters 25, 26, and 27.

Professor Tim Dyrby was awarded a DFF-1 grant from the Independent Research Fund Denmark

25/10/24

Congratulations to Professor Tim Dyrby for being awarded a DFF-1 grant from the Independent Research Fund Denmark to work on 3D label-free optical mapping of neurite orientations and cell body density in brain tissue at micrometer resolution. Read DTU Compute's coverage here. 🎉🧠

Congratulations to Piyush Swami for receiving a DTU Discovery Grant

10/10/24

Congratulations to MaP postdoc Piyush Swami for receiving a DTU Discovery Grant for his work on lightsheet microscopy. 🎉🔬

Postdoc in Brain-Circuit Conduction Velocity Mapping [Expired]

21/08/24

Are you passionate about unraveling how brain diseases impact communication speed between brain regions? Ready to explore the brain’s microstructure and its role in health and disease? Join us at the Danish Research Centre for Magnetic Resonance (DRCMR) in Copenhagen! 🧠🔬 We’re seeking a 3-year postdoc supported by the ERC to work on cutting-edge MRI research focused on brain conduction velocity. You’ll work with translational animal models, advanced imaging techniques, and be part of a dynamic, multidisciplinary team. For more info & to apply, visit drcmr.dk or contact Professor Tim B. Dyrby at timd@drcmr.dk

Exploring white matter dynamics and morphology through interactive numerical phantoms: the White Matter Generator

31/07/24

Congratulations to MaP alumn Sidsel Winther on her publication of her paper "Exploring white matter dynamics and morphology through interactive numerical phantoms the White Matter Generator" in Frontiers in Neuroinformatics. Read the full paper here.

Postdoc in mapping brain microstructure and its functional correlates [Expired]

08/05/24

Are you fascinated by modeling tissue microstructure from high quality diffusion MRI acquisitions, exploring its morphological validity against novel 3D histology imaging technologies and investigating its correlates to the communication speed of brain pathways? How does disease impact the microstructure, and can you predict the impact on saltatory conduction velocity along white matter axons? Are you curious if biophysical models or machine learning are the best modeling approaches? Try it out! Find out more here.