News 2010

• ISMRM 2010 : Congratulations to Prof. Matthias Stuber, director of the CIBM-CHUV core, for receiving the 'Fellow Award' for 'significant and substantial contributions to research in a field within the Society's purposes' at the annual meeting of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, in Stockholm !

• A recent research performed at the CIBM using its 7 Tesla scanner has resulted in a publication featured on the cover of Radiology, the major journal in bio-imaging (March 2010 issue). The paper entitled "Cerebellar Cortical Layers: In Vivo Visualization with Structural High-Field-Strength MR Imaging" is lead by CIBM's Dr José Marques and in collaboration with Dr Cristina Granziera (CHUV, Neurology) and demonstrates in vivo imaging of the human cerebellum at microscopic resolution. The article is commented in an editorial by Prof. Nick Bryan, Head of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania, as having "important clinical implications". Radiology editorial (in PDF file). Article by Dr Jose Marques et al. (in PDF file).

• The BBL (Brain and Behaviour Laboratory - Geneva) and the CIBM - HUG (Geneva) organized together a Research Day 2010 the new  in Geneva, on March 24th, 2010. You can download a detailed program (PDF file) here

• Swiss Label, an association devoted to the promotion of Swiss products and services, presents the CIBM in a 'special CHUV' edition of its periodical. Swiss Label article (PDF file).

News 2009

• The last CIBM Research Days 2009 (two days) took place in the EPFL Life Science building in Lausanne, on November 25th and 26th, 2009. You can download a detailed program (PDF file) here

• Swiss TV report and interview from Dr. Micah Murray from the CIBM EEG Brain Mapping core, following a publication in 'Current Biology'. Link to the TSR website.

• Congratulations to Dr. Carole Berthet, from the laboratory of Lorenz Hirt, Neurology CHUV, who won a poster prize at the European Stroke Organization's Annual Meeting 2009,where she presented work on experimental stroke using the CIBM's 14T scanner !   Abstract in PDF file.

• Congratulations to Prof. Michaël Unser, director of the CIBM signal processing core, who received an IEEE Signal Processing Society's Technical Achievement Award 2008, and was also invited to become EURASIP Fellow 2009 (European Association for Signal and Image Processing) !
  

• The CIBM-CHUV Research Day took place on March 16th, 2009 in the 'Auditoire Jéquier-Doge' - PMU – CHUV in Lausanne. Download the detailed program (PDF file)
• A publication in NeuroImage speaks about the brain activity when viewing food images. This study was a collaborative project between the CHUV, the University of Lausanne, the Nestle Research Center and the CIBM with Dr. Micah Murray from the EEG Brain Mapping core.  Press release (PDF file)

News 2008

• Congratulations to PD Dr. Micah Murray, associate director of the EEG Brain Mapping core of the CIBM, who received the 'Prix d'excellence du jeune chercheur - 2008' from the 'Faculté de biologie et médecine' - University of Lausanne !
• The last CIBM Research Day took place in the Lausanne University, on November 26th, 2008. download a detailed program (PDF file) here
• New open PhD positions by the Joint Doctoral Program in Biomedical Imaging, between the Instituto Superior Tecnico, Lisbon, Portugal (IST), and the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Switzerland (EPFL). read more ...

• Wide coverage in the international press after a publication on 'Mapping the Structural Core of Human Cerebral Cortex', a CIBM-supported research. read more ...

• ISMRM 2008 : congratulations to Ruud Van Heeswijk who received a poster award (4th place) in the category 'Hyperpolarized' at the Annual Meeting of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Toronto.

• Prof. Rolf Gruetter, head of the CIBM, cited as one of the 100 people who are 'making the Suisse romande' by the weekly newspaper L'Hebdo.

• Call for proposal : Doctoral Fellowships in Imaging Technology for Biology and Medicine.

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• The CIBM needs you : We are looking for volunteers for an MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) study !

News 2007

• November 2007 : Research Day 2007 - CIBM-Siemens, on November 13th, Lausanne - CHUV.

• September 2007 : Inaugural Lecture by Prof. Rolf Gruetter, professor and head of CIBM, on September 20th, CO1 auditorium at EPFL.

• Congratulations to Prof. Michael Unser, who has recently be named by the Institute of Scientific Investigation (ISI) a "highly cited researcher", an outstanding distinction, which is now carried (with Prof. Margaritondo) by two core directors of CIBM.

• July 2007 : download the latest CIBM newsletter : PDF file in english or PDF file in french .

• June 2007 : official inauguration of the CIBM. Welcome and official speeches in auditorium CE6. Aperitif, posters and visit in the CIBM center. You can find a review of this inauguration day on this dedicated page.

• May 2007 : ISMRM 2007 : Congratulations to Lijing Xin for winning 1st place in her poster category at the Annual Meeting of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Berlin ! Congratulations also to Vladimir Mlynarik for winning the Varian prize.

• March 2007 : newly installed 14.1 Tesla magnet ramped to field.

News 2006

• November 2006 : newly installed 7 Tesla magnet ramped to field.

• September 2006 : completion of the construction and installation phase of the 3 Tesla magnet at CHUV in Lausanne.

• May 2006 : completion of the construction and installation phase of the 3 Tesla magnet at HUG in Geneva.

News 2005

• September 2005 : completion of the installation and testing phase of the 9.4 tesla magnet.

• May 2005 : newly installed 9.4 Tesla magnet ramped to field.

• In March 2005, the installation of the 3T at CHUV was started.

News 2004

• Nov./Dec 2004, decision to purchase a 7 Tesla human magnet and two clinical 3 Tesla scanners (Siemens), a 14.1 Tesla horizontal bore animal magnet (Magnex/Varian) is announced.

• In October/November 2004, the five founding institutions signed the groundbreaking convention cadre, formally creating the CIBM.

• In September 2004, the construction started in the site at the EPFL, to house three MR systems, neurochemical lab, RF laboratory, etc.

• In May/June 2004, responses to an open and fair WTO call for proposals are received and evaluated.

• In April 2004, the CIBM has launched the first steps to procurement of the MR equipment, while the 3 MR sites at the EPFL, CHUV and HUG are being prepared.