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Young Talents in Clinical Research (YTCR) grant by the SAMS
(12/2024)
🎉 Kicking off 2025 with a win!
We’re thrilled to announce that Dr. Andreea-Alexandra Aldea has been awarded the prestigious Young Talents in Clinical Research (YTCR) grant by the SAMS (Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences) and the Gottfried and Julia Bangerter-Rhyner Foundation!
Her project, "On the choroid plexus volume in multiple sclerosis: A longitudinal analysis of data from the Swiss multiple sclerosis cohort study (SMSC)", is set to investigate groundbreaking correlations between choroid plexus volume and MS disease characteristics using cutting-edge MRI segmentation techniques. Mentored by Prof. Dr. Özgür Yaldizli, and backed by the brilliant teams at ThINk Basel and RC2NB, this research promises to shed new light on the complexities of MS and contribute valuable insights to the field. 🔬💡
Join us in congratulating Dr. Andreea Aldea and the entire team on this incredible achievement and wishing them success as they embark on this exciting journey.
A new grant from the Swiss National Science Foundation for the CHORNEXUS study.
(11/2024)
Prof. Özgür Yaldizli, a senior consultant neurologist at the University Hospital Basel and research group leader at RC2NB, and the Department of Biomedical Engineering, has received a grant from the Swiss National Science Foundation for the CHORNEXUS study.
This study will be conducted within the framework of an European research network known as ERA-NET NEURON 2024. ERA-NET NEURON is a collaborative initiative involving 35 research funding organizations and ministries from 28 countries, dedicated to supporting basic, clinical, and translational research in various fields related to the brain and its diseases.
CHORNEXUS aims to investigate the principles of brain choroid plexus-mediated interactions between the brain and body in the context of systemic and peripheral pathologies. The study will be carried out in collaboration with research groups in Norway, Germany, Latvia, and France.
At the University Hospital Basel, Prof. Yaldizli will focus specifically on examining the role of the brain choroid plexus in multiple sclerosis and chronic pain. The three-year study will be conducted under the auspices of RC2NB in close collaboration with Prof. Cristina Granziera and Prof. Jens Kuhle. It will begin in 2025 and last for three years.
Robert Bing Prize to Cristina Granziera, Mira Katan Kahles and Johannes Gräff!
(01/2023)
The Robert Bing Prize 2022 goes to three remarkable clinical and experimental neuro- scientists: Cristina Granziera and Mira Katan Kahles, Professors of Neurology at the University Hospital in Basel, are each distinguished for their work on biomarkers for the diagnostics and monitoring of disorders such as multiple sclerosis and stroke. Cristina Granziera bridges the gap between biomedical engineering and clinical application as researcher at the Department of Biomedical Engineering.
Progression-independent-of-relapses is associated with brain and cortical atrophy
(05/2022)
MedPageToday article on "Silent Progression in Relapsing MS Tied to Brain Volume Loss": https://www.medpagetoday.com/neurology/multiplesclerosis/98733
Healio article on "Relapsing MS patients exhibit accelerated brain atrophy": https://www.healio.com/news/neurology/20220519/relapsing-ms-patients-exhibit-accelerated-brain-atrophy
JAMA Neurology article "Association of Brain Atrophy With Disease Progression Independent of Relapse Activity in Patients With Relapsing MS":https://www.practiceupdate.com/content/association-of-brain-atrophy-with-disease-progression-independent-of-relapse-activity-in-patients-with-relapsing-ms/136331/45
Welcome to Dr. Mario Alberto Ocampo Pineda
(03/2022)
Dr. Mario Alberto Ocampo Pineda as the new PostDoc in the ThINk group led by Prof. Cristina Granziera. Mario did a PhD in Computer Science at the University of Verona, where he developed methods for processing MRI to describe brain tissue. In the ThINk group, he will be part of the team responsible for processing and managing the images and data of the group.
MAGNIMS-ECTRIMS
(03/2022)
Antonia Wenger received the prestigious MAGNIMS-ECTRIMS fellowship 2022!
News Medical Life Sciences talk on "Changes in the brain cortex of COVID-19 patients associated with inflammatory biomarkers"
(02/2022)
In the present study, researchers assessed several neurological symptoms and their linkage with clinical indicators of inflammatory processes in hospitalized COVID-19 patients.
Department of Biomedical Engineering
(11/2021)
Prof. Cristina Granziera was elected as a new member of the executive board of the Department of Biomedical Engineering.
ISMRM 2021
(06/2021)
9 abstracts accepted, 4 oral presentations, 2 summa cum laude awards and 1 first prize for the best oral presentation in the prestigeous "Quantitative MRI Study group" (Dr. R. Rahmanzadeh)
Prof. C. Granziera gave a plenary lecture in the session "Microstructure: Richness of Scales & Contrasts"
Further Prof. C. Granziera is the new Secretary of the ISMRM "White Matter Study Group"!!!
Swiss MS Society
(03/2022)
Prof. C. Granziera is the new Co-President of MWB (Medizinisch-Wissenschaftlicher-Beirat)!
The recently accepted work of Maggi P. ....C. Granziera was commented by an editorial entitled:
(06/2021)
Ongoing Axonal Injury in Chronic Active Lesions in Multiple Sclerosis: In-Vivo Quantification Using Serum Neurofilament. Preziosa P, Schoonheim MM. Neurology. 2021 Jun 4:10.1212/WNL.0000000000012331. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000012331.