Vacant PhD Position in Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Elastography (MRE)

We are looking for a motivated PhD candidate to join a research project on cardiac Magnetic Resonance Elastography (MRE). The project is based at the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) in Heidelberg, with data acquisition carried out at Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin. Ideally, the candidate will have prior experience with MRI and neural networks, for…

Details

Exhibition at Charité: Missed Images

The exhibition Missed Images highlights outstanding female physicians and researchers at Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin whose achievements have long received too little attention. Using historical material compiled by the project team, Gesine Born from the Bilderinstitut created AI-generated images that make these women and their contributions visible in a new way. The exhibition presents the images together with the stories behind…

Details

Publication Magnetic Resonance in Medicine COVER!!

The cover art for the 12/25 issue of is a publication by Matthias Anders (BIOQIC 2nd cohort) on cardiac MR elastography with and without external mechanical stimulation. Congratulations! The paper will be presented at the ISMRM cMRI Journal Club on 4 March 2026 at 11 am EST by Ingolf Sack.

𝟭𝟭𝘁𝗵 𝗗𝗙𝗚 𝗔𝗰𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗺𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 (𝗡𝗔𝗠𝗧)

The 𝗕𝗜𝗢𝗤𝗜𝗖 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗽 (GRK2260) organised the 11th DFG Academy for Young Scientists in Medical Technology (NAMT; 12–16 January 2026 in Berlin) in collaboration with SFB1340 (Matrix-in-Vision), the Department of Radiology at Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, and colleagues from the University of Münster (SFB1450).Twenty young scientists from German academic institutions were selected by the…

Details

Publication on the Mechanisms of Liver Stiffness in Fatty Liver Disease

Great news, a publication on the mechanisms of liver stiffness in fatty liver disease with contributions of our BIOQIC member Yasmine Safraou has just been published, congratulation to all authors! Here you find the link to the publication titled Cholesterol-containing lipid crystals can directly stiffen the rat steatotic liver before fibrosis in the prestigious journal PNAS.  

Details

First Training Workshop in SPM4.0

Our research group is happy to host the first training workshop for doctoral students as part of the SPM4.0 project which takes place from 17th to 20th November 2025 at the Charité. This event brings together young researchers from around the world to deepen their knowledge of advanced scanning probe microscopy and machine learning, as well as…

Details

16th Annual Symposium Physics of Cancer

Leipzig, Germany Sept. 22 – 24, 2025 https://conference.uni-leipzig.de/poc/2025/ Building upon the tradition of previous successful meetings, scientists from different disciplines and from across the world that are interested in physical aspects of cancer progression are brought together. Cancer progression is a complex process involving multiple events that occurs across various spatial and temporal scales. There…

Details

2nd International Symposium on Matrix Directed Medical Imaging

The Collaborative Research Center Matrix in Vision (SFB 1340) together with the Research Training Group BIOQIC (GRK 2260) and the Clinic of Radiology of Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin cordially invites to the 2nd International Symposium on Matrix Directed Medical Imaging. The scientific symposium for PhD students and early career investigators in biomedical research will take place on…

Details

We are very pleased that the study by Tom Meyer et. al. on cardiac THE is mentioned in an editorial in Circulation – congratulations Tom!

editorial_circulation_cvi_cTHE