Brain Mechanical Networks – Article in Advanced Science

Mechanical networks of the brain The August issue of ADVANCED SCIENCE features an article on insights into the brain’s mechanical networks that shed light on the relationship between microanatomy and macroscopic biomechanical changes that can be measured by elastography in patients and used as novel imaging markers. The authors: Judith Bergs, Anna S. Morr, Rafaela…

Biology: 2024 Best Paper Award — Winners Announced

Biology: 2024 Best Paper Award — Winners Announced The MDPI Award Committee has selected the paper “Sexual Dimorphism in Extracellular Matrix Composition and Viscoelasticity of the Healthy and Inflamed Mouse Brain” as the winner of the Biology 2024 Best Paper Award. The award is selected by the award committee based on the overall evaluation of the…

Measuring tissue rigidity could improve MS monitoring

Researchers from Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin and the Max Delbrück Center have new findings on brain stiffness as a marker of neuroinflammation in multiple sclerosis to report. In this section, they answer questions about their research findings. Source Silva RV et al. Cortical matrix remodeling as a hallmark of relapsing-remitting neuroinflammation in MR elastography and quantitative MRI. Acta…

Prof. Ingolf Sack und Dr. Kandice Tanner © Max-Planck-Gesellschaft

Dr. Kandice Tanner receives the Max Planck-Humboldt Medal 2023 for a project in MRE at Charité

BIOQIC welcomes Kandice Tanner for a sabbatical in the labs of Ingolf Sack at Charité Berlin. Tanner receives funds to pursue a translational project in cancer biophysics using novel MR elastography technology developed at Charité. Tanner is a physicist and Senior Investigator at the Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute (NCI), National Institutes of…

New DFG research group on MRE in cancer (FOR5628)

How do tumors and metastases develop? What makes them resistant to treatment? We want to investigate these questions with a new research group at Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin using multifrequency magnetic resonance elastography (MRE). The project is being funded for four years by the German Research Foundation (DFG).

Article published: “Changes in Tissue Fluidity Predict Tumor Aggressiveness In Vivo” – congratulations to the authors!

Frank Sauer, Steffen Grosser, Mehrgan Shahryari, Alexander Hayn, Jing Guo, Jürgen Braun, Susanne Briest, Benjamin Wolf, Bahriye Aktas, Lars-Christian Horn, Ingolf Sack, Josef A. Käs;   First published: 08 August 2023; https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202303523 And as a spotlight on the charité-research-site: https://www.charite.de/forschung/paper_spotlight/2023/neue_erkenntnisse_zu_den_mechanischen_eigenschaften_von_tumoren/

Introductory courses and BIOQIC Day 2023

The first PhD students of the third and last BIOQIC cohort have started.Their introductory courses are scheduled for the week of July 3-7. Like previous times, the PhD students will learn about the basics of imaging and the methods used in our graduate program. Our annual BIOQIC day(s) will be held this year together with…