A letter from our Chair Dear GliMR Member,  We are very happy that we are now able to structure our GliMR working group of the ESMRMB. It is a time of transition for us as GliMR, where we are...

POSITIONS AVAILABLE FOR EARLY CAREER RESEARCHERS AS A GUEST EDITOR ON A MAGMA SPECIAL ISSUE IN 2025

GliMR is excited to announce an upcoming webinar titled ‘The Future of GliMR: Insights from Other Networks.’ As we approach the conclusion of the COST grant period for Action GliMR in March 2024, the core team has been actively...

GliMR participated in this year’s ESMRMB annual meeting, in Basel, Switzerland, with the session “Glimr Collaborative Session“. This 90 minutes session included presentations by GliMR members Esther Warnert, Patricia Clement, Vera Keil, Joana Pinto, Fatemehsadat Arzanforoosh and Esin Ozturk Isik. Additionally,...

Our Visuals Team has been working hard. They created an official GliMR powerpoint template, that you can find here. Please use this template when presenting GliMR-related work!

WG2 is identifying which platforms and databases are available to European researchers to share their neuroimaging datasets. The goal of this study is to write a review paper with the list of infrastructures identified. We welcome you to help...

Congratulations to our Researcher of the Month: Stephan Heunis of the Psychoinformatics Lab, Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine, Brain & Behaviour (INM-7), Research Centre Jülich, Jülich, Germany and SYNC Lab, Erasmus School of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Erasmus University...

GliMR organised the second webinar within the series ‘Bridging GliMR’s technical and clinical aspects’, Friday 13 October 2023. During the second webinar, Thomas Booth and Otto Henriksen focussed on the unmet needs of the post-treatment glioma monitoring. Thomas Booth...

In May, we held our 4th GliMR Annual Meeting ‘Past, Present, and Future’ meeting in Porto. MR in glioma, AI, patient involvement, GliMR projects, funding tips, speed dating, and of course our amazing treasure hunt! Relive the meeting here!...

We are proud to announce that the two reviews from WG1 on the use of advanced MRI on preoperative glioma characterization have been published! We would like to congratulate Gilbert Hangel, Lydiane Hirschler, and Jan Petr, and Bárbara Schmitz Abecassis...

GliMR is proud to present a new webinar series, entitled ‘Bridging GliMR’s technical and clinical aspects’. Our first webinar of the series took place on Tuesday 18 april. The new webinar series will connect the technical and clinical side...

Our COST Action has officially been extended.

Congratulations to our Researcher of the Month: Rui Simões of the Institute for Research and Innovation in Health (i3S), Porto, Portugal. Rui has a background in biochemistry (University of Coimbra, Portugal) and extensive experience in preclinical MRI, MRS, and...

 If you are an Early Career Investigator (ECI) [1] working in a participating Inclusiveness Target Country (ITC) [2], and you are your presenting your work on glioma imaging or on the development of advanced MRI techniques with potential for glioma imaging at the upcoming International...

On behalf of the (new) Webinar Team, we would like to invite GLiMR members and all interested peers to let us know their opinions on planned Webinar content.  Broadly, the plan is to offer ‘clinical need’ and/or ‘technical progress’ oriented...

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Thank you for attending our training school in Dublin!

Congratulations to our Researcher of the Month: Rui Duarte of the Hospital Beatriz Ângelo in Lisbon, Portugal. Rui is a medical doctor close to finishing his neuroradiology residency at Hospital Beatriz Ângelo in Lisbon, Portugal. He was a visiting...

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Thank you for attending our annual meeting in Turkey!

Congratulations to our Researcher of the Month and GliMR Member nr. 200: Ricardo Loução of the University Hospital of Cologne, Germany. Ricardo is a biomedical engineer working at the University Hospital of Cologne, as part of the “functional imaging, neuromodulation, and...

The statement is a result of a joint effort of researchers from eight European countries and the US, highlighting evidence gaps and provides a focus for combining resources to tackle these gaps Researchers from the School of Biomedical Engineering...

Working Group 1 is proud to announce the publication of two systematic reviews on the use of advanced MR imaging for high-grade glioma treatment response monitoring. Both reviews are published in the Frontiers in Oncology and can be downloaded...

The European network GliMR published an article collection to highlight the potential of advanced MRI techniques to improve diagnosis and treatment of glioma, a type of brain cancer with poor chances of survival, affecting 44,000 patients yearly in the...

As part of the MAGMA Special Issue, GliMR has published an editorial on ‘Micro- and macroscale magnetic resonance imaging of glioma’. This editorial elaborates on the need for advanced MRI techniques in the diagnosis, prognosis, and follow-up of glioma...

In Februari 2022, GliMR published a MAGMA Special Issue, entitled ‘Micro- to Macroscale Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Glioma’, which you can find here. The aim of this special issue was to promote research that focuses on advancing MRI to...

GliMR participated at the 2nd Annual Meeting of the Iberian Chapter of ISMRM as an exhibitor and presenter! This 2-day meeting was held in Lisbon in June and was attended by approximately 100 researchers and stakeholders. Thank you for having us, @ISMRMIberian!

We would like to ask for your support with participation in the following survey about your current use of rs-fMRI. It shouldn’t take more than a couple of minutes to complete, and it will help us get an updated picture of the...

 If you are an Early Career Investigator (ECI) [1] working in a participating Inclusiveness Target Country (ITC) [2], and you are your presenting your work on glioma imaging or on the development of advanced MRI techniques with potential for glioma imaging at the upcoming Organization...

Congratulations to our Researcher of the Month: Dr. Saritha Unnikrishnan. Dr. Saritha Unnikrishnan Dr. Saritha Unnikrishnan is a lecturer in the department of Computing and Electronics at the Atlantic Technological University (ATU) Sligo, Ireland. She received her B. Tech....

The month of March came to a remarkable end with the insightful GliMR webinar in which Dr. Gilbert Hangel talked about 7T MRI and its effects on the subject. His talk covered practical aspects of installing and performing patient studies with a...

From 7 May untill 12 May 2022, GliMR will be present on the ISMRM 31th Annual Meeting in London! Join us!

 If you are an Early Career Investigator (ECI) [1] working in a participating Inclusiveness Target Country (ITC) [2], and you are your presenting your work on glioma imaging or on the development of advanced MRI techniques with potential for glioma imaging, at the Joint Annual...

28 - 30 September 2022 Kusadasi - Turkey

Dr. Gilbert Hangel (Medical University of Vienna, Austria) will introduce us into the world of 7T. Scans at 7T can cause side-effects not observed at lower fields. This talk will discuss what to expect of biological effects of 7...

GliMR is expanding!  Currently, our community mostly exists from clinicians, physicist and engineers, leading to a abundance of technical and clinical knowledge and expertise. However, the preclinical field is not yet represented within our community, and we want to change...

GliMR is growing to become a grand and inclusive network, with 192 members from over 32 countries! However, we want to reach the magical number 200. Therefore, we organise a small competition. The GliMR member that introduces member nr...

Working Group 3 is proud to announce the publication of its systematic review on the use of advanced MR imaging to evaluate cancer therapy side effects in non-targeted brain regions. This review is published in the 2021 Special Issue...

Congratulations to our Researcher of the Month:  Ivar Wamelink. Ivar takes up the torch from Barbara as responsible for our social media accounts! WG5 would like to thank Bárbara Abecassis for all of her help and support in the past...

After the release of the animation video to inform patients about the reuse of medical data, GliMR is organizing a webinar during which GDPR for medical data will be discussed. More information will be announced soon.

Congratulations to our Researcher of the Month: Karin van Garderen Karin van Garderen is a PhD student at Erasmus MC Rotterdam in the Netherlands. Her background is in applied physics and computer science, with a special interest in machine learning and...

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On 28 September 2021, GliMR organised the first Hybrid Networking Event in Brno. This one-day event was joined by 75 participants in total (20 onsite and 55 virtual). We would like to thank all our participants and speakers. Presentations...

The Journal of Medical and Biological Engineering (JMBE) opened a call for papers for the special issue on “molecular imaging”. More information can be found below or here. Special Issue Information The aim of this special issue of the Journal...

We are hiring!  Two calls, one for a postdoctoral fellow and one for a research assistant, are now open to work in the field of functional brain network reorganization in glioma patients. The work will be done in the groups of Dr. Jorge Jovicich (Center...

Congratulations to our Researchers of the Month: Team Webinar Don’t forget to nominate one of our colleagues for researcher of the month! In our last newsletter, a call was posted for members interested in joining ‘Team Webinar’. Meet the...

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As a COST Action we are continuously looking for ways to connect all of you to advance MRI diagnostics for glioma. Therefore, GliMR organises the very first GliMR Hybrid Networking Event on September 28, 2021. This event will take place...

María Zambrano actions are OPEN ! Are you an academic or researcher with 2 years of postdoc experience and you want to make a research stay in the BDSLab?

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Submit your abstract for ESMRMB 2021! The deadline is extended to June 8th, 2021. More information can be found on the ESMRMB website. Make sure you use the proper COST and GliMR acknowledgements. This is one of the requirements...

Congratulations to our Researcher of the Month: Patrick Tang Don’t forget to nominate one of our colleagues for researcher of the month! Patrick Tang Patrick is a MSc student Technical Medicine at the Erasmus Medical Center in the Netherlands....

Dear colleagues, To facilitate standardized sharing of ASL data, a part of the ASL community has been working the last year of preparing the ASL extension of BIDS. Brain Imaging Data Structure (BIDS) is a standard for organizing, annotating,...

Postdoctoral Fellowship – Functional brain connectomics in glioma A postdoctoral position in functional brain connectomics in glioma will be available towards the end of 2021 to work with Dr. Silvio Sarubbo (Head of the Neurosurgery Unit, “S. Chiara” Hospital, Trento, Italy) and Prof. Jorge Jovicich (Head...

In a recent interview, Dr. Thomas Booth explained the need for more research on advanced MRI for glioma diagnosis. Read the interview here. Thomas is one of the UK representatives and affiliated with the School of Biomedical Engineering &...

In light of the development of GDPR-compliant consent forms and data sharing agreements, and the acceptance of the ‘Open Brain Consent’ paper, Dr. Cyril Pernet discusses the impact of GDPR on our work in an interview with the Organization...

We congratulate Working Group 2 with their paper ‘The Open Brain Consent: Informing research participants and obtaining consent to share brain imaging data’! The Open Brain Consent is an international initiative providing brain imaging researchers information about data sharing...

We are proud to announce the publication of the GliMR presentation paper.

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From 3 to 5 February, GliMR organised the second Annual Meeting. Although we had to meet virtually this year, many of our members joined this three-day programme. Find out who the winner is of the GliMR Price for best...

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For this years Wolrd Cancer Day, GliMR was invited to talk about the Action by the ESMRMB Podcast. Dr. Esther Warnert (chair) and Patricia Clement (Science Communication Officer) explained what we do, what we organise and how you can...

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Now, you can watch the presentations from the GliMR session during the ESMRMB Scientific Meeting 2020 again!

Congratulations to our Researcher of the Month: Dr. Ruben Nechifor Don’t forget to nominate one of our colleagues for researcher of the month! Dr. Ruben Nechifor With regret, Prof. Yelda Ozsunar is stepping down from the STSM coordinator position. We...

A full-time PostDoc position in MRI of Brain Oxygen Metabolism in brain cancer is available at the School of Psychology of the Cardiff University Brain Research Imaging Centre, United Kingdom, under the supervision of Dr. Mike Germuska, in collaboration...

A full-time, 3 year PostDoc position in Metabolic Neuroimaging is available at the School of Physics & Astronomy of the Cardiff University, United Kingdom under the supervision of Dr. Mike Germuska. This post is part of an exciting collaboration...

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We welcome Dr. Ruben Nechifor as our new STSM coordinator, and thank our former STSM coordinator Prof. Yelda Ozsunar for her time and expertise.

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Welcome to the second GliMR 2.0 COST Action meeting. Dear Members of GliMR, Colleagues and Friends, It is our great pleasure to welcome you to the GliMR Annual Meeting 2021, this year held online from 3rd to 5th February...

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On September 30th, GliMR hosted a session during the Annual (Virtual) Scientific Meeting from ESMRMB. Read more about it here!

The PhysImAls & FSL Course team is organising a mini-course on perfusion quantification for ASL. Find more information here!

Congratulations to our Researcher of the Month: Bárbara Abecassis Don’t forget to nominate one of our colleagues for researcher of the month! Bárbara Abecassis Bárbara is member of WG5 and responsible for our social media accounts Twitter and Instagram....

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You can actively contribute to the Annual Meeting as panellist, moderator or 'meet & greet' organiser!

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The call for abstracts for the annual meeting is open!

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The second edition of the GliMR Treasure Hunt will be held on Thursday February 4th, 2021. More information will follow soon.

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GliMR is guest editor for the 2022 special issue of MAGMA. The aim of this special issue is to promote research that focuses on advancing MRI to improve glioma imaging diagnostics. Find here the call of papers!

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GliMR invites all members for the second annual meeting, held virtually from the 3rd to the 5th of February 2021. Registration to open soon!

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GliMR established a new collaboration with The International Brain Tumour Alliance (IBTA) and published an introductory article in their magazine.

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GliMR hosted its first webinar in collaboration with Cercare Medical

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GliMR Live Stream at ESMRMB 2020

Congratulations to our Researcher of the Month: Jan Petr

List of the publications related to glioma imaging, published in July and August 2020

A fully funded PhD position is available at the Institute of technology Sligo, Ireland under the supervision of Dr. Saritha Unnikrishnan (IT Sligo), Dr. David Tormey (IT Sligo) and Dr. Ian McLoughlin (Galway Mayo IT). This project will be...

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Webinar: AI-driven analysis of Advanced Imaging Biomarkers for In-Depth Tumour Assessment

During the first Grant Period, nine researchers were awarded to perform a Short Term Scientific Mission. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, only four of them were able to (partially) finalize their mission. In this first part, Golestan and...

During the first Grant Period, nine researchers were awarded to perform a Short Term Scientific Mission. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, only four were able to (partially) finalize their mission. In this first part, Golestan and Ruben explain...

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Congratulations to our Researcher of the Month #3: Elli Paal

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GliMR welcomes some new participants from two new countries: Switzerland and Serbia

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List of the publications related to glioma imaging, published in May and June 2020

Two new books on imaging of gliomas have been published.

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Our Researcher of the month #2 is Dr Paula Croal

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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, ESMRMB will not be held as a physical meeting this year. However, an online meeting will be organised which will kick off on Wednesday Sept 30th, finishing on Friday October 2nd. We will keep...

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We are happy to announce a GliMR collaboration session during the 37th annual scientific meeting of ESMRMB on October 1-3 in Barcelona!

We welcome Dr. Joana Pinto as our new WG5 Vice-leader, and thank our former Vice-leader Prof. Özgür Öztekin for his time and expertise.

In the first edition of Researchers of the Month, two GliMR-stars of the core group are presented: Prof. dr. Yelda Ozsunar and Prof. dr. Patrícia Figueiredo. Prof. dr. Yelda Ozsunar Yelda, our STSM coordinator, is Neuroradiologist and currently doing...

After the succesfull WG2 hackathon, the work group has developed a GDPR compliant consent form, and is inviting the participants of GliMR to translate and review this form. Since 2018, data-sharing within the scientific community has become more complicated,...

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The first Short Term Scientific Mission grant call has finalized successfully! Eight applications were rewarded with a grant and will go on a STSM in the next month. In January, a first call for STSM grants was launched, for...