| Date | Speaker | topic |
| April 13th 2026 | ||
| March 30th 2026 | Suvi Häkkinen | Functional imaging of hippocampal layers using VASO on the Next Generation (NexGen) 7T |
| March 16th 2026 | Wietske van der Zwaag | Mesoscale (f)MRI of the Cerebellum |
| March 2nd 2026 | Alard Roebroeck | Imaging layer specific meso- and microstructure in the human brain with ex vivo MRI and light sheet microscopy |
| Feb 16th 2026 | Holiday (Presidents Day) | |
| Feb 2nd 2026 | Dana Ramadan | Macrovascular contributions to resting-state fMRI signals: A comparison between EPI and bSSFP at 9.4 Tesla |
| Jan 19th 2026 | Tony Carricarte | Layer-specific spatiotemporal dynamics of feedforward and feedback in human visual object perception |
| Christmas break | ||
| Dec 8th 2025 | Saskia Bollmann | Towards Quantitative Analysis of Vascular Characteristics in the Human Brain |
| Nov 24th 2025 | Alejandro Monreal | layer-fMRI spirals: VASO fMRI spirals, 11.7T fMRI spirals, etc. |
| Nov 10th 2025 | Omer Faruk Gulban | Meso-vessel imaging with 7 T MRI: Linking anatomy and function in living humans |
| Oct 27th 2025 | Renzo Huber: PNS Optimized Pulses for EPI (POPE): Simple adjustment to gradient pulse shape for practical high-resolution fMRI. https://layerfmri.page.link/POPE Divya Varadarajan: SurfScribe: Cortical surface–driven automated online slice prescription applied to ultra-high-resolution vascular MRI Renzo Huber: LN2_FRISGO: A software solution for artifact mitigation in fast high-resolution fMRI. https://layerfmri.page.link/LN2_FRISGO Alessandra Pizzuti: Layer-fmri at 0.4 mm isotropic meets vascular mapping (0.35 mm iso): Partners or Confounders? | |
| Oct 13th 2025 | CMRR workshop | Hands on layer-fMRI analysis course with LayNii, FreeSurfer, and BrainVoyager. By Luca Vizioli, Renzo Huber, Jonathan Polimeni, Rainer Goebel. |
| Sept 29th 2025 | Shahin Nasr | Mesoscale cortical plasticity in humans revealed by high-resolution functional MRI |
| Sept 15th 2025 | Amelia Strom | Quantification of cerebral cortical displacement driven by visual stimulation using motion-encoded stimulated-echo EPI at 7T |
| Sept 1st 2025 | Labor Day | NO MEETING |
| Aug 18th 2025 | Sharif Kronemer | The human brain mechanisms of afterimages: From networks to cortical layers |
| Aug 4th 2025 | Marianna Schmidt | Mesoscale functional connectivity within the human primary visual cortex |
| June/July | summer break | NO MEETING |
| May 27th | Faruk Gulban | Faster, Finer, Higher, Larger with LayNii IDA: Meso Veins Meet Layer fMRI in High-Speed Data Exploration for the New Mesoscopic Era |
| May 12th | canceled | ISMRM Hawaii |
| April 28th | Stephanie, Khazar, Renzo, Marco | ISMRM mock presentations: dynamic CSF volume imaging, 3rd order shim, layer-fMRI in hippocampus, layer-toolbox |
| April 14th | Elisa Zamboni | Mapping Curvature Domains in Human V4 Using CBV-Sensitive Layer-fMRI at 3T |
| March 31st | canceled | ISMRM workshop Annapolis |
| March 17th | Gabi Lohmann | Cylarim: a new tool for laminar-specific fMRI analysis |
| March 3rd | Fraser Aitken | layer-fMRI and epilepsy |
| Feb 17th | canceled | Holiday (Washingtons birthday) |
| Feb 3rd | Renzo Huber | Updates on EPI artifact mitigations: towards whole brain layer-fMRI with faster TRs |
| Jan 22nd 10:30am | Emma Brouwer | Cerebellar imaging using 7T MRI |
| Winter break | ||
| Nov 27th | Lonike Faes | layer-fMRI in Auditory cortex: VASO sequence, NORDIC denoising, odd-ball tasks |
| Nov 13th | Khazar Ahmadi | Deep dive into hippocampus from a laminar perspective |
| Oct 30th | ISMRM abstracts | |
| Oct 16th | Grace Edwards | layer-fMRI language effects in V1 |
| Oct 2nd | Yuhui Chai | Blood-nulling versus tissue-suppression: Enhancing integrated VASO and perfusion (VAPER) contrast for laminar fMRI |
| Sept 18th | Tyler Morgan | Investigating neural responses using fast, non-selective MRI |
| Sept 4th | Daniel Haenelt | Understanding biases in functional magnetic resonance imaging |
| Aug 21st | Praveen Valsala | Accelerating bSSFP-fMRI with Spiral Readouts |
| Aug 7th | Renzo, Joelle, Tyler | 7TANA highlights |
| July 31st | Renzo Huber | 7T initiatives across sites |
| July 25th Thursday | Yulia Lazarova | |
| July 22th Monday | Alessandra Pizzuti | |
| July 10th | OHBM debriefing | Renzo on holidays |
| Jun 26th | OHBM | canceled |
| June 12th | Faruk Gulban | Phase Jolt fMRI |
| May 29th | Sebastian Dresbach | Laminar CBV and BOLD response-characteristics over space and time in human primary somatosensory cortex at 7T |
| May 15th | ISMRM post discusion | |
| May 1st, 2024 B1D55 | ISMRM mock presentations | Burak (Layer-ReHo), Renzo (lower brain structures) |
| April 31st 2024 virtual | ISMRM mock presentations | Tyler: DIANA & VAPER |
| April 17th, 2024 B1D55 | ISMRM preparations | Kenny (T1234), Lasse (NORDIC) |
| April 3rd, 2024 B1D55 | ISMRM mock presentations | Renzo (Motion symposium) |
| March 20th, 2024 B1D55 | Alessandra Pizzuti, about motion quartet | confirmed |
| March 6th, 2024 B1D55 | Marco Barilari: Characterizing multisensory integration and cross-modal plasticity in the cortex layers using VASO at high-res (7T) | hybrid |
| Feb 21st,2024, | Yuhui Chai | Improving laminar fMRI specificity by reducing macrovascular bias revealed by respiration effects |
| Feb 7th, 2024 virtual | Dongho Kim on Attention effects in human S1 | DIFFERENT TIME: 9:30am, virtual only |
| Jan 24th, 2024, virtual | SE-BOLD GE-BOLD, Face perception in V1 and ventral | Luca Vizioli, virtual only |
| Dec 27th | canceled | Christmas break |
| Dec 13th | Burak Akin | layer-fMRI patch analysis to look for instantaneous layer profiles |
| Nov 29th | Ethan Buch:layer-fMRI VASO on motor learning (Leo Cohen’s lab) | layer-fMRI VASO on motor learning (Leo Cohen’s lab) |
| Nov 15th | Canceled | due to SFN in DC |
| Nov 1st | ISMRM abstracts | 10:30-11:30 |
| Oct 18th | Kenny Chung: T1234 EPI. | Discussions of what we will submit on Nov 8th.10:30-11:30 |
| Oct 4th | Canceled | Canceled due to Boston Workshop : https://education.martinos.org/workshop-on-laminar-fmri/ |
| Sept 20th | Rehearsal talks for layer-FMRI talks in Boston | 10:30-11:30 |
| Sept 6th | Grant HartungVAN layers | Title: Capillary density induces “microvascular biases” in layer-fMRI BOLD: insights from realistic vascular modeling |
| Aug 23rd | Canceled due to holidays | |
| Aug 9th | OHBM debriefing? | |
| July 26th | Canceled due to OHBM | |
| July 12th | Jiajia presents | Layer-specific finger representations in human area 3b, abstract. |
| June 28th | high -resolution VASO in focal hand dystonia patients | Silvina HorovitzNote that this meeting will be 30 min earlier. |
| June 14th | ISMRM post discussion | Renzo Huber |
| May 31st | ISMRM rehearsal presentations | Renzo will present 9 min talk on fuzzy ripples and 20 min educational lecture on recent advances in the field of layer-fmri. Yuhui presented the VAPER connectivity. |
| May 17th | Daniel Zaldivar | Layer dependent changes of neural activity underlying laminar fMRI |
| May 3rd | Faruk | Tutorial on ITK snap segmentation, QnATo video https://youtu.be/tIuKG3rtVk4 |
| April 19th | Tyler | Cortical-subcortical connection overview |
| April 5th | Sam Audrain and Andrew Persicetti | Talking about their endeavors to capture layer-fMRI in some of the most inferior parts of the cortex. |
| March 22nd | Eli Meriam | Informal discussion of future layer fMRI study on texture processing in V1/V2 |
| March 8th | DIANA with Aneurin Kennerley | Tyler and Renzo are considering inviting Aneurin Kennerley to present his results with human line scanning at 3T. Aneurin confirmed |
| Feb 22nd | Atena Akbari | phase-regression and VASO for layer-fMRI in ocular dominance columns |
| Feb 8th | Jun Hua | Jun Hua will present his work on layer-fMRI with memory encoding in the entorhinal cortex. |
| Jan 25th 2023 | Sohuyn Han’s papers on Spin echo | Han S, Eun S, Cho H, Uludaǧ K, Kim SG. Improved laminar specificity and sensitivity by combining SE and GE BOLD signals. NeuroImage. 2022 www.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2022.119675 Mini talk summary: https://youtu.be/ebDwcmcP4hw Han SH, Eun S, Cho HJ, Uludaǧ K, Kim SG. Improvement of sensitivity and specificity for laminar BOLD fMRI with double spin-echo EPI in humans at 7 T. NeuroImage. 2021 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2021.118435 |
| Jan 11th 2023 | Canceled | Canceled |
| Dec 28th 2022 | Probably canceled with people on holidays? | |
| Dec 14th 2022 | One week before the OHBM deadline.Discussion of abstracts to be submitted | |
| Nov 30th 2022 | Yuhui presents connectivity results | Layer-specific functional connectivity with 3D VAPER fMRI http://submissions.mirasmart.com/ISMRM2023/ViewSubmissionPublic.aspx?sei=4oW3ybRR7 |
| Nov 2nd 2022 | canceled | |
| October 19th 2022 | Erwin Hahn Lecture | https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuA0pYRPZ4uAvC2uIHggzyQHveRrHLosx |
This page gives an overview of the bi-weekly meetings of layer-fMRI researchers at NIH/Maastricht/MGH and and friends. We meet every other week on Monday 10:00am (EST).
Email reminders are sent via the listserv: layer-fmri@researchlist.partners.org. You can subscribe by sending an email to subscribe-layer_fmri@researchlist.partners.org or contact me, and I can add you to the list.
We use this conference channel: https://mgb-org.zoom.us/my/layerfmri.
Some presentations are recorded. The Youtube channel of all recordings is here and embedded below (select video out of playlist with he button on the top right).
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