Summer Workshop in Neuroimaging

The 6-week summer workshop will focus on training in multiple imaging modalities. The training will include structural MRI, functional MRI, PET, MEG/EEG, and optical imaging. Our approach will be to focus the training on scientists who have experience with one imaging modality, and would like to integrate multiple imaging modalities in order to address neuroscience questions. Suitable participants for this training program are senior graduate students, medical students, post-doctoral fellows, and independent researchers. Furthermore, candidates must have knowledge of brain structure and function and have previous experience with at least one imaging modality. By taking participants that have already made a commitment and have a background in one modality, we can cross train in another modality and focus on teaching the potential, limitations and synergy in working with multiple modalities.  Participants will learn the principles of multiple imaging modalities, and receive hands-on experience on how to acquire, process, and interpret imaging data. Specifically,

• A series of basic lectures and imaging laboratory tours will allow trainees to understand the importance of multiple complementary imaging modalities and to learn the basic principles and required instrumentation for the five different imaging modalities.
• To gain further research experience, participants will spend three and half weeks in one imaging faculty's laboratory performing an independent summer research project. The choice of laboratory will be determined by the Steering Committee by considering the trainees' desire, background, and the number of trainees in a given laboratory. This training will include data acquisition, data processing, visualization, and interpretation. Thus, the participant will become familiar with the entire process of one imaging modality from data acquisition to interpretation. A key feature to this program is that the participant will write a protocol combining at least (two) imaging modalities for their proposed research, and they will present their summer research at the workshop.
• To demonstrate the synergy of multimodal neuroimaging, we will have a focused symposium in the domains of sensory/motor processing, clinical diagnosis, development, and therapeutics.

Please see the MNTP Program Description for information on applying to the workshop and the tentative schedule. For printed materials or questions, please contact us at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .