Imaging Seminar: New microstructure and functional MRI techniques for the investigation of the human brain
Event details
| Date | 13.11.2025 |
| Hour | 17:00 › 18:00 |
| Speaker | Prof. Ileana Jelescu, CHUV/UNIL |
| Location | |
| Category | Conferences - Seminars |
| Event Language | English |
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Abstract: Can diffusion MRI combined with biophysical modeling serve as an in vivo non-invasive microscope of the human brain? In this talk we will go through latest developments in white and gray matter modeling, as well as their applications and added value to the characterization of a variety of neuropsychiatric disorders. Lastly, we will present our latest work in using the apparent diffusion coefficient as a functional MRI contrast independent of neurovascular coupling to map neural activity in the white matter.
Bio: Ileana Jelescu is an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Biology and Medicine of the University of Lausanne, and in the Radiology Department of the Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV), where she leads the Microstructure Mapping Lab. She is a physicist with expertise in MRI microscopy, ultra-high field MRI, biophysical modeling, and tissue microstructure. She holds an Eccellenza Professorial Fellowship to develop in vivo brain microstructure quantification, as well as an ERC Starting Grant to develop novel functional MRI contrasts exploiting microstructure fluctuations during neuronal activity. Her training includes master's degrees from Ecole Polytechnique (France) and McGill University (Canada), a PhD from Université Paris-Saclay (France), a postdoc at New York University (USA) and a staff scientist position at CIBM, EPFL.
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Abstract: Can diffusion MRI combined with biophysical modeling serve as an in vivo non-invasive microscope of the human brain? In this talk we will go through latest developments in white and gray matter modeling, as well as their applications and added value to the characterization of a variety of neuropsychiatric disorders. Lastly, we will present our latest work in using the apparent diffusion coefficient as a functional MRI contrast independent of neurovascular coupling to map neural activity in the white matter.
Bio: Ileana Jelescu is an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Biology and Medicine of the University of Lausanne, and in the Radiology Department of the Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV), where she leads the Microstructure Mapping Lab. She is a physicist with expertise in MRI microscopy, ultra-high field MRI, biophysical modeling, and tissue microstructure. She holds an Eccellenza Professorial Fellowship to develop in vivo brain microstructure quantification, as well as an ERC Starting Grant to develop novel functional MRI contrasts exploiting microstructure fluctuations during neuronal activity. Her training includes master's degrees from Ecole Polytechnique (France) and McGill University (Canada), a PhD from Université Paris-Saclay (France), a postdoc at New York University (USA) and a staff scientist position at CIBM, EPFL.
The seminar is followed by an aperitif.
Registration appreciated
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