Vampire

Software Suite for Retinal Image Analysis & International Collaborative Project of Image Processing and Clinical Centres in UK and worldwide.

[SINAPSE @SINAPSECENTRE]

Congratulations to Dr Tom MacGillivray @TomJMacg at Edinburgh Uni who has been awarded this year's CSO Clinical Imaging Innovation and Partnership Award for the project "Tracking kidney disease through the eye: translating research to build an innovate clinical imaging service"

[The Lothian Birth Cohorts @EdinUniLBC]

Meet Sam Gibbon, a new PhD student on our team!

Sam will work with Dr Tom MacGillivray @EdinUniBrainSci and Prof Emanuele Trucco @dundeeuni to study how changes in the #retina relate to #cognitive decline.

Welcome on board, Sam!

@gibbon_samuel @SINAPSECENTRE @vampire_retina

[Simon Cox @SimonRCox]

Mind-blowing that these brain images were acquired at the bedside with a portable MRI at 0.064-T (and an iPad). https://t.co/5jwMZfQ2Rm

[Edinburgh Imaging 💙 @EdinUniImaging]

Quantitative measurements of enlarged perivascular spaces in the brain are associated with retinal microvascular parameters in older community-dwelling subjects. https://t.co/Lxh77ktO5x @lucia_ballerini @fergusdoubal @EdinUniBrainSci @vampire_retina @UoE_Psychology #Ageing #MRI

[ClinicalBrainScience @EdinUniBrainSci]

Many congrats to Una Clancy on winning BOTH the judges prize & the audience vote prize for her talk on the Mild #Stroke Study 3 @ Royal Society of Medicine virtual meeting! Thanks to all the funders of the study (tagged in image).
@EdinUniNeuro @EdinUniImaging @NHSResearchScot

[NHS Lothian @NHS_Lothian]

You should continue to work from home where possible, even if your workplace has opened. For advice on how to travel safely and what to expect at work go to 👉 https://t.co/hvX4caD9ht

[The Lothian Birth Cohorts @EdinUniLBC]

Food for thought: a study with LBC1936 @corley_janie suggests 'closer adherence to the MIND diet may constitute a valid public health recommendation for prolonged survival': https://t.co/1hz8vkzZ6z

@NutritionSoc @CUP_med_health @age_uk @TheAgeingLab @PHE_uk @P_H_S_Official

[The Lothian Birth Cohorts @EdinUniLBC]

Fantastic news! Dr Colin Buchanan @siliconsoup is one of the winners of the @g2_pd postdoc competition ‘Picture that research!’ with his image of white matter fibre tracts showing connectivity across the human brain!

Congratulations, Colin!

@EdinUniImaging
@The_MRC
@NIH

[The Lothian Birth Cohorts @EdinUniLBC]

Is cognitive change between 11-70 years a useful predictor of cognitive decline from 70-82 years? Find out in @FedePConte’s talk @AIPsperimentale, streamed live today at 13.30 BST in Italian!

https://t.co/9318AAdRc5

[The Lothian Birth Cohorts @EdinUniLBC]

The 51st issue of the Disconnected Mind Newsletter is now available online: https://t.co/AS4dciziGr

Catch up with the teams’ news, including our latest publications and events, learn about our new Principle Investigator and get an update from our colleagues @age_uk!

[Lucia Ballerini @lucia_ballerini]

Prof. Scott F. Gilbert: "Microbes want to party", "fantasy allows us to plan the future", "the immune system is never in harmony" #meeting20 #Meetigers

[Vampire @vampire_retina]

In case you missed this fantastic talk on THE WONDER OF INTERDEPENDENCE by Prof. Gilbert @MeetingRimini it's still available on demand here till the 23rd
https://t.co/YsrsqexjII

[Vampire @vampire_retina]

Paper On #retina and #perivascular #spaces accepted on CCCB @EdinUniLBC @EdinUniImaging Preprint here: https://t.co/dWob8t3rvm

[Lucia Ballerini @lucia_ballerini]

"Life did not take over the globe by combat, but by networking" #gilbert at @MeetingRimini #meeting20 #meetigers

[Lucia Ballerini @lucia_ballerini]

"Mice who have bacteria are sociable" #gilbert at #meeting20 #meetigers @EdinUniImaging

[School of Engineering @SchoolOfEng_UoE]

A new study led by the School of Engineering with @roslininstitute has found that wearing a face mask could block 99.9% of #Covid19-linked droplets generated through speaking or coughing.

Read the full story: https://t.co/5qKoFX6hcW

@VOILAb_UoE, @bandiera_lucia, @fmenolascina

[Edinburgh Imaging 💙 @EdinUniImaging]

Dr MacGillivray, @EdinburghUni & Professor Trucco, @dundeeuni have been awarded the High Growth Spinout Programme funding from @scotent on a joint spinout project for eye-scan software targeting life-threatening disease. https://t.co/LNeTC59GsI @vampire_retina #RetinalImaging

[University of Dundee @dundeeuni]

The eyes have it: @UoDRIS and @EdinInnovations have received @scotent funding to take software that can detect life-threatening conditions from a simple eye examination from the lab to the high street 👁️

Read more here 👉 https://t.co/HSulzZnlga

[SINAPSE @SINAPSECENTRE]

Great news about #RetinalImaging collaboration between SINAPSE research teams @vampire_retina receiving backing for commercialisation - latest outcome from #optical #imaging joint initiative with fellow research pools @SULSAtweets @physicsscotland supported by @ScotFundCouncil