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UBSN Newsletter Issue 10

We are excited to share with you the 10th issue of our UBSN Newsletter (click here to view online), featuring a newly published high-impact study led by our associate director.   Please enjoy the newsletter. Thank you for your support! 

Photo Album of Capacity Building Scheme Seminar by Dr Grace XIE

UBSN warmly introduces Dr. Grace XIE to all participants who joined our seminar titled "Automatic Segmentation of White Matter Hyperintensities from Brain Magnetic Resonance Images-Does AI Model Perform Better"

Photo Album of Visit by Delegates of Guangzhou Medical University

UBSN had the honour to introduce UBSN facilities to visitors from Guangzhou Medical University.

Photo Album of Visit by Prof Peter HAGOORT

UBSN was very enthusiastic about the special visit of Prof. Peter HAGOORT.

UBSN Best Paper Award 2024

UBSN is pleased to announce the results of the UBSN Best Paper Award 2024. This award is to acknowledge and honour UBSN users for their outstanding papers published in academic journals in the past year. The aim is to promote neuroscience research and help advance the quality of research conducted by UBSN PIs.   This year, we received a remarkable number of impressive applications, and we extend our sincere appreciation to all the applicants. After a rigorous evaluation process by our panel of judges from the UBSN Management Committee, we are delighted to announce the winners of Gold, Silver, and Bronze Awards. The winners have showcased outstanding research accomplishments by utilising UBSN equipment.   We would like to congratulate the following winners and their innovative research:   Award Winner Dept. Paper Title Journal Gold Prof. Kenneth FONG RS Priming Intermittent Theta Burst Stimulation for Hemiparetic Upper Limb After Stroke: A Randomized Controlled Trial Stroke Silver Dr. Yvonne HAN RS Effects of multisession cathodal transcranial direct current stimulation with cognitive training on sociocognitive functioning and brain dynamics in autism: A double-blind, sham-controlled, randomized EEG study Brain Stimulation Bronze Prof. Lei SUN BME Modulation of deep neural circuits with sonogenetics PNAS   Each winner will receive funding support for using UBSN equipment to encourage their ongoing pursuit of impactful research. Please join us in congratulating the winners of the UBSN Best Paper Award 2024 for their excellent achievements.

Photo Album of HKU Shenzhen Hospital Visitors

UBSN was thrilled to have the privilege of welcoming visitors from Hong Kong University - Shenzhen Hospital.

Event Highlights of UBSN Open Day 2024

UBSN Open Day 2024 (4th May 2024) was a huge success, thanks to our director, associate director, keynote speakers, plenary speakers, sponsors, participating student helpers, visitors, UBSN users and all our staff members.   UBSN would like to extend congratulations once again to the winners of the Best Paper Award for their innovative research. We also wish you all a year filled with fruitful research!   Thank you for your support. We hope to see you again soon in the future!   Please find below some highlights from the event:  

Photo Album of UBSN Open Day 2024

UBSN held its first-ever Open Day 2024 (4th May 2024). We also wish you all a year filled with fruitful research and we hope to see you again soon in the future!  

Photo Album of Capacity Building Scheme Seminar by Dr Pearl CHEN

UBSN shares the excitement to have Dr. Pearl CHEN give us a seminar titled "Introduction of Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI): An Update"

Photo Album of Philomathia Foundation Visitors

UBSN is delighted to extend a warm welcome Visitors of the Philomathia Foundation to UBSN.