Previous Photos of the Week
June 4, 2008
Conference season has been with us again recently. Among a number of trips by group members, Rachel and Alison attended the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine annual meeting, held in Toronto, Canada, in May. There were numerous lecture sessions and many posters on MRI with hyperpolarized media, including noble gases and condensed phases, as well moelcuar imaging appoaches with MRI, MRI hardware, and other techniques. Rachel is shown presenting her poster on the orientation dependence of pulmonary oxygen concentration, before Rachel and Alison headed off to see the city views from the nearby CN Tower. More details on Rachel's exciting study can be found here.
April 28, 2008
An exciting new project just beginning in the Walsworth group is the development of a laser-based astro-comb. The new laser-measuring device will provide a critical advance in the resolution of current planet-finding techniques, making the discovery of Earth-sized planets outside our solar system possible. The discovery of such planets, called "exoplanets", is one of the hottest fields in astronomy. The work was recently published in Nature, with extensive commentary in the April 03 issue. The work has also featured in a Harvard News release, and the MIT Technology Review. Above, Ron and Chih-Hao are shown inspecting the novel laser used in this project. More details on this new and exciting project can be found here.
April 14, 2008
An exciting new project just beginning in the Walsworth group is the development of a laser-based astro-comb. The new laser-measuring device will provide a critical advance in the resolution of current planet-finding techniques, making the discovery of Earth-sized planets outside our solar system possible. The discovery of such planets, called "exoplanets", is one of the hottest fields in astronomy and holds great promise to increase our understanding of Earth's solar system and of how life first took hold on this planet. The work has just been published in Nature, with extensive commentary in the April 03 issue. The work has also featured in a Harvard News release, and appeared on the Harvard University home page. More details on this new and exciting project can be found here.
April 2, 2008
An exciting new project just beginning in the Walsworth group is the development of a laser-based astro-comb. The new laser-measuring device will provide a critical advance in the resolution of current planet-finding techniques, making the discovery of Earth-sized planets outside our solar system possible. The discovery of such planets, called "exoplanets", is one of the hottest fields in astronomy and holds great promise to increase our understanding of Earth's solar system and of how life first took hold on this planet. The work has just been published in Nature, with extensive commentary in the April 03 issue. The work has also featured in a Harvard News release, and on the Harvard University home page. More details on this new and exciting project can be found here.
January 25, 2008
Ross was recently invited to Norway to present a key-note lecture on biological MRI applications to the bi-annual Norwegian National NMR conference. The conference was held in Oppdal, a small ski-resort town about 2 hours drive from the coastal city of Trondheim. Ross gave an overview of the use of hyperpolarized helium for lung imaging, and then a summary of our recent studies of posture-dependance on lung function using our open-access MRI scanner. The pictures show Ross giving his presentation, and the view from the conference hotel. More details on the program of human lung imaging with the open-access MRI scanner can be seen here.
