CYRIL: Engineering Light to Monitor Metabolism
By Felipe Orihuela-Espina Back in 1977, Jöbsis’ original intention was to measure tissue metabolism through the spectroscopic measurement of cytochrome-c-oxidase (CCO). CCO is the terminal electron acceptor responsible for catalyzing oxygen to produce ATP (over 95%) in the biochemical chain of the aerobic metabolism of glucose. In other words, CCO is an excellent biomarker of […]
Featured Artist: Jenny Jeiyoun Park
By Jenny Jeiyoun Park My art is inspired by the imagery and sentiment experienced through daily rituals and familiarities that are evoked within scientific academia, an attempt to bridge the disconnect between the spheres of art and science. The process of scientific discovery is expressed through the depiction of researchers in dynamic interaction to demystify […]
Featured Labs: Culver Optical Radiology Laboratory
By Adam Eggbrecht In the Optical Radiology Laboratory at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Joe Culver and his lab have been expanding applications of their optical imaging systems in mice and in humans.
Featured Labs: Naseer Neurorobotics Research Group
By Noman Naseer The Neurorobotics Research Group, headed by Dr. Noman Naseer, has been working on developing fNIRS-based brain-computer interfaces since 2015. The group is part of the Mechatronics Engineering Department at Air University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
A New Portable & Wearable fNIRS-EEG System
By Luca Pollonini In this edition of the newsletter we report on the trending development of portable and wearable fNIRS instruments by featuring the work of Kassab et al. recently published as a technical report in Human Brain Mapping, 39: 7–23 (2017).
A New fNIRS System from China
by Chunming Lu Over the past decade, fNIRS has become increasingly popular for brain scanning in China. While more and more groups are applying fNIRS in their research programs, others are trying to develop systems. In 2015, a new system, BrainScan N3001, was released. BrainScan N3001 is the first commercially available fNIRS system developed in China […]
fNIRS Symposium at Boston University Neurophotonics
By Meryem Yucel Boston University Neurophotonics Center hosted a one-day fNIRS symposium and reception this January (http://www.bu.edu/neurophotonics/2017/09/27/fnirs-symposium-2018/). Organized by David A. Boas, Juliette Selb -and me-, the symposium featured compelling application talks by experts in the field.
NIRStralia recap
By Dany Forster The first ever Australian NIRS meeting NIRStralia happened on 31 January 2018. The event was hosted by Dr Justin Skowno of The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, and was the first time that both NIRS clinicians and researchers will came together to share their knowledge and experiences of NRIS. There were 35 attendees […]
MexNIRS 2017 Recap
By Kaja Jasinska and Felipe Orihuela-Espina On Oct 20-21, 2017, the Mexican Symposium on NIRS Neuroimaging (MEXNIRS) was held at the Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica Óptica y Electrónica – INAOE (National Institute for Astrophysics Optics and Electronics) in San Andrés Cholula, Puebla, México
First Italian-French Workshop
By Sabrina Brigadoi Save the date for a joint Italian-French workshop (Cerebral oximetry and functional near infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS))!