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News and Updates from the Norwegian 7T MR Center
Celebrating Doctoral Defenses at the 7T Center
We are thrilled to celebrate the achievements of our PhD candidates at the 7T Center! A heartfelt congratulations to Shuer Ye from the Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience, who successfully defended his thesis, “Brain functional reorganization in aging during naturalistic processing”, on May 28, 2026. Here are some highlights of the celebration:
Upcoming Defenses
We’re also excited to announce three upcoming defenses:
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Esin Avci-Colak will defend her thesis, "Through The Looking-Glass: Navigating Network Reorganization Across Lesion Damage In The Brain" on June 8, 2026. More details
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Laura Beghini will defend her thesis, "B0 Field Homogeneity and Stability in Gradient-Echo Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Human Spinal Cord", on June 11, 2026. More details
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Marc-Antoine Fortin will defend his thesis, "From Inputs to Algorithms: Advancing Brain Segmentation at Ultra-High Field Magnetic Resonance Imaging", on June 16, 2026. More details
Join us in celebrating these milestones!
User Meeting 05.06.2026
There will be a meeting for all users at the 7T Center Friday 5th of June from 11-12 on Teams. Contact Corinna (Coordinator) if you want to join!
The agenda will be:
- Information about the Terra.X Upgrade and new functionality
- Bookitlab and booking rules
- Information about scan time allocations.
Newsletter May 2026
Here are some news and updates, including some information about the system upgrade, the upcoming user meeting, HUMANI funding for events and the HUMANI seminar in Februray 2027.