This was a gathering of the MNE-Python project developers for the purpose of focused collaborative software development. Anyone interested can contact Roman on r.s.goj@stir.ac.uk.

Best proffered platform presentation: Gavin Merrifield for his talk on “Experimental Measurements of Preclinical fMRI (In)Stability”. Gavin was a SINAPSE student at Edinburgh and now works as a post doc …more

At Cancer Research UK Beatson Institute, we have a Scientific Officer position. The selected candidate will help in the micro PET/SPECT/CT pre-clinical imaging. So, we are looking for a person …more

Explaining research in plain language is far from simple. At the annual SINAPSE induction event we emphasise the importance of communicating with a lay audience and Cordelia Ditton, from Voice …more

This is an exciting opportunity to develop medical research imaging analysis at the University of Edinburgh. Full details from University of Edinburgh recruitment – reference 022557

Professor John Pickard was Chair of the SINAPSE International Advisory Board. His long and distinguished career was marked by a Festshrift on 14th March at St Catherine’s College, Cambridge. Professor …more

CENSIS, the Innovation Centre for Sensors and Imaging Systems, was formally launched on 14th January. Presentations were made by Fergus Ewing, Scottish Minister for Energy, Enterprise and Tourism; Steve Beaumont, …more

An exciting 3 year post-doc position for an imaging physicist to do develop MR parameters of invasion in small animal models of glioblastoma is available in Glasgow. The closing date …more

FameLab is an exciting competition to find the new voices of science and engineering. Ourania will appear in the Scottish Finals that will take place at Summerhall in Edinburgh on …more

The closing date for applications is 31st January 2014. Please visit http://www.ccace.ed.ac.uk/students-training/postgraduates/phd-studentships for the full adverts and application form

Dr Sally Pimlott, who Chairs the SINAPSE Molecular Imaging Committee, and Dr Adriana Tavares, who was one of the first students to successfully complete a PhD in the SINAPSE Graduate …more

Congratulations to Profesor David Newby’s team in Edinburgh, including Edwin van Beek, the SINAPSE Professor of Clinical Radiology, for their paper in the Lancet, November 11, 2013. The SINAPSE award …more

Issues that were discussed included: •Lie detection •Memory accuracy •Juror or witness bias •Mitigating circumstance •Establish ‘diminished capacity’ to reduce sentencing •Determine if a prisoner is ‘ready for release’   …more

Researchers around Scotland who use MRI, PET, SPECT or ultrasound can join SINAPSE and benefit from our support activities including the jiscmail helplines. Instructions on how to do this are …more

Congratulations to Liz Jameson whose poster on ‘PET Isotope-Mediated Release and Labelling of Radiotracers‘ won a prize at the UK PET Conference 2013 in Newcastle