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"UBSN Best Paper" Award Is Now Open for Application!

UBSN has established an annual “UBSN Best Paper” award 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. The details of the award are as follows: Frequency: Annually Timeline: Submission deadline: 31 March of each year Award results will be announced on 1 May Eligibility: The corresponding author of the paper should be both a PolyU and UBSN PI. The paper should acknowledge UBSN in the “acknowledgment” section or list UBSN in the affiliation. For the 2024 award: The paper should be published in the last 2 years (i.e. between 01 January 2022 and 31 December 2023) From 2025 onward: The paper should be published in the preceding calendar year. Selection Criteria: The publication should be published in Q1 journals. The UBSN Management Committee will vote on all eligible applications. Awards: Gold Award (1 awardee): $2000 for using UBSN equipment (If the group plans to use Human MRI with an approved project, it will be upgraded to $16000) Silver Award (1 awardee): $1000 for using UBSN equipment (If the group plans to use Human MRI with an approved project, it will be upgraded to $8000) Bronze Award (1 awardee): $500 for using UBSN equipment (If the group plans to use Human MRI with an approved project, it will be upgraded to $4800) Each awardee will receive a certificate of commendation signed by the UBSN Director. Award results will be announced in the the UBSN Newsletter (June issue). Awardees will be invited to present their work through a poster display at UBSN.   Awardees will be invited to present their study at workshops or venues as deemed appropriate by UBSN. Application Form: You may download the application form by clicking HERE. Submit the completed form to UBSN via celia.dong@polyu.edu.hk before 31 March 2024. For any enquiries, please contact Dr. Celia Dong (E-mail: celia.dong@polyu.edu.hk), Tel: 2766 5384

29 Feb, 2024

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Photo Album of Visitors from Yonsei University South Korea

UBSN is excited to have Prof. Yi Chung Hwi and his colleagues from Yonsei University South Korea visiting us.

8 Feb, 2024

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Photo Album of UBSN TMS-fMRI Seminar by Martin Tik

UBSN has invited Dr. Martin TIK to give us a seminar on TMS-fMRI.

2 Feb, 2024

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Photo Album of Student Visitors from Zhejiang University

UBSN warmly welcomes student visitors from Zhejiang University to our centre.

26 Jan, 2024

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Photo Album of ERG Animal Neuroscience Workshop

It is our pleasure to invite Gaush Meditech Ltd to give an introduction on the principles and functions behind electroretinography in animal neuroscience studies.

12 Jan, 2024

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UBSN Newsletter Issue 08

We are excited to share with you the 8th issue of our UBSN Newsletter (click here to view online), featuring the neurogenetic studies led by one of our Capacity Building Scheme 2023 recipients.   Please enjoy the newsletter. Thank you for your support! 

28 Dec, 2023

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Mock MR Scanner Room Just Received a Child-Friendly Upgrade

UBSN is pleased to announce that the Mock MR Scanner at UBSN has gone even more child-friendly! A carefully designed wallpaper has been installed on all walls of the scanner room, to provide a more colourful and approachable experience for scanning participants.     The mock MR system is designed to provide participants an experience similar to what they will experience in the real MRI scanner. It includes a moving table, a realistic head coil, equipment for audio presentation of scanner noise, visual and audio stimulation system, and a set of button boxes for participants responses.   In practice, failed MRI scans and unusable data caused by claustrophobia, anxiety, and excessive head and body motion cost significant time and resources. Acclimating participants to the environment with a mock scanner will increase the rate of successful data acquisition and quality of fMRI data. The mock scanner is also extremely useful for young children to orient them to the MRI environment and for training for in-scanner tasks.   For enquiries, please contact our officer-in-charge: Dr. Celia DONG (celia.dong@polyu.edu.hk) For more information, please go to our MRI Overview page.  

15 Dec, 2023

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Photo album of Visitors from Zhengzhou University

UBSN is joined by the director Prof. WANG Xinjun and delegates from the Third Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University. (including photos supplied by event photographer)

11 Dec, 2023

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Photo Album of expert visit invited by RISA

UBSN warmly welcomes the Research Institute of Smart Ageing and the Chariman of the International Advisory Committee Prof. Alex Mihailidis from University of Toronto.

8 Dec, 2023

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Photo Album of MED64 Workshop

UBSN is grateful to have Bio-Gene Technology Limited giving us a workshop on the scientific principles and technical use of the Microelectrode Array (MED64).

8 Dec, 2023

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