2024
February
UBSN TMS-fMRI Seminar & New Research Collaboration (Hong Kong)
Martin Tik was invited to present at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Georg Kranz and Martin Tik are setting up a collaborative study to better understand the neural mechanisms underlying TMS and its therapeutic effects. Their joint efforts include interleaved TMS-fMRI studies, which are pivotal in advancing the field of brain stimulation research
2019
We recently published a paper explaining the neural correlates and the role of dopamine circuitry when solving problems with an Aha! or Eureka-moment:
Tik M, Sladky R,…, Windischberger C. Ultrahigh-field fMRI insights on insight: Neural correlates of the Aha!-moment.
International media coverage has placed this paper in the Top10 most media mentions of papers published in Human Brain Mapping.
Kurier, DerStandard, science.orf.at, Österreich, Daily Mail, The Sun, India Times (Gurugram, India), laboratoryequipment.com, dotemirates (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates), Medical Xpress, Pflege Professionell, supermed, Alpha Galileo, Österreich Journal, Kurier, Generation55Plus.net, Wissenschaft.de, Tiroler Tageszeitung, Medical News Today (MNT), Bionity (Lumitos, Berlin), Laborpraxis Vogel, DiePresse, life-science, Radio Wien, Radio Wien, BR2, B5, B5, …
2018
Fullbright Austria
| Amulya Pratapa was selected to receive a Fullbright Award to conduct research on concurrent TMS/fMRI |
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Thinkers Club Discussions
2017
Brain Connectivity in Health and Disease
Christian Windischberger was invited by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) to hold a talk on Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in Health and Disease and his related hardware developments. Our concurrent TMS/fMRI set-up allows the combination of precisely targeted neurostimulation (TMS) with high-sensitivity neuroimaging (fMRI). This promises a tool-driven revolution of TMS, allowing practitioners to individualize treatment for each patient’s need.
Hate on the web
fMRI lab Windischberger was featured in an Austrian TV show about hate on the internet.
ORF Thema Spezial: Hass im Internet | 10.07.2017 #ORF 2
Watch the ▷ full episode here
April 2017 – Off to Hawaii!
Great news! Michael Woletz and Martin Tik have been selected to receive a Trainee Stipend for the 2017 ISMRM Annual Meeting in Honolulu (Hawaii, USA).
Michael Woletz will present his work on the development and evaluation of a T1 phantom at 3 and 7 Tesla. Martin Tik’s presentation will be focused on the benefits of using two newly-developed MRI acquisition coils in combination with transcranial magnetic stimulation for neuronavigated concurrent TMS/fMRI experiments.
Aloha!
2016
Fifth Biennial Conference on Resting State and Brain Connectivity
Following the successful previous conferences in Boston/Cambridge (Mass., USA), Magdeburg (Germany, EU), and Milwaukee (Wisc., USA), the Fifth Biennial Conference on Resting State and Brain Connectivity took place in Vienna (Austria, EU) September 21 to 23, 2016.
Christian Windischberger is chair of the local organizing committee.
2015
Three OHBM Merit Abstract Awards. Off to Hawaii!
Great news! Martin Tik, Lucia Navarro, and Ronald Sladky have each been selected to receive a Merit Abstract Award for the 2015 OHBM Annual Meeting in Honolulu (Hawaii, USA). After a double-blind peer-review process, only the top-rated abstracts were selected for this competitive award. Martin Tik will present his work on ultra-high field functional MR imaging of the human brain during an Aha!-moment as a poster. Lucia Navarro will give an oral presentation on the benefits of her newly-developed MRI acquisition coil in combination with transcranial magnetic stimulation. Ronald Sladky’s effective connectivity study on emotion processing in the extended amygdala network shall be also presented in one of the few oral presentation slots. Aloha!
2013
ESMRMB Lectures on MRI: Resting state fMRI – basic concepts, methods & applications
We co-organized this year’s ESMRMB fMRI lecture on resting state fMRI.
After three days of inspiring presentations by Christian Beckmann, Bharat Biswal, Catie Chang, Peter Fransson, Vesa Kiviniemi, Mika Rubinov, Sepideh Sadaghiani, Lucina Uddin, Ilya Veer, Martin Walter, and Christian Windischberger we concluded our workshop with a scientific retreat in the mountains.
Social Anxiety: Even the Brains of People With Anxiety States Can Get Used to Fear
Selected national [1] and international [2-5] media coverage of our recent PLOS ONE article on social phobia Increased Neural Habituation in the Amygdala and Orbitofrontal Cortex in Social Anxiety Disorder Revealed by fMRI.
- Sozialphobie: An Angst gewöhnen (derStandard.at)
- Even the Brains of People With Anxiety States Can Get Used to Fear (ScienceDaily)
- You can bust social phobia (The New Indian Express)
- Scientists discover functional control strategies in emotional circuits of people with social phobia (Social Anxiety Ireland)
- Angst: Eine Gewöhnungssache? (scinexx)
2011
Science Slam, Vienna
At the fourth Science Slam (Reigen, Vienna) Ronald Sladky was awarded the first prize. With his entertaining presentation on functional MRI, Ins Hirn einischaun (Lookin’ into the brain), he won the audience vote.
Vimeo Link to the video of Ronald Sladky’s Science Slam (German)