Three New Faces!

Our research group has grown larger. We want to introduce Anna Steps, Jana Oswald-Hennemann and Hendrik Wolff-Görlitz, who will be contributing to our collective effort.

Anna is a dentistry student in her 3rd year at the University of Bonn. She has completed a Bachelor of science degree in Neuroscience and Philosophy which sparked her interest in neuroimaging and philosophical questions about the brain. Aiming for her doctoral degree, Anna will be looking into different field strengths of MRI Scanners, evaluating its strength and weaknesses in neuroimaging.

Jana works as a student assistant at the Translational Neuroimaging Lab where she is mainly responsible for MRI scans. She is currently pursuing her M.Sc in Neurosciences at the University of Bonn. Before this, she completed her B.Sc in Applied Biology at the Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg in 2023. Alongside these responsibilities, Jana also works in the Foerster Station, Department of Epileptology.

Hendrik is a third year medical student at the University of Bonn. During a research semester, he will be working on 7T-MRI‘s diagnostic advantages of CEST-Imaging, a relatively newly introduced imaging method. To be more precise,he will focus on the clinical benefits of Amide/Amine-CEST-Imaging on focal epilepsy.

Lennart in London

Lennart spent the better part of the summer in London working with Konrad, Sophie, and Mathilde from the MELD Project. Over the last years, the MELD team has collected the largest MRI dataset on focal epilepsy. Based on this dataset, Lennart developed and trained Deep Learning models for the segmentation of epileptogenic lesions, with a focus on dealing with heteromodal (i.e. various, potentially missing MRI sequences) data. With a beautiful workplace directly across the Thames from Big Ben and the rich cultural diversity of London, the stay was an amazing experience. Special thanks to Konrad, Sophie, Mathilde, and Lorenzo!

TNI Lab Summer Garden Party

While our main focus is on advancing translational neuroimaging research, we also enjoy taking time to relax, bond, and celebrate collaboration. This August, we hosted a memorable garden party at Theodor's beautiful garden, bringing together lab members and collaborators for an evening of fun outside the lab.

The event was a true collaborative effort. Our lab team worked together to organize everything, from setting up the BBQ to decorating the garden. Our guests also contributed to the delicious buffet, bringing along fresh salads, marinated veggies for the BBQ, and, to everyone’s delight, a fantastic tiramisu that stole the show as dessert!

As the evening set in, our lab member Markus stepped up as DJ, spinning live tunes as the garden was bathed in colorful lights. It was the perfect way to enjoy the summer night, surrounded by colleagues and friends.

For those who couldn’t join us, below, we’ve captured a snapshot of the evening vibe!

We want to thank all our guests for joining us and we're already looking forward to the next event to come!