Good morning. Today is grant submission day for our Howard Hughes Medical Institute proposal to support neuroengineering doctoral training at Mason. So this is going to be a short post.
Why neuroengineering? First, because it’s a natural extension of our current strengths in our neuroscience doctoral program. Second, because it brings us closer to a natural collaborator: the School of IT&E, which has made the strategic decision to move into bioengineering. And finally, because, at Krasnow, we’re becoming ever more instrumentation and modeling oriented in the way we do our interdisciplinary research.
Regarding the 3T Magnet: some considerations that were getting very good advice on:
Vibration–making sure that others in the building don’t have their experiments jostled.
Magnetic fields–the magnetic field stays in the magnet room, and large metal objects, such as filing cabinets in the building, don’t affect the homogeneity of the magnetic field–that’s called the shim BTW.
Sound–limiting the sound produced by the gradient coils so that we can still enjoy eachothers conversations.
Consultants and Siemens are going to play a key role here.
Well cheers…and wish me luck on the grant.
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