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Publication in Nature Nanotechnology towards restoring vision using ultrasound Sonogenetics

Publication in Nature Nanotechnology towards restoring vision using ultrasound Sonogenetics

Collaborative work between Institute Physics for Medicine and Institute of Vision leads to remote and high resolution brain activation using Sonogenetics

Spotlight on CardiaWave as one of the startups selected in the French Tech Health20 program

Spotlight on CardiaWave as one of the startups selected in the French Tech Health20 program

Jean-Noël Barrot, french Minister Delegate for digital transition announced Cardiawave as one of the startups selected in French Tech Health20.

Inauguration of Physics for Medicine Institute by the french Minister of Higher Education and Research

Inauguration of Physics for Medicine Institute by the french Minister of Higher Education and Research

On February 15, our new facilities were inaugurated at PariSanté Campus by the french minister of higher education and research, Sylvie Retailleau.

Noemi Renaudin is awarded by the Fondation L’Oréal-Unesco for Women in Science

Noemi Renaudin is awarded by the Fondation L’Oréal-Unesco for Women in Science

Noemi Renaudin receives a "Young Talent Award for Women in Science" for her PhD work.

2023 Winter School on Therapeutic Ultrasound

2023 Winter School on Therapeutic Ultrasound

Les Houches (France), March 19-24 2023

Functional ultrasound microscopy: sensing the whole brain neuronal activity at the micron scale

Functional ultrasound microscopy: sensing the whole brain neuronal activity at the micron scale

A major achievement for micron-scale ultrasound neuroimaging has just been published in front page of Nature Methods.

Thomas Tiennot receives the jury’s Grand Prix at i-PhD contest for his project on ultrasonic treatment of drug-resistant depression

Thomas Tiennot receives the jury’s Grand Prix at i-PhD contest for his project on ultrasonic treatment of drug-resistant depression

Our PhD student Thomas Tiennot was awarded at i-PhD contest.

M. Tanter is the 2022 researcher selected by Caltech, USA, for its prestigious Moore Distinguished Scholar Program

M. Tanter is the 2022 researcher selected by Caltech, USA, for its prestigious Moore Distinguished Scholar Program

M. Tanter will join the California Institute of Technology as the Gordon Moore Scholar in June 2022

3D ultrasound microscopy of the brain on the front cover of eBioMedicine

3D ultrasound microscopy of the brain on the front cover of eBioMedicine

Transcranial 3D ultrasound localization microscopy captures the whole-brain microvasculature of a mouse.

The heart microcirculation captured in 3D using ultrasound microscopy

The heart microcirculation captured in 3D using ultrasound microscopy

The coronary microcirculation was imaged in the beating heart using 3D ultrafast ultrasound localization microscopy.

Art & Science: ultrasound microscopy images featured in Cell Worlds project

Art & Science: ultrasound microscopy images featured in Cell Worlds project

Our images of the human brain microvasculature are displayed in Cell Immersion exhibition (Bordeaux, France).

Inauguration of PariSanté Campus

Inauguration of PariSanté Campus

PariSanté Campus, a French hub for digital health, has settled in new premises located in Issy-les-Moulineaux.

Mathieu Pernot awarded an Innovator Prize by the region Ile-de-France

Mathieu Pernot awarded an Innovator Prize by the region Ile-de-France

Mathieu Pernot received the 2021 Innovator Prize from the region Ile-de-France for the development of a device measuring the myocardial stiffness.

Olivier Pedreira wins the Best Student Award at IEEE IUS 2021

Olivier Pedreira wins the Best Student Award at IEEE IUS 2021

Our PhD student receives the 2021 Best Student Award at the International Ultrasonics Symposium for his work on myocardial stiffness quantification.

Three cover pages for ultrasound neuroimaging

Three cover pages for ultrasound neuroimaging

Ultrasound neuroimaging was highlighted at the front page of three journals for three consecutive months.

Mickael Tanter and Mathias Fink named finalists for the European Inventor Award 2021

Mickael Tanter and Mathias Fink named finalists for the European Inventor Award 2021

The co-inventors of Shear Wave Elastography are amongst the three finalists of the "Research" category.

Ultrafast ultrasound imaging of the spinal cord in front page of Pain journal

Ultrafast ultrasound imaging of the spinal cord in front page of Pain journal

This month's issue of Pain journal spotlights our study of pain mechanisms through ultrafast ultrasound imaging of the spinal cord.

Functional ultrasound as a read-out for brain-machine interfaces

Functional ultrasound as a read-out for brain-machine interfaces

Our collaborative work with the teams of Prof. Shapiro and Andersen at Caltech has just been published in Neuron.

Ultrasound reveals the human brain vasculature down to the microscopic scale

Ultrasound reveals the human brain vasculature down to the microscopic scale

The first dynamic microangiography of the human brain is published in front page of Nature Biomedical Engineering.

Functional ultrasound imaging reveals the dynamics of brain states in preterm babies

Functional ultrasound imaging reveals the dynamics of brain states in preterm babies

Our latest study on neonatal functional brain imaging is published in Nature Communications.

Treating aortic valve stenosis non-invasively: the first-in-man study

Treating aortic valve stenosis non-invasively: the first-in-man study

Results of our first-in-man study have been pusblished in Circulation.

Oscar Demeulenaere receives an award from the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging.

Oscar Demeulenaere receives an award from the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging.

Our PhD student has been awarded at the online event "EACVI Best of Imaging 2020".

French President E. Macron launches Paris Santé Campus

French President E. Macron launches Paris Santé Campus

Our lab will play an active role in Paris Santé Campus, a large project for digital health.

How does the brain activity change during repetitive behaviours?

How does the brain activity change during repetitive behaviours?

Our latest publication on functional ultrasound imaging has just been released in Nature Communications.

The latest news on ultrasound for neurosciences featured in The Conversation

The latest news on ultrasound for neurosciences featured in The Conversation

Our ongoing research on the brain is summarized for the general audience in an article published this week.

Functional ultrasound imaging and autism

A video explaining how ultrasound can help studying autism is now online!

Hanna Bendjador awarded the 2020 French Rising Talent Prize “For Women in Science”

Hanna Bendjador has received a prize from the L'Oréal Foundation-UNESCO program For Women In Science.

Pharmaco-fUS: How Ultrasound could foster drug discovery in neuroscience

Pharmaco-fUS: How Ultrasound could foster drug discovery in neuroscience

Pharmaceutical application of functional ultrasound is demonstrated in three recent publications and an awarded poster

Transcranial super-localization imaging of the adult brain in the Best Of EMIM Talks 2020

Transcranial super-localization imaging of the adult brain in the Best Of EMIM Talks 2020

Charlie Demené was awarded for his presentation at EMIM on transcranial ULM in adult patients

Hanna Bendjador wins the Best Student Award at IEEE IUS, Las Vegas, 2020

Hanna Bendjador wins the Best Student Award at IEEE IUS, Las Vegas, 2020

Our PhD student awarded at the 2020 International Ultrasonics Symposium.

3D ultrafast echocardiography: full characterization of cardiac functions within a heartbeat

3D ultrafast echocardiography: full characterization of cardiac functions within a heartbeat

3D ultrafast echocardiography is in the news with a new publication and a conference highlight.

Ultrasound angiography of coronaries goes 3D

Ultrasound angiography of coronaries goes 3D

Our recent publication in Physics in Medicine and Biology reports the first implementation in 3D of ultrafast Doppler for coronary flows imaging.

New advances in functional ultrasound imaging for neuroscience

New advances in functional ultrasound imaging for neuroscience

Three articles on fUS imaging were published only a few days apart in high-impact journals.

Clément Papadacci awarded at EuroEcho conference

Clément Papadacci awarded at EuroEcho conference

C. Papadacci has been awarded at EuroEcho 2019 for his work on 4D ultrafast echocardiography.

Our lab designated Center of Excellence by the Focused Ultrasound Foundation

Our lab designated Center of Excellence by the Focused Ultrasound Foundation

This prestigious distinction recognizes years of research, led by J.F. Aubry, aiming at developing ultrasound-based therapies

Two PhD graduates awarded the prestigious “Prix de la Chancellerie des Universités de Paris”

Two PhD graduates awarded the prestigious “Prix de la Chancellerie des Universités de Paris”

Charlotte Constans and Guillaume Maimbourg, have been awarded the Prix de la Chancellerie des Universités de Paris for their thesis on therapeutic ultrasound.

3D ultrafast ultrasound is the most cited paper in PMB over the past 5 years

3D ultrafast ultrasound is the most cited paper in PMB over the past 5 years

Our researchers have won the Rotblat Medal of the journal Physics in Medicine & Biology

Non-invasive therapy of aortic stenosis: a successful first clinical trial

Non-invasive therapy of aortic stenosis: a successful first clinical trial

Ultrasound-based therapy of aortic stenosis has been performed for the first time in patients.

Baptiste Heiles wins a Research Picture Award at IEEE IUS

Baptiste Heiles wins a Research Picture Award at IEEE IUS

Our PhD student Baptiste Heiles has won the third Visualising Physical Acoustics Research Picture Prize of the International Ultrasound Symposium.

New publication in Nature Methods on 4D functional ultrasound imaging

New publication in Nature Methods on 4D functional ultrasound imaging

Our results on 4D functional ultrasound imaging using matrix arrays have just been published in Nature Methods.

Mickael Tanter interviewed in the French magazine La Recherche

Mickael Tanter interviewed in the French magazine La Recherche

In an interview given to La Recherche, Mickael Tanter showcases functional ultrasound imaging.

The New Wave of Cardiovascular Biomechanics

The New Wave of Cardiovascular Biomechanics

Our work has been highlighted in JACC Cardiovascular Imaging as a significant advance for precision cardiac imaging.

Mickael Tanter featured in AXA Research Guide

Mickael Tanter featured in AXA Research Guide

In this guide, researchers share their views on how to address the health challenges associated with increased longevity.

Best Poster Award at a Brain Conference organized by the FENS

Best Poster Award at a Brain Conference organized by the FENS

Our postdoc Antoine Bergel has won the Best Poster Presentation Award at the conference “Dynamics of the brain: temporal aspects of computation”

Healing neurological disorders with ultrasound

Healing neurological disorders with ultrasound

Our researchers, together with the University of Oxford and the Institut du Cerveau et la Moelle Epinière, have demonstrated the potential of focused ultrasound for therapeutic modulation of the neural activity.

New publication in Nature Communications

New publication in Nature Communications

Brain activation has been imaged and analyzed during complex cognitive tasks using functional ultrasound imaging. The study has just been published in Nature Communications.

Article on fUS imaging in the weekly french Magazine Le Point

Article on fUS imaging in the weekly french Magazine Le Point

The fUS imaging technique, pioneered by our team, is highlighted in the french magazine Le Point.

Spotlight of Trends in Neurosciences for our recent Nature Comm. publication on sleep

Spotlight of Trends in Neurosciences for our recent Nature Comm. publication on sleep

Our recent work on sleep, published in Nature Communication in December 2018, has been brought into the spotlight of the journal Trends in Neurosciences.

The power of ultrasound: a video footage made in our lab by Sciences et Avenir

The power of ultrasound: a video footage made in our lab by Sciences et Avenir

Sciences et Avenir, a leading French journal in popular science, has visited our laboratory and the video footage has just been released.

A new research project for the management of heart failure

A new research project for the management of heart failure

Our laboratory participates in a large collaborative research project aiming at improving the understanding and management of heart failure.

Mickael Tanter enters the European Academy of Sciences

Mickael Tanter enters the European Academy of Sciences

Mickael Tanter has been elected as a fellow of the European Academy of Sciences

Our latest publication in Nature Communication

Our latest publication in Nature Communication

The vascular activity has been recorded for the first time across the whole brain in rats during different sleep phases

The Foundation Bettencourt-Schueller supports biomedical ultrasound research

The Foundation Bettencourt-Schueller supports biomedical ultrasound research

Diagnosing heart diseases with a miniature smart sensor, treating pediatric cardiac malformation without open surgery

Best Student Paper Award at the 2018 IEEE

Best Student Paper Award at the 2018 IEEE

Our PhD student Jack Sauvage has won the Best Student Award of the IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium

fUS imaging becomes compatible with hybrid PET/CT/fUS Imaging

fUS imaging becomes compatible with hybrid PET/CT/fUS Imaging

Our work on the first PET/CT/US imaging system in cover of Nature Biomedical Engineering on February 6th 2018.

Wide representation at SfN symposium in San Diego, November 2018

Wide representation at SfN symposium in San Diego, November 2018

A total of 16 Abstracts on fUS imaging technology invented by our lab Physics for Medicine Paris will be presented at SfN meeting in San Diego.

Functional ultrasound imaging of babies makes the cover of Science Translational Medicine

Functional ultrasound imaging of babies makes the cover of Science Translational Medicine

Our results on fUS imaging of human neonates in cover of Science Translational Medicine

Creation of Iconeus startup company to widely spread fUS imaging modality

Creation of Iconeus startup company to widely spread fUS imaging modality

Inserm and its partners CNRS and ESPCI Paris licenced the fUS imaging technology pionneered by M. Tanter’s team to Iconeus company.

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Excited to share our latest preprint on using functional ultrasound imaging (fUSI) to understand how deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the medial septal nucleus (MSN) improves cognitive functions in memory-related diseases, such as schizophrenia.

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Register Now! For the first ever Panta Rei Symposium on ultrasound neuro-imaging and neuromodulation of the human brain.
With amazing speakers such as @TanterM @gcourtine @LennartVerhagen

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