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Since it was identified through genetic testing in the early 2000s, ataxia with oculomotor apraxia type 2 (AOA2) has become the second most commonly diagnosed form of recessive ataxia. But while more individuals are being diagnosed with AOA2, research on the disease remains scant. That paucity in data shouldn't last long, however, thanks to a team of researchers at the University of Minnesota's world-renowned Center for Magnetic Resonance Research (CMRR).
Some scientists make strides in biomedical research by acquiring state-of-the-art equipment and then using it to answer questions about living systems. “Good research can be done in that fashion,” says Kamil Ugurbil, Ph.D., director of the University of Minnesota’s Center for Magnetic Resonance Research (CMRR). But Ugurbil takes a different approach. A chemical physicist by training, he has always veered away from using new machines straight out of the box....
Key to diabetes care is managing how the body handles sugar. Glucose is stored as glycogen in tissues throughout the body until it’s called on to provide energy. But little is known about what happens to glycogen stored in the brain. “What glycogen is doing there and whether it’s metabolically active hasn’t been defined‚ particularly in humans‚” explains Elizabeth Seaquist, M.D., a professor of endocrinology and diabetes at the University...
University professor Kamil Ugurbil, Ph.D., a pioneer in using ultrahigh magnetic fields to map areas of the brain, has been inducted into the prestigious Institute of Medicine. Ugurbil, a professor in the departments of neurosciences, radiology, and medicine and director of the Center for Magnetic Resonance Research (CMRR) at the Medical School, was one of 65 new members inducted in October. “It’s a great pleasure to welcome these distinguished and...
The Center for Magnetic Resonance Research (CMRR) received a $7.9 million National Institutes of Health (NIH) award that will open the center’s powerful imaging technology to more University neuroscience researchers. The University was one of four institutions nationwide to receive the NIH Blueprint Grant for Neuroscience Research, and its application received the highest score of the 40 institutions that applied for the grant. “This grant is a result of all our work on brain sciences...
It’s a Wednesday afternoon, and things are hopping at the McGuire Translational Research Facility. In one of the 30 offices lining the south side of the four-story building, a faculty member in the Division of Infectious Diseases and International Medicine is tapping intently at a keyboard. Just down the hall, through doors that open to a long, day-lit laboratory, a student pipettes liquid into a rack full of tubes, preparing...
Since 1780 the American Academy of Arts and Sciences has been honoring the world’s leading scientists, scholars, artists, business executives, and public leaders. And this fall, a University of Minnesota Medical School scientist has joined this exclusive and prestigious group. Kamil Ugurbil, Ph.D., director of the University’s Center for Magnetic Resonance Research, was inducted into the 225th Class of Fellows in October along with 195 other new fellows and 17...
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