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  • BMIT eNews | Spring, 2020 Image

    BMIT eNews: BMIT eNews | Spring, 2020

    Posted on September 21, 2020
    - COVID-19 Call for Proposals (Deadline May 21) - Remote Access for microCT Data Reconstruction and Visualization Server - New Technique: Laminography - 300 Publications and Counting! - Cycle 32 Call for Proposals Results  - Around the Beamlines - Pictures of the Season

  • BMIT eNews | Fall 2019 Image

    BMIT eNews: BMIT eNews | Fall 2019

    Posted on January 09, 2020
    - CT Data Processing Using UFO-KIT and Dragonfly (May 20-22, 2020) - 10X magnification capability is now available - Cycle 32 Call for Proposals - Important Notes for Preparation of Proposals - Around the Beamlines - Pictures of the Season - Upcoming Conferences

  • BMIT eNews | Summer, 2019 Image

    BMIT eNews: BMIT eNews | Summer, 2019

    Posted on August 20, 2019
    Summer 2019 update on research projects at BMIT

  • BMIT eNews | Spring, 2019 Image

    BMIT eNews: BMIT eNews | Spring, 2019

    Posted on April 03, 2019
    - February 2019 Success! - CLS Annual Users' Meeting (WEBCAST May 9, 2019) - Cycle 30 call for proposals  - New equipment at BMIT  - Around the beamlines  - Pictures of the season - New Publications  - Upcoming Conferences

  • BMIT eNews | July 06-th, 2018 Image

    BMIT eNews: BMIT eNews | July 06-th, 2018

    Posted on July 06, 2018
    Welcome Arash Panahifar, BMIT Associate Scientist Cycle 29: Call for proposals opens August 1 Cycle 28: Results of the Call Around the beamlines BMIT User Data Back-up on WestGrid Experiment Support at BMIT

  • BMIT eNews | March 23-rd, 2018 Image

    BMIT eNews: BMIT eNews | March 23-rd, 2018

    Posted on March 23, 2018
    Cycle 28 - Results of the Call Cycle 27 Updates  BMIT User Data Back-up on WestGrid New Equipment at BMIT

  • BMIT eNews | July 20-th, 2017 Image

    BMIT eNews: BMIT eNews | July 20-th, 2017

    Posted on July 20, 2017
    - Welcome Sergey Gasilov, BMIT Scientist! - Cycle 26 Results - Cycle 27 - Call For Proposals Opens July 26 - Micro-CT Option for Cycle 27 Proposals - BMIT User Data Back-up on WestGrid - Experiment Support at BMIT - Shedding Light on Cardiac Regenerative Medicine

  • BMIT eNews | August 31-st, 2016 Image

    BMIT eNews: BMIT eNews | August 31-st, 2016

    Posted on September 01, 2016
    - 2016 Summer BMIT Team - BMIT Staff Changes - Cycle 25 - Results - Seminar: Real-time Semiconductor Dosimetry in Radiation Therapy, Michael Lerch - Initial tests of the Wide Field of View Radiography and CT scanning on ID beamline. 

  • BMIT eNews | July 31-st, 2016 Image

    BMIT eNews: BMIT eNews | July 31-st, 2016

    Posted on July 31, 2016
    - Call for cycle 25 opens. - BSO Update - POE-2 Door Issue. - BSO Update - SOE-1 lock-up pathway change. - CCAC assessment of BMIT  - BMIT user group growth. - BMIT Alternate Detector Holder System (ADHS).

  • BMIT eNews | June 30-th, 2016 Image

    BMIT eNews: BMIT eNews | June 30-th, 2016

    Posted on June 30, 2016
    - BMIT staff outreach - summary. - MSK Imaging Tenure Track Positions. - Monochromatic Microbeam Radiation Therapy (m-MRT).

  • BMIT eNews | May 31-st, 2016 Image

    BMIT eNews: BMIT eNews | May 31-st, 2016

    Posted on May 31, 2016
    - Cycle 25 planning. - BMIT Staff outreach. - Lab/hutches access requirements. - Creating a Better Tool to Predict Bone Strength in Humans.

  • BMIT eNews | April 30-th, 2016 Image

    BMIT eNews: BMIT eNews | April 30-th, 2016

    Posted on April 30, 2016
    - Cycle 24 results. - BMIT Staff outreach plan. - Injection delays. - Studying model suspensions using high resolution PBI CT.

  • BMIT eNews | March 31-st, 2016 Image

    BMIT eNews: BMIT eNews | March 31-st, 2016

    Posted on March 31, 2016
    - Invite BMIT staff to your lab. - Images of Research competition: call for submissions. - CLS Graduate Student Travel Award Program. - Non-destructive investigation of soft tissue preservation in amber using SR X-ray µCT.

  • BMIT eNews | February 29-th, 2016 Image

    BMIT eNews: BMIT eNews | February 29-th, 2016

    Posted on March 02, 2016
    - Call for proposals - Invite BMIT staff to your lab.  - New staff at BMIT - Xia Liu. - Improving Cochlear Implant Surgery.

  • BMIT eNews | January 31-st, 2016 Image

    BMIT eNews: BMIT eNews | January 31-st, 2016

    Posted on February 05, 2016
    - Call for proposals - IEEE EMBS ISC 2016 - Invite BMIT staff to your lab. - Study of Lanthanum Compounds for the Treatment of Bone Density Disorders.      

  • BMIT eNews | December 22-nd, 2015 Image

    BMIT eNews: BMIT eNews | December 22-nd, 2015

    Posted on January 04, 2016
    - 2015 in (technical) review / 2016 outlook - SYNC 801    

  • BMIT eNews | November 30-th, 2015 Image

    BMIT eNews: BMIT eNews | November 30-th, 2015

    Posted on December 02, 2015
    - BSO Reminder - MASR Conference - Beamline review - Shutdown Activities Updates on Energy Dispersive Biomedical Imaging System.

  • September 30-th, 2015 Image

    BMIT eNews: September 30-th, 2015

    Posted on September 30, 2015
      - BSO Reminder - Figure 1 app - Imaging Bone Turnover using Spectral K-edge Subtraction Technique.

  • August 31-st, 2015 Image

    BMIT eNews: August 31-st, 2015

    Posted on August 31, 2015
      - BMIT Beam Team Elections - Last Call - Cycle 23 call for proposals - closing tomorrow - Growth and hunting behaviour of hatchling Tyrannosaurus rex  

  • July 31-st, 2015 Image

    BMIT eNews: July 31-st, 2015

    Posted on August 04, 2015
      - BMIT Beam Team Elections - Cycle 23 call for proposals is open - BMIT User Data Back-up on WestGrid - Merlin for Medipix3 detector - Cortical Bone Remodeling of the Rat Forelimb

  • June 30-th, 2015 Image

    BMIT eNews: June 30-th, 2015

    Posted on June 30, 2015
      - User survey - Website - CLS summer school - Open house - Schedule - 3D-printed bio-materials with in-line PCI-CT

  • May 31-st, 2015 Image

    BMIT eNews: May 31-st, 2015

    Posted on May 31, 2015
      - Flat panel detectors - ICTMS in Canada - POE-2 user program - Plants with PCI

  • April 30-th, 2015 Image

    BMIT eNews: April 30-th, 2015

    Posted on April 30, 2015
      - Big data - Experiment support at BMIT - Preservation of amber inclusions  

  • March 31-st, 2015  Image

    BMIT eNews: March 31-st, 2015

    Posted on March 31, 2015
      - BSO update - MASR - 10 yr. Anniversary - X-ray energies app. - Cartilage engineering in situ

  • January 31-st, 2015 Image

    BMIT eNews: January 31-st, 2015

    Posted on January 31, 2015
      - Call for proposals open - 05B1-1 4 yr. Summary - Compute Canada Globus - Bone cells

  • December 31-st, 2014 Image

    BMIT eNews: December 31-st, 2014

    Posted on December 31, 2014
          - 2014 summary - Dosimetry non-compliance - New emergency buttons - Piglet scan

  • November 31-st, 2014 Image

    BMIT eNews: November 31-st, 2014

    Posted on November 30, 2014
      - Proposals results - BMIT collaborative projects opening - Oil recovery

  • October 31-st, 2014 Image

    BMIT eNews: October 31-st, 2014

    Posted on October 31, 2014
      - Fall shutdown review - Lab regulations - Dental fillings ex vivo with CT

  • September 30-th, 2014  Image

    BMIT eNews: September 30-th, 2014

    Posted on September 30, 2014
      - Working to fix cycle 21 call for proposals - Safety message - High power beamline commissioning

  • August 31-st, 2014  Image

    BMIT eNews: August 31-st, 2014

    Posted on August 31, 2014
      - Synchrotron graduate courses - UAC election results - Cystic fibrosis with PCI

  • July 31-st, 2014  Image

    BMIT eNews: July 31-st, 2014

    Posted on July 31, 2014
      - Proposals walk-through - Summer school & software roundup - Mouse lung vasculature

  • June 30-th, 2014  Image

    BMIT eNews: June 30-th, 2014

    Posted on June 30, 2014
      - ESRF highlights - Call for proposals change - Osteoarthritis with PCI-CT

  • May 31-st, 2014  Image

    BMIT eNews: May 31-st, 2014

    Posted on May 31, 2014
      - User support award for George (#2!) - Change room access cards - Lung air-blood transfer

  • April 30-th, 2014  Image

    BMIT eNews: April 30-th, 2014

    Posted on April 30, 2014
      - 9 summer school spots left - THRUST proposal call open - Rhodnius prolixus with CT

  • March 31-st, 2014  Image

    BMIT eNews: March 31-st, 2014

    Posted on March 31, 2014
      - Commissioning opportunity - Radiation therapy training school - First 05ID-2 images

  • February 28-th, 2014  Image

    BMIT eNews: February 28-th, 2014

    Posted on February 28, 2014
      - Higher parking fees - BSO updates - Beam expander update

  • January 31-st, 2014 Image

    BMIT eNews: January 31-st, 2014

    Posted on January 31, 2014
      - Summer school - Dosimeter rack - 2013 summary - Fangtooth

  • December 20-th, 2013 Image

    BMIT eNews: December 20-th, 2013

    Posted on December 31, 2013
      - Summer student opportunities - The Cancer Imaging Archive - MRT at ESRF

  • November 30-th, 2013 Image

    BMIT eNews: November 30-th, 2013

    Posted on November 30, 2013
      - New silicon samurai - 05ID-2 commissioning update - Lungs of live mice with DEI

  • October 31-st, 2013 Image

    BMIT eNews: October 31-st, 2013

    Posted on October 31, 2013
      - SYRA3 - 18 to 100 plus keV in SOE-1 - Grating based Talbot interferometer imaging

  • September 30-th, 2013 Image

    BMIT eNews: September 30-th, 2013

    Posted on September 30, 2013
      - BSR award - 05ID-2 status - Beam expander

  • August 31-st, 2013  Image

    BMIT eNews: August 31-st, 2013

    Posted on August 31, 2013
        - SOE-1 radiation shielding up - New publications - Two K-edges with a single beam

  • July 31-st, 2013  Image

    BMIT eNews: July 31-st, 2013

    Posted on July 31, 2013
            - In vivo imaging of cortical porosity by synchrotron phase contrast micro CT - Cycle 19 call for proposals - Soft tissue imaging of the temporomandibular joint using phase contrast and DEI

  • June 30-th, 2013 Image

    BMIT eNews: June 30-th, 2013

    Posted on June 30, 2013
        - SRI summary - IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference - Remodeling in bone disease  

  • May 31-st, 2013  Image

    BMIT eNews: May 31-st, 2013

    Posted on May 31, 2013
      - SRI invitation - Lead safety - Rapid bubble dynamics in dough

  • April 30-th, 2013 Image

    BMIT eNews: April 30-th, 2013

    Posted on April 30, 2013
      - Cycles 17 & 18 - 05B1-1 control room has moved - Dual-Energy X-ray Analysis (DEXA)

  • March 31-st, 2013  Image

    BMIT eNews: March 31-st, 2013

    Posted on March 31, 2013
      - Limitations due to SR current - New access cards - Canine & human prostate imaging with CT

  • February 28-th, 2013  Image

    BMIT eNews: February 28-th, 2013

    Posted on February 28, 2013
            - Synchrotron song - BMIT Future Directions Forum Summary - Dental paleopathology with CT

  • January 31-st, 2013  Image

    BMIT eNews: January 31-st, 2013

    Posted on January 31, 2013
      - Address change - Breast cancer research grant - Mucus secretion - 2011/2012 summary

  • December 20, 2012  Image

    BMIT eNews: December 20, 2012

    Posted on December 31, 2012
      - Please welcome Ning - BMIT planning - Grating-based phase contrast

  • November 30, 2012 Image

    BMIT eNews: November 30, 2012

    Posted on November 30, 2012
      - Physics-based Simulation of Human Anatomy - First 05ID-2 image - Precision bending for crystal monochromators

  • October 31, 2012  Image

    BMIT eNews: October 31, 2012

    Posted on October 31, 2012
      - BMIT Future Directions Forum - Agarose at SPRING-8 after MASR - Pig bones with CT-DEI, CT-PCI, & planar DEI

  • September 30, 2012  Image

    BMIT eNews: September 30, 2012

    Posted on September 30, 2012
      - Last chance for MASR - SOE-1 commissioning update - Lungs with DEI-MIR & DEI-CT

  • August 31, 2012  Image

    BMIT eNews: August 31, 2012

    Posted on August 31, 2012
      - The silicon samurai - Publishing and Reporting of Results - X-ray coherent scatter imaging

  • July 31, 2012 Image

    BMIT eNews: July 31, 2012

    Posted on July 31, 2012
      - 05B1-1 call for proposals - ESRF - Effects of microbeam radiation therapy on DNA

  • June 30, 2012  Image

    BMIT eNews: June 30, 2012

    Posted on June 30, 2012
      - What x-rays see - Cycles 15, 16, &17 - Bone strength with micro CT

  • May 31, 2012  Image

    BMIT eNews: May 31, 2012

    Posted on May 31, 2012
      - Executive Update from Dean - Please welcome Rob - Human ovaries with phase contrast CT & DEI

  • April 30, 2012  Image

    BMIT eNews: April 30, 2012

    Posted on April 30, 2012
      - Cycles 15 & 16 - SRI & MASR - Mucus secretion with PCI & DEI

  • March 31, 2012 Image

    BMIT eNews: March 31, 2012

    Posted on March 31, 2012
          - Human evolution from teeth - Incident reporting - Synchrotrons in health research class

  • January 31, 2012 Image

    BMIT eNews: January 31, 2012

    Posted on January 31, 2012
              - 05B1-1 call for proposals - MRT Dosimetry and Planning Interest Group - Strontium in bones with micro CT & KES

  • December 19, 2011 Image

    BMIT eNews: December 19, 2011

    Posted on December 19, 2011
      - Cobalt-60 - Recognition of user excellence - Happy holidays (blast from the past)

  • November 30, 2011 Image

    BMIT eNews: November 30, 2011

    Posted on November 30, 2011
            - Cycles 14, 15, & 16 - Summer student opportunities - Better detectors for breast tissue biopsy samples  

  • October 31, 2011 Image

    BMIT eNews: October 31, 2011

    Posted on October 31, 2011
      - First live dog - Water leak - Microbeam Radiation Therapy

  • September 30, 2011 Image

    BMIT eNews: September 30, 2011

    Posted on September 30, 2011
      - Where it all began - New MSDS database - Locust with CT

  • August 31, 2011 Image

    BMIT eNews: August 31, 2011

    Posted on August 31, 2011
      - George receives user support award - Live animal imaging guide - Arthritis with DEI CT

  • July 31, 2011  Image

    BMIT eNews: July 31, 2011

    Posted on July 31, 2011
      - New POE-2 user chicane - Collaborative live animal imaging development - Accuracy studies with BMIT CT, DEI, K-edge, & PCI standards

  • June 30, 2011  Image

    BMIT eNews: June 30, 2011

    Posted on June 30, 2011
      - SAC highlights - Cycle 13 summary - PEM fuel cells with absorption imaging

  • May 31, 2011 Image

    BMIT eNews: May 31, 2011

    Posted on May 31, 2011
      - Please welcome Adam - Cycle 14 Scientific Review Results - Joint strain with CT

  • April 30, 2011 Image

    BMIT eNews: April 30, 2011

    Posted on April 30, 2011
      - Call for Beam Team nominations - Experimental data naming policy - Embryonic teeth with PCI

  • March 31, 2011 Image

    BMIT eNews: March 31, 2011

    Posted on March 31, 2011
      - Call for proposals - 05B1-1 status - Vascular & cellular porosity of bone with micro CT

  • February 28, 2011 Image

    BMIT eNews: February 28, 2011

    Posted on February 28, 2011
      - Training updates - BMIT trivia - First fresh human breast tissue with DEI