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Building C-BICAugust, 2009 - Preparations for building C-BIC are being finalized: the equipment has been purchased, the design completed and the contractor selected.
Construction Design Complete
Training Next Generation ScientistsJune, 2009 - Exposure to the latest tools can help steer ‘the best and the brightest’ youth toward future careers in neuroscience. We are delighted to have I-LABS interns studying MEG technology. William Poole
Loan Nguyen
New MEG Publication
Zhang, Y., Kuhl, P. K., Imada, T., Iverson, P., Pruitt, E. B., Kawakatsu, M., Tohkura, Y., & Nemoto, I. (2009). Neural signatures of phonetic learning in adulthood: A magnetoencephalography study. Neuroimage, 46, 226-240. Naming of the MEG: the Hanauer Brain Imaging Suite
Developing International Collaborations with MEG Centers
Designing The Child Brain Imaging Center (C-BIC), Part 2September-November, 2008 - A series of design 'charrettes' have been held to explore the functional needs for the MEG center, and to examine how these proposed spaces relate to the existing building. Preliminary floor plans for the Child Brain Imaging Center are currently being developed.
Designing The Child Brain Imaging Center (C-BIC)August, 2008 - C-BIC will be located on the UW Campus in the same building as I-LABS; in fact, it will be visible at the entry to the building. Approximately 1500 sq. ft. of existing space will be renovated to meet the stringent technical requirements for MEG equipment. To undertake this task, a UW Project manager came on board and, together with the C-BIC leadership team, a series of architect-engineering firms were interviewed. The winners after this intensive process were Clark Kjos Architects, a team with deep focus on designing space for research and health applications.
A Thank You to SupportersJuly 18, 2008 - The UW Child Brain Imaging Center was born through the efforts of people from many communities. On a beautiful summer evening in July 2008, an event was held at I-LABS to celebrate the achievement of this long-held dream - bringing MEG technology to our region -- and it brought together those from the scientific, business, legislative and academic groups who nurtured it along the way.
Washington State Life Sciences Discovery Fund (LSDF) Awards I-LABS 4 Million Dollar Grant for Child Brain Imaging Center April 17, 2008 - We are pleased to announce that I-LABS was notified today that it won a highly competitive Life Sciences Discovery Fund (LSDF) award! LSDF will support the development of the Institute's Child Brain Imaging Center by funding the purchase of a magnetoencephalography (MEG) brain imaging machine. Our new Child Brain Imaging Center will be a first-in-the-nation. Generous private support from donors, as well as substantial support from the University of Washington, played important roles in helping us secure the LSDF award. We are grateful beyond words to all of the I-LABS supporters, especially our Board of Advisors, who were deeply instrumental in helping us realize this dream. We will keep you posted on the progress of the new Child Brain Imaging Center, and are already beginning to look forward to a grand opening celebration! Thank you for helping all of our children. Warmly, Pat Kuhl, Andy Meltzoff, and the UW I-LABS team
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C-BIC has purchased a MEG machine from Elekta Neuromag, an international research- and medical-technology group. Elekta Neuromag has one of the most sophisticated devices available on the market today which allows for simultaneous measurement of 306 locations across the head.
William Poole, a high school senior in Kirkland, WA, has a passion for biology and physics. He spent 6 months at I-LABS completing an internship to learn more about cognitive development of very young children and the use of MEG. Following his internship at I-LABS he’s considering expanding his collegiate studies to encompass neuroscience in addition to computer science.
Loan Nguyen is an undergraduate senior at University of Washington. Loan holds a Gates Millennium Scholarship and is pursuing a degree in Medical Technology. She hopes to attend graduate school in Laboratory Medicine. While her undergraduate education has been focused on understanding cellular level functions, her internship at the Institute for Learning and Brain Sciences allows her to work along the opposite end of the continuum by studying whole systems neuroscience including the use of neuroimaging tools such as MEG.
May 15, 2009 - NeuroImage, one of the premier journals publishing neuroscience research, published a new I-LABS MEG study. The study represents collaboration between the I-LABS MEG scientists and our Japanese colleagues. It examined a training program for second-language learning in Japanese adults who had limited English exposure. The results showed that Japanese listeners improved their ability to identify tokens of /r/ and /l/ sounds, as in “rake” and “lake”; MEG measures showed not only enhanced neural sensitivity to the distinction between /r/ and /l/ in the left-hemisphere of the brain but also increased efficiency in processing the sounds. Together, the data provide additional evidence for substantial ‘neural plasticity’ in second-language learning by adults, and that MEG is a sensitive measure of learning. 
March, 2009 - Bringing MEG technology to the region was possible only through the efforts of many visionary public and private organizations and individuals. While recognizing that every donation has been noteworthy, chief among these is a generous contribution made by the Nick and Leslie Hanauer Foundation. In recognition of their important gift, the Hanauers agreed to have a portion of the MEG center named for them. The suite of rooms housing the MEG equipment will collectively be known as ‘The Hanauer Brain Imaging Suite’. A celebratory evening event was held in March 2009 to recognize and thank the Hanauers for their generous gift.
