A/Prof Samuel Grant

Title: TBA

Abstract: Coming Soon

Associate Professor Samuel Grant's research laboratory at Florida State University is focused on the development of high resolution techniques to investigate the biophysical origins of MR signals under a variety of perturbations. His lab utilises high magnetic fields to achieve high sensitivity and spatial/ spectral resolution on specimen ranging from single isolated neurons to fixed neurological tissues (brains and spinal cords) to in vivo animal models. In particular, he employs high fields MR microscopy to examine neurodegenerative diseases such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Alzheimer's disease and stroke.

His laboratory is actively involved in MR sequence development, modeling of cellular compartmentalization & function and Radio Frequency coil design. In addition, they are interrogating new and emerging contrast mechanisms at high field. These efforts include endogenous (e.g. magnetic susceptibility and dipolar fields) and exogenous (e.g. nanoparticle agents and current density imaging) contrasts that may provide new insights into the biophysical changes that occur during pathology or regeneration.