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Fellows of the Society

Tom is no part of the fellows of the Society from the International society fo rmagnetic resonance in medicine. This distinction is conferred on those who have made a significant and substantial contribution to research in a field within the Society’s purposes, who have contributed in a significant manner to the development of the Society and/or any of the Predecessor Societies, and/or who have made a significant contribution to education in MR.

Congratulations Tom!

05 May 2026

Trinitas Horizon

Great news! Under the leading wings of UMC Utrecht (Saskia Haitjema), the Radboudumc (Radboudumc Research) can take part in the large KIC Long Term Program Grant ‘Trinitas Horizon’ from the Dutch Research Council (NWO). Our job is to bring innovative solutions to accurately diagnose prostate cancer closer to the patient, reducing unnecessary testing and shorten waiting times in affordable and effective healthcare. It is great to see this happen over the next 10 year with all stakeholders involved: Jildau Bouwman Martijn Schut Dorien Zwart Ralf Harskamp Jochen Cals Maarten ten Berg Joppe Nijman Mahsa Shabani Gea Holtman Helen Leavis Julia van Weert Geert-Jan Geersing Otto Maarsingh Teus Kappen Megan Milota Tanja Alderliesten Peter A.N. Bosman Karin Jongsma Dennis Klomp Laura Zwaan

More info from NWO here

05 May 2026

NWO award ceremony

We recently attended an NWO award ceremony at TU Delft where 11 'Large-Scale Research Infrastructure' projects were celebrated. In two of these projects, AMICE— The Dutch infrastructure of advanced multi-modal imaging centres' and BioMotive—'Visualising the internal human body in motion', the BioMR group plays a pivotal role, through Prof. Tom Scheenen and Dr Donnie Cameron, respectively. The ceremony was attended by the Minister for Education, Culture, and Science, as well as the president of the NWO executive board. More details (in Dutch) below.

14 April 2026

ISMRM Benelux - Annual Meeting 2026

Last Friday, our whole group joined the ISMRM Benelux Annual Meeting, a day packed with great poster presentations, inspiring conversations, and lots of connecting.

30 January 2026

AMICE

Great news for our preclinical imaging facility; we can renew one of our preclinical MRI systems AND start working on combining it with ultrasound imaging within the 7T scanner! Big thanks to all contributors to AMICE...

03 November 2025

2025 Erwin L. Hahn Lecture & Workshop

It is truly amazing to follow Larry Wald's lectures and keynote speeches: never a dull moment, and never the same talk. His 'Hahn lecture' this year, celebrating 20 years of the institute, was another example of a fantastic, inspiring, and personal view of perhaps a new avenue in the world of MRI. Check it out below!

29 October 2025