Add Project: Diffusion Fiducials

config.yaml

@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ schedule:
             duration: '1:00'
             color: '#1f331e'
             priority: 1
-            room: 
+            room:
               - WIRB 4190 (Lunchroom)
           - tutorial: tms
             time: '15:00'
@@ -251,7 +251,6 @@ schedule:
             color: '#1f331e'
             priority: 2
             room: WIRB 3000
-
       - day: 28
         month: 3
         year: 2025
@@ -333,13 +332,13 @@ tutorials:
     name: Using EEG-BIDS for data management of large EEG datasets
     organizer: Marc Joanisse
     image: /img/eegbids.png
-    description: | 
+    description: |
       EEG-BIDS is a relatively new standard for the orderly storage of raw EEG/iEEG/MEG datasets and derivatives.
       I will demonstrate one possible workflow in which I use the EEGLAB toolbox to convert raw EEG data into BIDS format,
       and for integrating existing EEG-BIDS datasets into your analysis workflow.
   - id: fnirs
     name: Introduction to fNIRS
-    organizer: 
+    organizer:
       - Matthew Kolisnyk
       - Garima Gupta
     image: /img/fnirs2.png
@@ -360,15 +359,15 @@ tutorials:
       (http://www.itksnap.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=Downloads.SNAP4)
   - id: tms
     name: 'Introduction to TMS'
-    organizer: 
+    organizer:
       - Phivos Phylactou
     image: '/img/tms2.png'
     description: Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation is a safe, non-invasive, tool that enables us to modulate the brain’s regular activity with high spatial and temporal resolution. Forty years since its introduction, TMS has been utilized in a variety of ways; from the labs all the way to the clinics. In this workshop, we will explore how TMS can be employed to causally study the brain’s neural architecture, how it can be used to measure brain activity, and how it can help the maladaptive brain.
   - id: prereg
     name: 'Open Science: Pre-registration'
     image: /img/prereg.png
     organizer:
-      - Christine Moreau 
+      - Christine Moreau
     description: In this hands-on workshop, participants will learn the fundamentals of preregistration and how it enhances research transparency and rigor using the Open Science Framework (OSF). Attendees are encouraged to bring their research protocols as there will be the opportunity to receive peer feedback to refine their preregistrations. The session will also cover handling protocol changes post-publication, emphasizing the flexibility of preregistration.
   - id: git
     name: 'Open Science: Research Code Management (Git)'
@@ -418,18 +417,15 @@ tutorials:
     organizer:
       - Jessica Grahn
     image: /img/writing.png
-    description: | 
-      Want your scientific papers to be not just clear but also engaging? 
-      Join our scientific writing style crash course at the hackathon! 
-      Learn how to refine your tone, improve flow, and make your writing more compelling — without losing precision.
+    description: "Want your scientific papers to be not just clear but also engaging? \nJoin our scientific writing style crash course at the hackathon! \nLearn how to refine your tone, improve flow, and make your writing more compelling — without losing precision.\n"
   - id: hippunfold
     name: HippUnfold Tutorial
     image: /img/hippunfold.png
-    organizer: 
-    - Ali Khan
-    - Jordan DeKraker
-    - Dhananjhay Bansal
-    - Mackenzie Snyder
+    organizer:
+      - Ali Khan
+      - Jordan DeKraker
+      - Dhananjhay Bansal
+      - Mackenzie Snyder
     description: |
       HippUnfold is a toolbox for automatically modeling the topological folding structure of the human hippocampus.
       This session will introduce its key features, including running HippUnfold, exploring volumetric and surface-based outputs,
@@ -449,23 +445,20 @@ tutorials:
       - Mehrdad Kashefi
       - Bassel Arafat
     image: /img/3dprint2.png
-    description: | 
+    description: |
       Many experiments require rapid prototyping of experimental setups. While the traditional method of taping random parts together might work in a pinch, 3D printing offers a faster, more precise, and more robust solution. In this workshop, we’ll provide a brief overview of different 3D printing technologies and materials, followed by a hands-on tutorial on free, online 3D design software. As a fun bonus, we’ll show you how to turn your own MRI structural data into a 3D-printable model.
   - id: mystmd
     name: MystMD Tutorial
     organizer:
       - Ricardo Alonso Rios Carrillo
     image: /img/mystmd.png
-    description: |
-      This tutorial will introduce MystMD (https://mystmd.org/). MyST extends Markdown for technical, scientific communication and publication. MyST is an ecosystem of open-source, community-driven tools designed to revolutionize scientific communication.  
-      The tutorial will cover installation and live code-writing of a short scientific article as a starting example. 
+    description: "This tutorial will introduce MystMD (https://mystmd.org/). MyST extends Markdown for technical, scientific communication and publication. MyST is an ecosystem of open-source, community-driven tools designed to revolutionize scientific communication.  \nThe tutorial will cover installation and live code-writing of a short scientific article as a starting example. \n"
   - id: datacol
     name: 'Data Collection: Best Practices'
     organizer:
       - Sarah Hollywood
     image: /img/datacol.png
     description: This workshop centers around the best practices in the approach and conduct of data collection. This will include ethical considerations, how to effectively recruit participants and reduce attrition, improve your communication skills, and how these practices can make you a better researcher.
-
 projects:
   2021:
     - title: BIDS - Creating the events.tsv file
@@ -696,9 +689,8 @@ projects:
         HippUnfold is a world-leading software for analysis of the hippocampus. The hippocampus is a "canary in a coal mine" brain region - a sensitive and early indicator of neurological conditions like dementia, epilepsy, and many others. It is also critical in memory and high-order cognition across all mammals. Some studies are already revealing HippUnfold's potential for translation to the clinic!
 
         Recently, we are creating a major overhaul of HippUnfold to run more lightly, smoothly, and using best-practices including BIDS, snakemake, and git continuous integration (version 2.0). We'd love to get input and/or help with outstanding issues on the new release, and would be especially keen to get feedback on its ease-of-use for new users and its Documentation.
-
-        Come to the HippUnfold Tutorial at 1PM Wednesday for an introduction!
 
+        Come to the HippUnfold Tutorial at 1PM Wednesday for an introduction!
       url: https://github.com/khanlab/hippunfold
       organizers:
         - name: Jordan DeKraker
@@ -719,3 +711,18 @@ projects:
       organizers:
         - name: Joy Zhao
           github: joy-zhao
+    - title: Diffusion Fiducials
+      description:
+        - Neurosurgical procedures
+        - such as deep brain stimulation or lesion resection
+        - depend on the precise alignment of multiple types of scans to accurately target specific structures. Currently
+        - clinical quality control relies on visual inspection
+        - which is insensitive to subtle yet significant misalignments. To address this
+        - our lab developed the anatomical fiducials (AFIDs) framework comprising 32 easily identifiable anatomical landmarks to measure alignment accuracy at the millimetre scale. However
+        - this protocol was only validated on T1-weighted (T1w) MRI scans  showing anatomical information. In this project
+        - we aim to extend and validate the AFIDs framework for diffusion MRI-derived functional anisotropy maps (FA maps)
+        - which show white matter tracks in the brain. We are looking for anyone interested in learning more about neuroanatomy to join our project apply the anatomical fiducial protocol to annotate FA maps!
+      url: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1bfl6yQLSA4VBvbSgVSE7qjuQHfg8CVCy?usp=drive_link
+      organizers:
+        - name: Joy Zhao
+          github: joy-zhao