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From 2D to 3D

Mātai News From 2D to 3D Mātai and The Stevens Institute of Technology, 6 May 2021 Watch video A newly enhanced imaging technique captures brain movement in stunning detail, holds potential to inform diagnosis of brain disorders Researchers from the Mātai Medical Research Institute, in New Zealand, and Stevens Institute of Technology — and others – report a new and…

An X-cellent X-perience

Mātai News An X-cellent X-perience The Gisborne Herald, 18 August 2021 Students had fun assembling a fully-functional robot as a part of an engineering workshop at Tonui Collab this week. The Project X workshop was a joint collaboration between Tonui Collab, Matai research centre and the Institution of Engineering and Technology. The objective was to introduce intermediate school students to different…

Prostate cancer: ‘Game-changer’

Mātai News Prostate cancer: ‘Game-changer’ The Gisborne Herald, 6 September 2021 A Gisborne-based research company has developed a “game-changing” way to prevent men across New Zealand presenting with untreatable prostate cancer, and East Coast Maori could be the first to benefit. Matai Medical Research Institute’s new cancer diagnostic pathway project — Accuracy and Equity in Prostate Cancer Diagnosis — is…

Dementia: The Brains Trust, Episode 6: Mike Scott’s MRI scan

Mātai News Dementia: The Brains Trust, Episode 6: Mike Scott’s MRI scan NZ Herald, 8 March 2021 Read original article here Herald video journalist Mike Scott is not used to having the lens zoom in on his personal and painful story. As a little boy, he and his siblings, Chris and Angus, feared their father, who was violent and an…

Inaugural Intern Helps with Concussion Study

Mātai News Inaugural Intern Helps with Concussion Study The Gisborne Herald, 20 April 2021 Two years of study in engineering at Canterbury University helped Gisborne’s Adam Donaldson navigate his summer internship with medical imaging research centre Matai Research. Two years of study in engineering at Canterbury University helped Gisborne’s Adam Donaldson navigate his summer internship with medical imaging research centre…

Bioengineers show that fidgeting might help us concentrate

Mātai News Bioengineers show that fidgeting might help us concentrate Auckland Bioengineering Institute, 22 March 2021 Read original article here A collaboration between researchers at the Auckland Bioengineering Institute (ABI) and Mātai Medical Research Institute in Tarāiwhiti Gisborne have used MRI scans to demonstrate that fidgeting, often seen in people with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), might improve activation of…

Marsden Grant

Mātai News Marsden Grant Mātai, 7 December 2021 Marsden Grant: Better than a hole in the head! Mātai CEO Dr Samantha Holdsworth and Dr Sarah-Jane Guild (University of Auckland) have been awarded a Marsden Grant to determine if amplified MRI (a new medical imaging method being developed by Dr Holdsworth and her team of international collaborators) can be used as…

Gisborne research centre to perform world first study on cerebral palsy

Mātai News Gisborne research centre to perform world first study on cerebral palsy Stuff, 26 December 2020 Read original article here Medical experts will use cutting-edge technology to look inside the leg muscles of children in a study to help understand more about cerebral palsy. Medical experts will use cutting-edge technology to look inside the leg muscles of children in…