Danny JJ Wang
@loft_lab
Professor of Neurology and Radiology @USC, Director of LOFT lab
Honored to attend SMART Africa MRI workshop focusing on ASL in Lagos Nigeria 🇳🇬 impressed by the growth and passion of MRI in Africa, glad to share ASL experience and contribute to global MRI, congrats to @SMARTA_NETWORK
The 3rd annual meeting of 7T Translational Alliance of North America (7TANA) was successfully held at UTSW July 14-15 2025, great progresses in multiple frontiers of 7T clinical translations. Congrats to organizers Dr. Anke Henning and Sheeba Anteraper at UTSW see y'all next year
ASL CBF changes with AD stages, indicating the value of ASL for detecting and monitoring AD progression
🌟 New week, new animation 🧠 Research by our @loft_lab uses noninvasive ASL MRI to show that brain blood flow decreases even in the earliest stages of Alzheimer’s — before memory problems appear. This could help doctors catch the disease earlier and track treatment over time.
Glymphatic dysfunction in Alzheimer’s disease: A critical appraisal | Science science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…
Mondays are for experimenting with visualizing a single subject Human Connectome Project dataset of the full brain fiber bundles 🤩🧠
Thanks for @audreypfan invite to visit UC Davis BME and imaging research center, impressive program great exchange with faculty and students, beautiful campus with an arboretum also thx @ydavidzhu
Nice to attend #ASNR2025 ultrahigh field MRI in clinical neuroradiology session with @EMiddlebrooksMD @CanOzutemiz Dr Mai-Lan Ho and @PaechDC
Alzheimer’s Disrupts the Whole Body, Not Just the Brain New research shows that Alzheimer’s disease impacts not only the brain but also other organs throughout the body. Using genetically modified fruit flies that expressed Alzheimer’s-related proteins Aβ42 or Tau in neurons,…
Congrats to class 2025 of ISMRM junior and senior fellows, gold medalists especially to my mentor Dr Detre for winning gold medal 🥇 well deserved for career achievement
Thank you @60Minutes for giving the devastating NIH pauses and proposed budget cuts the attention they deserve. ALL Americans regardless of party affiliation will be impacted, and the impact goes long beyond one administration. cbsnews.com/video/nih-cuts…
Today, NIH announced a new initiative to expand innovative, human-based science while reducing the use of animals in research. This aligns with @US_FDA’s initiative to reduce testing in animals. bit.ly/4jYd4T2
Projected Lifetime Cancer Risks From Current Computed Tomography Imaging jamanetwork.com/journals/jamai…
MRI warning as study says injection could cause deadly material to form in body independent.co.uk/health-and-wel…
🚨 Now accepting applications! Our Center for Image Acquisition is offering a 1-year grant for research on health & disease pathways using ultra-high-field MRI. Interdisciplinary + translational projects encouraged. 🧠🧬 Learn more: cia.ini.usc.edu/home/7trfp
glad to join SMART MRI workshop to promote MRI and ASL in Africa
The world of MRI science is evolving, and YOU can be a part of this exciting future! Join the 4th SMART Africa MRI Workshop in Lagos, July 23-25, 2025. Register by June 15, 2025! Click the link below to register. lnkd.in/dBmiJbAQ
Check out our superficial white matter animation with data from @USC_NICR 🧠 More info 👉 bit.ly/4iIpzSA
White matter tracts in the human brain by our medical animator Jim Stanis with data from our work on the @HumanConnectome Project 🧠
👀 NEW animation from @loft_lab, @ShaoXingfeng, and Zixuan Liu shows how blood flows to the choroid plexus (ChP), a part of the brain located in the lateral ventricles 🧠
