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Spinoza Centre for Neuroimaging

The Spinoza Centre for Neuroimaging is a core research facility and knowledge hub of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and the Amsterdam University Medical Center. The SC houses a 3T and 7T MRI-scanner, with the 7T providing unparalleled high-resolution imaging of brain structure and function in living humans, making it the most powerful MRI machine in the Amsterdam region. The SC supports cognitive, neuroscience, and clinical research plus patient care, while welcoming broader academic and industrial applications.

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Infrastructure and User Services 

The Spinoza Centre houses a 3T (Philips Ingenia CX) and 7T MRI (Philips Achieva). Both MRIs are equipped with stimulus presentation, behavioral recording, and physiological recording hardware and software. In addition, the 7T MRI is equipped with several specialized receive coils.

Examples/description of the type of research 

The Spinoza Centre supports cognitive, neuroscience, and clinical research plus patient care, while welcoming broader academic and industrial applications.

How to access the infrastructure ?

Spinoza Centre facilities can be accessed through research collaborations, where staff actively participate in joint projects with the goal of publications and intellectual property in an "excellence-driven access" mode. Market-driven access allows fee-based equipment and service use, primarily for commercially-sponsored, confidential research. Organizations can also establish partnership status similar to founding partners. Access can be implemented on-site or through remote/virtual collaboration with Centre staff.

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