SINAPSE
Six Scottish universities are working together to advance significantly research into conditions such as strokes, Alzheimer's disease, schizophrenia and cancer.
SINAPSE (The Scottish Imaging Network: A Platform for Scientific Excellence) brings together experts from the universities of Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Stirling, and
St Andrews and is the world's first virtual clinical imaging laboratory.
The £40 million initiative focuses primarily on imaging of the brain, using state-of-the-art technology that includes magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and positron emission tomography (PET). Pooling resources across Scotland, the partnership combines the collection of different types of brain information such as structure, function and brain waves, and develops new radioactive tracers for different diseases. This will enable further research into strokes, dementia, diabetes, cancer, and mental health.