Social, Life, & Engineering Sciences Imaging Center (SLEIC)
The SLEIC is a partnership of the Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences and the Social Science Research Institute, with co-funding from the Colleges of Engineering, Health and Human Development, and the Liberal Arts, as well as from the Offices of the Provost and the Senior Vice President for Research. The Center is dedicated to fostering cutting edge research in the social, behavioral, biological, and materials sciences where imaging methodologies play a central role. The SLEIC provides the Penn State research community with instrumentation, technological and substantive expertise, educational opportunities, and financial support for conducting magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and electrophysiology (EEG, ERP) experiments. The Center also serves as a point of connection for researchers throughout the University and the Penn State College of Medicine.
The SLEIC consists of three components:
Huck Institute Magnetic Resonance Center (High Field Facility)
Established in 2005, the Center consists of a Varian 7 Tesla horizontal
magnet for small animal imaging and a Varian 14.1 Tesla magnet for NMR
microimaging. The Center is located in the basement of Chandlee.
Human Electrophysiology Facility (HEF)
Established in 2005, the HEF consists of two 128 channel and one 32 channel
human electroencephalography (EEG) systems and one system for collecting
ambulatory psychophysiology data. The HEF is located in 120 Chandlee.
3T MRI Facility
The facility is located in the basement of Chandlee. It houses a Siemens Magnetom Trio 3T magnet suitable for structural and functional imaging with humans.
The Center for Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Research (Penn State College of Medicine)
The Center for Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Research (CNMRR), our sister center, has an identical Siemens Magnetom Trio 3T magnet. These magnets were acquired to facilitate cooperative research across the two campuses.
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