Glasgow Experimental MRI Centre

About the Centre


Professor Mhairi MacRae and Sir Muir Russell at the opening of the new Imaging facility Glasgow Experimental MRI Centre staff: seated from left to right, Dr Chris McCabe, Dr William Holmes, Mrs Lindsay Gallagher; standing from left to right Professor I Mhairi Macrae, Mr Jim Mullin, Dr Barrie Condon

The Glasgow Experimental MRI Centre (GEMRIC) was officially opened by the Principal, Sir Muir Russell on 21st September 2004. The facility started with a SHEFC-funded 7 Tesla small bore animal scanner, set up for neuroscience-based research. Under the terms of the SHEFC RDG award, this MRI scanner also serves as a national resource for biomedical imaging research in Scotland. Many pilot studies undertaken in the first 5 years led to fully-funded grants, with the scanner approaching full capacity. With CAPEX support from the University of Glasgow, a second 7 Tesla scanner was subsequently purchased and set up in 2009.


  External shot of the 7T MR facility External shot of the 7T MR facility