Benjamin Tendler
Sir Henry Wellcome Postdoctoral Fellow
I am a physicist working in the field of neuroscience. My research focuses on developing new techniques to identify processes in brain disease using Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI).
My fellowship aims to develop an imaging technique called 'steady-state diffusion' MRI. Resulting images are sensitive to the tiny motions of water within and surrounding cells, providing insights into brain structure and changes related to disease. To date, I have focused on developing these techniques in the context of post-mortem imaging. For a brief explanation of this work, please see this video.
I am an advocate for open science. I established the Digital Brain Bank, a data release platform providing access to curated, post-mortem neuroimaging datasets associated with University of Oxford researchers.
I am an advocate for research culture. I lead an initiative promoting Lab Handbooks as best practice for research groups to facilitate communication and improve how labs operate. For a brief overview of the initiative, please see this video.
More broadly, I have experience with diffusion imaging, magnetic susceptibility imaging, quantitative MRI and post-mortem investigations.
Recent publications
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Why every lab needs a handbook.
Tendler BC. et al, (2023), Elife, 12
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Automated detection of cerebral microbleeds on MR images using knowledge distillation framework.
Sundaresan V. et al, (2023), Front Neuroinform, 17
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Both noise-floor and tissue compartment difference in diffusivity contribute to FA dependence on b-value in diffusion MRI.
Yao J. et al, (2022), Hum Brain Mapp
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Phenotypic and genetic associations of quantitative magnetic susceptibility in UK Biobank brain imaging.
Wang C. et al, (2022), Nat Neurosci, 25, 818 - 831
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The Digital Brain Bank, an open access platform for post-mortem imaging datasets.
Tendler BC. et al, (2022), Elife, 11