The Miguel Hernández University of Elche (UMH), in conjunction with the European University of Brain and Technology -NeurotechEU, held the second edition of its Summer School on Preclinical Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Spectroscopy from 9th to 11th July. Organised by researchers Santiago Canals and Silvia De Santis from the Institute of Neurosciences, a joint centre of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) and the UMH, this second edition brought together over 20 students from various NeurotechEU partner universities.

The experts who participated, alongside the course coordinators, in this second edition were the Professor of Medical Imaging and Electronics at the Polytechnic University of Valencia, David Moratal; the Staff Scientist at the Sols-Morreale Biomedical Research Institute. IIBM (CSIC-UAM), Pilar López-Larrubia; Maximilian Eggl, researcher at the Institute of Neurosciences CSIC-UMH; and Mohamed Selim, a researcher at the University of Nottingham, specialising in computational neuroimaging.

The summer school programme covered the full spectrum, from the technical aspects of MRI hardware and the fundamental principles of image formation to the biological origins of different image contrasts. This enabled participants to gain a solid understanding of widely used techniques such as relaxometry, diffusion-based imaging, and functional MRI, while also exploring their biological foundations and key applications in biomedical and neuroscience research.

As a new addition compared to the previous edition, this year’s course featured the applications of Artificial Intelligence (AI) for both data acquisition and analysis, highlighting its transformative role in modern neuroimaging.

This activity was organised by NeurotechEU-UMH and the Institute of Neurosciences CSIC-UMH, and co-funded by the European Union, with the aim of participating in the creation of a pioneering transnational campus for the education and training of future researchers in the field of neurotechnology.