About us

The BrainEcho Lab @ Erasmus MC

The Panta Rei Symposum is hosted by The BrainEcho Lab (formerly known as CUBE) and the Erasmus MC.

The BrainEcho Lab is a multidisciplinary ensemble of different departments in- and outside the Erasmus MC. We unite engineers, neuroscientists, neurosurgeons, physicists and others towards the same common goal: understanding the brain with ultrasound. The BrainEcho Lab is especially unique in its clinical application of functional Ultrasound (fUS), an experimental technique which is currently integrated into the neurosurgical operating rooms of the Erasmus MC.

Erasmus MC

The Erasmus MC is one of the biggest academic hospitals, research centers and medical universities in the Netherlands. It is located in the middle of the city of Rotterdam and greatly reflects the international nature of the city. Worldwide, the Erasmus MC is known for its cutting-edge international medical research that helps to understand, predict, treat, and prevent diseases and health conditions.

Sadaf Soloukey is assistant professor at the BrainEcho Lab, department of Neurosciene, Erasmus MC. Sadaf is a neuroscientist and MD.  She defended her thesis titled Panta Rei (Everything Flows): Functional Ultrasound Imaging and Neuromodulation of the Brain and Spinal Cord in 2023, cum Laude, inspiring the first edition of this symposium. Sadaf currently combines her research position with her neurosurgical residency. Her research interests lie in functional ultrasound imaging and ultrasound localization microscopy in- and outside of the neurosurgical operating room.

Pieter Kruizinga is assistant professor at the BrainEcho Lab, department of Neurosciene, Erasmus MC. He obtained his PhD in 2015 from the Erasmus University of Rotterdam, The Netherlands. In 2018 he joined the Neuroscience department in the Erasmus MC where he leads  the imaging research within the BrainEcho Lab. His current research focusses on computational ultrasound imaging and functional ultrasound imaging of the brain.