Overview
Background
Dr Nyoman Kurniawan is a Senior Research Fellow in the Centre for Advanced Imaging and the Facility Manager for Preclincal 16.4T Microimaging 9.4T MRI scanners.
Dr Kurniawan’s research areas are:
- Diffusion magnetic resonance imaging of mouse neuroanatomy, with view to study neurological disease model, including:
- developmental abnormalities
- spinal cord diseases
- Development of 3D mouse brain, human spinal cord and cephalopod brain atlases using high resolution structural and diffusion MRI
- Development of MR methods for nephron imaging
- Application of MRI for agriculture imaging
Availability
- Dr Nyoman Kurniawan is:
- Available for supervision
- Media expert
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Science, The University of Queensland
- Bachelor (Honours) of Science (Advanced), The University of Queensland
- Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland
Research interests
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Spinal cord MRI
Using MRI to study degeneration and recovery in animal models of MS (EAE) and translation to clinical settings.
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Kidney imaging
Development of new MRI methods to image nephrons
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Development of structural connectome for animal model
Using diffusion MRI and fibre tracking to analyse brain wiring in animal models (rodents, fish, chepalopods)
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Development of MRI methods for agriculture imaging
Using MRI to characterise fruit maturation/ripening and root responses in crops.
Research impacts
Dr Kurniawan research focus is development of new MRI approaches for characterising animal models and ex vivo tissue specimens with the aim of relating the MRI signal to underlying tissue microstructures and processes. Insights gained with this approach have the potential to translate into improved use of MRI in humans. For example, he is working with clinicians at the Jamieson Trauma Institute to develop diffusion methods to measure brachial plexus injury.
Dr Kurniawan has a number of national and international collaborations, in the area of tumour microimaging (University of Sydney); multimodal MR imaging of Alzheimer brain (University of Southern California, USA), developing human spinal cord atlas (Polytechnique Montreal, Canada), and nephron imaging (Monash and University of Nottingham, UK).
Dr Kurniawan also works tangentialy in the applications of MRI to characterise agricultural products. He has been working with Uniquely Australian Foods at QAFFI, using MRI to characterise native fruit maturation and ripening process for commercialisation. Recently, he has obtained research infrastructure funding to establish Agriculture MRI facility at the Gatton Campus.
Works
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2025
Journal Article
The Utility of Intravoxel Incoherent Motion Metrics in Assessing Disability in Relapsing–Remitting Multiple Sclerosis
Alomair, Othman I., Alghamdi, Sami A., Abujamea, Abdullah H., Aljarallah, Salman, Alkhawajah, Nuha M., Alshuhri, Mohammed S., Alashban, Yazeed I. and Kurniawan, Nyoman D. (2025). The Utility of Intravoxel Incoherent Motion Metrics in Assessing Disability in Relapsing–Remitting Multiple Sclerosis. Diagnostics, 15 (16) 2113, 2113. doi: 10.3390/diagnostics15162113
2025
Journal Article
Counting glomeruli in human kidney specimens using ex vivo MRI without contrast agents
Kurniawan, Nyoman D., Amar, Aurel J., Cullen‐McEwen, Luise A., Combes, Alexander N., Hayatudin, Raeesah, Kassianos, Andrew J., Du, Jiaxin, Gazzard, Sarah E., Healy, Helen G., Hoy, Wendy E., Bertram, John F. and Reutens, David C. (2025). Counting glomeruli in human kidney specimens using ex vivo MRI without contrast agents. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 94 (6) mrm.30642, 2519-2528. doi: 10.1002/mrm.30642
2025
Journal Article
Correction: Mutation in the rat interleukin 34 gene impacts macrophage development, homeostasis and inflammation
Huang, Stephen, Patkar, Omkar L., Schulze, Sarah, Carter-Cusack, Dylan, Millard, Susan, Ranpura, Ginell, Green, Emma K., Maxwell, Emma, Kanesarajah, Jeeva, Cowin, Gary, Stimson, Damion, Kurniawan, Nyoman D, Keshvari, Sahar, Allavena, Rachel, Pettit, Allison R., Irvine, Katharine M. and Hume, David A. (2025). Correction: Mutation in the rat interleukin 34 gene impacts macrophage development, homeostasis and inflammation. Life Science Alliance, 8 (10) e202503435, e202503435. doi: 10.26508/lsa.202503435
2025
Journal Article
Magnetic resonance imaging of Burdekin plum during fruit development
Chen, Gengning, Sultanbawa, Yasmina and Kurniawan, Nyoman D. (2025). Magnetic resonance imaging of Burdekin plum during fruit development. Food Science and Nutrition, 13 (7) e70707, e70707-7. doi: 10.1002/fsn3.70707
2025
Journal Article
Mutation in the rat interleukin 34 gene impacts macrophage development, homeostasis, and inflammation
Huang, Stephen, Patkar, Omkar L., Schulze, Sarah, Carter-Cusack, Dylan, Millard, Susan, Ranpura, Ginell, Green, Emma K., Maxwell, Emma, Kanesarajah, Jeeva, Cowin, Gary, Stimson, Damion, Kurniawan, Nyoman D., Keshvari, Sahar, Allavena, Rachel, Pettit, Allison R., Irvine, Katharine M. and Hume, David A. (2025). Mutation in the rat interleukin 34 gene impacts macrophage development, homeostasis, and inflammation. Life Science Alliance, 8 (9) e202503264, e202503264. doi: 10.26508/lsa.202503264
2025
Other Outputs
MRI protocols for imaging Burdekin Plums
Kurniawan, Nyoman (2025). MRI protocols for imaging Burdekin Plums. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.48610/57ebc66
2025
Journal Article
Investigating the Role of Intravoxel Incoherent Motion Diffusion-Weighted Imaging in Evaluating Multiple Sclerosis Lesions
Alomair, Othman I., Alghamdi, Sami A., Abujamea, Abdullah H., AlfIfi, Ahmed Y., Alashban, Yazeed I. and Kurniawan, Nyoman D. (2025). Investigating the Role of Intravoxel Incoherent Motion Diffusion-Weighted Imaging in Evaluating Multiple Sclerosis Lesions. Diagnostics, 15 (10) 1260, 1260. doi: 10.3390/diagnostics15101260
2025
Journal Article
Body size and intracranial volume interact with the structure of the central nervous system: a multi-center in vivo neuroimaging study
Labounek, René, Bondy, Monica T., Paulson, Amy L., Bédard, Sandrine, Abramovic, Mihael, Alonso-Ortiz, Eva, Atcheson, Nicole T., Barlow, Laura R., Barry, Robert L., Barth, Markus, Battiston, Marco, Büchel, Christian, Budde, Matthew D., Callot, Virginie, Combes, Anna, De Leener, Benjamin, Descoteaux, Maxime, de Sousa, Paulo Loureiro, Dostál, Marek, Doyon, Julien, Dvorak, Adam V., Eippert, Falk, Epperson, Karla R., Epperson, Kevin S., Freund, Patrick, Finsterbusch, Jürgen, Foias, Alexandru, Fratini, Michela, Fukunaga, Issei ... Nestrašil, Igor (2025). Body size and intracranial volume interact with the structure of the central nervous system: a multi-center in vivo neuroimaging study. Imaging Neuroscience, 3 imag_a_00559, 3. doi: 10.1162/imag_a_00559
2025
Conference Publication
Automated 3D segmentation of glomeruli in human kidney tissue specimens using 16.4 T MRI without contrast agents
Amar, Aurel J., Kurniawan, Nyoman D., Cullen-McEwen, Luise A., Kassianos, Andrew J., Healy, Helen G., Bertram, John F., Chandra, Shekhar S. and Reutens, David C. (2025). Automated 3D segmentation of glomeruli in human kidney tissue specimens using 16.4 T MRI without contrast agents. 2025 IEEE 22nd International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI), Houston, TX, United States, 14-17 April 2025. Piscataway, NJ, United States: IEEE. doi: 10.1109/isbi60581.2025.10980815
2025
Journal Article
The Hippo effector TEAD1 regulates postnatal murine cerebellar development
Atterton, Cooper, Pelenyi, Alexandra, Jones, Justin, Currey, Laura, Al-Khalily, Majd, Wright, Lucinda, Doonan, Mikki, Knight, David, Kurniawan, Nyoman D., Walters, Shaun, Thor, Stefan and Piper, Michael (2025). The Hippo effector TEAD1 regulates postnatal murine cerebellar development. Brain Structure and Function, 230 (3) 42, 42-3. doi: 10.1007/s00429-025-02903-x
2025
Journal Article
Blue-lined octopus Hapalochlaena fasciata males envenomate females to facilitate copulation
Chung, Wen-Sung, Kurniawan, Nyoman D., Marshall, N. Justin and Cortesi, Fabio (2025). Blue-lined octopus Hapalochlaena fasciata males envenomate females to facilitate copulation. Current Biology, 35 (5), R169-R170. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2025.01.027
2025
Conference Publication
Counting glomeruli in human kidney specimens without contrast agents using ex vivo MRI at 16.4 T
Kurniawan, Nyoman, Amar, Aurel, Cullen-McEwen, Luise, Kassianos, Andrew, Healy, Helen, Bertram, John and Reutens, David (2025). Counting glomeruli in human kidney specimens without contrast agents using ex vivo MRI at 16.4 T. Concord, CA: ISMRM. doi: 10.58530/2025/4925
2025
Other Outputs
Blue-lined octopus copulation
Chung, Wen-Sung and Kurniawan, Nyoman (2025). Blue-lined octopus copulation. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.48610/56cf71f
2025
Other Outputs
16.4T MRI of nephrectomy sample - updated
Kurniawan, Nyoman and Amar, Aurel (2025). 16.4T MRI of nephrectomy sample - updated. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.48610/7da7765
2024
Other Outputs
16.4T MRI of nephrectomy sample and segmentation algorithm using shape recognition in python - superseded
Kurniawan, Nyoman (2024). 16.4T MRI of nephrectomy sample and segmentation algorithm using shape recognition in python - superseded. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.48610/88700ea
2024
Journal Article
Expression of the Hippo pathway effector, TEAD1, within the developing murine forebrain
Pelenyi, Alexandra, Atterton, Cooper, Jones, Justin, Currey, Laura, Al-Khalily, Majd, Wright, Lucinda, Kurniawan, Nyoman D., Thor, Stefan and Piper, Michael (2024). Expression of the Hippo pathway effector, TEAD1, within the developing murine forebrain. Gene Expression Patterns, 54 119384, 119384. doi: 10.1016/j.gep.2024.119384
2024
Conference Publication
An Inactivating Mutation in Rat IL-34 Reveals Redundant and Nonredundant Functions of CSF1-IL-34 Signalling in Homeostasis and Inflammation
Huang, Stephen, Patkar, Omkar, Schulze, Sarah, Carter-Cusack, Dylan, Ranpura, Ginell, Maxwell, Emma, Keshvari, Sahar, Millard, Susan, Cowin, Gary, Kurniawan, Nyoman, Pettit, Allison, Irvine, Katharine M. and Hume, David A. (2024). An Inactivating Mutation in Rat IL-34 Reveals Redundant and Nonredundant Functions of CSF1-IL-34 Signalling in Homeostasis and Inflammation. 66th ASH Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, United States, 7-10 December 2024. Washington, DC, United States: American Society of Hematology. doi: 10.1182/blood-2024-208881
2024
Journal Article
Automated quality control of small animal MR neuroimaging data
Kalantari, Aref, Shahbazi, Mehrab, Schneider, Marc, Raikes, Adam C., Frazão, Victor Vera, Bhattrai, Avnish, Carnevale, Lorenzo, Diao, Yujian, Franx, Bart A. A., Gammaraccio, Francesco, Goncalves, Lisa-Marie, Lee, Susan, van Leeuwen, Esther M., Michalek, Annika, Mueller, Susanne, Olvera, Alejandro Rivera, Padro, Daniel, Selim, Mohamed Kotb, van der Toorn, Annette, Varriano, Federico, Vrooman, Roël, Wenk, Patricia, Albers, H. Elliott, Boehm-Sturm, Philipp, Budinger, Eike, Canals, Santiago, De Santis, Silvia, Brinton, Roberta Diaz, Dijkhuizen, Rick M. ... Aswendt, Markus (2024). Automated quality control of small animal MR neuroimaging data. Imaging Neuroscience, 2 imag-2-00317, 1-23. doi: 10.1162/imag_a_00317
2024
Journal Article
Polycomb repressive complex 2 is critical for mouse cortical glutamatergic neuron development
Currey, Laura, Mitchell, Benjamin, Al-Khalily, Majd, McElnea, Sarah-Jayne, Kozulin, Peter, Harkins, Danyon, Pelenyi, Alexandra, Fenlon, Laura, Suarez, Rodrigo, Kurniawan, Nyoman D, Burne, Thomas H., Harris, Lachlan, Thor, Stefan and Piper, Michael (2024). Polycomb repressive complex 2 is critical for mouse cortical glutamatergic neuron development. Cerebral Cortex, 34 (7) bhae268, 1-17. doi: 10.1093/cercor/bhae268
2024
Conference Publication
Application of Diffusion MRI to Characterize Connectome Changes Associated with EED Ablation
Alkhalily, Majd, Currey, Laura, Piper, Michael and Kurniawan, Nyoman (2024). Application of Diffusion MRI to Characterize Connectome Changes Associated with EED Ablation. 2023 ISMRM & ISMRT Annual Meeting & Exhibition, Toronto, Canada, 3-8 June 2023. Concord, CA United States: ISMRM. doi: 10.58530/2023/2685
Funding
Current funding
Supervision
Availability
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- Available for supervision
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Available projects
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Developing novel methods of kidney MRI acquisition and image analysis using artificial intelligence
Nephrons are the basic functional unit of the kidney, an organ with a central role in maintaining homeostasis in the body. The number of nephrons in the kidneys and their microstructure reflect the success of renal development and the trajectory of renal health through life. Low nephron number increases the risk of chronic kidney disease, hypertension and cardiovascular disease.
Current methods for nephron quantitation are limited to ex vivo methods which are labour intensive, affected by shrinkage or use contrast agents. Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) has strong potential to characterise kidney microstructures, but in vivo it suffers from low image resolution and motion artefacts. This PhD project aims to develop novel methods for kidney MR image acquisitions and analyses using artificial intelligence (such as Deep Learning and super resolution methods) to allow characterisation of key components of nephrons, the glomeruli and tubules. It is expected that these new methods will play important roles in future kidney research and contribute to reducing Australia’s epidemic of chronic kidney disease.
This is an opportunity to work with researchers at the Centre for Advanced Imaging, a leading imaging research facility in Australia, and The University of Queensland School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering.
The project will suit an enthusiastic and highly motivated student with a background in computer science, physics or engineering.
Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Mapping human cervical spinal cord using high resolution structural and diffusion magnetic resonance imaging
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Gary Cowin
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Doctor Philosophy
Symptomatology, neurocognitive and pathophysiological following repetitive head trauma
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Fatima Nasrallah
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Doctor Philosophy
Machine learning methods for visualisation and quantification of nephrons with MRI.
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Shakes Chandra
Completed supervision
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2024
Doctor Philosophy
Development of Diffusion MRI and Tractography Protocols to Characterise Mouse Brain Development
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Michael Piper
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2023
Doctor Philosophy
Multimodal MRI to monitor disease and treatment in a chronic-progressive EAE mouse model of multiple sclerosis
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Gary Cowin, Dr Nemat Khan
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2019
Doctor Philosophy
Advanced Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging at Ultrahigh Field to Investigate Neurological Microstructural Changes in an EAE Mouse Model of Multiple Sclerosis
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Emeritus Professor Maree Smith
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2018
Doctor Philosophy
Anatomical Study of the Human Cervical Spinal Cord and Pathology Assessment of Spinal Cord Injury in Animal Models Using Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Gary Cowin, Professor Marc Ruitenberg
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2018
Doctor Philosophy
Neurological study of a mouse model of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders using advanced imaging techniques
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Karine Mardon
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2015
Doctor Philosophy
Development of magnetic resonance diffusion weighted imaging at 16.4T to assess neurological degeneration in a mouse model of multiple sclerosis
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Emeritus Professor Maree Smith
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2020
Doctor Philosophy
The cardioprotective effects of growth hormone secretagogues in mouse models of myocardial ischemia reperfusion and infarction
Associate Advisor
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2017
Doctor Philosophy
Measuring the progression of upper motor neuron disease using diffusion MRI and its correlation with Clinical phenotype
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Robert Henderson, Professor Pamela McCombe, Dr Kerstin Pannek
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