# MRtrix3 workshop to be held in Brisbane, Australia in July 2025!

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**Created:** [February 3, 2025, 10:48pm UTC](https://community.mrtrix.org/t/mrtrix3-workshop-to-be-held-in-brisbane-australia-in-july-2025/8185 "2025-02-03T22:48:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![Kerstin](https://community.mrtrix.org/user_avatar/community.mrtrix.org/kerstin/32/5013_2.png) [@Kerstin](https://community.mrtrix.org/u/Kerstin)\
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Hi everyone,

We are pleased to announce that we will be hosting our seventh official _MRtrix3_ workshop in June/July at The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.

- **date & time:** Monday 30 June till Thursday 3 July 2025, 9am – 5pm.
- **location:** [The University of Queensland](https://www.uq.edu.au/) (St Lucia Campus), Brisbane, Australia.
- **attendance:** 40-60 delegates.
- **registration fee:** AU $500 (student) / $750 (academic) / $1,500 (industry), approximately USD $300 / $500 / $950 respectively. The fee will include venue hire, coffee breaks, and lunches, but will _exclude_ accommodation.

**Registration:** Please [visit the workshop registration page](https://payments.uq.edu.au/mrtrix3workshop2025) to sign up for the workshop.

**Note:** student attendees will need to provide a letter from their supervisor confirming their student status. This can be done after registration, but will be required before attendance. Please send these letters to [workshop@mrtrix.org](mailto:workshop@mrtrix.org).

We hope to see many of you there! Watch this space for further announcements.  
All the best,

The MRtrix3 team.

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## Programme

| Day | Time | | Session |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| **Monday** | | | **Introduction** |
| _AM_ | 8am | | _Registration & welcome_ |
| | 9am - 10am | | Introduction to MRtrix & mrview |
| | 10am - 11am | | _Coffee break & practice time_ |
| | 11am - 12pm | | The Spherical Deconvolutionist’s Guide to Diffusion MRI |
| | | | _Lunch break_ |
| | | | **Basic signal analysis and tractography** |
| _PM_ | 2pm - 3pm | | Voxel-level modelling (basics) |
| | 3pm - 4pm | | _Coffee break & practice time_ |
| | 4pm - 5pm | | Fundamentals of tractography |
| _Evening_ | | | _Welcome dinner_ |
| | | | |
| **Tuesday** | | | **Preparing the data** |
| _AM_ | 9am - 10am | | Pre-processing |
| | 10am - 11am | | _Coffee break & practice time_ |
| | 11am - 12pm | | Motion and distortion correction using dwifslpreproc |
| | | | _Lunch break_ |
| | | | **Robust DWI modelling** |
| _PM_ | 2pm - 3pm | | Voxel-level modelling (advanced & quantitative) |
| | 3pm - 4pm | | _Coffee break & practice time_ |
| | 4pm - 5pm | | ROI-based tractography |
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| **Wednesday** | | | **Quantitative connectomics** |
| _AM_ | 9am - 10am | | Quantitative streamlines tractography |
| | 10am - 11am | | _Coffee break & practice time_ |
| | 11am - 12pm | | Connectome construction |
| | | | _Lunch break_ |
| | | | **Registration & template construction** |
| _PM_ | 2pm - 3pm | | Image registration for dMRI |
| | 3pm - 4pm | | _Coffee break & practice time_ |
| | 4pm - 5pm | | Group-level quantitative dMRI analysis |
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| **Thursday** | | | **Fixel-Based Analysis** |
| _AM_ | 9am - 10am | | Preparing data for Fixel-Based Analysis |
| | 10am - 11am | | _Coffee break & practice time_ |
| | 11am - 12pm | | The General Linear Model & permutation testing |
| | | | _Lunch break_ |
| | | | **Statistics in FBA** |
| _PM_ | 2pm - 3pm | | Statistical inference using CFE |
| | 3pm - 4pm | | _Coffee break & practice time_ |
| | 4pm - 5pm | | Visualisation, Q&A, tips & tricks |
| | 5pm | | _Adjournment_ |

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## Practical information

### Public Transport

Use [https://translink.com.au/](https://translink.com.au/) or download the Translink App to check for the closest stop to your hotel. All public transport is currently $0.50 per trip.

Most public transport takes payment from your phone or card otherwise get yourself a GO card which can be purchased from most news agencies.

There is an airport train line that runs to the city from both the international and domestic terminals.

#### Buses from City to St Lucia

- Route M2
- Route 411
- Route 412
- Route P332

#### Buses from South Bank to St Lucia

- Route M2

#### Train

- Catch train from Brisbane City or South Bank to Toowong Station (Ipswich Line)
- If catching from South Bank, you may need to change trains at Brisbane -Central or Roma Street to the Ipswich line
- Catch either bus 412 or 402 to UQ campus from stop 14 (Benson Street, Toowong)

#### Ferry

You will get off at the UQ St Lucia ferry terminal

Ferries from Brisbane City to UQ, St Lucia

- QUT Gardens Point Ferry Terminal
- Riverside Ferry Terminal
- Howard Smith Wharves ferry terminal
- North Quay ferry terminal

Ferries from South Bank to UQ, St Lucia

- South bank ferry terminal

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### Food and drink

#### Brisbane City

Restaurant/bar suggestions:

- Brisbane Riverside has many dining and bar options
- Howard Smith Wharves
- Longwang Restaurant
- Extensive list can be found here
- New Star Casino precinct – Queens Wharf

Cafes:

- Marco Polo
- Coffee Anthology
- Two Sons Coffee Co
- Extensive list can be found here

#### South Bank

- Extensive list can be found here
- Rooftop dining and cocktails – Emporium Hotel

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### Parking at UQ, St Lucia

Download the CelloPark app, or use the Pay-by-Plate machines that are situated around campus near all street or multi-level carparks.

[Click here for a PDF parking map](https://campuses.uq.edu.au/files/22445/ParkingMap-StLucia.pdf)

[Click here gor information about parking zone and associated fees](https://campuses.uq.edu.au/information-and-services/parking-transport/parking/locations/st-lucia)

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### Accommodation

There is unfortunately no accommodation available through the University. Please use other booking sites to find accommodation options near the St Lucia campus, where the workshop is due to take place.

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