Currently his OFNI group is developing on multimodal brain imaging: ultra-fast MREG sequence using 3T Siemens Vida. He joins prof. Teemu Myllylä in developing wearable brain sensing Glymphometer for monitoring brain hydrodynamics with a focus in detecting pulsations driving brain solute transport. Vesa has gathered some 5.6 M€ funding from Academy of Finland, CSTI SHOK and Jane & Aatos Erkko Foundation, Aivosäätiö and other foundations.
The scientific collaboration is with Maiken Nedergaard on brain glymphatics, Martin Walter in long-covid, Matias Palva group with dcEEG from Helsinki University and Kari Alitalo on vascular research. Ultrafast brain imaging development is done in collaboration with Freiburg University researchers Jurgen Hennig and colleques. He's been lucky to join in forces with several Oulu University Hospital Departments (Anesthesiology, Psychiatry (Adult & Child), Neurology (Adult & Pediatric), Oncology and Neurosurgery). Depts of Optoelectronics and Computer Science have been invaluable collaborators from Oulu University.