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he Round Table Foundation (TRTF) was created by scientists of different countries and fields. Its Mission has been codified in the Foundation's statutes.
TRTF's Latin motto runs:
Tabula Rotunda — Tabula Fecunda (sit):
A round table should be a creative table.
Its various Chapters promote learning and teaching, interdisciplinary science and research, supporting academia and intercultural understanding, and aiding the young. Learn more about the Chapters and other activities of the Foundation by choosing your topic of interest in the table of contents.
The President of TRTF, Peter A. Rinck, summarized the main mission features of the Foundation in his
n today's science and research, places of quiet discussion free from strife are rare, and, though generally preached, broad-based interdisciplinary exchange usually remains minor-league.
Single outstanding scientists have become a rarity. They still exist; however, in most cases research and academia require teams, organized as a network of groups with a common interest. Leading individuals, with a clear research orientation, forge successful groups and networks with accomplished and competent researchers.
The Pro Academia Prize is bestowed on the leader and — if possible — the members of academic groups that serve as an example. The next prize decision is expected in mid-2023.
he European Magnetic Resonance Forum (EMRF) is the oldest scientific institution in Europe devoted to interdisciplinary medical and biological magnetic resonance, bridging the gap between the exact sciences and medicine. After its incorporation into TRTF in 2007, the organization announced the adoption of a new structure and mission strategy.
As a Chapter of TRTF, the Forum has reorganized its activities and extended its teaching program to the internet.
EMRF's status as an independent institution within TRTF will remain untouched. No commercial companies have any vested interest in EMRF and its membership branch ESMR.
More about EMRF.
s part of the reorganization efforts some of the activities of the Virtual Campus Initiative were taken over by TwinTree™.
wo serial publications under the roof of TRTF.
In 2015, the learned columns publication Rinckside (ISSN 2364-3889) was incorporated into the chapter structure of TRTF. Its Editorial Board has been enlarged.
The more than 30-year old column on “Imaging, Science, and Beyond” is published several times per year at irregular intervals both in an electronic and a printed version and is an officially citable scientific journal — small, but present. It is listed by the German National Library as a serial publication, and registered with the ISSN International Center in Paris.
Rinckside was revamped and got face-lifts between 2019 and 2021. Since 2018, "Special Supplements" are included in addition to the regular columns.
It widened its scope by opening a multilingual daughter site, A Small Café. It is meant to be a pleasant and inspiring small virtual academic meeting place on literature, philosophy, criticism, chronicles, discourse and debate and open to submissions by a wide range of authors.
espite the fact that printed textbooks are better for personal learning, the insistent requests for a digital textbook site was overwhelming. Thus we produced another digital version.
The first version of this primer — a little booklet — was written at Paul C. Lauterbur's laboratory on Long Island outside New York in the early 1980s. Lauterbur was the father of MR imaging. Meanwhile we are at the fourteenth edition of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine — and its seventh e-Learning edition. It has been revised, enlarged, and adapted for e-Learning. Earlier editions have been translated into Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, German, French, Polish, Russian, Japanese, and Chinese.
TRTF's magnetic resonance teaching website is a complete, independent — and free, open access — basic magnetic resonance e-textbook, to look up specific questions or to learn the fundamentals step-by-step. It includes a glossary and a list of acronyms. For the latest digital edition we have updated and optimized contents and layout, and made the visual presentation lighter to produce a more pleasant, informative and efficient user experience.
For the time being, the online edition will be available in English only. Celebrating the 40th anniversary in 2024 will be a pleasant occasion. The child had grown up, become an adult or, in our case — a rather successful standard textbook. The reviews and public reaction to the book were extremely positive. The editor, the co-authors, and the involved institutions — The Round Table Foundation and the European Magnetic Resonance Forum — aim to publish high quality teaching material. Our goal is to promote honest and knowledgeable information of real significance; for this reason, we are committed to peer review and editorial independence. Free offprints of several chapters of the 13th (printed) edition are available here.
Additional news and explanations are given in the Letter from the President.
n Investment.
"There is no finer investment for any community than putting milk into babies," Winston Churchill once stated.
TRTF goes beyond milk; a little breakfast and lunch, teaching how to brush your teeth, and a basis of reading, writing, singing — at TRTF's South American branch in Bogotá, Colombia.
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