From jennifer.chew@mcgill.ca Wed Jun 1 19:47:54 2005 From: jennifer.chew@mcgill.ca (Jennifer Chew, Ms.) Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2005 14:47:54 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] Special Seminar - VBM in the degenerative dementias Message-ID: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C566DA.6C885ECB Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable SPECIAL SEMINAR =20 Date: Friday, June 17, 2005 Time: 11:00 A.M. Place: de Grandpre Communications Centre =20 Speaker: Giovanni B. Frisoni, M.D., Laboratory of Epidemiology & Neuroimaging IRCCS San Giovanni di Dio FBF The National Center for Research and Care of Alzheimer's Disease, Italy =20 Title: VBM in the Degenerative Dementias =20 Jennifer=20 =20 Jennifer Chew McConnell Brain Imaging Centre Montreal Neurological Institute Room WB317 3801 University Street Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3A 2B4 Tel: (514) 398-8554 Fax: (514) 398-2975 =20 =20 ------_=_NextPart_001_01C566DA.6C885ECB Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

SPECIAL=20 SEMINAR

Date: Friday,=20 June 17, 2005

Time: 11:00=20 A.M.

Place: de=20 Grandpre Communications Centre

Speaker: =20 Giovanni B. Frisoni, M.D., Laboratory of Epidemiology & Neuroimaging = IRCCS=20 San Giovanni di Dio FBF

&nbs= p; =20 The National Center for Research and Care of Alzheimer's Disease,=20 Italy

Title: VBM in=20 the Degenerative Dementias

Jennifer=20

Jennifer = Chew

McConnell=20 Brain Imaging Centre

Montreal=20 Neurological Institute

Room=20 WB317

3801=20 University Street

Montreal,=20 Quebec, Canada

H3A=20 2B4

Tel: =20 (514) 398-8554

Fax: =20 (514) 398-2975

------_=_NextPart_001_01C566DA.6C885ECB-- From xingfeng@bic.mni.mcgill.ca Thu Jun 2 17:49:40 2005 From: xingfeng@bic.mni.mcgill.ca (Xingfeng LI) Date: Thu, 2 Jun 2005 12:49:40 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] fMRI time available,8th,June,2005 Message-ID: Our next Wednesday fMRI time slot from 16:30-20:00 is available. We have concelled the time, please submit a requistion if you are interest. Thanks From belinda.preziosi@mcgill.ca Fri Jun 3 15:16:50 2005 From: belinda.preziosi@mcgill.ca (Belinda Preziosi, Ms.) Date: Fri, 3 Jun 2005 10:16:50 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] REMINDER - Protocols for Submission Message-ID: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C56846.E23D191F Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable =20 To: B.I.C. Personnel =20 From: Belinda Preziosi =20 Date: June 3rd, 2005 =20 Subject: REMINDER - PROTOCOLS FOR SUBMISSION =20 Please note that if you have any new or re-submission protocols for review by the PET Working Committee, Fourteen (14) copies of the protocol together with both the English and French consent forms (one copy, only, of the French Consent Form) must be submitted by Wednesday, June 8th, 2005 in Webster 218. =20 For the most recent version of the Protocols and English and French Consent Forms, please see: http://www.bic.mni.mcgill.ca/admin/protocols/.=20 =20 Please note that this is the last meeting before the committee convenes for the summer, the next meeting will be scheduled in September. =20 Regards, =20 Jean Paul Soucy =20 =20 =20 Belinda Preziosi McConnell Brain Imaging Center Montreal Neurological Institute Room WB218 3801 University Montreal, QC H3A 2B4 Tel: (514) 398-1585 Fax: (514) 398-8948 Email: belinda.preziosi@mcgill.ca =20 =20 ------_=_NextPart_001_01C56846.E23D191F Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

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Subject: &nbs= p; REMINDER -=20 PROTOCOLS FOR=20 SUBMISSION

Please note that if you have = any new or=20 re-submission protocols for review by the PET Working Committee,=20 Fourteen (14) copies of the protocol together with both = the=20 English and French consent forms (one copy, only, of the French Consent = Form)=20 must be submitted by Wednesday, June 8th, 2005 in Webster=20 218.

For the most recent version of = the=20 Protocols and English and French Consent Forms, please see: http://www.bic.mni= .mcgill.ca/admin/protocols/.=20

Please note that this is the = last=20 meeting before the committee convenes for the summer, the next meeting = will be=20 scheduled in September.

Regards,

Jean Paul = Soucy

Belinda=20 Preziosi

McConnell Brain=20 Imaging Center

Montreal Neurological=20 Institute

Room=20 WB218

3801=20 University

Montreal, QC H3A=20 2B4

Tel: (514)=20 398-1585

Fax: (514)=20 398-8948

Email: =20 belinda.preziosi@mcgill.ca

------_=_NextPart_001_01C56846.E23D191F-- From jennifer.chew@mcgill.ca Fri Jun 3 15:49:46 2005 From: jennifer.chew@mcgill.ca (Jennifer Chew, Ms.) Date: Fri, 3 Jun 2005 10:49:46 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] FW: letter from Dr. J-P Souch Message-ID: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C5684B.7CD04C13 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----_=_NextPart_002_01C5684B.7CD04C13" ------_=_NextPart_002_01C5684B.7CD04C13 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Forwarding on behalf of Dr. J-P. Soucy. Jennifer=20 =20 ________________________________ From: Jean-Paul Soucy, Dr=20 Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2005 9:28 PM To: Jennifer Chew, Ms. Subject:=20 Hi Jennifer, =20 Could you please send the attached message to EVERYONE at BIC? =20 Thank you very much, =20 Jean-Paul Soucy ------_=_NextPart_002_01C5684B.7CD04C13 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

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Sent:=20 Thursday, June 02, 2005 9:28 PM
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Subject:

Hi = Jennifer,

Could you please send the attached = message to=20 EVERYONE at BIC?

Thank you very much,

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June 7- A Fine Balance: Optimizing Plasticityin the Injured Spinal Cord Message-ID: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C56AA1.6B4C92A4 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable PLEASE DISCARD IF THIS IS A DUPLICATE. THANK YOU. JENNIFER=20 =20 Jennifer Chew McConnell Brain Imaging Centre Montreal Neurological Institute Room WB317 3801 University Street Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3A 2B4 Tel: (514) 398-8554 Fax: (514) 398-2975 =20 =20 ________________________________ From: MNISTAFF - Montreal Neurological Institute Staff [mailto:MNISTAFF@LISTS.MCGILL.CA] On Behalf Of Enza Ferracane, Ms. Sent: Monday, June 06, 2005 9:54 AM To: MNISTAFF@LISTS.MCGILL.CA Subject: Killam Lecture - June 7 KILLAM LECTURE =20 Speaker: Matt S. Ramer, Ph.D. Professor, The University of British Columbia =20 Title: A Fine Balance: Optimizing Plasticity in the Injured Spinal Cord =20 Time: 4:00 pm =20 Place: de Grandpre Communication Centre =20 Date: June 7, 2005 ------------------------------------------------------- =20 =20 Dear Colleagues,=20 =20 This week's Killam speaker with be Dr. Matt Ramer. Dr. Ramer is a faculty member at the University of British Columbia and is a member of ICORD. His laboratory is interested in changes that occur in sensory neurons and other cells of the nervous system when they are injured, the consequences to the physiology and behaviour of animals (rats and mice) with damaged sensory neurons, and ways to improve the outcome of such damage. Projects in his lab include studying the cause of regeneration failure at the dorsal root entry zone particularly focussing onthe contribution of non-neuronal cells in the environment, and examining the role of Galectin-1 in regeneration. Dr. Ramer has published many key findings since his arrival at UBC (see below) and is an engaging speaker. =20 =20 1: McGraw J, Gaudet AD, Oschipok LW, Kadoya T, Horie H, Steeves JD, Tetzlaff W, Ramer MS.=20 Regulation of neuronal and glial galectin-1 expression by peripheral and central axotomy of rat primary afferent neurons. Exp Neurol. 2005 May 11; [Epub ahead of print]=20 PMID: 15893752 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] 2: McGraw J, Gaudet AD, Oschipok LW, Steeves JD, Poirier F, Tetzlaff W, Ramer MS.=20 Altered primary afferent anatomy and reduced thermal sensitivity in mice lacking galectin-1. Pain. 2005 Mar;114(1-2):7-18. Epub 2004 Nov 25.=20 PMID: 15733626 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] 3: Ramer LM, Ramer MS, Steeves JD.=20 Setting the stage for functional repair of spinal cord injuries: a cast of thousands. Spinal Cord. 2005 Mar;43(3):134-61. Review.=20 PMID: 15672094 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] 4: McPhail LT, Plunet WT, Das P, Ramer MS.=20 The astrocytic barrier to axonal regeneration at the dorsal root entry zone is induced by rhizotomy. Eur J Neurosci. 2005 Jan;21(1):267-70.=20 PMID: 15654864 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] 5: Scott AL, Borisoff JF, Ramer MS.=20 Deafferentation and neurotrophin-mediated intraspinal sprouting: a central role for the p75 neurotrophin receptor. Eur J Neurosci. 2005 Jan;21(1):81-92.=20 PMID: 15654845 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] 6: McGraw J, McPhail LT, Oschipok LW, Horie H, Poirier F, Steeves JD, Ramer MS, Tetzlaff W.=20 Galectin-1 in regenerating motoneurons. Eur J Neurosci. 2004 Dec;20(11):2872-80.=20 PMID: 15579141 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] 7: Ramer LM, Borisoff JF, Ramer MS.=20 Rho-kinase inhibition enhances axonal plasticity and attenuates cold hyperalgesia after dorsal rhizotomy. J Neurosci. 2004 Dec 1;24(48):10796-805.=20 PMID: 15574730 [PubMed - in process] 8: MacDermid VE, McPhail LT, Tsang B, Rosenthal A, Davies A, Ramer MS.=20 A soluble Nogo receptor differentially affects plasticity of spinally projecting axons. Eur J Neurosci. 2004 Nov;20(10):2567-79.=20 PMID: 15548200 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] 9: McGraw J, Oschipok LW, Liu J, Hiebert GW, Mak CF, Horie H, Kadoya T, Steeves JD, Ramer MS, Tetzlaff W.=20 Galectin-1 expression correlates with the regenerative potential of rubrospinal and spinal motoneurons. Neuroscience. 2004;128(4):713-9.=20 PMID: 15464279 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] 10: McPhail LT, Stirling DP, Tetzlaff W, Kwiecien JM, Ramer MS.=20 The contribution of activated phagocytes and myelin degeneration to axonal retraction/dieback following spinal cord injury. Eur J Neurosci. 2004 Oct;20(8):1984-94.=20 PMID: 15450077 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] 12: Gaudet AD, Williams SJ, Hwi LP, Ramer MS.=20 Regulation of TRPV2 by axotomy in sympathetic, but not sensory neurons. Brain Res. 2004 Aug 13;1017(1-2):155-62.=20 PMID: 15261111 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] 13: Ramer LM, Richter MW, Roskams AJ, Tetzlaff W, Ramer MS.=20 Peripherally-derived olfactory ensheathing cells do not promote primary afferent regeneration following dorsal root injury. Glia. 2004 Aug 1;47(2):189-206.=20 PMID: 15185397 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] 14: Stirling DP, Khodarahmi K, Liu J, McPhail LT, McBride CB, Steeves JD, Ramer MS, Tetzlaff W.=20 Minocycline treatment reduces delayed oligodendrocyte death, attenuates axonal dieback, and improves functional outcome after spinal cord injury. J Neurosci. 2004 Mar 3;24(9):2182-90.=20 PMID: 14999069 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] =20 Alyson Fournier, PhD Assistant Professor, Dept Neur. and Neurosurg. McGill University Montreal Neurological Institute 3801 Rue University, BT-109 Montreal, Quebec H3A 2B4 TEL: 514-398-3154 FAX: 514-398-6547 email: alyson.fournier@mcgill.ca=20 =20 --=20 Wayne Sossin=20 Associate Professor, McGill University=20 Dept. Neurology and Neurosurgery=20 Dept. Anatomy and Cell Biology=20 3801 University St.=20 Montreal Neurological Institute=20 Montreal, Quebec=20 Canada H3A-2B4=20 Phone: 1-514-398-1486=20 Fax: 1-514-398-8106=20 e-mail wayne.sossin@mcgill.ca=20 web-page http://www.mcgill.ca/mni/cbet/waynes/index.html=20 ------_=_NextPart_001_01C56AA1.6B4C92A4 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

PLEASE DISCARD IF THIS IS A DUPLICATE. = THANK=20 YOU. JENNIFER

Jennifer = Chew

McConnell=20 Brain Imaging Centre

Montreal=20 Neurological Institute

Room=20 WB317

3801=20 University Street

Montreal,=20 Quebec, Canada

H3A=20 2B4

Tel: =20 (514) 398-8554

Fax: =20 (514) 398-2975

From: MNISTAFF - Montreal = Neurological Institute=20 Staff [mailto:MNISTAFF@LISTS.MCGILL.CA] On Behalf Of Enza = Ferracane,=20 Ms.
Sent: Monday, June 06, 2005 9:54 AM
To:=20 MNISTAFF@LISTS.MCGILL.CA
Subject: Killam Lecture - June=20 7

KILLAM = LECTURE

Speaker: = Matt S.=20 Ramer, Ph.D.

Professor, The University of = British=20 Columbia

Title: A = Fine=20 Balance: Optimizing Plasticity in the Injured Spinal = Cord

Time: 4:00=20 pm

Place: de = Grandpre=20 Communication Centre

Date: June = 7,=20 2005

----------------------------------------------= ---------

Dear Colleagues,

This week's=20 Killam speaker with be Dr. Matt Ramer. Dr. Ramer is a faculty member at = the=20 University of British Columbia and is a member of ICORD. His=20 laboratory is interested in = changes that=20 occur in sensory neurons and other cells of the nervous system when they = are=20 injured, the consequences to the physiology and behaviour of animals = (rats and=20 mice) with damaged sensory neurons, and ways to improve the outcome of = such=20 damage. Projects in his lab = include=20 studying the cause of regeneration=20 failure at the dorsal root entry zone=20 particularly focussing onthe contribution of non-neuronal cells in the=20 environment, and examining the role of Galectin-1 in regeneration. = Dr.=20 Ramer has published many key findings since his arrival at UBC (see = below)=20 and is an engaging speaker.

1: McGraw J, Gaudet AD, Oschipok LW, Kadoya T, Horie H, = Steeves JD,=20 Tetzlaff W,
Ramer MS.
Regulation of neuronal and glial galectin-1 = expression by peripheral and
central axotomy of rat primary afferent=20 neurons.
Exp Neurol. 2005 May 11; [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: = 15893752=20 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

2: McGraw J, Gaudet AD, = Oschipok LW, Steeves JD, Poirier F, Tetzlaff W, Ramer
MS.
Altered = primary=20 afferent anatomy and reduced thermal sensitivity in mice
lacking=20 galectin-1.
Pain. 2005 Mar;114(1-2):7-18. Epub 2004 Nov 25.
PMID: = 15733626 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

3: Ramer LM, Ramer = MS,=20 Steeves JD.
Setting the stage for functional repair of spinal cord = injuries:=20 a cast of
thousands.
Spinal Cord. 2005 Mar;43(3):134-61. Review. =
PMID:=20 15672094 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

4: McPhail LT, = Plunet WT,=20 Das P, Ramer MS.
The astrocytic barrier to axonal regeneration at = the dorsal=20 root entry zone is
induced by rhizotomy.
Eur J Neurosci. 2005=20 Jan;21(1):267-70.
PMID: 15654864 [PubMed - indexed for=20 MEDLINE]

5: Scott AL, Borisoff JF, Ramer MS. =
Deafferentation=20 and neurotrophin-mediated intraspinal sprouting: a central role
for = the p75=20 neurotrophin receptor.
Eur J Neurosci. 2005 Jan;21(1):81-92. =
PMID:=20 15654845 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

6: McGraw J, = McPhail LT,=20 Oschipok LW, Horie H, Poirier F, Steeves JD, Ramer MS,
Tetzlaff W.=20
Galectin-1 in regenerating motoneurons.
Eur J Neurosci. 2004=20 Dec;20(11):2872-80.
PMID: 15579141 [PubMed - indexed for=20 MEDLINE]

7: Ramer LM, Borisoff JF, Ramer MS.
Rho-kinase = inhibition enhances axonal plasticity and attenuates = cold
hyperalgesia after=20 dorsal rhizotomy.
J Neurosci. 2004 Dec 1;24(48):10796-805.
PMID: = 15574730=20 [PubMed - in process]

8: MacDermid VE, McPhail LT, Tsang B, = Rosenthal A, Davies A, Ramer MS.
A soluble Nogo receptor = differentially=20 affects plasticity of spinally
projecting axons.
Eur J Neurosci. = 2004=20 Nov;20(10):2567-79.
PMID: 15548200 [PubMed - indexed for=20 MEDLINE]

9: McGraw J, Oschipok LW, Liu J, Hiebert GW, Mak = CF, Horie=20 H, Kadoya T, Steeves
JD, Ramer MS, Tetzlaff W.
Galectin-1 = expression=20 correlates with the regenerative potential of rubrospinal
and spinal=20 motoneurons.
Neuroscience. 2004;128(4):713-9.
PMID: 15464279 = [PubMed -=20 indexed for MEDLINE]

10: McPhail LT, Stirling DP, Tetzlaff = W,=20 Kwiecien JM, Ramer MS.
The contribution of activated phagocytes and = myelin=20 degeneration to axonal
retraction/dieback following spinal cord=20 injury.
Eur J Neurosci. 2004 Oct;20(8):1984-94.
PMID: 15450077 = [PubMed -=20 indexed for MEDLINE]

12: Gaudet AD, Williams SJ, Hwi LP, = Ramer MS.=20
Regulation of TRPV2 by axotomy in sympathetic, but not sensory=20 neurons.
Brain Res. 2004 Aug 13;1017(1-2):155-62.
PMID: 15261111 = [PubMed=20 - indexed for MEDLINE]

13: Ramer LM, Richter MW, Roskams = AJ,=20 Tetzlaff W, Ramer MS.
Peripherally-derived olfactory ensheathing = cells do=20 not promote primary
afferent regeneration following dorsal root=20 injury.
Glia. 2004 Aug 1;47(2):189-206.
PMID: 15185397 [PubMed - = indexed=20 for MEDLINE]

14: Stirling DP, Khodarahmi K, Liu J, McPhail = LT,=20 McBride CB, Steeves JD, Ramer
MS, Tetzlaff W.
Minocycline = treatment=20 reduces delayed oligodendrocyte death, attenuates axonal
dieback, and = improves functional outcome after spinal cord injury.
J Neurosci. = 2004 Mar=20 3;24(9):2182-90.
PMID: 14999069 [PubMed - indexed for=20 MEDLINE]

Alyson Fournier, PhD
Assistant Professor, Dept = Neur. and=20 Neurosurg.
McGill University
Montreal Neurological = Institute
3801 Rue=20 University, BT-109
Montreal, Quebec
H3A 2B4
TEL: = 514-398-3154
FAX:=20 514-398-6547
email: alyson.fournier@mcgill.ca=20

--
Wayne Sossin=20

Associate Professor, McGill University

Dept. Neurology and Neurosurgery

Dept. Anatomy and Cell Biology

3801 University St.

Montreal Neurological Institute

Montreal, Quebec

Canada H3A-2B4

Phone: 1-514-398-1486

Fax: 1-514-398-8106

e-mail wayne.sossin@mcgill.ca

web-page http://www.mcgil= l.ca/mni/cbet/waynes/index.html=20

------_=_NextPart_001_01C56AA1.6B4C92A4-- From georgia@bic.mni.mcgill.ca Mon Jun 6 22:33:04 2005 From: georgia@bic.mni.mcgill.ca (Georgia KOUTRIKAS) Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2005 17:33:04 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] fmri slot available friday 2-4 Message-ID: Hi everyone, We have some fmri time on Friday June 10 from 2-4 that we can't use. If you would like it in exchange for one of your slots, please contact me. Thanks, Georgia From jchen@bic.mni.mcgill.ca Tue Jun 7 17:05:13 2005 From: jchen@bic.mni.mcgill.ca (Jeni Chen) Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2005 12:05:13 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] Subjects for imaging experiment Message-ID: Hello everyone, We are conducting an fMRI study on the perception of facial expressions of emotions and are currently looking for healthy participants between 18 to 35 years old. The entire session will last about 1.5 hours (the actual time spent inside the scanner: ~45 min). The study will take place at the UNF facility at the Institut de Geriatrie on Queen Mary near Universite de Montreal. Participants will be compensated $50. If you are interested or know anyone who might be, please contact us at 343-6111 ext. 4359 (ask for Jeni) or by e-mail at jchen@bic.mni.mcgill.ca Thank you! Jeni Chen, MSc. Agente de Recherche Centre de Recherche en Sciences Neurologiques Pav. Paul-G. Desmarais, Universite de Montreal C.P. 6128, Succ. A, Montral, QC H3C 3J7 Tel:(514) 343-6111 ext.4359 * Fax:(514) 343-2111 From belinda.preziosi@mcgill.ca Wed Jun 8 16:53:18 2005 From: belinda.preziosi@mcgill.ca (Belinda Preziosi, Ms.) Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2005 11:53:18 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] FW: REMINDER - Protocols for Submission Message-ID: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C56C42.30750096 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable To: B.I.C. Personnel =20 From: Belinda Preziosi =20 Date: June 8th, 2005 =20 Subject: REMINDER - PROTOCOLS FOR SUBMISSION =20 Please note that if you have any new or re-submission protocols for review by the PET Working Committee, Fourteen (14) copies of the protocol together with both the English and French consent forms (one copy, only, of the French Consent Form) must be submitted by Wednesday, June 8th, 2005 in Webster 218. =20 For the most recent version of the Protocols and English and French Consent Forms, please see: http://www.bic.mni.mcgill.ca/admin/protocols/.=20 =20 Please note that this is the last meeting before the committee convenes for the summer, the next meeting will be scheduled in September. =20 Regards, =20 Jean Paul Soucy =20 =20 =20 Belinda Preziosi McConnell Brain Imaging Center Montreal Neurological Institute Room WB218 3801 University Montreal, QC H3A 2B4 Tel: (514) 398-1585 Fax: (514) 398-8948 Email: belinda.preziosi@mcgill.ca =20 =20 ------_=_NextPart_001_01C56C42.30750096 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

To: &nb= sp; =20 B.I.C. Personnel

From: &= nbsp; =20 Belinda Preziosi

Date: &= nbsp; June 8th, = =20 2005

Subject: &nbs= p; REMINDER -=20 PROTOCOLS FOR=20 SUBMISSION

For the most recent version of = the=20 Protocols and English and French Consent Forms, please see: http://www.bic.mni= .mcgill.ca/admin/protocols/.=20

Please note that this is the = last=20 meeting before the committee convenes for the summer, the next meeting = will be=20 scheduled in September.

Regards,

Jean Paul = Soucy

Belinda=20 Preziosi

McConnell Brain=20 Imaging Center

Montreal Neurological=20 Institute

Room=20 WB218

3801=20 University

Montreal, QC H3A=20 2B4

Tel: (514)=20 398-1585

Fax: (514)=20 398-8948

Email: =20 belinda.preziosi@mcgill.ca

------_=_NextPart_001_01C56C42.30750096-- From randi@bic.mni.mcgill.ca Sun Jun 12 03:48:03 2005 From: randi@bic.mni.mcgill.ca (Randi PILON) Date: Sat, 11 Jun 2005 22:48:03 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] MRI time June 14th Message-ID: Hello all, Cannot use the two-hour time slot I've reserved on June 14, from 10-12 (that is this Tuesday), so please if anyone can make use of it please let me know! Thanks, Randi ------------------------------------------ Randi Pilon Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research S.M.B.D. - Jewish General Hospital Tel: (514) 340-8222 ext. 2298 Fax: (514) 340-7502 From jennifer.chew@mcgill.ca Mon Jun 13 14:35:04 2005 From: jennifer.chew@mcgill.ca (Jennifer Chew, Ms.) Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2005 09:35:04 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] Special Seminar - VBM in the degenerative dementias Message-ID: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C5701C.B5683EB1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable REMINDER FOR FRIDAY, JUNE 17, 2005=20 SPECIAL SEMINAR =20 Date: Friday, June 17, 2005 Time: 11:00 A.M. Place: de Grandpre Communications Centre =20 Speaker: Giovanni B. Frisoni, M.D., Laboratory of Epidemiology & Neuroimaging IRCCS San Giovanni di Dio FBF The National Center for Research and Care of Alzheimer's Disease, Italy =20 Title: VBM in the Degenerative Dementias =20 Jennifer=20 =20 Jennifer Chew McConnell Brain Imaging Centre Montreal Neurological Institute Room WB317 3801 University Street Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3A 2B4 Tel: (514) 398-8554 Fax: (514) 398-2975 =20 =20 ------_=_NextPart_001_01C5701C.B5683EB1 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

REMINDER FOR FRIDAY, JUNE 17,=20 2005

SPECIAL=20 SEMINAR

Date: Friday,=20 June 17, 2005

Time: 11:00=20 A.M.

Place: de=20 Grandpre Communications Centre

Speaker: =20 Giovanni B. Frisoni, M.D., Laboratory of Epidemiology & Neuroimaging = IRCCS=20 San Giovanni di Dio FBF

&nbs= p; =20 The National Center for Research and Care of Alzheimer's Disease,=20 Italy

Title: VBM in=20 the Degenerative Dementias

Jennifer=20

Jennifer=20 Chew

McConnell=20 Brain Imaging Centre

Montreal=20 Neurological Institute

Room=20 WB317

3801=20 University Street

Montreal,=20 Quebec, Canada

H3A=20 2B4

Tel: =20 (514) 398-8554

Fax: =20 (514) 398-2975

------_=_NextPart_001_01C5701C.B5683EB1-- From randi@bic.mni.mcgill.ca Mon Jun 13 17:45:31 2005 From: randi@bic.mni.mcgill.ca (Randi PILON) Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2005 12:45:31 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] MRI time available Message-ID: Hello all, Just a note to mention that there is still MRI time available tomorrow morning (Tues), from 10-12 that our lab will not be able to use. If this sounds suitable, please contact me or Helene as soon as possible :) Cheers, Randi ------------------------------------------ Randi Pilon Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research S.M.B.D. - Jewish General Hospital Tel: (514) 340-8222 ext. 2298 Fax: (514) 340-7502 From xingfeng@bic.mni.mcgill.ca Wed Jun 15 13:54:16 2005 From: xingfeng@bic.mni.mcgill.ca (Xingfeng LI) Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2005 08:54:16 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] fMRI slot available 9:00-13:00,2nd,July Message-ID: Hello everyone, We can't use fMRI time on Saturday,July 2nd, from 9:00-13:00. If you are interest in the slots, please contact Helene. Thanks, From dtitone@psych.mcgill.ca Wed Jun 15 18:15:01 2005 From: dtitone@psych.mcgill.ca (Debra Titone) Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2005 13:15:01 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] fMRI subject needed for tomorrow, Thursday June 16! Message-ID: <25ebbb8c4780e695926cf00d85f584ee@psych.mcgill.ca> hello, we had a last-minute cancellation and need a right handed person to be a fMRI subject tomorrow (thursday June 16) for a memory study. it involves coming to my lab at stewart bio s3/5, doing a 30 minute training session starting around 1:30, then meeting us at the MNI MRI area at 2:45 to engage in a scanning session from 3-4. you will be remunerated with $50 for your participation. if you can do it, please call me at 398-1778 or respond by email ASAP. also, if you are interested in participating in the future, please let me know. thanks! -d From jennifer.chew@mcgill.ca Thu Jun 16 15:51:33 2005 From: jennifer.chew@mcgill.ca (Jennifer Chew, Ms.) Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2005 10:51:33 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] Special Seminar - VBM in the degenerative dementias Message-ID: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C57282.E3BD7210 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable *** REMINDER FOR FRIDAY, (TOMORROW) JUNE 17, 2005 ***=20 SPECIAL SEMINAR =20 Date: Friday, June 17, 2005 Time: 11:00 A.M. Place: de Grandpre Communications Centre =20 Speaker: Giovanni B. Frisoni, M.D., Laboratory of Epidemiology & Neuroimaging IRCCS San Giovanni di Dio FBF The National Center for Research and Care of Alzheimer's Disease, Italy =20 Title: VBM in the Degenerative Dementias =20 Jennifer=20 =20 Jennifer Chew McConnell Brain Imaging Centre Montreal Neurological Institute Room WB317 3801 University Street Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3A 2B4 Tel: (514) 398-8554 Fax: (514) 398-2975 =20 =20 ------_=_NextPart_001_01C57282.E3BD7210 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

*** REMINDER FOR FRIDAY, =20 (TOMORROW) JUNE 17, 2005 ***

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Time: 11:00=20 A.M.

Place: de=20 Grandpre Communications Centre

Speaker: =20 Giovanni B. Frisoni, M.D., Laboratory of Epidemiology & Neuroimaging = IRCCS=20 San Giovanni di Dio FBF

&nbs= p; =20 The National Center for Research and Care of Alzheimer's Disease,=20 Italy

Title: VBM in=20 the Degenerative Dementias

Jennifer=20

Jennifer=20 Chew

McConnell=20 Brain Imaging Centre

Montreal=20 Neurological Institute

Room=20 WB317

3801=20 University Street

Montreal,=20 Quebec, Canada

H3A=20 2B4

Tel: =20 (514) 398-8554

Fax: =20 (514) 398-2975

------_=_NextPart_001_01C57282.E3BD7210-- From jennifer.chew@mcgill.ca Thu Jun 16 21:12:07 2005 From: jennifer.chew@mcgill.ca (Jennifer Chew, Ms.) Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2005 16:12:07 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] FW: Lecture - Estimating Effective Connectivity Over Brain Manifolds Message-ID: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C572AF.AC0FAC1C Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable ***LECTURE*** =20 =20 Date: Friday, June 17, 2005 Time: 10:00 A.M. Place: Webster 200 =20 =20 Speaker: Pedro A. Valdes-Sosa, Vice-Director, Cuban Neuroscience Centre =20 Title: Estimating Effective Connectivity over Brain Manifolds =20 There is much current interest in identifying the anatomical and = functional circuits that are the basis of the brain's computations, with = hope that functional Neuroimaging techniques will allow the in vivo = study of these neural processes through the statistical analysis of the = time series they produce. Ideally, the use of techniques such as = Multivariate Autoregressive Modeling (MAR) should allow the = identification of effective connectivity by combining Graphical modeling = methods with the concept of Granger Causality. Unfortunately, current = time series methods perform well only for the case that the length of = the time series Nt is much larger than p, the number of brain sites = studied, which is exactly the reverse of the situation in Neuroimaging = for which relatively short time series are measured over thousands of = voxels. Usual methods also ignore the full spatio-temporal nature of = functional brain data which are, in fact, collections of time series = sampled over an underlying continuous spatial manifold-the brain. A = fully spatio-temporal MAR model (ST-MAR) is developed within the = framework of functional data analysis. For spatial data, each row of a = matrix Ak is the influence field of a given voxel. A Bayesian ST-MAR = model is specified in which the influence fields for all voxels are = required to vary smoothly over space. This requirement is enforced by = penalizing the spatial roughness of the influence fields. This roughness = is calculated with a discrete version of the spatial Laplacian operator. = Additional constraints are also introduced by recognizing the fact that = neural connections are comparatively sparse, and introducing the class = of Sparse Multivariate Autoregressive models. These can be estimated in = a two stage process involving a) penalized regression and b) pruning of = unlikely connections by means of the local false discovery rate = developed by Efron. Extensive simulations were performed with idealized = cortical networks having small world topologies and stable dynamics. = These show that the detection efficiency of connections of the proposed = procedure is quite high. Application of the method to real data was = illustrated by the identification of neural circuitry related to a) = emotional processing as measured by BOLD and b) the origin of EEG = rhythms obtained during concurrent EEG/fMRI recordings. Refer=EAncias [1] P.A: Valdes-Sosa, PA, (2004), Spatio-temporal = autoregressive models defined over brain manifolds: Neuroinformatics, v. = 2, p. 239-250. .[2] P.A. Valdes-Sosa, J.M. Sanchez-Bornot, A. = Lage-Castellanos, M. Vega-Hernandez, J. Bosch-Bayard, L. Melie-Garc=EDa = and E. Canales-Rodriguez.(2005) "Estimating Brain Functional = Connectivity with Sparse Multivariate Autoregression", Philosophical = Transactions of the Royal Society B. Theme Issue on Multimodal Brain = Connectivity. (Eds) P. Valdes-Sosa, R. Kotter, K. Friston, in press =20 =20 =20 =20 =20 ------_=_NextPart_001_01C572AF.AC0FAC1C Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

***LECTURE*** &n= bsp;

Date: = Friday, June=20 17, 2005

Time: = 10:00=20 A.M.

Place: = Webster=20 200

Speaker: Pedro A.=20 Valdes-Sosa, Vice-Director, Cuban Neuroscience=20 Centre

Title: =20 Estimating Effective Connectivity over Brain=20 Manifolds

There=20 is much current interest in identifying the anatomical and functional = circuits=20 that are the basis of the brain=92s computations, with hope that = functional=20 Neuroimaging techniques will allow the in vivo study of these neural = processes=20 through the statistical analysis of the time series they produce. = Ideally, the=20 use of techniques such as Multivariate Autoregressive Modeling (MAR) = should=20 allow the identification of effective connectivity by combining = Graphical=20 modeling methods with the concept of Granger Causality. Unfortunately, = current=20 time series methods perform well only for the case that the length of = the time=20 series Nt is much larger than p, the number of brain sites studied, = which is=20 exactly the reverse of the situation in Neuroimaging for which = relatively short=20 time series are measured over thousands of voxels. Usual methods = also=20 ignore the full spatio-temporal nature of functional brain data which = are, in=20 fact, collections of time series sampled over an underlying continuous = spatial=20 manifold=97the brain. A fully spatio-temporal MAR model (ST-MAR) is = developed=20 within the framework of functional data analysis. For spatial data, each = row of=20 a matrix Ak is the influence field of a given = voxel.=20 A Bayesian=20 ST-MAR model is specified in which the = influence=20 fields for all voxels are required to vary smoothly over space. This = requirement=20 is enforced by penalizing the spatial roughness of the influence fields. = This=20 roughness is calculated with a discrete version of the spatial Laplacian = operator. Additional constraints are also introduced by = recognizing the=20 fact that neural connections are comparatively sparse, and introducing = the class=20 of Sparse Multivariate Autoregressive models. These can be estimated in = a two=20 stage process involving a) penalized regression and b) pruning of = unlikely=20 connections by means of the local false discovery rate developed by = Efron.=20 Extensive simulations were performed with idealized cortical networks = having=20 small world topologies and stable dynamics. These show that the = detection=20 efficiency of connections of the proposed procedure is quite high. = Application=20 of the method to real data was illustrated by the identification of = neural=20 circuitry related to a) emotional processing as measured by BOLD and b) = the=20 origin of EEG rhythms obtained during concurrent EEG/fMRI=20 recordings.

Refer=EAncias

[1] =20 P.A:=20 Valdes-Sosa,=20 PA, (2004), = Spatio-temporal=20 autoregressive models defined over brain manifolds: Neuroinformatics, v. 2, p. 239-250.

.[2] &nb= sp; =20 P.A. Valdes-Sosa, J.M. Sanchez-Bornot, A. = Lage-Castellanos, M.=20 Vega-Hernandez, J. Bosch-Bayard, L. Melie-Garc=EDa and E. = Canales-Rodriguez.(2005)=20 =93Estimating Brain Functional Connectivity with Sparse Multivariate=20 Autoregression=94, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. = Theme Issue=20 on Multimodal Brain Connectivity. (Eds) P. Valdes-Sosa, R. Kotter, K. = Friston,=20 in press

------_=_NextPart_001_01C572AF.AC0FAC1C-- From jennifer.chew@mcgill.ca Fri Jun 17 14:22:27 2005 From: jennifer.chew@mcgill.ca (Jennifer Chew, Ms.) Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2005 09:22:27 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] REMINDER - Lecture, TODAY,FRIDAY JUNE 17 - Estimating Effective Connectivity Over Brain Manifolds Message-ID: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C5733F.9BF399CF Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable ***REMINDER*** =20 ***LECTURE*** =20 =20 Date: Friday, June 17, 2005 Time: 10:00 A.M. Place: Webster 200 =20 =20 Speaker: Pedro A. Valdes-Sosa, Vice-Director, Cuban Neuroscience Centre =20 Title: Estimating Effective Connectivity over Brain Manifolds =20 There is much current interest in identifying the anatomical and = functional circuits that are the basis of the brain's computations, with = hope that functional Neuroimaging techniques will allow the in vivo = study of these neural processes through the statistical analysis of the = time series they produce. Ideally, the use of techniques such as = Multivariate Autoregressive Modeling (MAR) should allow the = identification of effective connectivity by combining Graphical modeling = methods with the concept of Granger Causality. Unfortunately, current = time series methods perform well only for the case that the length of = the time series Nt is much larger than p, the number of brain sites = studied, which is exactly the reverse of the situation in Neuroimaging = for which relatively short time series are measured over thousands of = voxels. Usual methods also ignore the full spatio-temporal nature of = functional brain data which are, in fact, collections of time series = sampled over an underlying continuous spatial manifold-the brain. A = fully spatio-temporal MAR model (ST-MAR) is developed within the = framework of functional data analysis. For spatial data, each row of a = matrix Ak is the influence field of a given voxel. A Bayesian ST-MAR = model is specified in which the influence fields for all voxels are = required to vary smoothly over space. This requirement is enforced by = penalizing the spatial roughness of the influence fields. This roughness = is calculated with a discrete version of the spatial Laplacian operator. = Additional constraints are also introduced by recognizing the fact that = neural connections are comparatively sparse, and introducing the class = of Sparse Multivariate Autoregressive models. These can be estimated in = a two stage process involving a) penalized regression and b) pruning of = unlikely connections by means of the local false discovery rate = developed by Efron. Extensive simulations were performed with idealized = cortical networks having small world topologies and stable dynamics. = These show that the detection efficiency of connections of the proposed = procedure is quite high. Application of the method to real data was = illustrated by the identification of neural circuitry related to a) = emotional processing as measured by BOLD and b) the origin of EEG = rhythms obtained during concurrent EEG/fMRI recordings. Refer=EAncias [1] P.A: Valdes-Sosa, PA, (2004), Spatio-temporal = autoregressive models defined over brain manifolds: Neuroinformatics, v. = 2, p. 239-250. .[2] P.A. Valdes-Sosa, J.M. Sanchez-Bornot, A. = Lage-Castellanos, M. Vega-Hernandez, J. Bosch-Bayard, L. Melie-Garc=EDa = and E. Canales-Rodriguez.(2005) "Estimating Brain Functional = Connectivity with Sparse Multivariate Autoregression", Philosophical = Transactions of the Royal Society B. Theme Issue on Multimodal Brain = Connectivity. (Eds) P. Valdes-Sosa, R. Kotter, K. Friston, in press =20 =20 =20 =20 =20 ------_=_NextPart_001_01C5733F.9BF399CF Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

***REMINDER***

***LECTURE*** &n= bsp;

Date: = Friday, June=20 17, 2005

Time: = 10:00=20 A.M.

Place: = Webster=20 200

Speaker: Pedro A.=20 Valdes-Sosa, Vice-Director, Cuban Neuroscience=20 Centre

Title: =20 Estimating Effective Connectivity over Brain=20 Manifolds

Refer=EAncias

[1] =20 P.A:=20 Valdes-Sosa,=20 PA, (2004), = Spatio-temporal=20 autoregressive models defined over brain manifolds: Neuroinformatics, v. 2, p. 239-250.

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*** REMINDER TODAY, FRIDAY, JUNE 17,=20 2005 ***

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Date: Friday,=20 June 17, 2005

Time: 11:00=20 A.M.

Place: de=20 Grandpre Communications Centre

Speaker: =20 Giovanni B. Frisoni, M.D., Laboratory of Epidemiology & Neuroimaging = IRCCS=20 San Giovanni di Dio FBF

&nbs= p; =20 The National Center for Research and Care of Alzheimer's Disease,=20 Italy

Title: VBM in=20 the Degenerative Dementias

Jennifer=20

Jennifer=20 Chew

McConnell=20 Brain Imaging Centre

Montreal=20 Neurological Institute

Room=20 WB317

3801=20 University Street

Montreal,=20 Quebec, Canada

H3A=20 2B4

Tel: =20 (514) 398-8554

Fax: =20 (514) 398-2975

------_=_NextPart_001_01C57340.2EC10A57-- From jennifer.chew@mcgill.ca Fri Jun 17 15:37:57 2005 From: jennifer.chew@mcgill.ca (Jennifer Chew, Ms.) Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2005 10:37:57 -0400 Subject: FW: [BIC-announce] TODAY - Friday, June 17 - Special Seminar - VBM in the degenerative dementias Message-ID: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C5734A.27F4D5A4 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable PLEASE DISCARD IF THIS IS A DUPLICATE. THANK YOU. JENNIFER=20 =20 From: Jennifer Chew, Ms.=20 Sent: Friday, June 17, 2005 9:27 AM To: 'bic-announce@bic.mni.mcgill.ca' Subject: FW: [BIC-announce] TODAY - Friday, June 17 - Special Seminar - VBM in the degenerative dementias *** REMINDER TODAY, FRIDAY, JUNE 17, 2005 ***=20 SPECIAL SEMINAR =20 Date: Friday, June 17, 2005 Time: 11:00 A.M. Place: de Grandpre Communications Centre =20 Speaker: Giovanni B. Frisoni, M.D., Laboratory of Epidemiology & Neuroimaging IRCCS San Giovanni di Dio FBF The National Center for Research and Care of Alzheimer's Disease, Italy =20 Title: VBM in the Degenerative Dementias =20 Jennifer=20 =20 Jennifer Chew McConnell Brain Imaging Centre Montreal Neurological Institute Room WB317 3801 University Street Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3A 2B4 Tel: (514) 398-8554 Fax: (514) 398-2975 =20 =20 ------_=_NextPart_001_01C5734A.27F4D5A4 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

PLEASE DISCARD IF THIS IS A DUPLICATE. = THANK=20 YOU. JENNIFER

From: Jennifer Chew, Ms.
Sent: Friday, June = 17, 2005=20 9:27 AM
To: = 'bic-announce@bic.mni.mcgill.ca'
Subject: FW:=20 [BIC-announce] TODAY - Friday, June 17 - Special Seminar - VBM in the=20 degenerative dementias

*** REMINDER TODAY, FRIDAY, JUNE 17,=20 2005 ***

SPECIAL=20 SEMINAR

Date: Friday,=20 June 17, 2005

Time: 11:00=20 A.M.

Place: de=20 Grandpre Communications Centre

Speaker: =20 Giovanni B. Frisoni, M.D., Laboratory of Epidemiology & Neuroimaging = IRCCS=20 San Giovanni di Dio FBF

&nbs= p; =20 The National Center for Research and Care of Alzheimer's Disease,=20 Italy

Title: VBM in=20 the Degenerative Dementias

Jennifer=20

Jennifer=20 Chew

McConnell=20 Brain Imaging Centre

Montreal=20 Neurological Institute

Room=20 WB317

3801=20 University Street

Montreal,=20 Quebec, Canada

H3A=20 2B4

Tel: =20 (514) 398-8554

Fax: =20 (514) 398-2975

------_=_NextPart_001_01C5734A.27F4D5A4-- From chawco@bic.mni.mcgill.ca Fri Jun 17 16:18:25 2005 From: chawco@bic.mni.mcgill.ca (Colin HAWCO) Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2005 11:18:25 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] fmri time, june 21 Message-ID: Hello all. We cannot use our fMRI time on tuesday, June 21st, from 10 to 12. Please feel free to take it if you can. From jennifer.chew@mcgill.ca Fri Jun 17 16:33:28 2005 From: jennifer.chew@mcgill.ca (Jennifer Chew, Ms.) Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2005 11:33:28 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] FW: Special Lecture - June 21, 2005 The role of perceptual expertise in letter perception Message-ID: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C57351.E8F6EAE0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable P LEASE DISCARD IF THIS IS A DUPLICATE. THANK YOU. JENNIFER =20 =20 SPECIAL LECTURE =20 Speaker: Dr. Isabel Gauthier, Associate Professor Department of Psychology, Vanderbilt University =20 Title: The Role of Perceptual Expertise in Letter Perception =20 Date: Tuesday, June 21, 2005 =20 Time: 4:00 pm =20 Place: de Grandpre Communication Centre =20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------ ------_=_NextPart_001_01C57351.E8F6EAE0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

P LEASE DISCARD IF=20 THIS IS A DUPLICATE. THANK YOU. JENNIFER=20

SPECIAL = LECTURE

Speaker: Dr. Isabel = Gauthier,=20 Associate Professor

Department of = Psychology,=20 Vanderbilt University

Title: The Role of = Perceptual=20 Expertise in Letter Perception

Date: Tuesday, June = 21,=20 2005

Time: 4:00=20 pm

Place: de Grandpre = Communication=20 Centre

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------_=_NextPart_001_01C57351.E8F6EAE0-- From jennifer.chew@mcgill.ca Fri Jun 17 16:34:30 2005 From: jennifer.chew@mcgill.ca (Jennifer Chew, Ms.) Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2005 11:34:30 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] FW: Special Lecture - June 20, 2005 - Capacity Limits of Information Processing in the Human Brain Message-ID: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C57352.0E7202F0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable PLEASE DISCARD IF THIS IS A DUPLICATE. THANK YOU. JENNIFER=20 =20 SPECIAL LECTURE =20 Speaker: Rene Marois, Assistant Professor Department of Psychology, Vanderbilt University =20 Title: Capacity Limits of Information Processing in the Human Brain =20 Date: Monday, June 20, 2005 =20 Time: 12:00 pm =20 Place: de Grandpre Communication Centre =20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------ ------_=_NextPart_001_01C57352.0E7202F0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

PLEASE DISCARD = IF THIS IS A=20 DUPLICATE. THANK YOU. JENNIFER

SPECIAL = LECTURE

Speaker: Rene Marois, = Assistant=20 Professor

Department of = Psychology,=20 Vanderbilt University

Title: Capacity Limits = of=20 Information Processing in the Human Brain

Date: Monday, June 20, = 2005

Time: 12:00=20 pm

Place: de Grandpre = Communication=20 Centre

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------_=_NextPart_001_01C57352.0E7202F0-- From pgravel@bic.mni.mcgill.ca Fri Jun 17 20:13:04 2005 From: pgravel@bic.mni.mcgill.ca (Paul GRAVEL) Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2005 15:13:04 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] PET Slot Available Message-ID: Dear All, Would anyone be interested in a PET slot on Thursday (June 23) afternoon? I would like to do an exchange, if possible, with a slot in July in the afternoon. Should anybody be interested, please do not hesitate to contact me. Best Regards, Paul ______________________________ Paul Gravel Neurobiological Psychiatry Unit McGill University 1033 Pine Avenue West Room 203 Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3A 1A1 Phone: (514) 398-7301 Fax: (514) 398-4866 From jennifer.chew@mcgill.ca Tue Jun 21 19:22:44 2005 From: jennifer.chew@mcgill.ca (Jennifer Chew, Ms.) Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2005 14:22:44 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] REMINDER - TODAY, 4:00 p.m. Special Lecture - June 21, 2005, The Role of Perceptual Expertise in Letter Perception Message-ID: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C5768E.38349743 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable ***REMINDER*** =20 SPECIAL LECTURE Speaker: Dr. Isabel Gauthier, Associate Professor Department of Psychology, Vanderbilt University Title: The Role of Perceptual Expertise in Letter Perception Date: Tuesday, June 21, 2005 Time: 4:00 pm Place: de Grandpre Communication Centre **DR. GAUTHIER IS A CANDIDATE FOR FACULTY POSITION** ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------- ------ End of Forwarded Message ------_=_NextPart_001_01C5768E.38349743 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable FW: Special Lecture - June 21, 2005

***REMINDER***

SPECIAL LECTURE

Speaker:=20 Dr. Isabel Gauthier, Associate Professor
Department of = Psychology,=20 Vanderbilt University

Title:=20 The Role of Perceptual Expertise in Letter = Perception

Date:=20 Tuesday, June 21, 2005

Time:=20 4:00 pm

Place: de Grandpre Communication = Centre

**DR. GAUTHIER=20 IS A CANDIDATE FOR FACULTY=20 POSITION**
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------_=_NextPart_001_01C5768E.38349743-- From alain@bic.mni.mcgill.ca Wed Jun 22 16:53:32 2005 From: alain@bic.mni.mcgill.ca (Alain Dagher) Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2005 11:53:32 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] Talk this afternoon Message-ID: <1CA626BA-54A9-45D3-99F6-4918AF4B2A94@bic.mni.mcgill.ca> --Apple-Mail-2--585508300 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Dr Takuya Hayashi from Osaka will be giving an informal presentation of his imaging work today at 4:00PM in the Bell room (next to De Grandpre) at the MNI. Dr Hayashi is interested in the dopamine system and brain plasticity. He has done raclopride PET studies in combination with TMS, as well as PET studies of glucose metabolism and blood flow. His talk is titled: "Brain reorganization from the point of view of metabolism and connectivity." Dr Hayashi is interested in a post-doctoral position at BIC. All who are interested are welcome. Alain ---------- Alain Dagher, MD Montreal Neurological Institute McGill University 3801 University St. Montreal QC Canada H3A 2B4 Tel: (514)-398-1726 Fax: (514)-398-8948 --Apple-Mail-2--585508300 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1

Dr=A0Takuya = Hayashi from Osaka will be giving an informal presentation of his = imaging work today at 4:00PM in the Bell room (next to De Grandpre) at = the MNI.=A0

Dr Hayashi is = interested in the dopamine system and brain plasticity. He has done = raclopride PET studies in combination with TMS, as well as PET studies = of glucose metabolism and blood flow.=A0

His talk is titled:=A0

"Brain = reorganization from the point of=A0 view of metabolism and = connectivity."

Dr Hayashi is interested in=A0 a post-doctoral = position at BIC.

All who are = interested are welcome.

----------

Alain Dagher, MD

Montreal Neurological = Institute=A0

McGill University

3801 University = St.

Montreal = QC

Canada = H3A 2B4

Tel: = (514)-398-1726=A0 =A0 Fax: = (514)-398-8948

= --Apple-Mail-2--585508300-- From keith@bic.mni.mcgill.ca Thu Jun 23 17:10:35 2005 From: keith@bic.mni.mcgill.ca (Keith WORSLEY) Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2005 12:10:35 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] Statistican available in BIC for summer Message-ID: We are fortunate to have a stats student available to help us during the summer - her name is Veronique Ravard, and she is sitting outside Alan's office WB208 - her email is vero_ravard@hotmail.com. Veronique must have 2 months of experience with statistics as part of her degree requirement in France, so please ask her any gerenal stats question! Keith Worsley Department of Mathematics and Statistics McGill University office: BH 1232 805 ouest, rue Sherbrooke tel: (514)-398-3842 Montreal fax: (514)-398-3899 Quebec e-mail: worsley@math.mcgill.ca Canada H3A 2K6 web: http://www.math.mcgill.ca/keith From jennyj@bic.mni.mcgill.ca Mon Jun 27 17:28:05 2005 From: jennyj@bic.mni.mcgill.ca (Jenny JOHNSON) Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2005 12:28:05 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] Selling a fridge and stove in good condition Message-ID: To those of you who are interested, We are selling our fridge and stove. They are about 15 years old but we've used them for the past 3 years without any problems. We're asking $75 for each. They are off-white in color. Stove: 30" wide, 26" deep; Fridge 32" wide, 28" deep, 5' high. We suggest hiring movers because of their large size. They are available as soon as you'd like. Thanks, Jenny JennyJ@bic.mni.mcgill.ca 844-3657 From jennifer.chew@mcgill.ca Wed Jun 29 19:48:48 2005 From: jennifer.chew@mcgill.ca (Jennifer Chew, Ms.) Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2005 14:48:48 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] FW: Talk - Friday, 8 July Room W200 @ 1: 30 - Stories and History in Neuropsychology Message-ID: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C57CDB.2FF7C626 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable PLEASE DISCARD IF THIS IS A DUPLICATE. THANK YOU. JENNIFER=20 =20 Welcome Everyone:=20 Seminar in Cognitive Neuroscience =20 =20 Dr. Ahanase Tzavaras Professor, Faculty of Philosophy and History of Science University of Athens, Greece =20 =20 Stories and History in Neuropsychology =20 =20 Host: Michael Petrides =20 Friday, 8 July, 2005 Montreal Neurological Institute 3801 University Street Room W200=20 1: 30 - 2:30 =20 =20 ------_=_NextPart_001_01C57CDB.2FF7C626 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

PLEASE DISCARD IF THIS IS A DUPLICATE. = THANK=20 YOU. JENNIFER

Welcome = Everyone:=20

Seminar in Cognitive=20 Neuroscience

Dr. Ahanase=20 Tzavaras

Professor, Faculty of Philosophy and = History of=20 Science

University of Athens,=20 Greece

Stories and History in=20 Neuropsychology

Host: Michael=20 Petrides

Friday, 8 July,=20 2005

Montreal Neurological=20 Institute

3801 University=20 Street

Room W200 =

1: 30 - = 2:30

------_=_NextPart_001_01C57CDB.2FF7C626-- From siddiqi@cim.mcgill.ca Thu Jun 30 14:59:21 2005 From: siddiqi@cim.mcgill.ca (Kaleem Siddiqi) Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2005 09:59:21 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] Rachid Deriche Talk: 11 am, Thursday July 7th, MC 437 Message-ID: <370327bbb7f208831c3530dc8429598d@cim.mcgill.ca> --Apple-Mail-4-98841089 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; delsp=yes; format=flowed Dear Colleagues, Rachid Deriche and his graduate students will be visiting us next week to discuss their research in the area of Diffusion MRI =20 processing. Rachid will be giving a formal talk, which is intended for a general =20 audience. I would be grateful if you could advertise this to any colleagues that =20= I may have missed. Best Regards, Kaleem Siddiqi = =09 School of Computer Science & Centre For Intelligent Machines McGill University http://www.cim.mcgill.ca/~siddiqi=09 ------------------------------------------------------------------------=20= -------------------------------------------------------------------- Time and Place: 11:00 am - 12:15 pm, McConnell Engineering, Room 437 Title: "Diffusion MRI : Estimation, Regularization, Segmentation and =20 Fiber tracking" Speaker: Rachid Deriche Responsable permanent du projet Odyss=E9e En charge des relations internationales pour l'UR de = =20 Sophia Abstract: Diffusion magnetic resonance imaging probes and quantifies the =20 anisotropic diffusion of water molecules in biological tissues, making it possible to non-invasively infer the architecture of the =20 underlying structures. In this talk, I will present the recent variational approaches we developped for the robust estimation and =20 regularization of diffusion tensor images (DTI) as well as a novel =20 statistical framework for the segmentation of cerebral white matter structures from =20= this type of dataset. Applications to fiber tracking and apparent =20 diffusion coefficient estimation from HARDI data will also be discussed and =20 illustrated at the end of the talk by Christophe Lenglet and Maxime =20 Descoteaux. France Kaleem Siddiqi = =09 School of Computer Science & Centre For Intelligent Machines McGill University http://www.cim.mcgill.ca/~siddiqi=09 --Apple-Mail-4-98841089 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/enriched; charset=ISO-8859-1 Dear Colleagues, Rachid Deriche and his graduate students will be visiting us next week to discuss their research in the area of Diffusion MRI processing. Rachid will be giving a formal talk, which is intended for a general audience.=20 I would be grateful if you could advertise this to any colleagues that I may have missed. Best Regards, 807F,0000,807FKaleem Siddiqi = =09 School of Computer Science & Centre For Intelligent Machines McGill University http://www.cim.mcgill.ca/~siddiqi=09 = --------------------------------------------------------------------------= ------------------------------------------------------------------ Time and Place: 11:00 am - 12:15 pm, McConnell Engineering, Room 437 Title: "Diffusion MRI : Estimation, Regularization, Segmentation and Fiber tracking" Speaker: Rachid Deriche Responsable permanent du projet Odyss=E9e En charge des relations internationales pour l'UR de Sophia Abstract: Diffusion magnetic resonance imaging probes and quantifies the anisotropic diffusion of water molecules in biological tissues, making it possible to non-invasively infer the architecture of the underlying structures. In this talk, I will present the recent variational approaches we developped for the robust estimation and regularization of diffusion tensor images (DTI) as well as a novel statistical=20 framework for the segmentation of cerebral white matter structures from this type of dataset. Applications to fiber tracking and apparent diffusion=20 coefficient estimation from HARDI data will also be discussed and illustrated at the end of the talk by Christophe Lenglet and Maxime Descoteaux. France 8080,0000,8080Kaleem Siddiqi = =09 School of Computer Science & Centre For Intelligent Machines McGill University http://www.cim.mcgill.ca/~siddiqi=09 = --Apple-Mail-4-98841089-- From siddiqi@cim.mcgill.ca Thu Jun 30 15:35:10 2005 From: siddiqi@cim.mcgill.ca (Kaleem Siddiqi) Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2005 10:35:10 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] Rachid Deriche Talk: 11 am, Thursday July 7th, MC 437 In-Reply-To: <370327bbb7f208831c3530dc8429598d@cim.mcgill.ca> References: <370327bbb7f208831c3530dc8429598d@cim.mcgill.ca> Message-ID: Folks, the date of the talk was in the subject title of my earlier message. I apologize for this confusion. The talk is on Thursday July 7th, 11 am to 12:15 pm, MC 437. Best Regards, Kaleem From patrick.wood@mcgill.ca Thu Jun 30 17:54:10 2005 From: patrick.wood@mcgill.ca (Patrick Brian Wood, Dr) Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2005 12:54:10 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] MRI dates available Message-ID: <6B40EA9049B57944B3FE7516D860B1D71426E9@EXCHANGE2VS3.campus.mcgill.ca> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C57D94.57382EFA Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable =20 We would like to announce the cancellation of our MRI scanning times on the following dates in the event that anyone else might take advantage of them: =20 July 5 @ 0800-0900=20 July 6 @ 0800-0900=20 July 13 @ 0800-0900=20 =20 =20 Thanks! =20 =20 =20 Patrick B. Wood, MD Visiting Scholar Centre for Research on Pain McGill University=20 3640 University, M/19 Montreal, QC H3A 2B2 Tel. 514/398.1271 Fax. 514/398.7464 Email: patrick.wood@mcgill.ca =20 ------_=_NextPart_001_01C57D94.57382EFA Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

We would like to announce the cancellation of our MRI scanning times on the = following dates in the event that anyone else might take advantage of = them:

July 5 @ 0800-0900

July 6 @ 0800-0900

July 13 @ 0800-0900

Thanks!

Patrick B. Wood, = MD

Visiting Scholar

Centre for Research on Pain

McGill University

3640 University, M/19

Montreal, QC H3A = 2B2

Tel. 514/398.1271

Fax. 514/398.7464

Email: patrick.wood@mcgill.ca=

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