From jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca Mon Apr 3 09:07:32 2006 From: jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca (Jennifer Chew, Ms.) Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2006 09:07:32 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] FW: TODAY, MONDAY'S BIC SEMINAR - MONDAY, APRIL 3, 2006 - Sex differences in functional neuroanatomy of schizophrenia Message-ID: TODAY'S BIC SEMINAR BIC SEMINAR SERIES Date: Monday, April 3, 2006 Time: 1:00 P.M. Place: de Grandpre Communications Centre Speaker: Adrianna Mendrek, Ph.D., Centre de recherche Fernand-Seguin Title : Sex differences in functional neuroanatomy of schizophrenia Jennifer Jennifer Chew McConnell Brain Imaging Centre MNI - WB317 3801 University Street Montreal, Qc H3A 2B4 Telephone: 514-398-8554 Fax: 514-398-2975 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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JENNIFER Jennifer Chew McConnell Brain Imaging Centre MNI - WB317 3801 University Street Montreal, Qc H3A 2B4 Telephone: 514-398-8554 Fax: 514-398-2975 -----Original Message----- From: MNISTAFF - Montreal Neurological Institute Staff [mailto:MNISTAFF at LISTS.MCGILL.CA] On Behalf Of Enza Ferracane, Ms. Sent: Monday, April 03, 2006 8:39 AM To: MNISTAFF at LISTS.MCGILL.CA Subject: Brown Bag Seminar - April 7, 2006 ***************************** Brown Bag Seminar "Being sharp and persistent in the Entorhinal cortex: Approaches and cellular memory formation" Philip de Guzman (lab of Dr. Avoli) & Babak Tahvildari (lab of the former Dr. Alonso) Friday April 7th, 2006 JTA 12noon-1pm **************************** From kate at bic.mni.mcgill.ca Mon Apr 3 11:50:48 2006 From: kate at bic.mni.mcgill.ca (Kate HANRATTY) Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2006 11:50:48 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] McBIC on the Radio Message-ID: <20060403115048.A430992@shadow.bic.mni.mcgill.ca> Did you know that Jason Lerch was recently interviewed by CBC Radio about the BIC's role in the NIH pediatric cortical development study? The piece aired on The World This Weekend yesterday. For those who didn't catch the interview, and want to, it's available in streaming audio for RealPlayer and its clones (until Sunday April 9) from: http://www.cbc.ca/worldthisweekend/media/sunday-twtw.ram [Jason's interview is ~16:30 minutes into the broadcast] Alternately, a recording of the interview is available at: http://www.bic.mni.mcgill.ca/users/kate/TWTW_CBC_20060402.mp3 or http://www.bic.mni.mcgill.ca/users/kate/TWTW_CBC_20060402.ogg The interview is about 5:30 minutes in duration. The files are kinda large, clocking in at ca. 4.5 MB. Enjoy! Kate Hanratty kate at bic.mni.mcgill.ca From jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca Mon Apr 3 14:45:22 2006 From: jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca (Jennifer Chew, Ms.) Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2006 14:45:22 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] FW: Killam Lecture - Tuesday, April 4, 2006, The Coupling of Exocytosis and Endocytosis at CNS Nerve Terminals Message-ID: PLEASE DISCARD IF THIS IS A DUPLICATE. THANK YOU. JENNIFER From: MNISTAFF - Montreal Neurological Institute Staff [mailto:MNISTAFF at LISTS.MCGILL.CA] On Behalf Of Enza Ferracane, Ms. Sent: Monday, April 03, 2006 10:32 AM To: MNISTAFF at LISTS.MCGILL.CA Subject: Killam Lecture - Tuesday, April 4, 2006 KILLAM LECTURE - TOMORROW Speaker:? Timothy A. Ryan, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Biochemistry The Weill Medical College of Cornell University Title:? The Coupling of Exocytosis and Endocytosis at CNS Nerve Terminals Date:? Tomorrow - Tuesday, April 4, 2006 Time:? 4:00 pm Place:? de Grandpre Communication Centre --------------------------------------------- Dear Colleagues: This week's Killam Speaker will be Dr. Tim Ryan from the Department of Biochemistry, The Weill College of Cornell University, New York. Tim has an impressive CV with recent papers in J. Neurosci., PNAS, Neuron and Nat. Neuroscience. Tim is a major player in the field of synaptic vesicle exo/endocytosis. He specializes in the use of sophisticated imaging techniques to examine the kinetics of synaptic vesicle exocytosis and the mechanisms by which synaptic vesicles are subsequently recycled using clathrin-mediated endocytosis. The images will be spectacular with significant insight into nerve terminal biology. The title of his talk is "The coupling of exocytosis and endocytosis at CNS nerve terminals" It should be a great talk and I hope to see you there. Sincerely, Peter McPherson From jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca Mon Apr 3 14:59:34 2006 From: jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca (Jennifer Chew, Ms.) Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2006 14:59:34 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] NEXT MONDAY'S BIC SEMINAR - MONDAY, APRIL 10, 2006 - Magnetic Resonance Sepctroscopy and Neuropsychiatry: Techniques and Applications Message-ID: NEXT BIC SEMINAR BIC SEMINAR SERIES Date: Monday, April 10, 2006 Time: 1:00 P.M. Place: de Grandpre Communications Centre Speaker: Dr. Jean Theberge, Brain Imaging Centre, McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA Title : Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy and Neuropsychiatry: Techniques and Applications Jennifer Jennifer Chew McConnell Brain Imaging Centre MNI - WB317 3801 University Street Montreal, Qc H3A 2B4 Telephone: 514-398-8554 Fax: 514-398-2975 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.bic.mni.mcgill.ca/pipermail/bic-announce/attachments/20060403/40f94896/attachment.html From jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca Wed Apr 5 11:30:32 2006 From: jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca (Jennifer Chew, Ms.) Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2006 11:30:32 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] =?iso-8859-1?q?FW=3A_Conf=E9rence_CERNEC_du_7_avri?= =?iso-8859-1?q?l_=28Dr_Christian_Joyal=29?= Message-ID: PLEASE DISCARD IF THIS IS A DUPLICATE. THANK YOU. JENNIFER Jennifer Chew McConnell Brain Imaging Centre MNI - WB317 3801 University Street Montreal, Qc H3A 2B4 Telephone: 514-398-8554 Fax: 514-398-2975 ________________________________________ From: MNISTAFF - Montreal Neurological Institute Staff [mailto:MNISTAFF at LISTS.MCGILL.CA] On Behalf Of Enza Ferracane, Ms. Sent: Wednesday, April 05, 2006 11:24 AM To: MNISTAFF at LISTS.MCGILL.CA Subject: Conf?rence CERNEC du 7 avril (Dr Christian Joyal) ? Objet?: Conf?rence CERNEC du 7 avril (Dr Christian Joyal) ? Bonjour / Hi, ? ? Vous ?tes cordialement invit?s ? la prochaine conf?rence du Centre de Recherche En Neuropsychologie Et Cognition (CERNEC). You are cordially invited to the next Centre de Recherche En Neuropsychologie Et Cognition (CERNEC) conference. Conf?rencier / Speaker: Dr.?Christian Joyal (UQTR) ??Contributions de la neuropsychologie et de la neuro-imagerie ? la compr?hension, la pr?vention et le traitement de la violence en milieu psychiatrique : donn?es de l'Institut Philippe-Pinel de Montr?al ? Date:??7?avril 2006, ? 15 hres Lieu:? Local D-427 du pavillon Marie-Victorin de l'Universit? de Montr?al, 90 Vincent d'Indy (? la sortie du m?tro ?douard-Montpetit) Site WEB: http://www.cernec.umontreal.ca ? From jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca Wed Apr 5 16:44:09 2006 From: jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca (Jennifer Chew, Ms.) Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2006 16:44:09 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] FW: April 27 cancellation: Talk cancellation of Dr Rafael Malach Message-ID: PLEASE NOTE CANCELLATION OF PREVIOUSLY ADVERTISED TALK AT CONCORDIA. THANK YOU. JENNIFER Jennifer Chew McConnell Brain Imaging Centre MNI - WB317 3801 University Street Montreal, Qc H3A 2B4 Telephone: 514-398-8554 Fax: 514-398-2975 ________________________________ Please note, the talk to be given by Dr. Rafael Malach on Thursday, April 27 has been CANCELLED. ************************************************************************ ************************************ Natalie Phillips, Ph.D., Associate Professor Department of Psychology/Centre for Research in Human Development, Concordia University 7141 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H4B 1R6 Tel.:(1-514) 848-2424 ext. 2218; Fax:(514)848-4537 e-mail: Natalie.Phillips at concordia.ca home page: psychology.concordia.ca/Faculty/phillips.html read on a bumper sticker: Non-Judgement Day is Near ************************************************************************ *********************************** -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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JENNIFER Jennifer Chew McConnell Brain Imaging Centre MNI - WB317 3801 University Street Montreal, Qc H3A 2B4 Telephone: 514-398-8554 Fax: 514-398-2975 ________________________________________ From: MNISTAFF - Montreal Neurological Institute Staff [mailto:MNISTAFF at LISTS.MCGILL.CA] On Behalf Of Enza Ferracane, Ms. Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2006 9:32 AM To: MNISTAFF at LISTS.MCGILL.CA Subject: Reminder: Seminar in Cognitive Neuroscience TODAY ________________________________________________________________________ Tyler Lorig, Ph.D. Professor Department of Psychology Washington and Lee University Lexington, VA, USA Why you don't care about smell - but should Thursday, April 6th, 2006 W201 3801 University Street 1:30 p.m. Abstract The sense of smell is one of the least studied of the senses and is often regarded as a primitive vestige of our mammalian heritage.? While the olfactory bulb has been the subject of important investigations concerning receptor genetics, the sense of smell is not considered of much importance to humans. Recent evidence challenges this view. Odors do tend to alter human behavior, mood, and cognition and may do so without one's awareness. These studies will be reviewed and other studies will be discussed that show a rather specific neural interaction between odor perception and symbolic problem solving. http://psych.wlu.edu/TLorig.html Host: Marilyn Jones-Gotman www.mni.mcgill.ca/cog/jonesgotman/ From jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca Thu Apr 6 11:25:38 2006 From: jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca (Jennifer Chew, Ms.) Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2006 11:25:38 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] FW: Brown Bag Seminar - TOMORROW Message-ID: PLEASE DISCARD IF THIS IS A DUPLICATE. THANK YOU. JENNIFER -----Original Message----- From: MNISTAFF - Montreal Neurological Institute Staff [mailto:MNISTAFF at LISTS.MCGILL.CA] On Behalf Of Enza Ferracane, Ms. Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2006 11:21 AM To: MNISTAFF at LISTS.MCGILL.CA Subject: Brown Bag Seminar - TOMORROW REMINDER ***************************** Brown Bag Seminar "Being sharp and persistent in the Entorhinal cortex: Approaches and cellular memory formation" Philip de Guzman (lab of Dr. Avoli) & Babak Tahvildari (lab of the former Dr. Alonso) Friday April 7th, 2006 JTA 12noon-1pm **************************** From jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca Mon Apr 10 09:39:20 2006 From: jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca (Jennifer Chew, Ms.) Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2006 09:39:20 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] TODAY'S BIC SEMINAR - MONDAY, APRIL 10, 2006 - Magnetic Resonance Sepctroscopy and Neuropsychiatry: Techniques and Applications Message-ID: TODAY'S BIC SEMINAR BIC SEMINAR SERIES Date: Monday, April 10, 2006 Time: 1:00 P.M. Place: de Grandpre Communications Centre Speaker: Dr. Jean Theberge, Brain Imaging Centre, McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA Title : Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy and Neuropsychiatry: Techniques and Applications Jennifer Jennifer Chew McConnell Brain Imaging Centre MNI - WB317 3801 University Street Montreal, Qc H3A 2B4 Telephone: 514-398-8554 Fax: 514-398-2975 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.bic.mni.mcgill.ca/pipermail/bic-announce/attachments/20060410/80f1774b/attachment.html From jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca Tue Apr 11 09:15:46 2006 From: jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca (Jennifer Chew, Ms.) Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2006 09:15:46 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] FW: Announcement for KAC Elliott Lecture - Tuesday, April 11/06 - Cellular mechanism of synapse assembly and function Message-ID: PLEASE DISCARD IF THIS IS A DUPLICATE. THANK YOU. JENNIFER ________________________________________ From: MNISTAFF - Montreal Neurological Institute Staff [mailto:MNISTAFF at LISTS.MCGILL.CA] On Behalf Of Enza Ferracane, Ms. Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2006 8:17 AM To: MNISTAFF at LISTS.MCGILL.CA Subject: Announcement for KAC Elliott Lecture - Tuesday, April 11/06 ? I am pleased to announce the KAC Elliott invited lecturer this year as Craig Garner who is Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science at Stanford University and Co-director, Stanford Down Syndrome Center. Craig Garner is interested in the synaptic mechanisms that underlie normal behavior, learning and memory and their dysfunction in cognitive disorders such as mental retardation.? In cell culture models, he studies the cellular and molecular mechanisms that guide the formation, maintenance and elimination of excitatory synapses in the vertebrate CNS. He has used multiple molecular and genetic approaches with imaging to identify the key structural and regulatory proteins of glutamatergic synapses. ?Employing dynamic imaging approaches, he has shown in cultured hippocampal neurons that excitatory synapses form in about one hour with the functional presynapse being established before the postsynapse. The rapid formation (~20 min) of a presynaptic active zone is driven by a novel class of active zone precursor vesicles (AZV) that carry numerous components of the active zone including the machinery essential for synaptic vesicle exocytosis. Ongoing research in his laboratory is oriented around determining the contribution of these AZVs to the establishment of the active zone as well as their potential role in the differentiation of the postsynapse. Craig Garner has published his work in multiple original articles in prominent journals and in recent reviews in TINS, Rev Nature Neurosci and Ann Rev Neurosci, where you might preview the exciting research he will present in his lecture. Date:? Tuesday, April 11, 2006 Time:? 4 pm Place:? Jeanne Timmins Amphitheatre Title of talk:? Cellular mechanism of synapse assembly and function I strongly encourage all to attend this honorary lecture which promises to be highly informative for clinical and basic neuroscientists alike. Barbara E. Jones Naomi Takeda Administrative Assistant to: Drs. Barbara E. Jones, David S. Ragsdale, ??????? Christopher C. Pack and T. Stroh Montreal Neurological Institute McGill University 3801 University Street, #896 Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3A 2B4 H? 514-398-1913 ?? 514-398-5871 ? naomi.takeda at mcgill.ca From jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca Tue Apr 11 09:24:01 2006 From: jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca (Jennifer Chew, Ms.) Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2006 09:24:01 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] NO BIC SEMINAR MONDAY, APRIL 17, 2006 Message-ID: BIC SEMINAR SERIES THERE WILL BE NO BIC SEMINAR ON MONDAY, APRIL 17, 2006. Jennifer Jennifer Chew McConnell Brain Imaging Centre MNI - WB317 3801 University Street Montreal, Qc H3A 2B4 Telephone: 514-398-8554 Fax: 514-398-2975 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Please RSVP with Francine Lemire, francine.lemire at douglas.mcgill.ca ,?761-6131 x2160, if you plan on attending since lunch will be served. ? Regards, Natasha Rajah, PHD __________________________________ Researcher, Douglas Hospital Assistant Professor, McGill Univ. __________________________________ From jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca Tue Apr 11 11:24:30 2006 From: jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca (Jennifer Chew, Ms.) Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2006 11:24:30 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] NEXT BIC SEMINAR - TUESDAY, APRIL 18, 2006 - The role of dopamine and the basal ganglia in cognitive flexibility. Converging evidence from neuropsychology and neuroimaging Message-ID: BIC SEMINAR SERIES NEXT BIC SEMINAR - PLS. NOTE CHANGES IN DAY, TIME AND VENUE AS GIVEN BELOW. Date: TUESDAY, April 18, 2006 Time: 11:00 A.M. Place: Room 201 (Above the Jeanne Timmins Lobby and Amphitheatre) Speaker: Roshan Cools, Ph.D., University of Cambridge Title: The role of dopamine and the basal ganglia in cognitive flexibility. Converging evidence from neuropsychology and neuroimaging Jennifer Jennifer Chew McConnell Brain Imaging Centre MNI - WB317 3801 University Street Montreal, Qc H3A 2B4 Telephone: 514-398-8554 Fax: 514-398-2975 ________________________________ From: Alain Dagher [mailto:alaindagher at gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2006 9:38 AM To: Jennifer Chew, Ms. Subject: Re: [BIC-announce] NO BIC SEMINAR MONDAY, APRIL 17, 2006 Could you announce the BIC seminar for Tuesday April 18? Roshan Cools University of Cambridge The role of dopamine and the basal ganglia in cognitive flexibility. Converging evidence from neuropsychology and neuroimaging. 11:00 am Room W201 Alain On 4/11/06, Jennifer Chew, Ms. < jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca > wrote: BIC SEMINAR SERIES THERE WILL BE NO BIC SEMINAR ON MONDAY, APRIL 17, 2006. Jennifer Jennifer Chew McConnell Brain Imaging Centre MNI - WB317 3801 University Street Montreal, Qc H3A 2B4 Telephone: 514-398-8554 Fax: 514-398-2975 _______________________________________________ BIC-announce mailing list BIC-announce at bic.mni.mcgill.ca http://www.bic.mni.mcgill.ca/mailman/listinfo/bic-announce -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.bic.mni.mcgill.ca/pipermail/bic-announce/attachments/20060411/b7485438/attachment-0001.html From jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca Wed Apr 12 13:42:56 2006 From: jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca (Jennifer Chew, Ms.) Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2006 13:42:56 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] Isabelle Boileau's thesis defence, today, Wednesday, April 12, 2006, 2:00 P.M., de Grandpre Message-ID: ISABELLE BOILEAU'S THESIS DEFENCE TODAY, NOW AT 2:00 p.m. De Grandpre Communications Centre Jennifer From jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca Thu Apr 13 09:30:43 2006 From: jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca (Jennifer Chew, Ms.) Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2006 09:30:43 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] FW: Killam Lecture - Tuesday, April 18, 2006 - Protein Traffic at Nascent Neuronal Contacts Message-ID: PLEASE DISCARD IF THIS IS A DUPLICATE. THANK YOU. JENNIFER ________________________________ From: MNISTAFF - Montreal Neurological Institute Staff [mailto:MNISTAFF at LISTS.MCGILL.CA] On Behalf Of Enza Ferracane, Ms. Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2006 9:10 AM To: MNISTAFF at LISTS.MCGILL.CA Subject: Killam Lecture - Tuesday, April 18, 2006 Killam Lecture Speaker: Alaa El-Husseini, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, University of British Columbia Title: Protein Traffic at Nascent Neuronal Contacts Date: Tuesday, April 18, 2006 Place: de Grandpre Communication Centre Time: 4:00 pm ----------------------------- Next week's (April 18) Killam speaker will be Dr Alaa El-Husseini from The Brain Centre, Dept. Psychiatry at UBC. Alaa is one of the leaders in the study of excitatory synaptic transmission. His research focuses on understanding protein trafficking and turnover in dendrites and its relationship to synapse formation and function. Alaa is interested in mechanisms that control synapse development and in Protein Complexes at Excitatory Synapses. Specifically, his lab is working on: 1. Control of synaptic balance between excitation and inhibition 2. Assembly of proteins at nascent neuronal contacts 3. Protein sorting and trafficking 4. Regulation of protein sorting and function by palmitoylation As you can see, Alaa has published several high impact papers in the past 2 years: Gerrow, K., Romorini, S., Nabi, S. M., Colicos, M. A., Sala, C., and El-Husseini, A. (2006). A preformed complex of postsynaptic proteins is involved in excitatory synapse development. Neuron 49, 547-562. Lise, M. F., Wong, T. P., Trinh, A., Hines, R. M., Liu, L., Kang, R., Hines, D. J., Lu, J., Goldenring, J. R., Wang, Y. T., and El-Husseini, A. (2006). Involvement of Myosin Vb in glutamate receptor trafficking. J Biol Chem 281, 3669-3678. Levinson, J. N., Chery, N., Huang, K., Wong, T. P., Gerrow, K., Kang, R., Prange, O., Wang, Y. T., and El-Husseini, A. (2005). Neuroligins Mediate Excitatory and Inhibitory Synapse Formation: involvement of PSD-95 and neurexin-1{beta} in neuroligin-induced synaptic specificity. J Biol Chem 280, 17312-17319. Huang, K., Yanai, A., Kang, R., Arstikaitis, P., Singaraja, R. R., Metzler, M., Mullard, A., Haigh, B., Gauthier-Campbell, C., Gutekunst, C. A., et al. (2004). Huntingtin-Interacting Protein HIP14 Is a Palmitoyl Transferase Involved in Palmitoylation and Trafficking of Multiple Neuronal Proteins. Neuron 44, 977-986. Prange, O., Wong, T. P., Gerrow, K., Wang, Y. T., and El-Husseini, A. (2004). A balance between excitatory and inhibitory synapses is controlled by PSD-95 and neuroligin. PNAS 101, 13915-13920. Kang, R., Swayze, R., Lise, M. F., Gerrow, K., Mullard, A., Honer, W. G., and El-Husseini, A. (2004). Presynaptic trafficking of synaptotagmin I is regulated by protein palmitoylation. J Biol Chem 279, 50524-50536. Gauthier-Campbell, C., Bredt, D. S., Murphy, T. H., and El-Husseini, A. E.-D. (2004). Regulation of Dendritic Branching and Filopodia Formation in Hippocampal Neurons by Specific Acylated Protein Motifs. Mol Biol Cell 15, 2205-2217. I hope you will join me for his seminar. Ted ------------------------- Edward A. Fon Assistant Professor Montreal Neurological Institute McGill University Office: (514) 398-8398 Lab: (514) 398-5057 Fax: (514) 398-5214 ted.fon at mcgill.ca -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.bic.mni.mcgill.ca/pipermail/bic-announce/attachments/20060413/3bc2c0f6/attachment.html From jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca Thu Apr 13 09:31:48 2006 From: jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca (Jennifer Chew, Ms.) Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2006 09:31:48 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] NEXT BIC SEMINAR - TUESDAY, APRIL 18, 2006 - The role of dopamine and the basal ganglia in cognitiveflexibility. Converging evidence from neuropsychology andneuroimaging Message-ID: REMINDER - BIC SEMINAR ON TUESDAY, APRIL 18, 2006 BIC SEMINAR SERIES NEXT BIC SEMINAR - PLS. NOTE CHANGES IN DAY, TIME AND VENUE AS GIVEN BELOW. Date: TUESDAY, April 18, 2006 Time: 11:00 A.M. Place: Room 201 (Above the Jeanne Timmins Lobby and Amphitheatre) Speaker: Roshan Cools, Ph.D., University of Cambridge Title: The role of dopamine and the basal ganglia in cognitive flexibility. Converging evidence from neuropsychology and neuroimaging Jennifer Jennifer Chew McConnell Brain Imaging Centre MNI - WB317 3801 University Street Montreal, Qc H3A 2B4 Telephone: 514-398-8554 Fax: 514-398-2975 ________________________________ From: Alain Dagher [mailto:alaindagher at gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2006 9:38 AM To: Jennifer Chew, Ms. Subject: Re: [BIC-announce] NO BIC SEMINAR MONDAY, APRIL 17, 2006 Could you announce the BIC seminar for Tuesday April 18? Roshan Cools University of Cambridge The role of dopamine and the basal ganglia in cognitive flexibility. Converging evidence from neuropsychology and neuroimaging. 11:00 am Room W201 Alain On 4/11/06, Jennifer Chew, Ms. < jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca > wrote: BIC SEMINAR SERIES THERE WILL BE NO BIC SEMINAR ON MONDAY, APRIL 17, 2006. Jennifer Jennifer Chew McConnell Brain Imaging Centre MNI - WB317 3801 University Street Montreal, Qc H3A 2B4 Telephone: 514-398-8554 Fax: 514-398-2975 _______________________________________________ BIC-announce mailing list BIC-announce at bic.mni.mcgill.ca http://www.bic.mni.mcgill.ca/mailman/listinfo/bic-announce -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.bic.mni.mcgill.ca/pipermail/bic-announce/attachments/20060413/7bb9ac43/attachment-0001.html From mferre at bic.mni.mcgill.ca Thu Apr 13 17:30:52 2006 From: mferre at bic.mni.mcgill.ca (Michael Ferreira) Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2006 17:30:52 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] update to fmr_preprocess script Message-ID: <443EC30C.3030106@bic.mni.mcgill.ca> Hello, The fmr_preprocess script available on the BIC systems has been updated. There were a few minor bugs which have been fixed. It will now report motion estimates in proper chronological order in the output log file. And it will work with fmri images with a large number of frames and positive slice step values. Regards, Mike Michael Ferreira Research Associate McConnell Brain Imaging Centre Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University 3801 University Street Room WB 325 Montreal, Quebec Canada, H3A-2B4 phone: (514) 398-8547 e-mail: mferre at bic.mni.mcgill.ca From alain at bic.mni.mcgill.ca Tue Apr 18 09:05:27 2006 From: alain at bic.mni.mcgill.ca (Alain DAGHER) Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2006 09:05:27 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] BIC seminar is today at 11:00 Message-ID: A reminder that the BIC seminar is today at 11:00 in Room W201 (2nd floor). The speaker is Roshan Cools from Cambridge who will talk on the role of dopamine in cognitive flexibility. Alain From jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca Tue Apr 18 09:48:57 2006 From: jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca (Jennifer Chew, Ms.) Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2006 09:48:57 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] TODAY'S BIC SEMINAR - TUESDAY, APRIL 18, 2006 - The role of dopamine and the basal ganglia incognitiveflexibility. Converging evidence fromneuropsychology andneuroimaging Message-ID: TODAY'S BIC SEMINAR - NOTE TIME AND ROOM. THANK YOU. JENNIFER BIC SEMINAR ON TUESDAY, APRIL 18, 2006 BIC SEMINAR SERIES NEXT BIC SEMINAR - PLS. NOTE CHANGES IN DAY, TIME AND VENUE AS GIVEN BELOW. Date: TUESDAY, April 18, 2006 Time: 11:00 A.M. Place: Room 201 (Above the Jeanne Timmins Lobby and Amphitheatre) Speaker: Roshan Cools, Ph.D., University of Cambridge Title: The role of dopamine and the basal ganglia in cognitive flexibility. Converging evidence from neuropsychology and neuroimaging Jennifer Jennifer Chew McConnell Brain Imaging Centre MNI - WB317 3801 University Street Montreal, Qc H3A 2B4 Telephone: 514-398-8554 Fax: 514-398-2975 ________________________________ From: Alain Dagher [mailto:alaindagher at gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2006 9:38 AM To: Jennifer Chew, Ms. Subject: Re: [BIC-announce] NO BIC SEMINAR MONDAY, APRIL 17, 2006 Could you announce the BIC seminar for Tuesday April 18? Roshan Cools University of Cambridge The role of dopamine and the basal ganglia in cognitive flexibility. Converging evidence from neuropsychology and neuroimaging. 11:00 am Room W201 Alain On 4/11/06, Jennifer Chew, Ms. < jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca > wrote: BIC SEMINAR SERIES THERE WILL BE NO BIC SEMINAR ON MONDAY, APRIL 17, 2006. Jennifer Jennifer Chew McConnell Brain Imaging Centre MNI - WB317 3801 University Street Montreal, Qc H3A 2B4 Telephone: 514-398-8554 Fax: 514-398-2975 _______________________________________________ BIC-announce mailing list BIC-announce at bic.mni.mcgill.ca http://www.bic.mni.mcgill.ca/mailman/listinfo/bic-announce -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Regards, Jean Paul Soucy Belinda Preziosi Administrative Coordinator 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 at mcgill.ca -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.bic.mni.mcgill.ca/pipermail/bic-announce/attachments/20060418/c0b2277d/attachment.html From armony at bic.mni.mcgill.ca Tue Apr 18 15:09:43 2006 From: armony at bic.mni.mcgill.ca (Jorge Armony) Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2006 15:09:43 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] New course in fMRI data analysis Message-ID: Sorry for the multiple postings... We are pleased to announce the new graduate course "Methods in Neuroimaging" (NEU606), to be offered on a yearly basis by the Department of Neurology & Neurosurgery, starting this Fall term (2006). Despite its vague name (McGill imposes a 30-character limit an all course titles), this course will only focus on fMRI experimental design and data analysis. The emphasis will be on the underlying conceptual and statistical issues (i.e., there will be a fair amount of math involved), but concrete applications using SPM and fmristat will also be covered. In order to maximize discussions and interactions among participants, the enrollment will be limited to 15 students. In this first year, we will start with the basics; therefore, priority will be given to those with little or no experience with fMRI analysis, but who are already using, or about to use, this technique in their M.Sc. or Ph.D. research project. Classes will take place on Tuesdays 2-5 PM at the Douglas Hospital (Verdun). Formal evaluation will be based on weekly take-home assignments, class participation and a final project. If you are interested in taking this course, please email the Instructor (jorge.armony at mcgill.ca), using a university address (i.e., no hotmail, gmail, etc), including your current position (program, year, supervisor), your experience (if any) with fMRI, and a very brief description of your research project. From jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca Tue Apr 18 17:04:30 2006 From: jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca (Jennifer Chew, Ms.) Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2006 17:04:30 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] FW: [NEURO] North Wing Expansion Town Hall Meeting Thursday April 20 at 12 noon Message-ID: PLEASE DISCARD IF THIS IS A DUPLICATE. THANK YOU. JENNIFER Jennifer Chew McConnell Brain Imaging Centre MNI - WB317 3801 University Street Montreal, Qc H3A 2B4 Telephone: 514-398-8554 Fax: 514-398-2975 -----Original Message----- From: neuro [mailto:NEURO at LISTS.MCGILL.CA] On Behalf Of Sandra McPherson, Dr. Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2006 4:49 PM To: NEURO at LISTS.MCGILL.CA Subject: [NEURO] North Wing Expansion Town Hall Meeting Thursday April 20 at 12 noon {La version fran?aise suit en bas.} To all Neuro personnel You are invited to a Town Hall meeting on Thursday April 20th at 12 noon in the Jeanne Timmins Amphitheatre regarding the North Wing expansion project. The project planners and architects will be on hand to describe the scope of the building and answer questions about the construction period. The North Wing will provide much needed space for clinical care and growing programs in brain imaging, multiple sclerosis research and experimental therapeutics, in addition to animal care facilities and a new improved ambulatory entrance and new access from University Street. We will provide regular updates to all staff, patients and visitors at the MNI/H and the RVH during the construction period (which is expected to last until October 2007). These will be available on The Neuro's website (www.mni.mcgill.ca), E-en bref, En-bref the MUHC intranet, as well as on bulletin boards. In addition, a hotline and e-mail address will be set up to receive comments and questions about the project. Regards, Sandra McPherson ------------------- ? tous les membres de la facult? et du personnel du Neuro, Vous ?tes invit?s ? un forum de discussion concernant le projet de l'Annexe nord (The North Wing), qui aura lieu le jeudi 20 avril ? 12 h ? l'Amphith??tre Jeanne Timmins. Les planificateurs et les architectes du projet seront disponibles afin de d?crire l'envergure de celui-ci et pour r?pondre aux questions relatives ? la construction du b?timent. L'Annexe nord r?pondra au grand besoin d'espace pour les soins cliniques et pour les programmes en croissance d'imagerie c?r?brale, de recherche sur la scl?rose en plaques et de la th?rapeutique exp?rimentale, ainsi que pour les installations h?bergeant les animaux de laboratoire. Une entr?e ambulatoire am?lior?e et un nouvel acc?s sur la rue University sont aussi de pr?vu. Nous allons tenir au courant de fa?on r?guli?re tous les membres du personnel, les patients et les visiteurs ? l'I/HNM et ? l'HRV quant au statut des travaux (qui doivent se terminer en octobre 2007). Les messages de mise ? jour seront affich?s sur le site web du Neuro (www.mni.mcgill.ca), dans la publication E-en-bref et sur l'intranet du CUSM, ainsi qu'aux babillards dans les deux b?timents. En plus, une ligne t?l?phonique et une adresse courriel, auxquelles vous pourrez envoyer des commentaires et des questions sur le projet, seront ?tablies. Cordialement, Sandra McPherson ****** Sandra McPherson, PhD Communications Officer Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital 3801 University Street Montreal, QC H3A 2B4 Tel. (514) 398-1902 Fax (514) 398-8072 Email sandra.mcpherson at mcgill.ca www.mni.mcgill.ca Sandra McPherson, PhD Relationniste Institut et h?pital neurologiques de Montr?al 3801, rue University Montr?al (Qu?bec) H3A 2B4 T?l. (514) 398-1902 T?lec. (514) 398-8072 Courr. sandra.mcpherson at mcgill.ca www.mni.mcgill.ca From aki at mrs.mni.mcgill.ca Thu Apr 20 07:18:42 2006 From: aki at mrs.mni.mcgill.ca (Zografos 'Aki' Caramanos) Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2006 07:18:42 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [BIC-announce] Room Available in Large 4-1/2 on Clark (just above Pine) Message-ID: Hello all, My lovely roommate Sylvia is going to be moving into her own place, as a result her room in my apartment will be available in May. That means that I am looking for a new lovely roomate! Maybe you, or someone you know, would be interested. If so, see below for some more information about the place. Thanks! Aki ---------------------------------------------------------- Room Available in Large 4-1/2 on Clark (just above Pine) ---------------------------------------------------------- A bit about the apartment ````````````````````````` - Large, bright, and sunny 4-1/2 on Clark (just above Pine) - On the second floor of a three-story building - Has a balcony in front and in back, and has access to a courtyard in the back - Has a view of the cross on Mount Royal, and faces a lovely park that was recently relandscaped - Hardwood parquet floors, and plenty of room for storage - Large, well-equipped kitchen with dining area - Living-room area with a TV and a futon that folds out for visitors - Large bathroom with washer and dryer - Air-conditioner in the main living area for when it's hot, and baseboard heaters in each room for when it's cold A bit about the room ```````````````````` - It's a large, bright, furnished room with it's own closet and a private entrance that opens out to the front balcony A bit about me `````````````` - I work at the Montreal Neurological Institute, but most days I work from home (which means that I am at home quite a lot) - I'm a non-smoker who's also allergic to cats (so sorry no cats and no smoking in the apartment) - I'm pretty laid back and easy to get along with (at least I think I am, you'll have to let me know what you think :-) Rent and utilities `````````````````` - 525$ per month covers your share of the rent, hydro, telephone, cable, high-speed wireless internet, and tenant insurance Contact information ``````````````````` call Aki at 844-1819, or email aki at mrs.mni.mcgill.ca From jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca Thu Apr 20 09:55:10 2006 From: jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca (Jennifer Chew, Ms.) Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2006 09:55:10 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] NEXT BIC SEMINAR - MONDAY, APRIL 24, 2006 - Investigating prefrontal contributions to recognition and temporal order retrieval for faces and words using fMRI Message-ID: BIC SEMINAR SERIES NEXT BIC SEMINAR Date: Monday, April 24, 2006 Time: 1:00 P.M. Place: de Grandpre Communications Centre Speaker: Natasha Rajah, Ph.D., Douglas Hospital Research Centre Title: Investigating prefrontal contributions to recognition and temporal order retrieval for faces and words using fMRI Jennifer Jennifer Chew McConnell Brain Imaging Centre MNI - WB317 3801 University Street Montreal, Qc H3A 2B4 Telephone: 514-398-8554 Fax: 514-398-2975 ________________________________ From: Alain Dagher [mailto:alaindagher at gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2006 9:38 AM To: Jennifer Chew, Ms. Subject: Re: [BIC-announce] NO BIC SEMINAR MONDAY, APRIL 17, 2006 Could you announce the BIC seminar for Tuesday April 18? Roshan Cools University of Cambridge The role of dopamine and the basal ganglia in cognitive flexibility. Converging evidence from neuropsychology and neuroimaging. 11:00 am Room W201 Alain On 4/11/06, Jennifer Chew, Ms. < jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca > wrote: BIC SEMINAR SERIES THERE WILL BE NO BIC SEMINAR ON MONDAY, APRIL 17, 2006. Jennifer Jennifer Chew McConnell Brain Imaging Centre MNI - WB317 3801 University Street Montreal, Qc H3A 2B4 Telephone: 514-398-8554 Fax: 514-398-2975 _______________________________________________ BIC-announce mailing list BIC-announce at bic.mni.mcgill.ca http://www.bic.mni.mcgill.ca/mailman/listinfo/bic-announce -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.bic.mni.mcgill.ca/pipermail/bic-announce/attachments/20060420/08f68fa5/attachment.html From jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca Fri Apr 21 09:12:11 2006 From: jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca (Jennifer Chew, Ms.) Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2006 09:12:11 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] MONDAY'S BIC SEMINAR - MONDAY, APRIL 24, 2006 - Investigating prefrontal contributions to recognition andtemporal order retrieval for faces and words using fMRI Message-ID: REMINDER - MONDAY'S BIC SEMINAR BIC SEMINAR SERIES NEXT BIC SEMINAR Date: Monday, April 24, 2006 Time: 1:00 P.M. Place: de Grandpre Communications Centre Speaker: Natasha Rajah, Ph.D., Douglas Hospital Research Centre Title: Investigating prefrontal contributions to recognition and temporal order retrieval for faces and words using fMRI Jennifer Jennifer Chew McConnell Brain Imaging Centre MNI - WB317 3801 University Street Montreal, Qc H3A 2B4 Telephone: 514-398-8554 Fax: 514-398-2975 ________________________________ From: Alain Dagher [mailto:alaindagher at gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2006 9:38 AM To: Jennifer Chew, Ms. Subject: Re: [BIC-announce] NO BIC SEMINAR MONDAY, APRIL 17, 2006 Could you announce the BIC seminar for Tuesday April 18? Roshan Cools University of Cambridge The role of dopamine and the basal ganglia in cognitive flexibility. Converging evidence from neuropsychology and neuroimaging. 11:00 am Room W201 Alain On 4/11/06, Jennifer Chew, Ms. < jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca > wrote: BIC SEMINAR SERIES THERE WILL BE NO BIC SEMINAR ON MONDAY, APRIL 17, 2006. Jennifer Jennifer Chew McConnell Brain Imaging Centre MNI - WB317 3801 University Street Montreal, Qc H3A 2B4 Telephone: 514-398-8554 Fax: 514-398-2975 _______________________________________________ BIC-announce mailing list BIC-announce at bic.mni.mcgill.ca http://www.bic.mni.mcgill.ca/mailman/listinfo/bic-announce -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.bic.mni.mcgill.ca/pipermail/bic-announce/attachments/20060421/483e36cf/attachment.html From jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca Mon Apr 24 10:32:10 2006 From: jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca (Jennifer Chew, Ms.) Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2006 10:32:10 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] TODAY'S BIC SEMINAR - MONDAY, APRIL 24, 2006 - Investigating prefrontal contributions to recognitionandtemporal order retrieval for faces and words using fMRI Message-ID: TODAY'S BIC SEMINAR BIC SEMINAR SERIES Date: Monday, April 24, 2006 Time: 1:00 P.M. Place: de Grandpre Communications Centre Speaker: Natasha Rajah, Ph.D., Douglas Hospital Research Centre Title: Investigating prefrontal contributions to recognition and temporal order retrieval for faces and words using fMRI Jennifer Jennifer Chew McConnell Brain Imaging Centre MNI - WB317 3801 University Street Montreal, Qc H3A 2B4 Telephone: 514-398-8554 Fax: 514-398-2975 ________________________________ From: Alain Dagher [mailto:alaindagher at gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2006 9:38 AM To: Jennifer Chew, Ms. Subject: Re: [BIC-announce] NO BIC SEMINAR MONDAY, APRIL 17, 2006 Could you announce the BIC seminar for Tuesday April 18? Roshan Cools University of Cambridge The role of dopamine and the basal ganglia in cognitive flexibility. Converging evidence from neuropsychology and neuroimaging. 11:00 am Room W201 Alain On 4/11/06, Jennifer Chew, Ms. < jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca > wrote: BIC SEMINAR SERIES THERE WILL BE NO BIC SEMINAR ON MONDAY, APRIL 17, 2006. Jennifer Jennifer Chew McConnell Brain Imaging Centre MNI - WB317 3801 University Street Montreal, Qc H3A 2B4 Telephone: 514-398-8554 Fax: 514-398-2975 _______________________________________________ BIC-announce mailing list BIC-announce at bic.mni.mcgill.ca http://www.bic.mni.mcgill.ca/mailman/listinfo/bic-announce -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.bic.mni.mcgill.ca/pipermail/bic-announce/attachments/20060424/22d5241c/attachment.html From jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca Mon Apr 24 10:59:06 2006 From: jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca (Jennifer Chew, Ms.) Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2006 10:59:06 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] FW: Killam Lecture - TOMORROW - Using Eye Movements to Probe Brain Function and Dysfunction Message-ID: PLEASE DISCARD IF THIS IS A DUPLICATE. THANK YOU. JENNIFER ***** REMINDER***** Killam Lecture Speaker: Doug Munoz, Ph.D. Professor of Physiology and Psychology Queen's University Title: Using Eye Movements to Probe Brain Function and Dysfunction Date: Tuesday, April 25, 2006 Time: 4:00 pm Place: de Grandpre Communication Centre -------------- Dr. Douglas Munoz Centre for Neuroscience Studies Queen's University Kingston, Ontario http://brain.phgy.queensu.ca/doug/www/ USING EYE MOVEMENTS TO PROBE BRAIN FUNCTION AND DYSFUNCTION Saccadic eye movements are controlled by a network of brain areas that span frontal and parietal cortices, basal ganglia, thalamus, midbrain, brainstem, and cerebellum. Thus, the eye movement system provides an excellent model to probe normal brain function and development, as well as dysfunction that arises in a variety of neurological and psychiatric disorders. In this talk, MUNOZ will discuss results from monkey neurophysiology experiments, human functional imaging experiments, and behavioural experiments involving various patient groups to show how the eye movement system can be used as a tool to study brain function and dysfunction. The talk will focus on the use of the anti-saccade task as an experimental tool because this task requires voluntary control over the eye movement system and provides a measure of impulse control. Monkey neurophysiological experiments are used to identify critical elements in the neural circuitry required to perform the task correctly. Functional brain imaging experiments are used to identify critical elements of the circuit in normal humans. Finally, studies of patient groups, especially attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, are used to reveal how task performance is compromised when part of the network is dysfunctional. Munoz, D. P. and Everling, S. 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This project epitomizes much of what we've > tried to do on "seeing" systems and also contains essential > components of robotics. The project is a joint effort of eight > European research groups. > > > Also go to : http://www.cim.mcgill.ca/seminars for news about > upcoming seminars > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.bic.mni.mcgill.ca/pipermail/bic-announce/attachments/20060424/8dcaff23/attachment.html From jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca Mon Apr 24 13:43:30 2006 From: jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca (Jennifer Chew, Ms.) Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2006 13:43:30 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] FW: Jan-Olof Eklundh Seminar - Perception and Action Message-ID: PLS. DISCARD IF THIS IS A DUPLICATE. THANK YOU. JENNIFER Jennifer Chew McConnell Brain Imaging Centre MNI - WB317 3801 University Street Montreal, Qc H3A 2B4 Telephone: 514-398-8554 Fax: 514-398-2975 CIM 20th Anniversary Lecture Series Zames Seminar Room MC437 Wednesday, April 26 3:00 PM Vision in the real world and perception and action Jan-OIof Eklundh Computational Vision and Active Perception Lab KTH, Stockholm I will in the talk review some or our work on systems for vision in the real world and on classification and recognition of materials. Then I'll briefly present a newly started longterm project on vision and cognition. This project epitomizes much of what we've tried to do on "seeing" systems and also contains essential components of robotics. The project is a joint effort of eight European research groups. Also go to : http://www.cim.mcgill.ca/seminars for news about upcoming seminars -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Message-ID: Hi, If you have an available and valid e-prime license that is not used, would you please send me an e-mail or give me a ring at x2528. Thank you, rz >> From yves.roy at umontreal.ca Tue Apr 25 10:02:12 2006 From: yves.roy at umontreal.ca (Roy Yves) Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2006 10:02:12 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] Special Interest Group "Think Computationally, Act Locally" Message-ID: <62AB310356A34A408E6ACC00243172D80D147E@MAPIUDEM1.sim.umontreal.ca> Dear all, As you may already know the Groupe de recherche sur le systeme nerveux central and le Centre de recherche en sciences neurologiques are organising their symposium this year on the subject of computational neuroscience: http://www.grsnc.umontreal.ca/XXVIIIs The organizers have arranged to hold the second meeting of the Special Interest Group 'Think Computationally, Act Locally' at the end of this symposium, at 5.30pm on Tuesday, May 9th, 2006. The first meeting was held last summer at the end of the International Joint Conferences on Neural Networks, 2005, in Montreal. We wish to make this meeting less formal than the last one (i.e. No panel this time) but have two major goals in mind: 1. For prospective graduate students or postdocs to meet faculty members who could supervise them in the field. 2. To increase communications between different researchers. In particular we have discovered that even after last time there are still researchers in the field in Quebec that we do not know about. Similarly to last time registration to the symposium will not be compulsory to attend the SIG but strongly advised if you are interested in the field! The SIG will take place room B-2245 of Pavillon 3200 Jean Brillant, Universit? de Montr?al, 3200 Jean-Brillant. Furthermore, for those interested, we propose to gather after the SIG in a local restaurant (exact place and address will be given on the day). Please finally note that a Wiki is still available for discussions on the topics for those who would like to use it: http://www.rsmnq.ca/repric/tcal.htm Anonymous access is possible (i.e. without logging in) but for page modification and creation, logging in is necessary with: login: sig pwd: tcal Looking forward to seeing you there. The SIG organizers, Oury Monchi, Paul Cisek, & Yves Roy. -------------------------- Bonjour ? tous, Comme vous le savez peut-?tre le Groupe de recherche sur le syst?me nerveux et Centre de recherche en sciences neurologiques organisent cette ann?e leur symposium sur le th?me des neurosciences computationnelles: http://www.grsnc.umontreal.ca/XXVIIIs Les organisateurs ont propos?s de tenir la deuxi?me r?union du Groupe d'Int?r?ts "Think Computationally Act Locally" ? la fin de ce symposium, ? 17.30 le mardi 9 mai, 2006. La premi?re r?union s?est d?roul?e ? la fin du International Joint Conferences on Neural Networks, ? Montr?al en 2005. Le format de cette seconde r?union sera moins formelle que la premi?re (il n'y aura pas de pan?listes), mais nous avons deux buts majeurs : 1. Pour les futurs ?tudiants et postdocs, de rencontrer des professeurs qui peuvent les superviser dans le domaine localement. 2. Augmenter les liens entre les diff?rents chercheurs. En particulier nous nous sommes rendu compte que m?me suite ? la premi?re r?union, il y a toujours des chercheurs dans le domaine au Qu?bec que nous ne connaissons pas. Dans le m?me esprit que pour la premi?re r?union l'inscription au symposium n'est pas obligatoire pour assister au groupe d'int?r?t, mais est fortement recommand?e si vous ?tes int?ress?s par le domaine! Le groupe d?int?r?ts aura lieu dans la salle B-2245 du pavillon 3200 Jean-Brillant. De plus, si cela vous int?resse, nous proposons de nous retrouver suite ? la r?union dans un restaurant dans le quartier (l'endroit exact sera d?voil?e le jour m?me). Finalement, veuillez noter qu'un wiki est disponible pour les discussions et ?changes sur les sujets abord?s: http://www.rsmnq.ca/repric/tcal.htm L'acc?s anonyme est possible, mais pour cr?er ou modifier une page il faut entrer sur le wiki en utilisant: nom d'usager (login): sig mot de passe: tcal Au plaisir de vous voir ? la r?union, Les organisateurs du groupe d' int?r?ts, Oury Monchi, Paul Cisek, Yves Roy. From Bruce.Pike at McGill.ca Tue Apr 25 21:53:25 2006 From: Bruce.Pike at McGill.ca (Bruce Pike) Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2006 21:53:25 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] Corporate recruiting visit next Wednesday - May 3 Message-ID: Dear students and postdocs, IMRIS, a company specializing in MRI, image guided surgery, and image processing, will be visiting the BIC next Wednesday, May 3, at lunch time to present themselves and potentially recruit people. They will also provide a free lunch. If you would like to attend please let Jennifer Chew know by this Friday so she can make sure there is enough food. Regards, Bruce From belinda.preziosi at mcgill.ca Wed Apr 26 10:22:04 2006 From: belinda.preziosi at mcgill.ca (Belinda Preziosi, Ms.) Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2006 10:22:04 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] REMINDER - Protocols for Submission Message-ID: To: B.I.C. Personnel From: Belinda Preziosi Date: April 26th, 2006 Subject: PROTOCOLS FOR SUBMISSION Good Morning, 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 Friday, April 28th, 2006 in Webster 218. For the most recent version of the Protocols and English and French Consent Forms, please see: http://www.bic.mni.mcgill.ca/admin/protocols/. Regards, Jean Paul Soucy Belinda Preziosi Administrative Coordinator 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 at mcgill.ca -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.bic.mni.mcgill.ca/pipermail/bic-announce/attachments/20060426/e731dd8e/attachment.html From jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca Thu Apr 27 09:19:00 2006 From: jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca (Jennifer Chew, Ms.) Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 09:19:00 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] FW: Spring Fling 2006 - TODAY Message-ID: PLEASE DISCARD IF THIS IS A DUPLICATE. THANK YOU. JENNIFER Jennifer Chew McConnell Brain Imaging Centre MNI - WB317 3801 University Street Montreal, Qc H3A 2B4 Telephone: 514-398-8554 Fax: 514-398-2975 -----Original Message----- From: MNISTAFF - Montreal Neurological Institute Staff [mailto:MNISTAFF at LISTS.MCGILL.CA] On Behalf Of Enza Ferracane, Ms. Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2006 8:47 AM To: MNISTAFF at LISTS.MCGILL.CA Subject: Spring Fling 2006 - TODAY Importance: High **REMINDER** Spring Fling at 11:45 today JTA ALL ARE WELCOME!!! From jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca Thu Apr 27 09:48:32 2006 From: jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca (Jennifer Chew, Ms.) Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 09:48:32 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] FW: Special Lecture - Monday, May 1, 2006- Translational Control of Synaptic Plasticity and memory by the elF2alpha Signaling Pathway Message-ID: PLEASE DISCARD IF THIS IS A DUPLICATE. THANK YOU. JENNIFER Jennifer Chew McConnell Brain Imaging Centre MNI - WB317 3801 University Street Montreal, Qc H3A 2B4 Telephone: 514-398-8554 Fax: 514-398-2975 ________________________________________ From: MNISTAFF - Montreal Neurological Institute Staff [mailto:MNISTAFF at LISTS.MCGILL.CA] On Behalf Of Enza Ferracane, Ms. Sent: Wednesday, April 26, 2006 9:58 AM To: MNISTAFF at LISTS.MCGILL.CA Subject: Special Lecture - Monday, May 1, 2006 Special Lecture ? Speaker:? Dr. Mauro Costa-Mattioli Department of Biochemistry, McGill University ? Title:? Translational Control of Synaptic Plasticity and Memory by the elF2alpha Signaling Pathway ? Date:? Monday, May 1, 2006 ? Time:? 4:00 pm ? Place:? de Grandpre Communication Centre -------------------------------------------- From jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca Thu Apr 27 14:50:08 2006 From: jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca (Jennifer Chew, Ms.) Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 14:50:08 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] FW: Seminar in Cognitive Neuroscience - Differences between orthonasal and retronasal olfaction Message-ID: PLEASE DISCARD IF THIS IS A DUPLICATE. THANK YOU. JENNIFER ____________________________________________________________________________ Thomas Hummel, M.D., Ph.D. Professor Department of Otorhinolaryngology University of Dresden Medical School Dresden, Germany Differences between orthonasal and retronasal olfaction Thursday, May 4th, 2006 W201 3801 University Street 1:30 p.m. Orthonasal or retronasal presentation of certain odors in everyday life, such as cheese or fish, evokes different responses. To study this phenomenon, stimulation techniques were developed that allow ortho- or retronasal presentation of chemosensory stimuli. Based on this technique several studies were performed investigating (1) the subjects' ratings of stimulus intensity, hedonic characteristics of the stimuli, and stimulus quality, (2) the peripherally obtained electro-olfactogram, (3) the EEG-derived olfactory event-related potentials, and (4) cerebral activation using functional magnetic resonance imaging. Additional experiments investigated (5) the differential sensitivity of the nasal mucosa to trigeminal stimuli. Finally, (6) clinical observations were obtained from patients with nasal polyposis with regard to ortho- or retronasal presentation of chemosensory stimuli. Summarizing these results, the studies indicate that there are perceptual differences in relation to ortho- and retronasal stimulus presentation. They appear to relate to (i) contextual effects, and (ii) subtle differences in nasal airflow, and therefore, access of stimuli to the olfactory epithelium may play a role in perceptual differences. In addition, (iii) differential trigeminal sensitivities of the respiratory epithelium, possibly in combination with (iv) differential wiring of olfactory receptor neurons, may contribute to the observed differences in the perception of stimuli presented through the ortho- or retronasal routes. http://www.tu-dresden.de/medkhno/hummel.htm Host: Marilyn Jones-Gotman www.mni.mcgill.ca/cog/jonesgotman/ ? ? From jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca Fri Apr 28 09:09:44 2006 From: jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca (Jennifer Chew, Ms.) Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2006 09:09:44 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] FW: Corporate recruiting visit next Wednesday - May 3 Message-ID: Dear Students and Postdocs: Pls. see Bruce's message below. TODAY is the deadline to let me know whether you will be attending. I will not be responding to the individual e-mail responses. If you have contacted me to register and your message has not bounced back to you, then you are registered. Thank you to those who have responded. As soon as the location and time have been finalized I will let you know. Jennifer Jennifer Chew McConnell Brain Imaging Centre MNI - WB317 3801 University Street Montreal, Qc H3A 2B4 Telephone: 514-398-8554 Fax: 514-398-2975 -----Original Message----- From: Bruce Pike [mailto:Bruce.Pike at mcgill.ca] Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2006 12:58 PM To: BIC Announce Cc: Jennifer Chew, Ms. Subject: Corporate recruiting visit next Wednesday - May 3 Dear students and postdocs, IMRIS, a company specializing in MRI, image guided surgery, and image processing will be visiting the BIC next Wednesday, May 3, at lunch time to present themselves and potentially recruit people. They will also provide a free lunch. If you would like to attend please let Jennifer Chew know by this Friday so she can make sure there is enough food. Regards, Bruce From belinda.preziosi at mcgill.ca Fri Apr 28 13:19:33 2006 From: belinda.preziosi at mcgill.ca (Belinda Preziosi, Ms.) Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2006 13:19:33 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] FW: REMINDER - Protocols for Submission Message-ID: ________________________________ From: Belinda Preziosi, Ms. Sent: Wednesday, April 26, 2006 10:22 AM To: BIC Mailing List (bic-announce at bic.mni.mcgill.ca) Subject: REMINDER - Protocols for Submission To: B.I.C. Personnel From: Belinda Preziosi Date: April 26th, 2006 Subject: PROTOCOLS FOR SUBMISSION Good Morning, 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 Friday, April 28th, 2006 in Webster 218. For the most recent version of the Protocols and English and French Consent Forms, please see: http://www.bic.mni.mcgill.ca/admin/protocols/. Regards, Jean Paul Soucy Belinda Preziosi Administrative Coordinator 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 at mcgill.ca -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.bic.mni.mcgill.ca/pipermail/bic-announce/attachments/20060428/ef27dfbc/attachment.html From jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca Fri Apr 28 13:20:50 2006 From: jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca (Jennifer Chew, Ms.) Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2006 13:20:50 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] REMINDER - NO BIC SEMINAR ON MONDAY, MAY 1, 2006 Message-ID: REMINDER BIC SEMINAR SERIES Pls. note, there will be no seminar on Monday, May 1, 2006. Jennifer Jennifer Chew McConnell Brain Imaging Centre MNI - WB317 3801 University Street Montreal, Qc H3A 2B4 Telephone: 514-398-8554 Fax: 514-398-2975 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.bic.mni.mcgill.ca/pipermail/bic-announce/attachments/20060428/e0e0c597/attachment.html From jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca Fri Apr 28 14:45:38 2006 From: jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca (Jennifer Chew, Ms.) Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2006 14:45:38 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] FW: Killam Announcement - Tuesday, May 2, 2006 - The Role of the Cytoskeleton on Neurodegenerative Diseases Message-ID: PLEASE DISCARD IF THIS IS A DUPLICATE. THANK YOU. JENNIFER KILLAM LECTURE ? Date:? Tuesday, May 2, 2006 ? Speaker:? James L. Salzer, PhD, MD. Professor of Cell Biology and Neurology Departments of Cell Biology (Skirball) and Neurology Skirball Institute Program of Molecular Neurobilogy ? Title:? The Role of the Cytoskeleton in Neurodegenerative Diseases ? Place:? de Grandpre Communications Centre ? Time:? 4:00?pm? Salzer Lab Home Axons and myelinating glia exhibit a series of striking cell interactions during development. Axons promote gliogenesis and glial differentiation, most dramatically formation of the myelin sheath that spirals around axons. Glial cells promote the survival of neurons and direct the reorganization of the entire length of the axon into a series of specialized domains. These domains are centered around nodes of Ranvier and consist of distinct multiprotein complexes of cell adhesion molecules, ion channels, and scaffolding molecules. This organization promotes saltatory conduction, synchronizes presynaptic inputs, and is crucial for axon function and integrity. Elucidation of the signaling between axons and glia is providing important insights into formation of myelinated nerves and the pathogenesis of neurologic disorders such as Multiple Sclerosis in which axo-glial interactions are disrupted. Our current studies focus on three aspects of axo-glial interactions. We are characterizing growth factors on axons, and the signaling pathways they activate in glia, that promote glial differentiation and myelination. We are investigating the morphogenetic events mediated by the cytoskeleton that drive spiral formation of the myelin sheath. Lastly, we have identified novel components of the domains of myelinated axons and are studying how they are targeted to and assemble at their precise locations along the axon. As experimental approaches, we utilize tissue culture models of myelination, molecular genetic approaches and mouse mutants deficient in specific domain components. From jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca Fri Apr 28 15:19:35 2006 From: jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca (Jennifer Chew, Ms.) Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2006 15:19:35 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] IMRIS PRESENTATION AND LUNCH - May 3, 2006 Message-ID: Dear students and postdocs: This information is addressed to those who have registered for the IMRIS presentation on Wednesday, May 3, 2006 TIME AND LOCATION Presentation by IMRIS: 11 A.M. to 12:30 P.M. Location: de Grandpre Communications Centre Lunch: 12:30 P.M. Location: Helen Penfield Atrium Thank you. Jennifer Jennifer Chew McConnell Brain Imaging Centre MNI - WB317 3801 University Street Montreal, Qc H3A 2B4 Telephone: 514-398-8554 Fax: 514-398-2975 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.bic.mni.mcgill.ca/pipermail/bic-announce/attachments/20060428/1539deca/attachment-0001.html