From jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca Mon Mar 6 09:13:27 2006 From: jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca (Jennifer Chew, Ms.) Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2006 09:13:27 -0500 Subject: [BIC-announce] FW: Killam Lecture - Tuesday, March 7 , 2006- Interplay of T Cells and Neurons: The T Cell is the Winter 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: Friday, March 03, 2006 11:49 AM To: MNISTAFF at lists.mcgill.ca Subject: Killam Lecture - Tuesday, March 7 , 2006 KILLAM LECTURE ? Speaker:? Avindra Nath, M.D., Professor Johns Hopkins University ? Title:? Interplay of T Cells and Neurons:? The T Cell is the Winter ? Date:? Tuesday, March 7, 2006 ? Place:? de Grandpre Communication Centre ? Time:? 4:00 pm ? --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ? Dr. Avi Nath is a Professor in the Department of Neurology and Neuroscience at Johns Hopkins University and is the Director of the Richard T. Johnson Division of Neuroimmunology and Neurologic Infections. He is a clinical neurologic whose research interest and expertise involve how the HIV virus and its products interact with neural cells and how molecules produced by the immune system during inflammatory responses also impact on the cell populations. His Killam talk will focus on the molecular mechanisms that determine neuronal vulnerability to inflammatory conditions. From jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca Mon Mar 6 09:30:47 2006 From: jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca (Jennifer Chew, Ms.) Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2006 09:30:47 -0500 Subject: [BIC-announce] BIC SEMINAR TODAY, MONDAY, MARCH 6 2006 - disruption of Dopaminergic Reactivity in Fibromyalgia as Demonstrated by 11 C-raclopride/PET Message-ID: REMINDER BIC SEMINAR SERIES TODAY'S BIC SEMINAR Date: Monday, March 6, 2006 Time: 1:00 P.M. Place: de Grandpre Communications Centre Speaker: Patrick Wood, M.D., Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Title: Disruption of Dopaminergic Reactivity in Fibromyalgia as Demonstrated by 11 C-raclopride/PET 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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Registration (free) is required and can be done online by visiting this link: http://www.rsmnq.ca/repric/en/repric_third_scientific_day.htm rz >> From siddiqi at cim.mcgill.ca Tue Mar 7 22:54:42 2006 From: siddiqi at cim.mcgill.ca (Kaleem Siddiqi) Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2006 22:54:42 -0500 Subject: [BIC-announce] Fwd: Kitware, Inc.: Developers and project leaders wanted... References: <440008EA.7050900@Kitware.com> Message-ID: FYI. Best, -KS Begin forwarded message: > From: "Stephen R. Aylward" > Date: February 25, 2006 2:36:10 AM EST (CA) > To: Horst K Hahn , n.karssemeijer at rad.umcn.nl, > "'David Hawkes'" , malte at itu.dk, > ctaylor at man.ac.uk, szekely at vision.ee.ethz.ch, k.rohr at dkfz.de, > mike.brady at eng.ox.ac.uk, alison.noble at eng.ox.ac.uk, > D.Rueckert at imperial.ac.uk, julia.schnabel at kcl.ac.uk, > tpeters at imaging.robarts.ca, Christian.Barillot at irisa.fr, > Herve.Delingette at sophia.inria.fr, > dirk.vandermeulen at uz.kuleuven.ac.be, Kent Williams williams at UIOWA.EDU>, "J. Michael Fitzpatrick" > , "Terry S. Yoo" > , George Stetten , Allen > Tannenbaum , Torsten Rohlfing > , Paul Thompson , > Charles Stewart , Milan Sonka sonka at UIOWA.EDU>, Kaleem Siddiqi , Paul > Suetens , Christian Roux > > Subject: Kitware, Inc.: Developers and project leaders wanted... > > > Kitware, Inc. is a small software company seeking talented software > professionals with experience in medical image analysis, image > processing, 3D graphics, graphical user interface, visualization, > computer vision, and/or scientific programming. > > Kitware is currently seeking job applicants with demonstrated > skills in medical image analysis, project management, and/or GUI > development. Candidates must show initiative, flexibility, and the > focus necessary to deliver quality software (both open-source and > proprietary code). Applicants must have experience in C++ and > demonstrated software development skills. > > Qualified candidates will work with leaders in the field on cutting > edge problems. Our business model is based on open-source software? > an exciting, rewarding environment to work in. Our customers > include the US National Labs, the National Institutes of Health, > commercial medical and pharmaceutical companies, and many other > high-technology businesses. > > Kitware offers significant growth opportunities, participation in a > profit sharing plan, six weeks total personal time off, health and > dental benefits, and a 401(k) plan with company contributions. > Kitware is an equal opportunity employer. > > > Send your resume to kitware at kitware.com > > -- > ============================================================= > Stephen R. Aylward, Ph.D. > Chief Medical Scientist > Kitware, Inc. > http://www.kitware.com -------------- 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: Friday, March 10, 2006 8:55 AM To: MNISTAFF at LISTS.MCGILL.CA Subject: Professor Karl Zilles, Second William Feindel Lecture ... *****REMINDER***** The second William Feindel Lecture will be given this year by professor Karl Zilles, Director of the Institute of Medicine of Research Center Julich, and Professor at the C.& O. Vogt Institute of Brain Research at the Heinrich Heine University of Dusseldorf, Germany. Title: Receptors fingerprints. A new perspective on the regional organization of the human cerebral cortex. Date: Tomorrow, Friday March 10, 2006 Time: 4:00 PM. Venue: JTA (Jeanne Timmins Amphitheatre) See you all there, Organizing Committee From jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca Fri Mar 10 09:00:16 2006 From: jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca (Jennifer Chew, Ms.) Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2006 09:00:16 -0500 Subject: [BIC-announce] REMINDER - MONDAY, MARCH 13, 2006 - CHANGE IN SPEAKER AND TITLE: CORTICO-STRIATAL CONNECTIVITY IN PRIMATES REVEALED BY DTI-TRACTOGRAPHY Message-ID: REMINDER - MONDAY'S BIC LECTURE BIC SEMINAR SERIES NEXT BIC SEMINAR - **Note change in speaker and title** Date: Monday, March 13, 2006 Time: 1:00 P.M. Place: de Grandpre Communications Centre Speaker: Takuya Hayashi, M.D., Ph.D., National Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan Title: Cortico-Striatal Connectivity in Primates Revealed by DTI-Tractography 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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The farewell lunch for Andrew will be Wednesday, March 15th 12:30 at the Thompson House. Please let me know whether you're planning to come. Cheers, Pedro pedro at bic.mni.mcgill.ca What: FAREWELL LUNCH FOR ANDREW When: Wednesday, March 15TH, 12:30 PM. Where: Thompson House From jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca Mon Mar 13 15:38:42 2006 From: jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca (Jennifer Chew, Ms.) Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2006 15:38:42 -0500 Subject: [BIC-announce] FW: FAREWELL LUNCH FOR ANDREW GOERTZEN Message-ID: Hi Everyone: Please send your responses to Pedro Rosa-Neto. Pls. see Pedro's address below. Thanks very much. Jennifer -----Original Message----- From: Pedro Rosa-Neto [mailto:rosaneto at videotron.ca] Sent: Monday, March 13, 2006 12:51 PM Subject: FAREWELL LUNCH FOR ANDREW Dear all, Andrew Goertzen will be leaving us soon to take a position of assistant professor in the Department of Radiology at the University of Manitoba. The farewell lunch for Andrew will be Wednesday, March 15th 12:30 at the Thompson House. Please let me know whether you're planning to come. Cheers, Pedro pedro at bic.mni.mcgill.ca What: FAREWELL LUNCH FOR ANDREW When: Wednesday, March 15TH, 12:30 PM. Where: Thompson House From jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca Mon Mar 13 15:42:33 2006 From: jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca (Jennifer Chew, Ms.) Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2006 15:42:33 -0500 Subject: [BIC-announce] NO BIC SEMINAR - MONDAY, MARCH 20, 2006 Message-ID: Please note that there will be NO BIC SEMINAR next Monday, March 20, 2006. 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/20060313/fee24d67/attachment.html From jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca Tue Mar 14 10:06:04 2006 From: jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca (Jennifer Chew, Ms.) Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2006 10:06:04 -0500 Subject: [BIC-announce] FW: Killam Lecture - TODAY - Pathophysiology of Axo-glial Injury: Ion Channels and Glutamate Receptors 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: Tuesday, March 14, 2006 9:48 AM To: MNISTAFF at LISTS.MCGILL.CA Subject: Killam Lecture - TODAY ? KILLAM LECTURE ? Speaker:? Peter Syts, M.D. Professor, Ottawa Health Research Institute ? Title:? Pathophysiology of Axo-Glial Injury:? Ion Channels and Glutamate Receptors ? Date:? March 14, 2006 - TODAY ? Place:? de Grandpre Communication Centre ? Time:? 4:00 PM -------------------------------------------------------------- ? Dear All, ? The March 14th Killam lecture will be presented by Dr. Peter Stys, visiting us from Ottawa. ? Peter is Professor of Medicine (Neurology) at the University of Ottawa, Senior Scientist at the Ottawa Health Research Institute (OHRI), and Adjunct Research Professor, Dept. of Systems and Computer Engineering, Carleton University. He obtained his MD at the University of Ottawa and completed his Neurology residency training at the University of Toronto, followed by a post-doctoral fellowship in the Dept. of Neurology at Yale where he worked on the basic mechanisms of anoxic/ischemic white matter injury. ? ? Peter's research interests focus on the physiology of myelinated axons and mechanisms of axonal injury in anoxia/ischemia, trauma and neuroinflammatory conditions. He also practices clinical neurology at the Ottawa Hospital. ? Current projects in his lab focus on: 1) Ca dynamics in normal and injured axons (including high-resolution imaging of Ca fluxes in axoplasm, glia and myelin of live CNS fibers), 2) mechanisms of glutamate receptor-mediated white matter damage, 3) mitochondrial pathophysiology in injured white matter tracts, 4) development of neuroprotective drugs for axonal/glial injury with a focus on Na channels and glutamate transporters/receptors, 5) role of NO in white matter pathophysiology, 6) development of in vitro models of immune-mediated white matter injury, with particular emphasis on mechanisms of axon spheroid formation, 7) development of techniques involving non-linear optical microscopy for detailed study of normal and diseased nervous system tissue. ? Sources of research support for his lab include: CIHR, Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario, NINDS/NIH, Ontario Neurotrauma Foundation, MS Society (Canada), National MS Society (US), Canadian Institute for Photonics Innovation, Canadian Stroke Network, NSERC. ? Peter is an engaging speaker and will address themes/techniques that are likely to be of interest to many of you - so look forward to seeing you you all there! ? cheers, ? Amit Bar-Or Neuroimmunology Unit ? From jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca Wed Mar 15 09:40:32 2006 From: jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca (Jennifer Chew, Ms.) Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 09:40:32 -0500 Subject: [BIC-announce] FW: Reminder - Brain Awareness Week Public Lectures 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, March 15, 2006 9:26 AM To: MNISTAFF at LISTS.MCGILL.CA Subject: Reminder - Brain Awareness Week Public Lectures REMINDER - BRAIN AWARENESS WEEK PUBLIC LECTURES Comprendre l'enfant derri?re le trouble d'attention avec hyperactivit? Dr. Philippe Robaey Mercredi, le 15 mars 2006 * 19:30-21:00 Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Sainte-Justine 3175, Ch. de la C?te-Ste-Catherine Amphith??tre Justine-Lacoste Beaubien Insight Into the Mind: What Brain Imaging Reveals About How You Think and Feel Dr. Jorge Armony & Dr. Natasha Rajah Thursday, March 16, 2006 * 7:30-9:00 PM Douglas Hospital 6875 LaSalle Blvd. Douglas Hall Amy Butcher Communications and Publications Coordinator Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital 3801 University Street Montreal, Quebec H3A 2B4 (514) 398-3376 amy.butcher at mcgill.ca www.mni.mcgill.ca http://www.mni.mcgill.ca/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.bic.mni.mcgill.ca/pipermail/bic-announce/attachments/20060315/ab6819b7/attachment.html From siddiqi at cim.mcgill.ca Wed Mar 15 22:19:53 2006 From: siddiqi at cim.mcgill.ca (Kaleem Siddiqi) Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 22:19:53 -0500 Subject: [BIC-announce] Postdoc offer available at INRIA Sophia Antipolis, France References: <9AA0F691-7DA3-400A-B3FF-2D28D1798C20@sophia.inria.fr> Message-ID: FYI. -Kaleem Begin forwarded message: > From: Maxime Descoteaux > Date: February 22, 2006 11:01:32 AM EST (CA) > To: Kaleem Siddiqi , manager at cim.mcgill.ca > Subject: Fwd: Postdoc offer available at INRIA Sophia Antipolis, > France > > Hi Marlene and Kaleem, > > Can you please diffuse this post-doc offer around CIM. Thank you. > > best, > > Max > > Begin forwarded message: > >> From: Pierre Kornprobst >> Date: February 22, 2006 4:56:15 PM CEST >> To: Maria-Jose ESCOBAR , >> Maxime DESCOTEAUX , "Vese >> (Luminita)" , Mariano Rivera >> , Isaac COHEN , >> florent.segonne at m4x.org, mathieu at caltech.edu >> Subject: Postdoc offer available at INRIA Sophia Antipolis, France >> >> >> Dear all, >> Could you please forward this message to your colleagues and to >> adequate newsgroups. Many thanks for your help! :-) >> With best regards >> Pierre >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> ------------------------------------------ >> >> Post-doc offer available at INRIA Sophia Antipolis, France (URGENT) >> >> Subject: Transparent Motion Estimation >> >> Keywords: biologically-inspired algorithms, variational >> approaches, psychophysics >> >> To know more: >> http://www-sop.inria.fr/odyssee/team/Pierre.Kornprobst/joboffer.html >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> ------------------------------------------ > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.bic.mni.mcgill.ca/pipermail/bic-announce/attachments/20060315/bdbc8de2/attachment.html From jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca Fri Mar 17 12:08:40 2006 From: jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca (Jennifer Chew, Ms.) Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2006 12:08:40 -0500 Subject: [BIC-announce] FW: Killam Lecture on March 21, 2006 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: Friday, March 17, 2006 11:24 AM To: MNISTAFF at LISTS.MCGILL.CA Subject: Killam Lecture on March 21, 2006 ? KILLAM LECTURE ? Speaker:? Paul Forscher, Ph.D. Professor, Yale University ? Title:? Molecular Dynamics of Guided Axon Growth ? Date:? Tuesday, March 21, 2006 ? Place:? de Grandpre Communication Centre ? Time:? 4:00 pm ------------------------------------------------------------------ ? Dear Colleagues,?? ? Dr. Paul Forscher,?professor of molecular, cellular and developmental biology at Yale University will be coming to give the Killam seminar on March 21st, 2006.? Dr. Forscher is interested in the molecular dynamics of guided axon growth.??Specifically, his?lab has focused its attention on the?growth cone?, a? specialized guidance device?that provides the motility and signal transduction capabilities needed for axon guidance.??His current lab projects are in three related areas 1. Molecular motor and cytoskeletal protein dynamics underlying growth cone motility. 2. Cell surface receptors involved in target recognition. 3. Investigation of signal transduction pathways involved in controlling the cytoskeletal protein effectors involved. The Forscher lab addresses? the relevant cell biological processes using a "molecular physiology" approach. This typically entails generation of molecular probes which are used to investigate dynamics of the process and/or protein-protein interactions in living neurons.??They have? used? a variety of high resolution imaging and biophysical approaches such as: multimode fluorescent speckle TIRF microscopy, laser trapping, photobleaching and "caged" probe photoactivation to achieve these ends.? I have attached references for several of his recent papers below.??? ?Alyson Fournier, PhD Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery Montreal Neurological Institute, BT-109 Montreal, Quebec H3A2B4 TEL:? 514-398-3154 FAX:? 514-398-6547 email:? alyson.fournier at mcgill.ca ? 1:? Medeiros NA, Burnette DT, Forscher P. Myosin II functions in actin-bundle turnover in neuronal growth cones. Nat Cell Biol. 2006 Feb 26; [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 16501565 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] 2:? Qin H, Burnette DT, Bae YK, Forscher P, Barr MM, Rosenbaum JL. Intraflagellar transport is required for the vectorial movement of TRPV channels in the ciliary membrane. Curr Biol. 2005 Sep 20;15(18):1695-9. PMID: 16169494 [PubMed - in process] 3:? Suter DM, Schaefer AW, Forscher P. Microtubule dynamics are necessary for SRC family kinase-dependent growth cone steering. Curr Biol. 2004 Jul 13;14(13):1194-9. PMID: 15242617 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] 4:? Zhang XF, Schaefer AW, Burnette DT, Schoonderwoert VT, Forscher P. Rho-dependent contractile responses in the neuronal growth cone are independent of classical peripheral retrograde actin flow. Neuron. 2003 Dec 4;40(5):931-44. PMID: 14659092 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] 5:? Rodriguez OC, Schaefer AW, Mandato CA, Forscher P, Bement WM, Waterman-Storer CM. Conserved microtubule-actin interactions in cell movement and morphogenesis. Nat Cell Biol. 2003 Jul;5(7):599-609. Review. PMID: 12833063 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] 6:? Nakhost A, Kabir N, Forscher P, Sossin WS. Protein kinase C isoforms are translocated to microtubules in neurons. J Biol Chem. 2002 Oct 25;277(43):40633-9. Epub 2002 Aug 14. PMID: 12183453 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] 7:? Schaefer AW, Kabir N, Forscher P. Filopodia and actin arcs guide the assembly and transport of two populations of microtubules with unique dynamic parameters in neuronal growth cones. J Cell Biol. 2002 Jul 8;158(1):139-52. Epub 2002 Jul 8. PMID: 12105186 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] 8:? Suter DM, Forscher P. Transmission of growth cone traction force through apCAM-cytoskeletal linkages is regulated by Src family tyrosine kinase activity. J Cell Biol. 2001 Oct 29;155(3):427-38. Epub 2001 Oct 22. PMID: 11673478 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] 9:? Kabir N, Schaefer AW, Nakhost A, Sossin WS, Forscher P. Protein kinase C activation promotes microtubule advance in neuronal growth cones by increasing average microtubule growth lifetimes. J Cell Biol. 2001 Mar 5;152(5):1033-44. PMID: 11238458 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] 10:? Suter DM, Forscher P. Substrate-cytoskeletal coupling as a mechanism for the regulation of growth cone motility and guidance. J Neurobiol. 2000 Aug;44(2):97-113. Review. PMID: 10934315 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] ? ? From sylvain at bic.mni.mcgill.ca Fri Mar 17 13:02:35 2006 From: sylvain at bic.mni.mcgill.ca (Sylvain MILOT) Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2006 13:02:35 -0500 Subject: [BIC-announce] =?iso-8859-15?q?=5BNEURO=5D_URGENT_-_CE_SOIR/TONIG?= =?iso-8859-15?q?HT_17_MARS_23h59_-_SHUT_DOWN_=5Biso-8859-1=5D_=C9LECTRICI?= =?iso-8859-15?q?T=C9_-_McCONNELL=2C_WEBSTER=2C_MOLSON_=28fwd=29?= Message-ID: Hello BIC users, More fun on the agenda ... mostly for me. Everything will be turned off at 16h30 today ... except the old RAID hardware (Rikei and NIH) since their UPS should sustain them for 90 minutes - I'll take my chances! I should have 45 minutes autonomy for the TP9300 and TP9400 so I may keep them alive. Grumio and Gertrude will be turned off with the rest of the computers. Emergency power will NOT be available for a 20 minute period, sometime after midnight, could be more, could be less. A power transfer (or two ...) will follow to test the new breaker. Computer equipment should be properly shutdown - for linux systems, some display managers will allow this from the login window for unprivileged users. Then turn off and unplug any sensitive equipement not on UPS. If on UPS, then just turn off and unplug the UPS. NO need to unplug equipment from the UPS! Hopefully everything will come back to life tomorrow - don't ask me when but ASAP ... wish me luck! Sylvain ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2006 11:39:14 -0500 From: Marie Lafontaine To: NEURO at LISTS.MCGILL.CA Subject: [NEURO] URGENT - CE SOIR/TONIGHT 17 MARS 23h59 - SHUT DOWN [iso-8859-1] ?LECTRICIT? - McCONNELL, WEBSTER, MOLSON DE / FROM: Antonin, Bouchard, Coordonnateur de sites, Services Techniques DATE: 17 mars 2006 OBJET: COUPURE DU COURANT ?LECTRIQUE ? AUJOURD'HUI SUBJECT: ELECTRICAL POWER SHUTDOWN ? TODAY McCONNELL, WEBSTER, MOLSON Afin d'effectuer des travaux urgents sur le disjoncteur d'urgence alimentant les pavillons McConnell, Webster et Molson il y aura une coupure totale du courant ?lectrique : CE SOIR vendredi 17 mars ? 23h59 Dur?e d'environ 20 minutes NB L'alimentation d'urgence NE SERA PAS DISPONIBLE pendant ce temps (prises rouge). De plus, il y aura probablement un transfert de courant pour tester les lignes, plus tard dans la nuit. Veuillez prendre les mesures n?cessaires ? ce sujet en vue de prot?ger tout ?quipement qui pourrait ?tre affect?; fermez vos ordinateurs avant de quitter. Nous regrettons les inconv?nients inh?rents ? cette coupure. Si vous d?sirez de plus amples renseignements, n'h?sitez pas ? communiquer avec Wilfredo Banegas (34003 - Rvic) ou t?l?aversisseur (406-2753) ****************************************************************** In order to carry out emergency work on the breaker feeding the McConnell, Webster and Molson Pavilions, there will be a total power shutdown: TONIGHT, Friday, March 17th 2006 at 23hr59 For about 20 minutes NB. During that time, the Emergency power will NOT BE AVAILABLE (red plugs) Furthermore, there will most likely be a power transfer later in the night in order to check the lines. Please make the appropriate arrangements in your area in order to protect any equipment that might be affected and turn off your computers before you leave. 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From jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca Fri Mar 17 14:19:05 2006 From: jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca (Jennifer Chew, Ms.) Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2006 14:19:05 -0500 Subject: [BIC-announce] REMINDER - NO BIC SEMINAR - MONDAY, MARCH 20, 2006 Message-ID: REMINDER Please note that there will be NO BIC SEMINAR next Monday, March 20, 2006. 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/20060317/93dee178/attachment.html From christian.benar at mail.mcgill.ca Mon Mar 20 09:36:40 2006 From: christian.benar at mail.mcgill.ca (Christian-G. Benar) Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2006 15:36:40 +0100 Subject: [BIC-announce] 4 1/2 to rent - ideal for postdoc or visiting researcher Message-ID: TO RENT - large 4 1/2 fully furnished, starting end of mai 2006 For one year Quiet and nice area (Little Italy), close to Jean talon market Ground floor, with a small yard 5 minutes from Beaubien metro ? LOUER - Grand 4 1/2 meubl? ? partir de fin mai 2006 Pour un an (grand T4 en sous-location) quartier tranquille, central et sympa ? Montr?al (Petite Italie), rue De Gasp? Rez-de-chauss?e (duplex), 2 chambres , grande pi?ce double ? 5 minutes du m?tro Baubien, des commerces, du parc Jardin arbor?, carr? de sable, table, BBQ... Chaleureux int?rieur, grands espaces, bois + c?ramique Meubl? et ?quip? (literie, vaisselle, ?lectros, raquettes ) Contactez-nous : Christian et Julie En France 04.91.08.70.12?06.66.97.97.46 Par email? christian.benar at mail.mcgill.ca ; julie.begin at cesh.org -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: annonce maison 2006.pdf Type: application/pdf Size: 31972 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://www.bic.mni.mcgill.ca/pipermail/bic-announce/attachments/20060320/a34b8942/annoncemaison2006-0001.pdf From sylvain at bic.mni.mcgill.ca Mon Mar 20 13:08:52 2006 From: sylvain at bic.mni.mcgill.ca (Sylvain MILOT) Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2006 13:08:52 -0500 Subject: [BIC-announce] BUNKER - please read ... Message-ID: Hi, As part of the next phase of BIC renovations we will be completely clearing the entire area surrounding the bunker (i.e. photocopy/lounge/locker/bunker area). There is a lot of junk in that area and we will not be storing any of it. So, as of WEDNESDAY MARCH 22 at 5 PM EVERYTHING left in the bunker and surrounding area will be REMOVED AND THROWN IN THE GARBAGE. So, please check to see if you have anything in that area and remove it before then. Thank you for your cooperation. Bruce --- Sylvain Milot (sylvain at bic.mni.mcgill.ca) (trinity at bic.mni.mcgill.ca) Brain Imaging Centre Montreal Neurological Institute Webster 2B, Room 208 Montreal, Qc., Canada, H3A 2B4 Phone : (514) 398-4965, Fax: 398-8948 Mobile : (514) 712-1768 Office : 527 Av Des Pins O., Room 204 Montreal, Qc., H2W 1S4 From jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca Tue Mar 21 09:50:10 2006 From: jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca (Jennifer Chew, Ms.) Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2006 09:50:10 -0500 Subject: [BIC-announce] Killam Lecture- TODAY - Molecular Dynamics of Guided Axon Growth Message-ID: PLEASE DIS CARD 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: Tuesday, March 21, 2006 8:26 AM To: MNISTAFF at LISTS.MCGILL.CA Subject: Killam Lecture- TODAY *****REMINDER***** ? KILLAM LECTURE ? Speaker:? Paul Forscher, Ph.D. Professor, Yale University ? Title:? Molecular Dynamics of Guided Axon Growth ? Date:? Tuesday, March 21, 2006 ? Place:? de Grandpre Communication Centre ? Time:? 4:00 pm ------------------------------------------------------------------ ? Dear Colleagues,?? ? Dr. Paul Forscher,?professor of molecular, cellular and developmental biology at Yale University will be coming to give the Killam seminar on March 21st, 2006.? Dr. Forscher is interested in the molecular dynamics of guided axon growth.??Specifically, his?lab has focused its attention on the?growth cone?, a? specialized guidance device?that provides the motility and signal transduction capabilities needed for axon guidance.??His current lab projects are in three related areas 1. Molecular motor and cytoskeletal protein dynamics underlying growth cone motility. 2. Cell surface receptors involved in target recognition. 3. Investigation of signal transduction pathways involved in controlling the cytoskeletal protein effectors involved. The Forscher lab addresses? the relevant cell biological processes using a "molecular physiology" approach. This typically entails generation of molecular probes which are used to investigate dynamics of the process and/or protein-protein interactions in living neurons.??They have? used? a variety of high resolution imaging and biophysical approaches such as: multimode fluorescent speckle TIRF microscopy, laser trapping, photobleaching and "caged" probe photoactivation to achieve these ends.? I have attached references for several of his recent papers below.??? ?Alyson Fournier, PhD Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery Montreal Neurological Institute, BT-109 Montreal, Quebec H3A2B4 TEL:? 514-398-3154 FAX:? 514-398-6547 email:? alyson.fournier at mcgill.ca ? 1:? Medeiros NA, Burnette DT, Forscher P. Myosin II functions in actin-bundle turnover in neuronal growth cones. Nat Cell Biol. 2006 Feb 26; [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 16501565 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] 2:? Qin H, Burnette DT, Bae YK, Forscher P, Barr MM, Rosenbaum JL. Intraflagellar transport is required for the vectorial movement of TRPV channels in the ciliary membrane. Curr Biol. 2005 Sep 20;15(18):1695-9. PMID: 16169494 [PubMed - in process] 3:? Suter DM, Schaefer AW, Forscher P. Microtubule dynamics are necessary for SRC family kinase-dependent growth cone steering. Curr Biol. 2004 Jul 13;14(13):1194-9. PMID: 15242617 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] 4:? Zhang XF, Schaefer AW, Burnette DT, Schoonderwoert VT, Forscher P. Rho-dependent contractile responses in the neuronal growth cone are independent of classical peripheral retrograde actin flow. Neuron. 2003 Dec 4;40(5):931-44. PMID: 14659092 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] 5:? Rodriguez OC, Schaefer AW, Mandato CA, Forscher P, Bement WM, Waterman-Storer CM. Conserved microtubule-actin interactions in cell movement and morphogenesis. Nat Cell Biol. 2003 Jul;5(7):599-609. Review. PMID: 12833063 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] 6:? Nakhost A, Kabir N, Forscher P, Sossin WS. Protein kinase C isoforms are translocated to microtubules in neurons. J Biol Chem. 2002 Oct 25;277(43):40633-9. Epub 2002 Aug 14. PMID: 12183453 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] 7:? Schaefer AW, Kabir N, Forscher P. Filopodia and actin arcs guide the assembly and transport of two populations of microtubules with unique dynamic parameters in neuronal growth cones. J Cell Biol. 2002 Jul 8;158(1):139-52. Epub 2002 Jul 8. PMID: 12105186 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] 8:? Suter DM, Forscher P. Transmission of growth cone traction force through apCAM-cytoskeletal linkages is regulated by Src family tyrosine kinase activity. J Cell Biol. 2001 Oct 29;155(3):427-38. Epub 2001 Oct 22. PMID: 11673478 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] 9:? Kabir N, Schaefer AW, Nakhost A, Sossin WS, Forscher P. Protein kinase C activation promotes microtubule advance in neuronal growth cones by increasing average microtubule growth lifetimes. J Cell Biol. 2001 Mar 5;152(5):1033-44. PMID: 11238458 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] 10:? Suter DM, Forscher P. Substrate-cytoskeletal coupling as a mechanism for the regulation of growth cone motility and guidance. J Neurobiol. 2000 Aug;44(2):97-113. Review. PMID: 10934315 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] ? ? From jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca Tue Mar 21 10:25:31 2006 From: jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca (Jennifer Chew, Ms.) Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2006 10:25:31 -0500 Subject: [BIC-announce] NEXT BIC SEMINAR - EEG/fMRI data fusion in epilepsy: assessin g the level of concordance between EEG source localization and BOLD responses to epileptic spikes Message-ID: BIC SEMINAR SERIES NEXT BIC SEMINAR Date: Monday, March 27, 2006 Time: 1:00 P.M. Place: de Grandpre Communications Centre Speaker: Dr. Christophe Grova, Montreal Neurological Institute Title: EEG/fMRI data fusion in epilepsy: assessing the level of concordance between EEG source localization and BOLD responses to epileptic spikes 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/20060321/fecb1fda/attachment.html From jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca Tue Mar 21 10:26:42 2006 From: jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca (Jennifer Chew, Ms.) Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2006 10:26:42 -0500 Subject: [BIC-announce] FW: Brown Bag Seminar- Everything you always wanted to know about PET Imaging, Body Odors and Kin Recognition, but were afraiiid to ask 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: Tuesday, March 21, 2006 10:20 AM To: MNISTAFF at LISTS.MCGILL.CA Subject: Brown Bag Seminar Brown Bag Seminar "Everything you always wanted to know about PET Imaging, Body Odors, and Kin Recognition, but were too afraid to ask" Julie Boyle & Johan Lundstrom (laboratory of Dr. Marilyn Jones-Gotman) Friday March 24th, 2006 12noon -1pm JTA ********************************* From chawco at bic.mni.mcgill.ca Tue Mar 21 11:52:36 2006 From: chawco at bic.mni.mcgill.ca (Colin HAWCO) Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2006 11:52:36 -0500 Subject: [BIC-announce] fMRI slot available Wednesday, and possibly Friday Message-ID: We have 2 fMRI slots this week. Wednesday (tomorrow) and Friday. We definatly cannot use tomorrow, and probably cannot use Friday. If you are interested in either, please let me know ASAP. Thank you! From sylvain at bic.mni.mcgill.ca Wed Mar 22 00:35:31 2006 From: sylvain at bic.mni.mcgill.ca (Sylvain MILOT) Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2006 00:35:31 -0500 Subject: [BIC-announce] The state of computer systems ... Message-ID: Hello everyone, The past few days, beginning with the last power shutdown, have been trying to say the least. We lost another IO-brick on yorick sunday night but I managed to revive it by telling the (L1) controller to ignore environmental control! Oddly enough, (and with great joy :) all 3 fans on that io-brick started spinning normally and the beast rebooted happily and went on merrily until this morning. Remember that neither bullcalf nor yorick are on service contract anymore so things are not as simple as placing a call to SGI. It could be that this io-brick is really dying but I'll have to wait a while longer to know for sure. The problems this morning are related (to a dying io-brick?) to NFS and the fact that both bullcalf (especially) and yorick are under heavy attack by the likes of Oliver Lyttelton - a man with a deadline! Just to say that the PBS queues are extremely busy and that this situation is probably not ideal for systems that have already suffered the loss of two io-bricks and two cpu bricks. The load average on bullcalf hovers at 75 and I've disabled logins to it for now. As I'm writing this, NFS is acting funny between shadow and some disks on CXFS (managed by yorick/bullcalf), namely /data/aces/aces1/. The latter is under heavy utilization and a failing/sub-optimal io-brick plus a system that has already suffered the loss of another io-brick and that had to be reconfigured to accomodate this loss ... well NFS going awry might just be a manifestation of this. The good news is that there's no sign of data corruption. For now, bullcalf and yorick are happily crunching data and things are holding ... we'll see how far they go ... --- Sylvain Milot (sylvain at bic.mni.mcgill.ca) (trinity at bic.mni.mcgill.ca) Brain Imaging Centre Montreal Neurological Institute Webster 2B, Room 208 Montreal, Qc., Canada, H3A 2B4 Phone : (514) 398-4965, Fax: 398-8948 Mobile : (514) 712-1768 Office : 527 Av Des Pins O., Room 204 Montreal, Qc., H2W 1S4 From adalat at bic.mni.mcgill.ca Thu Mar 23 15:29:50 2006 From: adalat at bic.mni.mcgill.ca (Reza ADALAT) Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2006 15:29:50 -0500 Subject: [BIC-announce] Computer Animation of Visco-Elasto-Plastic Materials through Physical Simulation (fwd) Message-ID: Adam Bargteil Computer Science Department University of California at Berkeley http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~adamb Date: Friday March 24, 2006 Time: *** 9:15 a.m. *** (please note early start time) Place: McGill University McConnell Engineering Building 3480 University Street Room 437 Abstract: Computer animation has emerged as an important area of computer science, generating billions of dollars in the film and video game industries and captivating audiences around the world. Physical simulation is an important tool for computer animation because of its ability to generate extremely realistic behaviors of complicated, high degree-of-freedom systems. Simulation of liquids, explosions, and fracture have been used extensively for generating special effects. In this talk, I will present a semi-Lagrangian contouring method for tracking liquid surfaces in fluid simulations. Our method takes the unusual approach of representing the liquid surface explicitly with a polygonal mesh. However, our approach updates the surface in time through an implicit representation, thereby avoiding topological issues. We then extract a new polygonal mesh from this implicit representation. Our technique generates nice looking, very detailed, and temporally coherent surfaces suitable for high-quality computer animation. I will also briefly discuss our methods for simulating the behavior of viscoelastic liquids and elastoplastic solids, such as clay, gels, and mucus. ALL ARE WELCOME. From jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca Thu Mar 23 16:34:11 2006 From: jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca (Jennifer Chew, Ms.) Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2006 16:34:11 -0500 Subject: [BIC-announce] FW: Tomorrow - Brown Bag Seminar - Everything you always wanted to know about PET Imaging, Body Odors, and Kin Recognition, but were too afraid to ask 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, March 23, 2006 4:30 PM To: MNISTAFF at LISTS.MCGILL.CA Subject: Tomorrow - Brown Bag Seminar *****REMINDER***** Brown Bag Seminar "Everything you always wanted to know about PET Imaging, Body Odors, and Kin Recognition, but were too afraid to ask" Julie Boyle & Johan Lundstrom (laboratory of Dr. Marilyn Jones-Gotman) Friday March 24th, 2006 12noon -1pm JTA ********************************* From jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca Fri Mar 24 09:25:17 2006 From: jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca (Jennifer Chew, Ms.) Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2006 09:25:17 -0500 Subject: [BIC-announce] FW: Brown Bag Seminar - 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: Friday, March 24, 2006 8:22 AM To: MNISTAFF at LISTS.MCGILL.CA Subject: Brown Bag Seminar - TODAY *****REMINDER***** Brown Bag Seminar "Everything you always wanted to know about PET Imaging, Body Odors, and Kin Recognition, but were too afraid to ask" Julie Boyle & Johan Lundstrom (laboratory of Dr. Marilyn Jones-Gotman) Friday March 24th, 2006 12noon -1pm JTA ********************************* From jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca Fri Mar 24 09:52:53 2006 From: jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca (Jennifer Chew, Ms.) Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2006 09:52:53 -0500 Subject: [BIC-announce] REMINDER - NEXT BIC SEMINAR - EEG/fMRI data fusion in epilepsy: assessin g the level of concordance between EEG source localization and BOLD responses to epileptic spikes Message-ID: REMINDER - NEXT BIC SEMINAR BIC SEMINAR SERIES NEXT BIC SEMINAR Date: Monday, March 27, 2006 Time: 1:00 P.M. 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Regards, Jean Paul soucy Chair, PET Working Committee 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/20060327/6d3ab2fd/attachment.html From jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca Mon Mar 27 14:39:31 2006 From: jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca (Jennifer Chew, Ms.) Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2006 14:39:31 -0500 Subject: [BIC-announce] NEXT BIC SEMINAR - MONDAY, APRIL 3, 2006 - Sex differences in functional neuroanatomy of schizophrenia Message-ID: NEXT 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... URL: http://www.bic.mni.mcgill.ca/pipermail/bic-announce/attachments/20060327/40ea3581/attachment.html From sylvain at bic.mni.mcgill.ca Mon Mar 27 18:29:55 2006 From: sylvain at bic.mni.mcgill.ca (Sylvain MILOT) Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2006 18:29:55 -0500 Subject: [BIC-announce] shadow/mouldy downtime ... Message-ID: Hello everyone, shadow and mouldy will have to be shutdown for a short period, either tonight or tomorrow morning in order to shuffle a few internal disks. shadow lost a disk (/nsr partition) last weekend and backups done thru networker have been deactivated until /nsr is restored. Sylvain --- Sylvain Milot (sylvain at bic.mni.mcgill.ca) (trinity at bic.mni.mcgill.ca) Brain Imaging Centre Montreal Neurological Institute Webster 2B, Room 208 Montreal, Qc., Canada, H3A 2B4 Phone : (514) 398-4965, Fax: 398-8948 Mobile : (514) 712-1768 Office : 527 Av Des Pins O., Room 204 Montreal, Qc., H2W 1S4 From jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca Tue Mar 28 09:16:09 2006 From: jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca (Jennifer Chew, Ms.) Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 09:16:09 -0500 Subject: [BIC-announce] FW: Killam Lecture - Thursday- GDNF signaling pathways regulating neuronal differentiation, migration and synaptogenesis 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: Tuesday, March 28, 2006 9:01 AM To: MNISTAFF at LISTS.MCGILL.CA Subject: Killam Lecture - Thursday KILLAM LECTURE ? Speaker:? Carlos Ibanez, Ph.D. Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden ? Title:? GDNF signaling pathways regulating neuronal differentiation, migration and synaptogenesis.? ? **Date:? Thursday, March 30, 2006** ? Place:? de Grandpre Communication Centre ? Time:? 4:00 pm ------------------------------------------------------------------ Dear Colleagues,?? ? Dr. Carlos Ibanez,?Professor in Molecular Neurobiology at the Karolinska Institute will be speaking at this week's Killam lecture ?on March 30, 2006. Carlos' lab focuses on cellular events that regulate neuronal survival and pathfinding, with an emphasis on the roles of the neurotrophins, the TGFb family and the GDNF family. His group uses a wide array of techniques to address molecular details of the pathways activated by these ligands in vitro and in vivo. I have listed some of his recent publications below. Carlos is an engaging speaker and I am sure that his seminar will be both informative and entertaining. I hope to see you there. Best regards, Phil Barker Vilar M, Murillo-Carretero M, Mira H, Magnusson K, Besset V, Ibanez CF. ? Bex1, a novel interactor of the p75 neurotrophin receptor, links neurotrophin signaling to the cell cycle. EMBO J. 2006 Mar 22;25(6):1219-30 Pozas E, Ibanez CF. ? GDNF and GFRalpha1 promote differentiation and tangential migration of cortical GABAergic neurons. Neuron. 2005 Mar 3;45(5):701-13. Jornvall H, Reissmann E, Andersson O, Mehrkash M, Ibanez CF. ? ALK7, a receptor for nodal, is dispensable for embryogenesis and left-right patterning in the mouse. Mol Cell Biol. 2004 Nov;24(21):9383-9. Ibanez CF. ? Lipid rafts as organizing platforms for cell chemotaxis and axon guidance. Neuron. 2004 Apr 8;42(1):3-5. Blokzijl A, Dahlqvist C, Reissmann E, Falk A, Moliner A, Lendahl U, Ibanez CF. Cross-talk between the Notch and TGF-beta signaling pathways mediated by interaction of the Notch intracellular domain with Smad3. J Cell Biol. 2003 Nov 24;163(4):723-8. Paratcha G, Ledda F, Ibanez CF. The neural cell adhesion molecule NCAM is an alternative signaling receptor for GDNF family ligands. Cell. 2003 Jun 27;113(7):867-79. -- Wayne Sossin 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 at mcgill.ca web-page http://www.mcgill.ca/mni/cbet/waynes/index.html From jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca Tue Mar 28 15:16:28 2006 From: jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca (Jennifer Chew, Ms.) Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 15:16:28 -0500 Subject: [BIC-announce] SEMINAR - Image-Guided Therapeutic Ultrasound: A Method for Non-Invasive, Deep Tissue Treatment, Wednesday, March 29 Message-ID: SEMINAR Image-Guided Therapeutic Ultrasound: A Method for Non-Invasive, Deep Tissue Treatment Dr. Vesna Zderic Department of Bioengineering, University of Washington Wednesday, March 29, 2006 at 11:00 am Conference Room 603, McConnell Engineering Building Development of image-guided therapeutic ultrasound devices has experienced significant progress in recent years for applications in non-invasive treatment of tissues located deep inside the body. High Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) provides a method for delivery of a large amount of energy to a mm-size focal spot to produce coagulation necrosis, while sparing the intervening tissues from harmful exposure. Successful HIFU application requires seamless integration and synchronization with an imaging modality for therapy guidance and monitoring. Various imaging methods provide different capabilities; for example ultrasound imaging is real time, portable, and affordable, while MRI offers thermal measurement capabilities and excellent soft tissue contrast. Image-guided HIFU is currently being investigated for non-invasive hemorrhage control and treatment of various tumors. In addition, ultrasound at medium-intensities has been successfully applied in the treatment of stroke and other vascular diseases, targeted drug and gene delivery, and wound healing. In this talk, I will particularly focus on my current and future work in the following areas: 1) Optimization of ultrasound-image guided HIFU therapy. The examples include: Application of ultrasound contrast agents for enhanced HIFU-induced hemostasis and bleeding detection for trauma management during Space missions (funded by NASA); Selective occlusion of blood vessels (similar to angioembolization) using ultrasound-guided HIFU phased arrays; Utilization of acoustic cavitation for real-time guidance of tumor treatment, as well as a safety measure to prevent HIFU exposure to post-focal regions; Development of portable, smart devices for battlefield trauma, especially for treatment of peripheral vascular injuries (funded by DARPA). 2) Application of medium-intensity ultrasound for enhancement of drug delivery. Optimization of ultrasound parameters for delivery of hydrophilic compounds into the eye, and future plans for application of image-guided therapeutic ultrasound for targeted drug delivery into various organs will be discussed. Deborah Davies Administrative Assistant Electrical & Computer Engineering McGill University Tel: (514) 398-7111 Fax: (514) 398-4470 deborah.davies at mcgill.ca 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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GDNF signaling pathways regulating neuronal differentiation, migration and synaptogenesis.? ? **Date:? Thursday, March 30, 2006** ? Place:? de Grandpre Communication Centre ? Time:? 4:00 pm ------------------------------------------------------------------ Dear Colleagues,?? ? Dr. Carlos Ibanez,?Professor in Molecular Neurobiology at the Karolinska Institute will be speaking at this week's Killam lecture ?on March 30, 2006. Carlos' lab focuses on cellular events that regulate neuronal survival and pathfinding, with an emphasis on the roles of the neurotrophins, the TGFb family and the GDNF family. His group uses a wide array of techniques to address molecular details of the pathways activated by these ligands in vitro and in vivo. I have listed some of his recent publications below. Carlos is an engaging speaker and I am sure that his seminar will be both informative and entertaining. I hope to see you there. Best regards, Phil Barker Vilar M, Murillo-Carretero M, Mira H, Magnusson K, Besset V, Ibanez CF. ? Bex1, a novel interactor of the p75 neurotrophin receptor, links neurotrophin signaling to the cell cycle. EMBO J. 2006 Mar 22;25(6):1219-30 Pozas E, Ibanez CF. ? GDNF and GFRalpha1 promote differentiation and tangential migration of cortical GABAergic neurons. Neuron. 2005 Mar 3;45(5):701-13. Jornvall H, Reissmann E, Andersson O, Mehrkash M, Ibanez CF. ? ALK7, a receptor for nodal, is dispensable for embryogenesis and left-right patterning in the mouse. Mol Cell Biol. 2004 Nov;24(21):9383-9. Ibanez CF. ? Lipid rafts as organizing platforms for cell chemotaxis and axon guidance. Neuron. 2004 Apr 8;42(1):3-5. Blokzijl A, Dahlqvist C, Reissmann E, Falk A, Moliner A, Lendahl U, Ibanez CF. Cross-talk between the Notch and TGF-beta signaling pathways mediated by interaction of the Notch intracellular domain with Smad3. J Cell Biol. 2003 Nov 24;163(4):723-8. Paratcha G, Ledda F, Ibanez CF. The neural cell adhesion molecule NCAM is an alternative signaling receptor for GDNF family ligands. Cell. 2003 Jun 27;113(7):867-79. -- Wayne Sossin 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 at mcgill.ca web-page http://www.mcgill.ca/mni/cbet/waynes/index.html From jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca Thu Mar 30 09:34:46 2006 From: jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca (Jennifer Chew, Ms.) Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 09:34:46 -0500 Subject: [BIC-announce] FW: Killam Lecture - 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 ________________________________________ From: MNISTAFF - Montreal Neurological Institute Staff [mailto:MNISTAFF at LISTS.MCGILL.CA] On Behalf Of Enza Ferracane, Ms. Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2006 8:39 AM To: MNISTAFF at LISTS.MCGILL.CA Subject: Killam Lecture - TODAY *****REMINDER***** ? KILLAM LECTURE ? Speaker:? Carlos Ibanez, Ph.D. Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden ? Title:? GDNF signaling pathways regulating neuronal differentiation, migration and synaptogenesis.? ? **Date:? Thursday, March 30, 2006** ? Place:? de Grandpre Communication Centre ? Time:? 4:00 pm ------------------------------------------------------------------ Dear Colleagues,?? ? Dr. Carlos Ibanez,?Professor in Molecular Neurobiology at the Karolinska Institute will be speaking at this week's Killam lecture ?on March 30, 2006. Carlos' lab focuses on cellular events that regulate neuronal survival and pathfinding, with an emphasis on the roles of the neurotrophins, the TGFb family and the GDNF family. His group uses a wide array of techniques to address molecular details of the pathways activated by these ligands in vitro and in vivo. I have listed some of his recent publications below. Carlos is an engaging speaker and I am sure that his seminar will be both informative and entertaining. I hope to see you there. Best regards, Phil Barker Vilar M, Murillo-Carretero M, Mira H, Magnusson K, Besset V, Ibanez CF. ? Bex1, a novel interactor of the p75 neurotrophin receptor, links neurotrophin signaling to the cell cycle. EMBO J. 2006 Mar 22;25(6):1219-30 Pozas E, Ibanez CF. ? GDNF and GFRalpha1 promote differentiation and tangential migration of cortical GABAergic neurons. Neuron. 2005 Mar 3;45(5):701-13. Jornvall H, Reissmann E, Andersson O, Mehrkash M, Ibanez CF. ? ALK7, a receptor for nodal, is dispensable for embryogenesis and left-right patterning in the mouse. Mol Cell Biol. 2004 Nov;24(21):9383-9. Ibanez CF. ? Lipid rafts as organizing platforms for cell chemotaxis and axon guidance. Neuron. 2004 Apr 8;42(1):3-5. Blokzijl A, Dahlqvist C, Reissmann E, Falk A, Moliner A, Lendahl U, Ibanez CF. Cross-talk between the Notch and TGF-beta signaling pathways mediated by interaction of the Notch intracellular domain with Smad3. J Cell Biol. 2003 Nov 24;163(4):723-8. Paratcha G, Ledda F, Ibanez CF. The neural cell adhesion molecule NCAM is an alternative signaling receptor for GDNF family ligands. Cell. 2003 Jun 27;113(7):867-79. -- Wayne Sossin 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 at mcgill.ca web-page http://www.mcgill.ca/mni/cbet/waynes/index.html From belinda.preziosi at mcgill.ca Thu Mar 30 09:43:08 2006 From: belinda.preziosi at mcgill.ca (Belinda Preziosi, Ms.) Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 09:43:08 -0500 Subject: [BIC-announce] REMINDER - PROTOCOLS FOR SUBMISSION Message-ID: 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 Monday, April 3 rd , 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 Chair, PET Working Committee 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/20060330/3a044229/attachment.html From jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca Thu Mar 30 14:24:14 2006 From: jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca (Jennifer Chew, Ms.) Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 14:24:14 -0500 Subject: [BIC-announce] FW: Seminar in Cognitive Neuroscience - Why you don't care about smell - but should 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: Thursday, March 30, 2006 2:21 PM To: MNISTAFF at LISTS.MCGILL.CA Subject: Seminar in Cognitive Neuroscience ? ________________________________________________________________________ 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/ _____________________________________________________________________________ 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 Mar 31 08:52:42 2006 From: jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca (Jennifer Chew, Ms.) Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2006 08:52:42 -0500 Subject: [BIC-announce] MONDAY'S BIC SEMINAR - MONDAY, APRIL 3, 2006 - Sex differences in functional neuroanatomy of schizophrenia Message-ID: REMINDER MONDAY'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... URL: http://www.bic.mni.mcgill.ca/pipermail/bic-announce/attachments/20060331/48479904/attachment.html From jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca Fri Mar 31 11:14:30 2006 From: jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca (Jennifer Chew, Ms.) Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2006 11:14:30 -0500 Subject: [BIC-announce] FW: SEMINAR - APRIL 5TH, 2006 at 11:30 - Neurogenesis, cell cycle, cancer, long-range enhancers, and the kitchen sink 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: Friday, March 31, 2006 11:03 AM To: MNISTAFF at LISTS.MCGILL.CA Subject: SEMINAR - APRIL 5TH, 2006 at 11:30 SEMINAR ? ? DEPARTMENT OF ANATOMY & CELL BIOLOGY JOINTLY WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACOLOGY ? Speaker:???Dr. Rod Bremner ????????????????University of Toronto Title:?""Neurogenesis, cell cycle, cancer, long-range enhancers, and the kitchen sink"" ? Host:???Dr. Stefano Stifani ?????????? stefano.stifani at mcgill.ca ? ?Date:??April 5, 2006 ?Time:??11:30 a.m. ?Place:??Lecture Room 2/36 Strathcona Anatomy Building 3640 University Street McGill University Montreal ? Please contact Dr. S. Stifani if you wish to meet with the speaker. ? Please post ? Vittoria Catania Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology Strathcona Anatomy and Dentistry Building McGill University 3640 University Street Montreal PQ Canada H3A 2B2 Tel: ?(514) 398 6335 Fax ?(514) 398 5047 ? From jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca Fri Mar 31 11:24:50 2006 From: jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca (Jennifer Chew, Ms.) Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2006 11:24:50 -0500 Subject: [BIC-announce] Concordia Dept. of Psyc. Colloquium- The brain theatre: principles of cortical organization Message-ID: DATE; April 27, 2006 TIME: 4:10 P.M. PLACE: Loyola Campus - LOY SP-365.01 Speaker: Rafael Malach, Dept. of Neurobiology, Weizman Institute, Rehovot, Israel Title: The brain theatre: principles of cortical organization Host: Shimon Amir For further information, please call 848-2424 ext. 2220 or 7565 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/20060331/29855072/attachment.html From siddiqi at cim.mcgill.ca Fri Mar 31 11:32:35 2006 From: siddiqi at cim.mcgill.ca (Kaleem Siddiqi) Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2006 11:32:35 -0500 Subject: [BIC-announce] Rachid Deriche's Group - talk on Monday at 4pm Message-ID: <4BF318A8-40F8-41A7-B0D0-5557403A4CF5@cim.mcgill.ca> Dear Colleagues, Rachid Deriche and his group will be visiting us on Monday and Tuesday next week and we have scheduled a talk for Monday afternoon, which should be of broad interest to those working in the area of medical imaging. Date: Monday, April 3rd. Time and Place: 4pm, Grandpre Communication Centre, Montreal Neurological Institute (http://www.mni.mcgill.ca/dgpcentre/) Title: A Statistical Framework for DTI Segmentation Authors: Christophe Lenglet; INRIA Mika?l Rousson; Siemens Corporate Research, Inc. Rachid Deriche; INRIA Abstract: We address the problem of the segmentation of cerebral white matter structures from diffusion tensor images (DTI). DTI can be estimated from a set of diffusion weighted images and provides tensor-valued images where each voxel is assigned with a 3x3 symmetric, positive- definite matrix. As we will show in this paper, the definition of a dissimilarity measure and statistics between tensors is a non trivial task which must be carefully tackled. We claim that, by using the differential geometrical properties of the manifold of multivariate normal distributions, it is possible to improve the quality of the segmentation obtained with other dissimilarity measures such as the Euclidean distance or the Kullback-Leibler divergence. Our goal is to prove that the choice of this probability metric has a deep impact on the tensor statistics and, hence, on the achieved results. We introduce a variational formulation to estimate the optimal segmentation of a diffusion tensor image. We show how to estimate diffusion tensors statistics for three different probability metrics and evaluate their respective performances. We validate and compare the results obtained on synthetic and real datasets. Best Regards, -Kaleem Kaleem Siddiqi School of Computer Science & Centre For Intelligent Machines McGill University http://www.cim.mcgill.ca/~siddiqi -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.bic.mni.mcgill.ca/pipermail/bic-announce/attachments/20060331/c04f350e/attachment-0001.html