From belinda.preziosi at mcgill.ca Mon Mar 3 09:49:34 2008 From: belinda.preziosi at mcgill.ca (Belinda Preziosi, Ms.) Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2008 09:49:34 -0500 Subject: [BIC-announce] PROTOCOLS FOR SUBMISSION Message-ID: To: B.I.C. Personnel From: Belinda Preziosi Date: March 3rd, 2008 Subject: PROTOCOLS FOR SUBMISSION Hello, Please note that if you have any new or re-submission protocols for review by the PET Working Committee, Fifteen (15) copies of the protocol along with both the English and French consent forms (one copy, only, of the French Consent Form) must be submitted by Thursday, March 13th, 2008 in Webster 220. 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 WB220 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://www2.bic.mni.mcgill.ca/pipermail/bic-announce/attachments/20080303/b9609687/attachment.htm From jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca Mon Mar 3 12:57:05 2008 From: jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca (Jennifer Chew, Ms.) Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2008 12:57:05 -0500 Subject: [BIC-announce] FW: Killam Lecture Message-ID: PLEASE DISCARD IF THIS IS A DUPLICATE. JENNIFER Killam Lecture Speaker: Armen Saghatelyan, Ph Research Center, Laval Robert-Giffard University (CRULRG) Title: Neuronal Migration in the Adult Brain Date: Tuesday, March 4th Time: 4:00 pm Place: de Grandpre Communications Centre ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------ Enza Ferracane Montreal Neurological Institute 3801 University Montreal, Quebec H3A 2B4 Director's Office, Rm 636 Tel: (514) 398-1903 Fax: (514) 398-8248 Email: enza.ferracane at mcgill.ca From jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca Tue Mar 4 10:42:41 2008 From: jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca (Jennifer Chew, Ms.) Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2008 10:42:41 -0500 Subject: [BIC-announce] FW: Killam Lecture-TODAY - Neuronal Migration in the Adult Brain Message-ID: Jennifer Chew McConnell Brain Imaging Centre MNI - WB317 3801 University Street Montreal, Qc H3A 2B4 Telephone: 514-398-8554 Fax: 514-398-2975 PLEASE DISCARD IF THIS IS A DUPLICATE. THANK YOU. JENNIFER *****REMINDER***** Killam Lecture Speaker: Armen Saghatelyan, Ph Research Center, Laval Robert-Giffard University (CRULRG) Title: Neuronal Migration in the Adult Brain Date: Tuesday, March 4th Time: 4:00 pm Place: de Grandpre Communications Centre ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------ Enza Ferracane Montreal Neurological Institute 3801 University Montreal, Quebec H3A 2B4 Director's Office, Rm 636 Tel: (514) 398-1903 Fax: (514) 398-8248 Email: enza.ferracane at mcgill.ca From jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca Tue Mar 4 10:41:39 2008 From: jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca (Jennifer Chew, Ms.) Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2008 10:41:39 -0500 Subject: [BIC-announce] FW: NO BIC SEMINAR MONDAY, MARCH 10,2008 Message-ID: PLEASE NOTE, THERE WILL BE NO BIC SEMINAR ON MONDAY, MARCH 10, 2008. SEMINARS WILL RESUME ON MONDAY, MARCH 17, 2008. JENNIFER BIC SEMINAR SERIES Date: Time: Place: Speaker: Title: 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://www2.bic.mni.mcgill.ca/pipermail/bic-announce/attachments/20080304/15fd5eaf/attachment.htm From Bruce.Pike at McGill.ca Thu Mar 6 10:13:18 2008 From: Bruce.Pike at McGill.ca (Bruce Pike) Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2008 10:13:18 -0500 Subject: [BIC-announce] Survey Neuroimaging Study In-Reply-To: <5820E7E2A928DB46824297946AC2024A01478515@pandore.ircm.priv> References: <5820E7E2A928DB46824297946AC2024A01478515@pandore.ircm.priv> Message-ID: Dear colleagues, I am sending a friendly reminder regarding the on-line survey on the ethics of neuroimaging research. This is an important Canada wide study, headed by Dr. Eric Racine, that will help identify key ethical issues that concern us all. The survey only takes a few minutes and the more of you that participate the better the quality of the resulting data. Thank you for considering this request. Bruce > > Dear colleagues, > > We are conducting a study to identify practices, challenges and > solutions for research ethics review of advanced neuroimaging > research in major Canadian neuroimaging centers. We would like to > invite you to participate in this study in order to identify > challenges that come up in the ethics review of neuroimaging studies > as well as solutions employed. Participation involves completing a > short questionnaire and a brief but optional one-on-one interview. > Participation of researchers in this study could help us to identify > key issues neuroimagers face, and suggest means of improving current > research and ethics practices. > Participants must first complete an-online survey and have the > option of agreeing to be interviewed or not by clicking on the > following link: > https://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=SjNCplRHP8lZq1HsRbPSWg_3d_3d > > Let me know if you have any questions, > > Eric > Eric Racine, PhD > Director, Neuroethics Research Unit, IRCM > > Adjunct professor, Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, McGill > University > > Institut de recherches cliniques de Montr?al (IRCM) > 110 avenue des Pins Ouest > Montr?al, QC H2W lR7 > Tel: (514) 987-5723 > Fax: (514) 987-5763 > Email: eric.racine at ircm.qc.ca > Website: www.ircm.qc.ca/neuroethics/en > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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JENNIER Reminder: Stefan K?hler, Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Psychology University of Western Ontario London, Ontario Functional organization of the human medial temporal lobes Thursday, March 13th, 2008 W201 3801 University Street 1:30 p.m. Host: Brenda Milner, Sc.D. ????????????????????????????????Maria Natasha Rajah, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Psychiatry McGill University Prefrontal contributions to source memory retrieval in young and elderly Thursday, March 27th, 2008 W201 3801 University Street 1:30 p.m. Host: Michael Petrides, Ph.D. From jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca Thu Mar 6 16:46:01 2008 From: jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca (Jennifer Chew, Ms.) Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2008 16:46:01 -0500 Subject: [BIC-announce] FW: FW: NO BIC SEMINAR MONDAY, MARCH 10,2008 Message-ID: PLEASE NOTE, THERE WILL BE NO BIC SEMINAR ON MONDAY, MARCH 10, 2008. SEMINARS WILL RESUME ON MONDAY, MARCH 17, 2008. JENNIFER BIC SEMINAR SERIES Date: Time: Place: Speaker: Title: 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://www2.bic.mni.mcgill.ca/pipermail/bic-announce/attachments/20080306/e4c939ce/attachment.htm From belinda.preziosi at mcgill.ca Mon Mar 10 11:02:14 2008 From: belinda.preziosi at mcgill.ca (Belinda Preziosi, Ms.) Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2008 11:02:14 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] REMINDER - PROTOCOLS FOR SUBMISSION Message-ID: To: B.I.C. Personnel From: Belinda Preziosi Date: March 10th, 2008 Subject: REMINDER - PROTOCOLS FOR SUBMISSION Hello, Please note that if you have any new or re-submission protocols for review by the PET Working Committee, Fifteen (15) copies of the protocol along with both the English and French consent forms (one copy, only, of the French Consent Form) must be submitted by Thursday, March 13th, 2008 in Webster 220. 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 WB220 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://www2.bic.mni.mcgill.ca/pipermail/bic-announce/attachments/20080310/07609293/attachment.htm From jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca Mon Mar 10 11:10:45 2008 From: jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca (Jennifer Chew, Ms.) Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2008 11:10:45 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] FW: Killam Lectue - March 11, 2008 - Action Value and Social Value in the Anerior Cingulate Cortex Message-ID: PLEASE DISCARD IF THIS IS A DUPLICATE. THANK YOU. JENNIFER Killam Lecture Speaker: Matthew Rushworth, Phd Department of Experimental Psychology University of Oxford, Oxford, UK Title: Action Value and Social Value in the Anterior Cingulate Cortex Date: Tuesday, March 11, 2008 Time: 4:00 pm Place: de Grandpre Communication Centre ------------------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------------- Dear Colleagues, It is my pleasure to host Dr Matthew Rushworth as the Killam speaker on March 11, 2008. Matthew is Reader in Cognitive Neuroscience in the Department of Experimental Psychology at the University of Oxford. His research focuses on frontal lobe contributions to decision-making, action, and motivation. He has produced an impressive corpus of work in this area over the last several years, using a variety of methods in both animal models and human subjects. A few recent references are listed below. His expertise in both animal and human systems neuroscience, and his ability to make links across these levels of study will no doubt be in evidence for his talk. He will speak on "Action value and social value in the anterior cingulate cortex". I encourage you to attend what should be an excellent Killam seminar. Lesley Fellows Selected recent publications: Behrens TE, Woolrich MW, Walton ME, Rushworth MF. Learning the value of information in an uncertain world. Nat Neurosci 2007; 10: 1214-21. Rushworth MF, Taylor PC. A paradoxical role for inhibition in initiation. Neuron 2007; 54: 669-70. Rushworth MF, Behrens TE, Rudebeck PH, Walton ME. Contrasting roles for cingulate and orbitofrontal cortex in decisions and social behaviour. Trends Cogn Sci 2007; 11:168-76. From jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca Mon Mar 10 13:54:49 2008 From: jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca (Jennifer Chew, Ms.) Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2008 13:54:49 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] NEXT BIC SEMINAR MONDAY, MARCH 17, 2008 - The role of the amygdala in emotional perception and memory in healthy and schizophrenia populations Message-ID: BIC SEMINAR SERIES Date: Monday, March 17, 2008 Time: 1:00 P.M. Place: de Grandpre Communications Centre Speaker: Karine Sergerie, Douglas Hospital Title: The role of the amygdala in emotional perception and memory in healthy and schizophrenia populations 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://www2.bic.mni.mcgill.ca/pipermail/bic-announce/attachments/20080310/1afff862/attachment.htm From jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca Wed Mar 12 10:02:13 2008 From: jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca (Jennifer Chew, Ms.) Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2008 10:02:13 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] FW: Reminder: Seminars in Cognitive Neuroscience, Thursday, March 13th Message-ID: PLEASE DISCARD IF THIS IS A DUPLICATE. THANK YOU. JENNIFER Stefan K?hler, Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Psychology University of Western Ontario London, Ontario Functional organization of the human medial temporal lobes Thursday, March 13th, 2008 W201 3801 University Street 1:30 p.m. Host: Brenda Milner, Sc.D. From jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca Fri Mar 14 09:55:19 2008 From: jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca (Jennifer Chew, Ms.) Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2008 09:55:19 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] REMINDER - NEXT BIC SEMINAR MONDAY, MARCH 17, 2008 - The role of the amygdala in emotional perception and memoryin healthy and schizophrenia populations Message-ID: ***REMINDER - MONDAY'S BIC SEMINAR*** BIC SEMINAR SERIES Date: Monday, March 17, 2008 Time: 1:00 P.M. Place: de Grandpre Communications Centre Speaker: Karine Sergerie, Douglas Hospital Title: The role of the amygdala in emotional perception and memory in healthy and schizophrenia populations 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://www2.bic.mni.mcgill.ca/pipermail/bic-announce/attachments/20080314/c29d3a12/attachment.htm From jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca Fri Mar 14 12:34:16 2008 From: jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca (Jennifer Chew, Ms.) Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2008 12:34:16 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] FW: Special Lecture - Monday, March 17, 2008 - CRMP-2, Slp 1 and Rab27B Mediate anterograde Transport of TrkB in Axons Message-ID: PLEASE DISCARD IF THIS IS A DUPLICATE. THANK YOU. JENNIFER Special Lecture, Monday March 17th, 11 am BTRC, de Grand Pre Conference Room, Montreal Neurological Institute. Title: CRMP-2, Slp1 and Rab27B Mediate Anterograde Transport of TrkB in Axons. Dr. Nariko Arimura Dept of Cell Pharmacology Nagoya University, Japan Abstract: Dramatic membrane recruitment to the tips of neurites occurs during neuronal development, which allows neurite to increase their total membranous components and cell surface proteins. Here we report that CRMP-2, Slp1, and Rab27B form a complex, and mediate the anterograde transport of TrkB, which is an essential survival signal. The CRMP-2/Slp1 complex directly interacts with the light chain of Kinesin-1. This interaction may be a regulatory point, and enable the selective recruitment of TrkB toward axon terminal. Recent Papers by Dr Arimura include the following: Arimura N and Kaibuchi K (2007) Neuronal polarity: from extracellular signals to intracellular mechanisms. Nat Rev Neurosci. Mar;8(3):194-205. Yoshimura T, Arimura N and Kaibuchi K (2006) Signaling networks in neuronal polarization. J Neurosci. Oct 18;26(42):10626-30. Arimura N and Kaibuchi K (2005) Key regulators in neuronal polarity. Neuron. Dec 22;48(6):881-4. If you are interested in meeting with Dr. Arimura, please contact Tim Kennedy (398-7136, timothy.kennedy at mcgill.ca). -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Nariko Arimura.doc Type: application/msword Size: 28672 bytes Desc: Nariko Arimura.doc Url : http://www2.bic.mni.mcgill.ca/pipermail/bic-announce/attachments/20080314/c1f35809/attachment-0001.doc From jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca Mon Mar 17 09:17:41 2008 From: jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca (Jennifer Chew, Ms.) Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2008 09:17:41 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] TODAY'S BIC SEMINAR MONDAY, MARCH 17, 2008 - The role of the amygdala in emotional perception andmemoryin healthy and schizophrenia populations Message-ID: T ODAY'S BIC SEMINAR BIC SEMINAR SERIES Date: Monday, March 17, 2008 Time: 1:00 P.M. Place: de Grandpre Communications Centre Speaker: Karine Sergerie, Douglas Hospital Title: The role of the amygdala in emotional perception and memory in healthy and schizophrenia populations 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://www2.bic.mni.mcgill.ca/pipermail/bic-announce/attachments/20080317/cbb1d562/attachment.htm From jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca Tue Mar 18 11:46:39 2008 From: jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca (Jennifer Chew, Ms.) Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2008 11:46:39 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] FW: Killam Seminar - TODAY: The role of follic acid in neural tube closure defects: Case open...or closed? Message-ID: PLEASE DISCARD IF THIS IS A DUPLICATE. THANK YOU. JENNIFER *****REMINDER***** Dear Colleagues: I would like to invite you to attend the upcoming Killam Seminar on Tuesday March 18th at 4:00 pm at the de Grandpr? Communications Centre of the MNI. The speaker will be Dr. Richard Finnell, The Margaret M. Alkek Professor of Medical Genetics, Institute of Biosciences and Technology of the Texas A & M University Health Science Center, and Executive Director and President of the Texas Institute for Genomic Medicine, Houston, Texas. Dr. Finnell's main research interest over the years has been in the field of pharmacogenomics, more specifically mechanisms of teratogenesis and genes predisposing to teratogenicity of anticonvulsant medication. In recent years, he has focused on the relationship of various genes involving folic acid metabolism and transport to neural tube defects, as well as the role of valproic acid in teratogenesis. Dr. Finnell is a dynamic speaker and an international expert in this field. Several pertinent recent publications are attached. A revised title and abstract of his presentation is also attached, as well as a poster which I would ask you to post. Hoping to see you at the lecture, Sincerely yours, Eva Andermann, MDCM, PhD, FCCMG Director, Neurogenetics Unit, Montreal Neurological Hospital and Institute; Professor, Departments of Neurology and Neurosurgery and Human Genetics, McGill University 3801 University St., Room 127 Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3A 2B4 Tel: 514-398-8529 Fax: 514-398-1276 Email: eva.andermann at mcgill.ca The Role of Folic Acid in Neural Tube Closure Defects: Case Open.....or Closed? Richard H. Finnell, Ph.D. Institute of Biosciences and Technology, Texas A&M University Health Science Center Houston, USA and The Texas Institute for Genomic Medicine, Houston, USA, rfinnell at ibt.tmc.edu; Periconceptional folic acid supplementation is generally believed to be protective and serves to reduce the occurrence of complex congenital defects in humans. In an effort to understand the mechanisms underlying the beneficial effects of folic acid during development, we have developed genetically modified mice whose folate transport systems have been ablated. Inactivation of the folate binding protein-1 (Folr1) gene results in embryonic lethality by E10. Administration of folinic acid to Folr1 deficient dams rescues the nullizygous embryos; however, surviving embryos present with malformations involving the neural tube, craniofacies, heart, eyes and abdominal wall. In the absence of adequate maternal folate, there are notable changes in the For11 mutant embryos at both the molecular and cellular levels. Similar results were obtained when we inactivated the reduced folate carrier gene (RFC-1), in that the mice were born with significant congenital defects in spite of supplementation with folic acid. These studies clearly indicate the importance of folate homeostasis during early mammalian development. Given the importance of maintaining folate homeostasis during development, the search for candidate genes that best explain NTD susceptibility were sought within the folate transport and metabolic pathways. Although numerous studies have shown folate pathway gene variants to be risk factors for NTDs, such variants, at present, only account for a small percentage of NTD births. As such, there remain multiple avenues to explore with respect to discerning the principal mechanisms underlying the beneficial consequences of folate supplementation in the periconceptional period. One possibility involves the homocysteinylation of target proteins at lysine residues when cellular homocysteine (Hcy) levels are elevated. This is a process whereby Hcy covalently binds to lysine residues on proteins resulting in protein malfunction (direct damage) and/or neoantigen formation. Formation of neoantigens triggers an autoimmune process, complement activation, and inflammation (indirect damage). The level of protein homocysteinylation in vivo is directly correlated with plasma Hcy, which is elevated in situations of low dietary folic acid, or when folic acid metabolism/transport is disturbed, as is the case with the genetically susceptible individuals. Evidence in support of this hypothesis will be discussed. Finally, despite the fact that the preventative effects of folic acid on neural tube defect risk are well established, there remain significant populations of women who took folic acid during pregnancy and still had NTD-compromised pregnancies. Thus, as substantial population burden still exists. Considering other nutritional factors, it appears as if low levels of vitamin B12, independent of folate, are associated with increased risk for an NTD pregnancy. Other nutrients such as methionine, zinc, vitamin C and choline are also suspected of modifying the NTD risk. We have taken advantage of a mid-gestational serum bank linked to pregnancy outcome to examine a number of nutrient analytes for their potential role as risk factors in NTDs. The results confirm that nutrients other than folic acid are critical for normal embryogenesis. The impact of folic acid on embryonic development is irrefutable. But whether or not it is the best intervention strategy to prevent complex birth defects remains to be determined. From Bruce.Pike at McGill.ca Tue Mar 18 14:07:06 2008 From: Bruce.Pike at McGill.ca (Bruce Pike) Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2008 14:07:06 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] Fwd: Animal Rights Activist alert References: <05BE78B0CF1BBC4BBA4AA255568D8611083FD21E@EXCHANGE2VS1.campus.mcgill.ca> Message-ID: Begin forwarded message: > From: "Enza Ferracane, Ms." > Date: March 18, 2008 1:53:07 PM EDT (CA) > To: MNI-FACULTYSTAFF at LISTS.MCGILL.CA > Subject: Animal Rights Activist alert > Reply-To: "Enza Ferracane, Ms." > > All MNI Faculty: > > > You should be aware that the two largest animal rights organizations, > PETA > and ALF, are co-hosting a seminar at Concordia University next > Wednesday. > It is expected that this event may stimulate increased media activity > around > the area of animal experimentation. We do not expect demonstrations > here, > but we may have members of the media or activist members probing for > responses. > > I would like to remind you that the appropriate way to handle any > media > requests is to refer them to our Communications office, Sandra > McPherson > (398-1902). It is strongly recommended that staff members not answer > any > questions from media themselves. The appropriate response is to ask > for > the > name and organization of the caller, and a phone number where they can > be > reached (for verification purposes). Then refer them to the > Communications > office for an official MNI response. > > > Professor Robert Dunn > Associate Director Scientific Affairs > Montreal Neurological Institute > Room 636, 3801 University Avenue > Montreal, Quebec, H3A 2B4 > Phone: 514-398-5205 > email: rob.dunn at mcgill.ca -------------- 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 WB220 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://www2.bic.mni.mcgill.ca/pipermail/bic-announce/attachments/20080319/840f4799/attachment.htm From jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca Wed Mar 19 13:45:57 2008 From: jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca (Jennifer Chew, Ms.) Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2008 13:45:57 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] message from Dr. Jean-Paul Soucy - To PET users at the BIC Message-ID: "To all investigators using PET at the BIC: As of July 1st, 2008, the new HRRT scanner is slated to become operational for research protocols. As most of you already know, that scanner offers significantly better spatial resolution than the ECAT HR+ currently being used (approximately 2.2 mm vs approximately 4-5 mm FWHM at the centre of the field, as a rough comparison). To some, this might suggest that everybody should start using the new scanner for protocols being initiated after that date. However, there are important issues that should be well understood by all: 1) The HRRT scanner is a "high-maintenance" machine: regular (most likely, 3 to 4/year) calibrations/normalisations are required, which each last close to 3 weeks, meaning that significant downtime is unavoidable for any protocol running on that system. 2) We know that the scanner shows significant shifts in many of its parameters, and is likely to do so for a relatively long period of time (possibly up to 24 months after its first "power-on"). It is currently very difficult to quantify the magnitude of those shifts over time, but they could very well result in difficult-to-interpret data, especially in studies where subjects are evaluated at different time points. 3) We have no clear long term track record of its overall reliability, except that we have had to repair some components a number of times already, and have observed "surprising" software issues. This reflects the general experience of all centres using this scanner. Therefore, again, some downtime might result from breakdowns that could occur with a higher than expected frequency. What this means is that if you see a very clear benefit in operating at a significantly higher resolution, doing research with the HRRT is a reasonable option. However, if the ECAT HR+ provides you with usable results, it offers a degree of reliability which might not be found, at least initially, on the HRRT. Protocols that will be submitted to the PET Working Committee must from now on specify which system will be used (the appropriate forms will be modified shortly to reflect that new requirement). The Committee will specifically evaluate which of the two seems most appropriate for any given project and will make recommendations to investigators on that topic. Thank you in advance for your collaboration in bringing the new scanner on line. Jean-Paul Soucy, MD, MSc PET Unit Coordinator -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www2.bic.mni.mcgill.ca/pipermail/bic-announce/attachments/20080319/81b0105a/attachment.htm From jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca Tue Mar 25 09:21:19 2008 From: jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca (Jennifer Chew, Ms.) Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2008 09:21:19 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] NEXT BIC SEMINAR MONDAY, MARCH 31, 2008 - PET as a Research Tool in Neuroscience Message-ID: BIC SEMINAR SERIES Date: Monday, March 31, 2008 Time: 1:00 P.M. Place: de Grandpre Communications Centre Speaker: Dr. Christian La Fougere, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich Title: PET as a Research Tool in Neuroscience 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://www2.bic.mni.mcgill.ca/pipermail/bic-announce/attachments/20080325/88a012fd/attachment.htm From jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca Tue Mar 25 16:02:32 2008 From: jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca (Jennifer Chew, Ms.) Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2008 16:02:32 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] FW: post doc position at Massachusetts Gen. Hosp. Message-ID: Applications are invited for a Postdoctoral position available immediately at the Massachusetts General Hospital Athinoula A Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging (http://www.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu). This is a multidisciplinary collaboration between Massachusetts General Hospital and Logan College of Chiropractic involving the application of state-of-the-art fMRI imaging methods to study the neuroplasticity and somatotopy of chronic pain and its response to acupuncture therapy. The candidate will receive a joint appointment to Massachusetts General Hospital and Logan College of Chiropractic. Appointments are for one year, renewable for up to three years upon mutual agreement. Requirements: Candidates should have a Ph.D. in neuroscience, other biological sciences or biomedical engineering. Experience in computer programming and image processing is essential. Familiarity with fMRI analysis software including FSL, AFNI, and Freesurfer, as well as programming environments such as MATLAB is highly desirable. Massachusetts General Hospital and Logan College of Chiropractic are equal opportunity employers. Full-time employees receive full benefits, competitive salaries, and excellent resources for career development. Interested persons should send their CV and three letters of reference to Dr Vitaly Napadow at the address given. Contact: Vitaly Napadow, PhD Email: vitaly at nmr.mgh.harvard.edu The Massachusetts General Hospital is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. -- |`~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\|/~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~'| Vitaly Napadow, Ph.D., Lic.Ac. Assistant Professor Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging Massachusetts General Hospital CNY 149-2301, 13th St. Charlestown, MA 02129 phone: (617) 724-3402 fax: (617) 726-7422 www.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/~vitaly |`~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~/|\~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~'| From siddiqi at cim.mcgill.ca Wed Mar 26 09:03:23 2008 From: siddiqi at cim.mcgill.ca (Kaleem Siddiqi) Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2008 09:03:23 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] Kyros Kutulakos - 2 talks this Friday March 28th References: <47E97BF2.5070904@cim.mcgill.ca> Message-ID: <69059E77-14C8-467D-8CE1-4ABB8B9CC925@cim.mcgill.ca> Folks, Kyros Kutulakos is visiting this Friday and he will be giving two talks. Anyone interested in 3D reconstruction from images is encouraged to come! Best, Kaleem http://www.cim.mcgill.ca/~siddiqi Talk 1: (an informal talk in the area of 3d photography) 10:30 am, MC 437 (Zames seminar room) Talk 2: (SOCS colloquium) 15:30 pm:, MC 13 Reasoning about Light Kyros Kutulakos, University of Toronto Abstract: While research on 3D photography has enjoyed tremendous success in recent years, many everyday objects are still difficult or impossible to scan in 3D. One fundamental stumbling block is that typical algorithms do not consider the effects of light transport---the sequence of bounces, refractions and scattering events that may occur when light interacts with an object. These events are ubiquitous, and dominate the appearance of objects with transparent materials or shiny surfaces. In this talk, I will present a series of 3D photography algorithms that explicitly reason about how light flows through (or around) real objects. These algorithms rely exclusively on 2D photos and seek to infer the specific optical events that occur from light leaving a source to reaching a specific pixel. I will show that despite the apparent intractability of this endeavor, it has proved quite successful in capturing detailed "3D photos" of many common objects with complex optical properties. Biography of Speaker: Kyros Kutulakos is an Associate Professor at the University of Toronto where he has been on the faculty since 2001. His research interests are mainly in the area of computer vision, with an emphasis on geometric reconstruction problems. He is the recipient of a Sloan Fellowship, an NSF CAREER award, a PREA award from the government of Ontario, and four best paper prizes (David Marr Prize in 1999, David Marr Prize Honorable Mention in 2005, Honorable Mention at ECCV 2006, and Best Student Paper Award at CVPR 1994). He also served as the Program Co-Chair of the 2003 Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Conference. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www2.bic.mni.mcgill.ca/pipermail/bic-announce/attachments/20080326/5cac933f/attachment.htm From jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca Wed Mar 26 11:00:02 2008 From: jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca (Jennifer Chew, Ms.) Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2008 11:00:02 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] FW: Seminars in Cognitive Neuroscience, March 27th & April 10th Message-ID: PLEASE DISCARD IF THIS IS A DUPLICATE. THANK YOU. JENNIFER REMINDER: ????????????????????????????????Maria Natasha Rajah, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Psychiatry McGill University Prefrontal contributions to source memory retrieval in young and elderly Thursday, March 27th, 2008 W201 3801 University Street 1:30 p.m. Host: Michael Petrides, Ph.D. Tom?? Paus M.D., Ph.D. Adjunct Professor, Dept. of Neurology & Neurosurgery Professor Brain & Body Centre University of Nottingham Nottingham, UK Multimodal Mapping of the Adolescent Brain **Please note special time & place Thursday, April 10th, 2008 **de Grandpr? Communications Centre 3801 University Street **11:00 a.m. Host: Brenda Milner, Sc.D. From jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca Mon Mar 31 09:55:18 2008 From: jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca (Jennifer Chew, Ms.) Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2008 09:55:18 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] TODAY'S BIC SEMINAR MONDAY, MARCH 31, 2008 - PET as a Research Tool in Neuroscience Message-ID: T ODAY'S BIC SEMINAR BIC SEMINAR SERIES Date: Monday, March 31, 2008 Time: 1:00 P.M. Place: de Grandpre Communications Centre Speaker: Dr. Christian La Fougere, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich Title: PET as a Research Tool in Neuroscience 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://www2.bic.mni.mcgill.ca/pipermail/bic-announce/attachments/20080331/99c20f44/attachment.htm From jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca Mon Mar 31 11:02:24 2008 From: jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca (Jennifer Chew, Ms.) Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2008 11:02:24 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] FW: next UNF brain imaging seminar April 3rd, Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Cerebral Blood Volume Message-ID: Unit? de neuroimagerie fonctionelle Brain Imaging Seminar Series Title: Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Cerebral Blood Volume Speaker: Jean J. Chen Affiliation: McConnell Brain Imaging Centre, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Canada Date and Time : Thursday April 3rd, 2008 from 12 - 1pm Location: Institut universitaire de g?riatrie de Montr?al 4565 Queen Mary Room R - 0715 (enter through door 25) From vincent.gracco at mcgill.ca Mon Mar 31 13:38:30 2008 From: vincent.gracco at mcgill.ca (Vincent Gracco) Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2008 13:38:30 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] CRLMB Speaker Series lecture Message-ID: The Centre for Research on Language, Mind and Brain is presenting a talk by Dr. Sheila Blumstein, Alfred D. Mead Professor of Cognitive and Linguistic Sciences at Brown University, entitled "Phonetic category structure and the mapping of sound structure to the lexicon: Evidence from lesion studies and functional neuroimaging," to be held in Room 1034 of of the McIntyre Medical Building, on Friday, April 4 from 1:30 - 3:00 p.m. Abstract: The processes underlying both speaking and understanding appear to be easy and seamless. And yet, speech input is highly variable, the lexical form of a word shares its sound shape with many other words in the lexicon, and often a given word will have multiple meanings. The goal of this research is to examine how and in what ways the neural system is, on the one hand, sensitive to the variability in the speech and lexical processing system, and, on the other, is able to resolve this variability in determining phonetic category membership, lexical form, and word meaning. Evidence from studies of aphasia and functional neuroimaging will be examined with particular focus on categorical perception of speech, lexical competition, and meaning ambiguity in words. Results suggest that the processing of speech and lexical form recruits a distributed neural system that includes temporal, parietal, and frontal structures, and the processing of word meaning recruits temporal and frontal structures. The inferior frontal gyrus appears to play a domain general role across levels of the linguistic grammar in resolving variability not only of phonetic structure but also of phonological, lexical, and meaning competition. Vincent L. Gracco, Ph. D. McGill University Faculty of Medicine School of Communication Sciences & Disorders 1266 Pine Avenue West Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3G 1A8 Telephone: (514) 398-7386 Fax: (514) 398-8123 E-mail: vincent.gracco at mcgill.ca -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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