From jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca Mon May 3 11:45:15 2010 From: jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca (Jennifer Chew, Ms.) Date: Mon, 3 May 2010 11:45:15 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] FW: Reminder - George Karpati Symposium on May 10 Message-ID: Hello Neuro students, fellows, trainees, This note is to remind you that the George Karpati Symposium on Neuromuscular Disease will take place Monday May 10 in the Jeanne Timmins Amphitheatre. The Symposium honors the memory of our famous and universally-respected colleague, who died suddenly just over one year ago. This is a first-class scientific symposium - the world leaders are providing an expert update across a spectrum of neuromuscular disorders. I hope you all can attend at least part of the symposium's scientific sessions. I can guarantee that any talks you do attend will provide the latest word in the area. I attach the program so you can know who is speaking when to judge which talks have the greatest relevance to your interests. Of course, the starting atmosphere is most important so your attendance at the beginning of the program would be especially appreciated. Registration for the scientific sessions is free but I hope you will register to help us organize the catering - we will be providing a light breakfast, lunch, coffee breaks and a closing wine & cheese reception for all participants. Even if you will come only for some of the talks or meal breaks please take a minute and go to http://neuroevents.mcgill.ca/index.php?page=g-karpati-symposium and follow the "Registration" link. In addition to taking advantage of a special opportunity to learn about a major area of neuroscience, your participation in this one-time symposium event will also contribute directly to its success. George Karpati's death marks the end not only of a colorful person and an enthusiastic and justly famous clinician-scientist, but also of a great shaper of our institutional life. George was totally dedicated to medical research and above all to the Neuro to which he gave the proverbial 110% over his entire working life. He is a big part of the reason why the Neuro is what it is, and this symposium is our way of recognizing that impact. We hope to see you there. With best wishes, Ken Ken Hastings for the Neuromuscular Group Montreal Neurological Institute McGill University 3801 University Street Montreal, Quebec Canada H3A 2B4 514-398-1852 (phone) 514-398-1509 (fax) ken.hastings at mcgill.ca The George Karpati Symposium on Neuromuscular Disease: Innovation and Application May 10, 2010 Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital Jeanne Timmins Amphitheatre 3801 University Street Montreal, Quebec PROGRAM 8:00 - 8:30 Continental Breakfast, registration 8:30 - 9:00 Welcome comments Ken Hastings, Angela Genge Montreal Neurological Institute Neuromuscular Group Remi Quirion Vice-Dean for Science and Strategic Initiatives, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University Alain Beaudet President Canadian Institutes of Health Research Session I - Muscular Dystrophy Chair: Ron Worton, Former Director Ottawa Hospital Research Institute 9:00 - 9:35 Genotype, phenotype, and the mutational spectrum in the dystrophinopathies Kevin Flanigan, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio USA 9:35 - 10:10 Molecular therapies for muscular dystrophy Hanns Lochmuller, Newcastle University, United Kingdom 10:10 - 10:25 Muscular dystrophy caused by mutation in a channel gene Bernard Brais, Universit? de Montr?al, Canada 10:25 - 10:45 Coffee Break Session II - Channelopathies Chair: Zohar Argov 10:45 - 11:20 The myotonias and periodic paralyses Robert C (Berch) Griggs, University of Rochester, NY, USA 11:20 - 11:55 Channelopathies affecting the neuromuscular junction Andrew G. Engel, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, USA 11:55 - 12:05 Questions/Discussion 12:05 - 1:00 Lunch on site Session III - Neurodegeneration Chair: Bernard Brais 1:00 - 1:35 The T-cell-Microglia dialogue in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: Are we listening? Stanley H. Appel, Methodist Neurological Institute, USA 1:35 - 2:10 Molecular genetics of hereditary neuropathy type II Guy Rouleau, Universit? de Montr?al, Canada 2:10 - 2:30 Coffee break Session IV - Diverse Myopathies Chair: David Hilton-Jones Department of Clinical Neurology, John Radcliffe Hospital Oxford UK 2:30 - 3:05 Sporadic Inclusion-Body Myositis: novel molecular pathogenic aspects, including defective protein disposal Valerie Askanas, University of Southern California, USA 3:05 - 3:20 The HIBM Middle Eastern cluster and Jewish history in the region Zohar Argov, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Israel. 3:20 - 3:55 Mitochondrial myopathies and neuropathies Eric Shoubridge, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Canada 3:55 - 4:05 Questions/Discussion Perspectives 4:05 - 4:40 Unveiling neuromuscular disorders: Where we came from, where we are, and where we are going W. King Engel, University of Southern California, USA 4:50 - 5:00 Closing comments David Colman, Director, Montreal Neurological Institute, Canada 5:00 - 6:00 Cocktail Reception on site 7:00 Banquet dinner off site Jennifer Chew McConnell Brain Imaging Centre MNI - WB317 3801 University Street Montreal, Qc H3A 2B4 Telephone: 514-398-8554 Fax: 514-398-2975 ________________________________ From: neuro [mailto:NEURO at LISTS.MCGILL.CA] On Behalf Of Enza Ferracane, Ms. Sent: Monday, April 26, 2010 8:37 AM To: NEURO at LISTS.MCGILL.CA Subject: [NEURO] Reminder - George Karpati Symposium on May 10 From jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca Mon May 3 13:17:36 2010 From: jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca (Jennifer Chew, Ms.) Date: Mon, 3 May 2010 13:17:36 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] FW: The Blue Monkey Project is looking for new members ! Message-ID: As requested at our recent performance at the Spring Fling, the Blue Monkey Project is looking for musicians interested in getting together and playing a mixture of funk, R&B, soul, jazz and whatever other music strikes our fancy. The Blue Monkey Project, and its predecessors of other names, have been a mainstay of the MNI for almost 40 years. We hope to keep it a vibrant part of our MNI culture. Vocalists and instrumentalists of all stripes are welcome. We could use an additional drummer, keyboard player, guitarist, vocalists and horn players. Please contact me or Funkymoney1 at inbox.com Christophe Grova *************************** Christophe Grova, PhD Assistant Professor Biomedical Engineering Dpt Neurology and Neurosurgery Dpt Montreal Neurological Institute Biomedical Engineering Department - Room 304 McGill University 3775 University Street, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3A 2B4 email : christophe.grova at mcgill.ca tel : (514) 398 2516 fax : (514) 398 7461 Research Assistant : MEG Center, CERNEC Universit? de Montr?al tel : (514)-343-6111 ext 18878. web: http://www.mni.mcgill.ca/research/gotman/members/christophe.html http://www.bmed.mcgill.ca/ *************************** -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca Mon May 3 16:53:56 2010 From: jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca (Jennifer Chew, Ms.) Date: Mon, 3 May 2010 16:53:56 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] FW: Palliative care lectures Tuesday, May 4 Message-ID: PLESE 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: Monday, May 03, 2010 3:29 PM To: MNISTAFF at LISTS.MCGILL.CA Subject: Palliative care lectures Tuesday, May 4 On Tuesday, May 4, in recognition of National Palliative Care Week, there will be two lectures of interest Noon A New Era in Palliative Care: End of Life in patients without cancer Angela Genge Jeanne Timmins Amphitheatre LUNCH PROVIDED 5:30 pm Palliative Care: Shedding light on euthanasia Kathy Foley (neurologist, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, NY) Pollack Hall (McGill Faculty of Music Building), 555 Sherbrooke St West RECEPTION AFTER THE LECTURE Elizabeth Kofron, PhD Associate Director Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital 3801 University Street Montreal, Quebec H3A 2B4 Canada Direct line: 514-398-2316 Assistant: 514-398-6047 elizabeth.kofron at mcgill.ca From jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca Tue May 4 09:23:46 2010 From: jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca (Jennifer Chew, Ms.) Date: Tue, 4 May 2010 09:23:46 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] FW: Killam today - Dr Salah El Mestikawy - The Atypical Vesicular Glutamate Transporter VGLUT3: Unravelling New Functions of Glutamate in the Brain 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, May 04, 2010 9:07 AM To: MNISTAFF at LISTS.MCGILL.CA Subject: Killam today - Dr Salah El Mestikawy REMINDER KILLAM LECTURE TODAY Speaker: Salah El Mestikawy, PhD, CRC Professor Douglas Hospital Research Centre Title: The Atypical Vesicular Glutamate Transporter VGLUT3: Unravelling New Functions of Glutamate in the Brain Place: de Grandpre Communications Centre Time: 4 pm ================================================= Hello all, Dr Salah El Mestikawy will be presenting the Killam seminar today (May 4th). Salah works on vesicular neurotransmitter transporters, namely the VGLUTs and has published some important papers in the field. He has been one of the first to describe co-transmission by showing populations of neurons expressing more than one class of transporter. He has recently moved from Paris (INSERM and at the Pierre & Marie Curie University) to the Douglas Research Institute and I think this would be a good opportunity to welcome a new colleague at McGill. Please join us for what promises to be a very interesting seminar. Thanks, Ted Below are some selected papers: VGLUT3 (vesicular glutamate transporter type 3) contribution to the regulation of serotonergic transmission and anxiety. Amilhon B, Lepicard E, Renoir T, Mongeau R, Popa D, Poirel O, Miot S, Gras C, Gardier AM, Gallego J, Hamon M, Lanfumey L, Gasnier B, Giros B, El Mestikawy S. J Neurosci. 2010 Feb 10;30(6):2198-210. The vesicular glutamate transporter VGLUT3 synergizes striatal acetylcholine tone. Gras C, Amilhon B, Lepicard EM, Poirel O, Vinatier J, Herbin M, Dumas S, Tzavara ET, Wade MR, Nomikos GG, Hanoun N, Saurini F, Kemel ML, Gasnier B, Giros B, El Mestikawy S. Nat Neurosci. 2008 Mar;11(3):292-300 Loss of VGLUT1 and VGLUT2 in the prefrontal cortex is correlated with cognitive decline in Alzheimer disease. Kashani A, Lepicard E, Poirel O, Videau C, David JP, Fallet-Bianco C, Simon A, Delacourte A, Giros B, Epelbaum J, Betancur C, El Mestikawy S. Neurobiol Aging. 2008 Nov;29(11):1619-30 Altered expression of vesicular glutamate transporters VGLUT1 and VGLUT2 in Parkinson disease. Kashani A, Betancur C, Giros B, Hirsch E, El Mestikawy S. Neurobiol Aging. 2007 Apr;28(4):568-7 Expression of vesicular glutamate transporters, VGLUT1 and VGLUT2, in cholinergic spinal motoneurons. Herzog E, Landry M, Buhler E, Bouali-Benazzouz R, Legay C, Henderson CE, Nagy F, Dreyfus P, Giros B, El Mestikawy S. Eur J Neurosci. 2004 Oct;20(7):1752-60 A third vesicular glutamate transporter expressed by cholinergic and serotoninergic neurons. Gras C, Herzog E, Bellenchi GC, Bernard V, Ravassard P, Pohl M, Gasnier B, Giros B, El Mestikawy S. J Neurosci. 2002 Jul 1;22(13):5442-51. The existence of a second vesicular glutamate transporter specifies subpopulations of glutamatergic neurons. Herzog E, Bellenchi GC, Gras C, Bernard V, Ravassard P, Bedet C, Gasnier B, Giros B, El Mestikawy S. J Neurosci. 2001 Nov 15;21(22):RC181. Identification and characterization of a lysosomal transporter for small neutral amino acids. Sagn? C, Agulhon C, Ravassard P, Darmon M, Hamon M, El Mestikawy S, Gasnier B, Giros B. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2001 Jun 19;98(13):7206-11. From jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca Tue May 4 09:25:06 2010 From: jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca (Jennifer Chew, Ms.) Date: Tue, 4 May 2010 09:25:06 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] FW: The Blue Monkey Project is looking for new members ! CHECK THE E-MAIL ADDRESS CORRECTION Message-ID: PLEASE NOTE THE CORRECT E-MAIL ADDRESS BELOW. Jennifer Chew McConnell Brain Imaging Centre MNI - WB317 3801 University Street Montreal, Qc H3A 2B4 Telephone: 514-398-8554 Fax: 514-398-2975 ________________________________ From: Christophe Grova [mailto:christophe.grova at mcgill.ca] Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2010 9:26 AM To: Pina Sorrini, Ms.; Enza Ferracane, Ms.; Jennifer Chew, Ms. Subject: Re: The Blue Monkey Project is looking for new members ! Erratum, I am sorry in the previous message, there was an error in the email adress of the bass player David So if interested please contact Funkymonkey1 at inbox.com ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- As requested at our recent performance at the Spring Fling, the Blue Monkey Project is looking for musicians interested in getting together and playing a mixture of funk, R&B, soul, jazz and whatever other music strikes our fancy. The Blue Monkey Project, and its predecessors of other names, have been a mainstay of the MNI for almost 40 years. We hope to keep it a vibrant part of our MNI culture. Vocalists and instrumentalists of all stripes are welcome. We could use an additional drummer, keyboard player, guitarist, vocalists and horn players. Please contact me or Funkymoney1 at inbox.com Christophe Grova *************************** Christophe Grova, PhD Assistant Professor Biomedical Engineering Dpt Neurology and Neurosurgery Dpt Montreal Neurological Institute Biomedical Engineering Department - Room 304 McGill University 3775 University Street, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3A 2B4 email : christophe.grova at mcgill.ca tel : (514) 398 2516 fax : (514) 398 7461 Research Assistant : MEG Center, CERNEC Universit? de Montr?al tel : (514)-343-6111 ext 18878. web: http://www.mni.mcgill.ca/research/gotman/members/christophe.html http://www.bmed.mcgill.ca/ *************************** From jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca Tue May 4 12:04:30 2010 From: jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca (Jennifer Chew, Ms.) Date: Tue, 4 May 2010 12:04:30 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] FW: Special Lecture - Dr. Francois Gros-Louis 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, May 04, 2010 11:41 AM To: MNISTAFF at LISTS.MCGILL.CA Subject: Special Lecture - Dr. Francois Gros-Louis Dr. Francois Gros-Louis is a candidate for the Motor Neuron Scientist position at the MNI, and he will be presenting his work on Wednesday, May 5th at 4 PM in the de Grandpre Lecture theatre. Francois is currently a postdoctoral fellow with Jean-Pierre Julien at the University of Laval in Quebec City. Francois did his MSc degree with Jean-Claude Forest at Laval and his PhD with Guy Rouleau here at McGill where he discovered genetic variants in several genes associated with ALS (F. Gros-Louis et al. A frameshift deletion in peripherin gene associated with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. J Biol Chem. Oct 29;279(44):45951-6 (2004)). In addition, he identified the gene responsible for a form of recessive ataxia, another neurodegenerative disease known as ataxia of Beauce. (Gros-Louis F, Dupr? N, Dion P, Fox MA, Laurent S, Verreault S, Sanes JR, Bouchard JP, Rouleau GA. Mutations in Syne1 lead to a novel form of autosomal recessive cerebellar ataxia. Nature Genetics 2007 Jan;39(1):80-5.). As a grad student, he also pioneered the use of the zebrafish model for understanding molecular pathologies for ALS and other degenerative disorders. (Gros-Louis F, Kriz J, Kabashi E, McDearmid J, Millecamps S, Urushitani M, Lin L, Dion P, Zhu Q, Drapeau P, Rouleau GA & Julien JP. Als2 mRNA splicing variants detected in KO mice rescue severe motor dysfunction phenotype in Als2 knock-down zebrafish. Hum Mol Genet 2008 Sep 1;17(17):2691-702). He is currently working with Jean-Pierre on the development of a new therapeutic approach based on passive immunization in the treatment of ALS. In this work, he has demonstrated that the administration of specific antibodies could delay the first symptoms of the disease and also delay its progression, thus opening a new therapeutic avenue for treating this yet incurable disease. From jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca Thu May 6 16:53:33 2010 From: jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca (Jennifer Chew, Ms.) Date: Thu, 6 May 2010 16:53:33 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] (no subject) Message-ID: To all Neuro faculty and trainees, The George Karpati Symposium takes place this Monday coming, May 10. The attached program lays out the day's series of talks, each of which will be an informative and expert update in its area. Please attend any or all of the scientific sessions and breaks. Feel free to come and go as you like. A good crowd creates a good atmosphere and we sincerely hope to see you there. The Neuromuscular Group Jennifer Chew McConnell Brain Imaging Centre MNI - WB317 3801 University Street Montreal, Qc H3A 2B4 THE GEORGE KARPATI SYMPOSIUM ON NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE MAY 10, 2010 Montreal Neurological Institute & Hospital, McGill University 3801 University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada8:00 - 8:30 Continental Breakfast, registration/ Petit d?jeuner continental, inscription 8:30 - 9:00 Welcome comments / Mots de bienvenue Ken Hastings, Angela Genge Montreal Neurological Institute Neuromuscular Group Remi Quirion Vice-Dean for Science and Strategic Initiatives, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University Alain Beaudet President Canadian Institutes of Health Research Session I - Muscular Dystrophy Chair: Ron Worton, Former Director, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute 9:00 - 9:35 Genotype, phenotype, and the mutational spectrum in the dystrophinopathies Kevin Flanigan, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio USA 9:35 - 10:10 Molecular therapies for muscular dystrophy Hanns Lochmuller, Newcastle University, United Kingdom 10:10 - 10:25 Muscular dystrophy caused by mutation in a channel gene Bernard Brais, Universit? de Montr?al, Qu?bec, Canada 10:25 - 10:45 Session II - Channelopathies Chair: Zohar Argov Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel 10:45 - 11:20 The myotonias and periodic paralyses Robert C (Berch) Griggs, University of Rochester, NY, USA 11:20 - 11:55 Andrew G. Engel, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN, USA 11:55 - 12:05 Questions/Discussion Moderator : Paul Holland 12:05 - 1:00 Lunch on site/ D?jeuner sur place Session III - Neurodegeneration Chair: Bernard Brais Universit? de Montr?al, Quebec, Canada 1:00 - 1:35 The T-cell-Microglia dialogue in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: Are we listening? Stanley H. Appel, Methodist Neurological Institute, Houston, TX, USA 1:35 - 2:10 Molecular genetics of hereditary neuropathy type II Guy Rouleau, Universit? de Montr?al, Queb?c, Canada 2:10 - 2:30 Coffee break/ Pause-caf? Session IV - Diverse Myopathies Chair: David Hilton-Jones Department of Clinical Neurology, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK 2:30 - 3:05 Sporadic Inclusion-Body Myositis: novel molecular pathogenic aspects, including defective protein disposal Valerie Askanas, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA 3:05 - 3:20 The HIBM Middle Eastern cluster and Jewish history in the region Zohar Argov, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel 3:20 - 3:55 Mitochondrial myopathies and neuropathies Eric Shoubridge, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Canada 3:55 - 4:05 Questions/Discussion Perspectives 4:05 - 4:40 Unveiling neuromuscular disorders: Where we came from, where we are, and where we are going W. King Engel, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA 4:50 - 5:00 Closing comments David Colman, Director, Montreal Neurological Institute, Canada 5:00 - 6:00 Cocktail Reception on site/ Cocktail sur place 7:00 Banquet dinner off site/ Banquet hors site George Karpati 1934-2009 George Karpati was born in Debrecen Hungary, narrowly avoided death during the Holocaust, and finally fled his country during the Soviet occupation of 1956. He found refuge in Canada, where he completed his medical education at Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia. After additional training at the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital (the Neuro), and postdoctoral work at the Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, and the NIH, he joined the faculty at the Neuro in 1967 where he spent the rest of his career and held the Izaak Walton Killam Chair of Neurology. He was respected world-wide as an astute clinician, myopathologist and experimental scientist, and he ran an active research laboratory delving into the cellular and molecular mechanisms relevant to neuromuscular diseases and their eventual cure. His greatest research effort was in gene therapy approaches for muscular dystrophy and he was actively engaged in this work right till the end. He published over 250 scientific papers and several very influential textbooks including the classics Pathology of Skeletal Muscle with Stirling Carpenter, and Disorders of Voluntary Muscle (co-edited with David Hilton-Jones, Kate Bushby, and Robert C. Griggs). His awards and honors include Officer of the Order of Canada, Chevalier de l'Ordre Nationale du Qu?bec, and fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, among many others. George was entirely devoted to the Neuro and was founder and scientific nucleus of the Neuromuscular Group which under his leadership developed into a major research axis of the institute. He was also a great mentor and teacher and trained many leading neurologists and research scientists. His sudden and unexpected death in February 2009 deprived us of a highly productive and stimulating colleague with a strong sense of humor. He leaves an important legacy of enthusiasm and inspiration and he will be greatly missed. Symposium Organizers Angela Genge, Ken Hastings, and the Neuromuscular Group, Montreal Neurological Institute Telephone: 514-398-8554 Fax: 514-398-2975 From davids at bic.mni.mcgill.ca Mon May 10 07:59:29 2010 From: davids at bic.mni.mcgill.ca (David Seminowicz) Date: Mon, 10 May 2010 07:59:29 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] scan available Wednesday 9-10 Message-ID: <001301caf038$53efa6d0$fbcef470$@mni.mcgill.ca> Please let me know if you could use 3T time from 9 - 10am, Wednesday May 12. ______________________ David A. Seminowicz, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow Alan Edwards Centre for Research on Pain McGill University Rm M/19 Strathcona Anatomy & Dentistry 3640 University St. Montreal, Quebec H3A 2B2 Ph: 514.398.1271 Fax: 514.398.7464 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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(514) 398-6319, Fax: (514)398-7348 May 7, 2010 Dear friends of CIM: Further to our invitation for active participation with a contributed paper to the International Symposium on Brain, Body and Machine on November 10?12, we received a valuable suggestion: to accommodate short papers. With the purpose of broadening the participation, we are happy to announce that topical papers will be accommodated, not exceeding four pages, in the format of regular papers. Topical papers will be focused on one speci?c technical subject, and will be included, with all other papers, in a Proceedings CD. The deadline for submission of topical papers is July 15, 2010. We are making every e?ort to accommodate oral presentations of all papers, regular and topical, with equal time allocation for all. Please refer to the website below, that we already brought to your attention: www.springer.com/series/4240 for template and ancillary ?les. As well, for updates on the Symposium, visit: http://www.cim.mcgill.ca/cim25/index files/symposium.html Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us. We thank you for your participation and look forward to seeing you in Montreal this November. Jorge Angeles, CIM25 Committee Chair From jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca Mon May 10 10:34:33 2010 From: jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca (Jennifer Chew, Ms.) Date: Mon, 10 May 2010 10:34:33 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] FW: Killam Lecture - May 11 - Flexible Brians in an Ever Changing World 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: Monday, May 10, 2010 10:05 AM To: MNISTAFF at LISTS.MCGILL.CA Subject: Killam Lecture - May 11 Killam Lecture Speaker: Angela Roberts, PhD Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, University of Cambridge Title: Flexible Brains in an Ever Changing World Date: Tuesday, May 11, 2010 Time: 4:00 pm Place: de Grandpre Communications Centre ================================== Dear colleagues, Angela Roberts will be the Killam speaker on May 11. She is Professor of Behavioural Neuroscience at the University of Cambridge. She has done interesting and influential work in non-human primates and in humans on the anatomical and neurochemical substrates of learning, decision-making, and emotion with a particular focus on the the frontal lobes, and on frontal-subcortical interactions. Her talk is entitled "Flexible brains in a changing world ". Please join us for what I'm sure will be an excellent talk. Lesley _______________________________ Lesley Fellows, MD CM, DPhil Associate Professor Department of Neurology & Neurosurgery McGill University Montreal Neurological Institute, Rm. 276 3801 University St. Montreal QC H3A 2B4 lesley.fellows at mcgill.ca 514 398 8980 (o) 514 398 1338 (fax) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca Mon May 10 15:20:44 2010 From: jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca (Jennifer Chew, Ms.) Date: Mon, 10 May 2010 15:20:44 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] FW: [Fwd: CIM-REPARTI Invited talk: Segmentation of Image Ensembles via Latent Atlases: May 20/10] Message-ID: Hello everyone, Please note the following, on behalf of Prof. Tal Arbel: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Speaker: Tammy Riklin Raviv, Postdoctoral fellow, MIT Date: Thursday, May 20, 2010 Time: 11am-12pm Location: Zames Seminar room, McConnell Engineering room 437 Segmentation of Image Ensembles via Latent Atlases --------------------------------------------------- The images acquired via medical imaging modalities are frequently subject to low signal-to-noise ratio, bias field and partial volume effects. These artifacts, together with the naturally low contrast between image intensities of some neighboring structures, make the extraction of regions of interest (ROIs) in clinical images a challenging problem. Probabilistic atlases, typically generated from comprehensive sets of manually labeled examples, facilitate the analysis by providing statistical priors for tissue classification and structure segmentation. However, the limited availability of training examples that are compatible with the images to be segmented renders the atlas-based approaches impractical in many cases. In the talk I will present a generative model for joint segmentation of corresponding regions of interest in a collection of aligned images that does not require labeled training data. Instead, the evolving segmentation of the entire image set supports each of the individual segmentations. This is made possible by iteratively inferring a subset of the model parameters, called the spatial parameters, as part of the joint segmentation processes. These spatial parameters are defined in the image domain and can be viewed as a latent atlas. Our latent atlas formulation is based on probabilistic principles, but we solve it using partial differential equations and energy minimization criteria. We evaluate the method successfully for the segmentation of cortical and subcortical structures within different populations and of brain tumors in a single-subject multi-modal longitudinal experiment. Bio ---- Tammy Riklin Raviv is a post-doctorate researcher at the Medical Vision group of CSAIL, MIT since January 2008. She is also affiliated with the Surgical Planning Laboratory of the Brigham & Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School. She received her PhD degree from the school of Electrical Engineering of Tel-Aviv University in 2008. She received the B.Sc. degree in Physics (1993), and the M.Sc. degree in Computer Science (1999) from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Her areas of interests include Computer Vision and Medical Image Analysis. Jennifer Chew McConnell Brain Imaging Centre MNI - WB317 3801 University Street Montreal, Qc H3A 2B4 Telephone: 514-398-8554 Fax: 514-398-2975 From jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca Mon May 10 15:21:44 2010 From: jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca (Jennifer Chew, Ms.) Date: Mon, 10 May 2010 15:21:44 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] FW: Reminder: One week from today: Neuropsychology Day! Message-ID: Institut et h?pital neurologiques de Montr?al Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital NEUROPSYCHOLOGY DAY Monday, May 17, 2010 2:00-4:00 p.m. Poster Presentations by members of the Neuropsychology/Cognitive Neuroscience Unit Foyer of the Jeanne Timmins Amphitheatre 4:30 p.m. The 13th Annual Brenda Milner Lecture in Cognitive Neuroscience Jeanne Timmins Amphitheatre John O'Keefe, Ph.D., F.R.S . Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience Department of Cell and Developmental Biology University College London The development of spatial representations in the hippocampal formation of infant rats N.B. This is a wonderful opportunity to interact with students and see what they are working on at the poster presentations. From jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca Tue May 11 10:00:09 2010 From: jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca (Jennifer Chew, Ms.) Date: Tue, 11 May 2010 10:00:09 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] FW: Killam Lecture - TODAY - Flexible Brains in an Ever Changing World 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 ________________________________ From: MNISTAFF - Montreal Neurological Institute Staff [mailto:MNISTAFF at LISTS.MCGILL.CA] On Behalf Of Enza Ferracane, Ms. Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2010 8:58 AM To: MNISTAFF at LISTS.MCGILL.CA Subject: Killam Lecture - TODAY **REMINDER** Killam Lecture Speaker: Angela Roberts, PhD Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, University of Cambridge Title: Flexible Brains in an Ever Changing World Date: TODAY Time: 4:00 pm Place: de Grandpre Communications Centre ================================== Dear colleagues, Angela Roberts will be the Killam speaker TODAY. She is Professor of Behavioural Neuroscience at the University of Cambridge. She has done interesting and influential work in non-human primates and in humans on the anatomical and neurochemical substrates of learning, decision-making, and emotion with a particular focus on the the frontal lobes, and on frontal-subcortical interactions. Her talk is entitled "Flexible brains in a changing world ". Please join us for what I'm sure will be an excellent talk. Lesley _______________________________ Lesley Fellows, MD CM, DPhil Associate Professor Department of Neurology & Neurosurgery McGill University Montreal Neurological Institute, Rm. 276 3801 University St. Montreal QC H3A 2B4 lesley.fellows at mcgill.ca 514 398 8980 (o) 514 398 1338 (fax) From jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca Tue May 11 11:40:25 2010 From: jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca (Jennifer Chew, Ms.) Date: Tue, 11 May 2010 11:40:25 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] FW: Next UNF's Seminar - Neuroimagerie et vieillissement cognitif normal Message-ID: FOR YOUR INFORMATION. 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: Nancy Haddad [mailto:nancy.haddad at criugm.qc.ca] Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2010 10:59 AM To: Jennifer Chew, Ms. Subject: Next UNF's Seminar DATE: Thursday, May 20, 2010 HOUR: Noon ROOM: R0715 VENUE: CRIUGM, 4565 Queen-Mary Road, Montreal TITLE: Neuroimagerie et vieillissement cognitif normal LECTURER: Louis Bherer _______________________________________ Nancy Haddad Agente en administration UNF / RNQ / RBIQ-QBIN Centre de recherche, Institut universitaire de g?riatrie de Montr?al 4565, chemin Queen-Mary, Montr?al (Qu?bec) H3W 1W5 T?l.: (514) 340-3540 (4799) T?l?c.: (514) 340-3530 Courriel: nancy.haddad at criugm.qc.ca Web UNF: www.unf-montreal.ca Web RBIQ: www.rbiq-qbin.qc.ca -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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JENNIFER Jennifer Chew McConnell Brain Imaging Centre MNI - WB317 3801 University Street Montreal, Qc H3A 2B4 Telephone: 514-398-8554 Fax: 514-398-2975 ________________________________ From: Nancy Haddad [mailto:nancy.haddad at criugm.qc.ca] Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2010 2:01 PM To: Jennifer Chew, Ms. Subject: CANCELLED - Next UNF's Seminar CANCELLED : DATE: Thursday, May 20, 2010 HOUR: Noon ROOM: R0715 VENUE: CRIUGM, 4565 Queen-Mary Road, Montreal TITLE: Neuroimagerie et vieillissement cognitif normal LECTURER: Louis Bherer _______________________________________ Nancy Haddad Agente en administration UNF / RNQ / RBIQ-QBIN Centre de recherche, Institut universitaire de g?riatrie de Montr?al 4565, chemin Queen-Mary, Montr?al (Qu?bec) H3W 1W5 T?l.: (514) 340-3540 (4799) T?l?c.: (514) 340-3530 Courriel: nancy.haddad at criugm.qc.ca Web UNF: www.unf-montreal.ca Web RBIQ: www.rbiq-qbin.qc.ca -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From bruce.pike at mcgill.ca Tue May 11 16:13:38 2010 From: bruce.pike at mcgill.ca (G. Bruce Pike, Prof.) Date: Tue, 11 May 2010 16:13:38 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] Fwd: BME Special Seminar Tomorrow - Wednesday, May 12 at 1 P.M., Duff, Seminar Rom 321 References: <20100511193202.0C973943D@mailscan1.ncs.mcgill.ca> Message-ID: Begin forwarded message: From: "Pina Sorrini, Ms." > Date: May 11, 2010 3:30:02 PM EDT To: "217L-SEMINAR_NOTICE at LISTS.MCGILL.CA" <217L-SEMINAR_NOTICE at LISTS.MCGILL.CA> Subject: FW: BME Special Seminar Tomorrow - Wednesday, May 12 at 1 P.M., Duff, Seminar Rom 321 Reply-To: "Pina Sorrini, Ms." > PLEASE NOTE LOCATION OF SEMINAR IS DUFF, ROOOM 321 AS INDICATED ON SUBJECT LINE From: Pina Sorrini, Ms. Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2010 3:25 PM Subject: BME Special Seminar Tomorrow - Wednesday, May 12 at 1 P.M., Duff, Seminar Rom 321 Importance: High The speaker is a candidate for associate membership in BME Dept.; the title and abstract appear below. Title: Advances in image reconstruction for positron emission tomography (PET) Speaker: Dr. Andrew Reader , Associate Professor, Neurology & Neurosurgery Abstract: Image reconstruction in positron emission tomography (PET) is conventionally regarded as the algorithm applied to the acquired data to produce images used for estimation of physiological parameters, or to determine the presence of disease. There are numerous approaches to image reconstruction, and the method chosen has a significant impact on the utility of PET. The use of iterative image reconstruction algorithms, the use of resolution modelling (??resolution recovery??) and fully 4D methods are three specific advances from recent years which have demonstrated marked improvements in image quality. This talk touches upon five main aspects of PET image reconstruction in which there are still promising possibilities for further advance: (i) full consideration of the raw acquired PET data (with minimal pre-processing), (ii) careful selection of the parameters to estimate, (iii) accurate definition of the system matrix, (iv) the objective function, and (v) the algorithm. Some example advances in these areas will be presented. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ If you are not affiliated with McGill's department of Biomedical Engineering and would like to add/remove your email address from our seminar announcement list, please proceed as follows. To subscribe, send an email to listserv at lists.mcgill.ca containing the message: subscribe 217L-SEMINAR_NOTICE firstname lastname To unsubscribe, send an email to listserv at lists.mcgill.ca containing the message: SIGNOFF 217L-SEMINAR_NOTICE Place the message in the body of the email; no subject is needed. From jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca Wed May 12 09:54:57 2010 From: jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca (Jennifer Chew, Ms.) Date: Wed, 12 May 2010 09:54:57 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] FW: Computational Diffusion MRI (CDMRI'10) workshop, MICCAI 2010, Beijing, China Message-ID: FOR YOUR INFORMATION. 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: Olivier Colliot [mailto:olivier.colliot at upmc.fr] Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2010 8:14 AM To: cogimage at listes.upmc.fr; isabelle.bloch at telecom-paristech.fr; Jennifer Chew, Ms. Subject: Fwd: Computational Diffusion MRI (CDMRI'10) workshop, MICCAI 2010, Beijing, China =================================================== CALL FOR PAPERS AND PARTICIPATION 2010 MICCAI Workshop on Computational Diffusion MRI (CDMRI'10) =================================================== Saturday, September 24th, 2010, 8am to 5pm The China National Convention Center, Beijing, China Website: http://cmic.cs.ucl.ac.uk/cdmri10 Printable flyer: http://cmic.cs.ucl.ac.uk/cdmri10/flyer.pdf Paper submission deadline: June 1st, 2010 CALL FOR PAPERS Over the last decade interest in diffusion MRI has exploded. The technique provides a unique insight into the microstructure of living tissue and enables in-vivo connectivity mapping of the brain. Microstructural changes are often the earliest signs of disease or tissue regeneration, as well as being manifestation of physiological processes in normal tissue functioning. Tractography and connectivity mapping give fundamental new insights in neuroscience and neuroanatomy. The variety of clinical applications is expanding rapidly and includes detection of lesions and damaged tissue, prognosis of functional impairment and neurosurgical planning. Computational techniques are key to the continued success and development of diffusion MRI and to its widespread transfer into the clinic. New processing methods are essential for addressing issues at each stage of the diffusion MRI pipeline: acquisition, reconstruction, modeling and model fitting, image processing, fiber tracking, connectivity mapping, visualization, group studies and inference. The workshop will give a snapshot of the current state of the art. WORKSHOP TOPICS Full-length papers are invited in (but not limited to) the following areas: * Acquisition protocol design * High angular resolution and general q-space sampling techniques * Biophysical models * Numerical simulation of diffusion process * Tissue microstructure imaging * Tractography and connectivity mapping * Network analysis * Registration, segmentation, and classification * Visualization * Validation * Post-processing * Group studies and statistical analysis * Clinical applications Papers accepted at the main conference may not be double-submitted to CDMRI'10. ORGANIZERS Gary Hui Zhang, University College London Irina Kezele, LNAO/NeuroSpin/CEA Kiran K Seunarine, University College London ICH Chun-Hung Yeh, National Yang-Ming University PROGRAM COMMITTEE CDMRI'10 is supported by the Consortium of NeuroImagers for the Non-invasive Exploration of Brain Connectivity and Tractography (CONNECT). Program committee will be drawn largely from the consortium. http://neuroimaging.tau.ac.il/CONNECT/ IMPORTANT DATES Jun 1, 2010: Paper Submission Aug 1, 2010: Notification of Acceptance Aug 18, 2010: Camera-Ready Papers Sep 24, 2010: Workshop (8am to 5pm) SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS Papers submitted to the workshop should conform to the MICCAI formatting instructions, with few minor modifications explained below: * Papers should be in the LNCS style * Suggested length is 8 pages, maximum length is 12 pages * Anonymized for double blind review * Submitted in PDF format * Color illustrations in the PDF are not subject to fees Details of the online submission system will be announced shortly on the workshop webpage http://cmic.cs.ucl.ac.uk/cdmri10 We look forward to seeing you in Beijing! CDMRI'10 organizers From jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca Wed May 12 17:09:41 2010 From: jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca (Jennifer Chew, Ms.) Date: Wed, 12 May 2010 17:09:41 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] FW: Special Seminar Speaker - Prof. H. Benjamin Peng - Thursday, May 20, 2010, 4:00 p.m. - de Grandpre Communications Centre, BTRC, MNI - The induction of neuromuscular synapse by biological and physical stimuli 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 Grace Flynn, Ms. Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2010 4:27 PM To: MNISTAFF at LISTS.MCGILL.CA Subject: Special Seminar Speaker - Prof. H. Benjamin Peng - Thursday, May 20, 2010, 4:00 p.m. - de Grandpre Communications Centre, BTRC, MNI Special Seminar Speaker Prof. H. Benjamin Peng will deliver a lecture as part of a visit hosted by the McGill Program in NeuroEngineering Speaker: H. Benjamin Peng, Ph.D., Chair Professor, Dept. of Biology, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Kowloon, Hong Kong Title: "The induction of neuromuscular synapse by biological and physical stimuli" Date: Thursday, May 20, 2010 Place: de Grandpre Communications Centre Time: 4:00 pm ----------------------------------------------------------------- Prof. Peng has worked on Neuromuscular synapse formation for many years, using creative methods and applying new techniques (note 1981 paper in Nature below). Below are citations of some of his most recent papers, and some classics at the end of the list. The function of cortactin in the clustering of acetylcholine receptors at the vertebrate neuromuscular junction. Madhavan R, Gong ZL, Ma JJ, Chan AW, Peng HB. PLoS One. 2009 Dec 29;4(12):e8478. Cullin mediates degradation of RhoA through evolutionarily conserved BTB adaptors to control actin cytoskeleton structure and cell movement. Chen Y, Yang Z, Meng M, Zhao Y, Dong N, Yan H, Liu L, Ding M, Peng HB, Shao F. Mol Cell. 2009 Sep 24;35(6):841-55. The formation of acetylcholine receptor clusters visualized with quantum dots. Geng L, Zhang HL, Peng HB. BMC Neurosci. 2009 Jul 16;10:80. The function of Shp2 tyrosine phosphatase in the dispersal of acetylcholine receptor clusters. Qian YK, Chan AW, Madhavan R, Peng HB. BMC Neurosci. 2008 Jul 23;9:70. The function of mitochondria in presynaptic development at the neuromuscular junction. Lee CW, Peng HB. Mol Biol Cell. 2008 Jan;19(1):150-8. Epub 2007 Oct 17. Regulation of ACh receptor clustering by the tyrosine phosphatase Shp2. Zhao XT, Qian YK, Chan AW, Madhavan R, Peng HB. Dev Neurobiol. 2007 Nov;67(13):1789-801. The involvement of calcineurin in acetylcholine receptor redistribution in muscle. Madhavan R, Zhao XT, Chan F, Wu Z, Peng HB. Mol Cell Neurosci. 2003 Aug;23(4):587-99. Differential effects of neurotrophins and schwann cell-derived signals on neuronal survival/growth and synaptogenesis. Peng HB, Yang JF, Dai Z, Lee CW, Hung HW, Feng ZH, Ko CP. J Neurosci. 2003 Jun 15;23(12):5050-60. The actin-driven movement and formation of acetylcholine receptor clusters. Dai Z, Luo X, Xie H, Peng HB. J Cell Biol. 2000 Sep 18;150(6):1321-34. Acetylcholinesterase clustering at the neuromuscular junction involves perlecan and dystroglycan. Peng HB, Xie H, Rossi SG, Rotundo RL. J Cell Biol. 1999 May 17;145(4):911-21. A role of tyrosine phosphatase in acetylcholine receptor cluster dispersal and formation. Dai Z, Peng HB. J Cell Biol. 1998 Jun 29;141(7):1613-24. Induction of synaptic development in cultured muscle cells by basic fibroblast growth factor. Peng HB, Baker LP, Chen Q. Neuron. 1991 Feb;6(2):237-46. Elimination of preexistent acetylcholine receptor clusters induced by the formation of new clusters in the absence of nerve. Peng HB. J Neurosci. 1986 Feb;6(2):581-9. Early cytoplasmic specialization at the presumptive acetylcholine receptor cluster: a meshwork of thin filaments. Peng HB, Phelan KA. J Cell Biol. 1984 Jul;99(1 Pt 1):344-9. Participation of calcium and calmodulin in the formation of acetylcholine receptor clusters. Peng HB. J Cell Biol. 1984 Feb;98(2):550-7. Cytoskeletal organization of the presynaptic nerve terminal and the acetylcholine receptor cluster in cell cultures. Peng HB. J Cell Biol. 1983 Aug;97(2):489-98. Formation of ACh receptor clusters induced by positively charged latex beads. Peng HB, Cheng PC, Luther PW. Nature. 1981 Aug 27;292(5826):831-4. No abstract available. A simple, selective method for freeze-fracturing spherical cells. Peng HB, Jaffe LF. J Cell Biol. 1976 Nov;71(2):674-80. From caramanos at gmail.com Mon May 17 06:12:28 2010 From: caramanos at gmail.com (Zografos 'Aki' Caramanos) Date: Mon, 17 May 2010 12:12:28 +0200 Subject: [BIC-announce] =?iso-8859-1?q?BIC_Lecture=3A_Segmentation_of_Imag?= =?iso-8859-1?q?e_Ensembles_via_Latent_Atlases=2C_Dr=2E_Tammy_Rikli?= =?iso-8859-1?q?n_Raviv=2C_Postdoctoral_fellow=2C_MIT_=28May-21=2C_?= =?iso-8859-1?q?de_Grandpr=E9_Communications_Centre=29?= Message-ID: BIC Lecture Speaker: Tammy Riklin Raviv, Postdoctoral fellow, MIT Date: Friday, May 21, 2010 Time: 1:00pm Location: de Grandpr? Communications Centre, Montreal Neurological Institute Segmentation of Image Ensembles via Latent Atlases --------------------------------------------------- The images acquired via medical imaging modalities are frequently subject to low signal-to-noise ratio, bias field and partial volume effects. These artifacts, together with the naturally low contrast between image intensities of some neighboring structures, make the extraction of regions of interest (ROIs) in clinical images a challenging problem. Probabilistic atlases, typically generated from comprehensive sets of manually labeled examples, facilitate the analysis by providing statistical priors for tissue classification and structure segmentation. However, the limited availability of training examples that are compatible with the images to be segmented renders the atlas-based approaches impractical in many cases. In the talk I will present a generative model for joint segmentation of corresponding regions of interest in a collection of aligned images that does not require labeled training data. Instead, the evolving segmentation of the entire image set supports each of the individual segmentations. This is made possible by iteratively inferring a subset of the model parameters, called the spatial parameters, as part of the joint segmentation processes. These spatial parameters are defined in the image domain and can be viewed as a latent atlas. Our latent atlas formulation is based on probabilistic principles, but we solve it using partial differential equations and energy minimization criteria. We evaluate the method successfully for the segmentation of cortical and subcortical structures within different populations and of brain tumors in a single-subject multi-modal longitudinal experiment. Bio ---- Tammy Riklin Raviv is a post-doctorate researcher at the Medical Vision group of CSAIL, MIT since January 2008. She is also affiliated with the Surgical Planning Laboratory of the Brigham & Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School. She received her PhD degree from the school of Electrical Engineering of Tel-Aviv University in 2008. She received the B.Sc. degree in Physics (1993), and the M.Sc. degree in Computer Science (1999) from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Her areas of interests include Computer Vision and Medical Image Analysis. She was also the recipient of the 2009 MICCAI Young Investigator Award. -- Zografos Caramanos, M.A. Ph.D. Student, Integrated Program in Neuroscience Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Unit, McConnell Brain Imaging Centre, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University 3801 University Street, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3A 2B4 (phone) 514-398-8185; (fax) 514-398-2975 (e-mail) zografos.caramanos at mcgill.ca (website) www.zcaramanos.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca Mon May 17 10:18:22 2010 From: jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca (Jennifer Chew, Ms.) Date: Mon, 17 May 2010 10:18:22 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] FW: Reminder: Neuropsychology Day 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: Susan Crinion Sent: Monday, May 17, 2010 9:00 AM Subject: Reminder: Neuropsychology Day TODAY! Importance: High Again, please remind everyone one of the following Thank you! Jslc Institut et h?pital neurologiques de Montr?al Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital NEUROPSYCHOLOGY DAY Monday, May 17, 2010 2:00-4:00 p.m. Poster Presentations by members of the Neuropsychology/Cognitive Neuroscience Unit Foyer of the Jeanne Timmins Amphitheatre 4:30 p.m. The 13th Annual Brenda Milner Lecture in Cognitive Neuroscience Jeanne Timmins Amphitheatre John O'Keefe, Ph.D., F.R.S . Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience Department of Cell and Developmental Biology University College London The development of spatial representations in the hippocampal formation of infant rats N.B. This is a wonderful opportunity to interact with students and see what they are working on at the poster presentations. Abstract Booklet attached, a copy will be available in the Foyer of the Jeanne Timmins Amphitheatre From jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca Mon May 17 11:33:56 2010 From: jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca (Jennifer Chew, Ms.) Date: Mon, 17 May 2010 11:33:56 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] Special Seminar Speaker - Prof. H. Benjamin Peng - Thurs, , May 20, 2010, 4:00 p.m. - de Grandpre , BTRC, MNI - The induction of neuromuscular synapse by biological and physical stimuli 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 Grace Flynn, Ms. Sent: Monday, May 17, 2010 10:57 AM To: MNISTAFF at LISTS.MCGILL.CA Subject: Special Seminar Speaker - Prof. H. Benjamin Peng - Thursday, May 20, 2010, 4:00 p.m. - de Grandpre Communications Centre, BTRC, MNI Special Seminar Speaker Prof. H. Benjamin Peng will deliver a lecture as part of a visit hosted by the McGill Program in NeuroEngineering Speaker: H. Benjamin Peng, Ph.D., Chair Professor, Dept. of Biology, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Kowloon, Hong Kong Title: "The induction of neuromuscular synapse by biological and physical stimuli" Date: Thursday, May 20, 2010 Place: de Grandpre Communications Centre Time: 4:00 pm ----------------------------------------------------------------- Prof. Peng has worked on Neuromuscular synapse formation for many years, using creative methods and applying new techniques (note 1981 paper in Nature below). Below are citations of some of his most recent papers, and some classics at the end of the list. The function of cortactin in the clustering of acetylcholine receptors at the vertebrate neuromuscular junction. Madhavan R, Gong ZL, Ma JJ, Chan AW, Peng HB. PLoS One. 2009 Dec 29;4(12):e8478. Cullin mediates degradation of RhoA through evolutionarily conserved BTB adaptors to control actin cytoskeleton structure and cell movement. Chen Y, Yang Z, Meng M, Zhao Y, Dong N, Yan H, Liu L, Ding M, Peng HB, Shao F. Mol Cell. 2009 Sep 24;35(6):841-55. The formation of acetylcholine receptor clusters visualized with quantum dots. Geng L, Zhang HL, Peng HB. BMC Neurosci. 2009 Jul 16;10:80. The function of Shp2 tyrosine phosphatase in the dispersal of acetylcholine receptor clusters. Qian YK, Chan AW, Madhavan R, Peng HB. BMC Neurosci. 2008 Jul 23;9:70. The function of mitochondria in presynaptic development at the neuromuscular junction. Lee CW, Peng HB. Mol Biol Cell. 2008 Jan;19(1):150-8. Epub 2007 Oct 17. Regulation of ACh receptor clustering by the tyrosine phosphatase Shp2. Zhao XT, Qian YK, Chan AW, Madhavan R, Peng HB. Dev Neurobiol. 2007 Nov;67(13):1789-801. The involvement of calcineurin in acetylcholine receptor redistribution in muscle. Madhavan R, Zhao XT, Chan F, Wu Z, Peng HB. Mol Cell Neurosci. 2003 Aug;23(4):587-99. Differential effects of neurotrophins and schwann cell-derived signals on neuronal survival/growth and synaptogenesis. Peng HB, Yang JF, Dai Z, Lee CW, Hung HW, Feng ZH, Ko CP. J Neurosci. 2003 Jun 15;23(12):5050-60. The actin-driven movement and formation of acetylcholine receptor clusters. Dai Z, Luo X, Xie H, Peng HB. J Cell Biol. 2000 Sep 18;150(6):1321-34. Acetylcholinesterase clustering at the neuromuscular junction involves perlecan and dystroglycan. Peng HB, Xie H, Rossi SG, Rotundo RL. J Cell Biol. 1999 May 17;145(4):911-21. A role of tyrosine phosphatase in acetylcholine receptor cluster dispersal and formation. Dai Z, Peng HB. J Cell Biol. 1998 Jun 29;141(7):1613-24. Induction of synaptic development in cultured muscle cells by basic fibroblast growth factor. Peng HB, Baker LP, Chen Q. Neuron. 1991 Feb;6(2):237-46. Elimination of preexistent acetylcholine receptor clusters induced by the formation of new clusters in the absence of nerve. Peng HB. J Neurosci. 1986 Feb;6(2):581-9. Early cytoplasmic specialization at the presumptive acetylcholine receptor cluster: a meshwork of thin filaments. Peng HB, Phelan KA. J Cell Biol. 1984 Jul;99(1 Pt 1):344-9. Participation of calcium and calmodulin in the formation of acetylcholine receptor clusters. Peng HB. J Cell Biol. 1984 Feb;98(2):550-7. Cytoskeletal organization of the presynaptic nerve terminal and the acetylcholine receptor cluster in cell cultures. Peng HB. J Cell Biol. 1983 Aug;97(2):489-98. Formation of ACh receptor clusters induced by positively charged latex beads. Peng HB, Cheng PC, Luther PW. Nature. 1981 Aug 27;292(5826):831-4. No abstract available. A simple, selective method for freeze-fracturing spherical cells. Peng HB, Jaffe LF. J Cell Biol. 1976 Nov;71(2):674-80. From jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca Wed May 19 16:39:24 2010 From: jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca (Jennifer Chew, Ms.) Date: Wed, 19 May 2010 16:39:24 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] FW: Special Seminar Speaker - Prof. H. Benjamin Peng - Thursday, May 20, 2010, 4:00 p.m. - de Grandpre Communications Centre, BTRC, MNI 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 Grace Flynn, Ms. Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 4:24 PM To: MNISTAFF at LISTS.MCGILL.CA Subject: Special Seminar Speaker - Prof. H. Benjamin Peng - Thursday, May 20, 2010, 4:00 p.m. - de Grandpre Communications Centre, BTRC, MNI From: Grace Flynn, Ms. Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2010 4:27 PM To: MNISTAFF at LISTS.MCGILL.CA Subject: Special Seminar Speaker - Prof. H. Benjamin Peng - Thursday, May 20, 2010, 4:00 p.m. - de Grandpre Communications Centre, BTRC, MNI Special Seminar Speaker Prof. H. Benjamin Peng will deliver a lecture as part of a visit hosted by the McGill Program in NeuroEngineering Speaker: H. Benjamin Peng, Ph.D., Chair Professor, Dept. of Biology, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Kowloon, Hong Kong Title: "The induction of neuromuscular synapse by biological and physical stimuli" Date: Thursday, May 20, 2010 Place: de Grandpre Communications Centre Time: 4:00 pm ----------------------------------------------------------------- Prof. Peng has worked on Neuromuscular synapse formation for many years, using creative methods and applying new techniques (note 1981 paper in Nature below). Below are citations of some of his most recent papers, and some classics at the end of the list. The function of cortactin in the clustering of acetylcholine receptors at the vertebrate neuromuscular junction. Madhavan R, Gong ZL, Ma JJ, Chan AW, Peng HB. PLoS One. 2009 Dec 29;4(12):e8478. Cullin mediates degradation of RhoA through evolutionarily conserved BTB adaptors to control actin cytoskeleton structure and cell movement. Chen Y, Yang Z, Meng M, Zhao Y, Dong N, Yan H, Liu L, Ding M, Peng HB, Shao F. Mol Cell. 2009 Sep 24;35(6):841-55. The formation of acetylcholine receptor clusters visualized with quantum dots. Geng L, Zhang HL, Peng HB. BMC Neurosci. 2009 Jul 16;10:80. The function of Shp2 tyrosine phosphatase in the dispersal of acetylcholine receptor clusters. Qian YK, Chan AW, Madhavan R, Peng HB. BMC Neurosci. 2008 Jul 23;9:70. The function of mitochondria in presynaptic development at the neuromuscular junction. Lee CW, Peng HB. Mol Biol Cell. 2008 Jan;19(1):150-8. Epub 2007 Oct 17. Regulation of ACh receptor clustering by the tyrosine phosphatase Shp2. Zhao XT, Qian YK, Chan AW, Madhavan R, Peng HB. Dev Neurobiol. 2007 Nov;67(13):1789-801. The involvement of calcineurin in acetylcholine receptor redistribution in muscle. Madhavan R, Zhao XT, Chan F, Wu Z, Peng HB. Mol Cell Neurosci. 2003 Aug;23(4):587-99. Differential effects of neurotrophins and schwann cell-derived signals on neuronal survival/growth and synaptogenesis. Peng HB, Yang JF, Dai Z, Lee CW, Hung HW, Feng ZH, Ko CP. J Neurosci. 2003 Jun 15;23(12):5050-60. The actin-driven movement and formation of acetylcholine receptor clusters. Dai Z, Luo X, Xie H, Peng HB. J Cell Biol. 2000 Sep 18;150(6):1321-34. Acetylcholinesterase clustering at the neuromuscular junction involves perlecan and dystroglycan. Peng HB, Xie H, Rossi SG, Rotundo RL. J Cell Biol. 1999 May 17;145(4):911-21. A role of tyrosine phosphatase in acetylcholine receptor cluster dispersal and formation. Dai Z, Peng HB. J Cell Biol. 1998 Jun 29;141(7):1613-24. Induction of synaptic development in cultured muscle cells by basic fibroblast growth factor. Peng HB, Baker LP, Chen Q. Neuron. 1991 Feb;6(2):237-46. Elimination of preexistent acetylcholine receptor clusters induced by the formation of new clusters in the absence of nerve. Peng HB. J Neurosci. 1986 Feb;6(2):581-9. Early cytoplasmic specialization at the presumptive acetylcholine receptor cluster: a meshwork of thin filaments. Peng HB, Phelan KA. J Cell Biol. 1984 Jul;99(1 Pt 1):344-9. Participation of calcium and calmodulin in the formation of acetylcholine receptor clusters. Peng HB. J Cell Biol. 1984 Feb;98(2):550-7. Cytoskeletal organization of the presynaptic nerve terminal and the acetylcholine receptor cluster in cell cultures. Peng HB. J Cell Biol. 1983 Aug;97(2):489-98. Formation of ACh receptor clusters induced by positively charged latex beads. Peng HB, Cheng PC, Luther PW. Nature. 1981 Aug 27;292(5826):831-4. No abstract available. A simple, selective method for freeze-fracturing spherical cells. Peng HB, Jaffe LF. J Cell Biol. 1976 Nov;71(2):674-80. From jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca Thu May 20 11:42:52 2010 From: jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca (Jennifer Chew, Ms.) Date: Thu, 20 May 2010 11:42:52 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] FW: Special Lecture - May 26, 2010 - Dr. Hugh Wilson - Beyond Orientation: Configural Information Pooling in Cortical Form Vision Message-ID: PLEASE DISCARD IF THIS IS A DUPLICATE. THANK YOU. 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McConnell Family Foundation Mid-Career Achievement Award Peter S. McPherson, PhD Tribute in Honour of Ernst Meyer, PhD Outstanding Team Awards Preston Robb Neurological Day Centre Animal Care Facility RSVP by May 19: Giovanna Caraffa, 514 398-8825 or giovanna.caraffa at mcgill.ca ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Vous ?tes cordialement invit?s ? : La Convocation neuro et la c?r?monie des Prix d'excellence Le mercredi 26 mai 2010, 15 heures Une r?ception vin et fromage suivra Amphith??tre Jeanne-Timmins, Institut et h?pital neurologiques de Montr?al Prix d'excellence - ensemble de leurs r?alisations Eva Andermann, M.D., Ph. D. Patricia O'Connor, IA, MSc(A), CHE La fondation de la famille J.W. McConnell Prix d'excellence - chercheur ? mi-carri?re Peter S. McPherson, Ph. D. Hommage en l'honneur de Ernst Meyer, Ph. D. Prix d'excellence - ?quipes exemplaires Centre de jour Preston Robb en neurologie Unit? des soins des animaux RSVP avant le 19 mai: Giovanna Caraffa, 514 398-8825 ou giovanna.caraffa at mcgill.ca From caramanos at gmail.com Fri May 21 08:48:38 2010 From: caramanos at gmail.com (Zografos 'Aki' Caramanos) Date: Fri, 21 May 2010 08:48:38 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] =?iso-8859-1?q?Reminder_=5BBIC_Lecture=3A_Segmenta?= =?iso-8859-1?q?tion_of_Image_Ensembles_via_Latent_Atlases=2C_Dr=2E?= =?iso-8859-1?q?_Tammy_Riklin_Raviv=2C_Postdoctoral_fellow=2C_MIT_?= =?iso-8859-1?q?=28May-21=2C_de_Grandpr=E9_Communications_Centre=29?= =?iso-8859-1?q?=5D?= Message-ID: BIC Lecture Speaker: Tammy Riklin Raviv, Postdoctoral fellow, MIT Date: Friday, May 21, 2010 Time: 1:00pm Location: de Grandpr? Communications Centre, Montreal Neurological Institute Segmentation of Image Ensembles via Latent Atlases --------------------------------------------------- The images acquired via medical imaging modalities are frequently subject to low signal-to-noise ratio, bias field and partial volume effects. These artifacts, together with the naturally low contrast between image intensities of some neighboring structures, make the extraction of regions of interest (ROIs) in clinical images a challenging problem. Probabilistic atlases, typically generated from comprehensive sets of manually labeled examples, facilitate the analysis by providing statistical priors for tissue classification and structure segmentation. However, the limited availability of training examples that are compatible with the images to be segmented renders the atlas-based approaches impractical in many cases. In the talk I will present a generative model for joint segmentation of corresponding regions of interest in a collection of aligned images that does not require labeled training data. Instead, the evolving segmentation of the entire image set supports each of the individual segmentations. This is made possible by iteratively inferring a subset of the model parameters, called the spatial parameters, as part of the joint segmentation processes. These spatial parameters are defined in the image domain and can be viewed as a latent atlas. Our latent atlas formulation is based on probabilistic principles, but we solve it using partial differential equations and energy minimization criteria. We evaluate the method successfully for the segmentation of cortical and subcortical structures within different populations and of brain tumors in a single-subject multi-modal longitudinal experiment. Bio ---- Tammy Riklin Raviv is a post-doctorate researcher at the Medical Vision group of CSAIL, MIT since January 2008. She is also affiliated with the Surgical Planning Laboratory of the Brigham & Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School. She received her PhD degree from the school of Electrical Engineering of Tel-Aviv University in 2008. She received the B.Sc. degree in Physics (1993), and the M.Sc. degree in Computer Science (1999) from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Her areas of interests include Computer Vision and Medical Image Analysis. She was also the recipient of the 2009 MICCAI Young Investigator Award. -- Zografos Caramanos, M.A. Ph.D. Student, Integrated Program in Neuroscience Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Unit, McConnell Brain Imaging Centre, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University 3801 University Street, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3A 2B4 (phone) 514-398-8185; (fax) 514-398-2975 (e-mail) zografos.caramanos at mcgill.ca (website) www.zcaramanos.com -- Zografos Caramanos, M.A. Ph.D. Student, Integrated Program in Neuroscience Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Unit, McConnell Brain Imaging Centre, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University 3801 University Street, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3A 2B4 (phone) 514-398-8185; (fax) 514-398-2975 (e-mail) zografos.caramanos at mcgill.ca (website) www.zcaramanos.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 ________________________________ Jerzy Olszewski Lecture Tuesday, May 25th at 4pm in the Jeanne Timmins Amphitheatre Dear Colleagues, I am very pleased to welcome Karel Svoboda from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Janelia Farm Research Campus as the Jerzy Olszewski Lecturer of 2010. His lecture is entitled: The Neural Circuits underlying Somatosensation Karel Svoboda is known for his ground breaking research in synaptic plasticity, since he was able to image in vivo for the first time the development of new spines on cortical neurons as a result of new sensory experience. This research employing two photon imaging of pyramidal cells in the somatosensory cortex over periods of one month in rodents has thus demonstrated structural changes that underlie learning and memory. Some of his most significant and recent publications are listed below. I strongly encourage you all to attend this honorary lecture which promises to be technically and theoretically exciting and informative. Best regards, Barbara Jones Svoboda's research and laboratory can be viewed on his website: http://www.hhmi.org/research/groupleaders/svoboda_bio.html Publications: Long-term in vivo imaging of experience-dependent synaptic plasticity in adult cortex. Trachtenberg JT, Chen BE, Knott GW, Feng G, Sanes JR, Welker E, Svoboda K. Nature. 2002 Dec 19-26;420(6917):788-94. Transient and persistent dendritic spines in the neocortex in vivo. Holtmaat AJ, Trachtenberg JT, Wilbrecht L, Shepherd GM, Zhang X, Knott GW, Svoboda K. Neuron. 2005 Jan 20;45(2):279-91. Spine growth precedes synapse formation in the adult neocortex in vivo. Knott GW, Holtmaat A, Wilbrecht L, Welker E, Svoboda K. Nat Neurosci. 2006 Sep;9(9):1117-24. Experience-dependent and cell-type-specific spine growth in the neocortex. Holtmaat A, Wilbrecht L, Knott GW, Welker E, Svoboda K. Nature. 2006 Jun 22;441(7096):979-83. Experience-dependent structural synaptic plasticity in the mammalian brain. Holtmaat A, Svoboda K. Nat Rev Neurosci. 2009 Sep;10(9):647-58. Review. Structural plasticity underlies experience-dependent functional plasticity of cortical circuits. Wilbrecht L, Holtmaat A, Wright N, Fox K, Svoboda K. J Neurosci. 2010 Apr 7;30(14):4927-32. From jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca Wed May 26 14:14:53 2010 From: jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca (Jennifer Chew, Ms.) Date: Wed, 26 May 2010 14:14:53 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] =?iso-8859-1?q?FW=3A_=C9cole_d=27=E9t=E9_2010_/_QB?= =?iso-8859-1?q?IN_-_2010_Summer_School?= Message-ID: FOR YOUR INFORMATION. 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: Francine B?langer [mailto:francine.belanger at criugm.qc.ca] Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2010 2:10 PM To: Jennifer Chew, Ms. Subject: ?cole d'?t? 2010 / QBIN - 2010 Summer School Pour une deuxi?me ann?e, le RBIQ organise une ?cole d'?t? d'une dur?e de 3 jours. Le th?me en est ? L'imagerie multi-modale ?. Avant de vous y inscrire, nous vous invitons ? lire les informations suivantes : 1) 16 ao?t 2010 - Formation th?orique : Cette journ?e de formation est ouverte ? tous. Les conf?rences (4) seront donn?es ? l'Amphith??tre Jeanne Timmins ? l'Institut neurologique de Montr?al Le formulaire d'inscription est disponible ici : http://unfweb.criugm.qc.ca/QBIN_SUMMER_SCHOOL_2010/ Une confirmation d'inscription vous parviendra avec les instructions pour le paiement (ch?que ou PayPal) 2) 17 et 18 ao?t - Formation pratique : Ces deux journ?es sont limit?es ? 32 participants. Une s?lection des demandes d'inscription sera faite pour permettre au plus grand nombre possible de groupes/labos d'y participer. Les ateliers pratiques se donneront au d?partement de psychologie de l'Universit? McGill (Steward Biology Bldg, 1205 Dr. Penfield Ave) Le formulaire d'inscription est disponible ici : http://unfweb.criugm.qc.ca/QBIN_SUMMER_SCHOOL_2010/ Une confirmation d'inscription vous parviendra avec les instruction pour le paiement (ch?que ou PayPal). For a second year, the QBIN holds a 3-day summer school. The theme is "Multi-Modal Imaging". To register, please read the following information: 1) 16 August 2010 - theoretical session: this day of training is open to all. Four lectures will be given to the Jeanne Timmins amphitheatre at the Montreal Neurological Institute. Registration form is available here: http://unfweb.criugm.qc.ca/QBIN_SUMMER_SCHOOL_2010/ You will receive a registration confirmation with instructions for payment (check or PayPal). 2) 17 and 18 August - Hands-on Session: these two days are limited to 32 participants. A selection of applications for registration will be made to allow the largest number of groups/labs to participate. 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JENNIFER Jennifer Chew McConnell Brain Imaging Centre MNI - WB317 3801 University Street Montreal, Qc H3A 2B4 Telephone: 514-398-8554 Fax: 514-398-2975 ________________________________ From: Francine B?langer [mailto:francine.belanger at criugm.qc.ca] Sent: Monday, May 31, 2010 12:03 PM To: Maria Sanchez ; christiane.laurier at umontreal.ca; Jennifer Chew, Ms. Subject: ATTENTION: RBIQ - ?cole d'?t? 2010 / QBIN 2010 Summer School ATTENTION... les ateliers pratiques des 17 et 18 ao?t sont limit?s ? 32 participants Les laboratoires int?ress?s ? s'inscrire aux ateliers pratiques (17 et 18 ao?t), doivent le faire avant le 1er juillet 2010. Les organisateurs (Drs Zatorre et Doyon) effectueront une s?lection en fonction d'une r?partition ?quitable des laboratoires inscrits (maximum de 2 participants/labo). PAY ATTENTION... the hands-on sessions on August 17 -18 are limited to 32 participants. Laboratories interested in attending these two-days hands-on session must be registered before July 1st, 2010. The organizers (Drs. Zatorre and Doyon) will made a selection of candidates based on equitable distribution of registered laboratories (maximum of 2 persons/lab). Demande d'inscription/Registration request: : http://unfweb.criugm.qc.ca/QBIN_SUMMER_SCHOOL_2010/ ?cole d'?t? / Summer School 16-18 ao?t 2010 / August 16-18, 2010 Programme pr?liminaire / Preliminary Program OUVERT ? TOUS / OPEN TO ALL 16 ao?t 2010/August 16, 2010 : Formation th?orique/Theoritical lectures Lieu/Venue Amphith??tre Jeanne Timmins, Montreal Neurological Institute 9:00 - 10:30 Techniques for multimodal parcellation of the cerebral cortex Saad JBABDI, University of Oxford, FMRIB Centre 10:30 - 10:50 Pause /Break 10:50 - 12:20 Characterizing brain plasticity in learning using multimodal MRI Jan SCHOLZ, University of Oxford, FMRIB Centre 12:20 - 13:30 Lunch* 13:30 - 15:00 ICA for data fusion Adrian GROVES, University of Oxford, FMRIB Centre 15:00 - 15:20 Pause/Break 15:20 - 16:50 Data mining in neuroimaging Eugene DUFF, University of Oxford, FMRIB Centre LIMIT? ? 32 PARTICIPANTS / LIMITED TO 32 PARTICIPANTS 17 ao?t 2010/August 17, 2010 : Session pratique/Hands-on sessions Lieu/Venue Departement of psychology - McGill University, 1205, Dr. Penfield Ave, Montreal Computer room is sponsored by the NSERC-CREATE training grant (www.acn-create.org) 9 :00 - 12 :00 FSL - Overview 12 :00 - 13 :00 Lunch* 13:00 - 16:00 FSL - fMRI basics LIMIT? ? 32 PARTICIPANTS / LIMITED TO 32 PARTICIPANTS 18 ao?t 2010/August 17, 2010 : Session pratique/Hands-on sessions Lieu/Venue Departement of psychology - McGill University, 1205, Dr. Penfield Ave, Montreal Computer room is sponsored by the NSERC-CREATE training grant (www.acn-create.org) 9 :00 - 12 :00 FSL - dMRI basics 12 :00 - 13 :00 Lunch* 13:00 - 16:00 FSL - Multivariate analysis and ICA * Le lunch est fourni/Lunch is included -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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JENNIFER Jennifer Chew McConnell Brain Imaging Centre MNI - WB317 3801 University Street Montreal, Qc H3A 2B4 Telephone: 514-398-8554 Fax: 514-398-2975 ________________________________ From: neuro [mailto:NEURO at LISTS.MCGILL.CA] On Behalf Of Enza Ferracane, Ms. Sent: Monday, May 31, 2010 12:14 PM To: NEURO at LISTS.MCGILL.CA Subject: [NEURO] Neuro Family Day - Saturday, June 19, Noon - 5:00 p.m. - Pierre Elliot Trudea Park Join us for a good, old fashioned Neuro Family Day Saturday, June 19, Noon to 5 pm Pierre Elliot Trudeau Park 6985 Mackle Road (near Cavendish Mall), Cote Saint-Luc FEAST on traditional picnic fare of burgers, hot dogs, veggie dogs, chips, beer, soda and sweets. PLAY on lawns, paths, sand and playground, sprinkler park, baseball diamond and roller hockey arena. CHALLENGE your friends to softball, badminton, soccer, Frisbee, kickball, sidewalk art and more. BRING your picnic blanket and the toys you want to use and share. VOLUNTEER as Grill Master or Games Captain to add to the fun! Let us know how many burgers and dogs you'll need at: http://neuroevents.mcgill.ca/index.php?page=neuro-family-day For more info, contact Debbie at 514-398-6047 or Debbie.rashcovsky at mcgill.ca Picnic will be cancelled if it rains. Burgers and hotdogs would be served at the Neuro later in the week. Watch the NeuroEvents website for updates.