From caramanos at gmail.com Sun Apr 1 22:47:20 2012 From: caramanos at gmail.com (Zografos 'Aki' CARAMANOS) Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2012 22:47:20 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] =?iso-8859-1?q?=3CREMINDER=3E_BIC_Lecture_Series?= =?iso-8859-1?q?=3A_Winter-2012_Program_=28Mon-Apr-2=2C_1=3A00_pm?= =?iso-8859-1?q?=2C_de_Grandpr=E9_Communications_Centre=3B_Clinical?= =?iso-8859-1?q?_Applications_of_MR_Relaxometry_--_Dr=2E_Nikola_Sti?= =?iso-8859-1?q?kov=29?= Message-ID: *BIC Lecture Series: Winter-2012 Program* * Please join us for our sixth lecture of the season, which will be held at 1:00 pm on Monday, April the 2nd, at The Neuro's de Grandpr? Communications Centre (3801 University Street, Montreal, QC, H3A 2B4). This lecture will be given by Dr. Nikola Stikov, who will give us an introduction to the clinical applications of MR relaxometry. * The BIC Lecture Seriesfeatures informal lectures on brain imaging presented at the McConnell Brain Imaging Centre (*BIC*) at The Neuro by experts in the field. These lectures are informative and open to all. As you can see below, the Winter-2012 Program of the BIC Lecture Series will feature thirteen presentations examining the use of advanced brain imaging techniques to better understand the structure and function of the human brain. These will include data obtained using magnetic resonance imaging (*MRI*), functional MRI (*fMRI*), recording of evoked-response potentials (*ERP*), diffusion tensor imaging (*DTI*), positron emission tomography (*PET*) and magnetoencephalography (*MEG*). We hope to see there! Zografos Caramanos, Petra Schweinhardt, Amir Shmuel, Sridar Narayanan, and Jennifer Chew (Organizers) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ *BIC Lecture Series: Winter-2012 Program* *BIC Lectures are held on Mondays at 1:00 pm in the de Grandpr? Communications Centre, MNI.* *For more information and links to the presentations as they become available, please visit the BIC Lecture Series website .* * * 01) Feb-27: CBRAIN: The Neuro?s Global Brain Imaging Research Platform -- Marc-?tienne Rousseau 02) Mar-05: The Relationship Between Brain Structure, Motor Performance, and Early Musical Training: Evidence from DTI -- Chris Steele 03) Mar-12: Update on Recent MEG Brain Imaging Research: Connectivity, Functional Mapping, and Therapy -- Dr. Sylvain Baillet 04) Mar-19: Investigating the Resting Brain with MEG -- Dr. Esther Florin 05) Mar-26: A Brain-Imaging Perspective of Bilingualism, Brain Organization, and Development -- Dr. Denise Klein *06) Apr-02: Clinical Applications of MR Relaxometry -- Dr. Nikola Stikov * 07) Thu-Apr-12: Title to Be Announced -- Dr. Rick Hoge 08) Apr-16: 7-T MRI of the In Vivo Cortex and Spinal Cord -- Dr. Julien Cohen-Adad 09) Apr-23: Brain Function After Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: Insights from ERP and fMRI -- Dr. Alain Ptito 10) Apr-30: Does the D3 Receptor Play a Role in Addiction? -- Dr. Isabelle Boileau *---) May-07: No Lecture [ISMRM Conference]* 11) May-14: Relating Behaviour and Structural Connectivity in Alzheimer?s Disease and Mild Cognitive Impairment -- Dr. Andrew Reid *---) May-21: No Lecture [Victoria Day]* 12) May-28: Brain Imaging Research at the Douglas Institute -- Dr. Maria Natasha Rajah 13) Jun-04: Title to Be Announced -- Dr. Amir Shmuel -- Zografos Caramanos, M.A. Research Assistant, Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Unit Ph.D. Student, Integrated Program in Neuroscience McConnell Brain Imaging Centre, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University 3801 University Street, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3A 2B4 (phone) 514-299-8160; (fax) 514-398-2975 (e-mail) zografos.caramanos at mcgill.ca (website) www.zcaramanos.com -- Zografos Caramanos, M.A. Research Assistant, Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Unit Ph.D. Student, Integrated Program in Neuroscience McConnell Brain Imaging Centre, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University 3801 University Street, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3A 2B4 (phone) 514-299-8160; (fax) 514-398-2975 (e-mail) zografos.caramanos at mcgill.ca (website) www.zcaramanos.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From christophe.grova at mcgill.ca Mon Apr 2 07:42:01 2012 From: christophe.grova at mcgill.ca (Christophe Grova) Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2012 11:42:01 +0000 Subject: [BIC-announce] Seminar in Biomedical Engineering - Wednesday April 4th at 13h In-Reply-To: <16737_1333022298_4F744E5A_16737_173_4_9E1647EDA3EBB44AADA162CEC4C4222E018B7FDF@exmbx2010-9.campus.MCGILL.CA> References: <16737_1333022298_4F744E5A_16737_173_4_9E1647EDA3EBB44AADA162CEC4C4222E018B7FDF@exmbx2010-9.campus.MCGILL.CA> Message-ID: <9E1647EDA3EBB44AADA162CEC4C4222E018C06FC@EXMBX2010-6.campus.MCGILL.CA> Dear all, Our next Biomedical Engineering Dpt seminar is this coming wednesday Wednesday - April 4th, at 13h Location: Room 333 Lyman Duff Building (Biomedical Engineering Dpt, 3775 University Street). Speaker: Dr. J. Cohen Adad Ph.D. Dr. Cohen Adad just finished his postdoctoral fellowship at the Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging (Boston USA) with Dr. L. Wald, and has been recruited Assistant Professor in the department of Biomedical Engineering of Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal. Title: 7T MRI of the healthy and pathological cerebral cortex Abstract: Ultra-high field MRI (?7T) has recently shown great sensitivity to depict patterns of tissue microarchitecture. Moreover, recent studies have demonstrated a dependency between T2* and orientation of white matter fibers with respect to the main magnetic field B0. During the first part of the talk, we will see how T2* cortical mapping can reveal patterns of cytoarchitectural organization of the in vivo human cortex and how B0 orientation dependence can probe the coherency and orientation of gray matter fibers in the cortex. During the second part of the talk, we will make use of T2* mapping to study cortical demyelination in multiple sclerosis population. The talk will cover most aspects of data acquisition and processing. A list of upcoming seminars can be found at : http://www.mcgill.ca/bme/news/seminars See you there Christophe Grova *************************** Christophe Grova, PhD Assistant Professor Biomedical Engineering Dpt Neurology and Neurosurgery Dpt Montreal Neurological Institute Centre de Recherches en Math?matiques 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 web: http://www.mni.mcgill.ca/research/gotman/members/christophe.html http://www.bmed.mcgill.ca/ *************************** From narlyg at bic.mni.mcgill.ca Tue Apr 3 07:06:13 2012 From: narlyg at bic.mni.mcgill.ca (Narly GOLESTANI) Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2012 07:06:13 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [BIC-announce] PhD/Post-Doctoral position, Neuroimaging of language and audition, University of Geneva Message-ID: Applications are invited at the PhD or at the Post-Doctoral level at the Department of Clinical Neuroscience at the University of Geneva in Switzerland, under the supervision of Professors Narly Golestani and Dimitri Van De Ville. Projects will include developing new methods to analyze aspects of brain morphology using structural MRI, and applying these in the context of normal variability, disease, and expertise. Candidates should have a degree in Biomedical Engineering, Computational Neuroscience, or a related field, and experience with analysis of structural MRI data and with programming are highly desirable. Applicants should have a strong interest in neuroscience and ideally also in research on language and audition. The position can start as early as April 1st 2012, and applications will be considered until the position is filled. Informal inquiries can be addressed to Narly Golestani (Narly.Golestani at unige.ch). Applications including a CV, a statement of research interests, and the names and full contact details of two referees should be sent to: Narly.Golestani at unige.ch. From christophe.grova at mcgill.ca Wed Apr 4 06:47:50 2012 From: christophe.grova at mcgill.ca (Christophe Grova) Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2012 10:47:50 +0000 Subject: [BIC-announce] Seminar in Biomedical Engineering - Wednesday April 4th at 13h In-Reply-To: <3399_1333367585_4F799320_3399_5_3_9E1647EDA3EBB44AADA162CEC4C4222E018C06FC@EXMBX2010-6.campus.MCGILL.CA> References: <16737_1333022298_4F744E5A_16737_173_4_9E1647EDA3EBB44AADA162CEC4C4222E018B7FDF@exmbx2010-9.campus.MCGILL.CA>, <3399_1333367585_4F799320_3399_5_3_9E1647EDA3EBB44AADA162CEC4C4222E018C06FC@EXMBX2010-6.campus.MCGILL.CA> Message-ID: <9E1647EDA3EBB44AADA162CEC4C4222E018C10C8@EXMBX2010-6.campus.MCGILL.CA> Dear all, Our next Biomedical Engineering Dpt seminar is today Wednesday - April 4th, at 13h Location: Room 333 Lyman Duff Building (Biomedical Engineering Dpt, 3775 University Street). Speaker: Dr. J. Cohen Adad Ph.D. Dr. Cohen Adad just finished his postdoctoral fellowship at the Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging (Boston USA) with Dr. L. Wald, and has been recruited Assistant Professor in the department of Biomedical Engineering of Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal. Title: 7T MRI of the healthy and pathological cerebral cortex Abstract: Ultra-high field MRI (?7T) has recently shown great sensitivity to depict patterns of tissue microarchitecture. Moreover, recent studies have demonstrated a dependency between T2* and orientation of white matter fibers with respect to the main magnetic field B0. During the first part of the talk, we will see how T2* cortical mapping can reveal patterns of cytoarchitectural organization of the in vivo human cortex and how B0 orientation dependence can probe the coherency and orientation of gray matter fibers in the cortex. During the second part of the talk, we will make use of T2* mapping to study cortical demyelination in multiple sclerosis population. The talk will cover most aspects of data acquisition and processing. A list of upcoming seminars can be found at : http://www.mcgill.ca/bme/news/seminars See you there Christophe Grova *************************** Christophe Grova, PhD Assistant Professor Biomedical Engineering Dpt Neurology and Neurosurgery Dpt Montreal Neurological Institute Centre de Recherches en Math?matiques 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 web: http://www.mni.mcgill.ca/research/gotman/members/christophe.html http://www.bmed.mcgill.ca/ *************************** From caramanos at gmail.com Thu Apr 5 08:35:15 2012 From: caramanos at gmail.com (Zografos 'Aki' CARAMANOS) Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2012 08:35:15 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] =?iso-8859-1?q?BIC_Lecture_Series=3A_Winter-2012_P?= =?iso-8859-1?q?rogram_=28Thu-Apr-12=2C_1=3A00_pm=2C_de_Grandpr=E9_?= =?iso-8859-1?q?Communications_Centre=3B_New_Developments_in_Calibr?= =?iso-8859-1?q?ated_fMRI=3A_Absolute_Quantification_of_Resting_Oxi?= =?iso-8859-1?q?dative_Metabolism_--_Dr=2E_Rick_Hoge=29?= Message-ID: *BIC Lecture Series: Winter-2012 Program* *Please join us for our seventh lecture of the season, which will be held at 1:00 pm on Thursday, April the 12th, at The Neuro's de Grandpr? Communications Centre (3801 University Street, Montreal, QC, H3A 2B4)**.* * * * This lecture will be given by Dr. Rick Hoge, who will describe recent developments in calibrated fMRI based on absolute quantification of resting oxidative metabolism. * The BIC Lecture Seriesfeatures informal lectures on brain imaging presented at the McConnell Brain Imaging Centre (*BIC*) at The Neuro by experts in the field. These lectures are informative and open to all. As you can see below, the Winter-2012 Program of the BIC Lecture Series will feature thirteen presentations examining the use of advanced brain imaging techniques to better understand the structure and function of the human brain. These will include data obtained using magnetic resonance imaging (*MRI*), functional MRI (*fMRI*), recording of evoked-response potentials (*ERP*), diffusion tensor imaging (*DTI*), positron emission tomography (*PET*) and magnetoencephalography (*MEG*). We hope to see there! Zografos Caramanos, Petra Schweinhardt, Amir Shmuel, Sridar Narayanan, and Jennifer Chew (Organizers) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ *BIC Lecture Series: Winter-2012 Program* *BIC Lectures are held on Mondays at 1:00 pm in the de Grandpr? Communications Centre, MNI.* *For more information and links to the presentations as they become available, please visit the BIC Lecture Series website .* * * 01) Feb-27: CBRAIN: The Neuro?s Global Brain Imaging Research Platform -- Marc-?tienne Rousseau 02) Mar-05: The Relationship Between Brain Structure, Motor Performance, and Early Musical Training: Evidence from DTI -- Chris Steele 03) Mar-12: Update on Recent MEG Brain Imaging Research: Connectivity, Functional Mapping, and Therapy -- Dr. Sylvain Baillet 04) Mar-19: Investigating the Resting Brain with MEG -- Dr. Esther Florin 05) Mar-26: A Brain-Imaging Perspective of Bilingualism, Brain Organization, and Development -- Dr. Denise Klein 06) Apr-02: Clinical Applications of MR Relaxometry -- Dr. Nikola Stikov *07) Thu-Apr-12: New Developments in Calibrated fMRI: Absolute Quantification of Resting Oxidative Metabolism -- Dr. Rick Hoge * 08) Apr-16: 7-T MRI of the In Vivo Cortex and Spinal Cord -- Dr. Julien Cohen-Adad 09) Apr-23: Brain Function After Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: Insights from ERP and fMRI -- Dr. Alain Ptito 10) Apr-30: Does the D3 Receptor Play a Role in Addiction? -- Dr. Isabelle Boileau *---) May-07: No Lecture [ISMRM Conference]* 11) May-14: Relating Behaviour and Structural Connectivity in Alzheimer?s Disease and Mild Cognitive Impairment -- Dr. Andrew Reid *---) May-21: No Lecture [Victoria Day]* 12) May-28: Brain Imaging Research at the Douglas Institute -- Dr. Maria Natasha Rajah 13) Jun-04: Title to Be Announced -- Dr. Amir Shmuel -- Zografos Caramanos, M.A. Research Assistant, Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Unit Ph.D. Student, Integrated Program in Neuroscience McConnell Brain Imaging Centre, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University 3801 University Street, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3A 2B4 (phone) 514-299-8160; (fax) 514-398-2975 (e-mail) zografos.caramanos at mcgill.ca (website) www.zcaramanos.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jung.e.han at mail.mcgill.ca Thu Apr 5 10:55:58 2012 From: jung.e.han at mail.mcgill.ca (Jung Eun Han) Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2012 14:55:58 +0000 Subject: [BIC-announce] The second BAM 2012 Scientific Cafe on Language - April 16th (7PM)! Message-ID: How do we produce language? What happens to your ability to speak after stroke and other brain injuries? Where is language in the brain? Join us for our second Brain Awareness Montreal Scientific Caf? of 2012 where leading neuroscientists Shari Baum, PhD, Laura M. Gonnerman, PhD, and Vincent Gracco, PhD will discuss language processing, multiligualism, language-related disorders and the brain. After a brief discussion by each speaker, they will answer questions from the public. Join us on Monday, April 16th, at 7:00 PM at La Sala Rossa (4848 boul. St. Laurent, Montreal) for an evening of entertainment and enlightenment. This event is free and everyone is welcome! Refreshments will be served and live music will be playing! __________ Comment produisons-nous le langage? Qu'advient-il de notre capacit? ? parler apr?s un accident vasculaire c?r?bral ou autres traumas c?r?braux? O? se trouve le centre du langage dans le cerveau? Nous vous invitons ? notre deuxi?me caf? scientifique du Cerveau en T?te de Montr?al o? les neuroscientifiques Shari Baum, PhD, Laura M. Gonnerman, PhD, et Vincent Gracco, PhD discuteront le traitement du langage, le multilinguisme, et les troubles du langage. Apr?s une courte discussion par chaque conf?rencier, ils r?pondront aux questions du public. Venez vous joindre ? nous le lundi 16 avril ? 19h00 ? la Sala Rossa (4848 boul. St-Laurent, Montr?al) pour une soir?e de divertissement et d'illumination. Cet ?v?nement est gratuit et tous sont les bienvenus! Des rafra?chissements y seront servis et il y aura de la musique! From bruce.pike at mcgill.ca Fri Apr 6 14:49:39 2012 From: bruce.pike at mcgill.ca (G. Bruce Pike, Prof.) Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2012 18:49:39 +0000 Subject: [BIC-announce] Passing of Jennifer Chew's husband Message-ID: <65107EFE-2246-4777-97A3-58739F5B6E7E@mcgill.ca> Dear colleagues, It is with great sadness that I pass along the news of the passing of Jennifer Chew's husband, Charles Adam. Below is the obituary notice that will appear in this Saturday's Gazette. I'm sure I speak on everyone's behalf when I extend our deepest sympathies to Jennifer. Bruce Montreal Gazette - Saturday April 7, 2012 With deep sadness, we announce the passing of Charles (Eddy) Adam, on April 2nd, after a short intense illness. Son of late Charles and Fonque Adam, husband of Jennifer Chew, predeceased by first wife Rohini Siblal, father of Shiraz (Chantal), Vishnu, Samantha, grandfather of Sanjay and Lilia, brother of Monica and Audrey (deceased), John (Patsy) and Roseanne (Sandra) Cleroux (Bob). Uncle of many nieces, nephews, grandnieces and grandnephews. Cousin, in-law and friend to many in Canada and Trinidad and Tobago. Late of Pratt & Whitney Canada. Deepest thanks to Dr. April Shamy and staff and to the ICU headed by Dr. Dev Jayaraman at the Jewish General Hospital. Visitation: April 11th, 6-9pm, Collins Clarke MacGillivray White, 5610 Sherbrooke St West. Funeral Service: April 12th, 11.30am, St. Philips Anglican Church, 25 Brock Ave. N. Interment followed by reception. In lieu of flowers donations to: Leukemia and Lymphoma Society of Canada or NDG Food Depot appreciated. From christophe.grova at mcgill.ca Mon Apr 9 10:10:19 2012 From: christophe.grova at mcgill.ca (Christophe Grova) Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2012 14:10:19 +0000 Subject: [BIC-announce] Seminar in Biomedical Engineering - Wednesday April 11th at 13h Message-ID: <9E1647EDA3EBB44AADA162CEC4C4222E018C2D4B@EXMBX2010-6.campus.MCGILL.CA> Dear all, Our next Biomedical Engineering Dpt seminar is this coming Wednesday Wednesday - April 11th, at 13h Location: Room 333 Lyman Duff Building (Biomedical Engineering Dpt, 3775 University Street). Speaker: Dr. A. Adamantidis Ph.D. Researcher, Douglas Hospital Research Centre Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, McGill University Title: Optogenetic probing of sleep-wake circuits in the brain Abstract: The functions of sleep remains a mystery and the neural substrates involved are the subject of intense study. Successive sleep and wakefulness cycles rely on an appropriate balance between sleep-promoting nuclei of the brain, including inhibitory cells of the ventro-lateral preoptic area and anterior hypothalamus and, arousal-promoting nuclei from the brainstem and the posterior hypothalamus. Hence, the hypothalamus contains cell types able to regulate the occurrence and maintenance of sleep and wake events. Indeed, two distinct neuron populations restricted to the hypothalamus have been recently identified as critical modulators of the sleep-wake cycle: the Hypocretins- (Hcrt1,2, also known as OrexinsA,B)- and Melanin-Concentrating Hormone (MCH)-expressing neurons. We have previously shown that the Hcrt system is involved in promoting wakefulness. However, the role of MCH neurons on the sleep-wake cycle remains unclear. This presentation will summarize the application of in vitro and in vivo optogenetics to characterize the mechanisms implicated in the control of sleep state onset and maintenance. A list of upcoming seminars can be found at : http://www.mcgill.ca/bme/news/seminars See you there Christophe Grova *************************** Christophe Grova, PhD Assistant Professor Biomedical Engineering Dpt Neurology and Neurosurgery Dpt Montreal Neurological Institute Centre de Recherches en Math?matiques 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 web: http://www.mni.mcgill.ca/research/gotman/members/christophe.html http://www.bmed.mcgill.ca/ *************************** From mferre at bic.mni.mcgill.ca Tue Apr 10 13:34:27 2012 From: mferre at bic.mni.mcgill.ca (Michael Ferreira) Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2012 13:34:27 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] =?iso-8859-1?q?FW=3A_Poste_disponible=3A_Ing=E9nie?= =?iso-8859-1?q?ur=28e=29_Biom=E9dical=28e=29_=28neuro-imagerie_m=E9dicale?= =?iso-8859-1?q?=29?= Message-ID: <4F846F23.2060508@bic.mni.mcgill.ca> On behalf of Robert Ouellet from CHA Qu?bec: Centre hospitalier affili? universitaire de Qu?bec ING?NIEUR(E) BIOM?DICAL(E) (Neuro-imagerie m?dicale) Direction g?n?rale adjointe aux affaires administratives Poste permanent ? temps complet Sommaire des responsabilit?s ---------------------------- Personne qui, dans des domaines tels que la microbiologie, la biochimie, la chimie, la physique et le g?nie biom?dical, effectue des travaux d'analyse de nature sp?cialis?e, de d?veloppement, de recherche, d'enseignement et qui agit ? titre de conseiller. Elle collabore ? l'?tablissement de diagnostics, ? la d?termination de traitements, au choix et ? l'utilisation de m?thodes, de techniques et de l'instrumentation. Elle exerce un ensemble d'activit?s relatives au g?nie biom?dical dans le cadre des activit?s du Service de neurochirurgie. Elle occupe une fonction de support scientifique aux activit?s cliniques de neurochirurgie (principalement au niveau de la neuronavigation). Elle participe ? la planification, la pr?paration et la r?alisation des chirurgies par son expertise scientifique en g?nie et en informatique. Ce poste implique aussi une fonction de support scientifique en radiologie pour les aspects d'imagerie en lien avec la neurochirurgie. En coordination avec les diff?rents services conseil de la direction, elle offre le support scientifique et technique dans le cadre du programme d'acquisition des ?quipements m?dicaux ordinaires et sp?cialit?s. Elle contribue au d?veloppement et ? la mise en place d'approches et de pratiques innovatrices en mati?re d'acquisition d'?quipements et de gestion des risques associ?s au fonctionnement des ?quipements. Elle agit ?galement ? titre d'agent de changement et de partenaire aupr?s des gestionnaires, des m?decins et du personnel de l'?tablissement. Qualifications requises ----------------------- ? Connaissances acad?miques: D?tenir un baccalaur?at en g?nie dans l'une des sp?cialit?s suivantes : g?nie ?lectrique, g?nie m?canique, g?nie physique ou g?nie informatique : dipl?me d'?tudes universitaires de 2e cycle en g?nie biom?dical ou toute autre formation en lien avec les aspects cliniques de cette fonction. ? Connaissances pratiques: Exp?rience pertinente en milieu hospitalier. Connaissance de l'anglais parl? et ?crit. Exp?rience ou connaissances en neurologie serait un atout. ? Qualit?s personnelles et professionnelles: Fort int?r?t pour les aspects cliniques du g?nie biom?dical, capacit? de travailler dans l'environnement du bloc op?ratoire, horaire flexible (jour, soir et nuit), esprit d'analyse et de synth?se, sens de l'organisation, autonomie, communications interpersonnelles, travail en ?quipe multidisciplinaire, leadership professionnel, propension ? l'action. La personne qui occupe cette fonction pr?sente un profil de leader mobilisateur et une approche de gestion innovatrice adapt?e aux changements et ax?e vers les r?sultats. Elle utilise efficacement ses habilet?s de communications interpersonnelles et organisationnelles. Soucieuse de la pr?servation des valeurs organisationnelles bas?es sur le respect, l'?quit?, la transparence et l'imputabilit?, elle d?montre un jugement appropri? en toutes circonstances. Dot?e d'une bonne capacit? de travail, elle est ? l'aise pour intervenir et soutenir les gestionnaires dans des situations complexes. Conditions de travail et r?mun?ration ------------------------------------- Selon les normes applicables au personnel syndiqu? du r?seau de la sant? et des services sociaux du Qu?bec (38 200 $ et 72 400 $). Veuillez faire parvenir votre curriculum vit? au plus tard le 20 avril 2012 ? : Concours : Ing?nieur(e) biom?dical(e) ?Neuro-imagerie m?dicale? Direction des ressources humaines Centre hospitalier affili? universitaire de Qu?bec 1401, 18e Rue, Qu?bec (Qu?bec) G1J 1Z4 T?l?c : 418 649-5974 carrieres.cha at ssss.gouv.qc.ca N.B : Nous remercions toutes les personnes qui ont pos? leur candidature, seules celles invit?es en entrevue seront contact?es. cha.quebec.qc.ca From caramanos at gmail.com Wed Apr 11 02:19:54 2012 From: caramanos at gmail.com (Zografos 'Aki' CARAMANOS) Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2012 02:19:54 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] =?iso-8859-1?q?=3CREMINDER=3E_BIC_Lecture_Series?= =?iso-8859-1?q?=3A_Winter-2012_Program_=28Thu-Apr-12=2C_1=3A00_pm?= =?iso-8859-1?q?=2C_de_Grandpr=E9_Communications_Centre=3B_New_Deve?= =?iso-8859-1?q?lopments_in_Calibrated_fMRI=3A_Absolute_Quantificat?= =?iso-8859-1?q?ion_of_Resting_Oxidative_Metabolism_--_Dr=2E_Rick_H?= =?iso-8859-1?q?oge=29?= Message-ID: *BIC Lecture Series: Winter-2012 Program* *Please join us for our seventh lecture of the season, which will be held at 1:00 pm on Thursday, April the 12th, at The Neuro's de Grandpr? Communications Centre (3801 University Street, Montreal, QC, H3A 2B4)**.* * * * This lecture will be given by Dr. Rick Hoge, who will describe recent developments in calibrated fMRI based on absolute quantification of resting oxidative metabolism. * The BIC Lecture Seriesfeatures informal lectures on brain imaging presented at the McConnell Brain Imaging Centre (*BIC*) at The Neuro by experts in the field. These lectures are informative and open to all. As you can see below, the Winter-2012 Program of the BIC Lecture Series will feature thirteen presentations examining the use of advanced brain imaging techniques to better understand the structure and function of the human brain. These will include data obtained using magnetic resonance imaging (*MRI*), functional MRI (*fMRI*), recording of evoked-response potentials (*ERP*), diffusion tensor imaging (*DTI*), positron emission tomography (*PET*) and magnetoencephalography (*MEG*). We hope to see there! Zografos Caramanos, Petra Schweinhardt, Amir Shmuel, Sridar Narayanan, and Jennifer Chew (Organizers) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ *BIC Lecture Series: Winter-2012 Program* *BIC Lectures are held on Mondays at 1:00 pm in the de Grandpr? Communications Centre, MNI.* *For more information and links to the presentations as they become available, please visit the BIC Lecture Series website .* * * 01) Feb-27: CBRAIN: The Neuro?s Global Brain Imaging Research Platform -- Marc-?tienne Rousseau 02) Mar-05: The Relationship Between Brain Structure, Motor Performance, and Early Musical Training: Evidence from DTI -- Chris Steele 03) Mar-12: Update on Recent MEG Brain Imaging Research: Connectivity, Functional Mapping, and Therapy -- Dr. Sylvain Baillet 04) Mar-19: Investigating the Resting Brain with MEG -- Dr. Esther Florin 05) Mar-26: A Brain-Imaging Perspective of Bilingualism, Brain Organization, and Development -- Dr. Denise Klein 06) Apr-02: Clinical Applications of MR Relaxometry -- Dr. Nikola Stikov *07) Thu-Apr-12: New Developments in Calibrated fMRI: Absolute Quantification of Resting Oxidative Metabolism -- Dr. Rick Hoge * 08) Apr-16: 7-T MRI of the In Vivo Cortex and Spinal Cord -- Dr. Julien Cohen-Adad 09) Apr-23: Brain Function After Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: Insights from ERP and fMRI -- Dr. Alain Ptito 10) Apr-30: Does the D3 Receptor Play a Role in Addiction? -- Dr. Isabelle Boileau *---) May-07: No Lecture [ISMRM Conference]* 11) May-14: Relating Behaviour and Structural Connectivity in Alzheimer?s Disease and Mild Cognitive Impairment -- Dr. Andrew Reid *---) May-21: No Lecture [Victoria Day]* 12) May-28: Brain Imaging Research at the Douglas Institute -- Dr. Maria Natasha Rajah 13) Jun-04: Title to Be Announced -- Dr. Amir Shmuel -- Zografos Caramanos, M.A. Research Assistant, Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Unit Ph.D. Student, Integrated Program in Neuroscience McConnell Brain Imaging Centre, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University 3801 University Street, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3A 2B4 (phone) 514-299-8160; (fax) 514-398-2975 (e-mail) zografos.caramanos at mcgill.ca (website) www.zcaramanos.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From christophe.grova at mcgill.ca Wed Apr 11 07:26:43 2012 From: christophe.grova at mcgill.ca (Christophe Grova) Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2012 11:26:43 +0000 Subject: [BIC-announce] Seminar in Biomedical Engineering - Wednesday April 11th at 13h In-Reply-To: <16756_1333981225_4F82F029_16756_222_6_9E1647EDA3EBB44AADA162CEC4C4222E018C2D4B@EXMBX2010-6.campus.MCGILL.CA> References: <16756_1333981225_4F82F029_16756_222_6_9E1647EDA3EBB44AADA162CEC4C4222E018C2D4B@EXMBX2010-6.campus.MCGILL.CA> Message-ID: <9E1647EDA3EBB44AADA162CEC4C4222E018C45DF@EXMBX2010-6.campus.MCGILL.CA> Dear all, Our next Biomedical Engineering Dpt seminar is today Wednesday - April 11th, at 13h Location: Room 333 Lyman Duff Building (Biomedical Engineering Dpt, 3775 University Street). Speaker: Dr. A. Adamantidis Ph.D. Researcher, Douglas Hospital Research Centre Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, McGill University Title: Optogenetic probing of sleep-wake circuits in the brain Abstract: The functions of sleep remains a mystery and the neural substrates involved are the subject of intense study. Successive sleep and wakefulness cycles rely on an appropriate balance between sleep-promoting nuclei of the brain, including inhibitory cells of the ventro-lateral preoptic area and anterior hypothalamus and, arousal-promoting nuclei from the brainstem and the posterior hypothalamus. Hence, the hypothalamus contains cell types able to regulate the occurrence and maintenance of sleep and wake events. Indeed, two distinct neuron populations restricted to the hypothalamus have been recently identified as critical modulators of the sleep-wake cycle: the Hypocretins- (Hcrt1,2, also known as OrexinsA,B)- and Melanin-Concentrating Hormone (MCH)-expressing neurons. We have previously shown that the Hcrt system is involved in promoting wakefulness. However, the role of MCH neurons on the sleep-wake cycle remains unclear. This presentation will summarize the application of in vitro and in vivo optogenetics to characterize the mechanisms implicated in the control of sleep state onset and maintenance. A list of upcoming seminars can be found at : http://www.mcgill.ca/bme/news/seminars See you there Christophe Grova *************************** Christophe Grova, PhD Assistant Professor Biomedical Engineering Dpt Neurology and Neurosurgery Dpt Montreal Neurological Institute Centre de Recherches en Math?matiques 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 web: http://www.mni.mcgill.ca/research/gotman/members/christophe.html http://www.bmed.mcgill.ca/ *************************** From caramanos at gmail.com Thu Apr 12 14:58:25 2012 From: caramanos at gmail.com (Zografos 'Aki' CARAMANOS) Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2012 14:58:25 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] Pathways and Connections: Dr. Alyson Fournier (Wed-April-18th at 5:30 pm; Thomson House, room 403) Message-ID: Pathways and Connections *How does one become a successful neuroscientist?* This informal seminar series will try to answer this question through a series of conversations with some of the most successful neuroscientists in the world: researchers who are affiliated with McGill University ?s Integrated Program in Neuroscience or former McGill Neuroscience Alumni who are now in the non-academic world. This will be your chance to talk to them about the circuitous pathways and the important, but often serendipitous, connections that led them to where they are now. *The next session of the Pathways and Connections series will feature Dr. Alyson Fournier and will be held **at Thomson House (3650 McTavish , room 403) starting at 5:30 pm **on Wednesday, April 18th. * * * Dr. Alyson Fournieris a biologist who conducts research into the mechanisms that inhibit neuron regeneration following disease or injury. She is currently an Associate Professor in McGill University?s Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery and currently holds a Tier II Canada Research Chair in Regenerative Neuroscience. Dr. Fournier's lab at the Neuro is aimed at identifying and targeting signalling pathways taken by inhibitors as they converge and form blockages to neuron re-growth. Dr. Fournier is also studying the effects of myelin inhibitors on gene expression as a means of identifying the genes involved in neuronal pathways. The aim of Dr. Fournier's research program is to develop a better understanding of the molecular components participating in neurite outgrowth and growth cone collapse. She is particularly interested in studying rho family GTPases and their downstream effectors due to their effects on the actin cytoskeleton. A fuller understanding of the mechanism of outgrowth inhibition will be used to develop strategies to promote regenerative growth. *Please note that space is limited: to **RSVP, or for more information, please contact Zografos Caramanos **.* * * * * *At the present time, two more sessions are planned for Spring-2012:* 1) Dr. Natasha Rajahon May 2nd, 5:30 pm, Thomson House, room 403. ** 2) Dr. Phil Barkeron May 23rd, 5:30 pm, Thomson House, room 403. * * * * -- Zografos Caramanos, M.A. Research Assistant, Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Unit Ph.D. Student, Integrated Program in Neuroscience McConnell Brain Imaging Centre, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University 3801 University Street, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3A 2B4 (phone) 514-299-8160; (fax) 514-398-2975 (e-mail) zografos.caramanos at mcgill.ca (website) www.zcaramanos.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From caramanos at gmail.com Thu Apr 12 15:11:53 2012 From: caramanos at gmail.com (Zografos 'Aki' CARAMANOS) Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2012 15:11:53 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] =?iso-8859-1?q?BIC_Lecture_Series=3A_Winter-2012_P?= =?iso-8859-1?q?rogram_=28Mon-Apr-16=2C_1=3A00_pm=2C_de_Grandpr=E9_?= =?iso-8859-1?q?Communications_Centre=3B_7-T_MRI=3A_What_are_Strong?= =?iso-8859-1?q?_Magnetic_Field_and_Strong_Gradients_Good_For=3F_--?= =?iso-8859-1?q?_Dr=2E_Julien_Cohen-Adad=29?= Message-ID: *BIC Lecture Series: Winter-2012 Program* * Please join us for our eighth lecture of the season, which will be held at 1:00 pm on Monday, April the 16th, at The Neuro's de Grandpr? Communications Centre (3801 University Street, Montreal, QC, H3A 2B4). This lecture will be given by Dr. Julien Cohen-Adad, who will give us an introduction to 7-T MRI and a discussion of the advantages of strong magnetic fields and strong gradients. * The BIC Lecture Seriesfeatures informal lectures on brain imaging presented at the McConnell Brain Imaging Centre (*BIC*) at The Neuro by experts in the field. These lectures are informative and open to all. As you can see below, the Winter-2012 Program of the BIC Lecture Series will feature twelve presentations examining the use of advanced brain imaging techniques to better understand the structure and function of the human brain. These will include data obtained using magnetic resonance imaging (*MRI*), functional MRI (*fMRI*), recording of evoked-response potentials (*ERP*), diffusion tensor imaging (*DTI*), positron emission tomography (*PET*) and magnetoencephalography (*MEG*). We hope to see there! Zografos Caramanos, Petra Schweinhardt, Amir Shmuel, Sridar Narayanan, and Jennifer Chew (Organizers) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ *BIC Lecture Series: Winter-2012 Program* *BIC Lectures are held on Mondays at 1:00 pm in the de Grandpr? Communications Centre, MNI.* *For more information and links to the presentations as they become available, please visit the BIC Lecture Series website .* * * 01) Feb-27: CBRAIN: The Neuro?s Global Brain Imaging Research Platform -- Marc-?tienne Rousseau 02) Mar-05: The Relationship Between Brain Structure, Motor Performance, and Early Musical Training: Evidence from DTI -- Chris Steele 03) Mar-12: Update on Recent MEG Brain Imaging Research: Connectivity, Functional Mapping, and Therapy -- Dr. Sylvain Baillet 04) Mar-19: Investigating the Resting Brain with MEG -- Dr. Esther Florin 05) Mar-26: A Brain-Imaging Perspective of Bilingualism, Brain Organization, and Development -- Dr. Denise Klein 06) Apr-02: Clinical Applications of MR Relaxometry -- Dr. Nikola Stikov 07) Thu-Apr-12: New Developments in Calibrated fMRI: Absolute Quantification of Resting Oxidative Metabolism -- Dr. Rick Hoge *08) Apr-16: 7-T MRI of the In Vivo Cortex and Spinal Cord -- Dr. Julien Cohen-Adad * 09) Apr-23: Brain Function After Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: Insights from ERP and fMRI -- Dr. Alain Ptito 10) Apr-30: Does the D3 Receptor Play a Role in Addiction? -- Dr. Isabelle Boileau *---) May-07: No Lecture [ISMRM Conference]* 11) May-14: Relating Behaviour and Structural Connectivity in Alzheimer?s Disease and Mild Cognitive Impairment -- Dr. Andrew Reid *---) May-21: No Lecture [Victoria Day]* 12) May-28: Brain Imaging Research at the Douglas Institute -- Dr. Maria Natasha Rajah -- Zografos Caramanos, M.A. Research Assistant, Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Unit Ph.D. Student, Integrated Program in Neuroscience McConnell Brain Imaging Centre, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University 3801 University Street, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3A 2B4 (phone) 514-299-8160; (fax) 514-398-2975 (e-mail) zografos.caramanos at mcgill.ca (website) www.zcaramanos.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jung.e.han at mail.mcgill.ca Fri Apr 13 14:30:01 2012 From: jung.e.han at mail.mcgill.ca (Jung Eun Han) Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2012 18:30:01 +0000 Subject: [BIC-announce] REMINDER: The second BAM 2012 Scientific Cafe on Language - April 16th (7PM)! Message-ID: How do we produce language? What happens to your ability to speak after stroke and other brain injuries? Where is language in the brain? Join us for our second Brain Awareness Montreal Scientific Caf? of 2012 where leading neuroscientists Shari Baum, PhD, Laura M. Gonnerman, PhD, and Vincent Gracco, PhD will discuss language processing, multiligualism, language-related disorders and the brain. After a brief discussion by each speaker, they will answer questions from the public. Join us on Monday, April 16th, at 7:00 PM at La Sala Rossa (4848 boul. St. Laurent, Montreal) for an evening of entertainment and enlightenment. This event is free and everyone is welcome! Refreshments will be served and live music will be playing! Please RSVP on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/200762960039858/ __________ Comment produisons-nous le langage? Qu'advient-il de notre capacit? ? parler apr?s un accident vasculaire c?r?bral ou autres traumas c?r?braux? O? se trouve le centre du langage dans le cerveau? Nous vous invitons ? notre deuxi?me caf? scientifique du Cerveau en T?te de Montr?al o? les neuroscientifiques Shari Baum, PhD, Laura M. Gonnerman, PhD, et Vincent Gracco, PhD discuteront le traitement du langage, le multilinguisme, et les troubles du langage. Apr?s une courte discussion par chaque conf?rencier, ils r?pondront aux questions du public. Venez vous joindre ? nous le lundi 16 avril ? 19h00 ? la Sala Rossa (4848 boul. St-Laurent, Montr?al) pour une soir?e de divertissement et d'illumination. Cet ?v?nement est gratuit et tous sont les bienvenus! Des rafra?chissements y seront servis et il y aura de la musique! From caramanos at gmail.com Mon Apr 16 00:55:14 2012 From: caramanos at gmail.com (Zografos 'Aki' CARAMANOS) Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2012 00:55:14 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] =?iso-8859-1?q?=3CREMINDER=3E_BIC_Lecture_Series?= =?iso-8859-1?q?=3A_Winter-2012_Program_=28Mon-Apr-16=2C_1=3A00_pm?= =?iso-8859-1?q?=2C_de_Grandpr=E9_Communications_Centre=3B_7-T_MRI?= =?iso-8859-1?q?=3A_What_are_Strong_Magnetic_Field_and_Strong_Gradi?= =?iso-8859-1?q?ents_Good_For=3F_--_Dr=2E_Julien_Cohen-Adad=29?= Message-ID: *BIC Lecture Series: Winter-2012 Program* * Please join us for our eighth lecture of the season, which will be held at 1:00 pm on Monday, April the 16th, at The Neuro's de Grandpr? Communications Centre (3801 University Street, Montreal, QC, H3A 2B4). This lecture will be given by Dr. Julien Cohen-Adad, who will give us an introduction to 7-T MRI and a discussion of the advantages of strong magnetic fields and strong gradients. * The BIC Lecture Seriesfeatures informal lectures on brain imaging presented at the McConnell Brain Imaging Centre (*BIC*) at The Neuro by experts in the field. These lectures are informative and open to all. As you can see below, the Winter-2012 Program of the BIC Lecture Series will feature twelve presentations examining the use of advanced brain imaging techniques to better understand the structure and function of the human brain. These will include data obtained using magnetic resonance imaging (*MRI*), functional MRI (*fMRI*), recording of evoked-response potentials (*ERP*), diffusion tensor imaging (*DTI*), positron emission tomography (*PET*) and magnetoencephalography (*MEG*). We hope to see there! Zografos Caramanos, Petra Schweinhardt, Amir Shmuel, Sridar Narayanan, and Jennifer Chew (Organizers) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ *BIC Lecture Series: Winter-2012 Program* *BIC Lectures are held on Mondays at 1:00 pm in the de Grandpr? Communications Centre, MNI.* *For more information and links to the presentations as they become available, please visit the BIC Lecture Series website .* * * 01) Feb-27: CBRAIN: The Neuro?s Global Brain Imaging Research Platform -- Marc-?tienne Rousseau 02) Mar-05: The Relationship Between Brain Structure, Motor Performance, and Early Musical Training: Evidence from DTI -- Chris Steele 03) Mar-12: Update on Recent MEG Brain Imaging Research: Connectivity, Functional Mapping, and Therapy -- Dr. Sylvain Baillet 04) Mar-19: Investigating the Resting Brain with MEG -- Dr. Esther Florin 05) Mar-26: A Brain-Imaging Perspective of Bilingualism, Brain Organization, and Development -- Dr. Denise Klein 06) Apr-02: Clinical Applications of MR Relaxometry -- Dr. Nikola Stikov 07) Thu-Apr-12: New Developments in Calibrated fMRI: Absolute Quantification of Resting Oxidative Metabolism -- Dr. Rick Hoge *08) Apr-16: 7-T MRI: What are Strong Magnetic Field and Strong Gradients Good For? -- Dr. Julien Cohen-Adad * 09) Apr-23: Brain Function After Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: Insights from ERP and fMRI -- Dr. Alain Ptito 10) Apr-30: Does the D3 Receptor Play a Role in Addiction? -- Dr. Isabelle Boileau *---) May-07: No Lecture [ISMRM Conference]* 11) May-14: Relating Behaviour and Structural Connectivity in Alzheimer?s Disease and Mild Cognitive Impairment -- Dr. Andrew Reid *---) May-21: No Lecture [Victoria Day]* 12) May-28: Brain Imaging Research at the Douglas Institute -- Dr. Maria Natasha Rajah -- Zografos Caramanos, M.A. Research Assistant, Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Unit Ph.D. Student, Integrated Program in Neuroscience McConnell Brain Imaging Centre, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University 3801 University Street, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3A 2B4 (phone) 514-299-8160; (fax) 514-398-2975 (e-mail) zografos.caramanos at mcgill.ca (website) www.zcaramanos.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jung.e.han at mail.mcgill.ca Mon Apr 16 11:08:19 2012 From: jung.e.han at mail.mcgill.ca (Jung Eun Han) Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2012 15:08:19 +0000 Subject: [BIC-announce] The second BAM 2012 Scientific Cafe on Language - TODAY (7PM)!! In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: How do we produce language? What happens to your ability to speak after stroke and other brain injuries? Where is language in the brain? Join us for our second Brain Awareness Montreal Scientific Caf? of 2012 where leading neuroscientists Shari Baum, PhD, Laura M. Gonnerm...an, PhD, and Vincent Gracco, PhD and a speech-language pathologist, Julie Guilbault, MPO will discuss language processing, multiligualism, language-related disorders and the brain. After a brief discussion by each speaker, they will answer questions from the public. Join us on Monday, April 16th, at 7:00 PM at La Sala Rossa (4848 boul. St. Laurent, Montreal) for an evening of entertainment and enlightenment. This event is free and everyone is welcome! Refreshments will be served and live music will be playing! _______ Comment produisons-nous le langage? Qu'advient-il de notre capacit? ? parler apr?s un accident vasculaire c?r?bral ou autres traumas c?r?braux? O? se trouve le centre du langage dans le cerveau? Nous vous invitons ? notre deuxi?me caf? scientifique du Cerveau en T?te de Montr?al o? les neuroscientifiques Shari Baum, PhD, Julie Guilbault, MPO (Orthophoniste), Laura M. Gonnerman, PhD, et Vincent Gracco, PhD discuteront le traitement du langage, le multilinguisme, et les troubles du langage. Apr?s une courte discussion par chaque conf?rencier, ils r?pondront aux questions du public. Venez vous joindre ? nous le lundi 16 avril ? 19h00 ? la Sala Rossa (4848 boul. St-Laurent, Montr?al) pour une soir?e de divertissement et d'illumination. Cet ?v?nement est gratuit et tous sont les bienvenus! Des rafra?chissements y seront servis et il y aura de la musique! From sylvain.baillet at mcgill.ca Tue Apr 17 12:46:33 2012 From: sylvain.baillet at mcgill.ca (Sylvain Baillet, Dr) Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2012 16:46:33 +0000 Subject: [BIC-announce] 1st Brainstorm User Symposium & Training Course (Biomag Satellite, August 31, 2012) Message-ID: <186081CB-CA18-4745-AF80-FACCD5133FE6@mcgill.ca> (Apologies for multiple postings - please forward with your MEG/EEG collaborators) Dear all: Please find below information about registration and submission of contributions to the 1st Brainstorm-Users Symposium, an official Satellite event to Biomag2012, to be held in Paris (France), August 31, 2012. Please visit the links below to register to the training and/or submit your contribution to the symposium (1-page abstract to be sent to brainstorm at sipi.usc.edu, before June 1). We welcome contributions from scientists who have used Brainstorm to analyze their MEG or EEG data. Selected papers will be offered the opportunity to be presented during an oral session at the Symposium, and their primary author will be waived the participation fees to the event [$35 (students & post-docs) - $65 (faculty & staff)]. We are looking forward to this exciting event in Paris, Any questions, please ask. Cheers - Sylvain. ? Sylvain Baillet, PhD Associate Professor, Neurology & Neurosurgery Associate Member, Dept. of Biomedical Engineering Director, MEG Research neuroSPEED lab - MEG @ McGill - Brainstorm project McConnell Brain Imaging Centre Montreal Neurological Institute McGill University [BrainstormParisCourse.png] General information * When: Friday, August 31, 2012 - (9am - 6pm) * Where: Brain & Spine Institute, H?pital de la Salp?tri?re, Paris (France) * Motivation: Academic software applications for MEG and EEG data analysis have grown considerably over the past decade, reaching to an increasing number of users and achieving higher degrees of sophistication (Baillet et al., 2011). Brainstorm is a software project that is entering its second decade of development and distribution, with an open-source and free-of-charge policy. More 4000 users have downloaded Brainstorm's code or executable packages (which do not require a Matlab license), and 500 registered active users access the software updates on a regular basis. Brainstorm's user community is growing rapidly and features a great variety of research areas in MEG and EEG. We believe Brainstorm is serving well its users, in terms of facility and convenience of utilization and improvements in productivity and reproducibility of their research output. More than 90 journal articles feature results obtained using Brainstorm. The software is now featuring new elements for scripting large batches of data workflows (automated analysis pipelines, group analyses, etc.) and users can plug in their own processes for data analysis. As the user community is growing in size and diversity, we wish to feature some of the most exciting and cutting-edge usage of the software and communicate the essential elements of the application to other researchers. * About this Symposium & Training Clinic: This Biomag Satellite Symposium will feature both oral communications from Brainstorm users and a full hands-on training course. Participants need to bring their own laptops to practice with Brainstorm. The benefit is that they will be able to reproduce the steps taken during the training, when back to their home institution. We anticipate it will be a unique opportunity for the Biomag community to provide feedback on the software, to help its developers improve and provide new features, and to carry in-depth insight about current and future developments to new users. * Cited Reference: Baillet, S.; Friston, K. & Oostenveld, R. (2011) Academic software applications for electromagnetic brain mapping using MEG and EEG. Comput Intell Neurosci, 972050 * Paper submission: If you would be interested in presenting your results obtained with Brainstorm in a 20-min talk, please contact us with a title and abstract (one page maximum, deadline for submission: June 1, 2012). First author of selected papers will be waived participation fees to the Symposium. * Program: * 09:00 - 09:30: MEG & EEG source imaging crash course: concepts, jargon & foundations (Sylvain Baillet, McGill University) * 09:30 - 10:00: Brainstorm overview: software architecture, typical data workflow (Francois Tadel, McGill University) * 10:00 - 11:00 User Symposium: 3 presentations (20 mins each) from the user community * 11:00 - 11:15 Coffee break * 11:15 - 12:30 Hands-on training begins (Attendees run the software on their own laptops) * Data importation (EEG, MEG, MRI) * Essential pre-processing steps (data review, artifact detection & correction,filtering, epoching, averaging) * 12:30 - 13:30 Lunch break * 13:30 - 18:00 Hands-on training resumes (Attendees run the software on their own laptops; coffee & refreshments served) * Essential pre-processing steps, continued * Sensor-based data analysis (sensor clusters, spectra, time-frequency decompositions) * Head modeling * Source modeling & imaging * Essential post-processing steps of source images (definition of regions of interest, time-frequency analyses, registration with anatomical atlases, group analysis, statistics, batch processes, scripting) * Target audience: MEG and EEG users interested in presenting their results using Brainstorm and/or learning about the software basic and more advanced elements. * Participants (50 max.): Students, Post-docs, Staff, Faculty interested in learning a new tool for MEG and EEG data analysis and source imaging. * Participation fees: $35 USD (students & post-docs) - $65 USD (faculty & staff) - Register first and we will contact you about payment options later. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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This lecture will be given by Dr. Alain Ptito, who will describe recent insights from ERP and fMRI into brain function after mild traumatic brain injury. * The BIC Lecture Seriesfeatures informal lectures on brain imaging presented at the McConnell Brain Imaging Centre (*BIC*) at The Neuro by experts in the field. These lectures are informative and open to all. As you can see below, the Winter-2012 Program of the BIC Lecture Series will feature twelve presentations examining the use of advanced brain imaging techniques to better understand the structure and function of the human brain. These will include data obtained using magnetic resonance imaging (*MRI*), functional MRI (*fMRI*), recording of evoked-response potentials (*ERP*), diffusion tensor imaging (*DTI*), positron emission tomography (*PET*) and magnetoencephalography (*MEG*). We hope to see there! Zografos Caramanos, Petra Schweinhardt, Amir Shmuel, Sridar Narayanan, and Jennifer Chew (Organizers) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ *BIC Lecture Series: Winter-2012 Program* *BIC Lectures are held on Mondays at 1:00 pm in the de Grandpr? Communications Centre, MNI.* *For more information and links to the presentations as they become available, please visit the BIC Lecture Series website .* * * 01) Feb-27: CBRAIN: The Neuro?s Global Brain Imaging Research Platform -- Marc-?tienne Rousseau 02) Mar-05: The Relationship Between Brain Structure, Motor Performance, and Early Musical Training: Evidence from DTI -- Chris Steele 03) Mar-12: Update on Recent MEG Brain Imaging Research: Connectivity, Functional Mapping, and Therapy -- Dr. Sylvain Baillet 04) Mar-19: Investigating the Resting Brain with MEG -- Dr. Esther Florin 05) Mar-26: A Brain-Imaging Perspective of Bilingualism, Brain Organization, and Development -- Dr. Denise Klein 06) Apr-02: Clinical Applications of MR Relaxometry -- Dr. Nikola Stikov 07) Thu-Apr-12: New Developments in Calibrated fMRI: Absolute Quantification of Resting Oxidative Metabolism -- Dr. Rick Hoge 08) Apr-16: 7-T MRI of the In Vivo Cortex and Spinal Cord -- Dr. Julien Cohen-Adad *09) Apr-23: Brain Function After Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: Insights from ERP and fMRI -- Dr. Alain Ptito * 10) Apr-30: Does the D3 Receptor Play a Role in Addiction? -- Dr. Isabelle Boileau *---) May-07: No Lecture [ISMRM Conference]* 11) May-14: Relating Behaviour and Structural Connectivity in Alzheimer?s Disease and Mild Cognitive Impairment -- Dr. Andrew Reid *---) May-21: No Lecture [Victoria Day]* 12) May-28: Brain Imaging Research at the Douglas Institute -- Dr. Maria Natasha Rajah -- Zografos Caramanos, M.A. Research Assistant, Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Unit Ph.D. Student, Integrated Program in Neuroscience McConnell Brain Imaging Centre, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University 3801 University Street, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3A 2B4 (phone) 514-299-8160; (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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This lecture will be given by Dr. Alain Ptito, who will describe recent insights from ERP and fMRI into brain function after mild traumatic brain injury. * The BIC Lecture Seriesfeatures informal lectures on brain imaging presented at the McConnell Brain Imaging Centre (*BIC*) at The Neuro by experts in the field. These lectures are informative and open to all. As you can see below, the Winter-2012 Program of the BIC Lecture Series will feature twelve presentations examining the use of advanced brain imaging techniques to better understand the structure and function of the human brain. These will include data obtained using magnetic resonance imaging (*MRI*), functional MRI (*fMRI*), recording of evoked-response potentials (*ERP*), diffusion tensor imaging (*DTI*), positron emission tomography (*PET*) and magnetoencephalography (*MEG*). We hope to see there! Zografos Caramanos, Petra Schweinhardt, Amir Shmuel, Sridar Narayanan, and Jennifer Chew (Organizers) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ *BIC Lecture Series: Winter-2012 Program* *BIC Lectures are held on Mondays at 1:00 pm in the de Grandpr? Communications Centre, MNI.* *For more information and links to the presentations as they become available, please visit the BIC Lecture Series website .* * * 01) Feb-27: CBRAIN: The Neuro?s Global Brain Imaging Research Platform -- Marc-?tienne Rousseau 02) Mar-05: The Relationship Between Brain Structure, Motor Performance, and Early Musical Training: Evidence from DTI -- Chris Steele 03) Mar-12: Update on Recent MEG Brain Imaging Research: Connectivity, Functional Mapping, and Therapy -- Dr. Sylvain Baillet 04) Mar-19: Investigating the Resting Brain with MEG -- Dr. Esther Florin 05) Mar-26: A Brain-Imaging Perspective of Bilingualism, Brain Organization, and Development -- Dr. Denise Klein 06) Apr-02: Clinical Applications of MR Relaxometry -- Dr. Nikola Stikov 07) Thu-Apr-12: New Developments in Calibrated fMRI: Absolute Quantification of Resting Oxidative Metabolism -- Dr. Rick Hoge 08) Apr-16: 7-T MRI of the In Vivo Cortex and Spinal Cord -- Dr. Julien Cohen-Adad *09) Apr-23: Brain Function After Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: Insights from ERP and fMRI -- Dr. Alain Ptito * 10) Apr-30: Does the D3 Receptor Play a Role in Addiction? -- Dr. Isabelle Boileau *---) May-07: No Lecture [ISMRM Conference]* 11) May-14: Relating Behaviour and Structural Connectivity in Alzheimer?s Disease and Mild Cognitive Impairment -- Dr. Andrew Reid *---) May-21: No Lecture [Victoria Day]* 12) May-28: Brain Imaging Research at the Douglas Institute -- Dr. Maria Natasha Rajah -- Zografos Caramanos, M.A. Research Assistant, Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Unit Ph.D. Student, Integrated Program in Neuroscience McConnell Brain Imaging Centre, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University 3801 University Street, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3A 2B4 (phone) 514-299-8160; (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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Join us for our third Brain Awareness Montreal Scientific Caf?, where leading neuroscientists Dr. Jack Antel, Dr. Amit Bar-Or and Dr. Pierre Talbot will discuss Multiple Sclerosis: signs, symptoms, treatments and research directions. After a brief discussion by each speaker, we will welcome questions from the public. Coffee and dessert will be served. When: Friday, May 4th, at 6:00 PM Where: Fairmont The Queen Elizabeth, Marquette Room (900 Rene Levesque Blvd. W). This event is free and everyone is welcome! We hope to see you there! * Sponsored by CIHR Check us out on facebook! https://www.facebook.com/events/269837276439600/ Scl?rose en plaques, d?fis actuels et perspectives : Un avenir prometteur ? La scl?rose en plaques est la maladie neurologique la plus r?pandue chez les jeunes adultes au Canada avec plus de trois personnes diagnostiqu?es chaque jour. Venez en apprendre davantage sur la scl?rose en plaques avec d'?minents experts dans le domaine lors de notre prochain Caf? scientifique. Rejoignez-nous pour le troisi?me Caf? scientifique du Cerveau en t?te de Montr?al o? les neuroscientifiques Dr. Jack Antel, Dr. Amit Bar-Or, et Dr. Pierre Talbot discuteront de la scl?rose en plaques, de ses signes et de ses sympt?mes, ainsi que des traitements et des directions que prend la recherche. Suite ? une courte pr?sentation, les conf?renciers r?pondront aux questions du public. Caf? et desserts seront servis. Quand : Vendredi 4 mai, ? 18h00. O? : H?tel Fairmont Le Reine Elizabeth, Salle Marquette (900, boul. Ren? L?vesque O.) Cet ?v?nement est gratuit! Nous esp?rons vous y voir en grand nombre! *Ce caf? est commandit? par les IRSC. Suivez nous sur facebook! https://www.facebook.com/events/269837276439600/ --- Maria Zacchia Research Assistant Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery McConnell Brain Imaging Centre Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital 3801 University St. Montreal, QC H3A 2B4 Tel: 514.398.4906 Fax: 514.398.8948 Email: maria.zacchia at mail.mcgill.ca * From caramanos at gmail.com Wed Apr 25 10:15:45 2012 From: caramanos at gmail.com (Zografos 'Aki' CARAMANOS) Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2012 10:15:45 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] =?iso-8859-1?q?BIC_Lecture_Series=3A_Winter-2012_P?= =?iso-8859-1?q?rogram_=28Mon-Apr-30=2C_1=3A00_pm=2C_de_Grandpr=E9_?= =?iso-8859-1?q?Communications_Centre=3B_Does_the_D3_Receptor_Play_?= =?iso-8859-1?q?a_Role_in_Addiction=3F_--_Dr=2E_Isabelle_Boileau=29?= Message-ID: *BIC Lecture Series: Winter-2012 Program* * Please join us for our tenth lecture of the season, which will be held at 1:00 pm on Monday, April the 30th, at The Neuro's de Grandpr? Communications Centre (3801 University Street, Montreal, QC, H3A 2B4). This lecture will be given by Dr. Isabelle Boileau, who will give us an introduction to the role of the D3 receptor in addiction. * The BIC Lecture Seriesfeatures informal lectures on brain imaging presented at the McConnell Brain Imaging Centre (*BIC*) at The Neuro by experts in the field. These lectures are open to all. As you can see below, the Winter-2012 Program of the BIC Lecture Series will feature twelve presentations examining the use of advanced brain imaging techniques to better understand the structure and function of the human brain. These will include data obtained using magnetic resonance imaging (*MRI*), functional MRI (*fMRI*), recording of evoked-response potentials (*ERP*), diffusion tensor imaging (*DTI*), positron emission tomography (*PET*) and magnetoencephalography (*MEG*). We hope to see there! Zografos Caramanos, Petra Schweinhardt, Amir Shmuel, Sridar Narayanan, and Jennifer Chew (Organizers) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ *BIC Lecture Series: Winter-2012 Program* *BIC Lectures are held on Mondays at 1:00 pm in the de Grandpr? Communications Centre, MNI.* *For more information and links to the presentations as they become available, please visit the BIC Lecture Series website .* * * 01) Feb-27: CBRAIN: The Neuro?s Global Brain Imaging Research Platform -- Marc-?tienne Rousseau 02) Mar-05: The Relationship Between Brain Structure, Motor Performance, and Early Musical Training: Evidence from DTI -- Chris Steele 03) Mar-12: Update on Recent MEG Brain Imaging Research: Connectivity, Functional Mapping, and Therapy -- Dr. Sylvain Baillet 04) Mar-19: Investigating the Resting Brain with MEG -- Dr. Esther Florin 05) Mar-26: A Brain-Imaging Perspective of Bilingualism, Brain Organization, and Development -- Dr. Denise Klein 06) Apr-02: Clinical Applications of MR Relaxometry -- Dr. Nikola Stikov 07) Thu-Apr-12: New Developments in Calibrated fMRI: Absolute Quantification of Resting Oxidative Metabolism -- Dr. Rick Hoge 08) Apr-16: 7-T MRI of the In Vivo Cortex and Spinal Cord -- Dr. Julien Cohen-Adad 09) Apr-23: Brain Function After Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: Insights from ERP and fMRI -- Dr. Alain Ptito *10) Apr-30: Does the D3 Receptor Play a Role in Addiction? -- Dr. Isabelle Boileau * *---) May-07: No Lecture [ISMRM Conference]* 11) May-14: Relating Behaviour and Structural Connectivity in Alzheimer?s Disease and Mild Cognitive Impairment -- Dr. Andrew Reid *---) May-21: No Lecture [Victoria Day]* 12) May-28: Brain Imaging Research at the Douglas Institute -- Dr. Maria Natasha Rajah -- Zografos Caramanos, M.A. Research Assistant, Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Unit Ph.D. Student, Integrated Program in Neuroscience McConnell Brain Imaging Centre, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University 3801 University Street, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3A 2B4 (phone) 514-299-8160; (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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This will be your chance to talk to them about the circuitous pathways and the important, but often serendipitous, connections that led them to where they are now. *The next session of the Pathways and Connections series will feature **Dr. Maria Natasha Rajah **and will be held **at Thomson House (3650 McTavish , room 403) starting at 5:30 pm **on Wednesday, May 2nd. * * * *Please note that space is limited: to **RSVP, or for more information, please contact Zografos Caramanos **.* Dr. Rajah is a Researcher in the Geriatric Psychiatry Program (Douglas Institute) and Director of the Brain Imaging Centre (Douglas Institute); she is also an Associate Professor in McGill's Department of Psychiatry. Her lab at the Douglas uses brain imaging to examine the neural substrates of learning and memory in healthy young adults. It also aims to understand how normal ageing and various forms of dementia affect these substrates and mnemonic abilities. Dr. Rajah received her Ph.D. from the University of Toronto in 2003 and did her post-doctoral training at U.C. Berkeley from 2003 to 2005. She began working at the Douglas in 2005. In 2007, she was awarded a CIHR New Investigator Salary Award by the Institute of Aging to use a brain imaging technique called event-related functional magnetic resonance imaging (*fMRI*) to *(i)* examine the role of the frontal cortex in encoding and retrieving memories, and *(ii)* to understand the impact of healthy ageing on the structure and function of the frontal cortex. More specifically, she is interested in determining which frontal cortex regions exhibit changes in grey matter volume and activity with healthy ageing, and how these changes impact our ability to remember details about our past personal experiences. She is also interested in understanding what compensatory mechanisms the ageing brain uses to try and maintain memory functions. To answer these questions Dr. Rajah asks healthy young, middle-aged, and older adults to perform memory experiments while they undergo fMRI scanning to see what brain regions are involved in memory functions. The goal of this research is to understand how the frontal cortex, in collaboration with other brain regions, work as a neural network and influence learning and memory across the adult lifespan. Ultimately, she wants to understand how the brain changes from young adulthood to old age so she can identify: *(i)* at what age neural and memory changes start to emerge, *(ii)* how these changes in middle age relate to healthy versus pathological ageing, and *(iii)* what the compensatory mechanisms are in the ageing brain that help some older adults maintain good memory function. * * * * *At the present time, one more session is planned for Spring-2012:* 1) Dr. Phil Barkeron May 23rd, 5:30 pm, Thomson House, room 403. * * * * -- Zografos Caramanos, M.A. Research Assistant, Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Unit Ph.D. Student, Integrated Program in Neuroscience McConnell Brain Imaging Centre, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University 3801 University Street, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3A 2B4 (phone) 514-299-8160; (fax) 514-398-2975 (e-mail) zografos.caramanos at mcgill.ca (website) www.zcaramanos.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From christophe.grova at mcgill.ca Thu Apr 26 08:07:18 2012 From: christophe.grova at mcgill.ca (Christophe Grova) Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2012 12:07:18 +0000 Subject: [BIC-announce] Seminar in Biomedical Engineering - Wednesday May 2nd at 13h Message-ID: <9E1647EDA3EBB44AADA162CEC4C4222E018C9CD1@EXMBX2010-6.campus.MCGILL.CA> Dear all, Our next Biomedical Engineering Dpt seminar is next Wednesday Wednesday - May 2nd, at 13h Location: Room 333 Lyman Duff Building (Biomedical Engineering Dpt, 3775 University Street). Speaker: Pr. G. Parraga Ph.D. Imaging Research Laboratories, Robarts Research Institute. Departments of Medical Biophysics, Medical Imaging, Oncology. The University of Western Ontario www.imaging.robarts.ca/~gep Title: Pulmonary Functional Imaging: New Engineering, New Biology, New Knowledge Abstract: Recent imaging research and engineering developments have accelerated the acquisition of high-resolution images of the respiratory system using novel noble gas methods such as hyperpolarized helium-3 (3He) MRI and xenon-129 (129Xe) MRI. We discuss the development of quantitative regional imaging measurements of lung function and microstructure that until recently, have never been possible. We discuss the limitations of our current understanding of lung mechanics and biology and how novel image analysis tools can be used to derive MRI measurements of lung structure and function that have changes our understanding of healthy and diseased lung. Short Bio: Dr. Parraga?s laboratory is focused on understanding the underlying mechanisms of disease using novel imaging technologies as tools in patient-based translational biomedical engineering, biophysics and imaging research. An important goal of the lab is to identify and validate imaging intermediate endpoints of respiratory disease as potential therapeutic targets. Dr. Parraga completed her PhD in Biochemistry at the University of Washington in Seattle Washington and after completing post-doctoral studies at the Biozentrum, University of Basel, (Basel, Switzerland), she joined F. Hoffman La Roche AG as a Scientist in Pharmaceutical Research and Development. In 2004, she returned to academic research at Robarts Research Institute, The University of Western Ontario. Dr. Parraga?s work has been published in Science, the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Circulation, Radiology and the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. She currently serves as a member of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Biomedical Imaging Technologies study panel and co-Chairs a National Science and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) peer-review panel (Collaborative Health Research Program). Her pulmonary research is currently funded by CIHR Operating grants, a CIHR New Investigator Award, a CIHR Team grant, the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research and the National Science and Engineering Research Council (NSERC). A list of upcoming seminars can be found at : http://www.mcgill.ca/bme/news/seminars See you there Christophe Grova *************************** Christophe Grova, PhD Assistant Professor Biomedical Engineering Dpt Neurology and Neurosurgery Dpt Montreal Neurological Institute Centre de Recherches en Math?matiques 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 web: http://www.mni.mcgill.ca/research/gotman/members/christophe.html http://www.bmed.mcgill.ca/ *************************** From vincent.gracco at mcgill.ca Thu Apr 26 10:18:39 2012 From: vincent.gracco at mcgill.ca (Vincent Gracco, Dr.) Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2012 14:18:39 +0000 Subject: [BIC-announce] CRBLM Talk Heather Bortfeld: Assessing developmental change in normal and impaired auditory processing. April 27th at 1:30 pm, Room 501 Cancer Centre Message-ID: Please join us on Friday, April 27th at 1:30 pm in Room 501 of the Goodman Cancer Centre as Dr. Heather Bortfeld (Psych, UConn and Haskins Laboratories) presents "Assessing developmental change in normal and impaired auditory processing." Abstract: Much of what we know about auditory learning following cochlear implantation in young children is based on behavioral indicators that they are able to perceive sound. However, congenitally-deaf children have no concept of what sound is, and thus have highly variable behavioral responses when initially exposed to it. Therefore, there is a critical clinical need for an objective measure of whether or not a cochlear implant is providing appropriate auditory stimulation to a deaf child both immediately postimplantation and across the course of the first few years after the child begins using the device. Data from our own and other labs indicate that there are clear neural markers of auditory processing specific to language in normal hearing children, and that they are distinct from markers of other forms of auditory processing (e.g., music). In recent work, we have begun tracking changes in cortical activity in infants and young children in response to specific auditory stimulation following cochlear implantation. In this talk, I will review these and other data demonstrating how near-infrared spectroscopy can supplement behavioral measures of auditory processing in infants and young children. Bio Dr. Heather Bortfeld is an Associate Professor in the University of Connecticut's Dept. of Psychology where she directs the Husky Pup Language Lab. She is also a Senior Scientist at Haskins Laboratories. Her research focuses on developmental speech and language using NIRS (Near-Infrared Spectroscopy). From bruce.pike at mcgill.ca Fri Apr 27 10:38:06 2012 From: bruce.pike at mcgill.ca (G. Bruce Pike, Prof.) Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2012 14:38:06 +0000 Subject: [BIC-announce] Oxford Postdoc position Message-ID: <5BB43F52-7A26-43F2-A0AB-B3ADE5424161@mcgill.ca> FYI Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences University of Oxford Postdoctoral MR Physicist Grade 7: ?29,249 - ?35,938 p.a. Fixed Term 2 Years in the First Instance We invite applications for a postdoctoral research fellow to join the Oxford Centre for Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Brain (FMRIB). We are seeking to recruit an MR physicist with experience in functional MRI. The post will involve collecting and analysing fMRI data from volunteer subjects, some of whom may have a neurological condition. The research will also involve the use of physiological monitoring hardware and respiratory gas equipment. The position may involve both national and international travel to liaise with collaborators based at other sites, and obtaining ethical permission for research. Experience with any or all of the following would be advantageous: Matlab, image analysis, biophysical modelling, operating MRI scanners, MRI pulse programming. The successful candidate will have or be about to receive a PhD in a relevant area of physics or engineering and should have a demonstrated capacity for independent work and be capable of initiating research in a lively group. The candidate should be willing to assist with the organisation of the group?s activities. The closing date for applications is: Midday, 31st May 2012 Interviews will be held as soon as possible thereafter. Applications for this vacancy are to be made online. To apply for this role and for further details, including the job description and selection criteria, please click on the link below: https://www.recruit.ox.ac.uk/pls/hrisliverecruit/erq_jobspec_version_4.jobspec?p_id=102824 In the first instance contact Dr Daniel Bulte bulte at fmrib.ox.ac.uk From caramanos at gmail.com Sun Apr 29 22:54:12 2012 From: caramanos at gmail.com (Zografos 'Aki' CARAMANOS) Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2012 22:54:12 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] =?iso-8859-1?q?=3CREMINDER=3E_BIC_Lecture_Series?= =?iso-8859-1?q?=3A_Winter-2012_Program_=28Mon-Apr-30=2C_1=3A00_pm?= =?iso-8859-1?q?=2C_de_Grandpr=E9_Communications_Centre=3B_Does_the?= =?iso-8859-1?q?_D3_Receptor_Play_a_Role_in_Addiction=3F_--_Dr=2E_I?= =?iso-8859-1?q?sabelle_Boileau=29?= Message-ID: *BIC Lecture Series: Winter-2012 Program* * Please join us for our tenth lecture of the season, which will be held at 1:00 pm on Monday, April the 30th, at The Neuro's de Grandpr? Communications Centre (3801 University Street, Montreal, QC, H3A 2B4). This lecture will be given by Dr. Isabelle Boileau, who will give us an introduction to the role of the D3 receptor in addiction. * The BIC Lecture Seriesfeatures informal lectures on brain imaging presented at the McConnell Brain Imaging Centre (*BIC*) at The Neuro by experts in the field. These lectures are open to all. As you can see below, the Winter-2012 Program of the BIC Lecture Series will feature twelve presentations examining the use of advanced brain imaging techniques to better understand the structure and function of the human brain. These will include data obtained using magnetic resonance imaging (*MRI*), functional MRI (*fMRI*), recording of evoked-response potentials (*ERP*), diffusion tensor imaging (*DTI*), positron emission tomography (*PET*) and magnetoencephalography (*MEG*). We hope to see there! Zografos Caramanos, Petra Schweinhardt, Amir Shmuel, Sridar Narayanan, and Jennifer Chew (Organizers) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ *BIC Lecture Series: Winter-2012 Program* *BIC Lectures are held on Mondays at 1:00 pm in the de Grandpr? Communications Centre, MNI.* *For more information and links to the presentations as they become available, please visit the BIC Lecture Series website .* * * 01) Feb-27: CBRAIN: The Neuro?s Global Brain Imaging Research Platform -- Marc-?tienne Rousseau 02) Mar-05: The Relationship Between Brain Structure, Motor Performance, and Early Musical Training: Evidence from DTI -- Chris Steele 03) Mar-12: Update on Recent MEG Brain Imaging Research: Connectivity, Functional Mapping, and Therapy -- Dr. Sylvain Baillet 04) Mar-19: Investigating the Resting Brain with MEG -- Dr. Esther Florin 05) Mar-26: A Brain-Imaging Perspective of Bilingualism, Brain Organization, and Development -- Dr. Denise Klein 06) Apr-02: Clinical Applications of MR Relaxometry -- Dr. Nikola Stikov 07) Thu-Apr-12: New Developments in Calibrated fMRI: Absolute Quantification of Resting Oxidative Metabolism -- Dr. Rick Hoge 08) Apr-16: 7-T MRI of the In Vivo Cortex and Spinal Cord -- Dr. Julien Cohen-Adad 09) Apr-23: Brain Function After Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: Insights from ERP and fMRI -- Dr. Alain Ptito *10) Apr-30: Does the D3 Receptor Play a Role in Addiction? -- Dr. Isabelle Boileau * *---) May-07: No Lecture [ISMRM Conference]* 11) May-14: Relating Behaviour and Structural Connectivity in Alzheimer?s Disease and Mild Cognitive Impairment -- Dr. Andrew Reid *---) May-21: No Lecture [Victoria Day]* 12) May-28: Brain Imaging Research at the Douglas Institute -- Dr. Maria Natasha Rajah -- Zografos Caramanos, M.A. Research Assistant, Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Unit Ph.D. Student, Integrated Program in Neuroscience McConnell Brain Imaging Centre, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University 3801 University Street, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3A 2B4 (phone) 514-299-8160; (fax) 514-398-2975 (e-mail) zografos.caramanos at mcgill.ca (website) www.zcaramanos.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From caramanos at gmail.com Sun Apr 29 22:57:26 2012 From: caramanos at gmail.com (Zografos 'Aki' CARAMANOS) Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2012 22:57:26 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] Pathways and Connections: Dr. Maria Natasha Rajah (Wed-May-2nd at 5:30 pm; Thomson House, room 403) Message-ID: *Pathways** and Connections***** *How does one become a successful neuroscientist?* This informal seminar series will try to answer this question through a series of conversations with some of the most successful neuroscientists in the world: researchers who are affiliated with McGill University ?s Integrated Program in Neuroscience or former McGill Neuroscience Alumni who are now in the non-academic world. This will be your chance to talk to them about the circuitous pathways and the important, but often serendipitous, connections that led them to where they are now. **** **** *The next session of the Pathways and Connections series will feature Dr. Maria Natasha Rajah and will be held at Thomson House (3650 McTavish , room 403) starting at 5:30 pm **on Wednesday, May 2nd. ***** ** ** *Please note that space is limited: to **RSVP, or for more information, please contact Zografos Caramanos **.***** ** ** ** ** Dr. Rajah is a Researcher in the Geriatric Psychiatry Program (Douglas Institute) and Director of the Brain Imaging Centre (Douglas Institute); she is also an Associate Professor in McGill's Department of Psychiatry. Her lab at the Douglas uses brain imaging to examine the neural substrates of learning and memory in healthy young adults. It also aims to understand how normal ageing and various forms of dementia affect these substrates and mnemonic abilities.**** ** ** Dr. Rajah received her Ph.D. from the University of Toronto in 2003 and did her post-doctoral training at U.C. Berkeley from 2003 to 2005. She began working at the Douglas in 2005. In 2007, she was awarded a CIHR New Investigator Salary Award by the Institute of Aging to use a brain imaging technique called event-related functional magnetic resonance imaging (*fMRI*) to *(i)* examine the role of the frontal cortex in encoding and retrieving memories, and *(ii)* to understand the impact of healthy ageing on the structure and function of the frontal cortex. More specifically, she is interested in determining which frontal cortex regions exhibit changes in grey matter volume and activity with healthy ageing, and how these changes impact our ability to remember details about our past personal experiences. She is also interested in understanding what compensatory mechanisms the ageing brain uses to try and maintain memory functions. To answer these questions Dr. Rajah asks healthy young, middle-aged, and older adults to perform memory experiments while they undergo fMRI scanning to see what brain regions are involved in memory functions. The goal of this research is to understand how the frontal cortex, in collaboration with other brain regions, work as a neural network and influence learning and memory across the adult lifespan. Ultimately, she wants to understand how the brain changes from young adulthood to old age so she can identify: *(i)* at what age neural and memory changes start to emerge, *(ii)* how these changes in middle age relate to healthy versus pathological ageing, and *(iii)* what the compensatory mechanisms are in the ageing brain that help some older adults maintain good memory function.**** ** ** ** ** *At the present time, one more session is planned for Spring-2012:***** 1) Dr. Phil Barkeron May 23rd, 5:30 pm, Thomson House, room 403. **** ** ** ** ** ** ** -- **** Zografos Caramanos, M.A.**** ** ** Research Assistant, Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Unit**** Ph.D. Student, Integrated Program in Neuroscience**** ** ** McConnell Brain Imaging Centre, **** Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University**** 3801 University Street, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3A 2B4 (phone) 514-299-8160; (fax) 514-398-2975 (e-mail) zografos.caramanos at mcgill.ca (website) www.zcaramanos.com**** ** ** ** -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From christophe.grova at mcgill.ca Mon Apr 30 07:36:23 2012 From: christophe.grova at mcgill.ca (Christophe Grova) Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2012 11:36:23 +0000 Subject: [BIC-announce] Seminar in Biomedical Engineering - Wednesday May 2nd at 13h In-Reply-To: <31558_1335442774_4F993D56_31558_32_4_9E1647EDA3EBB44AADA162CEC4C4222E018C9CD1@EXMBX2010-6.campus.MCGILL.CA> References: <31558_1335442774_4F993D56_31558_32_4_9E1647EDA3EBB44AADA162CEC4C4222E018C9CD1@EXMBX2010-6.campus.MCGILL.CA> Message-ID: <9E1647EDA3EBB44AADA162CEC4C4222E018CAA06@EXMBX2010-6.campus.MCGILL.CA> Dear all, Our next Biomedical Engineering Dpt seminar is this coming Wednesday Wednesday - May 2nd, at 13h Location: Room 333 Lyman Duff Building (Biomedical Engineering Dpt, 3775 University Street). Speaker: Pr. G. Parraga Ph.D. Imaging Research Laboratories, Robarts Research Institute. Departments of Medical Biophysics, Medical Imaging, Oncology. The University of Western Ontario www.imaging.robarts.ca/~gep Title: Pulmonary Functional Imaging: New Engineering, New Biology, New Knowledge Abstract: Recent imaging research and engineering developments have accelerated the acquisition of high-resolution images of the respiratory system using novel noble gas methods such as hyperpolarized helium-3 (3He) MRI and xenon-129 (129Xe) MRI. We discuss the development of quantitative regional imaging measurements of lung function and microstructure that until recently, have never been possible. We discuss the limitations of our current understanding of lung mechanics and biology and how novel image analysis tools can be used to derive MRI measurements of lung structure and function that have changes our understanding of healthy and diseased lung. Short Bio: Dr. Parraga?s laboratory is focused on understanding the underlying mechanisms of disease using novel imaging technologies as tools in patient-based translational biomedical engineering, biophysics and imaging research. An important goal of the lab is to identify and validate imaging intermediate endpoints of respiratory disease as potential therapeutic targets. Dr. Parraga completed her PhD in Biochemistry at the University of Washington in Seattle Washington and after completing post-doctoral studies at the Biozentrum, University of Basel, (Basel, Switzerland), she joined F. Hoffman La Roche AG as a Scientist in Pharmaceutical Research and Development. In 2004, she returned to academic research at Robarts Research Institute, The University of Western Ontario. Dr. Parraga?s work has been published in Science, the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Circulation, Radiology and the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. She currently serves as a member of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Biomedical Imaging Technologies study panel and co-Chairs a National Science and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) peer-review panel (Collaborative Health Research Program). Her pulmonary research is currently funded by CIHR Operating grants, a CIHR New Investigator Award, a CIHR Team grant, the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research and the National Science and Engineering Research Council (NSERC). A list of upcoming seminars can be found at : http://www.mcgill.ca/bme/news/seminars See you there Christophe Grova *************************** Christophe Grova, PhD Assistant Professor Biomedical Engineering Dpt Neurology and Neurosurgery Dpt Montreal Neurological Institute Centre de Recherches en Math?matiques 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 web: http://www.mni.mcgill.ca/research/gotman/members/christophe.html http://www.bmed.mcgill.ca/ ***************************