From christophe.grova at mcgill.ca Tue Oct 2 08:33:15 2012 From: christophe.grova at mcgill.ca (Christophe Grova) Date: Tue, 02 Oct 2012 08:33:15 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] Seminar in Biomedical Engineering - Wednesday October 3rd - 1 pm- Room 333 Message-ID: <75426CCC956D4E22BC259FB528553545@christope2283c> Dear all, Our next Biomedical Engineering Dpt seminar is this coming wednesday Wednesday - October 3rd, at 1 pm Location: Room 333 Lyman Duff Building (Biomedical Engineering Dpt, 3775 University Street). Speaker: Dr. Pierre Bellec PhD, Assistant Professor, Centre de Recherches de l'Institut Universitaire de G?riatrie de Montr?al, Universit? de Montr?al, D?partement d'informatique et de recherche op?rationnelle (DIRO) Title : Multiscale and multilevel bootstrap analysis of stable clusters in fMRI Abstract: Functional MRI gives an indirect measure of brain activity with good spatial and temporal resolution. Clustering techniques can be used to summarize such large datasets into brain networks, i.e. groups of brain regions with similar temporal activity. The cluster analysis of an fMRI database raises (at least) two challenges. First, it has long been hypothesized that the brain follows a modular organization where large systems (such as visual, motor, etc) can be further decomposed into subnetworks with an increasing level of functional specialization. The cluster analysis thus needs to be performed at multiple scales (i.e. number of networks). Second, even after a perfect anatomical coregistration, the functional cerebral architecture will vary from subjects to subjects. It is thus necessary to find a multi-level clustering model that is flexible enough to capture individual features while finding a consistent solution across subjects (so that individual cluster maps can be compared at the group level). In this talk I will discuss a technique called bootstrap analysis of stable clusters (BASC) [1,2], which can be used to perform multilevel and multiscale analysis of resting-state fMRI. I will present new results showing how this technique applies in the context of task-based fMRI. [1] P. Bellec; V. Perlbarg; S. Jbabdi; M. P?l?grini-Issac; J.L. Anton; H. Benali, Identification of large-scale networks in the brain using fMRI. Neuroimage, 2006, 29: 1231-1243. [2] P. Bellec; P. Rosa-Neto; O.C. Lyttelton; H. Benalib; A.C. Evans, Multi-level bootstrap analysis of stable clusters in resting-State fMRI. Neuroimage 51 (2010), pp. 1126-1139 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/ *************************** -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From sylvain.baillet at mcgill.ca Tue Oct 2 16:06:40 2012 From: sylvain.baillet at mcgill.ca (Sylvain Baillet, Dr) Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2012 20:06:40 +0000 Subject: [BIC-announce] MEG Open-Meeting Series: Season II Message-ID: <530B742E110D2443BB82CB2299F0493904F3448C@EXMBX2010-7.campus.MCGILL.CA> Dear all: I hope you've had a great summer and soft back-to-school time. We are getting started again with the MEG Open-Meeting Series this year. By popular demand, we are moving the venue to the deGrandpr? auditorium of the MNI. We are planning to meet every two weeks. Please bring your students, advisors and colleagues to learn everything about MEG, discuss methods and ideas, future projects and studies, software and results. EEG researchers, techs and clinicians are also most welcome. Next meeting is Thursday, Oct 18: 10:30am-12. Please check our web (http://www.bic.mni.mcgill.ca/Facilities/MEG) and Facebook (facebook.com/MEGatMcGill) pages for more info. For those interested, I am presenting an introduction to MEG, with an emphasis on clinical research, tomorrow (Wednesday) morning @ 08:30am (breakfast served) at the MNI's Neurology Grand Rounds. Stay also tuned for more MEG training opportunities (data acquisition / analysis) and the 2012 MEG Study Competition, which will all be announced later this Fall. Best wishes, Sylvain. ----------------------- Sylvain Baillet, PhD MNI Killam Scholar & Director, MEG Research Associate Professor, Neurology & Neurosurgery Associate Member, Dept. of Biomedical Engineering neuroSPEED lab MEG @ McGill Brainstorm project McConnell Brain Imaging Centre Montreal Neurological Institute McGill University From christophe.grova at mcgill.ca Wed Oct 3 09:01:10 2012 From: christophe.grova at mcgill.ca (Christophe Grova) Date: Wed, 03 Oct 2012 09:01:10 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] Seminar in Biomedical Engineering - Wednesday October 3rd - 1 pm- Room 333 Message-ID: Dear all, Our next Biomedical Engineering Dpt seminar is TODAY Wednesday - October 3rd, at 1 pm Location: Room 333 Lyman Duff Building (Biomedical Engineering Dpt, 3775 University Street). Speaker: Dr. Pierre Bellec PhD, Assistant Professor, Centre de Recherches de l'Institut Universitaire de G?riatrie de Montr?al, Universit? de Montr?al, D?partement d'informatique et de recherche op?rationnelle (DIRO) Title : Multiscale and multilevel bootstrap analysis of stable clusters in fMRI Abstract: Functional MRI gives an indirect measure of brain activity with good spatial and temporal resolution. Clustering techniques can be used to summarize such large datasets into brain networks, i.e. groups of brain regions with similar temporal activity. The cluster analysis of an fMRI database raises (at least) two challenges. First, it has long been hypothesized that the brain follows a modular organization where large systems (such as visual, motor, etc) can be further decomposed into subnetworks with an increasing level of functional specialization. The cluster analysis thus needs to be performed at multiple scales (i.e. number of networks). Second, even after a perfect anatomical coregistration, the functional cerebral architecture will vary from subjects to subjects. It is thus necessary to find a multi-level clustering model that is flexible enough to capture individual features while finding a consistent solution across subjects (so that individual cluster maps can be compared at the group level). In this talk I will discuss a technique called bootstrap analysis of stable clusters (BASC) [1,2], which can be used to perform multilevel and multiscale analysis of resting-state fMRI. I will present new results showing how this technique applies in the context of task-based fMRI. [1] P. Bellec; V. Perlbarg; S. Jbabdi; M. P?l?grini-Issac; J.L. Anton; H. Benali, Identification of large-scale networks in the brain using fMRI. Neuroimage, 2006, 29: 1231-1243. [2] P. Bellec; P. Rosa-Neto; O.C. Lyttelton; H. Benalib; A.C. Evans, Multi-level bootstrap analysis of stable clusters in resting-State fMRI. Neuroimage 51 (2010), pp. 1126-1139 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/ *************************** -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From caramanos at gmail.com Fri Oct 5 12:51:19 2012 From: caramanos at gmail.com (Zografos 'Aki' CARAMANOS) Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2012 12:51:19 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] =?iso-8859-1?q?BIC_Lecture_Series=3A_Fall-2012_Pro?= =?iso-8859-1?q?gram_=28Thu-Oct-11=2C_11=3A00_am=2C_de_Grandpr=E9_C?= =?iso-8859-1?q?ommunications_Centre=3B_=22Cortical_Boundaries_=26_?= =?iso-8859-1?q?Connectivity_Bundling=3A_Applications_of_Resting-St?= =?iso-8859-1?q?ate_fMRI_for_Describing_Individual_Anatomy=22_--_Dr?= =?iso-8859-1?q?=2E_Daniel_S=2E_Margulies=29?= Message-ID: *BIC Lecture Series: Fall-2012 Program* ** **** *Please join us for our first lecture of the season, which will be held in * *The Neuro's de Grandpr? Communications Centre (3801 University Street, Montreal, QC, H3A 2B4) **on the special day and time of Thursday, October the 11th starting at 11:00 am* ** * ***** *This lecture will be given by Dr. Daniel S. Margulies, who will give us an introduction to **the application of resting-state fMRI for describing individual brain anatomy**.* ** **** The BIC Lecture Series features informal lectures on brain imaging presented at the McConnell Brain Imaging Centre (*BIC*) by experts in the field. These lectures are open to all. As you can see below, the Fall-2012 Program of the BIC Lecture Series features an interesting mix of topics that I am sure will be of great interest to the brain imaging community. Thank you in advance for your attention, and please let me know if you have any questions or comments. Also, it's never to early to let me know that you are interested in presenting something as part of the Winter-2013 BIC Lecture Series. Cheers! Aki ------------------------------------------- *BIC Lecture Series: Fall-2012 Program* *BIC Lectures are typically 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 website .* * * *01) Thu-Oct-11-11am: Cortical Boundaries & Connectivity Bundling: Applications of Resting-State fMRI for Describing Individual Anatomy -- Dr. Daniel S. Margulies * *---) Oct-15: No Lecture [Society for Neuroscience Conference]* 02) Oct-22: *Monitoring Cognition: A Spatio-Temporal Approach* -- Dr. Istvan Akos Morocz 03) Oct-29-3pm: *Representations of Particular Objects in Human Inferior-Temporal-Cortex are Individually Unique and Predict Perceived Similarity* -- Dr. Ian Charest 04) Nov-05: *Age-dependence of Hemodynamic Response-Characteristics in Human fMRI* -- Dr. Rick Hoge 05) Nov-12: *Re-Evaluating the Role of the Orbitofrontal Cortex in Reward and Reinforcement* -- Dr. MaryAnn Noonan 06) Nov-19: *Title To Be Announced* -- Dr. Kunio Nakamura 07) Nov-26: *Of Taxi-Driving Mice and Maze-Running Men: Imaging Structural Brain-Plasticity* -- Dr. Jason Lerch 08) Dec-03: *Pharmacological Resting-State fMRI: Promises and Challenges*-- Dr. Najmeh Khalili-Mahani 09) Dec-10: *Using MRI to Measure Remyelination in Multiple Sclerosis* -- Dr. Robert Brown -- 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 (web) Google-scholar www.zcaramanos.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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We have thus begun investigating the interaction of genetic and mechanical signals during vascular development. We previously showed that shear stress is necessary for proper vascular development and vascular remodelling. We use various means to alter shear stress during development in order to investigate the role of hemodynamics during embryonic development. Angiogenesis is the formation of new blood vessels and our current results show that shear stress is inhibitory to angiogenesis. Furthermore, we investigate the mechanism of shear-induced inhibition and find it to be dependent on BMP signaling. We have also been studying when the cardiovascular system is first sensitive to shear stress by investigating the development of mechanotransduction mechanisms in the embryo. 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/ *************************** -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From christophe.grova at mcgill.ca Wed Oct 10 08:29:11 2012 From: christophe.grova at mcgill.ca (Christophe Grova) Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2012 08:29:11 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] Seminar in Biomedical Engineering - WednesdayOctober 10th - 1 pm- Room 333 Message-ID: Dear all, Our next Biomedical Engineering Dpt seminar is today Wednesday - October 10th, at 1 pm Location: Room 333 Lyman Duff Building - Biomedical Engineering Dpt, 3775 University Street. Speaker: Dr. Elizabeth Jones PhD, Mechanical Engineering, McGill University, Montreal, Canada Title : Shear stress and Vascular Remodelling During Development Abstract: Every tissue in the body requires blood flow to bring nutrients to the tissue. For this reason, there is significant therapeutic advantage to controlling when and where new blood vessels develop. It is known that many genes regulated by shear stress are also important for developmental blood vessel formation. We have thus begun investigating the interaction of genetic and mechanical signals during vascular development. We previously showed that shear stress is necessary for proper vascular development and vascular remodelling. We use various means to alter shear stress during development in order to investigate the role of hemodynamics during embryonic development. Angiogenesis is the formation of new blood vessels and our current results show that shear stress is inhibitory to angiogenesis. Furthermore, we investigate the mechanism of shear-induced inhibition and find it to be dependent on BMP signaling. We have also been studying when the cardiovascular system is first sensitive to shear stress by investigating the development of mechanotransduction mechanisms in the embryo. 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/ *************************** -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From caramanos at gmail.com Wed Oct 10 11:15:01 2012 From: caramanos at gmail.com (Zografos 'Aki' CARAMANOS) Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2012 11:15:01 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] =?iso-8859-1?q?=5BREMINDER=5D_BIC_Lecture_Series?= =?iso-8859-1?q?=3A_Fall-2012_Program_=28Thu-Oct-11=2C_11=3A00_am?= =?iso-8859-1?q?=2C_de_Grandpr=E9_Communications_Centre=3B_=22Corti?= =?iso-8859-1?q?cal_Boundaries_=26_Connectivity_Bundling=3A_Applica?= =?iso-8859-1?q?tions_of_Resting-State_fMRI_for_Describing_Individu?= =?iso-8859-1?q?al_Anatomy=22_--_Dr=2E_Daniel_S=2E_Margulies=29?= In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: *BIC Lecture Series: Fall-2012 Program* ** **** *Please join us for our first lecture of the season, which will be held in * *The Neuro's de Grandpr? Communications Centre (3801 University Street, Montreal, QC, H3A 2B4) **on the special day and time of Thursday, October the 11th starting at 11:00 am* ** * ***** *This lecture will be given by Dr. Daniel S. Margulies, who will give us an introduction to **the application of resting-state fMRI for describing individual brain anatomy**. **Please note that this is a Joint Cognitive Neuroscience Unit and BIC Lecture Series Seminar, and it will be hosted by Dr. Michael Petrides.* * * ** **** The BIC Lecture Series features informal lectures on brain imaging presented at the McConnell Brain Imaging Centre (*BIC*) by experts in the field. These lectures are open to all. As you can see below, the Fall-2012 Program of the BIC Lecture Series features an interesting mix of topics that I am sure will be of great interest to the brain imaging community. Thank you in advance for your attention, and please let me know if you have any questions or comments. Also, it's never to early to let me know that you are interested in presenting something as part of the Winter-2013 BIC Lecture Series. Cheers! Aki ------------------------------------------- *BIC Lecture Series: Fall-2012 Program* *BIC Lectures are typically 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 website .* * * *01) Thu-Oct-11-11am: Cortical Boundaries & Connectivity Bundling: Applications of Resting-State fMRI for Describing Individual Anatomy -- Dr. Daniel S. Margulies * *---) Oct-15: No Lecture [Society for Neuroscience Conference]* 02) Oct-22: *Monitoring Cognition: A Spatio-Temporal Approach* -- Dr. Istvan Akos Morocz 03) Oct-29-3pm: *Representations of Particular Objects in Human Inferior-Temporal-Cortex are Individually Unique and Predict Perceived Similarity* -- Dr. Ian Charest 04) Nov-05: *Age-dependence of Hemodynamic Response-Characteristics in Human fMRI* -- Dr. Rick Hoge 05) Nov-12: *Re-Evaluating the Role of the Orbitofrontal Cortex in Reward and Reinforcement* -- Dr. MaryAnn Noonan 06) Nov-19: *Title To Be Announced* -- Dr. Kunio Nakamura 07) Nov-26: *Of Taxi-Driving Mice and Maze-Running Men: Imaging Structural Brain-Plasticity* -- Dr. Jason Lerch 08) Dec-03: *Pharmacological Resting-State fMRI: Promises and Challenges*-- Dr. Najmeh Khalili-Mahani 09) Dec-10: *Using MRI to Measure Remyelination in Multiple Sclerosis* -- Dr. Robert Brown -- 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 (web) Google-scholar www.zcaramanos.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Debbie SPECIAL SEMINAR ANNOUNCEMENT: Friday, October 26, 1:45 pm de Grandpr? Communications Centre, MNI "Tianjin and The Neuro, Historical Links and Current Neurosurgery Practices" Dr. Shu-yuan Yue, Chief of Neurosurgery Tianjin Medical University General Hospital and Tianjin Neurological Institute _______________________________________________ Host: Dr. Phil Barker James McGill Professor, FRSQ Chercheur National Interim Director - Montreal Neurological Institute -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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So I really encourage both MD and engineers to attend this seminar of great interest to the BME community. Speaker: Brian Mouthaan, BSc, Master student Technical Medicine Track Medical Signaling, University of Twente, The Netherlands Title : Technical Physician, a new professional arriving at the patient?s bedside Abstract: Since 2003 University of Twente has offered Technical Medicine: a new academic discipline aimed at educating professionals who can improve patient care by applying medical technology. Technology has become of increasing importance in the clinical practice. Therefore it is more required that these new technologies are adequately utilized. Technical Medicine aims to fill the growing gap between classical medicine and complex technology. After 6 years of education the Technical Physician will be a new academic professional who has the knowledge, skills and problem solving mind-set to design and safely apply improved diagnostics and therapeutics for the benefit of patients. 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/ *************************** -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From christophe.grova at mcgill.ca Wed Oct 17 07:54:10 2012 From: christophe.grova at mcgill.ca (Christophe Grova) Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2012 07:54:10 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] Seminar in Biomedical Engineering - Wednesday October 17th - 1 pm- Room 333 Message-ID: Dear all, Our next Biomedical Engineering Dpt seminar is today Wednesday - October 17th, at 1 pm Location: Room 333 Lyman Duff Building (Biomedical Engineering Dpt, 3775 University Street). This will be a special seminar, introducing a new Profession : "Technical Physician". This training is equally shared between medical and engineering, with the view to form people who are technically savvy but who will also perform medical acts. We know that the Netherlands is often at the forefront of societal changes. So I really encourage both MD and engineers to attend this seminar of great interest to the BME community. Speaker: Brian Mouthaan, BSc, Master student Technical Medicine Track Medical Signaling, University of Twente, The Netherlands Title : Technical Physician, a new professional arriving at the patient?s bedside Abstract: Since 2003 University of Twente has offered Technical Medicine: a new academic discipline aimed at educating professionals who can improve patient care by applying medical technology. Technology has become of increasing importance in the clinical practice. Therefore it is more required that these new technologies are adequately utilized. Technical Medicine aims to fill the growing gap between classical medicine and complex technology. After 6 years of education the Technical Physician will be a new academic professional who has the knowledge, skills and problem solving mind-set to design and safely apply improved diagnostics and therapeutics for the benefit of patients. 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/ *************************** -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From sylvain.baillet at mcgill.ca Wed Oct 17 12:38:05 2012 From: sylvain.baillet at mcgill.ca (Sylvain Baillet, Dr) Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2012 16:38:05 +0000 Subject: [BIC-announce] Reminder: MEG Open-Meeting Message-ID: <530B742E110D2443BB82CB2299F0493904F43348@EXMBX2010-7.campus.MCGILL.CA> Dear all: Just a quick reminder our first meeting of the MEG Open-Meeting series is this coming Thursday, 10:30-11:30am in deGranpr?. Remember this is a great venue to meet with the local community interested in MEG and EEG research. We'll touch base again after the summer break, provide an update of the MEG Program at The Neuro/McGill and attendees will get privilege information regarding our upcoming MEG-Study Competition: a unique opportunity to get your full MEG study completed at no charge! Looking to seeing you again and meeting you there, Sylvain. ----------------------- Sylvain Baillet, PhD MNI Killam Scholar & Director, MEG Research Associate Professor, Neurology & Neurosurgery Associate Member, Dept. of Biomedical Engineering neuroSPEED lab MEG @ McGill Brainstorm project McConnell Brain Imaging Centre Montreal Neurological Institute McGill University From caramanos at gmail.com Wed Oct 17 17:34:37 2012 From: caramanos at gmail.com (Zografos 'Aki' CARAMANOS) Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2012 17:34:37 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] =?iso-8859-1?q?BIC_Lecture_Series=3A_Fall-2012_Pro?= =?iso-8859-1?q?gram_=28Thu-Oct-22=2C_1=3A00_pm=2C_de_Grandpr=E9_Co?= =?iso-8859-1?q?mmunications_Centre=3B_=22Monitoring_Cognition=3A_A?= =?iso-8859-1?q?_Spatio-Temporal_Approach=22_--_Dr=2E_Istvan_Akos_M?= =?iso-8859-1?q?orocz=29?= Message-ID: *BIC Lecture Series: Fall-2012 Program* ** **** *Please join us for our second lecture of the season, which will be held in **The Neuro's de Grandpr? Communications Centre (3801 University Street, Montreal, QC, H3A 2B4) **on the special day and time of Monday, October the 22nd starting at 1:00 pm. **Please note that this is a Joint Cognitive Neuroscience Unit and BIC Lecture Series Seminar.* ** * ***** *This lecture will be given by **Dr. Istvan Akos Morocz **, who will give us an introduction to a spatio-temporal approach to monitoring cognition.* ** The BIC Lecture Series features informal lectures on brain imaging presented at the McConnell Brain Imaging Centre (*BIC*) by experts in the field. These lectures are open to all. As you can see below, the Fall-2012 Program of the BIC Lecture Series features an interesting mix of topics that I am sure will be of great interest to the brain imaging community. Thank you in advance for your attention, and please let me know if you have any questions or comments. Also, it's never to early to let me know that you are interested in presenting something as part of the Winter-2013 BIC Lecture Series. Cheers! Aki ------------------------------------------- *BIC Lecture Series: Fall-2012 Program* *BIC Lectures are typically 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 website .* * * 01) Oct-11: *Cortical Boundaries & Connectivity Bundling: Applications of Resting-State fMRI for Describing Individual Anatomy* -- Dr. Daniel S. M argulies *---) Oct-15: No Lecture [Society for Neuroscience Conference]* *02) Oct-22: Monitoring Cognition: A Spatio-Temporal Approach -- Dr. Istvan Akos Morocz * 03) Oct-29-3pm: *Representations of Particular Objects in Human Inferior-Temporal-Cortex are Individually Unique and Predict Perceived Similarity* -- Dr. Ian Charest 04) Nov-05: *Age-dependence of Hemodynamic Response-Characteristics in Human fMRI* -- Dr. Rick Hoge 05) Nov-12: *Re-Evaluating the Role of the Orbitofrontal Cortex in Reward and Reinforcement* -- Dr. MaryAnn Noonan 06) Nov-19: *Title To Be Announced* -- Dr. Kunio Nakamura 07) Nov-26: *Of Taxi-Driving Mice and Maze-Running Men: Imaging Structural Brain-Plasticity* -- Dr. Jason Lerch 08) Dec-03: *Pharmacological Resting-State fMRI: Promises and Challenges*-- Dr. Najmeh Khalili-Mahani 09) Dec-10: *Using MRI to Measure Remyelination in Multiple Sclerosis* -- Dr. Robert Brown -- 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 (web) Google-scholar www.zcaramanos.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From caramanos at gmail.com Sun Oct 21 22:50:39 2012 From: caramanos at gmail.com (Zografos 'Aki' CARAMANOS) Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2012 22:50:39 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] =?iso-8859-1?q?=5BREMINDER=5D_BIC_Lecture_Series?= =?iso-8859-1?q?=3A_Fall-2012_Program_=28Thu-Oct-22=2C_1=3A00_pm=2C?= =?iso-8859-1?q?_de_Grandpr=E9_Communications_Centre=3B_=22Monitori?= =?iso-8859-1?q?ng_Cognition=3A_A_Spatio-Temporal_Approach=22_--_Dr?= =?iso-8859-1?q?=2E_Istvan_Akos_Morocz=29?= In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: *BIC Lecture Series: Fall-2012 Program* ** **** *Please join us for our second lecture of the season, which will be held in **The Neuro's de Grandpr? Communications Centre (3801 University Street, Montreal, QC, H3A 2B4) **on the special day and time of Monday, October the 22nd starting at 1:00 pm. **Please note that this is a Joint Cognitive Neuroscience Unit and BIC Lecture Series Seminar.* ** * ***** *This lecture will be given by **Dr. Istvan Akos Morocz **, who will give us an introduction to a spatio-temporal approach to monitoring cognition.* ** The BIC Lecture Series features informal lectures on brain imaging presented at the McConnell Brain Imaging Centre (*BIC*) by experts in the field. These lectures are open to all. As you can see below, the Fall-2012 Program of the BIC Lecture Series features an interesting mix of topics that I am sure will be of great interest to the brain imaging community. Thank you in advance for your attention, and please let me know if you have any questions or comments. Also, it's never to early to let me know that you are interested in presenting something as part of the Winter-2013 BIC Lecture Series. Cheers! Aki ------------------------------------------- *BIC Lecture Series: Fall-2012 Program* *BIC Lectures are typically 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 website .* * * 01) Oct-11: *Cortical Boundaries & Connectivity Bundling: Applications of Resting-State fMRI for Describing Individual Anatomy* -- Dr. Daniel S. M argulies *---) Oct-15: No Lecture [Society for Neuroscience Conference]* *02) Oct-22: Monitoring Cognition: A Spatio-Temporal Approach -- Dr. Istvan Akos Morocz * 03) Oct-29-3pm: *Representations of Particular Objects in Human Inferior-Temporal-Cortex are Individually Unique and Predict Perceived Similarity* -- Dr. Ian Charest 04) Nov-05: *Age-dependence of Hemodynamic Response-Characteristics in Human fMRI* -- Dr. Rick Hoge 05) Nov-12: *Re-Evaluating the Role of the Orbitofrontal Cortex in Reward and Reinforcement* -- Dr. MaryAnn Noonan 06) Nov-19: *Title To Be Announced* -- Dr. Kunio Nakamura 07) Nov-26: *Of Taxi-Driving Mice and Maze-Running Men: Imaging Structural Brain-Plasticity* -- Dr. Jason Lerch 08) Dec-03: *Pharmacological Resting-State fMRI: Promises and Challenges*-- Dr. Najmeh Khalili-Mahani 09) Dec-10: *Using MRI to Measure Remyelination in Multiple Sclerosis* -- Dr. Robert Brown -- 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 (web) Google-scholar www.zcaramanos.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From christophe.grova at mcgill.ca Mon Oct 22 09:08:53 2012 From: christophe.grova at mcgill.ca (Christophe Grova) Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2012 09:08:53 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] Seminar in Biomedical Engineering - Wednesday October 24th - 1 pm- Room 333 Message-ID: <731AB4561475429A9B07BCFBF65E38C2@christope2283c> Dear all, Our next Biomedical Engineering Dpt seminar is this coming Wednesday Wednesday - October 24th, at 1 pm Location: Room 333 Lyman Duff Building (Biomedical Engineering Dpt, 3775 University Street). Speaker: Pr. Leon Glass PhD, Centre for Nonlinear Dynamics, Department of Physiology, McGill University Title : Understanding and Preventing Sudden Cardiac Death Abstract: Sudden cardiac death kills hundreds of thousands of North Americans each year. This number could be reduced significantly if a medical device - the implantable cardioverter defibrillator - had been implanted prior to the sudden death. However, since we do not have good ways of predicting who will suffer sudden cardiac death or when, physicians face a major problem in deciding in whom to implant a cardiac defibrillator. This problem is made more severe since implantable cardioverter defibrillators are expensive, and complications, though rare, do add to the risk of using the devices in those who would not benefit. In this talk I will describe attempts to understand cardiac arrhythmias - especially those responsible for sudden cardiac death. A goal is to understand the mechanisms of arrhythmias sufficiently well in an individual patient, that it is possible to better assess the risk of sudden death in that patient. To help understand arrhythmias, I use methods that include analysis of electrocardiographic records of patients who experienced sudden cardiac death, recording activity in tissue culture models of cardiac arrhythmias, and the formulation of mathematical models of cardiac arrhythmia employing a range of techniques from number theory to nonlinear dynamics. 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/ *************************** -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From christophe.grova at mcgill.ca Mon Oct 22 13:20:34 2012 From: christophe.grova at mcgill.ca (Christophe Grova) Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2012 13:20:34 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] Special Seminar in Biomedical Engineering - candidate for Associate Membership in BME - Friday October 26th - 1 pm - Room 333 Message-ID: <23E45AACFBAA49A8A48794D353E3DD90@christope2283c> Dear all, In addition to our regular seminar of this coming Wednesday, we will also a special seminar in Biomedical Engineering this coming Friday at 1h pm . Pr. Near is candidate for associate membership in our department, so participation of staff and students is expected. Friday - October 26th, at 1 pm Location: Room 333 Lyman Duff Building (Biomedical Engineering Dpt, 3775 University Street). Speaker: Pr. Jamie Near PhD, Assist. Professor in Psychiatry at the Douglas Institute of McGill University Title : In-Vivo Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy of Gamma-Aminobutyric Acid at 3T Abstract: Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) is the primary inhibitory neurotransmitter in the adult human brain and its role is predominantly in the regulation of neuronal activity. Unambiguous magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) detection of GABA is challenging due to the presence of overlapping metabolite and macromolecule(MM) resonances which obscure the relatively low-intensity GABA signal. Therefore, quantitative measurements of GABA require the use of advanced MRS acquisition techniques. In this presentation, I will introduce and discuss two localised J-difference editing techniques for GABA detection: MEGA-PRESS and MEGA-SPECIAL. The former is well established and probably the most commonly used GABA detection method, while the latter is a recently developed technique which enables the effective removal of MM contamination. I will then discuss the possibility of using ultrashort echo-time (TE) MRS as an alternative to spectral editing for GABA detection at 3T. The use of ultrashort-TE MRS provides a number of important advantages over spectral editing approaches, the most notable being the possibility of detecting a large number of metabolites (including GABA) simultaneously in a single acquisition. The accuracy and reproducibility of ultrashort-TE GABA measurements will be demonstrated using the results of both Monte-Carlo simulations and reproducibility experiments. Finally, I will present an overview of the results of several recent studies which have demonstrated that GABA concentrations in the human brain are strongly linked with functional magnetic resonance imaging contrast in the human brain, as well as behaviour 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/ *************************** -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From christophe.grova at mcgill.ca Wed Oct 24 08:04:53 2012 From: christophe.grova at mcgill.ca (Christophe Grova) Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2012 12:04:53 +0000 Subject: [BIC-announce] Seminar in Biomedical Engineering - Wednesday October 24th - 1 pm- Room 333 In-Reply-To: <26069_1350911946_508547CA_26069_13_2_731AB4561475429A9B07BCFBF65E38C2@christope2283c> References: <26069_1350911946_508547CA_26069_13_2_731AB4561475429A9B07BCFBF65E38C2@christope2283c> Message-ID: <9E1647EDA3EBB44AADA162CEC4C4222E01977E76@EXMBX2010-6.campus.MCGILL.CA> Dear all, Our next Biomedical Engineering Dpt seminar is today Wednesday - October 24th, at 1 pm Location: Room 333 Lyman Duff Building (Biomedical Engineering Dpt, 3775 University Street). Speaker: Pr. Leon Glass PhD, Department of Physiology, McGill University Title : Understanding and Preventing Sudden Cardiac Death Abstract: Sudden cardiac death kills hundreds of thousands of North Americans each year. This number could be reduced significantly if a medical device - the implantable cardioverter defibrillator - had been implanted prior to the sudden death. However, since we do not have good ways of predicting who will suffer sudden cardiac death or when, physicians face a major problem in deciding in whom to implant a cardiac defibrillator. This problem is made more severe since implantable cardioverter defibrillators are expensive, and complications, though rare, do add to the risk of using the devices in those who would not benefit. In this talk I will describe attempts to understand cardiac arrhythmias - especially those responsible for sudden cardiac death. A goal is to understand the mechanisms of arrhythmias sufficiently well in an individual patient, that it is possible to better assess the risk of sudden death in that patient. To help understand arrhythmias, I use methods that include analysis of electrocardiographic records of patients who experienced sudden cardiac death, recording activity in tissue culture models of cardiac arrhythmias, and the formulation of mathematical models of cardiac arrhythmia employing a range of techniques from number theory to nonlinear dynamics. 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/ *************************** -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From caramanos at gmail.com Thu Oct 25 00:18:34 2012 From: caramanos at gmail.com (Zografos 'Aki' CARAMANOS) Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2012 00:18:34 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] =?iso-8859-1?q?BIC_Lecture_Series=3A_Fall-2012_Pro?= =?iso-8859-1?q?gram_=28Mon-Oct-29=2C_3=3A00_pm=2C_de_Grandpr=E9_Co?= =?iso-8859-1?q?mmunications_Centre=3B_=22_Representations_of_Parti?= =?iso-8859-1?q?cular_Objects_in_Human_Inferior-Temporal-Cortex_are?= =?iso-8859-1?q?_Individually_Unique_and_Predict_Perceived_Similari?= =?iso-8859-1?q?ty_--_Dr=2E_Ian_Charest=29?= Message-ID: *BIC Lecture Series: Fall-2012 Program* ** **** *Please join us for our third lecture of the season, which will be held in * *The Neuro's de Grandpr? Communications Centre (3801 University Street, Montreal, QC, H3A 2B4) **on Monday, October the 29th starting at 3:00 pm. **Please note that this is a Joint Cognitive Neuroscience Unit and BIC Lecture Series Seminar.* ** * ***** *This lecture will be given by **Dr. Ian Charest* *, who will give us an introduction to his work trying to understand how r**epresentations of particular objects are encoded in the human inferior-temporal-cortex**.* ** The BIC Lecture Series features informal lectures on brain imaging presented at the McConnell Brain Imaging Centre (*BIC*) by experts in the field. These lectures are open to all. As you can see below, the Fall-2012 Program of the BIC Lecture Series features an interesting mix of topics that I am sure will be of great interest to the brain imaging community. Thank you in advance for your attention, and please let me know if you have any questions or comments. Also, it's never to early to let me know that you are interested in presenting something as part of the Winter-2013 BIC Lecture Series. Cheers! Aki ------------------------------------------- *BIC Lecture Series: Fall-2012 Program* *BIC Lectures are typically 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 website .* * * 01) Oct-11: *Cortical Boundaries & Connectivity Bundling: Applications of Resting-State fMRI for Describing Individual Anatomy* -- Dr. Daniel S. M argulies *---) Oct-15: No Lecture [Society for Neuroscience Conference]* 02) Oct-22: *Monitoring Cognition: A Spatio-Temporal Approach* -- Dr. Istvan Akos Morocz *03) Oct-29-3pm: Representations of Particular Objects in Human Inferior-Temporal-Cortex are Individually Unique and Predict Perceived Similarity -- Dr. Ian Charest * 04) Nov-05: *Age-dependence of Hemodynamic Response-Characteristics in Human fMRI* -- Dr. Rick Hoge 05) Nov-12: *Re-Evaluating the Role of the Orbitofrontal Cortex in Reward and Reinforcement* -- Dr. MaryAnn Noonan 06) Nov-19: *Title To Be Announced* -- Dr. Kunio Nakamura 07) Nov-26: *Of Taxi-Driving Mice and Maze-Running Men: Imaging Structural Brain-Plasticity* -- Dr. Jason Lerch 08) Dec-03: *Pharmacological Resting-State fMRI: Promises and Challenges*-- Dr. Najmeh Khalili-Mahani 09) Dec-10: *Using MRI to Measure Remyelination in Multiple Sclerosis* -- Dr. Robert Brown -- 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 (web) Google-scholar www.zcaramanos.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Dr. van Wassenhove will speak about one goal of time research which is to link the dynamics of brain processes (temporal processes) with the conscious experience of time (time perception). Can distinct neurophysiological markers index the structuring of events in time specifically for temporal cognition? Dr. van Wassenhove will show that the encoding and structuring of events in time capitalize on the natural dynamics of brain processes at an early stage of sensory processing thereby impacting perception at large. The case for multiplex encoding in the brain will be exposed. Dr. van Wassenhove?s current research interests focus on functional brain dynamics supporting supramodal perception and temporal cognition. _______________________________________________ Host: Sylvain Baillet, PhD MNI Killam Scholar & Director, MEG Research Associate Professor, Neurology & Neurosurgery Associate Member, Department of Biomedical Engineering -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Seminar_vvw_title_abstract_biosketch.pdf Type: application/pdf Size: 41423 bytes Desc: Seminar_vvw_title_abstract_biosketch.pdf URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Professor in Psychiatry at the Douglas Institute of McGill University Title : In-Vivo Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy of Gamma-Aminobutyric Acid at 3T Abstract: Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) is the primary inhibitory neurotransmitter in the adult human brain and its role is predominantly in the regulation of neuronal activity. Unambiguous magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) detection of GABA is challenging due to the presence of overlapping metabolite and macromolecule(MM) resonances which obscure the relatively low-intensity GABA signal. Therefore, quantitative measurements of GABA require the use of advanced MRS acquisition techniques. In this presentation, I will introduce and discuss two localised J-difference editing techniques for GABA detection: MEGA-PRESS and MEGA-SPECIAL. The former is well established and probably the most commonly used GABA detection method, while the latter is a recently developed technique which enables the effective removal of MM contamination. I will then discuss the possibility of using ultrashort echo-time (TE) MRS as an alternative to spectral editing for GABA detection at 3T. The use of ultrashort-TE MRS provides a number of important advantages over spectral editing approaches, the most notable being the possibility of detecting a large number of metabolites (including GABA) simultaneously in a single acquisition. The accuracy and reproducibility of ultrashort-TE GABA measurements will be demonstrated using the results of both Monte-Carlo simulations and reproducibility experiments. Finally, I will present an overview of the results of several recent studies which have demonstrated that GABA concentrations in the human brain are strongly linked with functional magnetic resonance imaging contrast in the human brain, as well as behaviour 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/ *************************** -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From caramanos at gmail.com Sun Oct 28 22:04:57 2012 From: caramanos at gmail.com (Zografos 'Aki' CARAMANOS) Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2012 22:04:57 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] =?iso-8859-1?q?=5BREMINDER=5D_BIC_Lecture_Series?= =?iso-8859-1?q?=3A_Fall-2012_Program_=28Mon-Oct-29=2C_3=3A00_pm=2C?= =?iso-8859-1?q?_de_Grandpr=E9_Communications_Centre=3B_=22_Represe?= =?iso-8859-1?q?ntations_of_Particular_Objects_in_Human_Inferior-Te?= =?iso-8859-1?q?mporal-Cortex_are_Individually_Unique_and_Predict_P?= =?iso-8859-1?q?erceived_Similarity_--_Dr=2E_Ian_Ch?= Message-ID: *BIC Lecture Series: Fall-2012 Program* ** **** *Please join us for our third lecture of the season, which will be held in * *The Neuro's de Grandpr? Communications Centre (3801 University Street, Montreal, QC, H3A 2B4) **on Monday, October the 29th starting at 3:00 pm. **Please note that this is a Joint Cognitive Neuroscience Unit and BIC Lecture Series Seminar.* ** * ***** *This lecture will be given by **Dr. Ian Charest* *, who will give us an introduction to his work trying to understand how r**epresentations of particular objects are encoded in the human inferior-temporal-cortex**.* ** The BIC Lecture Series features informal lectures on brain imaging presented at the McConnell Brain Imaging Centre (*BIC*) by experts in the field. These lectures are open to all. As you can see below, the Fall-2012 Program of the BIC Lecture Series features an interesting mix of topics that I am sure will be of great interest to the brain imaging community. Thank you in advance for your attention, and please let me know if you have any questions or comments. Also, it's never to early to let me know that you are interested in presenting something as part of the Winter-2013 BIC Lecture Series. Cheers! Aki ------------------------------------------- *BIC Lecture Series: Fall-2012 Program* *BIC Lectures are typically 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 website .* * * 01) Oct-11: *Cortical Boundaries & Connectivity Bundling: Applications of Resting-State fMRI for Describing Individual Anatomy* -- Dr. Daniel S. M argulies *---) Oct-15: No Lecture [Society for Neuroscience Conference]* 02) Oct-22: *Monitoring Cognition: A Spatio-Temporal Approach* -- Dr. Istvan Akos Morocz *03) Oct-29-3pm: Representations of Particular Objects in Human Inferior-Temporal-Cortex are Individually Unique and Predict Perceived Similarity -- Dr. Ian Charest * 04) Nov-05: *Age-dependence of Hemodynamic Response-Characteristics in Human fMRI* -- Dr. Rick Hoge 05) Nov-12: *Re-Evaluating the Role of the Orbitofrontal Cortex in Reward and Reinforcement* -- Dr. MaryAnn Noonan 06) Nov-19: *Title To Be Announced* -- Dr. Kunio Nakamura 07) Nov-26: *Of Taxi-Driving Mice and Maze-Running Men: Imaging Structural Brain-Plasticity* -- Dr. Jason Lerch 08) Dec-03: *Pharmacological Resting-State fMRI: Promises and Challenges*-- Dr. Najmeh Khalili-Mahani 09) Dec-10: *Using MRI to Measure Remyelination in Multiple Sclerosis* -- Dr. Robert Brown -- 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 (web) Google-scholar www.zcaramanos.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From aberman at bic.mni.mcgill.ca Mon Oct 29 10:04:55 2012 From: aberman at bic.mni.mcgill.ca (Avery Berman) Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2012 10:04:55 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] FW: BIC team recruitment for Movember In-Reply-To: References: , Message-ID: Dear members and friends of the BIC, As many of you are already aware, Movember will soon be upon us. For those of you who are not familiar with Movember, it is an annual fundraising campaign where men pledge to grow out their moustaches throughout the month of November while raising funds and awareness for men's health. Since this year there seems to be quite a few of us from the BIC who are interested in growing out our Mo's, I thought it would be fun for the BIC to have its own team. As a tribute to the classic disposable razor, I've named the team McBIC'd - as in getting your head Bic'd or as in the McConnell Brain Imaging Centre, whichever you prefer. In the past, funds were raised to support prostate cancer initiatives; this year, in addition to prostate cancer, funds will also be going towards raising awareness of men's mental health, which clearly falls within the domain of the Neuro (in case you needed an excuse). As Movember puts it, if you'd like to participate "you can take part either by growing one Dirty Son of a Mo as a Mo Bro, or join as a Mo Sista to help recruit others, share knowledge and support Mo growers." To join McBIC'd, go to https://www.movember.com/ca/register/details/team_id/649465. It is possible to join through Facebook too, which I imagine may make registration simpler for some of you. Our team will be open for friends/family of members of the BIC to join as well since I know that some of you may already be participating with other people - I personally have friends that would like to grow out their moustaches - so please feel free to invite your friends and family to join. If you'd like to find out more about the type of work you'd be helping to fund by supporting Movember, take a look at the Programs We Fund section on the Movember website: http://ca.movember.com/about/funding-overview/. For more info, please don't hesitate to contact me. Be sure to follow our team's progress by visiting http://ca.movember.com/team/649465. Looking forward to see those 'staches.Cheers!Avery --------------Avery Berman, M.Sc.Ph.D. candidate, Dept. of Biomedical EngineeringMRI Lab, McConnell Brain Imaging CentreMontreal Neurological InstituteMcGill University -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From christophe.grova at mcgill.ca Tue Oct 30 06:31:00 2012 From: christophe.grova at mcgill.ca (Christophe Grova) Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2012 10:31:00 +0000 Subject: [BIC-announce] Seminar in Biomedical Engineering - Wednesday October 31st - 1 pm- Room 333 Message-ID: <9E1647EDA3EBB44AADA162CEC4C4222E0197A960@EXMBX2010-6.campus.MCGILL.CA> Dear all, Our next Biomedical Engineering Dpt seminar is this coming wednesday Wednesday - October 31st, at 1 pm Location: Room 333 Lyman Duff Building (Biomedical Engineering Dpt, 3775 University Street). Speaker: Hossein Khadivi Heris, PhD candidate under the supervision of Pr. L. Mongeau, Biomechanics Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering, McGill University Title : Mechanical and structural characterization of vocal fold tissue towards scarring diagnosis and treatment Abstract: The flow-induced vibrations of the vocal folds are the primary sound source in human voice production. Vocal fold scarring is a serious pathology that may result from the surgical removal of benign or malignant vocal fold lesions, from voice overuse, or from intubation over an extended period of time. Scarring causes excessive stiffness in the tissue, thereby hampering normal phonation. The diagnosis, the evaluation and the treatment of vocal fold scarring is therefore of interest and the subject of this presentation. Atomic force microscopy-based indention and nonlinear laser scanning microscopy (NLSM) were used to study the structure and the stiffness of chronic scarring in rat animal models. NLSM was hypothesized to capture fibrosis; this method could potentially be developed further for vocal fold scar diagnosis in vivo. Results from NLSM of normal and scarred vocal fold tissue will be shown and discussed. There is presently no ideal technique to treat scarring in the vocal fold lamina propria (LP). A novel advanced injectable biomaterial to treat LP scarring through tissue engineering methods was investigated. A hydrogel network was fabricated that combines injectability (a feature of the matrix) with structural integrity and functional microparticles (a cell-speci?c feature). The pH responsiveness of the synthesized hydrogel was found to make it suitable for the smart delivery of growth factors and therapeutics. The hierarchical network of Hyaluronic acid/Gelatin with scaffolding and drug delivery characteristic was tested in rat animal models. The potential of HA-gelatin treatments to promote tissue remodeling will be discussed. 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/ *************************** -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From christophe.grova at mcgill.ca Wed Oct 31 06:59:18 2012 From: christophe.grova at mcgill.ca (Christophe Grova) Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2012 10:59:18 +0000 Subject: [BIC-announce] Seminar in Biomedical Engineering - Wednesday October 31st - 1 pm- Room 333 In-Reply-To: <9390_1351594179_508FB0C3_9390_74_8_9E1647EDA3EBB44AADA162CEC4C4222E0197A960@EXMBX2010-6.campus.MCGILL.CA> References: <9390_1351594179_508FB0C3_9390_74_8_9E1647EDA3EBB44AADA162CEC4C4222E0197A960@EXMBX2010-6.campus.MCGILL.CA> Message-ID: <9E1647EDA3EBB44AADA162CEC4C4222E0197B1C1@EXMBX2010-6.campus.MCGILL.CA> Dear all, Our next Biomedical Engineering Dpt seminar is today Wednesday - October 31st, at 1 pm Location: Room 333 Lyman Duff Building (Biomedical Engineering Dpt, 3775 University Street). Speaker: Hossein Khadivi Heris, PhD candidate under the supervision of Pr. L. Mongeau, Biomechanics Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering, McGill University Title : Mechanical and structural characterization of vocal fold tissue towards scarring diagnosis and treatment Abstract: The flow-induced vibrations of the vocal folds are the primary sound source in human voice production. Vocal fold scarring is a serious pathology that may result from the surgical removal of benign or malignant vocal fold lesions, from voice overuse, or from intubation over an extended period of time. Scarring causes excessive stiffness in the tissue, thereby hampering normal phonation. The diagnosis, the evaluation and the treatment of vocal fold scarring is therefore of interest and the subject of this presentation. Atomic force microscopy-based indention and nonlinear laser scanning microscopy (NLSM) were used to study the structure and the stiffness of chronic scarring in rat animal models. NLSM was hypothesized to capture fibrosis; this method could potentially be developed further for vocal fold scar diagnosis in vivo. Results from NLSM of normal and scarred vocal fold tissue will be shown and discussed. There is presently no ideal technique to treat scarring in the vocal fold lamina propria (LP). A novel advanced injectable biomaterial to treat LP scarring through tissue engineering methods was investigated. A hydrogel network was fabricated that combines injectability (a feature of the matrix) with structural integrity and functional microparticles (a cell-speci?c feature). The pH responsiveness of the synthesized hydrogel was found to make it suitable for the smart delivery of growth factors and therapeutics. The hierarchical network of Hyaluronic acid/Gelatin with scaffolding and drug delivery characteristic was tested in rat animal models. The potential of HA-gelatin treatments to promote tissue remodeling will be discussed. 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/ *************************** -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From caramanos at gmail.com Wed Oct 31 20:17:07 2012 From: caramanos at gmail.com (Zografos 'Aki' CARAMANOS) Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2012 20:17:07 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] =?iso-8859-1?q?BIC_Lecture_Series=3A_Fall-2012_Pro?= =?iso-8859-1?q?gram_=28Mon-Nov-05=2C_1=3A00_pm=2C_de_Grandpr=E9_Co?= =?iso-8859-1?q?mmunications_Centre=3B_=22_Age-dependence_of_Hemody?= =?iso-8859-1?q?namic_Response-Characteristics_in_Human_fMRI=22_--_?= =?iso-8859-1?q?Dr=2E_Rick_Hoge=29?= Message-ID: *BIC Lecture Series: Fall-2012 Program* ** **** *Please join us for our fourth lecture of the season, which will be held in **The Neuro's de Grandpr? Communications Centre (3801 University Street, Montreal, QC, H3A 2B4) **on Monday, November the 5th starting at 1:00 pm.* ** *This lecture will be given by **Dr. Rick Hoge* *, who will give us an introduction to his work trying to understand how r**epresentations of particular objects are encoded in the human inferior-temporal-cortex**.* ** The BIC Lecture Series features informal lectures on brain imaging presented at the McConnell Brain Imaging Centre (*BIC*) by experts in the field. These lectures are open to all. As you can see below, the Fall-2012 Program of the BIC Lecture Series features an interesting mix of topics that I am sure will be of great interest to the brain imaging community. Thank you in advance for your attention, and please let me know if you have any questions or comments. Also, it's never to early to let me know that you are interested in presenting something as part of the Winter-2013 BIC Lecture Series. Cheers! Aki ------------------------------------------- *BIC Lecture Series: Fall-2012 Program* *BIC Lectures are typically 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 website .* * * 01) Oct-11: *Cortical Boundaries & Connectivity Bundling: Applications of Resting-State fMRI for Describing Individual Anatomy* -- Dr. Daniel S. M argulies *---) Oct-15: No Lecture [Society for Neuroscience Conference]* 02) Oct-22: *Monitoring Cognition: A Spatio-Temporal Approach* -- Dr. Istvan Akos Morocz 03) Oct-29-3pm: *Representations of Particular Objects in Human Inferior-Temporal-Cortex are Individually Unique and Predict Perceived Similarity* -- Dr. Ian Charest *04) Nov-05: Age-dependence of Hemodynamic Response-Characteristics in Human fMRI -- Dr. Rick Hoge * 05) Nov-12: *Re-Evaluating the Role of the Orbitofrontal Cortex in Reward and Reinforcement* -- Dr. MaryAnn Noonan 06) Nov-19: *Title To Be Announced* -- Dr. Kunio Nakamura 07) Nov-26: *Of Taxi-Driving Mice and Maze-Running Men: Imaging Structural Brain-Plasticity* -- Dr. Jason Lerch 08) Dec-03: *Pharmacological Resting-State fMRI: Promises and Challenges*-- Dr. Najmeh Khalili-Mahani 09) Dec-10: *Using MRI to Measure Remyelination in Multiple Sclerosis* -- Dr. Robert Brown -- 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 (web) Google-scholar www.zcaramanos.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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