From christophe.grova at mcgill.ca Mon Jun 3 02:45:45 2013 From: christophe.grova at mcgill.ca (Christophe Grova) Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2013 06:45:45 +0000 Subject: [BIC-announce] Seminar in Biomedical Engineering - Wednesday June 5th - 1 pm - Room 333 Message-ID: <9E1647EDA3EBB44AADA162CEC4C4222E2D25D823@EXMBX2010-6.campus.MCGILL.CA> Dear all, Our next Biomedical Engineering Dpt seminar is this coming wednesday Wednesday - June 5th, at 1 pm Location: Room 333 Lyman Duff Building (Biomedical Engineering Dpt, 3775 University Street). Speaker: Dr R?gis M?jard PhD, Ian Wark Research Institute, Adelaide, Australia Title: Long Range Surface Plasmon Sensing for Cellular Studies Abstract: The label-free nature, real-time capabilities and high sensitivity of surface plasmon resonance (SPR)-based sensing technologies have motivated their application to the detection and study of microorganisms such as mammalian cells and bacteria. More recently, long range plasmonic sensing structures have been successfully applied to such biological entities. Compared with conventional surface plasmons (SPs), long range SPs are characterized by extended electromagnetic field profiles (500?1000 nm penetration depths into aqueous media compared to less than 200 nm for cSPR) and lower losses, making them of high interest for biosensing for biological entities with dimensions greater than field typically associated to SPs. Their structureactivity relationship towards the sensing of large biological entities such as cells remains however unclear. This presentation will provide a semi-empirical framework describing the signal variations associated to the presence of cells on the sensor surfaces. Conventional and long range SPR sensors are being compared towards the development of SPR-based sensing approaches suitable for the detection and study of bacteria and cells (e.g. cell-based assays). 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 Multimodal Functional Imaging Lab (Multi FunkIm) 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.bic.mni.mcgill.ca/ResearchLabsMFIL/PeopleChristophe http://www.bmed.mcgill.ca/ MultiFunkIm Lab: http://www.bic.mni.mcgill.ca/ResearchLabsMFIL/HomePage *************************** -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca Tue Jun 4 10:24:01 2013 From: jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca (Jennifer Chew, Ms.) Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2013 14:24:01 +0000 Subject: [BIC-announce] FW: post-doc position in cognitive neuroscience at University of Western Ontario Canada In-Reply-To: References: <518AC03D.7070904@uwo.ca> <002301ce4c48$abdb8610$03929230$@nmu.edu> Message-ID: <17E9FB1F37770C46891A5AD521DC19041BB79A44@exmbx2010-9.campus.MCGILL.CA> FOR YOUR INFORMATION. JENNIFER Postdoctoral Position in Cognitive Neuroscience at the Brain and Mind Institute, University of Western Ontario, Canada A postdoctoral position is available at the Brain and Mind Institute of the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario, Canada. The successful candidate will work under the co-supervision of Drs. Elizabeth Finger and Stefan K?hler with a starting date of August 1, 2013 or later this year. The candidate will pursue a neuroimaging project that addresses the brain abnormalities associated with various neuropsychiatric features, including Capgras syndrome, in Alzheimer's disease and related dementias. Additional projects could include neuropsychological research on memory impairments in Alzheimer's disease and semantic dementia, and/or fMRI research on memory functioning in healthy individuals. The successful applicant will have a PhD in Neuroscience, Psychology, or a related field. A proven track record in structural or functional neuroimaging, solid programming skills (e.g., Matlab), and foundational knowledge in cognitive neuroscience are necessary. A research background with focus on memory is desirable. The postdoctoral fellow will have access to all state-of-the-art research facilities at Western's Brain and Mind Institute, as well as to the neuroimaging facilities at the Robarts Research Institute (3T and 7T) in London. The postdoctoral position is scheduled initially for one year, with possible renewal for a second year. Salary will be in line with Canadian Tri-Council post-doctoral stipend levels. To apply, please send (i) a CV, (ii) a statement describing research interests and relevant background, and (iii) the names of three individuals who could provide reference letters to Dr. Elizabeth Finger (Elizabeth.Finger at lhsc.on.ca) or Dr. Stefan K?hler (stefank at uwo.ca) For further details on facilities and ongoing research: http://www.uwo.ca/bmi/ http://www.imaging.robarts.ca/ http://www.psychology.uwo.ca/kohler/ http://www.cnsuwo.ca/faculty/neurologists/elizabeth-finger/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From christophe.grova at mcgill.ca Wed Jun 5 01:23:15 2013 From: christophe.grova at mcgill.ca (Christophe Grova) Date: Wed, 5 Jun 2013 05:23:15 +0000 Subject: [BIC-announce] Seminar in Biomedical Engineering - Wednesday June 5th - 1 pm - Room 333 In-Reply-To: <1566_1370242553_51AC3DF9_1566_121_5_9E1647EDA3EBB44AADA162CEC4C4222E2D25D823@EXMBX2010-6.campus.MCGILL.CA> References: <1566_1370242553_51AC3DF9_1566_121_5_9E1647EDA3EBB44AADA162CEC4C4222E2D25D823@EXMBX2010-6.campus.MCGILL.CA> Message-ID: <9E1647EDA3EBB44AADA162CEC4C4222E2D25E175@EXMBX2010-6.campus.MCGILL.CA> Dear all, Our next Biomedical Engineering Dpt seminar is today Wednesday - June 5th, at 1 pm Location: Room 333 Lyman Duff Building (Biomedical Engineering Dpt, 3775 University Street). Speaker: Dr R?gis M?jard PhD, Ian Wark Research Institute, Adelaide, Australia Title: Long Range Surface Plasmon Sensing for Cellular Studies Abstract: The label-free nature, real-time capabilities and high sensitivity of surface plasmon resonance (SPR)-based sensing technologies have motivated their application to the detection and study of microorganisms such as mammalian cells and bacteria. More recently, long range plasmonic sensing structures have been successfully applied to such biological entities. Compared with conventional surface plasmons (SPs), long range SPs are characterized by extended electromagnetic field profiles (500?1000 nm penetration depths into aqueous media compared to less than 200 nm for cSPR) and lower losses, making them of high interest for biosensing for biological entities with dimensions greater than field typically associated to SPs. Their structureactivity relationship towards the sensing of large biological entities such as cells remains however unclear. This presentation will provide a semi-empirical framework describing the signal variations associated to the presence of cells on the sensor surfaces. Conventional and long range SPR sensors are being compared towards the development of SPR-based sensing approaches suitable for the detection and study of bacteria and cells (e.g. cell-based assays). 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 Multimodal Functional Imaging Lab (Multi FunkIm) 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.bic.mni.mcgill.ca/ResearchLabsMFIL/PeopleChristophe http://www.bmed.mcgill.ca/ MultiFunkIm Lab: http://www.bic.mni.mcgill.ca/ResearchLabsMFIL/HomePage *************************** -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca Thu Jun 6 12:54:43 2013 From: jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca (Jennifer Chew, Ms.) Date: Thu, 6 Jun 2013 16:54:43 +0000 Subject: [BIC-announce] FW: Lecture in Human genetics: June 11, 2013 - GWAS, DNA Sequencing andimmunogenomics in cancer research Message-ID: <17E9FB1F37770C46891A5AD521DC19041BB7A06E@exmbx2010-9.campus.MCGILL.CA> PLEASE DISCARD IF THIS IS A DUPLICATE. Jennifer From: neuro [mailto:NEURO at LISTS.MCGILL.CA] On Behalf Of Enza Ferracane, Ms. Sent: Thursday, June 06, 2013 12:45 PM To: NEURO at LISTS.MCGILL.CA Subject: [NEURO] Lecture in Human genetics: June 11, 2013 The Lady Davis Institute and the McGill University-G?nome Qu?bec Innovation Centre present A McGill Distinguished Lecture in Human Genetics GWAS, DNA Sequencing, and immunogenomics in cancer research Yusuke Nakamura MD, PhD University of Chicago, Department of Medicine and Surgery, Center for Personalized Therapeutics Tuesday, June 11, 2013, from 3:30-5:00pm Charles Martin Amphitheatre, McIntyre Medical Sciences Building 3655 Promenade Sir William Osler, Montreal, Quebec Genetic variations and mutations have been utilized as useful tools for (1) identifying the genes responsible for hereditary cancer syndromes, (2) identifying genes susceptible to various common diseases including cancer, and (3) establishing the prediction system for the efficacy or risk of adverse reactions of various drugs. In addition to the examination of genetic variation, more attention should be paid to identifying variations in immune cells. Recent studies have indicated that the immune response in cancer patients significantly influences the clinical response of chemotherapy or radiation therapy. Characterization of immune responses after organ transplantation should also contribute to a better understanding of the molecular mechanism of organ transplantation rejection. Therefore, characterization of differences in immune cells, such as the T-cell repertoire, is essential for future cancer treatment. In my talk, I will summarize the importance of different types of genetic variation in the cancer research field. Host: Dr. Gregory Mark Lathrop -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca Tue Jun 11 10:37:02 2013 From: jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca (Jennifer Chew, Ms.) Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2013 14:37:02 +0000 Subject: [BIC-announce] FW: Killam Lecture - Dr. Vincenzo Crunelli-Pathophysiological Mechanisms of Absence Seizures Message-ID: <17E9FB1F37770C46891A5AD521DC19041BB7A4C7@exmbx2010-9.campus.MCGILL.CA> PLEASE DISCARD IF THIS IS A DUPLICATE. THANK YOU. Jennifer From: MNISTAFF - Montreal Neurological Institute Staff [mailto:MNISTAFF at LISTS.MCGILL.CA] On Behalf Of Enza Ferracane, Ms. Sent: Monday, June 10, 2013 8:51 AM To: MNISTAFF at LISTS.MCGILL.CA Subject: Killam Lecture - Dr. Vincenzo Crunelli Killam Lecture Speaker: Vincenzo Crunelli, PhD Cardiff School of Biosciences Cardiff, UK Title: Pathophysiological Mechanisms of Absence Seizures Date: Tuesday, June 11, 2013 Time: 4 pm Place: de Grandpre Communications Centre Killam's Lecture, June 11, 2013 PATHOPHYSIOLOGICAL MECHANISMS OF TYPICAL ABSENCE SEIZURES Vincenzo Crunelli Neuroscience Division, Cardiff University, UK Our understanding of the pathophysiological mechanisms that bring about typical absence seizures is still patchy. Whereas it is established that these non-convulsive seizures originate from abnormal activity within neocortical and thalamic territories, the precise genetic, molecular, cellular and network alterations underlying absence seizures are still a matter of intense debate and controversy. Dr. Crunelli's lecture will summarize the current status of human and experimental research on this type of epilepsy, focusing on two transmitter-gated channels (i.e. GABA-A and GABA-B receptors) and one voltage-gated channel (the T-type calcium channel) that have attracted much attention over the last 25 years. In particular, he will discuss how both human and experimental evidence strongly supports the view of brain region-specific changes in phasic and tonic GABA-A receptor-mediated inhibition in typical absence seizures, with a decreased phasic GABA-A inhibition in neocortical neurons, and an enhanced tonic GABA-A inhibition in thalamocortical neurons, which results from a malfunction in the astrocytic GABA transporter GAT-1. Indeed, recent work from Dr. Crunelli's laboratory suggests that the ability of GABA-B receptor agonists and antagonists to increase and abolish, respectively, absence seizures is likely to be related to their indirect modulation of extrasynaptic GABA-A receptor function. Moreover, in contrast to current text-book views, unpublished work in undrugged, freely moving rats indicate that during spontaneous, genetically-determined absence seizures there is a reduction in the overall firing of thalamocortical and reticular thalamic neurons and only very few T-type calcium channel-mediated high frequency bursts of action potentials are present. Thus, the long-standing view of a widespread GABAergic loss-of-function in typical absence seizures is no longer tenable and model systems that use an indiscriminate block of GABAA receptors (with the resulting increase of high frequency action potential bursts in thalamocortical neurons) are of no value for understanding the cellular and network mechanisms operating in cortico-thalamic-cortical circuits during typical absence seizures. Dr. Crunelli is the Head of the Neuroscience Division in the School of Bioscience at Cardiff University in Wales (UK). With a PhD in Chemistry and a strong background in CNS physiology and pharmacology, his research interests are the system and cellular mechanisms operating in the thalamocortical network during non-REM sleep and in absence epilepsy. Dr. Crunelli's research group uses a combination of pharmacological and electrophysiological methods including large ensemble recordings and microdialysis in freely moving animals, patch and sharp electrode recordings in brain slices from normal animals and different mouse and rat genetic models of absence epilepsy, and 2-photon laser scanning imaging combined with dendritic recordings. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Jennifer From: neuro [mailto:NEURO at LISTS.MCGILL.CA] On Behalf Of Enza Ferracane, Ms. Sent: Friday, June 07, 2013 2:25 PM To: NEURO at LISTS.MCGILL.CA Subject: [NEURO] Special Seminar - June 12: Novel Drug Discovery for Glioblastoma Multiforme Using Brain Tumour Initiating Cells (Artee Luchman) SPECIAL SEMINAR ANNOUNCEMENT: Wednesday, June 12th at 1:30 pm de Grandpr? Communications Centre, MNI " Novel Drug Discovery for Glioblastoma Multiforme Using Brain Tumour Initiating Cells" Artee Luchman Research Assistant Professor Director of the Hotchkiss Brain Institute Brain Tumor Stem Cell Facility Hotchkiss Brain Institute University of Calgary Calgary, AB Dr. Artee Luchman is an independent researcher and manager of the the Brain Tumour Stem Cell Core facility for Drs Samuel Weiss and Gregory Cairncross at the Hotchkiss Brain Institute. In this role, Artee is responsible for generating and characterizing brain tumour stem cell lines from human gliomas. Her research focus is cancer stem cells in brain tumours and mechanisms regulating their resistance to treatment, especially intracellular oncogenic and metabolic signalling pathways. http://www.ucalgary.ca/braintumourcentre/facilities http://www.ucalgary.ca/braintumourcentre/node/101 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From bruce.pike at mcgill.ca Wed Jun 12 12:48:54 2013 From: bruce.pike at mcgill.ca (G. Bruce Pike, Prof.) Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2013 16:48:54 +0000 Subject: [BIC-announce] Farewell reception for Jennifer Chew Message-ID: <0F6BD3D86CB74D41AAA8F36C35CA78F508CC7D8F@exmbx2010-8.campus.MCGILL.CA> You are cordially invited to a reception to honor Jennifer Chew who is retiring after many dedicated years at the Neuro and McGill! Please join the party Wednesday, July 3 3 to 5 pm Helen Penfield Atrium Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From caramanos at gmail.com Thu Jun 13 14:20:54 2013 From: caramanos at gmail.com (Zografos 'Aki' CARAMANOS) Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2013 14:20:54 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] =?iso-8859-1?q?BIC_Lecture_Series_=28Mon-June-17?= =?iso-8859-1?q?=2C_1=3A00_pm=2C_de_Grandpr=E9_Communications_Centr?= =?iso-8859-1?q?e=3B_Ms=2E_Jennifer_Goldman_--_=22Elucidating_Consc?= =?iso-8859-1?q?iousness_with_the_Light_of_Philosophy=2C_Biology=2C?= =?iso-8859-1?q?_and_Physics=22=29?= Message-ID: *BIC Lecture Series* 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. Please join us for our next BIC Lecture, which will be held in The Neuro's de Grandpr? Communications Centre (3801 University Street, Montreal, QC, H3A 2B4)* *on *Monday, June the 17th, starting at 1:00 pm**.* * * *At that time, **Ms. Jennifer Goldman will discuss the possibility of elucidating consciousness with the light of philosophy, biology, and physics(see abstract below). *This will be a preview of some of what she will be debating, along with John Searle, against Christof Koch and Giulio Tononi at the upcoming meeting of the Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness . Cheers! Aki ------------------------------------------- *Elucidating Consciousness with the Light of Philosophy, Biology, and Physics* *Jennifer Goldman* While consciousness has been the subject of speculation for as long as humans have been aware of their subjective states of awareness, it is only recently that philosophy, biology, and physics have achieved sufficient sophistication to begin to explain the neural substrates of consciousness. In this talk, I will explore the utility of recently proposed philosophical properties and hypotheses of consciousness. I will next examine anatomical and functional Neural Correlates of Consciousness (NCCs) derived using contrastive methods, with the proposal that these NCCs be scrutinized for necessity and sufficiency for conscious experience. Here, I will also address potential confounds in the study of consciousness, based on the plasticity, degeneracy, and heterophenomenology of conscious experience from a neurobiological standpoint. I will conclude with an attempt to consolidate neurobiologically- and philosophically-based models of consciousness in light of the physical properties of neural networks to try to begin explaining how the brain generates a unified subjective experience with an extraordinary richness of potentially conscious content. I intend for this to be an interdisciplinary symposium and invite questions and debate throughout. ------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------- *BIC Lecture Series: Winter-2013 Program **BIC Lectures are typically held on Mondays at 1:00 pm in the de Grandpr? Communications Centre of The Neuro. **For more information and links to the presentations as they become available, please visit the BIC Lecture website .* 01) Feb-11: *Nature versus Nurture: Contributions Towards Healthy Cognition from Childhood to Senescence in Mice and Humans* -- Dr. Veronique Bohbot 02) Feb-18: *Functional Brain Plasticity Induced by Musical Training* -- Dr. Sibylle Herholz 03) Feb-25: *Optimization of the PET Detector Blocks for a Small-Animal PET Scanning Insert for Simultaneous PET/MRI* -- Dr. Chris Thompson 04) Mar-01: *Lactate Links Brain Energy Metabolism to Cerebral Blood Flow* -- Dr. Albert Gjedde 05) Mar-04: *Multi-Manifold Diffeomorphic Metric Mapping for Cortical Registration: Applications in Structural and Functional Studies of the Brain * -- Dr. Jidan Zhong 06) Mar-11: *Auditory-Motor Control of Singing* -- Dr. Jean Mary Zarate 07) Mar-18: *The Brain on TED* -- Mr. Benjamin Elgie 08) Mar-25: *Glimpses Into Consciousness From the Ways We Lose It* -- Dr. George Kostopoulos ---) Apr-01: *No Lecture: Easter Monday* 09) Apr-08: *The Brain on TED, 2* -- Mr. Benjamin Elgie ---) Apr-15: *No Lecture: Neuropsychology Day* ---) Apr-22: *No Lecture: ISMRM Conference* ---) Apr-29: *No Lecture* 10) May-06: *PET Imaging: Recent Research Highlights in Reconstruction and Analysis* -- Dr. Andrew Reader 11) Wed-May-08_4pm: *Statistical Detection and Reproducibility Issues in Brain Imaging Genetics Methods* -- Dr. Jean-Baptiste Poline 12) May-13: *Impaired Structural Correlates of Memory in a Mouse Model of Alzheimer?s Disease* -- Dr. Aman Badhwar ---) May-20: *No Lecture: Victoria Day* 13) May-27: *Brain Fuel Metabolism in Aging and Mild Alzheimer?s Disease: Comparison of 18F-FDG with a Novel PET Ketone tracer -- 11C-Acetoacetate* -- Dr. Stephen Cunnane ---) Jun-03: *No Lecture* ---) Jun-10: *No Lecture* 14) Jun-17: *Elucidating Consciousness with the Light of Philosophy, Biology, and Physics -- *Ms. Jennifer Goldman 15) Jun-24: *Diffusion-Weighted MRI: A Non-BOLD Contrast for Functional Brain Imaging* -- Ms. Rebecca Williams -- 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 Fri Jun 14 13:13:19 2013 From: christophe.grova at mcgill.ca (Christophe Grova) Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2013 17:13:19 +0000 Subject: [BIC-announce] Special Seminar in Biomedical Engineering - Thursday June 20th - 10 am - Room 333 Message-ID: <9E1647EDA3EBB44AADA162CEC4C4222E2D26217F@EXMBX2010-6.campus.MCGILL.CA> Dear all, We will have a special Biomedical Engineering Dpt seminar next Thursday. This seminar is cosponsored by IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology (EMB), Montreal Chapter. Thursday - June 20th, at 10am Location: Room 333 Lyman Duff Building (Biomedical Engineering Dpt, 3775 University Street). Speaker: Dr. Michael Buchholz PhD, Ulm University, Germany Title: Modelling of nonlinear systems using linear parameter-varying subspace-identification methods Abstract: Modelling of complex systems is always a compromise between high model accuracy and low model complexity. Hereby, the designated purpose of the model should always be taken into account. Besides first principle modelling, which leads to very detailed but in most cases also computational expensive models, system identification can be used to retrieve a mathematical description of the system behavior. For this identification, measurements of the inputs and outputs of the system are used to estimate the dynamical relationship between inputs and outputs, which in most cases leads to relatively simple models directly suitable for on-line applications like Kalman filtering, model-based control, or fault diagnosis. For nonlinear systems, system identification without prior knowledge of the model structure is a challenging task. With linear parameter-varying (LPV) systems, a large number of nonlinear systems can be approximated very well. The LPV framework allows to describe a dependency of model parameters on specific signals, the so-called scheduling parameters, but retains the linear time-invariant (LTI) characteristics if these signals are constant. In this talk, an introduction to system identification based on subspace identification methods for linear parameter-varying systems will be given. After a short introduction to subspace methods for LTI systems, it will be shown how these methods can be extended to be applicable for bilinear and LPV system identification. To demonstrate the power of these methods, results from modelling of lithium-ion batteries for hybrid vehicles will be given, including the application of these methods for model order reduction to retrieve a on-board applicable simulation model for a non-measurable signal, which is required for optimized charging control. 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 Multimodal Functional Imaging Lab (Multi FunkIm) 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.bic.mni.mcgill.ca/ResearchLabsMFIL/PeopleChristophe http://www.bmed.mcgill.ca/ MultiFunkIm Lab: http://www.bic.mni.mcgill.ca/ResearchLabsMFIL/HomePage *************************** -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From christophe.grova at mcgill.ca Mon Jun 17 09:06:52 2013 From: christophe.grova at mcgill.ca (Christophe Grova) Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:06:52 +0000 Subject: [BIC-announce] Special Seminar in Biomedical Engineering - Thursday June 20th - 10 am - Room 333 In-Reply-To: <15719_1371230605_51BB518D_15719_52_4_9E1647EDA3EBB44AADA162CEC4C4222E2D26217F@EXMBX2010-6.campus.MCGILL.CA> References: <15719_1371230605_51BB518D_15719_52_4_9E1647EDA3EBB44AADA162CEC4C4222E2D26217F@EXMBX2010-6.campus.MCGILL.CA> Message-ID: <9E1647EDA3EBB44AADA162CEC4C4222E2D262D93@EXMBX2010-6.campus.MCGILL.CA> Dear all, We will have a special Biomedical Engineering Dpt seminar this coming THURSDAY at 10h am . This seminar is cosponsored by IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology (EMB), Montreal Chapter. Thursday - June 20th, at 10am Location: Room 333 Lyman Duff Building (Biomedical Engineering Dpt, 3775 University Street). Speaker: Dr. Michael Buchholz PhD, Ulm University, Germany Title: Modelling of nonlinear systems using linear parameter-varying subspace-identification methods Abstract: Modelling of complex systems is always a compromise between high model accuracy and low model complexity. Hereby, the designated purpose of the model should always be taken into account. Besides first principle modelling, which leads to very detailed but in most cases also computational expensive models, system identification can be used to retrieve a mathematical description of the system behavior. For this identification, measurements of the inputs and outputs of the system are used to estimate the dynamical relationship between inputs and outputs, which in most cases leads to relatively simple models directly suitable for on-line applications like Kalman filtering, model-based control, or fault diagnosis. For nonlinear systems, system identification without prior knowledge of the model structure is a challenging task. With linear parameter-varying (LPV) systems, a large number of nonlinear systems can be approximated very well. The LPV framework allows to describe a dependency of model parameters on specific signals, the so-called scheduling parameters, but retains the linear time-invariant (LTI) characteristics if these signals are constant. In this talk, an introduction to system identification based on subspace identification methods for linear parameter-varying systems will be given. After a short introduction to subspace methods for LTI systems, it will be shown how these methods can be extended to be applicable for bilinear and LPV system identification. To demonstrate the power of these methods, results from modelling of lithium-ion batteries for hybrid vehicles will be given, including the application of these methods for model order reduction to retrieve a on-board applicable simulation model for a non-measurable signal, which is required for optimized charging control. 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 Multimodal Functional Imaging Lab (Multi FunkIm) 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.bic.mni.mcgill.ca/ResearchLabsMFIL/PeopleChristophe http://www.bmed.mcgill.ca/ MultiFunkIm Lab: http://www.bic.mni.mcgill.ca/ResearchLabsMFIL/HomePage *************************** -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From caramanos at gmail.com Mon Jun 17 09:45:35 2013 From: caramanos at gmail.com (Zografos 'Aki' CARAMANOS) Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2013 09:45:35 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] =?iso-8859-1?q?=5BTODAY=5D_BIC_Lecture_Series_=28M?= =?iso-8859-1?q?on-June-17=2C_1=3A00_pm=2C_de_Grandpr=E9_Communicat?= =?iso-8859-1?q?ions_Centre=3B_Ms=2E_Jennifer_Goldman_--_=22Elucida?= =?iso-8859-1?q?ting_Consciousness_with_the_Light_of_Philosophy=2C_?= =?iso-8859-1?q?Biology=2C_and_Physics=22=29?= Message-ID: *BIC Lecture Series* 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. Please join us for our next BIC Lecture, which will be held in The Neuro's de Grandpr? Communications Centre (3801 University Street, Montreal, QC, H3A 2B4)* *on *Monday, June the 17th, starting at 1:00 pm**.* * * *At that time, **Ms. Jennifer Goldman will discuss the possibility of elucidating consciousness with the light of philosophy, biology, and physics(see abstract below). *This will be a preview of some of what she will be debating, along with John Searle, against Christof Koch and Giulio Tononi at the upcoming meeting of the Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness . Cheers! Aki ------------------------------------------- *Elucidating Consciousness with the Light of Philosophy, Biology, and Physics* *Jennifer Goldman* While consciousness has been the subject of speculation for as long as humans have been aware of their subjective states of awareness, it is only recently that philosophy, biology, and physics have achieved sufficient sophistication to begin to explain the neural substrates of consciousness. In this talk, I will explore the utility of recently proposed philosophical properties and hypotheses of consciousness. I will next examine anatomical and functional Neural Correlates of Consciousness (NCCs) derived using contrastive methods, with the proposal that these NCCs be scrutinized for necessity and sufficiency for conscious experience. Here, I will also address potential confounds in the study of consciousness, based on the plasticity, degeneracy, and heterophenomenology of conscious experience from a neurobiological standpoint. I will conclude with an attempt to consolidate neurobiologically- and philosophically-based models of consciousness in light of the physical properties of neural networks to try to begin explaining how the brain generates a unified subjective experience with an extraordinary richness of potentially conscious content. I intend for this to be an interdisciplinary symposium and invite questions and debate throughout. ------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------- *BIC Lecture Series: Winter-2013 Program **BIC Lectures are typically held on Mondays at 1:00 pm in the de Grandpr? Communications Centre of The Neuro. **For more information and links to the presentations as they become available, please visit the BIC Lecture website .* 01) Feb-11: *Nature versus Nurture: Contributions Towards Healthy Cognition from Childhood to Senescence in Mice and Humans* -- Dr. Veronique Bohbot 02) Feb-18: *Functional Brain Plasticity Induced by Musical Training* -- Dr. Sibylle Herholz 03) Feb-25: *Optimization of the PET Detector Blocks for a Small-Animal PET Scanning Insert for Simultaneous PET/MRI* -- Dr. Chris Thompson 04) Mar-01: *Lactate Links Brain Energy Metabolism to Cerebral Blood Flow* -- Dr. Albert Gjedde 05) Mar-04: *Multi-Manifold Diffeomorphic Metric Mapping for Cortical Registration: Applications in Structural and Functional Studies of the Brain * -- Dr. Jidan Zhong 06) Mar-11: *Auditory-Motor Control of Singing* -- Dr. Jean Mary Zarate 07) Mar-18: *The Brain on TED* -- Mr. Benjamin Elgie 08) Mar-25: *Glimpses Into Consciousness From the Ways We Lose It* -- Dr. George Kostopoulos ---) Apr-01: *No Lecture: Easter Monday* 09) Apr-08: *The Brain on TED, 2* -- Mr. Benjamin Elgie ---) Apr-15: *No Lecture: Neuropsychology Day* ---) Apr-22: *No Lecture: ISMRM Conference* ---) Apr-29: *No Lecture* 10) May-06: *PET Imaging: Recent Research Highlights in Reconstruction and Analysis* -- Dr. Andrew Reader 11) Wed-May-08_4pm: *Statistical Detection and Reproducibility Issues in Brain Imaging Genetics Methods* -- Dr. Jean-Baptiste Poline 12) May-13: *Impaired Structural Correlates of Memory in a Mouse Model of Alzheimer?s Disease* -- Dr. Aman Badhwar ---) May-20: *No Lecture: Victoria Day* 13) May-27: *Brain Fuel Metabolism in Aging and Mild Alzheimer?s Disease: Comparison of 18F-FDG with a Novel PET Ketone tracer -- 11C-Acetoacetate* -- Dr. Stephen Cunnane ---) Jun-03: *No Lecture* ---) Jun-10: *No Lecture* 14) Jun-17: *Elucidating Consciousness with the Light of Philosophy, Biology, and Physics -- *Ms. Jennifer Goldman 15) Tue-Jun-25: *Diffusion-Weighted MRI: A Non-BOLD Contrast for Functional Brain Imaging* -- Ms. Rebecca Williams -- 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 Thu Jun 20 09:29:28 2013 From: christophe.grova at mcgill.ca (Christophe Grova) Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2013 13:29:28 +0000 Subject: [BIC-announce] Special Seminar in Biomedical Engineering - Thursday June 20th - 10 am - Room 333 In-Reply-To: <23970_1371475027_51BF0C53_23970_36_7_9E1647EDA3EBB44AADA162CEC4C4222E2D262D93@EXMBX2010-6.campus.MCGILL.CA> References: <15719_1371230605_51BB518D_15719_52_4_9E1647EDA3EBB44AADA162CEC4C4222E2D26217F@EXMBX2010-6.campus.MCGILL.CA>, <23970_1371475027_51BF0C53_23970_36_7_9E1647EDA3EBB44AADA162CEC4C4222E2D262D93@EXMBX2010-6.campus.MCGILL.CA> Message-ID: <9E1647EDA3EBB44AADA162CEC4C4222E2D263F59@EXMBX2010-6.campus.MCGILL.CA> Dear all, We will have a special Biomedical Engineering Dpt seminar today at 10h am . This seminar is cosponsored by IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology (EMB), Montreal Chapter. Thursday - June 20th, at 10am Location: Room 333 Lyman Duff Building (Biomedical Engineering Dpt, 3775 University Street). Speaker: Dr. Michael Buchholz PhD, Ulm University, Germany Title: Modelling of nonlinear systems using linear parameter-varying subspace-identification methods Abstract: Modelling of complex systems is always a compromise between high model accuracy and low model complexity. Hereby, the designated purpose of the model should always be taken into account. Besides first principle modelling, which leads to very detailed but in most cases also computational expensive models, system identification can be used to retrieve a mathematical description of the system behavior. For this identification, measurements of the inputs and outputs of the system are used to estimate the dynamical relationship between inputs and outputs, which in most cases leads to relatively simple models directly suitable for on-line applications like Kalman filtering, model-based control, or fault diagnosis. For nonlinear systems, system identification without prior knowledge of the model structure is a challenging task. With linear parameter-varying (LPV) systems, a large number of nonlinear systems can be approximated very well. The LPV framework allows to describe a dependency of model parameters on specific signals, the so-called scheduling parameters, but retains the linear time-invariant (LTI) characteristics if these signals are constant. In this talk, an introduction to system identification based on subspace identification methods for linear parameter-varying systems will be given. After a short introduction to subspace methods for LTI systems, it will be shown how these methods can be extended to be applicable for bilinear and LPV system identification. To demonstrate the power of these methods, results from modelling of lithium-ion batteries for hybrid vehicles will be given, including the application of these methods for model order reduction to retrieve a on-board applicable simulation model for a non-measurable signal, which is required for optimized charging control. 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 Multimodal Functional Imaging Lab (Multi FunkIm) 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.bic.mni.mcgill.ca/ResearchLabsMFIL/PeopleChristophe http://www.bmed.mcgill.ca/ MultiFunkIm Lab: http://www.bic.mni.mcgill.ca/ResearchLabsMFIL/HomePage *************************** -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From caramanos at gmail.com Thu Jun 20 23:13:52 2013 From: caramanos at gmail.com (Zografos 'Aki' CARAMANOS) Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2013 23:13:52 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] =?iso-8859-1?q?BIC_Lecture_Series_=28Tue-June-25?= =?iso-8859-1?q?=2C_1=3A00_pm=2C_de_Grandpr=E9_Communications_Centr?= =?iso-8859-1?q?e=3B_Ms=2E_Rebecca_Williams_--_=22Diffusion-Weighte?= =?iso-8859-1?q?d_MRI=3A_A_Non-BOLD_Contrast_for_Functional_Brain_I?= =?iso-8859-1?q?maging=22=29?= Message-ID: *BIC Lecture Series* 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. Please join us for our last BIC Lecture of the season, which will be held in The Neuro's de Grandpr? Communications Centre (3801 University Street, Montreal, QC, H3A 2B4)* *on *Tuesday, June the 25th, starting at 1:00 pm**.* * * *At that time, **Ms. Rebecca Willams will discuss the use of **diffusion-weighted MRI as a non-BOLD contrast for functional brain imaging.* Cheers! Aki ------------------------------------------- *BIC Lecture Series: Winter-2013 Program **BIC Lectures are typically held on Mondays at 1:00 pm in the de Grandpr? Communications Centre of The Neuro. **For more information and links to the presentations as they become available, please visit the BIC Lecture website .* 01) Feb-11: *Nature versus Nurture: Contributions Towards Healthy Cognition from Childhood to Senescence in Mice and Humans* -- Dr. Veronique Bohbot 02) Feb-18: *Functional Brain Plasticity Induced by Musical Training* -- Dr. Sibylle Herholz 03) Feb-25: *Optimization of the PET Detector Blocks for a Small-Animal PET Scanning Insert for Simultaneous PET/MRI* -- Dr. Chris Thompson 04) Mar-01: *Lactate Links Brain Energy Metabolism to Cerebral Blood Flow* -- Dr. Albert Gjedde 05) Mar-04: *Multi-Manifold Diffeomorphic Metric Mapping for Cortical Registration: Applications in Structural and Functional Studies of the Brain * -- Dr. Jidan Zhong 06) Mar-11: *Auditory-Motor Control of Singing* -- Dr. Jean Mary Zarate 07) Mar-18: *The Brain on TED* -- Mr. Benjamin Elgie 08) Mar-25: *Glimpses Into Consciousness From the Ways We Lose It* -- Dr. George Kostopoulos ---) Apr-01: *No Lecture: Easter Monday* 09) Apr-08: *The Brain on TED, 2* -- Mr. Benjamin Elgie ---) Apr-15: *No Lecture: Neuropsychology Day* ---) Apr-22: *No Lecture: ISMRM Conference* ---) Apr-29: *No Lecture* 10) May-06: *PET Imaging: Recent Research Highlights in Reconstruction and Analysis* -- Dr. Andrew Reader 11) Wed-May-08_4pm: *Statistical Detection and Reproducibility Issues in Brain Imaging Genetics Methods* -- Dr. Jean-Baptiste Poline 12) May-13: *Impaired Structural Correlates of Memory in a Mouse Model of Alzheimer?s Disease* -- Dr. Aman Badhwar ---) May-20: *No Lecture: Victoria Day* 13) May-27: *Brain Fuel Metabolism in Aging and Mild Alzheimer?s Disease: Comparison of 18F-FDG with a Novel PET Ketone tracer -- 11C-Acetoacetate* -- Dr. Stephen Cunnane ---) Jun-03: *No Lecture* ---) Jun-10: *No Lecture* 14) Jun-17: *Elucidating Consciousness with the Light of Philosophy, Biology, and Physics -- *Ms. Jennifer Goldman 15) *Tue*-Jun-25: *Diffusion-Weighted MRI: A Non-BOLD Contrast for Functional Brain Imaging* -- Ms. Rebecca Williams -- 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 Tue Jun 25 10:06:02 2013 From: caramanos at gmail.com (Zografos 'Aki' CARAMANOS) Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2013 10:06:02 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] =?iso-8859-1?q?=5BTODAY=5D_BIC_Lecture_Series_=28T?= =?iso-8859-1?q?ue-June-25=2C_1=3A00_pm=2C_de_Grandpr=E9_Communicat?= =?iso-8859-1?q?ions_Centre=3B_Ms=2E_Rebecca_Williams_--_=22Diffusi?= =?iso-8859-1?q?on-Weighted_MRI=3A_A_Non-BOLD_Contrast_for_Function?= =?iso-8859-1?q?al_Brain_Imaging=22=29?= Message-ID: *BIC Lecture Series* 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. Please join us for our last BIC Lecture of the season, which will be held in The Neuro's de Grandpr? Communications Centre (3801 University Street, Montreal, QC, H3A 2B4)* *on *Tuesday, June the 25th, starting at 1:00 pm**.* * * *At that time, **Ms. Rebecca Willams will discuss the use of **diffusion-weighted MRI as a non-BOLD contrast for functional brain imaging.* Cheers! Aki ------------------------------------------- *BIC Lecture Series: Winter-2013 Program **BIC Lectures are typically held on Mondays at 1:00 pm in the de Grandpr? Communications Centre of The Neuro. **For more information and links to the presentations as they become available, please visit the BIC Lecture website .* 01) Feb-11: *Nature versus Nurture: Contributions Towards Healthy Cognition from Childhood to Senescence in Mice and Humans* -- Dr. Veronique Bohbot 02) Feb-18: *Functional Brain Plasticity Induced by Musical Training* -- Dr. Sibylle Herholz 03) Feb-25: *Optimization of the PET Detector Blocks for a Small-Animal PET Scanning Insert for Simultaneous PET/MRI* -- Dr. Chris Thompson 04) Mar-01: *Lactate Links Brain Energy Metabolism to Cerebral Blood Flow* -- Dr. Albert Gjedde 05) Mar-04: *Multi-Manifold Diffeomorphic Metric Mapping for Cortical Registration: Applications in Structural and Functional Studies of the Brain * -- Dr. Jidan Zhong 06) Mar-11: *Auditory-Motor Control of Singing* -- Dr. Jean Mary Zarate 07) Mar-18: *The Brain on TED* -- Mr. Benjamin Elgie 08) Mar-25: *Glimpses Into Consciousness From the Ways We Lose It* -- Dr. George Kostopoulos ---) Apr-01: *No Lecture: Easter Monday* 09) Apr-08: *The Brain on TED, 2* -- Mr. Benjamin Elgie ---) Apr-15: *No Lecture: Neuropsychology Day* ---) Apr-22: *No Lecture: ISMRM Conference* ---) Apr-29: *No Lecture* 10) May-06: *PET Imaging: Recent Research Highlights in Reconstruction and Analysis* -- Dr. Andrew Reader 11) Wed-May-08_4pm: *Statistical Detection and Reproducibility Issues in Brain Imaging Genetics Methods* -- Dr. Jean-Baptiste Poline 12) May-13: *Impaired Structural Correlates of Memory in a Mouse Model of Alzheimer?s Disease* -- Dr. Aman Badhwar ---) May-20: *No Lecture: Victoria Day* 13) May-27: *Brain Fuel Metabolism in Aging and Mild Alzheimer?s Disease: Comparison of 18F-FDG with a Novel PET Ketone tracer -- 11C-Acetoacetate* -- Dr. Stephen Cunnane ---) Jun-03: *No Lecture* ---) Jun-10: *No Lecture* 14) Jun-17: *Elucidating Consciousness with the Light of Philosophy, Biology, and Physics -- *Ms. Jennifer Goldman 15) *Tue*-Jun-25: *Diffusion-Weighted MRI: A Non-BOLD Contrast for Functional Brain Imaging* -- Ms. Rebecca Williams -- 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 jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca Tue Jun 25 10:30:36 2013 From: jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca (Jennifer Chew, Ms.) Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2013 14:30:36 +0000 Subject: [BIC-announce] FW: Post-doc position at the FMRIB Centre in Oxford In-Reply-To: References: <36BC09EC-7AF2-491D-9AA4-7C806FD96735@fmrib.ox.ac.uk> Message-ID: <17E9FB1F37770C46891A5AD521DC19041BB7B66F@exmbx2010-9.campus.MCGILL.CA> From: Karla Miller Date: Sat, Jun 22, 2013 at 8:08 PM Subject: Post-doc position at the FMRIB Centre in Oxford To: Nikola Stikov The FMRIB Centre is currently looking for a post-doctoral physicist to lead our program on post-mortem imaging of whole, human brains. This will build on our recent work using our state-of-the-art 7T Siemens scanner to obtain high-resolution images of whole, post-mortem human brains. The person we're recruiting will complement our existing diffusion methods with other relevant MR measures, including relaxography, susceptibility and magnetization transfer. A second post-doc on the project will put these methods to use on a cohort of donated brains from motor neuron disease (MND, also called ALS) patients, who have already been scanned prior to death. The goal is to provide a comprehensive dataset linking in-vivo imaging, ex-vivo imaging and histological measures in the same brains, with particular interest in studying the link between MND and fronto-temporal dementia. In addition, we would be interested for the post-holder to engage with our broader interests in imaging post-mortem brains from a range of conditions, including autism, Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease and multiple sclerosis, as well as very high-resolution diffusion imaging for anatomical investigations. The post-holder would be part of the FMRIB Physics Group, co-directed by myself and Peter Jezzard. We hope to find someone with a strong technical background and an interest in neurodegeneration. Previous experience with quantitative MRI of white matter and/or MRI-histological comparisons would be ideal. Candidates are welcome to direct formal enquiries to me, but applications must be made on-line (please see the ad below, and follow the links to apply). http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/AGP908/postdoctoral-physicist-in-histological-correlates-of-quantitative-mri-of-the-brain/ The deadline for applications is June 27 at 12pm (mid-day) UK time. Thanks! karla ____________________________________________________________________ Karla L. Miller University Research Lecturer, Wellcome Trust Career Development Fellow Oxford Centre for Functional MRI of the Brain (FMRIB) John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington, Oxford OX3 9DU, UK tel +44 (0) 1865 222551 fax +44 (0) 1865 222717 www.fmrib.ox.ac.uk/~karla ____________________________________________________________________ Save Lhasa