From caramanos at gmail.com Fri Nov 1 11:56:00 2013 From: caramanos at gmail.com (Zografos 'Aki' CARAMANOS) Date: Fri, 1 Nov 2013 11:56:00 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] McBIC'd Again? Message-ID: Hello again, If anyone is interested in joining us for a "Before" picture, we will be meeting near the W3B elevators (Webster 3rd-Basement) just after 12:30 pm. Cheers! Aki-Stachio On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 8:09 PM, Zografos 'Aki' CARAMANOS < caramanos at gmail.com> wrote: > Hello BIC! > > M(N)ovember is drawing very near and I was > wondering if anyone in the BIC was interested in, once again, growing some > whiskers for a cause! > > Last year, through the power of the moustache, the 8 Movember-moustachio'd > members of McBIC'd (photo below) raised awareness and close to $2000 to > combat prostate and testicular cancer and men's mental health challenges. > I am hoping that we can do even better this year! > > I have already set up my personal "Mo Space", > which is very easy to do, and am hoping that some of you will do so as > well, and that, together, we can create another Movember Team representing > the BIC. As for the team name: should we continue with last year's > McBIC'd, or does anyone have any other ideas (*e.g.*: the BIC nonShavers > (as opposed to BIC Shavers), > the MRIstachios, etc)? > > I am hoping to hear back from you soon, and perhaps we can meet up on > Friday (November 1st), say at noon, to take a team clean-shaven picture > against which to compare our hirsute pursuit on November 31st. So, get > back to me and let me know if you are ready for another month of upper-lip > itch and attention ;-{. > > And, for the BIC ladies, please know that you can also get involved as a BIC > Mo-Sista . > > Cheers! > Mustachi-Aki > ;-{ > > > [image: Inline image 1] > > *From the FAQ :* > *Movember is the month formerly known as November, where men and women > across the globe join together to raise awareness and funds for men?s > health issues. Men grow a Mo (moustache) for 30 days to become walking, > talking billboards, for our men?s health causes - specifically prostate > cancer, testicular cancer and male mental health initiatives. > > Men who support Movember, called Mo Bros, start by registering at > Movember.com. Mo Bros start Movember 1st clean shaven, then grow and groom > their Mo for the rest of the month, raising money along the way. Women who > support Movember, called Mo Sistas, also start by registering at > Movember.com. Mo Sistas champion the Mo by supporting their Mo Bros, > organizing events, leading a team. > * > > > > > -- > 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: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Communications Centre (3801 University Street, Montreal, QC, H3A 2B4)* *on *Monday, November the 4th, starting at 1:00 pm**. * * * *At that time, **Dr. Petra Schweinhardt will be providing an introduction to fMRI Experimental Design**.* Cheers! Aki ------------------------------------------- *BIC Lecture Series: Fall-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 please visit the BIC Lecture website .* * * 01) Sep-09: *Introduction to Brain Imaging* -- Dr. Petra Schweinhardt 02) Sep-16: *The Basics of MRI and fMRI Physics* -- Dr. Rick Hoge 03) Sep-23: *Structural Image Pre-Processing* -- Dr. Kunio Nakamura 04) Sep-30: *Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI)* -- Dr. Jennifer Campbell 05) Oct-07: *Stereotaxic Space, Image Registration, and Image Segmentation* -- Dr. Hassan Rivaz *---) Oct-14: No Lecture: Thanksgiving* 06) Oct-21: *Positron Emission Tomography (PET)* -- Dr. Jean-Paul Soucy 07) Oct-28: *Electroencephalography (EEG) and Magnetoencephalography (MEG)* -- Dr. Christophe Grova 08) Nov-04: *fMRI Experimental Design* -- Dr. Petra Schweinhardt 09) Nov-11: *fMRI Pre-Processing and Related Issues* -- Dr. Rick Hoge 10) Nov-18: *Neural basis of fMRI* -- Dr. Amir Shmuel 11) Nov-25: *fMRI Analysis of Evoked Responses* -- Dr. Jorge Armony 12) Dec-02: *Resting state fMRI and Related Analysis* -- Dr. Pierre Bellec 13) Dec-09: *To Be Announced* -- To Be Announced 14) Dec-16: *To Be Announced* -- To Be Announced -- 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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Communications Centre (3801 University Street, Montreal, QC, H3A 2B4) on *Monday, November the 4th, starting at 1:00 pm**. * *At that time, **Dr. Petra Schweinhardt will be providing an introduction to fMRI Experimental Design**.* Cheers! Aki ------------------------------------------- *BIC Lecture Series: Fall-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 please visit the BIC Lecture website .* 01) Sep-09: *Introduction to Brain Imaging* -- Dr. Petra Schweinhardt 02) Sep-16: *The Basics of MRI and fMRI Physics* -- Dr. Rick Hoge 03) Sep-23: *Structural Image Pre-Processing* -- Dr. Kunio Nakamura 04) Sep-30: *Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI)* -- Dr. Jennifer Campbell 05) Oct-07: *Stereotaxic Space, Image Registration, and Image Segmentation* -- Dr. Hassan Rivaz *---) Oct-14: No Lecture: Thanksgiving* 06) Oct-21: *Positron Emission Tomography (PET)* -- Dr. Jean-Paul Soucy 07) Oct-28: *Electroencephalography (EEG) and Magnetoencephalography (MEG)* -- Dr. Christophe Grova 08) Nov-04: *fMRI Experimental Design* -- Dr. Petra Schweinhardt 09) Nov-11: *fMRI Pre-Processing and Related Issues* -- Dr. Rick Hoge 10) Nov-18: *Neural basis of fMRI* -- Dr. Amir Shmuel 11) Nov-25: *fMRI Analysis of Evoked Responses* -- Dr. Jorge Armony 12) Dec-02: *Resting state fMRI and Related Analysis* -- Dr. Pierre Bellec 13) Dec-09: *To Be Announced* -- To Be Announced 14) Dec-16: *To Be Announced* -- To Be Announced -- 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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Most of the essential envelope biogenesis systems have now been identified in Escherichia coli and related proteobacterial pathogens including: (i) the Sec system that transports proteins across the inner membrane or inserts them into it, (ii) the Lol system for lipoprotein transport to the outer membrane, (iii) the Bam system for outer membrane beta-barrel protein assembly, (iv) the Lpt system for lipopolysaccharide transport to and assembly in the outer membrane, and (v) the penicillin-binding proteins (PBPs) that construct the cell wall layer. What remains unclear is how these different processes are controlled and coordinated with one another so that the envelope grows uniformly and maintains its integrity as it is remodeled. Given that genes coding for envelope proteins constitute roughly one quarter of the E. coli genome, and that about half of these have an unknown or poorly understood function, it is likely that many factors important for modulating envelope assembly remain to be identified. I will first describe the design of synthetic lethal screens to directly identify factors essential for the in vivo activity of the bifunctional enzymes PBP1a and PBP1b that construct the cell wall layer in the model gram-negative rod Escherichia coli. These screens allowed the discovery of two outer membrane lipoproteins of previously unknown function as new cell wall assembly factors. We have designated them LpoA and LpoB for lipoprotein modulators of PBP1 function from the outer membrane. LpoA was found to be specifically required for PBP1a function while LpoB was found to be specifically required for PBP1b function. These factors directly modulate the activity of their cognate PBPs through the formation of specific trans-envelope lipoprotein- PBP complexes. The conserved LpoA and LpoB factors probably direct and guide cell wall biogenesis to assure coordination with the outer membrane in Gram-negative envelope. I will then present the development of a large-scale genetic method to discover new factors involved in Gram-negative envelope biogenesis. We decided to use an old reporter, ?- galactosidase (LacZ), in a new way. The LacZ substrate chlorophenyl red-?-D-galactopyranoside (CPRG) fails to penetrate the E. coli envelope and cannot be processed by cytoplasmic LacZ. Because mutants impaired for envelope assembly typically either lyse at an elevated frequency to release LacZ into the medium and/or are more permeable to small molecules like CPRG, they are readily identifiable based on CPRG hydrolysis and the formation of red colonies on CPRGcontaining agar. We proceeded to systematically screen an ordered E. coli deletion library for mutants with a CPRG+ phenotype. We identified 463 mutants with a CPRG+ phenotype and implicating 102 genes of unknown function in proper envelope assembly. As a proof of principle, we further analyzed a mutant inactivated for ycbC, which encodes a factor with a highly conserved domain of unknown function (DUF218). Loss of YcbC function was found to cause a severe growth defect at low temperature accompanied by an elevated frequency of cell lysis resulting from impaired metabolism of the essential lipid precursor required for cell wall biogenesis. We have therefore renamed this factor ElyC (elevated frequency of lysis) to reflect this phenotype. Further analysis of the function of ElyC and other CPRG+ mutants is likely to uncover a wealth of new information about the biogenesis of the Gram-negative envelope and its control under different environmental conditions. Importantly, the CPRG screen should also be transferable to other organisms to study the biogenesis of different envelope architectures. 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... 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Please bring > your laptop with you (preferably running Linux). > > Topics to be covered include: > - Bash Scripting > - Job Control > - SSH > - Helpful internet resources > > Please note that the workshop will begin at 2PM, and will take place at the > de Grand Pre Communications Center. > > Hope to see you tomorrow, > > Melanie & Martha > > > _______________________________________________ > BIC-announce mailing list > BIC-announce at bic.mni.mcgill.ca > http://www.bic.mni.mcgill.ca/mailman/listinfo/bic-announce > -- Nikola Stikov, PhD Postdoctoral Fellow McConnell Brain Imaging Centre Montreal Neurological Institute McGill University http://www.bic.mni.mcgill.ca/PersonalStikovnikola/HomePage From christophe.grova at mcgill.ca Wed Nov 6 00:22:41 2013 From: christophe.grova at mcgill.ca (Christophe Grova) Date: Wed, 6 Nov 2013 05:22:41 +0000 Subject: [BIC-announce] Seminar in Biomedical Engineering - Wednesday Nov 6th - 1 pm - Room 333 In-Reply-To: <21627_1383575823_5277B10F_21627_2_9_CE9D1599.14B3E%christophe.grova@mcgill.ca> References: , <21627_1383575823_5277B10F_21627_2_9_CE9D1599.14B3E%christophe.grova@mcgill.ca> Message-ID: <9E1647EDA3EBB44AADA162CEC4C4222E2D2E04E2@exmbx2010-9.campus.MCGILL.CA> Dear all, We will have our next Biomedical Engineering seminar today Wednesday ? November 6th, at 1 pm Location: Room 333 Lyman Duff Building (Biomedical Engineering Dpt, 3775 University Street). Speaker: Dr. Catherine Paradis-Bleau PhD, D?partement de microbiologie, infectiologie et immunologie, Universit? de Montr?al Title: Novel genetic screens revealed key players in Gram-negative envelope assembly Abstract: Gram-negative bacteria are surrounded by a complex cell envelope composed of two membranes sandwiching the cell wall. Most of the essential envelope biogenesis systems have now been identified in Escherichia coli and related proteobacterial pathogens including: (i) the Sec system that transports proteins across the inner membrane or inserts them into it, (ii) the Lol system for lipoprotein transport to the outer membrane, (iii) the Bam system for outer membrane beta-barrel protein assembly, (iv) the Lpt system for lipopolysaccharide transport to and assembly in the outer membrane, and (v) the penicillin-binding proteins (PBPs) that construct the cell wall layer. What remains unclear is how these different processes are controlled and coordinated with one another so that the envelope grows uniformly and maintains its integrity as it is remodeled. Given that genes coding for envelope proteins constitute roughly one quarter of the E. coli genome, and that about half of these have an unknown or poorly understood function, it is likely that many factors important for modulating envelope assembly remain to be identified. I will first describe the design of synthetic lethal screens to directly identify factors essential for the in vivo activity of the bifunctional enzymes PBP1a and PBP1b that construct the cell wall layer in the model gram-negative rod Escherichia coli. These screens allowed the discovery of two outer membrane lipoproteins of previously unknown function as new cell wall assembly factors. We have designated them LpoA and LpoB for lipoprotein modulators of PBP1 function from the outer membrane. LpoA was found to be specifically required for PBP1a function while LpoB was found to be specifically required for PBP1b function. These factors directly modulate the activity of their cognate PBPs through the formation of specific trans-envelope lipoprotein- PBP complexes. The conserved LpoA and LpoB factors probably direct and guide cell wall biogenesis to assure coordination with the outer membrane in Gram-negative envelope. I will then present the development of a large-scale genetic method to discover new factors involved in Gram-negative envelope biogenesis. We decided to use an old reporter, ?- galactosidase (LacZ), in a new way. The LacZ substrate chlorophenyl red-?-D-galactopyranoside (CPRG) fails to penetrate the E. coli envelope and cannot be processed by cytoplasmic LacZ. Because mutants impaired for envelope assembly typically either lyse at an elevated frequency to release LacZ into the medium and/or are more permeable to small molecules like CPRG, they are readily identifiable based on CPRG hydrolysis and the formation of red colonies on CPRGcontaining agar. We proceeded to systematically screen an ordered E. coli deletion library for mutants with a CPRG+ phenotype. We identified 463 mutants with a CPRG+ phenotype and implicating 102 genes of unknown function in proper envelope assembly. As a proof of principle, we further analyzed a mutant inactivated for ycbC, which encodes a factor with a highly conserved domain of unknown function (DUF218). Loss of YcbC function was found to cause a severe growth defect at low temperature accompanied by an elevated frequency of cell lysis resulting from impaired metabolism of the essential lipid precursor required for cell wall biogenesis. We have therefore renamed this factor ElyC (elevated frequency of lysis) to reflect this phenotype. Further analysis of the function of ElyC and other CPRG+ mutants is likely to uncover a wealth of new information about the biogenesis of the Gram-negative envelope and its control under different environmental conditions. Importantly, the CPRG screen should also be transferable to other organisms to study the biogenesis of different envelope architectures. 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 *************************** [X] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From martha.shiell at mail.mcgill.ca Wed Nov 6 09:43:38 2013 From: martha.shiell at mail.mcgill.ca (Martha Shiell) Date: Wed, 6 Nov 2013 09:43:38 -0500 Subject: [BIC-announce] TODAY: McConnell BIC Open Methods Meetup and Happy-Hour Message-ID: Join us at 3:30 today in the Helen Penfield atrium for our Open Methods Happy Hour! At 4 PM, we will start our second Open Methods Meetup in the Grandpre Communications Centre: "Speed-Dating with BIC Tools". We've gathered a panel of experts to introduce you to the tools developed at the McConnell BIC, including: Dr. Louis Collins, on the History of Minc Illana Leppert, on Diffusion-weighted imaging analysis tools Dr. Lindsay Lewis, on CBRAIN, Civet and Surfstat for T1-weighted analysis Kevin Larcher on the DOPAPET pipeline Paul Gravel on PET analysis tools Fran?ois Tadel on Brainstorm for MEG analysis Come out, have a drink, meet some people, and learn about what's going on at your McConnell Braing-Imaging Centre. 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Les informations se trouvent sur ce site : http://neurometrika.org/BasicFMRI_Montreal ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Brain Imaging Center of the University Mental Health Institute Douglas organized a 5-day workshop (from December 9 to 13, 2013) on the analysis of fMRI data. The workshop will be led by Dr. Tom Zeffiro MGH (Boston, MA). All information are available on the website: http://neurometrika.org/BasicFMRI_Montreal ------------------------------------------------ Blandine Courcot, Ph.D. Douglas Brain Imaging Center Office GH-2112 6875 Blvd Lasalle Montreal (QC) H4H 1R3 T : 514.761.6131 x4758 Blandine.Courcot at douglas.mcgill.ca -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From kdudek at cim.mcgill.ca Fri Nov 8 10:20:58 2013 From: kdudek at cim.mcgill.ca (Christine Dudek) Date: Fri, 8 Nov 2013 10:20:58 -0500 Subject: [BIC-announce] CREATE-MIA: November 15 schedule Message-ID: This message is being sent on behalf of the CREATE Program in Medical Image Analysis (CREATE-MIA). Everyone is welcome to attend both events. Please see below for more details. _______________________________________________________ 4D Dynamics and Statistics by Spatio-Temporal 3D Image and Shape Analysis Speaker: Professor Guido Gerig, Scientific Computing and Imaging Institute (SCI), School of Computing, University of Utah Date: Friday, November 15 from 2:00pm - 3:30pm Where: McConnell Engineering Building, Room 437, McGill University Abstract: Rapid advances in image acquisition and shape capturing technology provide continuous or time-discrete 3D volumetric images and/or surfaces, motivated by the notion that dynamic spatiotemporal changes may provide information not available from snapshots in time. The segmentation of 4D data embedding time-varying objects and analysis 4D surfaces requires a new class of methods and tools to make use of the inherent correlation and causality of repeated acquisitions. This talk will discuss progress in the development of advanced 4D image analysis methodologies that carry the notion of linear and nonlinear regression, now applied to complex, high-dimensional data such as images, image-derived shapes and structures, or a combination thereof. Methods include joint segmentation of serial 3D data by 4D segmentation enforcing temporal consistency. We will also address concepts for regression of 4D shapes from time-discrete data, and work in progress towards statistical analysis of 4D shape trajectories via diffeomorphic flows. We will demonstrate that statistical concepts of longitudinal data analysis such as linear and nonlinear mixed-effect modeling (NLME), commonly applied to univariate or low-dimensional data, can be extended to structures and shapes modeled from serial image data. Our research is driven by challenging medical image analysis problems. Clinical assessment routinely uses terms such as development, growth trajectory, aging, degeneration, disease progress, recovery or prediction. This terminology inherently carries the aspect of dynamic processes, suggesting that snapshots in time and cross-sectional analysis are not sufficient. We will show examples from ongoing clinical studies such as analysis of early brain growth in healthy and at-risk subjects, and of understanding neurodegeneration in normal aging and Huntington?s and Alzheimer?s disease. However, methodologies are generic and may find applications in a wide range of areas where we would like to extract spatiotemporal models from dynamic image series. _______________________________________________________ Coding in an Industrial Setting Who: Rogue Research Inc. Date: Friday, November 15 from 3:30pm - 5pm Where: McConnell Engineering Building, Room 437, McGill University Software specialists from Rogue Research Inc. will speak about best practices in software development and software project management in an industrial setting. Rogue Research Inc., one of CREATE-MIA?s industrial partners, is a Montreal-based company which manufactures a family of neuronavigation products used in labs around the world. _______________________________________________________ Coffee and cookies will be served. More information can be found on http://www.cim.mcgill.ca/create-mia _________________________________________________________ Krys (Christine) Dudek Program Administrator, NSERC CREATE Program for Medical Image Analysis Centre for Intelligent Machines, McGill University McConnell Engineering, Room 410 3480 University Street Montreal, QC H3A 0E9 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From caramanos at gmail.com Fri Nov 8 14:18:10 2013 From: caramanos at gmail.com (Zografos 'Aki' CARAMANOS) Date: Fri, 8 Nov 2013 14:18:10 -0500 Subject: [BIC-announce] =?iso-8859-1?q?BIC_Lecture_Series_=28Mon-Nov-11=2C?= =?iso-8859-1?q?_1=3A00_pm=2C_de_Grandpr=E9_Communications_Centre?= =?iso-8859-1?q?=3B_=22fMRI_Pre-Processing_and_Related_Issues=22_-_?= =?iso-8859-1?q?Dr=2E_Rick_Hoge=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. This semester, the BIC Lecture Series is being held in conjunction with *Human Brain Imaging* (NEUR-570), an introductory course on modern brain imaging. Please join us for our next 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 *Monday, November the 11th, starting at 1:00 pm**. * *At that time, **Dr. Rick Hoge ** will be providing an introduction to **fMRI pre-processing and related issues**.* Cheers! Aki ------------------------------------------- *BIC Lecture Series: Fall-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 please visit the BIC Lecture website .* 01) Sep-09: *Introduction to Brain Imaging* -- Dr. Petra Schweinhardt 02) Sep-16: *The Basics of MRI and fMRI Physics* -- Dr. Rick Hoge 03) Sep-23: *Structural Image Pre-Processing* -- Dr. Kunio Nakamura 04) Sep-30: *Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI)* -- Dr. Jennifer Campbell 05) Oct-07: *Stereotaxic Space, Image Registration, and Image Segmentation* -- Dr. Hassan Rivaz *---) Oct-14: No Lecture: Thanksgiving* 06) Oct-21: *Positron Emission Tomography (PET)* -- Dr. Jean-Paul Soucy 07) Oct-28: *Electroencephalography (EEG) and Magnetoencephalography (MEG)* -- Dr. Christophe Grova 08) Nov-04: *fMRI Experimental Design* -- Dr. Petra Schweinhardt 09) Nov-11: *fMRI Pre-Processing and Related Issues* -- Dr. Rick Hoge 10) Nov-18: *Neural basis of fMRI* -- Dr. Amir Shmuel 11) Nov-25: *fMRI Analysis of Evoked Responses* -- Dr. Jorge Armony 12) Dec-02: *Resting state fMRI and Related Analysis* -- Dr. Pierre Bellec 13) Dec-09: *To Be Announced* -- To Be Announced 14) Dec-16: *To Be Announced* -- To Be Announced -- 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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Communications Centre (3801 University Street, Montreal, QC, H3A 2B4) on *Monday, November the 11th, starting at 1:00 pm**. * *At that time, **Dr. Rick Hoge ** will be providing an introduction to **fMRI pre-processing and related issues**.* Cheers! Aki ------------------------------------------- *BIC Lecture Series: Fall-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 please visit the BIC Lecture website .* 01) Sep-09: *Introduction to Brain Imaging* -- Dr. Petra Schweinhardt 02) Sep-16: *The Basics of MRI and fMRI Physics* -- Dr. Rick Hoge 03) Sep-23: *Structural Image Pre-Processing* -- Dr. Kunio Nakamura 04) Sep-30: *Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI)* -- Dr. Jennifer Campbell 05) Oct-07: *Stereotaxic Space, Image Registration, and Image Segmentation* -- Dr. Hassan Rivaz *---) Oct-14: No Lecture: Thanksgiving* 06) Oct-21: *Positron Emission Tomography (PET)* -- Dr. Jean-Paul Soucy 07) Oct-28: *Electroencephalography (EEG) and Magnetoencephalography (MEG)* -- Dr. Christophe Grova 08) Nov-04: *fMRI Experimental Design* -- Dr. Petra Schweinhardt 09) Nov-11: *fMRI Pre-Processing and Related Issues* -- Dr. Rick Hoge 10) Nov-18: *Neural basis of fMRI* -- Dr. Amir Shmuel 11) Nov-25: *fMRI Analysis of Evoked Responses* -- Dr. Jorge Armony 12) Dec-02: *Resting state fMRI and Related Analysis* -- Dr. Pierre Bellec 13) Dec-09: *To Be Announced* -- To Be Announced 14) Dec-16: *To Be Announced* -- To Be Announced -- 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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Signal Processing and Machine Learning researchers bring out relevant features from the brain signals and interpret them. Computer Scientists design the software and assemble hardware components to build an operational setup. Neurophysiologists and neuropsychologists design the protocol which provides cues and feedback to the users. Clinicians and Rehabilitation therapists develop assistive devices for disabled end-users. This seminar will give an overview of BCI research conducted in Inria Sophia Antipolis, in the context of a collaborative program called CoAdapt. The talk will discuss two types of BCI: the "P300 speller" which is a mind-operated keyboard, and the monitoring of visuospatial attention. On the P300 speller, the current state of the art will be reviewed, and an ongoing clinical translational study on ALS patients will be presented. We will also present an original monitoring protocol which decodes the laterality of visuospatial attention. Its potential applications reach beyond the clinical domain, to Human Factors research. 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 *************************** [X] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Thank you. ----------------------- Sylvain Baillet, PhD MNI Killam and FRSQ Senior Scholar Interim Director, McConnell Brain Imaging Centre Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University Candidate: Dr. Chunlei Liu Date/time: Wednesday, November 27, 2013 - 3:30 p.m. Location: deGrandpre Communications Centre, MNI Title: MRI of Brain Microstructure and Connectivity Dr. Liu is an Assistant Professor of Radiology (Tenure-Track) at Duke University School of Medicine, North Carolina. Candidate: Dr. Richard Hoge Date/time: Monday, December 2, 2013 - 9:00 a.m. Location : deGrandpre Communications Centre, MNI Title: Exploring the role of neurovascular and metabolic physiology in cognitive decline, using new quantitative fMRI methods Dr. Hoge is an assistant professor at the University of Montr?al in the Departments of Physiology and Radiology, and a member of the UdeM Institute of Biomedical Engineering. 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Abstract: Brain Computer Interfaces aim at endowing humans with a new communication channel by directly processing brain activity and converting it into actions on the environment. As a coupling between human and artificial intelligence, BCI involves many fields of research. Signal Processing and Machine Learning researchers bring out relevant features from the brain signals and interpret them. Computer Scientists design the software and assemble hardware components to build an operational setup. Neurophysiologists and neuropsychologists design the protocol which provides cues and feedback to the users. Clinicians and Rehabilitation therapists develop assistive devices for disabled end-users. This seminar will give an overview of BCI research conducted in Inria Sophia Antipolis, in the context of a collaborative program called CoAdapt. The talk will discuss two types of BCI: the "P300 speller" which is a mind-operated keyboard, and the monitoring of visuospatial attention. On the P300 speller, the current state of the art will be reviewed, and an ongoing clinical translational study on ALS patients will be presented. We will also present an original monitoring protocol which decodes the laterality of visuospatial attention. Its potential applications reach beyond the clinical domain, to Human Factors research. 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URL: From grace.flynn at mcgill.ca Thu Nov 14 10:25:23 2013 From: grace.flynn at mcgill.ca (Grace Flynn, Ms.) Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2013 15:25:23 +0000 Subject: [BIC-announce] BIC Council Committee 2013 Vote Results Message-ID: <62422BA66D0FA84596DBC5A0229CE79F4DDE3FAD@EXMBX2010-6.campus.MCGILL.CA> Hi everyone: I would like to announce the result of the BIC Council elections (name change from "BIC Steering Committee" to better reflect our committee's mandate). The complete Member listing for 2013 - 2014 is as follows: Interim Director & Council chair: Sylvain Baillet Financial Manager: H?l?ne Day (nominated Member) External Core Users (2): Petra Schweinhardt, Robert Zatorre (nominated Members) Administrative Staff Rep: Grace Flynn (minutes) PI Reps: Alain Dagher (nominated), Amir Shmuel Tech/Manager Reps: Beth Bock, Samir Das Student Reps: Aki Caramanos, Marta Kersten Post-Docs/RA's Reps: Penelope Kostopoulos, Ilana Leppert Contact your reps and solicit meetings with them to pass messages, make suggestions and propose new ideas you would like to see implemented at the BIC. The mandate of the BIC Council is to ameliorate your work environment, productivity, to promote collaborations, collegiality between groups and social interactions in the workplace. Once again, thank you all for your participation in this endeavor. 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This semester, the BIC Lecture Series is being held in conjunction with *Human Brain Imaging* (NEUR-570), an introductory course on modern brain imaging. Please join us for our next 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 *Monday, November the 18th, starting at 1:00 pm**. * *At that time, **Dr. Amir Shmuel ** will be providing an introduction to the neural basis of **fMRI**.* Cheers! Aki ------------------------------------------- *BIC Lecture Series: Fall-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 please visit the BIC Lecture website .* 01) Sep-09: *Introduction to Brain Imaging* -- Dr. Petra Schweinhardt 02) Sep-16: *The Basics of MRI and fMRI Physics* -- Dr. Rick Hoge 03) Sep-23: *Structural Image Pre-Processing* -- Dr. Kunio Nakamura 04) Sep-30: *Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI)* -- Dr. Jennifer Campbell 05) Oct-07: *Stereotaxic Space, Image Registration, and Image Segmentation* -- Dr. Hassan Rivaz *---) Oct-14: No Lecture: Thanksgiving* 06) Oct-21: *Positron Emission Tomography (PET)* -- Dr. Jean-Paul Soucy 07) Oct-28: *Electroencephalography (EEG) and Magnetoencephalography (MEG)* -- Dr. Christophe Grova 08) Nov-04: *fMRI Experimental Design* -- Dr. Petra Schweinhardt 09) Nov-11: *fMRI Pre-Processing and Related Issues* -- Dr. Rick Hoge 10) Nov-18: *Neural basis of fMRI* -- Dr. Amir Shmuel 11) Nov-25: *fMRI Analysis of Evoked Responses* -- Dr. Jorge Armony 12) Dec-02: *Resting state fMRI and Related Analysis* -- Dr. Pierre Bellec 13) Dec-09: *To Be Announced* -- To Be Announced 14) Dec-16: *To Be Announced* -- To Be Announced -- 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 also thought it would be interesting to re-organize a bit the sections on the left side bar, to make some information more salient, like the software section. I think that the sections could use a little (the italics are sarcastic) reorganization. We should meet to discuss, as I don't quite picture what you suggest - I'm much more visual. I like the idea of splitting Software tools and Services. I like your list of software tools, but need a better way to present the tools we have. Given their large number, we will probably need a few (indexed) views of all the tools. One thing that is important - the subsections on the left should match the subsections in the main pages when they appear on the right. This is now somewhat broken. For example, the list of software subsections on the left: * | Image Processing * | Pipelining * | Statistical Analysis * | Visualization * | MINC * | CIVET * | Brainstorm don't match the sections on the software page. For now, I placed the Software section as a main category, and I am planning to move the information contained in "Docs and Help" to the "BIC Network" section and the "MINC" section. Is that ok with you? Where is the BIC Network section? Then, the section "Services" becomes a bit meaningless. huh? why? I think it would be logical to move BrainWeb at the top of the "Software" section. The section "Atlas": we could either move it to "software" as well, or make it a main category, just below "Software". but if you do this, you will have re-created the Software & Services page that we had before! I would like to sit and discuss the organization of the web site - particularly for the Software section and the Atlas/models/data section. how about next monday/tuesday during the MNI review? -Louis -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Sylvain --- If you have questions or requests specific to the B.I.C, please get in touch with Our ssh login server is login.bic.mni.mcgill.ca ssh RSA key fingerprint is 3a:e3:32:f3:2e:7f:cf:94:1c:47:50:4f:c2:b5:93:9b. --- Sylvain Milot (sylvain at bic.mni.mcgill.ca) (sylvain.milot at mcgill.ca) Brain Imaging Centre Montreal Neurological Institute 3801 University Street Webster 2B, Room 206 Montreal, Qc., Canada, H3A 2B4 Phone : (514) 398-4965, Fax: 398-8948 Mobile : (514) 712-1768 Office : 527 Av Des Pins O., Room 104 Montreal, Qc., H2W 1S4 From caramanos at gmail.com Sun Nov 17 21:27:35 2013 From: caramanos at gmail.com (Zografos 'Aki' CARAMANOS) Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2013 21:27:35 -0500 Subject: [BIC-announce] =?iso-8859-1?q?=5BREMINDER=5D_BIC_Lecture_Series_?= =?iso-8859-1?q?=28Mon-Nov-18=2C_1=3A00_pm=2C_de_Grandpr=E9_Communi?= =?iso-8859-1?q?cations_Centre=3B_=22Neural_basis_of_fMRI=22_--_Dr?= =?iso-8859-1?q?=2E_Amir_Shmuel=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. This semester, the BIC Lecture Series is being held in conjunction with *Human Brain Imaging* (NEUR-570), an introductory course on modern brain imaging. Please join us for our next 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 *Monday, November the 18th, starting at 1:00 pm**. * *At that time, **Dr. Amir Shmuel ** will be providing an introduction to the neural basis of **fMRI**.* Cheers! Aki ------------------------------------------- *BIC Lecture Series: Fall-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 please visit the BIC Lecture website .* 01) Sep-09: *Introduction to Brain Imaging* -- Dr. Petra Schweinhardt 02) Sep-16: *The Basics of MRI and fMRI Physics* -- Dr. Rick Hoge 03) Sep-23: *Structural Image Pre-Processing* -- Dr. Kunio Nakamura 04) Sep-30: *Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI)* -- Dr. Jennifer Campbell 05) Oct-07: *Stereotaxic Space, Image Registration, and Image Segmentation* -- Dr. Hassan Rivaz *---) Oct-14: No Lecture: Thanksgiving* 06) Oct-21: *Positron Emission Tomography (PET)* -- Dr. Jean-Paul Soucy 07) Oct-28: *Electroencephalography (EEG) and Magnetoencephalography (MEG)* -- Dr. Christophe Grova 08) Nov-04: *fMRI Experimental Design* -- Dr. Petra Schweinhardt 09) Nov-11: *fMRI Pre-Processing and Related Issues* -- Dr. Rick Hoge 10) Nov-18: *Neural basis of fMRI* -- Dr. Amir Shmuel 11) Nov-25: *fMRI Analysis of Evoked Responses* -- Dr. Jorge Armony 12) Dec-02: *Resting state fMRI and Related Analysis* -- Dr. Pierre Bellec 13) Dec-09: *To Be Announced* -- To Be Announced 14) Dec-16: *To Be Announced* -- To Be Announced -- 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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November 20th, at 1 pm Location: Room 333 Lyman Duff Building (Biomedical Engineering Dpt, 3775 University Street). Speaker: Soheila Samiee, PhD candidate under the supervision of Dr. S. Baillet, McConnell Brain Imaging Center, McGill University. Title: Measuring On-going Cross-Frequency Phase-Amplitude Coupling in Neural Oscillations . Abstract: Neural oscillations with different frequencies can interact in several ways. Recent evidence suggests that this interaction, which is called cross frequency coupling (CFC), may serve as a functional role in neuronal communication, computation and memory. Among possible cross frequency coupling types, modulation of the amplitude of high frequency oscillations by the phase of a lower frequency rhythm has been received a particular interest. Several methods for measuring this coupling have been introduced in the last decade; however, no single method has been chosen as a gold standard so far. In this talk, after a brief introduction about CFC, I will review and compare some available methods for its measurement. Then, I?ll present some results from my research project about revealing ongoing cross-frequency phase-amplitude coupling. 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 *************************** [X] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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As you know, the new Open-Methods Meet-ups and Computing workshop initiatives will generate a great deal of new information that we want to archive and document on the web. Because this and other updates represent a large amount of work while we also need to contain our costs, I have asked our IT admins, Sylvain Milot and Jean-Fran?ois Malouin, to update themselves some of the existing contents and strategize the best technical solutions to scale up the capacity of our web server. I hope this clarifies the context and that Marta and everybody at the BIC is still welcome and actually, encouraged, to continue to contribute to our web pages. On another front, I would like to thank everyone who participated to the Town Hall meeting with the MNI reviewers today: it's been very well appreciated by the external experts. 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Title: Measuring On-going Cross-Frequency Phase-Amplitude Coupling in Neural Oscillations . Abstract: Neural oscillations with different frequencies can interact in several ways. Recent evidence suggests that this interaction, which is called cross frequency coupling (CFC), may serve as a functional role in neuronal communication, computation and memory. Among possible cross frequency coupling types, modulation of the amplitude of high frequency oscillations by the phase of a lower frequency rhythm has been received a particular interest. Several methods for measuring this coupling have been introduced in the last decade; however, no single method has been chosen as a gold standard so far. In this talk, after a brief introduction about CFC, I will review and compare some available methods for its measurement. Then, I?ll present some results from my research project about revealing ongoing cross-frequency phase-amplitude coupling. 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 Nov 21 21:47:45 2013 From: caramanos at gmail.com (Zografos 'Aki' CARAMANOS) Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2013 21:47:45 -0500 Subject: [BIC-announce] =?iso-8859-1?q?BIC_Lecture_Series_=28Mon-Nov-25=2C?= =?iso-8859-1?q?_1=3A00_pm=2C_de_Grandpr=E9_Communications_Centre?= =?iso-8859-1?q?=3B_=22fMRI_Analysis_of_Evoked_Responses=22_--_Dr?= =?iso-8859-1?q?=2E_Jorge_Armony=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. This semester, the BIC Lecture Series is being held in conjunction with *Human Brain Imaging* (NEUR-570), an introductory course on modern brain imaging. Please join us for our next 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 *Monday, November the 25th, starting at 1:00 pm**. * *At that time, **Dr. Jorge Armony ** will be providing an introduction to the **fMRI analysis of evoked responses**.* Cheers! Aki ------------------------------------------- *BIC Lecture Series: Fall-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 please visit the BIC Lecture website .* 01) Sep-09: *Introduction to Brain Imaging* -- Dr. Petra Schweinhardt 02) Sep-16: *The Basics of MRI and fMRI Physics* -- Dr. Rick Hoge 03) Sep-23: *Structural Image Pre-Processing* -- Dr. Kunio Nakamura 04) Sep-30: *Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI)* -- Dr. Jennifer Campbell 05) Oct-07: *Stereotaxic Space, Image Registration, and Image Segmentation* -- Dr. Hassan Rivaz *---) Oct-14: No Lecture: Thanksgiving* 06) Oct-21: *Positron Emission Tomography (PET)* -- Dr. Jean-Paul Soucy 07) Oct-28: *Electroencephalography (EEG) and Magnetoencephalography (MEG)* -- Dr. Christophe Grova 08) Nov-04: *fMRI Experimental Design* -- Dr. Petra Schweinhardt 09) Nov-11: *fMRI Pre-Processing and Related Issues* -- Dr. Rick Hoge 10) Nov-18: *Neural basis of fMRI* -- Dr. Amir Shmuel 11) Nov-25: *fMRI Analysis of Evoked Responses* -- Dr. Jorge Armony 12) Dec-02: *Resting state fMRI and Related Analysis* -- Dr. Pierre Bellec 13) Dec-09: *To Be Announced* -- To Be Announced 14) Dec-16: *To Be Announced* -- To Be Announced -- 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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November 5th, at 4 pm Speaker: Silvina Ferradal, PhD candidate under the supervision of Dr. Culver, Washington University in St. Louis, USA. Title: Imaging the developing brain at the bedside with diffuse optical tomography 3) We will have a special seminar on Friday ? November 29th, at 9 pm Speaker: Dr. Nicole Li PhD, Assistant Professor, University of Maryland-College Park, Visiting Assistant Professor, Johns Hopkins University Title: T owards personalized medicine for voice restoration Dr. Li is candidate for associate membership in Biomedical Engineering department, so attendance from our staff members and their students is highly encouraged. Specific announcements will be sent shortly, see you there, Christophe Grova PS: for students registered to BMDE500, students, attendance will be taken only for the regular seminar on Wednesday, but you are more than wellcome to attend the other seminars *************************** 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 Fri Nov 22 08:56:28 2013 From: christophe.grova at mcgill.ca (Christophe Grova) Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2013 08:56:28 -0500 Subject: [BIC-announce] Special seminar in Biomedical Engineering - Monday Nov 25th - 4 pm - Room 333 In-Reply-To: <22042_1384337391_52834FEF_22042_98_7_9E1647EDA3EBB44AADA162CEC4C4222E2D2EF0D4@exmbx2010-9.campus.MCGILL.CA> Message-ID: Dear all, We will have a special Biomedical Engineering seminar this coming Monday at 4 pm Monday ? November 25th, at 4 pm Location: Room 333 Lyman Duff Building (Biomedical Engineering Dpt, 3775 University Street). Speaker: Silvina Ferradal, PhD candidate under the supervision of Dr. Culver, Washington University in St. Louis, USA. Title: Imaging the developing brain at the bedside with diffuse optical tomography Abstract: Adverse neurodevelopmental outcomes in preterm infants remain a clinical concern. Resting-state functional connectivity MRI (fcMRI) provides a mechanism to investigate functional deficits in the neonatal brain. Longitudinal monitoring using MRI is often restricted and delayed in the sickest infants due to logistical barriers related to challenges in transportation to the MRI scanner. Alternatively, diffuse optical tomography (DOT) is a portable imaging modality that has the ability to provide early and continuous monitoring of brain function. Recent developments in high-density diffuse optical tomography (HD-DOT) overcome previous limitations of sparse DOT systems, providing improved image quality and brain specificity. We recently developed functional connectivity DOT (fcDOT) methods for bedside monitoring of neonates using HD-DOT systems. This talk will present the techniques and demonstrate their successful application in full-term and preterm infants neonates, including validations against the gold standard of fcMRI. 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 Fri Nov 22 10:12:29 2013 From: caramanos at gmail.com (Zografos 'Aki' CARAMANOS) Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2013 10:12:29 -0500 Subject: [BIC-announce] =?iso-8859-1?q?=5BCORRECTION=5D_BIC_Lecture_Series?= =?iso-8859-1?q?_=28Mon-Nov-25=2C_1=3A00_pm=2C_de_Grandpr=E9_Commun?= =?iso-8859-1?q?ications_Centre=3B_=22Resting_state_fMRI_and_Relate?= =?iso-8859-1?q?d_Analysis=22_--_Dr=2E_Pierre_Bellec=29?= Message-ID: Please note that there has been a change in the BIC Lectur Series schedule such that Dr. Armony's lecture has been switched with Dr. Bellec's. So, on *Monday, November the 25th, starting at 1:00 pm,* *Dr. Pierre Bellec ** will be providing an introduction to the **fMRI analysis of evoked responses**.* Dr. Armony's talk on fMRI analysis of evoked responses will now be given next Monday, December the 2nd. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *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. This semester, the BIC Lecture Series is being held in conjunction with *Human Brain Imaging* (NEUR-570), an introductory course on modern brain imaging. Please join us for our next 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 *Monday, November the 25th, starting at 1:00 pm**. * *At that time, **Dr. Pierre Bellec ** will be providing an introduction to resting state **fMRI and related analysis**.* Cheers! Aki ------------------------------------------- *BIC Lecture Series: Fall-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 please visit the BIC Lecture website .* 01) Sep-09: *Introduction to Brain Imaging* -- Dr. Petra Schweinhardt 02) Sep-16: *The Basics of MRI and fMRI Physics* -- Dr. Rick Hoge 03) Sep-23: *Structural Image Pre-Processing* -- Dr. Kunio Nakamura 04) Sep-30: *Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI)* -- Dr. Jennifer Campbell 05) Oct-07: *Stereotaxic Space, Image Registration, and Image Segmentation* -- Dr. Hassan Rivaz *---) Oct-14: No Lecture: Thanksgiving* 06) Oct-21: *Positron Emission Tomography (PET)* -- Dr. Jean-Paul Soucy 07) Oct-28: *Electroencephalography (EEG) and Magnetoencephalography (MEG)* -- Dr. Christophe Grova 08) Nov-04: *fMRI Experimental Design* -- Dr. Petra Schweinhardt 09) Nov-11: *fMRI Pre-Processing and Related Issues* -- Dr. Rick Hoge 10) Nov-18: *Neural basis of fMRI* -- Dr. Amir Shmuel 11) Nov-25: Resting state fMRI and Related Analysis -- Dr. Pierre Bellec 12) Dec-02: *fMRI Analysis of Evoked Responses* -- Dr. Jorge Armony 13) Dec-09: *To Be Announced* -- To Be Announced 14) Dec-16: *To Be Announced* -- To Be Announced -- 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 Nov 22 11:48:36 2013 From: christophe.grova at mcgill.ca (Christophe Grova) Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2013 16:48:36 +0000 Subject: [BIC-announce] Three BME seminars scheduled next week In-Reply-To: <30558_1385128861_528F639C_30558_29_4_CEB4CB58.1580C%christophe.grova@mcgill.ca> References: <30558_1385128861_528F639C_30558_29_4_CEB4CB58.1580C%christophe.grova@mcgill.ca> Message-ID: <9E1647EDA3EBB44AADA162CEC4C4222E2D2F36A0@exmbx2010-9.campus.MCGILL.CA> Sorry for the typo in my previous email, of course the talk of Dr Li will be Next Friday at 9h AM ! Objet : Three BME seminars scheduled next week Dear all, Exceptionally, we will have a busy week in terms of Biomedical Engineering Seminars. I hope you will enjoy talks on these three very different and interesting topics Location: Room 333 Lyman Duff Building (Biomedical Engineering Dpt, 3775 University Street). 1) We will have our regular seminar on Wednesday ? November 27th, at 1 pm Speaker: Dr. Jidan Zhong PhD, postdoc fellow under the supervision of Dr. L. Koski, McGill University. Title: Resting state motor network changes associated with motor task performance in multiple sclerosis . 2) Because of her visit for 2 days in Montreal, we will have an additional seminar on Monday ? November 5th, at 4 pm Speaker: Silvina Ferradal, PhD candidate under the supervision of Dr. Culver, Washington University in St. Louis, USA. Title: Imaging the developing brain at the bedside with diffuse optical tomography 3) We will have a special seminar on Friday ? November 29th, at 9 AM Speaker: Dr. Nicole Li PhD, Assistant Professor, University of Maryland-College Park, Visiting Assistant Professor, Johns Hopkins University Title: T owards personalized medicine for voice restoration Dr. Li is candidate for associate membership in Biomedical Engineering department, so attendance from our staff members and their students is highly encouraged. Specific announcements will be sent shortly, see you there, Christophe Grova PS: for students registered to BMDE500, students, attendance will be taken only for the regular seminar on Wednesday, but you are more than wellcome to attend the other seminars *************************** 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 *************************** [X] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From grace.flynn at mcgill.ca Fri Nov 22 14:51:48 2013 From: grace.flynn at mcgill.ca (Grace Flynn, Ms.) Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2013 19:51:48 +0000 Subject: [BIC-announce] Short term opportunity at Medtronic, Neurosurgery Division In-Reply-To: <64C5E25E-C60C-4129-BB6F-53DADF390B5A@mcgill.ca> References: <46C18FCECBCECB4DB1BE4A7B1DDADAC6323A791D@EXMBX2010-6.campus.MCGILL.CA> <62422BA66D0FA84596DBC5A0229CE79F4DE6E0D3@EXMBX2010-6.campus.MCGILL.CA> <64C5E25E-C60C-4129-BB6F-53DADF390B5A@mcgill.ca> Message-ID: <62422BA66D0FA84596DBC5A0229CE79F4DE6E62D@EXMBX2010-6.campus.MCGILL.CA> Dear all, I would like to bring your attention to few opportunities that are available at Medtronic, Neurosurgery Division for expert evaluation of brain structural segmentations . We are looking for neuroradiologists, neuroanatomists, neurophysiologists, or neurosurgeons to review brain anatomy segmentations from human T1 and T2 magnetic resonance images. Compensation to the reviewers will be provided. The following structures will be reviewed: Structures Putamen Caudate Cerebral Peduncle Red nucleus Anterior commissure Posterior commissure Number of exams to review: 40 (negotiable based on each person's time/availability) If anyone qualified is interested or requires more information, please contact us atrowena.o.vigh at medtronic.com and hallehsadat.ghaderi at medtronic.com Thanks, Halleh Ghaderi, PhD Candidate Advanced Development Engineering Intern | Medtronic, Inc. Neurosurgery division 826 Coal Creek Cir, Louisville, CO , USA 80027 | Phone : (720)-890-23 33 hallehsadat.ghaderi at medtronic.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From caramanos at gmail.com Sat Nov 23 22:13:36 2013 From: caramanos at gmail.com (Zografos 'Aki' CARAMANOS) Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2013 22:13:36 -0500 Subject: [BIC-announce] McBIC'd -- It's Movember 23rd and we are now entering the homestretch! Message-ID: Hello again, It's November 23rd and only one week of Movember remains. One more week to grow a 'stache, have some fun (and/or be laughed at), and, hopefully, have an everlasting impact on men's health by raising money and awareness regarding research and care related to testicular and prostate cancer, as well as issues regarding men's mental health. Since 2003, it's gone from 30 moustachioed men from Melbourne Australia to over a million Mo-Bros and Mo-Sistas from all over the world who have raised almost 150 million dollars! [See herefor a charming TED talk by one of the original Mo-Bros, moustache-farmer Adam Garone, about how Movember started and how far it has come.] This year McBIC'd is 5 BIC-Unit moustaches strong (see below) and, so far, we have raised close to $1000. Please help us reach and, hopefully, surpass last year's total of $1747! Donations to the Movember Foundation can be made online by visiting our team page ( http://ca.movember.com/team/1346737) or by cash/cheque; donations can be given to the whole team (or to individual members), and tax receipts will be issued. If you are interested, the Movember website is an excellent resource for information on men's health issues , and the programsthat the money we are helping to raise goes to fund. Finally, see here for a touching TED talk by young comedian Kevin Breel about what it is like to suffer from depression. Thank you for your support, and please spread the word! Team McBIC'd Aki CARAMANOS [image: Inline image 1] AVERY BERMAN DAVE MACFARLANE YASHAR ZEIGHAMI ZIA MOHADES -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Resting-state functional connectivity MRI (fcMRI) provides a mechanism to investigate functional deficits in the neonatal brain. Longitudinal monitoring using MRI is often restricted and delayed in the sickest infants due to logistical barriers related to challenges in transportation to the MRI scanner. Alternatively, diffuse optical tomography (DOT) is a portable imaging modality that has the ability to provide early and continuous monitoring of brain function. Recent developments in high-density diffuse optical tomography (HD-DOT) overcome previous limitations of sparse DOT systems, providing improved image quality and brain specificity. We recently developed functional connectivity DOT (fcDOT) methods for bedside monitoring of neonates using HD-DOT systems. This talk will present the techniques and demonstrate their successful application in full-term and preterm infants neonates, including validations against the gold standard of fcMRI. 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 Nov 25 07:47:31 2013 From: christophe.grova at mcgill.ca (Christophe Grova) Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2013 07:47:31 -0500 Subject: [BIC-announce] Regular seminar in Biomedical Engineering - Wednesday Nov 27th - 4 pm - Room 333 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Dear all, We will have our regular Biomedical Engineering seminar this coming wednesday at 1 pm Wednesday ? November 27th, at 1 pm Location: Room 333 Lyman Duff Building (Biomedical Engineering Dpt, 3775 University Street). Speaker: Dr. Jidan Zhong PhD, postdoc fellow under the supervision of Dr. L. Koski, McGill University. Title: Resting state motor network changes associated with motor task performance in multiple sclerosis Abstract: While motor weakness is presented in patients with Multiple Sclerosis (MS), how motor-related functional connectivity (FC) in the resting-state changes with motor performance in patients with MS is unknown. A clear description of this relationship can improve our understanding of mechanisms underlying motor impairment and might guide future treatments to preserve functional ability through induction of neuroplastic changes. We hypothesized that motor performance deficits could be reflected in altered resting-state FC with diverse cortical regions in the motor network in patients with MS. The aim of this presentation is to (1) identify and compare the motor-related resting-state FC networks between MS patients and healthy controls for the dominant and non-dominant hemispheres and (2) estimate the association between these FC networks and motor task performance, among patients with relapsing-remitting MS. We used resting-state functional MRI to detect FC related to hand motor regions in sixteen right-handed MS patients studied during remission and seven healthy participants. With the left and right hand-knob motor regions as seeds, seed-based correlation was performed for each subject and the group FC as well as the group comparison were investigated. Based on these FC maps, we identified the connections that were significantly correlated with performance on Nine Hole Peg Task. The initial results from these analyses will be presented in the talk. 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 Nov 25 08:43:52 2013 From: caramanos at gmail.com (Zografos 'Aki' CARAMANOS) Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2013 08:43:52 -0500 Subject: [BIC-announce] =?iso-8859-1?q?=5BREMINDER=5D_BIC_Lecture_Series_?= =?iso-8859-1?q?=28Mon-Nov-25=2C_1=3A00_pm=2C_de_Grandpr=E9_Communi?= =?iso-8859-1?q?cations_Centre=3B_=22Resting_state_fMRI_and_Related?= =?iso-8859-1?q?_Analysis=22_--_Dr=2E_Pierre_Bellec=29?= Message-ID: Please note that there has been a change in the BIC Lectur Series schedule such that Dr. Armony's lecture has been switched with Dr. Bellec's. So, on *Monday, November the 25th, starting at 1:00 pm,* *Dr. Pierre Bellec ** will be providing an introduction to the **fMRI analysis of evoked responses**.* Dr. Armony's talk on fMRI analysis of evoked responses will now be given next Monday, December the 2nd. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *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. This semester, the BIC Lecture Series is being held in conjunction with *Human Brain Imaging* (NEUR-570), an introductory course on modern brain imaging. Please join us for our next 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 *Monday, November the 25th, starting at 1:00 pm**. * *At that time, **Dr. Pierre Bellec ** will be providing an introduction to resting state **fMRI and related analysis**.* Cheers! Aki ------------------------------------------- *BIC Lecture Series: Fall-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 please visit the BIC Lecture website .* 01) Sep-09: *Introduction to Brain Imaging* -- Dr. Petra Schweinhardt 02) Sep-16: *The Basics of MRI and fMRI Physics* -- Dr. Rick Hoge 03) Sep-23: *Structural Image Pre-Processing* -- Dr. Kunio Nakamura 04) Sep-30: *Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI)* -- Dr. Jennifer Campbell 05) Oct-07: *Stereotaxic Space, Image Registration, and Image Segmentation* -- Dr. Hassan Rivaz *---) Oct-14: No Lecture: Thanksgiving* 06) Oct-21: *Positron Emission Tomography (PET)* -- Dr. Jean-Paul Soucy 07) Oct-28: *Electroencephalography (EEG) and Magnetoencephalography (MEG)* -- Dr. Christophe Grova 08) Nov-04: *fMRI Experimental Design* -- Dr. Petra Schweinhardt 09) Nov-11: *fMRI Pre-Processing and Related Issues* -- Dr. Rick Hoge 10) Nov-18: *Neural basis of fMRI* -- Dr. Amir Shmuel 11) Nov-25: Resting state fMRI and Related Analysis -- Dr. Pierre Bellec 12) Dec-02: *fMRI Analysis of Evoked Responses* -- Dr. Jorge Armony 13) Dec-09: *To Be Announced* -- To Be Announced 14) Dec-16: *To Be Announced* -- To Be Announced -- 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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Have great week everyone, Sylvain. ----------------------- Sylvain Baillet, PhD MNI Killam and FRSQ Senior Scholar Interim Director, McConnell Brain Imaging Centre Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University SPECIAL SEMINAR* Monday, December 2, 2013 ? 9:00 am de Grandpr? Communications Centre Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital Exploring the role of neurovascular and metabolic physiology in cognitive decline, using new quantitative fMRI methods Richard Hoge, PhD Associate Professor (tenured) Departments of Physiology and Radiology Institute of Biomedical Engineering University of Montreal Associate Director Functional Neuroimaging Unit CRIUGM *Dr. Hoge is a candidate for a faculty position in McConnell Brain Imaging Centre. ------------------------- SPECIAL SEMINAR Wednesday, November 27, 2013 ? 3:30 pm de Grandpr? 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Location: Room 333 Lyman Duff Building (Biomedical Engineering Dpt, 3775 University Street). 1) We will have our regular seminar on Wednesday ? November 27th, at 1 pm Speaker: Dr. Jidan Zhong PhD, postdoc fellow under the supervision of Dr. L. Koski, McGill University. Title: Resting state motor network changes associated with motor task performance in multiple sclerosis . 2) Because of her visit for 2 days in Montreal, we will have an additional seminar on Monday ? November 5th, at 4 pm Speaker: Silvina Ferradal, PhD candidate under the supervision of Dr. Culver, Washington University in St. Louis, USA. Title: Imaging the developing brain at the bedside with diffuse optical tomography 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 *************************** [X] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Vanessa Nguyen Budget Officer Director's Office Montreal Neurological Institute McGill University 3801 University, Room 636 Montreal, Qc, H3A 2B4 T: 514-398-2419 F: 514-398-8248 [cid:image001.jpg at 01CCA568.78DA0E40] www.mni.mcgill.ca From: FIS - Finance Information System [mailto:FIS at LISTS.MCGILL.CA] On Behalf Of Salimah Janmohamed Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2013 3:35 PM To: FIS at LISTS.MCGILL.CA Subject: Transaction Services - Holiday Deadlines 2013 The following message is sent to you on behalf of Cristiane Tinmouth, Controller, Financial Services The following are Transaction Services' deadlines prior to the Holidays: Travel (advances and expense reports) * Advances and expense reports received by the Travel Desk by December 6th at 5:00 p.m. will be processed by December 20th. o Contact: Tonia Ciricillo, Assistant Supervisor, Accounts Payable and Travel Desk - ext. 7703 Accounts Payable (invoice payments - purchase orders and payment requests) * Invoices with a due date of December 20th and prior will be processed and paid on December 20th. * Cheques will be mailed out to the vendors on December 23rd. o Contact: Mavis Smith, Supervisor, Accounts Payable and Travel Desk - ext. 1065 Banking Services (deposits) * Those who send cheques to Banking Services for deposit at RBC, must ensure they are received by 10:00 a.m. on December 23rd. * Any cheques greater than $250,000.00 which are received in your office after the 10:00 a.m. deadline must be hand delivered to 3465 Durocher reception by 11:00 a.m. on December 24th. o Contact: Peter Guertin, Supervisor, Banking Services, 3465 Durocher, room 220 - ext. 3353 or Luana Sorella, Manager, Transaction Services room 219 - ext. 8815 Finance Accounts Receivable * Departments who have on-line access to Banner Finance Accounts Receivable must complete their sessions by 12:00 p.m. December 24th * Finance Accounts Receivable will finalize and close all sessions after that time to ensure transactions are reflected on the finance ledgers that night. * Departments submitting the "Request for Invoice" form must do so by 5:00 p.m. December 20th. * Departments who submit feeds to Finance Accounts Receivable must submit them by 12:00 p.m. December 20th to ensure processing by December 24th. o Contact: Maria Anania, Supervisor, Accounts Receivable - ext. 2311 Happy Holidays! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Title: Resting state motor network changes associated with motor task performance in multiple sclerosis Abstract: While motor weakness is presented in patients with Multiple Sclerosis (MS), how motor-related functional connectivity (FC) in the resting-state changes with motor performance in patients with MS is unknown. A clear description of this relationship can improve our understanding of mechanisms underlying motor impairment and might guide future treatments to preserve functional ability through induction of neuroplastic changes. We hypothesized that motor performance deficits could be reflected in altered resting-state FC with diverse cortical regions in the motor network in patients with MS. The aim of this presentation is to (1) identify and compare the motor-related resting-state FC networks between MS patients and healthy controls for the dominant and non-dominant hemispheres and (2) estimate the association between these FC networks and motor task performance, among patients with relapsing-remitting MS. We used resting-state functional MRI to detect FC related to hand motor regions in sixteen right-handed MS patients studied during remission and seven healthy participants. With the left and right hand-knob motor regions as seeds, seed-based correlation was performed for each subject and the group FC as well as the group comparison were investigated. Based on these FC maps, we identified the connections that were significantly correlated with performance on Nine Hole Peg Task. The initial results from these analyses will be presented in the talk. 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... 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Title: Resting state motor network changes associated with motor task performance in multiple sclerosis Abstract: While motor weakness is presented in patients with Multiple Sclerosis (MS), how motor-related functional connectivity (FC) in the resting-state changes with motor performance in patients with MS is unknown. A clear description of this relationship can improve our understanding of mechanisms underlying motor impairment and might guide future treatments to preserve functional ability through induction of neuroplastic changes. We hypothesized that motor performance deficits could be reflected in altered resting-state FC with diverse cortical regions in the motor network in patients with MS. The aim of this presentation is to (1) identify and compare the motor-related resting-state FC networks between MS patients and healthy controls for the dominant and non-dominant hemispheres and (2) estimate the association between these FC networks and motor task performance, among patients with relapsing-remitting MS. We used resting-state functional MRI to detect FC related to hand motor regions in sixteen right-handed MS patients studied during remission and seven healthy participants. With the left and right hand-knob motor regions as seeds, seed-based correlation was performed for each subject and the group FC as well as the group comparison were investigated. Based on these FC maps, we identified the connections that were significantly correlated with performance on Nine Hole Peg Task. The initial results from these analyses will be presented in the talk. 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... 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Communications Centre Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital MRI of Brain Microstructure and Connectivity Chunlei Liu, PhD Assistant Professor of Radiology Duke University School of Medicine North Carolina, USA ----------------------- Sylvain Baillet, PhD MNI Killam and FRSQ Senior Scholar Interim Director, McConnell Brain Imaging Centre Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From caramanos at gmail.com Thu Nov 28 21:24:36 2013 From: caramanos at gmail.com (Zografos 'Aki' CARAMANOS) Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2013 21:24:36 -0500 Subject: [BIC-announce] =?iso-8859-1?q?BIC_Lecture_Series_=28Mon-Dec-02=2C?= =?iso-8859-1?q?_1=3A00_pm=2C_de_Grandpr=E9_Communications_Centre?= =?iso-8859-1?q?=3B_=22fMRI_Analysis_of_Evoked_Responses=22_--_Dr?= =?iso-8859-1?q?=2E_Jorge_Armony=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. This semester, the BIC Lecture Series is being held in conjunction with *Human Brain Imaging* (NEUR-570), an introductory course on modern brain imaging. Please join us for our next 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 *Monday, December the 2nd, starting at 1:00 pm**. * *At that time, **Dr. Jorge Armony ** will be providing an introduction to fMRI analysis of evoked responses.* Please note that, as you can see below (in red), Dr. Rick Hoge will be presenting a related lecture (*?Exploring the role of neurovascular and metabolic physiology in cognitive decline using new quantitative fMRI methods?*) in the same room on that morning starting at 9:00 am. Cheers! Aki ------------------------------------------- *BIC Lecture Series: Fall-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 please visit the BIC Lecture website .* 01) Sep-09: *Introduction to Brain Imaging* -- Dr. Petra Schweinhardt 02) Sep-16: *The Basics of MRI and fMRI Physics* -- Dr. Rick Hoge 03) Sep-23: *Structural Image Pre-Processing* -- Dr. Kunio Nakamura 04) Sep-30: *Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI)* -- Dr. Jennifer Campbell 05) Oct-07: *Stereotaxic Space, Image Registration, and Image Segmentation* -- Dr. Hassan Rivaz *---) Oct-14: No Lecture: Thanksgiving* 06) Oct-21: *Positron Emission Tomography (PET)* -- Dr. Jean-Paul Soucy 07) Oct-28: *Electroencephalography (EEG) and Magnetoencephalography (MEG)* -- Dr. Christophe Grova 08) Nov-04: *fMRI Experimental Design* -- Dr. Petra Schweinhardt 09) Nov-11: *fMRI Pre-Processing and Related Issues* -- Dr. Rick Hoge 10) Nov-18: *Neural basis of fMRI* -- Dr. Amir Shmuel 11) Nov-25: Resting state fMRI and Related Analysis -- Dr. Pierre Bellec 12) Dec-02: *fMRI Analysis of Evoked Responses* -- Dr. Jorge Armony 13) Dec-09: *To Be Announced* -- To Be Announced 14) Dec-16: *MEG Neurophysiological Correlates of Tactile Sensitivities in Autism Spectrum Disorders* -- Dr. Sheraz Khan On Thu, Nov 28, 2013 at 12:26 PM, Enza Ferracane, Ms. < enza.ferracane at mcgill.ca> wrote: > > > SPECIAL SEMINAR ANNOUNCEMENT: > > Monday, December 2 at 9:00 am > > de Grandpr? Communications Centre, MNI > > ?Exploring the role of neurovascular and metabolic physiology in > cognitive decline, using new quantitative fMRI methods? > > > > Richard Hoge, PhD > > Associate Professor (tenured), Departments of Physiology and Radiology > > Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Universit? de Montr?al > > Associate Director, Functional Neuroimaging Unit CRIUGM > > > > Please note that Dr. Hoge is a candidate for a faculty position in > McConnell Brain Imaging Centre. > > > > Dr. Richard Hoge received a B.Sc. with honours in Physics at Carleton > University in 1989, followed by an M.Sc. in Medical Physics at McGill > University in 1996. He completed a Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering at > McGill in 1999, followed by a post-doctoral fellowship at Harvard > University until 2001. Following his fellowship, he held an Instructorship > in Radiology at Harvard and was Affiliated Faculty Member at MIT until > 2006. Dr. Hoge is currently an Associate Professor in Neuroscience and > Radiology at Universit? de Montr?al, leading the development of new MRI > technologies for imaging physiological processes in the brain and the > application of these to the study of cognitive decline in healthy aging and > neurodegenerative disease. Prior to commencing graduate studies at McGill, > he worked in several branches of the Canadian Federal Government > (Constable/investigator in RCMP; contract positions in Department of > Justice, Department of Foreign Affairs, Canadian International Development > Agency). He has also worked as a consultant in commercial sectors including > the pharmaceutical, medical device, and computer industries. > > -- 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 sylvain.baillet at mcgill.ca Fri Nov 29 13:49:16 2013 From: sylvain.baillet at mcgill.ca (Sylvain Baillet, Dr) Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2013 18:49:16 +0000 Subject: [BIC-announce] Monday @ 09:00am: Don't miss Dr Hoge's talk Message-ID: <7D41D0A1-09AE-496D-8173-0337FDF5D24A@mcgill.ca> Dear All: Thank you all for the great turn-out at Dr Liu's talk on Wednesday. I now encourage everyone to attend Dr Rick Hoge's talk, Monday @ 09:00am in the de-Granpr?. Dr Hoge is the second candidate for the MR Faculty position at the BIC and the Directorship of the MR core. Needless to say he is an outstanding MR scientist and an excellent lecturer: he's been a regular contributor to our BIC lectures series. I hope to see you all there. Meanwhile, have a great week-end! Sylvain. ------------- SPECIAL SEMINAR Monday, December 2, 2013 ? 9:00 am de Grandpr? Communications Centre Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital Exploring the role of neurovascular and metabolic physiology in cognitive decline, using new quantitative fMRI methods Richard Hoge, PhD Associate Professor (tenured) Departments of Physiology and Radiology Institute of Biomedical Engineering University of Montreal Associate Director Functional Neuroimaging Unit CRIUGM From caramanos at gmail.com Fri Nov 29 13:55:00 2013 From: caramanos at gmail.com (Zografos 'Aki' CARAMANOS) Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2013 13:55:00 -0500 Subject: [BIC-announce] Fwd: McBIC'd -- It's Movember 23rd and we are now entering the homestretch! In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hello again! It's November 29th and just a few more days of Movember remain. A few days to grow a 'stache, have some fun (and/or be laughed at), and, hopefully, have an everlasting impact on men's health by raising money and awareness regarding research and care related to testicular and prostate cancer, as well as issues regarding men's mental health. Since 2003, it's gone from 30 moustachioed men from Melbourne Australia to over a million Mo-Bros and Mo-Sistas from all over the world who have raised almost 150 million dollars! [See herefor a charming TED talk by one of the original Mo-Bros, moustache-farmer Adam Garone, about how Movember started and how far it has come.] This year McBIC'd is 5 BIC-Unit moustaches strong (see below) and, so far, we have raised over $1500. Please help us reach and, hopefully, surpass last year's total of $1747! Donations to the Movember Foundation can be made online by visiting our team page ( http://ca.movember.com/team/1346737) or by cash/cheque; donations can be given to the whole team (or to individual members, see below), and tax receipts will be issued. If you are interested, the Movember website is an excellent resource for information on men's health issues , and the programsthat the money we are helping to raise goes to fund. Finally, see here for a touching TED talk by young comedian Kevin Breel about what it is like to suffer from depression. Thank you for your support, and please spread the word! Team McBIC'd Aki CARAMANOS AVERY BERMAN DAVE MACFARLANE YASHAR ZEIGHAMI ZIA MOHADES -- 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 Fri Nov 29 14:52:23 2013 From: caramanos at gmail.com (Zografos 'Aki' CARAMANOS) Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2013 14:52:23 -0500 Subject: [BIC-announce] McBIC'd -- It's Movember 29th and just a few more day remain! Message-ID: Hello again! It's November 29th and just a few more days of Movember remain. A few days to grow a 'stache, have some fun (and/or be laughed at), and, hopefully, have an everlasting impact on men's health by raising money and awareness regarding research and care related to testicular and prostate cancer, as well as issues regarding men's mental health. Since 2003, it's gone from 30 moustachioed men from Melbourne Australia to over a million Mo-Bros and Mo-Sistas from all over the world who have raised almost 150 million dollars! [See herefor a charming TED talk by one of the original Mo-Bros, moustache-farmer Adam Garone, about how Movember started and how far it has come.] This year McBIC'd is 5 BIC-Unit moustaches strong (see below) and, so far, we have raised over $1500. Please help us reach and, hopefully, surpass last year's total of $1747! Donations to the Movember Foundation can be made online by visiting our team page ( http://ca.movember.com/team/1346737) or by cash/cheque; donations can be given to the whole team (or to individual members, see below), and tax receipts will be issued. If you are interested, the Movember website is an excellent resource for information on men's health issues , and the programsthat the money we are helping to raise goes to fund. Finally, see here for a touching TED talk by young comedian Kevin Breel about what it is like to suffer from depression. Thank you for your support, and please spread the word! Team McBIC'd Aki CARAMANOS AVERY BERMAN DAVE MACFARLANE YASHAR ZEIGHAMI ZIA MOHADES -- 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: