From belinda.preziosi at mcgill.ca Tue Oct 1 10:04:50 2013 From: belinda.preziosi at mcgill.ca (Belinda Preziosi, Ms.) Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2013 14:04:50 +0000 Subject: [BIC-announce] FW: [HR_LIST] Information Sessions on bi-weekly pay cycle change as of January 1, 2014 - MacDonald Campus location confirmed In-Reply-To: <8500_1380570999_5249D777_8500_94_6_88F36ABC99717148BDC8E69727C9C5B11BD58FD5@exmbx2010-9.campus.MCGILL.CA> References: <8500_1380570999_5249D777_8500_94_6_88F36ABC99717148BDC8E69727C9C5B11BD58FD5@exmbx2010-9.campus.MCGILL.CA> Message-ID: To BIC MUNACA/AMURE Members Please ensure to attend these information sessions. Thanks Belinda [Description: cid:image003.png at 01CC9EE8.DC741C60] Belinda Preziosi Administrative Coordinator McConnell Brain Imaging Center Montreal Neurological Institute McGill University Room NW119 3801 University Montreal, QC H3A 2B4 Tel: (514) 398-1585 Fax: (514) 398-6855 Email: belinda.preziosi at mcgill.ca From: HR_LIST [mailto:HR_LIST at LISTS.MCGILL.CA] On Behalf Of Nancy Wong Sent: Monday, September 30, 2013 3:56 PM To: HR_LIST at LISTS.MCGILL.CA Subject: Re: [HR_LIST] Information Sessions on bi-weekly pay cycle change as of January 1, 2014 - MacDonald Campus location confirmed To: MUNACA/AMURE Members From: Alice Kieran, Director Total Compensation, Human Resources ***Location for Macdonald Campus Confirmed*** Following the announcement communicated on September 24, 2013 regarding the change to a bi-weekly pay cycle as of January 1, 2014, this is to inform you that information sessions have been scheduled on: Date: Wednesday, October 9, 2013 Time: 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM Location: MAASS Chemistry Building, 801 Sherbrooke Street West, Room 10 Date: Tuesday, October 22, 2013 Time: 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM Location: Macdonald Stewart Building, 21111 Lakeshore Road St. Anne de Bellevue, Room MS2-022 (Faculty Lounge) Seating is limited. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Thanks Belinda [Description: cid:image003.png at 01CC9EE8.DC741C60] Belinda Preziosi Administrative Coordinator McConnell Brain Imaging Center Montreal Neurological Institute McGill University Room NW119 3801 University Montreal, QC H3A 2B4 Tel: (514) 398-1585 Fax: (514) 398-6855 Email: belinda.preziosi at mcgill.ca From: MNI-AAA [mailto:MNI-AAA at LISTS.MCGILL.CA] On Behalf Of Filomena Lumia, Mrs. Sent: Monday, September 30, 2013 9:15 AM To: MNI-AAA at LISTS.MCGILL.CA Subject: [HR_LIST] Information Sessions on bi-weekly pay cycle change as of January 1, 2014 From: HR_LIST [mailto:HR_LIST at LISTS.MCGILL.CA] On Behalf Of Nancy Wong Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2013 4:08 PM To: HR_LIST at LISTS.MCGILL.CA Subject: Re: [HR_LIST] Information Sessions on bi-weekly pay cycle change as of January 1, 2014 To: Management & Academic Employees From: Alice Kieran, Director Total Compensation, Human Resources Following the announcement communicated on September 24, 2013 regarding the change to a bi-weekly pay cycle as of January 1, 2014, this is to inform you that information sessions have been scheduled on: Date: Tuesday, October 22, 2013 Time: 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM Location: Macdonald Campus (room to be confirmed) Date: Wednesday, October 23, 2013 Time: 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM Location: MAASS Chemistry Building, 801 Sherbrooke Street West, Room 217 Seating is limited. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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University of Montreal (?douard-Montpetit metro station). Ghislaine Dehaene-Lambertz, Ph.D, de l?INSERM U992 (Paris, France), donnera une conf?rence le vendredi 18 octobre 2013, ? 15h, intitul?e ?Neural bases of infants' language ability ?. La conf?rence sera pr?sent?e au local D-440 du Pavillon Marie-Victorin (90 rue Vincent d?Indy), de l?Universit? de Montr?al (m?tro ?douard-Montpetit). This talk will be given in English. ABSTRACT / R?SUM? Language processing relies in adults on precise and specialized networks, located primarily in the left hemisphere, around the sylvian fissure. Although different human languages use different sounds, words and syntax, most children acquire their native language without difficulties following the same developmental path. How can the early organization of the human brain explain this calendar? Thanks to the development of brain imaging, we can now study early functional brain organization and understand the neural biases favoring speech learning in human infants. Results obtained during the first months of life with functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and event-related potentials (ERPs) show that the neuronal networks engaged when infants listen to speech are close to those described in adults and comprise multiple brain areas that are involved in phonological representations, lexical storing, memory and attention in adults. Furthermore, as in adults a significant left-right functional and structural asymmetry is observed at the level of the planum temporale. Quantified measures of gray and white matter maturation reveal the complex development of left and right, frontal and temporal areas. The dorsal pathway between area 44 and the posterior temporal areas via the arcuate is efficient very early on suggesting that frontal areas contribute to speech learning earlier than expected. These similarities between preverbal infants and adults, expert in their native language, suggest continuity in the functional and anatomical structures that underlie language processing. Language development appears thus to rely on a very complex and particular organization of the perisylvian areas in the human species. ABOUT / ? PROPOS DE GHISLAINE DEHAENE-LAMBERTZ Originally qualified as a paediatrician, Ghislaine Dehaene-Lambertz is a full-time associate researcher at Institut national de la sant? et de la recherche m?dicale (INSERM) U992, Paris, France, where she investigates the development of cognitive functions in children using brain imaging techniques. She is the director of the Developmental brain imaging program in Neurospin, Saclay, a new imaging center dedicated to brain research near Paris (France). She published pioneering work using high-density event-related potentials (Nature 1994), functional resonance magnetic imaging (Science 2002) or optical topography (PNAS 2003-2013) to study language acquisition. The goal of her research is to study the brain functional organization at the beginning of life in order to understand how complex cognitive functions, such as language, music, mathematics, etc? emerge in the human brain. [Logo-Brams-En-noir.gif] For more information / pour plus d?informations :http://www.brams.org/en/event/ghislaine-dehaene-lambertz-neural-bases-of-infants-language-ability/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Title: Obstructive Sleep Apnea Detection during Wakefulness: Challenges and Future Directions Abstract: Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a common respiratory disorder during sleep, in which the airways are collapsed and impair the respiration. Sleep apnea (hypopnea) is a cessation (or >50% reduction) of airflow to the lungs which lasts at least for 10s and is associated with at least 4% in the blood's Oxygen level (SaO2). OSA is highly underdiagnosed mainly because current diagnostic methods are very time-consuming and expensive. In this talk, I report on developing a new acoustic system for OSA detection (Awake-OSA) during wakefulness (Awake-OSA), which requires only a few minutes of breathing sound recording. We record tracheal respiratory sounds during nose and mouth breathing in supine and upright postures, while the subjects are awake. Power spectrum density and bispectrum of the sound signals are estimated, and features are extracted from different sub-bands over 100-2600 Hz. The differences of features between supine and upright postures and between nose and mouth breathing are also calculated. We use a subset of data for training, i.e. selecting the best features and use the rest of data for evaluating the accuracy of classification; this is repeated with 10-fold cross validation to cover all possibilities with no overlap between training and testing sets. We use a heuristic classification method, called Smart Expert Classifiers, based on building a minimum-distance classifier for each feature and voting from individual features to decide the class prediction. I will briefly discuss the underlying hypotheses for the above mentioned methods, and the results of our recent studies Bio: Dr. Zahra Moussavi received her B.Sc. from Sharif University of Technology, Iran, M.Sc. from the University of Calgary, and Ph.D. from University of Manitoba, Canada in 1997, all in Electrical Engineering. She then joined the respiratory research group of the Winnipeg Children?s Hospital and worked as a research associate for 1.5 years. In 1999, she joined the Biomedical Engineering Department of Johns Hopkins University and worked there as a postdoctoral fellow for one year. Following that, she joined the University of Manitoba, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering as a faculty member, where she is currently a full professor, a Canada Research Chair in Biomedical Engineering and also director of Biomedical Engineering Graduate Program. She is also an adjunct scientist at the TRTech of Winnipeg, a research affiliate of Riverview Health Center and a distinguished Lecturer of IEEE. With over 180 publications in prestigious journals and conferences, her current research includes acoustic sleep apnea detection, respiratory and swallowing sound analysis, and early diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer disease. She has given 35 invited talks/seminars (10 outside of Canada) including a recent Tedx Talk and 2 keynote speaker seminars at international conferences. 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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This will be a great venue for labs to transfer > knowledge and to get to know one another. > > Interested in finding out more? Join us for our inaugural meet-up, today > at 2 PM in the de Grandpr?. > > At our first meeting, we will elaborate on the meeting format and > schedule for the fall term, take suggestions on future topics, and > present some key results from our recent BIC survey on workshops. -- Best regards, Vladimir S. FONOV ~ vladimir.fonov mcgill.ca From sylvain.baillet at mcgill.ca Thu Oct 3 16:35:04 2013 From: sylvain.baillet at mcgill.ca (Sylvain Baillet, Dr) Date: Thu, 3 Oct 2013 20:35:04 +0000 Subject: [BIC-announce] BIC Steering Committee: register to vote Oct 07 Message-ID: <530B742E110D2443BB82CB2299F0493953C0A607@EXMBX2010-7.campus.MCGILL.CA> Dear All: Remember: EVERYONE (faculty, admins, techs, managers, students and post-docs) needs to register to be able to vote for their representatives at the BIC Steering Committee (see first call below). One easy step: send an email BEFORE OCT 07 to Grace > and indicate your full name and your supervisor's. If you do not register, you will not be able to vote: be involved and proactive to improve your work environment! We are also lacking candidates: we have received only 1 application (for Tech rep) so far. Stand-up and volunteer and don't always count on somebody else's good will! Want to volunteer as candidate? Send an email to Grace with short bio and short statement before Monday 11:59pm. I we don't have enough candidates, I'll nominate reps for the next 12 months. I would truly appreciate everyone's collaboration and co-operation on this matter: thanks! Sylvain. -- Dear All: We need to get started with forming the BIC Steering Committee. This is a new operational entity that will be pivotal in our Centre?s everyday operations and represent an opportunity for everyone?s concerns and suggestions to be heard by the Director. The Committee members need to represent all categories of the BIC personnel: Students, Post-docs, Research Assistants, Staff Admins., Techs and Managers, Faculty and our external users. The Committee shall meet on a monthly basis and minutes will be forwarded to all BIC members. This message is a call for candidates for the following positions: - One Admin Staff Representative - Two PI Representatives - Two Tech/Manager Representatives - Two Student Representatives - Two Post-docs/RA?s Representatives I will nominate two external core users to complete the roster. If you wish to become candidate for your category of personnel, please send your application (short bio and statement, 1 short paragraph each) to Grace.Flynn at mcgill.ca by Monday Oct 07. VERY IMPORTANT - All BIC Members: In order to be able to vote, you need to register by sending your full name, position and supervisor?s name to Grace before Oct 07. We will be holding elections shortly after that. 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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, October the 7th, starting at 1:00 pm**. * * * *At that time, **Dr. Hassan Rivaz ** **w**ill be providing an introduction to **stereotaxic space, image registration, and image segmentation**.* 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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However, recent research in biomedical acoustics has given rise to techniques that leverage the noninvasiveness, high resolution, and low cost of ultrasound in novel ways. This talk will provide an overview of biomedical acoustics, including several emerging diagnostic and therapeutic uses of ultrasound technology in medicine. Applications that will be discussed include: ? Monitoring and staging aneurysmal disease with Pulse Wave Imaging (PWI); ? Targeted ablation of cancer tumors with High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU); ? Other selected techniques such as ultrasound-assisted drug delivery through the blood-brain barrier, electromechanical wave imaging of the heart, and acoustic Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS). Bio: Sacha was born in September 1985 and grew up in Quebec City, Canada. He completed his undergraduate studies in electrical engineering at McGill University. During the final year of his undergraduate degree, he performed research in McGill's Department of Biomedical Engineering with Prof. Henrietta Galiana on applying signal processing techniques to detect and classify sleep apnea in children. Sacha completed his studies at McGill in December 2006. From January to July 2007, he spent 6 months on a placement with Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO) in Freetown, Sierra Leone, where he worked with the Ministry of Development and Economic Planning as a government data analyst. In October 2007, Sacha became a doctoral student at the University of Oxford, earning the D.Phil. degree in August 2011. His research at Oxford took place in the Institute of Biomedical Engineering with Prof. Constantin C. Coussios, and focused on developing enhanced methods of monitoring damage in cells and tissues during ablation by High Intensity Focussed Ultrasound (HIFU). Shortly after completing his doctoral studies, Sacha moved to Columbia University and joined the laboratory as a postdoctoral research scientist. Since September 2011, he has been working on the pulse wave imaging and harmonic motion imaging projects 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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Here is the list of next four presenters. We will contact you individually to confirm, but if you would like to change the date or postpone your talk or cancel (let's hope this won't happen), please let us know. Date Presenter PI 11-Oct Mathew Krause C Pack 25-Oct Roberto Gulli J Martinez 15-Nov Curtis Baker C Baker 29-Nov Fred Simard C Pack Cross-frequency phase-amplitude coupling between neural oscillations. 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. Thank you, Sujay, Pascal and Rob -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From marc.rousseau at mcgill.ca Fri Oct 4 16:23:39 2013 From: marc.rousseau at mcgill.ca (Marc Rousseau) Date: Fri, 4 Oct 2013 16:23:39 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] BIC Steering Committee: register to vote Oct 07 In-Reply-To: <16023_1380832562_524DD532_16023_65_6_4e144fad865b4aae9abd8bbc4b42b968@EXHUB2010-2.campus.MCGILL.CA> References: <16023_1380832562_524DD532_16023_65_6_4e144fad865b4aae9abd8bbc4b42b968@EXHUB2010-2.campus.MCGILL.CA> Message-ID: Bonjour Sylvain, ? propos des candidats, je veux bien en ?tre un si ?a a du sens, mais pour ?tre franc, il ne m'est pas clair dans quelle cat?gorie je suis (selon ton email ? Grace, dans la cat?gorie Tech.. ;-) , ni de ou ce comit? s'en va. C?t? m?canisme de vote, je ne suis pas bien connu et ne connaitrai probablement pas la plupart des candidats qui se pr?sentent, et je crois que c'est le cas du reste de la communaut?... Peut-?tre que les gens se sentent plong? dans "une autre des multiples initiatives ? fins incertaines..."? Bon WE. Marc -- Marc-Etienne Rousseau System Architect - Technology Manager, ACElab Montreal Neurological Institute - McGill University 3801 University Street Webster 2B #208 Montreal, QC, Canada, H3A 2B4 Phone: 514-398-5257 On Thu, Oct 3, 2013 at 4:35 PM, Sylvain Baillet, Dr < sylvain.baillet at mcgill.ca> wrote: > Dear All: > > Remember: EVERYONE (faculty, admins, techs, managers, students and > post-docs) needs to register to be able to vote for their representatives > at the BIC Steering Committee (see first call below). > One easy step: send an email BEFORE OCT 07 to Grace > and indicate your full name and your supervisor's. > > If you do not register, you will not be able to vote: be involved and > proactive to improve your work environment! > > We are also lacking candidates: we have received only 1 application (for > Tech rep) so far. Stand-up and volunteer and don't always count on somebody > else's good will! Want to volunteer as candidate? Send an email to Grace > with short bio and short statement before Monday 11:59pm. > > I we don't have enough candidates, I'll nominate reps for the next 12 > months. > > I would truly appreciate everyone's collaboration and co-operation on > this matter: thanks! > > Sylvain. > > -- > > Dear All: > > We need to get started with forming the BIC Steering Committee. This is > a new operational entity that will be pivotal in our Centre?s everyday > operations and represent an opportunity for everyone?s concerns and > suggestions to be heard by the Director. The Committee members need to > represent all categories of the BIC personnel: > Students, Post-docs, Research Assistants, Staff Admins., Techs and > Managers, Faculty and our external users. The Committee shall meet on > a monthly basis and minutes will be forwarded to all BIC members. > > This message is a call for candidates for the following positions: > > - One Admin Staff Representative > - Two PI Representatives > - Two Tech/Manager Representatives > - Two Student Representatives > - Two Post-docs/RA?s Representatives > > I will nominate two external core users to complete the roster. > > If you wish to become candidate for your category of personnel, please > send your application (short bio and statement, 1 short paragraph each) to > Grace.Flynn at mcgill.ca by Monday Oct 07. > > VERY IMPORTANT - All BIC Members: In order to be able to vote, you need to > register by sending your full name, position and supervisor?s name to Grace > before Oct 07. We will be holding elections shortly after that. > > Looking forward to hearing back from everyone, > Have a great week-end, > > Sylvain. > > ----------------------- > 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 marc.rousseau at mcgill.ca Fri Oct 4 16:29:20 2013 From: marc.rousseau at mcgill.ca (Marc Rousseau) Date: Fri, 4 Oct 2013 16:29:20 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] BIC Steering Committee: register to vote Oct 07 In-Reply-To: References: <16023_1380832562_524DD532_16023_65_6_4e144fad865b4aae9abd8bbc4b42b968@EXHUB2010-2.campus.MCGILL.CA> Message-ID: My previous email was a conversation destined only to Sylvain Baillet. Please ignore. Very sorry about the inconvenience. 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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, October the 7th, starting at 1:00 pm**. * * * *At that time, **Dr. Hassan Rivaz ** **w**ill be providing an introduction to **stereotaxic space, image registration, and image segmentation**.* 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... URL: From christophe.grova at mcgill.ca Mon Oct 7 10:51:59 2013 From: christophe.grova at mcgill.ca (Christophe Grova) Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2013 14:51:59 +0000 Subject: [BIC-announce] Seminar in Biomedical Engineering - FRIDAY Oct 11th - 1 pm - Room 333 - BE CAREFUL OF THE CHANGE OF SCHEDULE In-Reply-To: <7814_1380885788_524EA51C_7814_165_3_CE7416D9.C8F7%christophe.grova@mcgill.ca> References: <16173_1380716013_524C0DED_16173_24_1_CE718393.C69D%christophe.grova@mcgill.ca>, <7814_1380885788_524EA51C_7814_165_3_CE7416D9.C8F7%christophe.grova@mcgill.ca> Message-ID: <9E1647EDA3EBB44AADA162CEC4C4222E2D2BD599@EXMBX2010-6.campus.MCGILL.CA> Dear all, Exceptionally, we will have our next Biomedical Engineering seminar this coming Friday. There won't be any seminar next Wednesday FRIDAY - October 11th, at 1 pm Location: Room 333 Lyman Duff Building (Biomedical Engineering Dpt, 3775 University Street). Speaker: Dr. Sacha Nandlall PhD, postdoctoral fellow, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA Title: Advanced Diagnostic And Therapeutic Applications Of Biomedical Ultrasound Abstract: Ultrasound is ubiquitous in many areas of medicine, where it has traditionally been employed for anatomical imaging. However, recent research in biomedical acoustics has given rise to techniques that leverage the noninvasiveness, high resolution, and low cost of ultrasound in novel ways. This talk will provide an overview of biomedical acoustics, including several emerging diagnostic and therapeutic uses of ultrasound technology in medicine. Applications that will be discussed include: ? Monitoring and staging aneurysmal disease with Pulse Wave Imaging (PWI); ? Targeted ablation of cancer tumors with High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU); ? Other selected techniques such as ultrasound-assisted drug delivery through the blood-brain barrier, electromechanical wave imaging of the heart, and acoustic Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS). Bio: Sacha was born in September 1985 and grew up in Quebec City, Canada. He completed his undergraduate studies in electrical engineering at McGill University. During the final year of his undergraduate degree, he performed research in McGill's Department of Biomedical Engineering with Prof. Henrietta Galiana on applying signal processing techniques to detect and classify sleep apnea in children. Sacha completed his studies at McGill in December 2006. From January to July 2007, he spent 6 months on a placement with Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO) in Freetown, Sierra Leone, where he worked with the Ministry of Development and Economic Planning as a government data analyst. In October 2007, Sacha became a doctoral student at the University of Oxford, earning the D.Phil. degree in August 2011. His research at Oxford took place in the Institute of Biomedical Engineering with Prof. Constantin C. Coussios, and focused on developing enhanced methods of monitoring damage in cells and tissues during ablation by High Intensity Focussed Ultrasound (HIFU). Shortly after completing his doctoral studies, Sacha moved to Columbia University and joined the laboratory as a postdoctoral research scientist. Since September 2011, he has been working on the pulse wave imaging and harmonic motion imaging projects 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 sylvain.baillet at mcgill.ca Mon Oct 7 13:12:34 2013 From: sylvain.baillet at mcgill.ca (Sylvain Baillet, Dr) Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2013 17:12:34 +0000 Subject: [BIC-announce] Last day to register: BIC Steering Committee Message-ID: <530B742E110D2443BB82CB2299F0493953C10539@EXMBX2010-7.campus.MCGILL.CA> Dear All: Today is the last day to register as voter or candidate for the BIC Steering Committee. Requisite: you need to be a member of the BIC. External core users will be represented by nominated members for now. We'll hold elections within the next couple of weeks. The mission of the committee is to facilitate communication between all categories of personnel, cores and labs and to contribute to the decision-making process at our centre. Reps will be the primary contact persons for each category of personnel to collect questions, request and suggestions. You can now follow this and other BIC news on our new Facebook page (thank you: Marta Kersten!): https://www.facebook.com/McConnellBrainImagingCentre. We're already 96-fans strong! Sylvain. ----------------------- 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 sylvain.baillet at mcgill.ca Tue Oct 8 18:46:19 2013 From: sylvain.baillet at mcgill.ca (Sylvain Baillet, Dr) Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2013 22:46:19 +0000 Subject: [BIC-announce] MNI External Review - Town Hall w/ students Post-Docs - November 19 (11:20) References: <16A29A2712A6DE4CBB6D2188707397F12D2FF087@EXMBX2010-6.campus.MCGILL.CA> Message-ID: <530B742E110D2443BB82CB2299F0493953C1336F@EXMBX2010-7.campus.MCGILL.CA> This message is for all students and post-docs at the BIC or whose supervisor is affiliated with the Neuro's Imaging Group: Please mark your calendars as you're invited to participate to yet another town-hall meeting, this time in the context of the MNI's Site Review: November 19 at 11:20 for one hour in the de Grandpre Communications Centre. Cheers - Sylvain. ----------------------- Sylvain Baillet, PhD MNI Killam and FRSQ Senior Scholar Interim Director, McConnell Brain Imaging Centre Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University Begin forwarded message: From: Deborah Rashcovsky > Subject: RE: MNI External Review - Town Hall - November 19 (11:20) Date: October 8, 2013 4:37:07 PM EDT Dear Interim Group Leaders, You are all aware of the impending MNI Internal review that will take place on November 18 and 19, 2013. As part of that review, there will be a Town Hall with students (Masters, PhD and Post-Docs) at the reviewers request. This town hall will take place on November 19 at 11:20 for one hour in the de Grandpre Communications Centre. A notice will be sent out widely in the coming weeks but I would appreciate if you would advise your students of this event and have them ?mark their calendars?. Thank you very much. Kind regards, Debbie Deborah Rashcovsky Internal Events and Conference Administrator Director's Office Montreal Neurological Institute 3801 University Street, room 636 Montreal, Quebec H3A 2B4 ? Tel: (514) 398-6047 ?Fax: (514) 398-8248 Email: debbie.rashcovsky at mcgill.ca [cid:0BE7E1B6A74A51CA4409C45C5C1CDDAC4EEC8489 at campus.mcgill.ca] _____________________________________________ From: Emmanuelle Perrot-Audet Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2013 2:40 PM To: Kevin Petrecca, Dr.; Lesley K Fellows, Dr; Christopher Pack, Dr.; Jean Gotman, Dr.; Jack Antel, Dr.; Edward Fon, Dr.; Bernard Brais, Dr.; Sylvain Baillet, Dr Cc: Deborah Rashcovsky Subject: RE: MNI External Review Dear Interim Group Leaders, Please see attached email for your information. Best regards, Emmanuelle ___________________________________???____________________________________________________ Emmanuelle Perrot-Audet | Administrative Assistant to Dr. Guy Rouleau Director, Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital 3801 University St., Room 636, Montreal, Quebec H3A 2B4 tel: 514.398.2690 | fax: 514.398.8248 | email: emmanuelle.perrot-audet at mcgill.ca [cid:image002.png at 01CDEF2F.E66B1050] P Before printing this e-mail, please consider the environment / Avant d'imprimer ce courriel, veuillez penser ? l'environnement << Message: Montreal Neurological Institute External Review_Nov. 18-19, 2013 >> _____________________________________________ From: Emmanuelle Perrot-Audet Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2013 3:22 PM To: Kevin Petrecca, Dr.; Lesley K Fellows, Dr (lesley.fellows at mcgill.ca); Christopher Pack, Dr. (christopher.pack at mcgill.ca); Jean Gotman, Dr.; Jack Antel, Dr.; Edward Fon, Dr.; Bernard Brais, Dr.; Sylvain Baillet, Dr Cc: Deborah Rashcovsky; Viviane Poupon, Dr.; Guy Rouleau Subject: MNI External Review Dear Interim Group Leaders, Please note that the MNI External Review has been scheduled on November 18-19, 2013. Please mark your calendars and we hope you?ll be available at those dates; If not, thank you for proposing a delegate. I will be sending out an email soon to all MNI to inform them about it and let them know that they will be all participating in the preparation of this review through their Group Leaders. Please find below for your information the members of the Review Committee to date: * Dr. Richard Frackowiack (University of Lausanne) * Dr. Richard Gilbertson (St. Jude) * Dr. Steven Hyman, Chair (Harvard University) * Dr. Timothy A. Pedley (Columbia University) * Dr. Joshua Sanes (Harvard University) On another hand, I will be sending you shortly some possible date to hold the quarterly meetings of the Group Leaders in September and December 2013. Thank you very much. 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Speaker: Dr. Sacha Nandlall PhD, postdoctoral fellow, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA Title: Advanced Diagnostic And Therapeutic Applications Of Biomedical Ultrasound Abstract: Ultrasound is ubiquitous in many areas of medicine, where it has traditionally been employed for anatomical imaging. However, recent research in biomedical acoustics has given rise to techniques that leverage the noninvasiveness, high resolution, and low cost of ultrasound in novel ways. This talk will provide an overview of biomedical acoustics, including several emerging diagnostic and therapeutic uses of ultrasound technology in medicine. Applications that will be discussed include: ? Monitoring and staging aneurysmal disease with Pulse Wave Imaging (PWI); ? Targeted ablation of cancer tumors with High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU); ? Other selected techniques such as ultrasound-assisted drug delivery through the blood-brain barrier, electromechanical wave imaging of the heart, and acoustic Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS). Bio: Sacha was born in September 1985 and grew up in Quebec City, Canada. He completed his undergraduate studies in electrical engineering at McGill University. During the final year of his undergraduate degree, he performed research in McGill's Department of Biomedical Engineering with Prof. Henrietta Galiana on applying signal processing techniques to detect and classify sleep apnea in children. Sacha completed his studies at McGill in December 2006. From January to July 2007, he spent 6 months on a placement with Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO) in Freetown, Sierra Leone, where he worked with the Ministry of Development and Economic Planning as a government data analyst. In October 2007, Sacha became a doctoral student at the University of Oxford, earning the D.Phil. degree in August 2011. His research at Oxford took place in the Institute of Biomedical Engineering with Prof. Constantin C. Coussios, and focused on developing enhanced methods of monitoring damage in cells and tissues during ablation by High Intensity Focussed Ultrasound (HIFU). Shortly after completing his doctoral studies, Sacha moved to Columbia University and joined the laboratory as a postdoctoral research scientist. Since September 2011, he has been working on the pulse wave imaging and harmonic motion imaging projects 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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Speaker: Dr. Sacha Nandlall PhD, postdoctoral fellow, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA Title: Advanced Diagnostic And Therapeutic Applications Of Biomedical Ultrasound Abstract: Ultrasound is ubiquitous in many areas of medicine, where it has traditionally been employed for anatomical imaging. However, recent research in biomedical acoustics has given rise to techniques that leverage the noninvasiveness, high resolution, and low cost of ultrasound in novel ways. This talk will provide an overview of biomedical acoustics, including several emerging diagnostic and therapeutic uses of ultrasound technology in medicine. Applications that will be discussed include: ? Monitoring and staging aneurysmal disease with Pulse Wave Imaging (PWI); ? Targeted ablation of cancer tumors with High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU); ? Other selected techniques such as ultrasound-assisted drug delivery through the blood-brain barrier, electromechanical wave imaging of the heart, and acoustic Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS). Bio: Sacha was born in September 1985 and grew up in Quebec City, Canada. He completed his undergraduate studies in electrical engineering at McGill University. During the final year of his undergraduate degree, he performed research in McGill's Department of Biomedical Engineering with Prof. Henrietta Galiana on applying signal processing techniques to detect and classify sleep apnea in children. Sacha completed his studies at McGill in December 2006. From January to July 2007, he spent 6 months on a placement with Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO) in Freetown, Sierra Leone, where he worked with the Ministry of Development and Economic Planning as a government data analyst. In October 2007, Sacha became a doctoral student at the University of Oxford, earning the D.Phil. degree in August 2011. His research at Oxford took place in the Institute of Biomedical Engineering with Prof. Constantin C. Coussios, and focused on developing enhanced methods of monitoring damage in cells and tissues during ablation by High Intensity Focussed Ultrasound (HIFU). Shortly after completing his doctoral studies, Sacha moved to Columbia University and joined the laboratory as a postdoctoral research scientist. Since September 2011, he has been working on the pulse wave imaging and harmonic motion imaging projects 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 christophe.grova at mcgill.ca Tue Oct 15 06:47:12 2013 From: christophe.grova at mcgill.ca (Christophe Grova) Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2013 10:47:12 +0000 Subject: [BIC-announce] Seminar in Biomedical Engineering - Wednesday Oct 16th - 1 pm - Room 333 Message-ID: <9E1647EDA3EBB44AADA162CEC4C4222E2D2CD20C@exmbx2010-9.campus.MCGILL.CA> Dear all, I will present myself the next Biomedical Engineering seminar, this coming wednesday Wednesday - October 2nd, at 1 pm Location: Room 333 Lyman Duff Building (Biomedical Engineering Dpt, 3775 University Street). Speaker: Dr. Christophe Grova PhD, Multimodal Functional Imaging Lab, Biomedical Engineering Dpt, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University. Title: Resting state functional connectivity in epilepsy Abstract: Epileptic activity during seizures arises from the seizure focus, whereas epileptic activity without clinical manifestations might originate from a broader area and propagate to surrounding or distant brain regions, defining a patient-specific epileptogenic network. As a target for surgery, several modalities are considered to localize this epileptic focus, using notably source localization from spontaneous discharges measured using Electro- and Magneto-Encephalography (EEG/MEG) or simultaneous EEG/fMRI acquisitions to detect local hemodynamic changes at the time of the discharges. The main limitation of these studies is the recording of spontaneous epileptic discharges during a short recording session (2 hours max). Therefore, we proposed to investigate whether resting state fluctuations of hemodynamic signals, measured using fMRI, could reveal specific patterns that could potentially be considered as a biomarker of the disease even when no epileptic discharge could be recorded. The first part of the presentation will present inter-individual group studies describing fMRI functional connectivity (FC) patterns specific to idiopathic generalized epilepsy (IGE) and temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE). Using hypothesis driven approaches, we showed, using seed regions in the epileptic focus, significant decreases in resting state functional connectivity in TLE [1], when compared to age-matched healthy controls. For IGE patients, we found no significant difference in FC when using seeds in the regions showing a fMRI activation to spike and wave discharges [2], whereas we found singnificant increases and decreases in FC when using seed regions in the attention network [3]. Since the choice of the seed region was critical in these studies, we present a new data driven decomposition method, specifically designed to extract FC patterns that are shared and specific when comparing groups of subjects [4]. We were able to reproduce most of these findings without any priori hypothesis. These results suggest that the epilepsy disease is indeed interfering with resting state FC patterns even when no epileptic discharges are generated. Except for IGE and TLE, the epileptogenic network is patient specific and its location will differ from one patient to the other. Therefore, it is important to develop methods able to extract patient-specific FC patterns. To do so, we propose a method denoted DANI - Detection of Abnormal Networks in Individuals - to identify, for each patient, the outlier resting state networks (RSN) that statistically differ from the consistent RSNs of the healthy population, thus suggesting the occurrence of ?abnormal? networks. We first used the spatial clustering method denoted BASC, Bootstrap Analysis of Stable Clusters [5], in order to identify statistically reproducible RSNs either at the individual level or at a group level. Then, DANI consisted in a statistical detection method to identify outlier RSNs. DANI was carefully validated using simulated data and promising preliminary results on patients with focal epilepsy will be presented. Finally we will introduce how we combined the resampling technique proposed in BASC with a new data driven sparse modeling technique [6], in order to identify reliable hubs at the individual level, as another promising approach to detect epilepsy specific patterns. [1] Pittau F., Grova C., Moeller F., Dubeau F. and Gotman J. Patterns of altered functional connectivity in mesial temporal lobe epilepsy. Epilepsia 2012: 53(6):1013-23 [2] Moeller F., Maneshi M., Gholipour T., Pittau F., Bellec P., Dubeau F., Grova C. and Gotman J. Functional connectivity in patients with idiopathic generalized epilepsy. Epilepsia 2011: 52(3):515-22 [3] Maneshi M., Moeller F., Gotman J. and Grova C. Resting-State Connectivity of the Sustained Attention Network Correlates with Disease Duration in Idiopathic Generalized Epilepsy. PloS ONE 2012;7(12):e50359 [4] Vahdat S., Maneshi M., Grova C., Gotman J. and Milner T. Shared and Specific Independent Components Analysis for Between-Groups Comparison. Neural Computation 2012;24(11):3052-90. [5] Bellec P, Rosa-Neto P, Lyttelton OC, Benali H, Evans AC. Multi-level bootstrap analysis of stable clusters in resting-state fMRI. Neuroimage. 2010;51(3):1126-39 [6] Lee K, Tak S, Ye JC. A data-driven sparse GLM for fMRI analysis using sparse dictionary learning with MDL criterion. IEEE Trans Med Imaging. 2011 May;30(5):1076-89. 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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Speaker: Dr. Christophe Grova PhD, Multimodal Functional Imaging Lab, Biomedical Engineering Dpt, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University. Title: Resting state functional connectivity in epilepsy Abstract: Epileptic activity during seizures arises from the seizure focus, whereas epileptic activity without clinical manifestations might originate from a broader area and propagate to surrounding or distant brain regions, defining a patient-specific epileptogenic network. As a target for surgery, several modalities are considered to localize this epileptic focus, using notably source localization from spontaneous discharges measured using Electro- and Magneto-Encephalography (EEG/MEG) or simultaneous EEG/fMRI acquisitions to detect local hemodynamic changes at the time of the discharges. The main limitation of these studies is the recording of spontaneous epileptic discharges during a short recording session (2 hours max). Therefore, we proposed to investigate whether resting state fluctuations of hemodynamic signals, measured using fMRI, could reveal specific patterns that could potentially be considered as a biomarker of the disease even when no epileptic discharge could be recorded. The first part of the presentation will present inter-individual group studies describing fMRI functional connectivity (FC) patterns specific to idiopathic generalized epilepsy (IGE) and temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE). Using hypothesis driven approaches, we showed, using seed regions in the epileptic focus, significant decreases in resting state functional connectivity in TLE [1], when compared to age-matched healthy controls. For IGE patients, we found no significant difference in FC when using seeds in the regions showing a fMRI activation to spike and wave discharges [2], whereas we found singnificant increases and decreases in FC when using seed regions in the attention network [3]. Since the choice of the seed region was critical in these studies, we present a new data driven decomposition method, specifically designed to extract FC patterns that are shared and specific when comparing groups of subjects [4]. We were able to reproduce most of these findings without any priori hypothesis. These results suggest that the epilepsy disease is indeed interfering with resting state FC patterns even when no epileptic discharges are generated. Except for IGE and TLE, the epileptogenic network is patient specific and its location will differ from one patient to the other. Therefore, it is important to develop methods able to extract patient-specific FC patterns. To do so, we propose a method denoted DANI - Detection of Abnormal Networks in Individuals - to identify, for each patient, the outlier resting state networks (RSN) that statistically differ from the consistent RSNs of the healthy population, thus suggesting the occurrence of ?abnormal? networks. We first used the spatial clustering method denoted BASC, Bootstrap Analysis of Stable Clusters [5], in order to identify statistically reproducible RSNs either at the individual level or at a group level. Then, DANI consisted in a statistical detection method to identify outlier RSNs. DANI was carefully validated using simulated data and promising preliminary results on patients with focal epilepsy will be presented. Finally we will introduce how we combined the resampling technique proposed in BASC with a new data driven sparse modeling technique [6], in order to identify reliable hubs at the individual level, as another promising approach to detect epilepsy specific patterns. [1] Pittau F., Grova C., Moeller F., Dubeau F. and Gotman J. Patterns of altered functional connectivity in mesial temporal lobe epilepsy. Epilepsia 2012: 53(6):1013-23 [2] Moeller F., Maneshi M., Gholipour T., Pittau F., Bellec P., Dubeau F., Grova C. and Gotman J. Functional connectivity in patients with idiopathic generalized epilepsy. Epilepsia 2011: 52(3):515-22 [3] Maneshi M., Moeller F., Gotman J. and Grova C. Resting-State Connectivity of the Sustained Attention Network Correlates with Disease Duration in Idiopathic Generalized Epilepsy. PloS ONE 2012;7(12):e50359 [4] Vahdat S., Maneshi M., Grova C., Gotman J. and Milner T. Shared and Specific Independent Components Analysis for Between-Groups Comparison. Neural Computation 2012;24(11):3052-90. [5] Bellec P, Rosa-Neto P, Lyttelton OC, Benali H, Evans AC. Multi-level bootstrap analysis of stable clusters in resting-state fMRI. Neuroimage. 2010;51(3):1126-39 [6] Lee K, Tak S, Ye JC. A data-driven sparse GLM for fMRI analysis using sparse dictionary learning with MDL criterion. IEEE Trans Med Imaging. 2011 May;30(5):1076-89. 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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You are encouraged to come with an open mind to learn and practice networking techniques! The workshop will provide you with: 1) Practical networking tips to help you open doors and build connections; 2) A short overview of communities of practice and academic cultures; 3) Strategies and "hands on" practice to refine your networking skills, and 4) An opportunity to practice networking etiquette. More information, including a link to register for this workshop, can be found at http://aggie.cim.mcgill.ca.:8080/create-mia/events/workshop-networking-at-conferences. Space is limited -- register now! Hope to see you there! 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Tous les membres du corps enseignant et du personnel du Neuro sont invit?s ? cette s?ance d'information qui portera sur diff?rents sujets strat?giques et op?rationnels. Veuillez afficher l'avis ci-joint dans votre unit? ou bureau ? l'intention de coll?gues qui n'auraient pas acc?s au courrier ?lectronique. Salutations cordiales, Guy Rouleau, M.D., Ph. D., F.R.C.P., O.Q. Directeur, Le Neuro --------------------- Dear Neuro Faculty and Staff, You are cordially invited to a Neuro Information Session on Monday October 21, 2013 at 11:00 am in the Jeanne Timmins Amphitheatre. All Neuro faculty and staff are invited to attend this information session for an update on strategic and operational issues at The Neuro. Please post the attached notice in your unit or office for colleagues that may not have access to email. Regards, Guy Rouleau, MD, PhD, FRCP, OQ Director, The Neuro -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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His almost 2 year old daughter Nadia has recently been diagnosed with a very rare genetic disorder. She is in bone marrow failure and is in desperate need of a bone marrow transplant. Please see www.nadiasquest.ca for more information (and follow her on twitter @nadiasquest) They've checked the worldwide registry (12 million people) and haven't been able to find a match. If you aren't already part of your country's registry I'd like to encourage anyone eligible to sign up. Younger bone marrow works best - in Canada you need to be between 17-35 years old, other countries have different age restrictions. Signing up is really easy - in Canada you fill out an online form at www.onematch.ca and they send you a kit to swab your cheek. That's it. For US, please visit: www.bethematch.org , for UK: www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/bonemarrow . Links to many other countries registries can be found here: http://marrowdrives.org/bone_marrow_donor_programs.html#international_marrow Please sign up if you can and please circulate this message far and wide. You could help save the life of Nadia, or someone just like her. best wishes, Corree PS Please forgive the use of this mailing list for something not directly work related, but I hope you can appreciate the urgency and desperation of the situation. PPS For those of you on facebook, also check out Nadia's page there: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Nadias-Quest/674663232545926 -- *Cornelia Laule, PhD** ** **'Women Against MS' Transitional Career Development Award Recipient endMS Research and Training Network | MS Society of Canada***** *www.mripathology.ca* _________________________________________________________ Departments of Radiology and Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Blusson Spinal Cord Centre / UBC MRI Research Centre ICORD, 818 West 10th Avenue, Vancouver BC V5Z 1M9 Canada Tel: 1-604-675-8841 Fax: 1-604-675-8849 email: claule at physics.ubc.ca* www.icord.org / www.mriresearch.ubc.ca ***** -- 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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Title: Resting state functional connectivity in epilepsy Abstract: Epileptic activity during seizures arises from the seizure focus, whereas epileptic activity without clinical manifestations might originate from a broader area and propagate to surrounding or distant brain regions, defining a patient-specific epileptogenic network. As a target for surgery, several modalities are considered to localize this epileptic focus, using notably source localization from spontaneous discharges measured using Electro- and Magneto-Encephalography (EEG/MEG) or simultaneous EEG/fMRI acquisitions to detect local hemodynamic changes at the time of the discharges. The main limitation of these studies is the recording of spontaneous epileptic discharges during a short recording session (2 hours max). Therefore, we proposed to investigate whether resting state fluctuations of hemodynamic signals, measured using fMRI, could reveal specific patterns that could potentially be considered as a biomarker of the disease even when no epileptic discharge could be recorded. The first part of the presentation will present inter-individual group studies describing fMRI functional connectivity (FC) patterns specific to idiopathic generalized epilepsy (IGE) and temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE). Using hypothesis driven approaches, we showed, using seed regions in the epileptic focus, significant decreases in resting state functional connectivity in TLE [1], when compared to age-matched healthy controls. For IGE patients, we found no significant difference in FC when using seeds in the regions showing a fMRI activation to spike and wave discharges [2], whereas we found singnificant increases and decreases in FC when using seed regions in the attention network [3]. Since the choice of the seed region was critical in these studies, we present a new data driven decomposition method, specifically designed to extract FC patterns that are shared and specific when comparing groups of subjects [4]. We were able to reproduce most of these findings without any priori hypothesis. These results suggest that the epilepsy disease is indeed interfering with resting state FC patterns even when no epileptic discharges are generated. Except for IGE and TLE, the epileptogenic network is patient specific and its location will differ from one patient to the other. Therefore, it is important to develop methods able to extract patient-specific FC patterns. To do so, we propose a method denoted DANI - Detection of Abnormal Networks in Individuals - to identify, for each patient, the outlier resting state networks (RSN) that statistically differ from the consistent RSNs of the healthy population, thus suggesting the occurrence of ?abnormal? networks. We first used the spatial clustering method denoted BASC, Bootstrap Analysis of Stable Clusters [5], in order to identify statistically reproducible RSNs either at the individual level or at a group level. Then, DANI consisted in a statistical detection method to identify outlier RSNs. DANI was carefully validated using simulated data and promising preliminary results on patients with focal epilepsy will be presented. Finally we will introduce how we combined the resampling technique proposed in BASC with a new data driven sparse modeling technique [6], in order to identify reliable hubs at the individual level, as another promising approach to detect epilepsy specific patterns. [1] Pittau F., Grova C., Moeller F., Dubeau F. and Gotman J. Patterns of altered functional connectivity in mesial temporal lobe epilepsy. Epilepsia 2012: 53(6):1013-23 [2] Moeller F., Maneshi M., Gholipour T., Pittau F., Bellec P., Dubeau F., Grova C. and Gotman J. Functional connectivity in patients with idiopathic generalized epilepsy. Epilepsia 2011: 52(3):515-22 [3] Maneshi M., Moeller F., Gotman J. and Grova C. Resting-State Connectivity of the Sustained Attention Network Correlates with Disease Duration in Idiopathic Generalized Epilepsy. PloS ONE 2012;7(12):e50359 [4] Vahdat S., Maneshi M., Grova C., Gotman J. and Milner T. Shared and Specific Independent Components Analysis for Between-Groups Comparison. Neural Computation 2012;24(11):3052-90. [5] Bellec P, Rosa-Neto P, Lyttelton OC, Benali H, Evans AC. Multi-level bootstrap analysis of stable clusters in resting-state fMRI. Neuroimage. 2010;51(3):1126-39 [6] Lee K, Tak S, Ye JC. A data-driven sparse GLM for fMRI analysis using sparse dictionary learning with MDL criterion. IEEE Trans Med Imaging. 2011 May;30(5):1076-89. 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, Mayte Parada, PhD Postdoctoral Fellow Laboratory for the Biopsychosocial Study of Sexuality McGill University Department of Psychology 1205 Docteur Penfield Office W8/23 Montreal QC, H3A1B1 Voice: (514)-398-5323 mayte.parada at mcgill.ca From michael.klein at mail.mcgill.ca Wed Oct 16 14:04:22 2013 From: michael.klein at mail.mcgill.ca (Michael Klein) Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2013 14:04:22 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] Psychopy2 In-Reply-To: <23BE0E89-E37B-484F-9A8C-98A92B53BA99@mcgill.ca> References: <23BE0E89-E37B-484F-9A8C-98A92B53BA99@mcgill.ca> Message-ID: Hi Mayte, The BIC scanner can appear as an ASCII keyboard to your computer (over USB) and can be configured to send out the numeral "5" at the beginning of a TR. You can then use PsychoPy's getKeys method act when specific keypresses have been recorded. Alternatively, you can use "waitKeys" which stops the entire script until a specific key has arrived. Happy to help you out more if you have additional questions. Best, Mike On Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 1:39 PM, Mayte Parada, Ms. wrote: > Hello, > > I'm looking for anyone at the MNI doing fMRI that is familiar with the > program "Psychopy2". I'm attempting to use it to present stimuli to > subjects that are in the MRI and would like some help setting it up to pick > up the trigger sent from the MRI. Does anyone know how to do this and will > to help a fellow researcher out? > > Thank you, > > Mayte Parada, PhD > Postdoctoral Fellow > Laboratory for the Biopsychosocial Study of Sexuality > McGill University > Department of Psychology > 1205 Docteur Penfield > Office W8/23 > Montreal QC, H3A1B1 > Voice: (514)-398-5323 > > mayte.parada at mcgill.ca > _______________________________________________ > BIC-announce mailing list > BIC-announce at bic.mni.mcgill.ca > http://www.bic.mni.mcgill.ca/mailman/listinfo/bic-announce > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From bruce.pike at mcgill.ca Wed Oct 16 22:55:37 2013 From: bruce.pike at mcgill.ca (G. Bruce Pike, Prof.) Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2013 02:55:37 +0000 Subject: [BIC-announce] Fwd: 2nd Whistler Scientific Workshop on Brain Function, March 9-12, 2014 References: <1251E436-E461-4C3A-A4FB-1E55683850AF@yale.edu> Message-ID: <20F9FEC2-F1B2-45A4-A587-DCA2F541BCBF@mcgill.ca> FYI. Hope to see some of you at our workshop! Bruce Begin forwarded message: From: Todd Constable > Subject: 2nd Whistler Scientific Workshop on Brain Function, March 9-12, 2014 Date: 16 October, 2013 7:25:06 PM MDT To: Todd Constable > Cc: Todd Constable > The 2nd Whistler Scientific Workshop on Brain Functional Organization, Connectivity and Behavior Whistler, BC, Canada March 9-12, 2014 There has been an explosion of activity recently in the area of functional MRI and connectivity mapping and this small workshop in the beautiful town of Whistler BC is aimed at exploring the latest breakthroughs in analysis approaches, models, and applications. Emphasis will be on methods, the relationship of network measures to behavior, and the implications of network mapping in terms of broadening our understanding of functional neuroanatomy and basic neuroscience. The workshop will be kept small (less than 100 attendees) in order to facilitate discussion amongst all participants so please register early to ensure a spot. Abstracts: One page Abstracts for proffered talks or posters can be submitted to:lesley.nadeau at yale.edu. Topics: 1. Functional connectivity methods - network measures 2. Connectivity and Behavior 3. Integrated structural and functional connectivity ? methods & stationarity and spectral components 4. Clinical applications of functional connectivity or multimodal measures of connectivity 5. Neuroanatomy and brain mapping For more information and to register please visit: fmriworkshop.yale.edu Target Audience: Experts in functional brain imaging and connectivity mapping, neuroscientists, psychologists, clinicians, and trainees (pre- and postdoctoral fellows, residents and clinical fellows), with an interest in brain function, functional organization, and neuroimaging. Organizing Committee: R. Todd Constable, Committee Chair, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA Karla Miller, Oxford Centre for Functional MRI of the Brain, Oxford University, UK Marvin Chun, Yale University, Department of Psychology, New Haven, CT USA Bruce Pike, Division of Image Science, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada Xiaoping Hu, Coulter Dept. of BME at Georgia Tech and Emory, Atlanta, GA USA Invited Speakers: Michael Breakspear, Systems Neuroscience, Queensland Inst. of Med. Research, AU Mark Chiew, Oxford University Centre for Functional MRI of the Brain, Oxford, UK Jessica Damoiseaux, Institute of Gerontology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI Manus Donahue, Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science, Nashville, TN Lila Davachi, Center for Neural Science & Center for Brain Imaging, NYU, NY, NY Maxime Guye, Centre de Resonance Magnetique Biologique et Medicale, France Xiaoping Hu, Coulter Dept. of BME at Georgia Tech and Emory, Atlanta, GA Angela Laird, Department of Physics, Florida International University, Miami, Fl Tom Liu, USD Center for Functional MRI, La Jolla, CA Zhongming Liu, Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana Joseph Mandeville, Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Harvard, Boston, MA Galit Pelled, Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore, MD Amir Shmuel, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Canada Nick Turk-Browne, Department of Psychology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ Martijn van den Heuvel, Dept. of Psychiatry, Rudolf Magnus Inst, Utrecht, Netherlands Gael Varoquaux, NeuroSpin, CEA Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France Thomas Yeo, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Natl. Univ. of Singapore Program: Sunday, March 9 Check-in: noon ? 6pm 6:00 ? 8:00pm Opening cocktail party Monday, March 10 7:30-8:30am Breakfast Session 1 Session Chair: 8:30 ? 9:00am Gael Varoquaux: ?What can we learn of brain connectivity by mining resting-state?? 9:00 ? 9:30am Thomas Yeo: ?Organization of the Human Brain Estimated by Intrinsic Functional Connectivity? 9:30 ? 10:00am Tom Liu: ?What can we learn from multimodal Imaging (fMRI, EEG, MEG) of resting state brain activity?? 10:00 ? 10:30am Coffee 10:30-12 noon Proffered talks 10 ? 15min each depending upon how many 12 noon Box Lunch 12:00 ? 4:30pm Break 4:30 ? 5:00pm Coffee Session 2 Session Chair: 5:00 ? 5:30pm Galit Pelled: ?Mapping and manipulating neuroplasticity? 5:30 ? 6:00pm Lila Davachi: ?Dynamic alterations in low-frequency BOLD connectivity related to memory encoding, retrieval and consolidation? 6:00 ? 6:30pm Nick Turk-Browne: ?Attention and modulation of connectivity between high and low level visual areas (or) category-specific connectivity in the visual cortex? 6:30 ? 7:15pm Proffered talks Tuesday, March 11, 2014 7:30-8:30am Breakfast Session 3 Session Chair: Noam Harel 8:30 ? 9:00am Martijn van den Heuvel: ?The Rich Club: an anatomical infrastructure for communication and integration among functional brain networks? 9:00 ? 9:30am Michael Breakspear: ?Dwelling quietly in the rich club: Network determinants of mood and interoception? 9:30 ? 10:00am 2-3 proffered talks 10:00 ? 10:30am Coffee Break 10:30 ? 11:00am Amir Shmuel: ?Neurophysiological mechanisms underlying spontaneous fluctuations in hemodynamic signals? 11:00 ? 11:30am Manus Donahue: ?Hemodynamic and neurochemical constructs of functional connectivity? 11:30 ? 12:00 Joe Mandeville: ?Interpreting fMRI through PET correlations with occupancy within and beyond the classical model? 12 noon Box Lunch 12:00 ? 4:30pm Break 4:30 ? 5:00pm Coffee Session 4 Session Chair: 5:00 ? 5:30pm 2-3 Proffered talks 5:30 ? 6:00pm Zhongming Liu: ?Multimodal Hyperspectral Imaging of Brain Activity and Connectivity? 6:00 ? 6:30pm Mark Chiew: ?Accelerating resting state FMRI acquisition with rank-constrained image reconstruction? 6:30 ? 7:15pm 3-4 Proffered talks 7:30 ? 9:30 Dinner/Reception Wednesday, March 12, 2014 7:30-8:30am Breakfast Session 5 Session Chair: 8:30 ? 9:00am Jessica Damoiseaux: ?Early detection of abnormal functional connectivity changes in older adults? 9:00 ? 9:30am Maxime Guye: ?Functional connectivity in epilepsy? 9:30 ? 10:00am 2-3 Proffered talks 10:00 ? 10:30am Coffee Break 10:30 ? 11:00am Angela Laird: ?Understanding Intrinsic Connectivity Networks: A Meta-Analytic Approach? 11:00 ? 11:30am Xiaoping Hu: ?Dealing with Individual Variability in Resting state Functional Connectivity? 11:30 ? 12:00 2-3 Proffered talks 12:00 ? 12:15pm Wrap up 12:15pm Box Lunch ? meeting adjourned For additional information please go to: http://mrrc.yale.edu/home/seminars/workshop/index.aspx R. 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Communications Centre (3801 University Street, Montreal, QC, H3A 2B4)* *on *Monday, October the 21st, starting at 1:00 pm**. * * * *At that time, **Dr. **Jean-Paul Soucy **w**ill be providing an introduction to **positron emission tomography (PET)**.* 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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The documents should be prepared in one single pdf file and sent to megrc at bic.mni.mcgill.ca Please see below, the information that will be updated on our website very soon We are looking forward to see and review your submissions Cordially Christophe Grova MEG Research Committee Chair Biomedical Engineering Dpt Neurology and Neurosurgery Dpt McGill University Magnetoencephalography Research Committee MANDATE The mandate of the Magnetoencephalography (MEG) Research Committee (MEGRC) is to : 1. Review all MEG-related research proposals for scientific validity, safety, and relevance to the neuroscientific mission of the MNI. Approval from the MEGRC is required by the MNI Research Ethics Committee for all proposals involving MEG. 2. Advise the MEG Director of Research on practical aspects of the MEG research operation: e.g., equipment, time scheduling, access procedures, defining qualified users, etc. Members of the MEG Research Committee Christophe Grova Committee Chair McGill, Biomedical Engineering Neurology and Neurosurgery Sylvain Baillet Committee Vice-Chair McGill, Neurology and Neurosurgery Director, MEG Research Mathieu Brodeur Psychiatry, Douglas Institute Jean Gotman McGill, Neurology and Neurosurgery Eliane Kobayashi McGill, Neurology and Neurosurgery Jean-Marc Lina Ecole de Technologie Sup?rieure, Electrical Engineering Julio C. Martinez-Trujillo McGill, Department of Physiology Michael Petrides McGill, Neurology and Neurosurgery Pedro Rosa-Neto McGill, Neurology and Neurosurgery Amir Shmuel McGill, Neurology and Neurosurgery Robert Zatorre McGill, Neurology and Neurosurgery MEG Research Scanning Policies Detailed information regarding MEG access, scanning and billing policies for research are detailed in a separate document accessible here: http://mni-bic.mcgill.ca/ Meetings of the MEG Research Committee The MEG Research Committee meets on a monthly basis, the FIRST MONDAY of each month. Investigators wishing to submit protocols to the committee should prepare a single pdf file of the documents in the correct order (protocol, consent form, declaration of consent, public advertisement, MRI questionnaire if needed) and send the file to megrc at bic.mni.mcgill.ca 10 working days prior to the date of the meeting (i.e. on Monday 2 weeks before the committee meeting). The MEGRC will review protocols in the same format as required by an APPLICATION FOR INITIAL REVIEW FOR SUBMISSION to the Research Ethics Board (REB). The forms for submission to the MNI REB are available on the REB web page. Any forms appropriate to other Ethics Committees (McGill IRB, Douglas IRB, etc.) will be accepted for review. * Please do not change the date that appears in the bottom right-hand corner of the form. All questions on the form must be answered. * It is imperative that an investigator from the MNI/H is associated with the proposed study, particularly for studies originating from outside the MNI/H. However, it is not required that this individual is the Principal Investigator. * Each submission must contain an English and a French version of a CONSENT FORM, a DECLARATION OF CONSENT (forms available on the REB web page) and - if the MEG data analysis requires the individual anatomical scan of subjects -- an MRI QUESTIONNAIRE. * Please note that all multi-modality protocols involving MRI and/or PET must be submitted in parallel to the respective Research Committees, since this committee will state only the MEG party of the proposals. At the top of each page of the consent form, please include the title of the protocol and the site at which the study will be performed. Also indicate at the bottom right-hand corner of each page, the version date of the consent form, i.e. the date when the form was prepared. Note that projects with standard anatomical MR scans of participants are not required to obtain approval from the MNI's MRI Research Committee. Following the meeting of the MEG Research Committee, the Principal Investigator will receive a letter with the Committee's decision and any recommendations, should changes be required. The investigator can then proceed to seek for approval by the appropriate Research Ethics Board (MNI's or from his/her home institution): include the review letter from the MEG Research Committee. Useful Links MEG Research Facility at the MNI; includes generic descriptions of the MEG facility and basic scanning procedures. MEG Research Scanning Policies MNI's Research Ethics Board A non-technical introduction to MEG The Canada MEG Consortium initiative *************************** 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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If you are a BIC student, Post-doc, or RA and had not registered to vote yet, we're happy to give you another chance to vote for your favorite Student, Post-doc/RA Rep: the voting registration deadline has been extended until Monday, Oct. 21, 6:00 p.m. Please send an e-mail to Grace Flynn and she will get back to you with a Voting Form. You may then either drop off the form with Grace (WB317) (x5359) where she has a confidential Voters Box or send back to Grace via e-mail (grace.flynn at mcgill.ca) . Closing date for the vote will be October 22, 2013 @ 4pm. We will set our first SC meeting for early November. All selected candidates will have a run for the academic year (November 2013 - June 2014). Elections will be held on a yearly basis. 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It uses Native-Client to connect directly to ssh servers without the need for external proxies. goto https://chrome.google.com/webstore/ type ssh in the search box and it should show up as the first item ... the rest and very point-and-clicky ... enjoy! --- 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 Oct 20 20:44:01 2013 From: caramanos at gmail.com (Zografos 'Aki' CARAMANOS) Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2013 20:44:01 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] =?iso-8859-1?q?=5BREMINDER=5D_BIC_Lecture_Series_?= =?iso-8859-1?q?=28Mon-Oct-21=2C_1=3A00_pm=2C_de_Grandpr=E9_Communi?= =?iso-8859-1?q?cations_Centre=3B_=22Positron_Emission_Tomography?= =?iso-8859-1?q?=22_--_Dr=2E_Jean-Paul_Soucy=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, October the 21st, starting at 1:00 pm**. * * * *At that time, **Dr. **Jean-Paul Soucy **w**ill be providing an introduction to **positron emission tomography (PET)**.* 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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FA is a potent antioxidant able to neutralize free radicals, such as Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) implicated in DNA damage, cancer, accelerated cell aging, obesity and Type II Diabetes Mellitus. FA has been shown to regulate blood glucose levels by modulating insulin secretion and pancreatic ?-cell survival and by reducing inflammatory markers. In addition, FA possesses significant antimicrobial activity. Although these properties suggest FA as an ideal therapeutic for the management of a number of health disorders, orally-delivered FA is quickly absorbed in the upper digestive tract and rapidly excreted, greatly reducing its residence time and bioavailability. Interestingly, a number of gastrointestinal tract (GIT) bacterial strains have intrinsic feruloyl esterase (FAE) enzymatic activity that allows for the hydrolysis and release of free FA from its bound state. Some of these FAE active organisms include probiotic bacteria, ?live microorganisms which, when administered in adequate amounts, confer a health benefit on the host.? Probiotic bacteria have gained interest for the treatment of a number of disorders, including colon cancer, oral diseases, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, metabolic syndrome and inflammatory bowel disease. Probiotic bacteria have been investigated for their ability to alter the gut microbiota, the microorganisms living in the GIT, as recent work demonstrates that the gut microbiota is a crucial determinant of health and disease. The delivery of a FAE probiotic to the GIT provides a natural and synergistic therapeutic approach, by increasing GIT (and systemic) FA concentrations, as well as by beneficially influencing the composition of the gut microbiota; both through FA antimicrobial activity and probiotic modulation. This synergistic formulation should prove useful as a therapeutic for a number of health disorders. Keeping this in mind, the presentation will provide a brief overview of the gut microbiota and its role in health and disease, with a focus on the use of probiotic therapeutics and microencapsulation. A discussion will then ensue on the properties of FA and microbial FAE. Methods, both qualitative and quantitative, to select FAE active probiotic bacteria and research results characterizing these FA-producing strains and their associated beneficial properties will be described. Finally, recent work using FAE probiotic bacteria for a number of health disorders will be highlighted, focusing on in vivo investigations targeting non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and metabolic syndrome. 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 Wed Oct 23 07:46:14 2013 From: christophe.grova at mcgill.ca (Christophe Grova) Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2013 11:46:14 +0000 Subject: [BIC-announce] Seminar in Biomedical Engineering - Wednesday Oct 23rd - 1 pm - Room 333 Message-ID: <9E1647EDA3EBB44AADA162CEC4C4222E2D2D0752@exmbx2010-9.campus.MCGILL.CA> Dear all, We will have our next Biomedical Engineering seminar today Wednesday - October 23rd, at 1 pm Location: Room 333 Lyman Duff Building (Biomedical Engineering Dpt, 3775 University Street). Speaker: Catherine Tomaro-Duchesneau, Ph.D. candidate under the supervision of Dr. Prakash, Biomedical Engineering Dpt, McGill University Title: Health Benefits of Ferulic Acid-Producing Probiotic Bacteria Abstract: Ferulic acid (FA) is a phenolic acid abundantly bound to foods consumed by humans that possesses a number of health beneficial properties. FA is a potent antioxidant able to neutralize free radicals, such as Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) implicated in DNA damage, cancer, accelerated cell aging, obesity and Type II Diabetes Mellitus. FA has been shown to regulate blood glucose levels by modulating insulin secretion and pancreatic ?-cell survival and by reducing inflammatory markers. In addition, FA possesses significant antimicrobial activity. Although these properties suggest FA as an ideal therapeutic for the management of a number of health disorders, orally-delivered FA is quickly absorbed in the upper digestive tract and rapidly excreted, greatly reducing its residence time and bioavailability. Interestingly, a number of gastrointestinal tract (GIT) bacterial strains have intrinsic feruloyl esterase (FAE) enzymatic activity that allows for the hydrolysis and release of free FA from its bound state. Some of these FAE active organisms include probiotic bacteria, ?live microorganisms which, when administered in adequate amounts, confer a health benefit on the host.? Probiotic bacteria have gained interest for the treatment of a number of disorders, including colon cancer, oral diseases, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, metabolic syndrome and inflammatory bowel disease. Probiotic bacteria have been investigated for their ability to alter the gut microbiota, the microorganisms living in the GIT, as recent work demonstrates that the gut microbiota is a crucial determinant of health and disease. The delivery of a FAE probiotic to the GIT provides a natural and synergistic therapeutic approach, by increasing GIT (and systemic) FA concentrations, as well as by beneficially influencing the composition of the gut microbiota; both through FA antimicrobial activity and probiotic modulation. This synergistic formulation should prove useful as a therapeutic for a number of health disorders. Keeping this in mind, the presentation will provide a brief overview of the gut microbiota and its role in health and disease, with a focus on the use of probiotic therapeutics and microencapsulation. A discussion will then ensue on the properties of FA and microbial FAE. Methods, both qualitative and quantitative, to select FAE active probiotic bacteria and research results characterizing these FA-producing strains and their associated beneficial properties will be described. Finally, recent work using FAE probiotic bacteria for a number of health disorders will be highlighted, focusing on in vivo investigations targeting non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and metabolic syndrome. 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 sylvain.baillet at mcgill.ca Wed Oct 23 10:38:31 2013 From: sylvain.baillet at mcgill.ca (Sylvain Baillet, Dr) Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2013 14:38:31 +0000 Subject: [BIC-announce] Fwd: MNI External Review - Town Hall - Student pre-meeting (October 31) References: <16A29A2712A6DE4CBB6D2188707397F12D32E0DB@exmbx2010-9.campus.MCGILL.CA> Message-ID: <99F39304-CA56-4180-9339-6B1F76DBC003@mcgill.ca> From: Deborah Rashcovsky > Subject: MNI External Review - Town Hall - Student pre-meeting (October 31) Date: October 23, 2013 10:22:13 AM EDT To: Deborah Rashcovsky > Cc: Martin Villeneuve >, "Grace Flynn, Ms." >, "Gail Polney, Ms." >, "Luisa Birri, Ms." >, Neurology - Neurosurgery > Good morning, The Student Town Hall attendees (related to the MNI External Review) will participate in a pre-Town Hall planning meeting on Thursday, October 31 at 10:00 ? 11:30 am. This Town Hall pre-meeting will take place in the de Grandpre Communications Centre. I would ask that you circulate this email to all of your students (Masters, PhD and Post-Docs) so as to make them aware of the date, time and location of this Town Hall planning meeting. Chairing this meeting will be Martin Villeneuve. Thank you very much. Best regards, Debbie Deborah Rashcovsky Internal Events and Conference Administrator Director's Office Montreal Neurological Institute 3801 University Street, room 636 Montreal, Quebec H3A 2B4 ? Tel: (514) 398-6047 ?Fax: (514) 398-8248 Email: debbie.rashcovsky at mcgill.ca [cid:image001.png at 01CECFD6.3E9116D0] Dear Interim Group Leaders, You are all aware of the impending MNI Internal review that will take place on November 18 and 19, 2013. As part of that review, there will be a Town Hall with students (Masters, PhD and Post-Docs) at the reviewers request. This town hall will take place on November 19 at 11:20 for one hour in the de Grandpre Communications Centre. A notice will be sent out widely in the coming weeks but I would appreciate if you would advise your students of this event and have them ?mark their calendars?. Thank you very much. Kind regards, Debbie Deborah Rashcovsky Internal Events and Conference Administrator Director's Office Montreal Neurological Institute 3801 University Street, room 636 Montreal, Quebec H3A 2B4 ? Tel: (514) 398-6047 ?Fax: (514) 398-8248 Email: debbie.rashcovsky at mcgill.ca _____________________________________________ From: Emmanuelle Perrot-Audet Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2013 2:40 PM To: Kevin Petrecca, Dr.; Lesley K Fellows, Dr; Christopher Pack, Dr.; Jean Gotman, Dr.; Jack Antel, Dr.; Edward Fon, Dr.; Bernard Brais, Dr.; Sylvain Baillet, Dr Cc: Deborah Rashcovsky Subject: RE: MNI External Review Dear Interim Group Leaders, Please see attached email for your information. Best regards, Emmanuelle ___________________________________???____________________________________________________ Emmanuelle Perrot-Audet | Administrative Assistant to Dr. Guy Rouleau Director, Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital 3801 University St., Room 636, Montreal, Quebec H3A 2B4 tel: 514.398.2690 | fax: 514.398.8248 | email: emmanuelle.perrot-audet at mcgill.ca P Before printing this e-mail, please consider the environment / Avant d'imprimer ce courriel, veuillez penser ? l'environnement << Message: Montreal Neurological Institute External Review_Nov. 18-19, 2013 >> _____________________________________________ From: Emmanuelle Perrot-Audet Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2013 3:22 PM To: Kevin Petrecca, Dr.; Lesley K Fellows, Dr (lesley.fellows at mcgill.ca); Christopher Pack, Dr. (christopher.pack at mcgill.ca); Jean Gotman, Dr.; Jack Antel, Dr.; Edward Fon, Dr.; Bernard Brais, Dr.; Sylvain Baillet, Dr Cc: Deborah Rashcovsky; Viviane Poupon, Dr.; Guy Rouleau Subject: MNI External Review Dear Interim Group Leaders, Please note that the MNI External Review has been scheduled on November 18-19, 2013. Please mark your calendars and we hope you?ll be available at those dates; If not, thank you for proposing a delegate. I will be sending out an email soon to all MNI to inform them about it and let them know that they will be all participating in the preparation of this review through their Group Leaders. Please find below for your information the members of the Review Committee to date: ? Dr. Richard Frackowiack (University of Lausanne) ? Dr. Richard Gilbertson (St. Jude) ? Dr. Steven Hyman, Chair (Harvard University) ? Dr. Timothy A. Pedley (Columbia University) ? Dr. Joshua Sanes (Harvard University) On another hand, I will be sending you shortly some possible date to hold the quarterly meetings of the Group Leaders in September and December 2013. Thank you very much. Best regards, Emmanuelle ___________________________________???____________________________________________________ Emmanuelle Perrot-Audet | Assistante de direction Bureau du Dr Guy Rouleau, directeur de l?Institut et h?pital neurologiques de Montr?al 3801 rue University, bureau 636, Montr?al (Qu?bec) H3A 2B4 t?l: 514.398.2690 | fax: 514.398.8248 | courriel: emmanuelle.perrot-audet at mcgill.ca << OLE Object: Picture (Device Independent Bitmap) >> P Avant d'imprimer ce courriel, veuillez penser ? l'environnement -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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YouTube http://youtu.be/KBmj4iZR-Hk Researchers Map 3D Atlas of a Human Brain http://mountainlake.org/videos/big-brain/ Radio-Canada Quelle Histoire Alain Dagher interviewed about what happens in the brain during sports http://www.tou.tv/quelle-histoire/S2013E11 http://www.tou.tv/quelle-histoire/S2013E09 [starts at 4:11min] Le Code Chastenay ? Apprendre la musique avant 7 ans transforme notre cerveau ? Report about Robert Zatorre?s study on the impact of learning music before the age of 7 http://lecodechastenay.telequebec.tv/occurrence.aspx?id=571&ep=140 UPCOMING CBC The Nature of Things tonight October 24. Brain magic: The power of placebo. Report on placebo research with Amir Raz, and in the MEG with Sylvain Baillet. Anita Kar, MSc Communications Officer Agente des communications [cid:image001.png at 01CED09E.235D2480] T: 514 398-3376 M: 514 295-3870 anita.kar at mcgill.ca twitter.com/TheNeuro_MNI facebook.com/NeuroMontreal youtube.com/user/MontrealNeuro -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.png Type: image/png Size: 2446 bytes Desc: image001.png URL: From sylvain.baillet at mcgill.ca Thu Oct 24 12:10:32 2013 From: sylvain.baillet at mcgill.ca (Sylvain Baillet, Dr) Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2013 16:10:32 +0000 Subject: [BIC-announce] Introducing The BIC Lounge 1.0: art competition + BIC Coffee Travel Awards Message-ID: Me again: It is my pleasure to announce the unofficial opening of our new and grand BIC-Lounge 1.0. It is located by the NW123/125 meeting rooms. It's just version 1.0 for now: one coffee table and a couple of floor lamps are on their way. A bar table will be attached to the wall on the left by January: we already have the bar-stools though ;) A coffee machine will be installed shortly as well. Special thanks to H?l?ne Day for her help here. The walls need to be decorated and I need your contribution to feature *your* artwork, hence... Please submit entries to the BIC Art Competition (directly to me via email; everyone can send out multiple entries): could be brain/neuro pictures from your work or any of your personal/artistic/creative/recreational attempt. We also accept other forms of original artwork: sculptures, paintings, drawing,etc. Grand prize is $150 w/ largest possible print/size that fits in the room Other 4 best entries will share $400 and will also be featured in the lounge or elsewhere (visible) at the BIC. *******Deadline for submission: NOVEMBER 1st a 11:59pm. One more thing: we've been spending about $500/month on coffee, probably catering to the rest of the Neuro and beyond, up to Chicoutimi . We are going to switch to 50-cents a cup shortly. All profits (~25 cents a cup) will go the BIC Coffee Travel Fund, which will help our students attend the best national/international conferences. As always, your feedback is expected and encouraged. Cheers - Sylvain. ----------------------- 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 Oct 24 22:40:16 2013 From: caramanos at gmail.com (Zografos 'Aki' CARAMANOS) Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2013 22:40:16 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] =?iso-8859-1?q?BIC_Lecture_Series_=28Mon-Oct-28=2C?= =?iso-8859-1?q?_1=3A00_pm=2C_de_Grandpr=E9_Communications_Centre?= =?iso-8859-1?q?=3B_=22Electroencephalography_=28EEG=29_and_Magneto?= =?iso-8859-1?q?encephalography_=28MEG=29=22_--_Dr=2E_Christophe_Gr?= =?iso-8859-1?q?ova=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, October the 28th, starting at 1:00 pm**. * * * *At that time, **Dr. Christophe Grova **w**ill be providing an introduction to e**lectroencephalography (EEG) and magnetoencephalography (MEG).* 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, October the 28th, starting at 1:00 pm**. * * * *At that time, **Dr. Christophe Grova **w**ill be providing an introduction to e**lectroencephalography (EEG) and magnetoencephalography (MEG).* 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... URL: From christophe.grova at mcgill.ca Mon Oct 28 09:09:18 2013 From: christophe.grova at mcgill.ca (Christophe Grova) Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2013 09:09:18 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] Seminar in Biomedical Engineering - Wednesday Oct 23rd - 1 pm - Room 321 (ROOM CHANGED !) In-Reply-To: <21090_1382528960_5267B7C0_21090_64_1_9E1647EDA3EBB44AADA162CEC4C4222E2D2D0752@exmbx2010-9.campus.MCGILL.CA> Message-ID: Dear all, We will have our next Biomedical Engineering seminar this coming Wednesday Wednesday - October 30th, at 1 pm Location: Room 321 Lyman Duff Building (Biomedical Engineering Dpt, 3775 University Street). Be careful, for this time the seminar will take place exceptionally in room 321. Speaker: Dr. Shahabeddin Vahdat PhD, postdoc fellow under the supervision of Drs H. Benali and J. Doyon, at Centre de Recherche de l'Institut de G?riatrie de Montr?al, Universit? de Montr?al Title: Neural correlates of motor and perceptual learning in the human resting brain Abstract: Research on plasticity in motor systems has for the most part developed separately from work on sensory plasticity, as if training-induced changes to the brain affected each of these systems in isolation. The aim of this presentation is to explore the association between the sensory and motor systems when a new skill is acquired. I will focus on two hypotheses about neuroplasticity: (i) that motor learning changes perceptual function and the function of somatosensory areas of the brain, and (ii) that somatosensory training changes both motor function and motor areas of the brain. The first part of the presentation reports on a combined psychophysical and neuroimaging procedure to examine the connection between changes in the behavior and brain as a result of motor learning [1-3]. We used a dynamics adaptation task as a model of motor learning in conjunction with somatosensory discrimination of the limb`s movement direction which permits quantification of perceptual changes that occurs in conjunction with motor learning. We used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to calculate measures of functional connectivity during resting-state periods following learning. This technique allowed us to study longer lasting plasticity in the sensorimotor system, during the period in which the motor memory is being consolidated. We identified a new network in motor learning involving second somatosensory cortex, ventral premotor cortex and supplementary motor area whose activation is specifically related to perceptual changes that occur in conjunction with motor learning. The second part of the presentation aims at testing the second hypothesis described above. We found that somatosensory discrimination training combined with periods of passive movement as short as 45 minutes increased functional connectivity between sensory and motor areas of the brain and, importantly, in motor areas alone [4-5]. Sensory repetition without perceptual learning was less able to induce plasticity in the motor system. Overall, our studies point to a unified model of sensorimotor plasticity in which the effects of learning are not local to either sensory or motor systems, but rather each has effects that spread into functionally related areas of the brain beyond the base modality. [1] Vahdat S, Darainy M, Milner TE, Ostry DJ (2011) Functionally specific changes in resting-state sensorimotor networks after motor learning. Journal of neuroscience, 31:16907-16915. [2] Vahdat S, Maneshi M, Grova C, Gotman J, Milner TE (2012) Shared and Specific Independent Components Analysis for Between-Group Comparison. Neural Computation. [3] Ostry DJ, Darainy M, Mattar AA, Wong J, Gribble PL (2010) Somatosensory plasticity and motor learning. Journal of neuroscience, 30:5384-5393. [4] Darainy M, Vahdat S, Ostry DJ (2013) Perceptual Learning in Sensorimotor Adaptation. Journal of Neurophysiology. [5] Vahdat S, Darainy M , Ostry DJ, Structure of plasticity in human sensory and motor networks as a result of perceptual learning, Submitted to Journal of Neuroscience 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 Oct 28 09:34:31 2013 From: christophe.grova at mcgill.ca (Christophe Grova) Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2013 09:34:31 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] Seminar in Biomedical Engineering - Wednesday Oct 30th - 1 pm - Room 321 (ROOM CHANGED !) In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Sorry for the typo in the Subject line in my previous email, the seminar will of course be on Oct 30th Dear all, We will have our next Biomedical Engineering seminar this coming Wednesday Wednesday - October 30th, at 1 pm Location: Room 321 Lyman Duff Building (Biomedical Engineering Dpt, 3775 University Street). Be careful, for this time the seminar will take place exceptionally in room 321. Speaker: Dr. Shahabeddin Vahdat PhD, postdoc fellow under the supervision of Drs H. Benali and J. Doyon, at Centre de Recherche de l'Institut de G?riatrie de Montr?al, Universit? de Montr?al Title: Neural correlates of motor and perceptual learning in the human resting brain Abstract: Research on plasticity in motor systems has for the most part developed separately from work on sensory plasticity, as if training-induced changes to the brain affected each of these systems in isolation. The aim of this presentation is to explore the association between the sensory and motor systems when a new skill is acquired. I will focus on two hypotheses about neuroplasticity: (i) that motor learning changes perceptual function and the function of somatosensory areas of the brain, and (ii) that somatosensory training changes both motor function and motor areas of the brain. The first part of the presentation reports on a combined psychophysical and neuroimaging procedure to examine the connection between changes in the behavior and brain as a result of motor learning [1-3]. We used a dynamics adaptation task as a model of motor learning in conjunction with somatosensory discrimination of the limb`s movement direction which permits quantification of perceptual changes that occurs in conjunction with motor learning. We used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to calculate measures of functional connectivity during resting-state periods following learning. This technique allowed us to study longer lasting plasticity in the sensorimotor system, during the period in which the motor memory is being consolidated. We identified a new network in motor learning involving second somatosensory cortex, ventral premotor cortex and supplementary motor area whose activation is specifically related to perceptual changes that occur in conjunction with motor learning. The second part of the presentation aims at testing the second hypothesis described above. We found that somatosensory discrimination training combined with periods of passive movement as short as 45 minutes increased functional connectivity between sensory and motor areas of the brain and, importantly, in motor areas alone [4-5]. Sensory repetition without perceptual learning was less able to induce plasticity in the motor system. Overall, our studies point to a unified model of sensorimotor plasticity in which the effects of learning are not local to either sensory or motor systems, but rather each has effects that spread into functionally related areas of the brain beyond the base modality. [1] Vahdat S, Darainy M, Milner TE, Ostry DJ (2011) Functionally specific changes in resting-state sensorimotor networks after motor learning. Journal of neuroscience, 31:16907-16915. [2] Vahdat S, Maneshi M, Grova C, Gotman J, Milner TE (2012) Shared and Specific Independent Components Analysis for Between-Group Comparison. Neural Computation. [3] Ostry DJ, Darainy M, Mattar AA, Wong J, Gribble PL (2010) Somatosensory plasticity and motor learning. Journal of neuroscience, 30:5384-5393. [4] Darainy M, Vahdat S, Ostry DJ (2013) Perceptual Learning in Sensorimotor Adaptation. Journal of Neurophysiology. [5] Vahdat S, Darainy M , Ostry DJ, Structure of plasticity in human sensory and motor networks as a result of perceptual learning, Submitted to Journal of Neuroscience 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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URL: From ana.ines.ansaldo at umontreal.ca Tue Oct 29 22:30:30 2013 From: ana.ines.ansaldo at umontreal.ca (Ansaldo Ana Ines) Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2013 02:30:30 +0000 Subject: [BIC-announce] Linux workshop reminder In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Bonsoir Je suis d'accord Francis. Je l'ai chang? mais je sais que c'est un peu trop. Je voulais juste attirer l'attention des editors. On pourra je changer ? la r?vision :-) Ana In?s Ansaldo Directrice de l'enseignement Institut universitaire de g?riatrie de Montr?al Directrice du laboratoire de plasticit? c?r?brale, communication et vieillissement Professeure adjointe ?cole d'orthophonie et d'audiologie Facult? de m?decine Universit? de Montr?al Le 2013-10-29 ? 22:23, "melanie segado" > a ?crit : Dear BIC community, Just a reminder that we will be holding an 'Intro to Linux' workshop tomorrow (October 30th) from 1-3pm at the de Grand Pre Communications Center. Thank you very much to those who have registered! If you have not already done so, please print off your ticket or load it onto your phone. You are encouraged to bring a laptop even if you don't have Linux installed. If you have yet to register, there is still time to do so at https://computerwokshop.eventbrite.com/ 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 From christophe.grova at mcgill.ca Wed Oct 30 08:21:29 2013 From: christophe.grova at mcgill.ca (Christophe Grova) Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2013 08:21:29 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] Seminar in Biomedical Engineering - Wednesday Oct 30th - 1 pm - Room 321 (ROOM CHANGED !) In-Reply-To: <28369_1382967878_526E6A46_28369_20_1_CE93DFE7.E58F%christophe.grova@mcgill.ca> Message-ID: Dear all, We will have our next Biomedical Engineering seminar today Wednesday - October 30th, at 1 pm Location: Room 321 Lyman Duff Building (Biomedical Engineering Dpt, 3775 University Street). Be careful, for this time the seminar will take place exceptionally in room 321. Speaker: Dr. Shahabeddin Vahdat PhD, postdoc fellow under the supervision of Drs H. Benali and J. Doyon, at Centre de Recherche de l'Institut de G?riatrie de Montr?al, Universit? de Montr?al Title: Neural correlates of motor and perceptual learning in the human resting brain Abstract: Research on plasticity in motor systems has for the most part developed separately from work on sensory plasticity, as if training-induced changes to the brain affected each of these systems in isolation. The aim of this presentation is to explore the association between the sensory and motor systems when a new skill is acquired. I will focus on two hypotheses about neuroplasticity: (i) that motor learning changes perceptual function and the function of somatosensory areas of the brain, and (ii) that somatosensory training changes both motor function and motor areas of the brain. The first part of the presentation reports on a combined psychophysical and neuroimaging procedure to examine the connection between changes in the behavior and brain as a result of motor learning [1-3]. We used a dynamics adaptation task as a model of motor learning in conjunction with somatosensory discrimination of the limb`s movement direction which permits quantification of perceptual changes that occurs in conjunction with motor learning. We used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to calculate measures of functional connectivity during resting-state periods following learning. This technique allowed us to study longer lasting plasticity in the sensorimotor system, during the period in which the motor memory is being consolidated. We identified a new network in motor learning involving second somatosensory cortex, ventral premotor cortex and supplementary motor area whose activation is specifically related to perceptual changes that occur in conjunction with motor learning. The second part of the presentation aims at testing the second hypothesis described above. We found that somatosensory discrimination training combined with periods of passive movement as short as 45 minutes increased functional connectivity between sensory and motor areas of the brain and, importantly, in motor areas alone [4-5]. Sensory repetition without perceptual learning was less able to induce plasticity in the motor system. Overall, our studies point to a unified model of sensorimotor plasticity in which the effects of learning are not local to either sensory or motor systems, but rather each has effects that spread into functionally related areas of the brain beyond the base modality. [1] Vahdat S, Darainy M, Milner TE, Ostry DJ (2011) Functionally specific changes in resting-state sensorimotor networks after motor learning. Journal of neuroscience, 31:16907-16915. [2] Vahdat S, Maneshi M, Grova C, Gotman J, Milner TE (2012) Shared and Specific Independent Components Analysis for Between-Group Comparison. Neural Computation. [3] Ostry DJ, Darainy M, Mattar AA, Wong J, Gribble PL (2010) Somatosensory plasticity and motor learning. Journal of neuroscience, 30:5384-5393. [4] Darainy M, Vahdat S, Ostry DJ (2013) Perceptual Learning in Sensorimotor Adaptation. Journal of Neurophysiology. [5] Vahdat S, Darainy M , Ostry DJ, Structure of plasticity in human sensory and motor networks as a result of perceptual learning, Submitted to Journal of Neuroscience 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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URL: From martin.villeneuve3 at mail.mcgill.ca Wed Oct 30 11:44:35 2013 From: martin.villeneuve3 at mail.mcgill.ca (Martin Villeneuve) Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2013 11:44:35 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] REMINDER: MNI External Review - Town Hall - Student pre-meeting (October 31) Message-ID: Hi MNI students and post-doc sorry if you received this message more than once This is just a reminder for the pre-meeting meeting for the Student/Post-doc Town-Hall meeting (related to the MNI External Review). It will take place tomorrow Thursday, October 31st at 10:00 ? 11:30 am in the de Grandpre Communications Centre for students/post-doc only. We will discuss and hopefully identify our strengths and areas that need to be improved at the MNI from the students/post-doc point of view, so that we can better communicate with the Review committee when the actual Tow-Hall meeting occurs, Tuesday November 19. 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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... Name: Movember_2013.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 130072 bytes Desc: not available URL: