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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 first 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, September the 9th, starting at 1:00 pm**. * * * *At that time, Dr. Sridar Narayanan and Dr. Petra Schweinhardt w**ill be providing a very basic introduction to **brain imaging.* 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. Sridar Narayananand Dr. Petra Schweinhardt 02) Sep-16: *The Basics of MRI and fMRI Physics* -- Dr. Sridar Narayanan 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 sylvain.baillet at mcgill.ca Thu Sep 5 17:25:44 2013 From: sylvain.baillet at mcgill.ca (Sylvain Baillet, Dr) Date: Thu, 5 Sep 2013 21:25:44 +0000 Subject: [BIC-announce] BIC site visit: invitation to attend town-hall meeting Message-ID: <530B742E110D2443BB82CB2299F0493953BDDE0D@EXMBX2010-7.campus.MCGILL.CA> Dear All: As you know, the BIC's site visit will be taking place this coming Tuesday, Sept 10 and Wednesday, Sept 11. It is a * very important * event for the evaluation of our Centre's recent achievements, current research strengths and weaknesses and it will have considerable impact on our future developments to remain a primary brain imaging research facility. You will be contacted by your supervisor for the lab visits that will take place in the afternoon of Tuesday, Sept 10. Let me know in person if you haven't been informed of your lab's visit by Monday. The morning of Sept 10 is meant to be a General Assembly that will take place in the deGranpr?. Detailed schedule is below. I strongly encourage everyone, from every staff category (Student, Post-docs, Administrative Assistants, Techs, RAs, Managers, Faculty) to attend and actively participate: you will be informed of our achievements and challenges ahead, globally and for each of our core operations. The morning will close with two 45-mins town-hall sessions where the reviewers will open the floor to comments and suggestions from Students/Post-docs, then from all support staff; both without the presence of Faculty. These are unique opportunities to pass your vision of what you think works well and not so well in our Centre. Everyone's participation is key: These opportunities of discussing as a group the future of your workplace do not come often. Thank you all for your co-operation. Best wishes, Sylvain. ----------------------- Sylvain Baillet, PhD MNI Killam and FRSQ Senior Scholar Interim Director, McConnell Brain Imaging Centre Director, MEG Research Associate Professor, Neurology & Neurosurgery Associate Member, Dept. of Biomedical Engineering Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University (de Granpr? Communication Centre; Session open to all BIC staff and students) 0830?0835 : Welcome (Dr Guy Rouleau) 0835?0850 : BIC overview: recent achievements, challenges & vision moving forward (Baillet) 0850?0900 : Discussion 0900?1100 : Review of core operations (each: 10min presentation + 5min discussion) 0900?0915 : MRI (Pike) 0915?0930 : Small-animal MRI (Bedell) 0930?0945 : PET (Soucy) 0945?1000 : Radiochemistry (Schirrmacher) 1000?1015 : MEG (Baillet) 1015?1030 : Large Scale Neuroinformatics & Computing (Evans, Collins) 1030?1045 : Coffee Break 1045?1130 : Town-hall meeting with students and post-doc trainees (no PIs) 1130?1215 : Town-hall meeting with support staff (RAs, Admin Assistants, Managers, Techs; no PIs) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Grace Flynn Voir la version web - PROGRAM - MONTREAL NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE, MCGILL UNIVERSITY BRENDA MILNER SYMPOSIUM October 7, 2013 Jeanne Timmins Amphitheatre - Montreal Neurological Institute 3801 University Street, Montreal, Quebec, Canada 8:55 Introduction Michael Petrides 9:00 Brenda Milner's trailblazing contributions to the science of memory Suzanne Corkin Department of Brain & Cognitive Sciences Massachusetts Institute of Technology 9:45 The fate of long-term memories in humans and rodents: Hippocampal-neocortical interactions in memory transformation Morris Moscovitch Department of Psychology University of Toronto 10:30 Coffee Break 11:00 The hippocampus in space and time Howard Eichenbaum Center for Memory and Brain Boston University 11:45 Lunch Break 13:30 Monkeys remember what they see but not what they hear Mortimer Mishkin National Institute of Mental Health 14:15 Population neuroscience of the adolescent brain Tom?? Paus Psychology and Psychiatry University of Toronto 15:00 Coffee Break 15:30 Environment, genes, health, behaviour, and the prefrontal cortex Bryan Kolb Canadian Centre for Behavioural Neuroscience University of Lethbridge 17:00 to 18:30 POSTER SESSSION -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From sylvain.baillet at mcgill.ca Mon Sep 9 10:40:18 2013 From: sylvain.baillet at mcgill.ca (Sylvain Baillet, Dr) Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2013 14:40:18 +0000 Subject: [BIC-announce] Final call - BIC site visit + BBQ: everyone is welcome to attend Message-ID: <530B742E110D2443BB82CB2299F0493953BE42F9@EXMBX2010-7.campus.MCGILL.CA> Hi everyone: Please plan on attending and participating to tomorrow morning's BIC General Assembly in the context of our site review; final schedule is below. Our visitors are: Dr Richard Carson: Head of PET Unit, Yale University; Dr Bruce Rosen: Director, A. Martinos Centre for Biomedical Imaging, Harvard Medical School/Massachusetts General Hospital. Remember that we're having a BiCBQ this coming Friday Sept 13: 12:00-14:00 on the BTRC terrace. Rain is announced so we may not go for grilling. However, let's stick to the plan and proceed with the following potluck formula: Your last name starts with A-H: please bring a salad/dish for 3 people Your last name starts with I-P: please bring a dessert for 3 people Your last name starts with Q-Z: please bring beverages for 3 people In case of rain, we'll gather around the Helene Penfield atrium. Have a great week everyone! Best wishes, Sylvain. ----------------------- Sylvain Baillet, PhD MNI Killam and FRSQ Senior Scholar Interim Director, McConnell Brain Imaging Centre Director, MEG Research Associate Professor, Neurology & Neurosurgery Associate Member, Dept. of Biomedical Engineering Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University (de Granpr? Communication Centre; Session open to all BIC staff and students) 0830?0835 : Welcome (Dr Guy Rouleau: MNI Director) 0835?0850 : BIC overview: recent achievements, challenges & vision moving forward (Baillet) 0850?0900 : Discussion 0900?1045 : Review of core operations (each: 10min presentation + 5min discussion) 0900?0915 : MRI (Baillet) 0915?0930 : Small-animal MRI (Bedell) 0930?1000 : PET & Radiochemistry (Soucy & Schirrmacher) 1000?1015 : MEG (Baillet) 1015?1030 : Large Scale Neuroinformatics & Computing (Evans, Collins) 1030?1045 : Large-animal imaging (Shmuel) 1045?1100 : Coffee Break (H?l?ne Penfield atrium) 1100?1135 : Town-hall meeting with students and post-doc trainees (no PIs); MC: 1135?1210 : Town-hall meeting with support staff (RAs, Admin Assistants, Managers, Techs; no PIs) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From sylvain.baillet at mcgill.ca Mon Sep 9 11:01:08 2013 From: sylvain.baillet at mcgill.ca (Sylvain Baillet, Dr) Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2013 15:01:08 +0000 Subject: [BIC-announce] Final call - BIC site visit + BBQ: everyone is welcome to attend Message-ID: <530B742E110D2443BB82CB2299F0493953BE44CF@EXMBX2010-7.campus.MCGILL.CA> Hi everyone: Please plan on attending and participating to tomorrow morning's BIC General Assembly in the context of our site review; final schedule is below. Our visitors are: Dr Richard Carson: Head of PET Unit, Yale University; Dr Bruce Rosen: Director, A. Martinos Centre for Biomedical Imaging, Harvard Medical School/Massachusetts General Hospital. Remember that we're having a BiCBQ this coming Friday Sept 13: 12:00-14:00 on the BTRC terrace. Rain is announced so we may not go for grilling. However, let's stick to the plan and proceed with the following potluck formula: Your last name starts with A-H: please bring a salad/dish for 3 people Your last name starts with I-P: please bring a dessert for 3 people Your last name starts with Q-Z: please bring beverages for 3 people In case of rain, we'll gather around the Helene Penfield atrium. Have a great week everyone! Best wishes, Sylvain. ----- (de Granpr? Communication Centre; Session open to all BIC staff and students) 0830?0835 : Welcome (Dr Guy Rouleau: MNI Director) 0835?0850 : BIC overview: recent achievements, challenges & vision moving forward (Baillet) 0850?0900 : Discussion 0900?1045 : Review of core operations (each: 10min presentation + 5min discussion) 0900?0915 : MRI (Baillet) 0915?0930 : Small-animal MRI (Bedell) 0930?1000 : PET & Radiochemistry (Soucy & Schirrmacher) 1000?1015 : MEG (Baillet) 1015?1030 : Large Scale Neuroinformatics & Computing (Evans, Collins) 1030?1045 : Large-animal imaging (Shmuel) 1045?1100 : Coffee Break (H?l?ne Penfield atrium) 1100?1135 : Town-hall meeting with students and post-doc trainees (no PIs); MC: 1135?1210 : Town-hall meeting with support staff (RAs, Admin Assistants, Managers, Techs; no PIs) ----------------------- Sylvain Baillet, PhD MNI Killam and FRSQ Senior Scholar Interim Director, McConnell Brain Imaging Centre Director, MEG Research Associate Professor, Neurology & Neurosurgery Associate Member, Dept. of Biomedical Engineering Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From sylvain.baillet at mcgill.ca Mon Sep 9 11:03:42 2013 From: sylvain.baillet at mcgill.ca (Sylvain Baillet, Dr) Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2013 15:03:42 +0000 Subject: [BIC-announce] Bic announce Message-ID: <530B742E110D2443BB82CB2299F0493953BE4536@EXMBX2010-7.campus.MCGILL.CA> Allo Jef et Sylvain: My two last messages to BIC-announce (re/ site visit) did not seem to go through: did not receive them myself and some other folks neither. Any clue what might be happening? thank you, Sylvain. From christophe.grova at mcgill.ca Mon Sep 9 17:02:28 2013 From: christophe.grova at mcgill.ca (Christophe Grova) Date: Mon, 09 Sep 2013 17:02:28 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] Seminar in Biomedical Engineering - Wednesday Sept 11th - 1 pm - Room 333 In-Reply-To: <19970_1367867316_5187FFB4_19970_86_1_8B25EF9E1C21433A8ECB0F0B2FF5E5DE@christope2283c> Message-ID: Dear all, We will have our first Biomedical Engineering Dpt seminar of this term this coming wednesday Wednesday - September 11th, at 1 pm Location: Room 333 Lyman Duff Building (Biomedical Engineering Dpt, 3775 University Street). Speaker: Dr Tristan Glatard PhD, Visiting Scholar at McGill, Biomedical Engineering Dept, Researcher at CNRS in Lyon, France Title: "Distributed computing for medical imaging: results from the Virtual Imaging Platform, future evolutions with CBRAIN" Abstract: distributed computing has become a daily instrument for research in medical imaging, helping addressing challenges related to the storage and processing of images, and to the simulation of medical processes. At CNRS, we have developed the Virtual Imaging Platform (VIP), a web platform exploiting distributed systems for medical simulation and image analysis. In this presentation, we will first highlight VIP's architectural similarities and differences with the CBRAIN platform developed in Alan Evans' group at the MNI. Based on this technical context, we will then give an overview of results obtained with the load-balancing, scheduling, fault-tolerance, and simulation of distributed executions. Finally, we will present and demonstrate the introduction of virtual compute nodes in CBRAIN to facilitate application deployment on multiple clusters, to ensure reproducibility of neuroimaging analyses across computing systems, to reduce errors, and to enable elastic provisioning of computing resources on cloud platforms. A list of upcoming seminars can be found at : http://www.mcgill.ca/bme/news/seminars See you there Christophe Grova *************************** Christophe Grova, PhD Assistant Professor Biomedical Engineering Dpt Neurology and Neurosurgery Dpt Montreal Neurological Institute Centre de Recherches Math?matiques Biomedical Engineering Department - Room 304 McGill University 3775 University Street, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3A 2B4 email : christophe.grova at mcgill.ca tel : (514) 398 2516 fax : (514) 398 7461 web: http://www.mni.mcgill.ca/research/gotman/members/christophe.html http://www.bmed.mcgill.ca/ *************************** -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From sylvain.baillet at mcgill.ca Tue Sep 10 14:16:09 2013 From: sylvain.baillet at mcgill.ca (Sylvain Baillet, Dr) Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2013 18:16:09 +0000 Subject: [BIC-announce] BIC review update Message-ID: <530B742E110D2443BB82CB2299F0493953BE6491@EXMBX2010-7.campus.MCGILL.CA> Dear All: Thank you all for participating to the review process this morning: I have been quite impressed by the turn-out and it seems the town-hall meetings have been very much appreciated. As Dr Carson mentioned this morning, you may send out further comments and suggestions directly to the reviewers by email. Please do so before the end of the week so that Drs Caron and Rosen can complete their report shortly after their visit to Montreal. Please use the following email addresses: richard.e.carson at yale.edu, bruce at nmr.mgh.harvard.edu. As you know, you are also very welcome to contact me at any time for any matter concerning our centre. Cheers - Sylvain. ----------------------- Sylvain Baillet, PhD MNI Killam and FRSQ Senior Scholar Interim Director, McConnell Brain Imaging Centre Director, MEG Research Associate Professor, Neurology & Neurosurgery Associate Member, Dept. of Biomedical Engineering Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From christophe.grova at mcgill.ca Wed Sep 11 08:21:49 2013 From: christophe.grova at mcgill.ca (Christophe Grova) Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2013 08:21:49 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] Seminar in Biomedical Engineering - Wednesday Sept 11th - 1 pm - Room 333 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Dear all, We will have our first Biomedical Engineering Dpt seminar of this term TODAY Please be aware that since there will be a PhD defense in room 333 at 14h, we will have to leave the room on time. Therefore we will start the seminar exactly at 13h, so please arrive in advance. Wednesday - September 11th, at 1 pm Location: Room 333 Lyman Duff Building (Biomedical Engineering Dpt, 3775 University Street). Speaker: Dr Tristan Glatard PhD, Visiting Scholar at McGill, Biomedical Engineering Dept, Researcher at CNRS in Lyon, France Title: "Distributed computing for medical imaging: results from the Virtual Imaging Platform, future evolutions with CBRAIN" Abstract: distributed computing has become a daily instrument for research in medical imaging, helping addressing challenges related to the storage and processing of images, and to the simulation of medical processes. At CNRS, we have developed the Virtual Imaging Platform (VIP), a web platform exploiting distributed systems for medical simulation and image analysis. In this presentation, we will first highlight VIP's architectural similarities and differences with the CBRAIN platform developed in Alan Evans' group at the MNI. Based on this technical context, we will then give an overview of results obtained with the load-balancing, scheduling, fault-tolerance, and simulation of distributed executions. Finally, we will present and demonstrate the introduction of virtual compute nodes in CBRAIN to facilitate application deployment on multiple clusters, to ensure reproducibility of neuroimaging analyses across computing systems, to reduce errors, and to enable elastic provisioning of computing resources on cloud platforms. A list of upcoming seminars can be found at : http://www.mcgill.ca/bme/news/seminars See you there Christophe Grova *************************** Christophe Grova, PhD Assistant Professor Biomedical Engineering Dpt Neurology and Neurosurgery Dpt Montreal Neurological Institute Centre de Recherches Math?matiques Biomedical Engineering Department - Room 304 McGill University 3775 University Street, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3A 2B4 email : christophe.grova at mcgill.ca tel : (514) 398 2516 fax : (514) 398 7461 web: http://www.mni.mcgill.ca/research/gotman/members/christophe.html http://www.bmed.mcgill.ca/ *************************** -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From sylvain.baillet at mcgill.ca Wed Sep 11 15:50:30 2013 From: sylvain.baillet at mcgill.ca (Sylvain Baillet, Dr) Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2013 19:50:30 +0000 Subject: [BIC-announce] Done! Message-ID: <530B742E110D2443BB82CB2299F0493953BE888F@EXMBX2010-7.campus.MCGILL.CA> Folks: Thank you all for participating actively to our BIC site review. Our visitors have been impressed by how dedicated everyone is to make our Centre a quite unique place where to work and learn. They mentioned in particular, and very positively so, the town-hall sessions with the trainees and staff. They will make sure your comments and suggestions are passed through their report. I'll make sure you receive feedback about the report once it's made available to us. A unique place indeed, but with a lot of room for making things more collegial and productive for everyone. So from 'unique', I guess we all want to shoot for 'great'. As you will come to realize very shortly, there're going to be a few targeted initiatives for expanding training opportunities and the dissemination of imaging expert knowledge and methods and tools; both within the BIC, and to our core users. So stay tuned! A big special thanks to Grace Flynn for helping tremendously with the preparation and the execution of our visit. Another extra thanks to Debbie Rashcovsky for superb catering, as always. One more to H?l?ne Day and Andr? Cormier and Maria di Nezza for their key assistance in preparing all the BIC facts and stats. And again a big last one to everyone of you at the BIC and amongst our faithful core users. Don't forget our BiCBQ event this coming Friday: 12-2:30pm: everyone within/outside the BIC is welcome. Please come early to give a hand for preparing the Helene Penfield atrium. Note again that due to uncertain weather, we won't be grilling anything but we'll go for a joyful potluck (instructions further below). 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URL: From sylvain at bic.mni.mcgill.ca Wed Sep 11 17:03:44 2013 From: sylvain at bic.mni.mcgill.ca (Sylvain Milot) Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2013 17:03:44 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [BIC-announce] Brain Awareness Montreal Volunteer Recruitment 2013-14 Message-ID: On behalf of The BAW committee / Le comit? de la Semaine cerveau en t?te Subject: Brain Awareness Montreal Volunteer Recruitment 2013-14 **French Version Follows Hello, I am writing on behalf of Brain Awareness Montreal, an organization that aims to increase public awareness and interest in brain research through a variety of programs for people of all ages. We are in the process of organizing the annual Brain Awareness Week campaign for 2014 and are currently assessing the best methods to recruit volunteers for several positions. We would like to recruit students in various science departments and would like to know if you would be able to post or send out our recruitment blurb. I will include the blurb below as well as attach our recruitment poster. If you are able to send both out, it would be greatly appreciated. If you are not the right person to contact, could you suggest a person that could help us to reach a large body of students? For more information please visit: www.brainawarenessmontreal.com Thank you for your help, Jacqueline BAM Volunteer Recruitment 2014 *R**ecruitment Blurb* < . Thanks for your interest! Jacqueline BAM Volunteer Recruitment 2014 >> Bonjour, Je vous ?cris de la part de ''Cerveau en t?te Montr?al', une organisation dont le but est d?augmenter la connaissance et l?int?r?t du public dans le domaine de la neuroscience . Nous sommes actuellement ? la recherche de b?n?voles pour rejoindre nos ?quipes. Nous voundrions recruter des ?tudiants des d?partements reli?s aux sciences (par exemple, psychologie) et nous sommes curieux de savoir si vous souhaitez nous aider en affichant notre petite note de recrutement? Si vous n??tes pas la bonne personne ? contacter, pouvez-vous nous sugg?rer la personne qui pourra nous aider. Pour plus d'information visite: cerveauentetemontreal.com Merci beaucoup de votre aide! Jacqueline CeT recrutement des b?n?voles 2014 *Note de recrutement* << Si tu es un ?tudiant(e) universitaire avec des connaissances de base en neurosciences, tu pourrais nous aider! Nous sommes actuellement ? la recherche de b?n?voles pour rejoindre nos ?quipes, donc si vous ?tes int?ress?s par le recrutement des b?n?voles, la comit? des ?coles secondaires (francophones et anglophones), le comit? Eur?ka ou encore faire la promotion de CeTM, joignez-vous ? nous! Si vous avez des questions, il y aura des rencontres d'information sur le campus de l?UdeM et de McGill la semaine prochaine (voir affiche ci-joint) Contactez-nous pour recevoir le formulaire d'inscription: bawvolunteers at gmail.com Pour plus d'information visite: cerveauentetemontreal.com Merci, Jacqueline CeT recrutement des b?n?voles 2014>> brainawarenessmontreal.com facebook.com/BrainAwarenessMontreal twitter.com/BAMontreal From caramanos at gmail.com Wed Sep 11 22:11:49 2013 From: caramanos at gmail.com (Zografos 'Aki' CARAMANOS) Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2013 22:11:49 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] =?iso-8859-1?q?BIC_Lecture_Series_=28Mon-Sep-16=2C?= =?iso-8859-1?q?_1=3A00_pm=2C_de_Grandpr=E9_Communications_Centre?= =?iso-8859-1?q?=3B_=22The_Basics_of_MRI_and_fMRI_Physics=22_--_Dr?= =?iso-8859-1?q?=2E_Rick_Hoge=29?= Message-ID: *BIC Lecture Series* The BIC Lecture Series features informal lectures on brain imaging presented at the McConnell Brain Imaging Centre (*BIC*) by experts in the field. These lectures are open to all. This semester, the BIC Lecture Series is being held in conjunction with *Human Brain Imaging* (NEUR-570), an introductory course on modern brain imaging. Please join us for our next BIC Lecture of the season, which will be held in The Neuro's de Grandpr? Communications Centre (3801 University Street, Montreal, QC, H3A 2B4)* *on *Monday, September the 16th, starting at 1:00 pm**. * * * *At that time, **Dr. Rick Hoge **w**ill be providing an introduction to the basics of MRI and fMRI physics **.* 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, September the 16th, starting at 1:00 pm**. * * * *At that time, **Dr. Rick Hoge **w**ill be providing an introduction to the basics of fMRI physics**.* 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 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 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 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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Accessing memory across multiple systems The webinar will last approximately 60 minutes. A Q&A session will follow the presentation and demos. Sign Up Today. http://click.em.mathworks.com/?qs=2d4f4f9e080d9eab4195e0eb82677f22feb294bed80fa952df5c54bc4d8b6a643a2993d94afca37d I hope you can join us. If you are unable to attend or have any questions please feel free to contact me. Tim Mathieu 508-647-7016 tim.mathieu at mathworks.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ?? 2013 The MathWorks, Inc. MATLAB and Simulink are registered trademarks of The MathWorks, Inc. See http://click.em.mathworks.com/?qs=2d4f4f9e080d9eabc61f6ce57335947f4d6b4d682fab011146c3fad9660b18681f06e53826e42451 for a list of additional trademarks. Other product or brand names may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. 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Speaker: Andrea Miller-Nesbitt, Liaison Librarian, Life Sciences Library, McGill University Title: "Searching the literature: An introduction to Library resources and research methods" Abstract: This workshop will cover how to effectively search various resources for literature related to biomedical engineering. We will begin by looking at some of the resources available through the McGill Library. We will then discuss how to develop a search strategy in order to get relevant results. Finally, we will cover ways to keep track of the research process and stay up to date. 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We will then discuss how to develop a search strategy in order to get relevant results. Finally, we will cover ways to keep track of the research process and stay up to date. A list of upcoming seminars can be found at : http://www.mcgill.ca/bme/news/seminars See you there Christophe Grova *************************** Christophe Grova, PhD Assistant Professor Biomedical Engineering Dpt Neurology and Neurosurgery Dpt Montreal Neurological Institute Centre de Recherches Math?matiques Biomedical Engineering Department - Room 304 McGill University 3775 University Street, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3A 2B4 email : christophe.grova at mcgill.ca tel : (514) 398 2516 fax : (514) 398 7461 web: http://www.mni.mcgill.ca/research/gotman/members/christophe.html http://www.bmed.mcgill.ca/ *************************** [X] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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In-Reply-To: <87EB3E78F18E6F42924A6D9BF65F5C2D1BBF5AF1@EXMBX2010-6.campus.MCGILL.CA> References: <87EB3E78F18E6F42924A6D9BF65F5C2D1BBF5AF1@EXMBX2010-6.campus.MCGILL.CA> Message-ID: <62422BA66D0FA84596DBC5A0229CE79F4DD611E9@EXMBX2010-6.campus.MCGILL.CA> Reminder: Upcoming Seminar(s) in Cognitive Neuroscience (TODAY...) Voir la version web Theresa L. White, Ph.D. Professor Department of Psychology, Le Moyne College; and Department of Neuroscience & Physiology, SUNY Upstate Medical University Syracuse, NY Odors as gender cues *Please note special time & place Thursday, September 19th, 2013 *de Grandpr? Communications Centre 3801 University Street *1:00 p.m. Host: Jelena Djordjevic, Ph.D. Biosketch: Dr. Theresa White completed her Master's degree at Oxford University and her Doctorate at the University of Warwick. After graduate school, she returned to the United States to work at the Smell and Taste Disorders Clinic at the SUNY Upstate Medical Center in Syracuse, NY. She is also a faculty member in the Department of Neuroscience and Physiology. In 2001, she joined the faculty of the Psychology Department at Le Moyne College, where she teaches a number of courses, including Research Methods, Brain and Behavior, and Sensation and Perception, to undergraduate students. Dr. White's primary research interests are in the areas of learning, memory, and sensory psychology as they relate to chemosensation. Most of her research is in the psychophysical study of human olfactory cognition and flavor perception, including clinical aspects of olfactory and gustatory dysfunction. Dr. White was recognized by Le Moyne College with the Rev. Richard M. McKeon, S.J. Scholar of the Year Award in 2009. Voir la version web Martha M. Shiell Ph.D. Candidate Department of Neurology & Neurosurgery Cross-modal reorganization after deafness: Functional connectivity, white-matter, and visual motion detection *Please note special place Thursday, October 3rd, 2013 *Duff Medical Building *Room 112 *3775 University Street 1:30 p.m. Host: Robert Zatorre, Ph.D. Voir la version web ?????????????????????????? Fr?d?ric Simard, B.Eng. Ph.D. Candidate Department of Physiology Representation of statistical objects in the visual cortex *Please note special place Thursday, October 10th, 2013 *Duff Medical Building *Room 112 *3775 University Street 1:30 p.m. Host: Christopher Pack, Ph.D. Voir la version web - PROGRAM - MONTREAL NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE, MCGILL UNIVERSITY BRENDA MILNER SYMPOSIUM October 7, 2013 Jeanne Timmins Amphitheatre - Montreal Neurological Institute 3801 University Street, Montreal, Quebec, Canada 8:55 Introduction Michael Petrides 9:00 Brenda Milner's trailblazing contributions to the science of memory Suzanne Corkin Department of Brain & Cognitive Sciences Massachussetts Institute of Technology 9:45 The fate of long-term memories in humans and rodents: Hippocampal-neocortical interactions in memory transformation Morris Moscovitch Department of Psychology University of Toronto 10:30 Coffee Break 11:00 The hippocampus in space and time Howard Eichenbaum Center for Memory and Brain Boston University 11:45 Lunch Break 13:30 Monkeys remember what they see but not what they hear Mortimer Mishkin National Institute of Mental Health 14:15 Population neuroscience of the adolescent brain Tom?? Paus Psychology and Psychiatry University of Toronto 15:00 Coffee Break 15:30 Environment, genes, health, behaviour, and the prefrontal cortex Bryan Kolb Canadian Centre for Behavioural Neuroscience University of Lethbridge 17:00 to 18:30 POSTER SESSSION ????????????????????????????? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From caramanos at gmail.com Thu Sep 19 20:33:26 2013 From: caramanos at gmail.com (Zografos 'Aki' CARAMANOS) Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2013 20:33:26 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] =?iso-8859-1?q?BIC_Lecture_Series_=28Mon-Sep-23=2C?= =?iso-8859-1?q?_1=3A00_pm=2C_de_Grandpr=E9_Communications_Centre?= =?iso-8859-1?q?=3B_=22Structural_Image_Pre-Processing=22_--_Dr=2E_?= =?iso-8859-1?q?Kunio_Nakamura=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, September the 23rd, starting at 1:00 pm**. * * * *At that time, **Dr. Kunio Nakamura **w**ill be providing an introduction to the pre-processing steps involved in structural imaging.* 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, September the 23rd, starting at 1:00 pm**. * * * *At that time, **Dr. Kunio Nakamura **w**ill be providing an introduction to the pre-processing steps involved in structural imaging.* 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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Speaker: Dr Nikola Stikov PhD, postdoctoral fellow under the supervision of Dr B Pike, McConnell Brain Imaging Center, McGill Univeristy Title: In vivo magnetic resonance imaging of the myelin g-ratio Abstract: The myelin g-ratio, defined as the ratio between the axon caliber and the total caliber of the axon plus its myelin sheath, has been proposed as an important biomarker for studying normal brain development, as well as brain pathology. Recent studies have suggested that the sexual dimorphism in white matter development is due to a higher g-ratio (thinner myelin) in adolescent boys. Variations in the g-ratio have also been detected in the frontal white matter of patients with schizophrenia. Finally, in vivo imaging of the myelin thickness in multiple sclerosis can provide a real-time tool for tracking myelination in lesions, fascilitating the development and evaluation of new therapeutic agents that promote remyelination. In this lecture, a unique combination of quantitative magnetic resonance imaging, histology, and numerical simulations will be presented, resulting in a novel method for in vivo measurement of the myelin g-ratio. The ramifications of this method will be discussed in the context of applications and validation in animal models. A list of upcoming seminars can be found at : http://www.mcgill.ca/bme/news/seminars See you there Christophe Grova *************************** Christophe Grova, PhD Assistant Professor Biomedical Engineering Dpt Neurology and Neurosurgery Dpt Montreal Neurological Institute Centre de Recherches Math?matiques Biomedical Engineering Department - Room 304 McGill University 3775 University Street, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3A 2B4 email : christophe.grova at mcgill.ca tel : (514) 398 2516 fax : (514) 398 7461 web: http://www.mni.mcgill.ca/research/gotman/members/christophe.html http://www.bmed.mcgill.ca/ *************************** -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From martha.shiell at mail.mcgill.ca Mon Sep 23 14:57:40 2013 From: martha.shiell at mail.mcgill.ca (Martha Shiell) Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2013 14:57:40 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] BIC Workshops Survey Message-ID: The BIC is always welcoming new researchers with different backgrounds. Many of these newcomers are lacking basic skills to get started. Graduate students Martha Shiell and Melanie Segado have teamed up with Fran?ois Tadel and Sylvain Baillet to improve computer training in BIC users. We are starting a workshop program that will cover basic computer skills, BIC tools, and widely-used outside software. This week, we are surveying BIC members to assess the needs of the community. Our first workshops will begin this fall, and hopefully become annual events that we can fine-tune to the needs of the community. Our goal is to get new BIC-users up-and-running like a well-oiled machine! Please help us by completing this quick survey, by Friday September 27th. http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/JYQ88GS -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Speaker: Dr Nikola Stikov PhD, postdoctoral fellow under the supervision of Dr B Pike, McConnell Brain Imaging Center, McGill Univeristy Title: In vivo magnetic resonance imaging of the myelin g-ratio Abstract: The myelin g-ratio, defined as the ratio between the axon caliber and the total caliber of the axon plus its myelin sheath, has been proposed as an important biomarker for studying normal brain development, as well as brain pathology. Recent studies have suggested that the sexual dimorphism in white matter development is due to a higher g-ratio (thinner myelin) in adolescent boys. Variations in the g-ratio have also been detected in the frontal white matter of patients with schizophrenia. Finally, in vivo imaging of the myelin thickness in multiple sclerosis can provide a real-time tool for tracking myelination in lesions, fascilitating the development and evaluation of new therapeutic agents that promote remyelination. In this lecture, a unique combination of quantitative magnetic resonance imaging, histology, and numerical simulations will be presented, resulting in a novel method for in vivo measurement of the myelin g-ratio. The ramifications of this method will be discussed in the context of applications and validation in animal models. 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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If you haven't yet, there is still time: answer before the end of this week to have your responses included. http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/JYQ88GS -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From caramanos at gmail.com Fri Sep 27 10:33:53 2013 From: caramanos at gmail.com (Zografos 'Aki' CARAMANOS) Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2013 10:33:53 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] =?iso-8859-1?q?Fwd=3A_BIC_Lecture_Series_=28Mon-Se?= =?iso-8859-1?q?p-30=2C_1=3A00_pm=2C_de_Grandpr=E9_Communications_C?= =?iso-8859-1?q?entre=3B_=22Diffusion_Tensor_Imaging=22_--_Dr=2E_Je?= =?iso-8859-1?q?nnifer_Campbell=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, September the 30th, starting at 1:00 pm**. * * * *At that time, **Dr. Jennifer Campbell **w**ill be providing an introduction to diffusion tensor imaging (DTI).* 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 sylvain.baillet at mcgill.ca Fri Sep 27 12:38:25 2013 From: sylvain.baillet at mcgill.ca (Sylvain Baillet, Dr) Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2013 16:38:25 +0000 Subject: [BIC-announce] We need candidates: BIC Steering Committee Message-ID: <530B742E110D2443BB82CB2299F0493953C0105F@EXMBX2010-7.campus.MCGILL.CA> **** This message concerns members of the McConnell BIC only **** Dear All: First, a quick update concerning the BIC site review that took place earlier this month: we haven't received the report from our visitors yet. I'll communicate the salient elements of their evaluation whenever I have it on my desk. Second, 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, September the 30th, starting at 1:00 pm**. * * * *At that time, **Dr. Jennifer Campbell **w**ill be providing an introduction to diffusion tensor imaging (DTI).* 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 Sep 30 13:51:07 2013 From: christophe.grova at mcgill.ca (Christophe Grova) Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2013 17:51:07 +0000 Subject: [BIC-announce] Seminar in Biomedical Engineering - Wednesday Oct 2nd - 1 pm - Room 333 Message-ID: <9E1647EDA3EBB44AADA162CEC4C4222E2D2B168A@exmbx2010-9.campus.MCGILL.CA> Dear all, We will have our 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. Zahra Moussavi PhD, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Manitoba. 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 *************************** [X] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: