From caramanos at gmail.com Wed Apr 2 01:44:45 2014 From: caramanos at gmail.com (Zografos 'Aki' CARAMANOS) Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2014 01:44:45 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] [TODAY] Pathways and Connections: Dr. Andrea Bernasconi and Dr. Neda Ladbon-Bernasconi (Wed-April-2nd at 5:30 pm; Montreal Neurological Institute, room 124) Message-ID: *Pathways and Connections * *The next session of the Pathways and Connections Discussion Series will feature **Dr. Andrea Bernasconi and Dr. Neda Ladbon-Bernasconi starting at 5:30 pm on Wednesday, April 2nd, in room 124 of the Montreal Neurological Institute (3801 University Street ).* *How does one become a successful neuroscientist?* This informal discussion series will try to answer this question through a series of conversations with some of the most successful neuroscientists in the world: researchers who are affiliated with McGill University's Integrated Program in Neuroscience . This will be your chance to talk to them about the circuitous pathways and the important, but often serendipitous, connections that led them to where they are now. *Wednesday, April 2, 2014, 5:30 pm, Neuro 124: The husband and wife team of Dr. Andrea Bernasconi , Associate Professor of Neurology, and Dr. Neda Ladbon-Bernasconi , Assistant Professor of Neurology, are both neurologists and epileptologists at the Montreal Neurological Institute. Together, they run the Neuroimaging of Epilepsy Lab (NOEL) in the McConnell Brain Imaging Centre. Their lab provides a unique environment fostering links between graduate students and postdoctoral fellows in Neuroscience, Computer Science, Engineering, and Neurology. This multidisciplinary environment has put NOEL in a unique position to generate a wide range of research perspectives and to develop novel methods of investigation that can directly impact the management and quality of care of patients with epilepsy. Their research combines structural and functional MRI with statistical modeling. They use advanced morphometric (anatomical) and functional MRI (including resting-state fMRI) to assess cortical architecture, function, and plasticity in a search for endophenotypes and biomarkers of epileptogenesis. Main topics include automated lesion detection through computational modeling and machine learning, subcortical and cortical brain segmentation, analysis of brain networks based on graph-theoretical methods and independent component analysis. They are interested in tracking disease progression and its consequences on brain plasticity, connectivity and cognition. * *Please note that space is limited: to **RSVP, or for more information, please contact Zografos Caramanos **.* -- 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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AGENDA: - Naming of research group (see below*) - Update on BIC finances - Alan Evans' MCIN/CBRAIN: update on creation, finances, space requirements and connections w/ the BIC - PET Unit - Options for new cyclotron - Termination of commercial FDG: exclusive focus on research production - Lab renovations - Staffing - Update on our future Computer Infrastructure - Update on current CFI applications: the future of the BIC - 7T - Major Science Initiative - BIC 30th - Organizing Committee - Date - Venue - Tentative Program - Keynote speakers (two prominent international speakers have accepted our invitation; names to be revealed shortly) - Sponsorship - Website upgrade - The BIC Web task force - Transfer to McGill WMS - Miscellaneous (post questions and suggestions to your reps) --- (*) Naming as research group: as you know, following the Neuro's external review, all PIs have worked at the categorization of the research activities at the Neuro into groups. So far, the proposed groups are: MS/Neuroimmunology Brain Imaging Centre Neuromuscular disorders Cognitive Neuroscience Neurodegenerative disorders Epilepsy Neural Circuits Brain Tumors Our group is the only one named after a Centre. It also includes about 30 affiliated members from outside the BIC, in addition those from the 10 BIC labs. For better alignment and consistency with the other groups and improved visibility about what we do (especially with the creation of MCIN as a new centre with substantial thematic overlap with the BIC), I suggest we rename our group "Neuroimaging & Neuroinformatics". The BIC remains the BIC, as a Centre and a solid group of researchers. The "Neuroimaging & Neuroinformatics" group would better represent all themes and researchers and trainees involved in all aspects of what we do in science. Remember, this is essentially for posting clearly the main research themes at the Neuro when communicating with students, donors, patients and the rest of the community: it does not impose any operational aspects. Let me know your thoughts in person or through your rep's before Friday. Thank you, 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 Wed Apr 2 15:09:51 2014 From: sylvain.baillet at mcgill.ca (Sylvain Baillet, Dr) Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2014 19:09:51 +0000 Subject: [BIC-announce] Not to be missed: BIC-Lecture on Neurovascular Coupling in the Human Brain Message-ID: <7A0579B2-64EC-4E09-9020-A24F85BD814C@mcgill.ca> Feindel Brain Imaging Lecture @ the BIC Neurovascular Coupling in the Human Brain Prof. Kevin Whittingstall, Assistant Professor, U of Sherbrooke Monday Apr 07 @ 1pm (MNI, deGranpr?, 3801 University, 1pm) Neurovascular coupling (NVC) is a term used to describe the relationship between electric and hemodynamic signaling in the brain. While much of our current understanding of NVC stems from studies in animal models, relatively little is known regarding how this mechanism behaves in humans. Gaining a deeper insight into human NVC is crucial not only for better understanding basic elements of cognitive processing, but also in how we interpret functional maps of brain activity (e.g. fMRI). For example, can we assume that NVC behaves similarly across individuals, brain areas and/or cognitive state? In this talk, I will discuss our current understanding of NVC, the methods used for studying non-invasive NVC in humans as well as recent findings from members of my lab. Biosketch Prof. Kevin Whittingstall is an assistant professor in the department of Radiology at the Universit? de Sherbrooke in Qu?bec, Canada. He received his M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Physics at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Canada and completed postdoctoral studies at the Max Plank Institute for Biological Cybernetics in T?bingen, Germany. His main research interests are in the development of non-invasive tools for measuring and interpreting brain function and structure in humans and animal models. In particular, his lab focuses on the balance between neural activity and cerebral blood supply (neurovascular coupling) and how disruptions in this balance are related to diseases of the brain (e.g. brain tumours). For this, he and his colleagues are developing methods that can simultaneously track and analyze changes in neural activity (EEG) and blood flow (fMRI) in the brain with great spatial and temporal precision. Importantly, these measures are non-invasive and can be safely repeated without any adverse effects to the individual. Since 2011, he holds a Canada Research Chair in Neurovascular Coupling. http://www.chairs-chaires.gc.ca/chairholders-titulaires/profile-eng.aspx?profileId=2760 To be informed of future BIC events, make sure you subscribe to our mailing list: http://www.bic.mni.mcgill.ca/mailman/listinfo/bic-announce ----------------------- 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 Sun Apr 6 20:48:27 2014 From: caramanos at gmail.com (Zografos 'Aki' CARAMANOS) Date: Sun, 6 Apr 2014 20:48:27 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] =?iso-8859-1?q?=5BREMINDER=5D_Feindel_Brain_Imagin?= =?iso-8859-1?q?g_Lecture_=40_The_BIC_=28Mon-Apr-07=2C_1=3A00_pm=2C?= =?iso-8859-1?q?_de_Grandpr=E9_Communications_Centre=3B_=22Neurovas?= =?iso-8859-1?q?cular_Coupling_in_the_Human_Brain=22_--_Dr=2E_Kevin?= =?iso-8859-1?q?_Whittingstall=29?= Message-ID: *The Feindel Brain Imaging Lecture Series @ The BIC* The Feindel Brain Imaging Lecture Series features informal lectures on brain imaging presented at the Neuro 's McConnell Brain Imaging Centre (*BIC*) by experts in the field. These lectures are named in honour of Dr. William Feindel (1918-2014), former Director of the Neuro (1972 -1984) and Founding Director of the BIC (1984-88). Dr. Feindel's presence and contribution will be greatly missed at our weekly Brain Imaging Lectures , where he almost always asked the final, most-germane question of the day: one that usually bridged the clinical and research realms, and that brought together the past, the present, and the future of brain science. This semester, our Lecture Series is being held in conjunction with the BIC's new Open Methods Meetups (*OMM*): a forum for discussing hands-on technical issues, brainstorming problem-solving for specific projects, and sharing personal tricks-of-the-trade. This will be a great venue for those associated with the BIC to transfer knowledge and to get to know one another. *Please join us for our next Feindel Brain Imaging Lecture, which will be held in The Neuro's de Grandpr? Communications Centre (3801 University Street, Montreal, QC, H3A 2B4) on Monday, April the 7th, starting at 1:00 pm. * *At that time, **Dr. Kevin Whittingstall * *will be **describing his work on neurovascular coupling in the human brain (see abstract and bio below). * Cheers! Aki PS - To be informed of future BIC events, make sure you subscribe to our mailing list: http://www.bic.mni.mcgill.ca/mailman/listinfo/bic-announce PPS - Please let me know if you are interested in presenting a future Feindel Brain Imaging Lecture @ The BIC or leading a future OMM on May 26 or June 23rd (see full calendar below). PPPS - For those who might be interested, please note that there is an edXcourse on the topic of Introduction to Biomedical Imaging which is just starting. The faculty for this course will include BIC and Neuro alumni Dr. David Reutens and Dr. Andrew Janke . --------------------------------- *Neurovascular Coupling in the Human Brain* *Prof. Kevin Whittingstall, Assistant Professor, U of Sherbrooke* *Monday Apr 07 @ 1pm (MNI, deGranpr?, 3801 University, 1pm)* Neurovascular coupling (NVC) is a term used to describe the relationship between electric and hemodynamic signaling in the brain. While much of our current understanding of NVC stems from studies in animal models, relatively little is known regarding how this mechanism behaves in humans. Gaining a deeper insight into human NVC is crucial not only for better understanding basic elements of cognitive processing, but also in how we interpret functional maps of brain activity (e.g. fMRI). For example, can we assume that NVC behaves similarly across individuals, brain areas and/or cognitive state? In this talk, I will discuss our current understanding of NVC, the methods used for studying non-invasive NVC in humans as well as recent findings from members of my lab. *Bio* ( http://www.chairs-chaires.gc.ca/chairholders-titulaires/profile-eng.aspx?profileId=2760 ) Prof. Kevin Whittingstall is an assistant professor in the department of Radiology at the Universit? de Sherbrooke in Qu?bec, Canada. He received his M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Physics at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Canada and completed postdoctoral studies at the Max Plank Institute for Biological Cybernetics in T?bingen, Germany. His main research interests are in the development of non-invasive tools for measuring and interpreting brain function and structure in humans and animal models. In particular, his lab focuses on the balance between neural activity and cerebral blood supply (neurovascular coupling) and how disruptions in this balance are related to diseases of the brain (e.g. brain tumours). For this, he and his colleagues are developing methods that can simultaneously track and analyze changes in neural activity (EEG) and blood flow (fMRI) in the brain with great spatial and temporal precision. Importantly, these measures are non-invasive and can be safely repeated without any adverse effects to the individual. Since 2011, he holds a Canada Research Chair in Neurovascular Coupling. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *The Feindel Brain Imaging Lecture Series @ The BIC* *- Winter/Spring-2014 Program* *Lectures are typically held on Mondays at 1:00 pm in the de Grandpr? Communications Centre of The Neuro. **For more information and links to PDFs of the presentations, please visit our website .* ---) Jan-06: *No Lecture* 01) Jan-13: *OMM: Overview of fMRI Analysis Software* -- Mr. Benjamin Elegy, Ms. Laureline Arnaud, and Mr. Michael Ferreira 02) Jan-20: *Structural MRI Analysis in the Study of Cognition, Large-Scale Networks, and Brain Pathology* -- Dr. Boris Bernhardt 03) Jan-27: *MRI Quantification of Local Tissue Volume and Composition in Individual Brains *-- Dr. Nikola Stikov 04) Feb-03: *Physiological Noise Correction in Resting State fMRI* - Dr. Naj Mahani 05) Feb-10: *Functional Imaging of the Sleeping and Sleep-Disordered Brain* -- Dr. Thien Thanh Dang-Vu 06) Feb-17: *OMM: Diffusion Analysis with MINC Tools* -- Ms. Ilana Leppert 07) Feb-24: *OMM: MRI Registration* -- Dr. Hassan Rivaz 08) Tue-Feb-25: *Driving Neurons with Microscopic Magnetic Stimulation Coils *-- Dr. Giorgio Bonmassar 09) Mar-03: *OMM: Matlab vs. Python for Brain Imaging Experiments* -- Ms. Emily Coffey and Dr. Robert Brown 10) Mar-10: *OMM: **An Introduction to Automatic Tissue-Classification of Brain MRI* -- Mr. Colm Elliott 11) Mar-17: *OMM-1: CIVET 2.0, An Automated Pipeline For Structural Human MRI* -- Dr. Lindsay Lewis Mar-17: *OMM-2: SurfStat: Surface-Based Statistics in Matlab* -- Dr. Boris Bernhardt 12) Mar-24: *OMM: Multivariate Pattern Analysis of fMRI using Python* -- Mr. Mike E. Klein 13) Mar-31: *OMM: Why Use PET? Research in Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders* -- Mr. Paul Gravel 14) Apr-07: *Neurovascular Coupling in the Human Brain* -- Dr. Kevin Whittingstall 15) Apr-14: *Novel Methods and Tools for MR-DWI Population Analysis and Quality Control: Modeling of Early Infant Brain Growth from Longitudinal DTI* -- Dr. Guido Gerig 16) Tue-Apr-22: *Modeling of Systemic and Regional Cerebral Hemodynamics With Data-Driven Methods* -- Dr. Georgios Mitsis ---) Apr-28: *No Lecture** -- Neuropsychology Day* 17) May-05: *OMM: MEG/EEG Analysis* -- Mr. Fran?ois Tadel ---) May-12: *No Lecture** -- ISMRM in Milan* 18) Tue-May-20: *OHBM Data Blitz* -- TBA 19) May-26: *To Be Announced* -- TBA 20) Jun-02: *OMM: MEM Brainstorm Plug-In for EEG/MEG Source Localization*-- Dr. Jean Marc Lina and Dr. Christophe Grova ---) Jun-09: *No Lecture** -- OHBM in Hamburg* 21) Jun-16: *Alzheimer's Disease Imaging: What's Genes Got To Do, Got To Do With It?* -- Dr. Aman Badhwar 22) Jun-23: *TBA* -- TBA 23) Jun-30: *Title to Be Announced* -- Dr. Radoslaw Cichy -- 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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[cid:EE8F47A1-9195-4E19-A131-BDB031DD2B1F] Said Prof Jezzard, Nikola's award is a reflection of both the excellent research conducted at the BIC and of the opportunities that our Centre gives to junior researchers. The benefits and recognition associated with this scheme should provide Nikola with significant assistance in his career. Please join me in sending warm congratulations to Nikola for this significant achievement, early in his career. 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: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Title: "Neurophysiological mechanisms associated with negative BOLD response" Abstract: There are a number of ways of measuring neuronal activity, both invasive and noninvasive. Among the most invasive methods are intracortical electrodes, which are inserted into the cortex and give a direct measurement of activity. By contrast, functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) is completely noninvasive. However, the link between the blood-oxygen level-dependent (BOLD) signal and the neuronal activity that causes it is not entirely understood. The link between the negative BOLD (nBOLD) signal and the underlying neuronal activity is even less well-understood. We elicit the nBOLD response by first mapping the population receptive field (pRF) and stimulating the surround. Previous studies have linked surround suppression with an increase in alpha power (Harvey et al., 2013). Another study by Olsen et al. (2012) showed that layer 6 modulates the neuronal activity of upper layers. This project attempts to test a possible connection between nBOLD and layer-specific neurophysiological activity by using a combination of fMRI and laminar electrodes in the monkey primary visual cortex. 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 sylvain at bic.mni.mcgill.ca Tue Apr 8 14:21:09 2014 From: sylvain at bic.mni.mcgill.ca (Sylvain Milot) Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2014 14:21:09 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [BIC-announce] Fw: Join the Spring Sprint 2.5km/5km Run and Walk - Saturday, May 31st (fwd) Message-ID: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2014 13:21:44 -0400 From: Kelvin Mok *____________________________________________________________________ Spring Sprint 2.5km/5km Run and Walk - Saturday, May 31st* Brain Tumour Foundation of Canada The Brain Tumour Foundation of Canada hosts an Annual Spring Sprint 2.5km/5km Run & Walk fundraising event in support of brain tumour patients and families. This year, we're getting as many *staff, students, and friends of the Neuro to participate together as a team* to raise both awareness and funds for brain cancer. The run will be held on Saturday May 31, 2014, between 10:00 and 12:00. There are two ways to participate: 1)*It's FREE to participate in the walk/run.*You will be helping to raise awareness of brain cancer and will be supporting brain tumour patients and families. 2) *Support through donation* - If you can't join for the event, it would be great to have you support our team with a donation towards our fundraising goal of $5,000. *Join or support our Neuro (MNI/H) team by clicking on the link below ! *http://www.springsprint.ca/site/TR/SpringSprint/General?team_id=1220&pg=team&fr_id=1082#.U0QhP3_IqTz Every dollar raised by Spring Sprint goes towards the good work done by Brain Tumour Foundation of Canada. Coming together is important to all of us to help fight this disease. Thank you for giving and more importantly, for helping the 55,000 Canadians living with a brain tumour. To learn more about the event and the people who are helped by the Brain Tumour Foundation, please visit their website: http://www.springsprint.ca/ We look forward to putting a team together. Please let us know if you're also interested to train together as we approach the date! Sincerely, Ian Gerard, Kelvin Mok The Neuro Spring Sprint Team From sylvain.baillet at mcgill.ca Tue Apr 8 17:45:52 2014 From: sylvain.baillet at mcgill.ca (Sylvain Baillet, Dr) Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2014 21:45:52 +0000 Subject: [BIC-announce] Projector shoot-out References: Message-ID: <4749196B-A5EC-46A3-AC5B-0DE36F60DADB@mcgill.ca> Hi Everyone: Projectors will be changed shortly in the JTA: see Tony's email below if you'd like to try out a few options with your best and most challenging brain images. Cheers - Sylvain. Begin forwarded message: From: Tony Rizzuto > Subject: Projector shoot out Date: April 8, 2014 4:09:28 PM EDT Hello I have been in process of evaluating Data projectors for the Jeanne Timmins AMP. I have come down to three data projectors (2 lcd projectors and one DLP projector ). Your input and visual expertise in your work is important in seeing which projector is right for CT, MRI ?. scans and slides . In the past I have had many complaints in images in which where not projecting the right colors and some not at all .. So here is your chance to give me your input . Please bring some slides or your laptop so we can test it out if you wish. This Thursday I will have the other two projectors installed , I have one already installed . So Thursday @12:30pm till ?.. where : Jeanne Timmins Amp. Please inform me if you will be attending and if you have others who would like to see please bring them along Bring your lunch Thank You Antonio Rizzuto Audio Visual Coordinator Audio Visuel Coodonnateur [neuro] 3801, rue University, Bureau 638 Montr?al (Qu?bec) H3A 2B4 T.514.398.3193 F.514.398.5419 C.514.887.0604 leneuro Devez-vous absolument imprimer ce message ? 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Shmuel PhD, BME, McGill University Since Alexandre is a Master student registered to the course BMDE500 who is giving this seminar as part of McGill conditions to obtain his M.Sc., special attendance from our department (staff and students) is really expected, in order to give Alexandre feedback on his research studies. Title: "Neurophysiological mechanisms associated with negative BOLD response" Abstract: There are a number of ways of measuring neuronal activity, both invasive and noninvasive. Among the most invasive methods are intracortical electrodes, which are inserted into the cortex and give a direct measurement of activity. By contrast, functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) is completely noninvasive. However, the link between the blood-oxygen level-dependent (BOLD) signal and the neuronal activity that causes it is not entirely understood. The link between the negative BOLD (nBOLD) signal and the underlying neuronal activity is even less well-understood. We elicit the nBOLD response by first mapping the population receptive field (pRF) and stimulating the surround. Previous studies have linked surround suppression with an increase in alpha power (Harvey et al., 2013). Another study by Olsen et al. (2012) showed that layer 6 modulates the neuronal activity of upper layers. This project attempts to test a possible connection between nBOLD and layer-specific neurophysiological activity by using a combination of fMRI and laminar electrodes in the monkey primary visual cortex. 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URL: From belinda.preziosi at mcgill.ca Wed Apr 9 08:32:02 2014 From: belinda.preziosi at mcgill.ca (Belinda Preziosi, Ms.) Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2014 12:32:02 +0000 Subject: [BIC-announce] =?windows-1252?q?FW=3A_=5BMMP-USERS=5D_McGill=92s_?= =?windows-1252?q?Air_Canada_Program_is_worth_checking_out=2E_See__below_e?= =?windows-1252?q?xample_of_potential_savings=2E?= In-Reply-To: <18109_1396989200_53445D10_18109_12_1_78CAE4DA366F694EB839819BD7A691BE31A2E7@exmbx2010-9.campus.MCGILL.CA> References: <18109_1396989200_53445D10_18109_12_1_78CAE4DA366F694EB839819BD7A691BE31A2E7@exmbx2010-9.campus.MCGILL.CA> Message-ID: Please see important information below. 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: MMP-Users - McGill Market Place users [mailto:MMP-USERS at LISTS.MCGILL.CA] On Behalf Of Gloria Bachar, Ms. Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2014 3:20 PM To: MMP-USERS at LISTS.MCGILL.CA Subject: [MMP-USERS] McGill?s Air Canada Program is worth checking out. See below example of potential savings. [ac_white] Air Canada, one of our contracted airlines, has provided McGill travelers with a website where bookings can be made and the discount is applied automatically to the routing. Refer to notes below. 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These lectures are named in honour of Dr. William Feindel (1918-2014), former Director of the Neuro (1972 -1984) and Founding Director of the BIC (1984-88). Dr. Feindel's presence and contribution will be greatly missed at our weekly Brain Imaging Lectures , where he almost always asked the final, most-germane question of the day: one that usually bridged the clinical and research realms, and that brought together the past, the present, and the future of brain science. This semester, our Lecture Series is being held in conjunction with the BIC's new Open Methods Meetups (*OMM*): a forum for discussing hands-on technical issues, brainstorming problem-solving for specific projects, and sharing personal tricks-of-the-trade. This will be a great venue for those associated with the BIC to transfer knowledge and to get to know one another. *Please join us for our next Feindel Brain Imaging Lecture, which will be held in The Neuro's de Grandpr? Communications Centre (3801 University Street, Montreal, QC, H3A 2B4) on Monday, April the 14th, starting at 1:00 pm. * *At that time, Dr. Guido Gerig will be describing several novel methods and tools useful for population analysis and quality control of diffusion weighted imaging, as well as how his group has used them in the modeling of early-infant brain growth using longitudinal data from** diffusion tensor imaging.* Cheers! Aki PS - To be informed of future BIC events, make sure you subscribe to our mailing list: http://www.bic.mni.mcgill.ca/mailman/listinfo/bic-announce PPS - Please let me know if you are interested in presenting a future Feindel Brain Imaging Lecture @ The BIC or leading a future OMM on May 26 or June 23rd (see full calendar below). --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *The Feindel Brain Imaging Lecture Series @ The BIC* *- Winter/Spring-2014 Program* *Lectures are typically held on Mondays at 1:00 pm in the de Grandpr? Communications Centre of The Neuro. **For more information and links to PDFs of the presentations, please visit our website .* ---) Jan-06: *No Lecture* 01) Jan-13: *OMM: Overview of fMRI Analysis Software* -- Mr. Benjamin Elegy, Ms. Laureline Arnaud, and Mr. Michael Ferreira 02) Jan-20: *Structural MRI Analysis in the Study of Cognition, Large-Scale Networks, and Brain Pathology* -- Dr. Boris Bernhardt 03) Jan-27: *MRI Quantification of Local Tissue Volume and Composition in Individual Brains *-- Dr. Nikola Stikov 04) Feb-03: *Physiological Noise Correction in Resting State fMRI* - Dr. Naj Mahani 05) Feb-10: *Functional Imaging of the Sleeping and Sleep-Disordered Brain* -- Dr. Thien Thanh Dang-Vu 06) Feb-17: *OMM: Diffusion Analysis with MINC Tools* -- Ms. Ilana Leppert 07) Feb-24: *OMM: MRI Registration* -- Dr. Hassan Rivaz 08) Tue-Feb-25: *Driving Neurons with Microscopic Magnetic Stimulation Coils *-- Dr. Giorgio Bonmassar 09) Mar-03: *OMM: Matlab vs. Python for Brain Imaging Experiments* -- Ms. Emily Coffey and Dr. Robert Brown 10) Mar-10: *OMM: **An Introduction to Automatic Tissue-Classification of Brain MRI* -- Mr. Colm Elliott 11) Mar-17: *OMM-1: CIVET 2.0, An Automated Pipeline For Structural Human MRI* -- Dr. Lindsay Lewis Mar-17: *OMM-2: SurfStat: Surface-Based Statistics in Matlab* -- Dr. Boris Bernhardt 12) Mar-24: *OMM: Multivariate Pattern Analysis of fMRI using Python* -- Mr. Mike E. Klein 13) Mar-31: *OMM: Why Use PET? Research in Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders* -- Mr. Paul Gravel 14) Apr-07: *Neurovascular Coupling in the Human Brain* -- Dr. Kevin Whittingstall 15) Apr-14: *Novel Methods and Tools for MR-DWI Population Analysis and Quality Control: Modeling of Early Infant Brain Growth from Longitudinal DTI* -- Dr. Guido Gerig 16) Tue-Apr-22: *Modeling of Systemic and Regional Cerebral Hemodynamics With Data-Driven Methods* -- Dr. Georgios Mitsis ---) Apr-28: *No Lecture** -- Neuropsychology Day* 17) May-05: *OMM: MEG/EEG Analysis* -- Mr. Fran?ois Tadel ---) May-12: *No Lecture** -- ISMRM in Milan* 18) Tue-May-20: *OHBM Data Blitz* -- TBA 19) May-26: *To Be Announced* -- TBA 20) Jun-02: *OMM: MEM Brainstorm Plug-In for EEG/MEG Source Localization*-- Dr. Jean Marc Lina and Dr. Christophe Grova ---) Jun-09: *No Lecture** -- OHBM in Hamburg* 21) Jun-16: *Alzheimer's Disease Imaging: What's Genes Got To Do, Got To Do With It?* -- Dr. Aman Badhwar 22) Jun-23: *TBA* -- TBA 23) Jun-30: *Title to Be Announced* -- Dr. Radoslaw Cichy -- Zografos Caramanos, M.A. Research Assistant, Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Unit Ph.D. Student, Integrated Program in Neuroscience McConnell Brain Imaging Centre, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University 3801 University Street, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3A 2B4 (phone) 514-299-8160; (fax) 514-398-2975 (e-mail) zografos.caramanos at mcgill.ca (web) Google-scholar www.zcaramanos.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Dr. Feindel's presence and contribution will be greatly missed at our weekly Brain Imaging Lectures , where he almost always asked the final, most-germane question of the day: one that usually bridged the clinical and research realms, and that brought together the past, the present, and the future of brain science. This semester, our Lecture Series is being held in conjunction with the BIC's new Open Methods Meetups (*OMM*): a forum for discussing hands-on technical issues, brainstorming problem-solving for specific projects, and sharing personal tricks-of-the-trade. This will be a great venue for those associated with the BIC to transfer knowledge and to get to know one another. *Please join us for our next Feindel Brain Imaging Lecture, which will be held in The Neuro's de Grandpr? Communications Centre (3801 University Street, Montreal, QC, H3A 2B4) on Monday, April the 14th, starting at 1:00 pm. * *At that time, Dr. Guido Gerig will be describing several novel methods and tools useful for population analysis and quality control of diffusion weighted imaging, as well as how his group has used them in the modeling of early-infant brain growth using longitudinal data from** diffusion tensor imaging.* Cheers! Aki PS - To be informed of future BIC events, make sure you subscribe to our mailing list: http://www.bic.mni.mcgill.ca/mailman/listinfo/bic-announce PPS - Please let me know if you are interested in presenting a future Feindel Brain Imaging Lecture @ The BIC or leading a future OMM on June 23rd (see full calendar below). --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *The Feindel Brain Imaging Lecture Series @ The BIC* *- Winter/Spring-2014 Program* *Lectures are typically held on Mondays at 1:00 pm in the de Grandpr? Communications Centre of The Neuro. **For more information and links to PDFs of the presentations, please visit our website .* ---) Jan-06: *No Lecture* 01) Jan-13: *OMM: Overview of fMRI Analysis Software* -- Mr. Benjamin Elegy, Ms. Laureline Arnaud, and Mr. Michael Ferreira 02) Jan-20: *Structural MRI Analysis in the Study of Cognition, Large-Scale Networks, and Brain Pathology* -- Dr. Boris Bernhardt 03) Jan-27: *MRI Quantification of Local Tissue Volume and Composition in Individual Brains *-- Dr. Nikola Stikov 04) Feb-03: *Physiological Noise Correction in Resting State fMRI* - Dr. Naj Mahani 05) Feb-10: *Functional Imaging of the Sleeping and Sleep-Disordered Brain* -- Dr. Thien Thanh Dang-Vu 06) Feb-17: *OMM: Diffusion Analysis with MINC Tools* -- Ms. Ilana Leppert 07) Feb-24: *OMM: MRI Registration* -- Dr. Hassan Rivaz 08) Tue-Feb-25: *Driving Neurons with Microscopic Magnetic Stimulation Coils *-- Dr. Giorgio Bonmassar 09) Mar-03: *OMM: Matlab vs. Python for Brain Imaging Experiments* -- Ms. Emily Coffey and Dr. Robert Brown 10) Mar-10: *OMM: **An Introduction to Automatic Tissue-Classification of Brain MRI* -- Mr. Colm Elliott 11) Mar-17: *OMM-1: CIVET 2.0, An Automated Pipeline For Structural Human MRI* -- Dr. Lindsay Lewis Mar-17: *OMM-2: SurfStat: Surface-Based Statistics in Matlab* -- Dr. Boris Bernhardt 12) Mar-24: *OMM: Multivariate Pattern Analysis of fMRI using Python* -- Mr. Mike E. Klein 13) Mar-31: *OMM: Why Use PET? Research in Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders* -- Mr. Paul Gravel 14) Apr-07: *Neurovascular Coupling in the Human Brain* -- Dr. Kevin Whittingstall 15) Apr-14: *Novel Methods and Tools for MR-DWI Population Analysis and Quality Control: Modeling of Early Infant Brain Growth from Longitudinal DTI* -- Dr. Guido Gerig 16) Tue-Apr-22: *Modeling of Systemic and Regional Cerebral Hemodynamics With Data-Driven Methods* -- Dr. Georgios Mitsis ---) Apr-28: *No Lecture** -- Neuropsychology Day* 17) May-05: *OMM: MEG/EEG Analysis* -- Mr. Fran?ois Tadel ---) May-12: *No Lecture** -- ISMRM in Milan* ---) May-19: *No Lecture** -- Victoria Day* 18) May-26: *OHBM Data Blitz* -- TBA 19) Jun-02: *OMM: MEM Brainstorm Plug-In for EEG/MEG Source Localization*-- Dr. Jean Marc Lina and Dr. Christophe Grova ---) Jun-09: *No Lecture** -- OHBM in Hamburg* 20) Jun-16: *Alzheimer's Disease Imaging: What's Genes Got To Do, Got To Do With It?* -- Dr. Aman Badhwar 21) Jun-23: *TBA* -- TBA 22) Jun-30: *Title to Be Announced* -- Dr. Radoslaw Cichy -- Zografos Caramanos, M.A. Research Assistant, Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Unit Ph.D. Student, Integrated Program in Neuroscience McConnell Brain Imaging Centre, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University 3801 University Street, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3A 2B4 (phone) 514-299-8160; (fax) 514-398-2975 (e-mail) zografos.caramanos at mcgill.ca (web) Google-scholar www.zcaramanos.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From caramanos at gmail.com Wed Apr 16 23:49:03 2014 From: caramanos at gmail.com (Zografos 'Aki' CARAMANOS) Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2014 23:49:03 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] =?utf-8?q?Feindel_Brain_Imaging_Lecture_=40_The_BI?= =?utf-8?q?C_=28Tue-Apr-22=2C_1=3A00_pm=2C_de_Grandpr=C3=A9_Communi?= =?utf-8?q?cations_Centre=3B_=22Modeling_of_Systemic_and_Regional_C?= =?utf-8?q?erebral_Hemodynamics_With_Data-Driven_Methods_--_Dr=2E_G?= =?utf-8?q?eorgios_Mitsis=29?= Message-ID: Please note that, because of the Easter Monday, next week's Feindel Brain Image Lecture will be held on *Tuesday*. --------------------- *The Feindel Brain Imaging Lecture Series @ The BIC* The Feindel Brain Imaging Lecture Series features informal lectures on brain imaging presented at the Neuro 's McConnell Brain Imaging Centre (*BIC*) by experts in the field. These lectures are named in honour of Dr. William Feindel (1918-2014), former Director of the Neuro (1972 -1984) and Founding Director of the BIC (1984?88). Dr. Feindel's presence and contribution will be greatly missed at our weekly Brain Imaging Lectures , where he almost always asked the final, most-germane question of the day: one that usually bridged the clinical and research realms, and that brought together the past, the present, and the future of brain science. This semester, our Lecture Series is being held in conjunction with the BIC's new Open Methods Meetups (*OMM*): a forum for discussing hands-on technical issues, brainstorming problem-solving for specific projects, and sharing personal tricks-of-the-trade. This will be a great venue for those associated with the BIC to transfer knowledge and to get to know one another. *Please join us for our next Feindel Brain Imaging Lecture, which will be held in The Neuro's de Grandpr? Communications Centre (3801 University Street, Montreal, QC, H3A 2B4) on Tuesday, April the 22nd, starting at 1:00 pm. * *At that time, **Dr. Georgios Mitsis ** (see bio below in blue) will be describing some of his work on the m**odelling of systemic and regional cerebral hemodynamics with data-driven methods**.* Cheers! Aki PS - To be informed of future BIC events, make sure you subscribe to our mailing list: http://www.bic.mni.mcgill.ca/mailman/listinfo/bic-announce --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Georgios Mitsis* received the Diploma in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens, Greece, M.S. Degrees in Biomedical and Electrical Engineering from the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA and the Ph.D. Degree in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Southern California. He has held postdoctoral appointments at the Biomedical Simulations Resource, Los Angeles CA and the fMRIB Centre, University of Oxford, UK. From January 2009 to December 2013 he was a Lecturer and subsequently an Assistant Professor at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus. In January 2014, he joined the newly founded Department of Bioengineering at McGill University as an Assistant Professor. His research interests include nonlinear and nonstationary systems modeling, with applications to systems biology and physiology, as well as functional neuroimaging. He is a Senior Member of the IEEE. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *The Feindel Brain Imaging Lecture Series @ The BIC* *- Winter/Spring-2014 Program* *Lectures are typically held on Mondays at 1:00 pm in the de Grandpr? Communications Centre of The Neuro. **For more information and links to PDFs of the presentations, please visit our website .* ---) Jan-06: *No Lecture* 01) Jan-13: *OMM: Overview of fMRI Analysis Software* -- Mr. Benjamin Elegy, Ms. Laureline Arnaud, and Mr. Michael Ferreira 02) Jan-20: *Structural MRI Analysis in the Study of Cognition, Large-Scale Networks, and Brain Pathology* -- Dr. Boris Bernhardt 03) Jan-27: *MRI Quantification of Local Tissue Volume and Composition in Individual Brains *-- Dr. Nikola Stikov 04) Feb-03: *Physiological Noise Correction in Resting State fMRI* ? Dr. Naj Mahani 05) Feb-10: *Functional Imaging of the Sleeping and Sleep-Disordered Brain* -- Dr. Thien Thanh Dang-Vu 06) Feb-17: *OMM: Diffusion Analysis with MINC Tools* -- Ms. Ilana Leppert 07) Feb-24: *OMM: MRI Registration* -- Dr. Hassan Rivaz 08) Tue-Feb-25: *Driving Neurons with Microscopic Magnetic Stimulation Coils *-- Dr. Giorgio Bonmassar 09) Mar-03: *OMM: Matlab vs. Python for Brain Imaging Experiments* -- Ms. Emily Coffey and Dr. Robert Brown 10) Mar-10: *OMM: **An Introduction to Automatic Tissue-Classification of Brain MRI* -- Mr. Colm Elliott 11) Mar-17: *OMM-1: CIVET 2.0, An Automated Pipeline For Structural Human MRI* -- Dr. Lindsay Lewis Mar-17: *OMM-2: SurfStat: Surface-Based Statistics in Matlab* -- Dr. Boris Bernhardt 12) Mar-24: *OMM: Multivariate Pattern Analysis of fMRI using Python* -- Mr. Mike E. Klein 13) Mar-31: *OMM: Why Use PET? Research in Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders* -- Mr. Paul Gravel 14) Apr-07: *Neurovascular Coupling in the Human Brain* -- Dr. Kevin Whittingstall 15) Apr-14: *Novel Methods and Tools for MR-DWI Population Analysis and Quality Control: Modeling of Early Infant Brain Growth from Longitudinal DTI* -- Dr. Guido Gerig 16) Tue-Apr-22: *Modeling of Systemic and Regional Cerebral Hemodynamics With Data-Driven Methods* -- Dr. Georgios Mitsis ---) Apr-28: *No Lecture** -- Neuropsychology Day* 17) May-05: *OMM: MEG/EEG Analysis* -- Mr. Fran?ois Tadel ---) May-12: *No Lecture** -- ISMRM in Milan* ---) May-19: *No Lecture** -- Victoria Day* 19) May-26: *OHBM Data Blitz* -- TBA 20) Jun-02: *OMM: MEM Brainstorm Plug-In for EEG/MEG Source Localization*-- Dr. Jean Marc Lina and Dr. Christophe Grova ---) Jun-09: *No Lecture** -- OHBM in Hamburg* 21) Jun-16: *Alzheimer?s Disease Imaging: What?s Genes Got To Do, Got To Do With It?* -- Dr. Aman Badhwar 22) Jun-23: *Using Concurrent TMS-fMRI to Measure Network Dynamics in Human Cognition* -- Dr. Colin Hawco 23) Jun-30: *Title to Be Announced* -- Dr. Radoslaw Cichy -- 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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These lectures are named in honour of Dr. William Feindel (1918-2014), former Director of the Neuro (1972 -1984) and Founding Director of the BIC (1984?88). Dr. Feindel's presence and contribution will be greatly missed at our weekly Brain Imaging Lectures , where he almost always asked the final, most-germane question of the day: one that usually bridged the clinical and research realms, and that brought together the past, the present, and the future of brain science. This semester, our Lecture Series is being held in conjunction with the BIC's new Open Methods Meetups (*OMM*): a forum for discussing hands-on technical issues, brainstorming problem-solving for specific projects, and sharing personal tricks-of-the-trade. This will be a great venue for those associated with the BIC to transfer knowledge and to get to know one another. *Please join us for our next Feindel Brain Imaging Lecture, which will be held in The Neuro's de Grandpr? Communications Centre (3801 University Street, Montreal, QC, H3A 2B4) on Tuesday, April the 22nd, starting at 1:00 pm. * *At that time, **Dr. Georgios Mitsis ** (see bio below in blue) will be describing some of his work on the m**odelling of systemic and regional cerebral hemodynamics with data-driven methods**.* Cheers! Aki PS - To be informed of future BIC events, make sure you subscribe to our mailing list: http://www.bic.mni.mcgill.ca/mailman/listinfo/bic-announce --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Georgios Mitsis* received the Diploma in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens, Greece, M.S. Degrees in Biomedical and Electrical Engineering from the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA and the Ph.D. Degree in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Southern California. He has held postdoctoral appointments at the Biomedical Simulations Resource, Los Angeles CA and the fMRIB Centre, University of Oxford, UK. From January 2009 to December 2013 he was a Lecturer and subsequently an Assistant Professor at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus. In January 2014, he joined the newly founded Department of Bioengineering at McGill University as an Assistant Professor. His research interests include nonlinear and nonstationary systems modeling, with applications to systems biology and physiology, as well as functional neuroimaging. He is a Senior Member of the IEEE. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *The Feindel Brain Imaging Lecture Series @ The BIC* *- Winter/Spring-2014 Program* *Lectures are typically held on Mondays at 1:00 pm in the de Grandpr? Communications Centre of The Neuro. **For more information and links to PDFs of the presentations, please visit our website .* ---) Jan-06: *No Lecture* 01) Jan-13: *OMM: Overview of fMRI Analysis Software* -- Mr. Benjamin Elegy, Ms. Laureline Arnaud, and Mr. Michael Ferreira 02) Jan-20: *Structural MRI Analysis in the Study of Cognition, Large-Scale Networks, and Brain Pathology* -- Dr. Boris Bernhardt 03) Jan-27: *MRI Quantification of Local Tissue Volume and Composition in Individual Brains *-- Dr. Nikola Stikov 04) Feb-03: *Physiological Noise Correction in Resting State fMRI* ? Dr. Naj Mahani 05) Feb-10: *Functional Imaging of the Sleeping and Sleep-Disordered Brain* -- Dr. Thien Thanh Dang-Vu 06) Feb-17: *OMM: Diffusion Analysis with MINC Tools* -- Ms. Ilana Leppert 07) Feb-24: *OMM: MRI Registration* -- Dr. Hassan Rivaz 08) Tue-Feb-25: *Driving Neurons with Microscopic Magnetic Stimulation Coils *-- Dr. Giorgio Bonmassar 09) Mar-03: *OMM: Matlab vs. Python for Brain Imaging Experiments* -- Ms. Emily Coffey and Dr. Robert Brown 10) Mar-10: *OMM: **An Introduction to Automatic Tissue-Classification of Brain MRI* -- Mr. Colm Elliott 11) Mar-17: *OMM-1: CIVET 2.0, An Automated Pipeline For Structural Human MRI* -- Dr. Lindsay Lewis Mar-17: *OMM-2: SurfStat: Surface-Based Statistics in Matlab* -- Dr. Boris Bernhardt 12) Mar-24: *OMM: Multivariate Pattern Analysis of fMRI using Python* -- Mr. Mike E. Klein 13) Mar-31: *OMM: Why Use PET? Research in Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders* -- Mr. Paul Gravel 14) Apr-07: *Neurovascular Coupling in the Human Brain* -- Dr. Kevin Whittingstall 15) Apr-14: *Novel Methods and Tools for MR-DWI Population Analysis and Quality Control: Modeling of Early Infant Brain Growth from Longitudinal DTI* -- Dr. Guido Gerig 16) Tue-Apr-22: *Modeling of Systemic and Regional Cerebral Hemodynamics With Data-Driven Methods* -- Dr. Georgios Mitsis ---) Apr-28: *No Lecture** -- Neuropsychology Day* 17) May-05: *OMM: MEG/EEG Analysis* -- Mr. Fran?ois Tadel ---) May-12: *No Lecture** -- ISMRM in Milan* ---) May-19: *No Lecture** -- Victoria Day* 19) May-26: *OHBM Data Blitz* -- TBA 20) Jun-02: *OMM: MEM Brainstorm Plug-In for EEG/MEG Source Localization*-- Dr. Jean Marc Lina and Dr. Christophe Grova ---) Jun-09: *No Lecture** -- OHBM in Hamburg* 21) Jun-16: *Alzheimer?s Disease Imaging: What?s Genes Got To Do, Got To Do With It?* -- Dr. Aman Badhwar 22) Jun-23: *Using Concurrent TMS-fMRI to Measure Network Dynamics in Human Cognition* -- Dr. Colin Hawco 23) Jun-30: *Title to Be Announced* -- Dr. Radoslaw Cichy -- Zografos Caramanos, M.A. Research Assistant, Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Unit Ph.D. Student, Integrated Program in Neuroscience McConnell Brain Imaging Centre, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University 3801 University Street, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3A 2B4 (phone) 514-299-8160; (fax) 514-398-2975 (e-mail) zografos.caramanos at mcgill.ca (web) Google-scholar www.zcaramanos.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From caramanos at gmail.com Tue Apr 22 13:48:25 2014 From: caramanos at gmail.com (Zografos 'Aki' CARAMANOS) Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2014 13:48:25 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] Montreal Resting-state fMRI Workshop [Thu-May-29; 8:45 am - 5:00 pm; Jeanne Timmins Amphitheatre] Message-ID: *Montreal Resting-state fMRI Workshop * * Thursday, May 29, 2014; 8:45 am - 5:00 pm* * Jeanne Timmins Amphitheatre* * Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital* * 3801 University Street , H3A 2B4* In less than a decade, resting-state functional MRI has become an important paradigm for studying the network properties of brain function, providing convincing evidence for the Hebbian concept of neuronal assemblies that act in coherence, and constitute the functional organization of the brain. Home to Wilder Penfield and Donald Hebb, Montreal has a proud legacy in the science and technology aimed at characterizing the functional topography of the brain and its relation to neurophysiology. Sponsored by McGill Center for Integrative Neuroscience (MCIN), and supported by McConnell Brain Imaging Center and Montreal Neurological Institute, this workshopprovides an opportunity to learn about the status of RSfMRI research in Montreal, and to become familiar with important neurophysiological, clinical and methodological aspects of this research (see program below). This is an opportunity for sharing unique insights, finding collaborative grounds and conceptualizing the methodological approach and computational infrastructure needed for multimodal functional neuroimaging with MRI, TMS, EEG and MEG. On behalf of the Ludmer Center and MCIN, Najmeh Khalili-Mahani, PhD Pierre Bellec, PhD *Please register before May 9 2014, by email to * *Najmeh.khalilimahani at mcgill.ca* *, with RSfMRI workshop in the subject line. * *A few Poster panels will be provided. If you are interested in presenting your ongoing RSfMRI research, please email an abstract.* ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *PROGRAMME* ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *8:45-9:00 Welcome remarks and Introduction* ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *9:00-10:15 RS-fMRI Methods* *Najmeh Khalili-Mahani, McGill University & Leiden University* *Dual Regression versus Eigenvector Centrality Mapping in RSfMRI, * * a Pharmacological perspective* *Pierre Bellec, University of Montreal* * Characterization of inter-individual differences in rs-fMRI network* * topography using stable cluster cores* * Mona Maneshi, Jean Gotman, Christophe Grova, McGill University * * Shared and Specific ICA (SSICA), new data-driven functional * * connectivity analysis method and its application in epilepsy.* ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *10:30-12:00 Neurophysiological Considerations* * Jean Gotman, McGill University* * Epileptic discharges and the default mode network* * Amir Shmuel, McGill University * * Laminar-dependent neurophysiological activity underlying * * spontaneous fluctuations in hemodynamic signals* ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *12:00-1:00 Lunch* ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *1:15-2:15 Multimodal RSfMRI* * Peter Donhauser & Sylvain Baillet, McGill University * * Dynamics of cross-frequency coupling in the resting & active states* * Oury Monchi, University of Montreal * * Combining TBS and RS-fMRI for the study of fronto-striatal* * connectivity* ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *2:30-3:45 New Frontiers* * Shahab Vahdat & Julien Doyon, University of Montreal* * Sleep-dependent consolidation of motor sequence learning * * revealed by fMRI* * Maxime Parent & Pedro Rosa-Neto, McGill University * * Functional connectivity impairments in a transgenic rat model of * * Alzheimer's Disease* * Francois Chouinard, Alan Evans, Pierre Bellec, McGill University* * Heritability of Functional Connectivity* ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *4:00-5:00 Discussion Panel* ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- 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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Student presenters will be eligible for a $250 prize for best conference poster (student must be first author). Work that has already been presented at national or international conferences is welcomed. Information regarding the conference program, speakers and abstracts, poster submission as well as conference registration, is available at: http://www.crblm.ca/sensorimotor_integration -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From christophe.grova at mcgill.ca Mon Apr 28 11:27:49 2014 From: christophe.grova at mcgill.ca (Christophe Grova) Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2014 15:27:49 +0000 Subject: [BIC-announce] Seminar in Biomedical Engineering - Wednesday April 30th - 1h pm - Room 333 Message-ID: <9E1647EDA3EBB44AADA162CEC4C4222E3CA9F3F4@exmbx2010-9.campus.MCGILL.CA> Dear all, We will have our next Biomedical Engineering seminar today Wednesday ? April 30th, at 1 pm Location: Room 333 Lyman Duff Building (Biomedical Engineering Dpt, 3775 University Street). Speaker: Prof. Amine Kamen PhD, Department of Bioengineering, McGill University Dr. Kamen is candidate for associate membership in Biomedical Engineering department, so attendance from our staff members and their students is highly encouraged. Title: "Efficient production of viral vectors for gene delivery and vaccination" Abstract: HEK-293 cell lines have been widely used for over 30 years by the scientific community. Currently HEK-293 cells are the most efficient system for improved production of r-proteins and viral vector by large-scale transfection of suspension-growing cells in serum-free medium. Also, it is the most established cell line for the production of adeno- and adeno-associated viruses, retro-and lentiviruses for gene therapy application. Additionally HEK 293 cells sustain replication of many viruses that are evaluated as vaccines or viro-therapeutic agents. Consequently numerous viral vectors produced in HEK-293 cells have been approved for phase II and phase III clinical trials. In this presentation, we will discuss achievements in process developments to support the large scale manufacturing of viral vectors and vaccines. On-going efforts include characterizing the metabolism of HEK-293 cells in culture, design of efficient operating and feeding strategies, and the development of advanced monitoring tools. Beside viral vectors for gene delivery, recent data demonstrating the suitability of the HEK-293 cells for manufacturing vectored vaccines and influenza vaccine will be presented. Through different examples, the presentation will also discuss practises and experiences in supporting translational research. Key references: Chahal, P.S., Schulze, E., Tran, R., Montes, J., and Kamen,* A.A. (2014) Production of adeno-associated virus (AAV) serotypes by transient transfection of HEK293 cell suspension cultures for gene delivery. Journal of Virological Methods 196:163-173 Emma, P. and Kamen, A. (2013) Real-time monitoring of influenza virus production kinetics in HEK293 cell cultures. Biotechnology Progress 29(1): 275-284 Shen, C.F., Lanthier, S., Jacob, D., Montes, J., Beath, A., Beresford, A., and Kamen*, A. (2012) Process optimization and scale-up for production of rabies vaccine live adenovirus vector (AdRG1.3). Vaccine 30(2): 300-306. Ansorge S., Lanthier S., Transfiguracion J., Durocher Y., Olivier Henry O. and Kamen A.(2009) Development of a Scalable Process for High Yield Lentiviral Vector Production by Transient Transfection of HEK293 Suspension Cultures? Journal of Gene Medicine 11(10):868-76. 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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URL: From grace.flynn at mcgill.ca Tue Apr 29 13:24:15 2014 From: grace.flynn at mcgill.ca (Grace Flynn, Ms.) Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2014 17:24:15 +0000 Subject: [BIC-announce] BIC Faculty/Council Meeting and Agenda - Friday, May 2, 2014 Message-ID: <62422BA66D0FA84596DBC5A0229CE79F4DFFD575@EXMBX2010-6.campus.MCGILL.CA> On behalf of Sylvain Baillet: Hello All: For your information, the next joint BIC Faculty/Council meeting will be held this Friday, May, 2, 2014 While the meeting is open only to BIC Faculty and Council members, please see the following tentative agenda, and be in contact with your representatives should you have inquiries or requests. Tentative Agenda: - Response from the Principal, the Provost and the Dean to BIC petition letter (April 8, 2014) - Financial support from MNI - PET Unit: departures and recruitment; lab renovations - Update and input required for the CFI-MSI proposal (due May 19) - Finalization of MR Physicist recruitment - BIC anniversary: update and input required on budget and program Thank you, 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 christophe.grova at mcgill.ca Wed Apr 30 08:04:42 2014 From: christophe.grova at mcgill.ca (Christophe Grova) Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2014 12:04:42 +0000 Subject: [BIC-announce] Seminar in Biomedical Engineering - Wednesday April 30th - 1h pm - Room 333 In-Reply-To: <28090_1398699518_535E75FE_28090_90_5_9E1647EDA3EBB44AADA162CEC4C4222E3CA9F3F4@exmbx2010-9.campus.MCGILL.CA> References: <28090_1398699518_535E75FE_28090_90_5_9E1647EDA3EBB44AADA162CEC4C4222E3CA9F3F4@exmbx2010-9.campus.MCGILL.CA> Message-ID: <9E1647EDA3EBB44AADA162CEC4C4222E3CAA6253@EXMBX2010-6.campus.MCGILL.CA> Dear all, We will have our next Biomedical Engineering seminar today Wednesday ? April 30th, at 1 pm Location: Room 333 Lyman Duff Building (Biomedical Engineering Dpt, 3775 University Street). Speaker: Prof. Amine Kamen PhD, Department of Bioengineering, McGill University Dr. Kamen is candidate for associate membership in Biomedical Engineering department, so attendance from our staff members and their students is highly encouraged. Title: "Efficient production of viral vectors for gene delivery and vaccination" Abstract: HEK-293 cell lines have been widely used for over 30 years by the scientific community. Currently HEK-293 cells are the most efficient system for improved production of r-proteins and viral vector by large-scale transfection of suspension-growing cells in serum-free medium. Also, it is the most established cell line for the production of adeno- and adeno-associated viruses, retro-and lentiviruses for gene therapy application. Additionally HEK 293 cells sustain replication of many viruses that are evaluated as vaccines or viro-therapeutic agents. Consequently numerous viral vectors produced in HEK-293 cells have been approved for phase II and phase III clinical trials. In this presentation, we will discuss achievements in process developments to support the large scale manufacturing of viral vectors and vaccines. On-going efforts include characterizing the metabolism of HEK-293 cells in culture, design of efficient operating and feeding strategies, and the development of advanced monitoring tools. Beside viral vectors for gene delivery, recent data demonstrating the suitability of the HEK-293 cells for manufacturing vectored vaccines and influenza vaccine will be presented. Through different examples, the presentation will also discuss practises and experiences in supporting translational research. Key references: Chahal, P.S., Schulze, E., Tran, R., Montes, J., and Kamen,* A.A. (2014) Production of adeno-associated virus (AAV) serotypes by transient transfection of HEK293 cell suspension cultures for gene delivery. Journal of Virological Methods 196:163-173 Emma, P. and Kamen, A. (2013) Real-time monitoring of influenza virus production kinetics in HEK293 cell cultures. Biotechnology Progress 29(1): 275-284 Shen, C.F., Lanthier, S., Jacob, D., Montes, J., Beath, A., Beresford, A., and Kamen*, A. (2012) Process optimization and scale-up for production of rabies vaccine live adenovirus vector (AdRG1.3). Vaccine 30(2): 300-306. Ansorge S., Lanthier S., Transfiguracion J., Durocher Y., Olivier Henry O. and Kamen A.(2009) Development of a Scalable Process for High Yield Lentiviral Vector Production by Transient Transfection of HEK293 Suspension Cultures? Journal of Gene Medicine 11(10):868-76. 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: