[BIC-announce] [REMINDER] Feindel Brain Imaging Lecture @ The BIC (Mon-Apr-07, 1:00 pm, de Grandpré Communications Centre; "Neurovascular Coupling in the Human Brain" -- Dr. Kevin Whittingstall)

Sun Apr 6 20:48:27 EDT 2014

  *The Feindel Brain Imaging Lecture Series @ The BIC*

The Feindel Brain Imaging Lecture
Series<http://www.bic.mni.mcgill.ca/Seminars/BICLectureSeries>
features
informal lectures on brain imaging presented at the
Neuro<http://www.mni.mcgill.ca/>
's McConnell Brain Imaging Centre<http://www.bic.mni.mcgill.ca/Main/HomePage>
 (*BIC*) by experts in the field.

These lectures are named in honour of Dr. William
Feindel<http://publications.mcgill.ca/reporter/2014/01/dr-william-feindel-1918-2014/>
(1918-2014),
former Director of the Neuro (1972 -1984) and Founding Director of the BIC
(1984-88).  Dr.
Feindel<http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health-and-fitness/health/neurosurgeon-william-feindel-was-an-explorer-of-the-mind/article16764683/>'s
presence and contribution will be greatly missed at our weekly Brain
Imaging Lectures <http://www.bic.mni.mcgill.ca/Seminars/BICLectureSeries>,
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*)<http://www.bic.mni.mcgill.ca/Seminars/OpenMethodsMeetups>: 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 Grandpré Communications Centre
<http://neuromedia.mcgill.ca/mnibooking/facdirections/dgccdir.htm>  (3801
University Street, Montreal, QC, H3A 2B4) on Monday, April the 7th,
starting at 1:00 pm.  *

*At that time, **Dr. Kevin Whittingstall
<http://www.chairs-chaires.gc.ca/chairholders-titulaires/profile-eng.aspx?profileId=2760>*
  *will be **describing his work on neurovascular coupling in the human
brain (see abstract and bio below). *

Cheers!
Aki

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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
edX<https://www.edx.org/>course on the topic of Introduction
to Biomedical Imaging<https://www.edx.org/course/uqx/uqx-bioimg101x-introduction-biomedical-1429?utm_source=edX+Course+Announcements+Mailing+List&utm_campaign=37a3f1030d-Student_Newsletter_March_23_2014_3_21_2014&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_237694b56d-37a3f1030d-53263989>
which
is just starting.  The faculty for this course will include BIC and Neuro
alumni Dr. David Reutens <http://www.cai.uq.edu.au/reutens> and Dr. Andrew
Janke <http://www.cai.uq.edu.au/janke>.

---------------------------------
*Neurovascular Coupling in the Human Brain*
*Prof. Kevin Whittingstall, Assistant Professor, U of Sherbrooke*
*Monday Apr 07 @ 1pm (MNI, deGranpré, 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 Université de Sherbrooke in Québec, 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 Tübingen, 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.

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*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 Grandpré
Communications Centre of The Neuro. **For more information and links to
PDFs of the presentations, please visit our website
<http://www.bic.mni.mcgill.ca/Seminars/BICLectureSeries>.*

 ---) 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. François 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<http://scholar.google.ca/citations?sortby=pubdate&hl=en&user=BcVBulQAAAAJ&view_op=list_works>
   www.zcaramanos.com
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