From caramanos at gmail.com Mon Feb 3 00:16:44 2014 From: caramanos at gmail.com (Zografos 'Aki' CARAMANOS) Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2014 00:16:44 -0500 Subject: [BIC-announce] =?iso-8859-1?q?=5BTODAY=5D_BIC_Lecture_Series_=28M?= =?iso-8859-1?q?on-Feb-03=2C_1=3A00_pm=2C_de_Grandpr=E9_Communicati?= =?iso-8859-1?q?ons_Centre=3B_=22Physiological_Noise_Correction_in_?= =?iso-8859-1?q?Resting_State_fMRI=22_--_Dr=2E_Naj_Mahani=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 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 labs to transfer knowledge and to get to know one another. 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, February the 3rd, starting at 1:00 pm**. * *At that time, **Dr. Naj Mahani will present some of her work examining **physiological-noise correction in resting-state fMRI.* Cheers! Aki PS - Please let me know if you are interested in presenting a future BIC Lecture or leading a future OMM (see below for currently available slots). ------------------------------------------- *BIC Lecture Series: Winter/Spring-2014 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 .* ---) 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) Mar-03: *OMM: Matlab vs. Python for Brain Imaging Experiments* -- TBA 09) Mar-10: *OMM: **An Introduction to Automatic Segmentation of Brain MRI* -- Mr. Colm Elliott 10) Mar-17: *OMM: CIVET 2.0, An Automated Pipeline For Structural Human MRI* -- Dr. Lindsay Lewis 11) Mar-24: *OMM: Why Use PET? Research in Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders* -- Mr. Paul Gravel 12) Mar-31: *OMM: Multivariate Pattern Analysis of fMRI using Python* -- Mr. Mike E. Klein 13) Apr-07: *To Be Announced* -- TBA 14) Apr-14: *OHBM Data Blitz* -- TBA ---) Apr-21: *No Lecture** -- Easter Monday* 15) Apr-28: *To Be Announced* -- TBA 16) May-05: *OMM: MEG/EEG Analysis* -- Mr. Fran?ois Tadel ---) May-12: *No Lecture** -- ISMRM in Milan* ---) May-19: *No Lecture** -- Victoria Day* 17) May-26: *To Be Announced* -- TBA 18) Jun-02: *To Be Announced* -- TBA 19) Jun-09: *To Be Announced* -- TBA 20) Jun-16: *To Be Announced* -- TBA 21) Jun-23: *To Be Announced* -- TBA 22) Jun-30: *To Be Announced* -- TBA -- 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 Feb 3 11:16:17 2014 From: christophe.grova at mcgill.ca (Christophe Grova) Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2014 16:16:17 +0000 Subject: [BIC-announce] Seminar in Biomedical Engineering - Wednesday Feb 5th - 1h pm - Room 333 Message-ID: <9E1647EDA3EBB44AADA162CEC4C4222E2D32C7B6@exmbx2010-8.campus.MCGILL.CA> Dear all, We will have our next Biomedical Engineering seminar this coming Wednesday Wednesday ? Feb 5th, at 1 pm Location: Room 333 Lyman Duff Building (Biomedical Engineering Dpt, 3775 University Street). Speaker: Dr David J. Pearsall, PhD, Associate Professor Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education, McGill University, Montr?al, Canada Title: "Ice skates and skating: functional movement analysis and product design" Abstract: Innovations in sport and recreational products are influenced in large part by technical advances including original designs, the incorporation of new synthetic polymer materials or metal alloys, and / or the utilization of novel manufacturing and construction processes (May, 2000). Any or all of these changes to the product may have a profound effect on performance, safety and economic viability (Minetti, 2004; Verslius, 2005). Biomechanics can play an important function in new product development; however, its influence on the end product is often uncertain (Shorten, 2005). The purpose of this presentation is to provide examples of studies where biomechanical concepts can lead to innovations in product development, drawing from personal experience in ice hockey skate equipment research. Controlled human based studies of working designs may provide validation (or rejection) of theory concepts. An excellent example is seen in the concept-to-product development of the speed "klap" skate (de Koning et al, 1991; van Ingen Schenau et al, 1996). From an inherited body of biomechanics knowledge (walking, running and vertical jump), these researchers identified limitations to lower limb propulsion imposed by the structural design of conventional fixed blade skates. Several concept designs were tested, specifically focused at bypassing the former skate's ergonomic constraints. Compelling performance enhancement was demonstrated as world time records were shattered by athletes wearing the klap skate. Inspired by their work, we have adopted a similar approach to link footwear skate properties to human performance. In the context of ice hockey, skating involves varied direction and speed transitions (unlike speed skating that involves essentially only forward and left turns). Thus, the general question directing our research has been "how can skate design optimize "fit" for comfort, effective force transmission and skate control?" Having identified the mechanical outcomes desired, materials of varied stiffness and elastic properties, for example, can be assessed for different parts of the skate boot in terms of the above criteria. During my presentation I will provide several examples of recent studies addressing the above goal, as well as identify strategies to effectively communicate relevant scientific findings to both the collaborating industry partners (designers, manufacturing, marketing, intellectual property) and end users (Shorten, 2005). References: de Koning et al. (1991) J Biomech, 24(2), 137. May M (2000) Scientific Amer 74-79. Minetti AE (2004) J Exp Biology 207: 1265-1272 Shorten, M (2005) Symp of the Functional Footwear Group, Cleveland, Ohio. van Ingen Schenau et al. (1996) Med Sci Sports Exe, 28(4): 531. Versluis C (2005) Technovation 25:1183-1192 A list of upcoming seminars can be found at : http://www.mcgill.ca/bme/news/seminars See you there Christophe Grova *************************** Christophe Grova, PhD Assistant Professor Biomedical Engineering Dpt Neurology and Neurosurgery Dpt Multimodal Functional Imaging Lab (Multi FunkIm) Montreal Neurological Institute Centre de Recherches en Math?matiques Biomedical Engineering Department - Room 304 McGill University 3775 University Street, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3A 2B4 email : christophe.grova at mcgill.ca tel : (514) 398 2516 fax : (514) 398 7461 Web: http://www.bic.mni.mcgill.ca/ResearchLabsMFIL/PeopleChristophe http://www.bmed.mcgill.ca/ MultiFunkIm Lab: http://www.bic.mni.mcgill.ca/ResearchLabsMFIL/HomePage *************************** [X] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From christophe.grova at mcgill.ca Wed Feb 5 08:24:06 2014 From: christophe.grova at mcgill.ca (Christophe Grova) Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2014 08:24:06 -0500 Subject: [BIC-announce] Seminar in Biomedical Engineering - Wednesday Feb 5th - 1h pm - Room 333 In-Reply-To: <10543_1391444811_52EFC34B_10543_164_5_9E1647EDA3EBB44AADA162CEC4C4222E2D32C7B6@exmbx2010-8.campus.MCGILL.CA> References: <10543_1391444811_52EFC34B_10543_164_5_9E1647EDA3EBB44AADA162CEC4C4222E2D32C7B6@exmbx2010-8.campus.MCGILL.CA> Message-ID: Dear all, We will have our next Biomedical Engineering seminar today Wednesday ? Feb 5th, at 1 pm Location: Room 333 Lyman Duff Building (Biomedical Engineering Dpt, 3775 University Street). Speaker: Dr David J. Pearsall, PhD, Associate Professor Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education, McGill University, Montr?al, Canada Title: "Ice skates and skating: functional movement analysis and product design" Abstract: Innovations in sport and recreational products are influenced in large part by technical advances including original designs, the incorporation of new synthetic polymer materials or metal alloys, and / or the utilization of novel manufacturing and construction processes (May, 2000). Any or all of these changes to the product may have a profound effect on performance, safety and economic viability (Minetti, 2004; Verslius, 2005). Biomechanics can play an important function in new product development; however, its influence on the end product is often uncertain (Shorten, 2005). The purpose of this presentation is to provide examples of studies where biomechanical concepts can lead to innovations in product development, drawing from personal experience in ice hockey skate equipment research. Controlled human based studies of working designs may provide validation (or rejection) of theory concepts. An excellent example is seen in the concept-to-product development of the speed "klap" skate (de Koning et al, 1991; van Ingen Schenau et al, 1996). From an inherited body of biomechanics knowledge (walking, running and vertical jump), these researchers identified limitations to lower limb propulsion imposed by the structural design of conventional fixed blade skates. Several concept designs were tested, specifically focused at bypassing the former skate's ergonomic constraints. Compelling performance enhancement was demonstrated as world time records were shattered by athletes wearing the klap skate. Inspired by their work, we have adopted a similar approach to link footwear skate properties to human performance. In the context of ice hockey, skating involves varied direction and speed transitions (unlike speed skating that involves essentially only forward and left turns). Thus, the general question directing our research has been "how can skate design optimize "fit" for comfort, effective force transmission and skate control?" Having identified the mechanical outcomes desired, materials of varied stiffness and elastic properties, for example, can be assessed for different parts of the skate boot in terms of the above criteria. During my presentation I will provide several examples of recent studies addressing the above goal, as well as identify strategies to effectively communicate relevant scientific findings to both the collaborating industry partners (designers, manufacturing, marketing, intellectual property) and end users (Shorten, 2005). References: de Koning et al. (1991) J Biomech, 24(2), 137. May M (2000) Scientific Amer 74-79. Minetti AE (2004) J Exp Biology 207: 1265-1272 Shorten, M (2005) Symp of the Functional Footwear Group, Cleveland, Ohio. van Ingen Schenau et al. (1996) Med Sci Sports Exe, 28(4): 531. Versluis C (2005) Technovation 25:1183-1192 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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From The BAW committee / Le comit? de la Semaine cerveau en t?te wrote: *Recruitment Announcement * please see http://www.bic.mni.mcgill.ca/News/20140205001 Darya Naumova Volunteer Recruitment Team BAW/ CeT 2014 brainawarenessmontreal.com facebook.com/BrainAwarenessMontreal twitter.com/BAMontreal From caramanos at gmail.com Thu Feb 6 00:19:38 2014 From: caramanos at gmail.com (Zografos 'Aki' CARAMANOS) Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2014 00:19:38 -0500 Subject: [BIC-announce] =?iso-8859-1?q?BIC_Lecture_Series_=28Mon-Feb-10=2C?= =?iso-8859-1?q?_1=3A00_pm=2C_de_Grandpr=E9_Communications_Centre?= =?iso-8859-1?q?=3B_=22Functional_Imaging_of_the_Sleeping_and_Sleep?= =?iso-8859-1?q?-Disordered_Brain=22_--_Dr=2E_Thien_Thanh_Dang-Vu?= =?iso-8859-1?q?=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 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 labs to transfer knowledge and to get to know one another. 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, February the 10th, starting at 1:00 pm**. * *At that time, **Dr. Thien Thanh Dang-Vu will present some of his work on **functional imaging of the sleeping, and of the sleep-disordered, brain.* Cheers! Aki PS - Please let me know if you are interested in presenting a future BIC Lecture or leading a future OMM (see below for currently available slots). ------------------------------------------- *BIC Lecture Series: Winter/Spring-2014 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 .* ---) 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) Mar-03: *OMM: Matlab vs. Python for Brain Imaging Experiments* -- TBA 09) Mar-10: *OMM: **An Introduction to Automatic Segmentation of Brain MRI* -- Mr. Colm Elliott 10) Mar-17: *OMM: CIVET 2.0, An Automated Pipeline For Structural Human MRI* -- Dr. Lindsay Lewis 11) Mar-24: *OMM: Why Use PET? Research in Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders* -- Mr. Paul Gravel 12) Mar-31: *OMM: Multivariate Pattern Analysis of fMRI using Python* -- Mr. Mike E. Klein 13) Apr-07: *To Be Announced* -- Dr. Kevin Whittingstall 14) Apr-14: *OHBM Data Blitz* -- TBA ---) Apr-21: *No Lecture** -- Easter Monday* ---) Apr-28: *No Lecture** -- Neuropsychology Day* 15) May-05: *OMM: MEG/EEG Analysis* -- Mr. Fran?ois Tadel ---) May-12: *No Lecture** -- ISMRM in Milan* ---) May-19: *No Lecture** -- Victoria Day* 16) May-26: *To Be Announced* -- TBA 17) Jun-02: *To Be Announced* -- TBA 18) Jun-09: *To Be Announced* -- TBA 19) Jun-16: *To Be Announced* -- TBA 20) Jun-23: *To Be Announced* -- TBA 21) Jun-30: *To Be Announced* -- TBA -- 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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Two suggestions include: - the "BIC-Feindel Lecture Series". - the "The Feindel Lecture Series @ the BIC". Visit our SurveyMonkey site to vote for your favourite, or to suggest another title for consideration, as well as to share any thoughts and memories you may have about Dr. Feindel. Thank you for your input, and please encourage your colleagues at the BIC and the Neuro, current and past, to add their input as well. Please let me know if you have any questions or need any further information, Aki PS - For more information on Dr. Feindel, please visit: - http://publications.mcgill.ca/reporter/2014/01/dr-william-feindel-1918-2014/ - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Feindel - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MoZ-5OhUC8 - http://www.behance.net/gallery/Neuro-portraits-William-Feindel/10906655 -- 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 event of the season, which will be held in The Neuro's de Grandpr? Communications Centre (3801 University Street, Montreal, QC, H3A 2B4) on *Monday, February the 10th, starting at 1:00 pm**. * *At that time, **Dr. Thien Thanh Dang-Vu will present some of his work on **functional imaging of the sleeping, and of the sleep-disordered, brain.* Cheers! Aki PS - Please let me know if you are interested in presenting a future Feindel Brain Imaging Lecture @ The BIC or leading a future OMM (see below for currently available slots). -------------------------------------------------------------------------- *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 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) Mar-03: *OMM: Matlab vs. Python for Brain Imaging Experiments* -- TBA 09) Mar-10: *OMM: **An Introduction to Automatic Segmentation of Brain MRI* -- Mr. Colm Elliott 10) Mar-17: *OMM: CIVET 2.0, An Automated Pipeline For Structural Human MRI* -- Dr. Lindsay Lewis 11) Mar-24: *OMM: Why Use PET? Research in Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders* -- Mr. Paul Gravel 12) Mar-31: *OMM: Multivariate Pattern Analysis of fMRI using Python* -- Mr. Mike E. Klein 13) Apr-07: *To Be Announced* -- Dr. Kevin Whittingstall 14) Apr-14: *OHBM Data Blitz* -- TBA ---) Apr-21: *No Lecture** -- Easter Monday* ---) Apr-28: *No Lecture** -- Neuropsychology Day* 15) May-05: *OMM: MEG/EEG Analysis* -- Mr. Fran?ois Tadel ---) May-12: *No Lecture** -- ISMRM in Milan* ---) May-19: *No Lecture** -- Victoria Day* 16) May-26: *To Be Announced* -- TBA 17) Jun-02: *To Be Announced* -- TBA 18) Jun-09: *To Be Announced* -- TBA 19) Jun-16: *To Be Announced* -- TBA 20) Jun-23: *To Be Announced* -- TBA 21) Jun-30: *To Be Announced* -- TBA -- 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 francois.tadel at mcgill.ca Mon Feb 10 13:19:44 2014 From: francois.tadel at mcgill.ca (=?windows-1252?Q?Fran=E7ois_Tadel?=) Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2014 13:19:44 -0500 Subject: [BIC-announce] =?windows-1252?q?Festival_Eureka=3A_Appel_d=27int?= =?windows-1252?q?=E9r=EAt?= Message-ID: <52F91840.5020204@mcgill.ca> Hello, The Eureka festival is looking for speakers: June 13-15, Montreal Old-Port. http://www.festivaleureka.ca/ https://www.facebook.com/#!/festivaleureka?fref=ts If you are interested in participating, please contact Marie-Eve Poirier: mepoirier at vieuxportdemontreal.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- La 8e ?dition du Festival Eur?ka! qui aura lieu du 13 au 15 juin prochain est en cours de pr?paration. En juin dernier, en l?espace de 3 jours seulement, c?est pr?s de 86 000 visiteurs qui ont particip? ? la 7e ?dition de cette grande f?te de la science et de la technologie. Nous sommes pr?sentement ? la recherche de conf?renciers qui ?uvrent en science et qui ont l?habitude de s?adresser aux jeunes ou ? un public familial. Si ce d?fi vous int?resse, nous serions heureux de recevoir vos propositions jusqu?au 12 f?vrier! Information g?n?rale sur le Festival Eur?ka: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1EbbQadHeSKSkFNT3I5ZGlMZk0/edit?usp=sharing Format des conf?rences participatives: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1EbbQadHeSKU2JTLTV2bFlwWFk/edit?usp=sharing Pour nous faire part de votre int?r?t : https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1acgGAYjgzw-dtVgdIQd0LPLF6n7ojQeoob8OehTRWxA/viewform ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The 8th edition of the Eureka! Festival that will be taking place between June 13th and June 15th of this year is actually being planned. Last June, in only 3 days, it is almost 86 000 visitors who participated in the 7th edition of this great celebration of science and technology. We are actually looking for speakers in the scientific field who are used to address to youth and family audiences. If you are interested by this challenge, we would love to hear your propositions until February 12th! General information on the festival: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1EbbQadHeSKLU5WcFpKTHZjZEE/edit?usp=sharing Interactive conferences format (French only): https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1EbbQadHeSKU2JTLTV2bFlwWFk/edit?usp=sharing To let us know if you are interested: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1ch5TPcdXZgRbH64R_7FicxHNndcv8-K8kDugHy_e-yA/viewform Marie-?ve Poirier Assistante de r?alisation | Production assistant T. 514-283-7068 F. 514-283-6590 mepoirier at vieuxportdemontreal.com From christophe.grova at mcgill.ca Tue Feb 11 06:57:31 2014 From: christophe.grova at mcgill.ca (Christophe Grova) Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2014 06:57:31 -0500 Subject: [BIC-announce] Seminar in Biomedical Engineering - Wednesday Feb 12th - 1h pm - Room 333 Message-ID: Dear all, We will have our next Biomedical Engineering seminar tomorrow Wednesday ? Feb 12th, at 1 pm Location: Room 333 Lyman Duff Building (Biomedical Engineering Dpt, 3775 University Street). Speaker: Dr T. Vanos, PhD, postdoctoral fellow under the supervision of Dr. C. Pack, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Canada Title: "Traveling waves in the macaque visual cortex optimize postsaccadic visual processing" Abstract: Traveling waves of neural activity are frequently evoked by the presentation of a sensory stimulus or the execution of a movement. Although such waves have been observed for decades, little is known about their function. Here we show that traveling waves in the extrastriate visual cortex provide a means of integrating sensory and motor signals. Specifically, we describe a traveling wave of local field potential (LFP) activity in cortical area V4 of macaque monkeys that is triggered by the execution of saccadic eye movements. The amplitudes of these waves encode the direction and size of each saccade, while their direction follows the V4 retinotopic map from fovea to periphery. As they propagate, the waves modulate the excitability of individual neurons, suggesting that they could provide a mechanism of prioritizing visual processing of stimuli that have been selected as the targets of saccades. Using single-neuron data, we also analyzed the strength and spatial organization of the functional connectivity within the V4 network. This analysis involved a previously published method, based on the nonlinear Volterra modeling approach. The results revealed that each saccade was associated with specific changes in single-neuron functional connectivity, which typically reorganized along a path parallel to the motion of the LFP wave. Taken together these results demonstrate that each saccade instantiates a dynamic reallocation of visual processing within area V4, modulated by the traveling wave. 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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Pack, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Canada Title: "Traveling waves in the macaque visual cortex optimize postsaccadic visual processing" Abstract: Traveling waves of neural activity are frequently evoked by the presentation of a sensory stimulus or the execution of a movement. Although such waves have been observed for decades, little is known about their function. Here we show that traveling waves in the extrastriate visual cortex provide a means of integrating sensory and motor signals. Specifically, we describe a traveling wave of local field potential (LFP) activity in cortical area V4 of macaque monkeys that is triggered by the execution of saccadic eye movements. The amplitudes of these waves encode the direction and size of each saccade, while their direction follows the V4 retinotopic map from fovea to periphery. As they propagate, the waves modulate the excitability of individual neurons, suggesting that they could provide a mechanism of prioritizing visual processing of stimuli that have been selected as the targets of saccades. Using single-neuron data, we also analyzed the strength and spatial organization of the functional connectivity within the V4 network. This analysis involved a previously published method, based on the nonlinear Volterra modeling approach. The results revealed that each saccade was associated with specific changes in single-neuron functional connectivity, which typically reorganized along a path parallel to the motion of the LFP wave. Taken together these results demonstrate that each saccade instantiates a dynamic reallocation of visual processing within area V4, modulated by the traveling wave. A list of upcoming seminars can be found at : http://www.mcgill.ca/bme/news/seminars See you there Christophe Grova *************************** Christophe Grova, PhD Assistant Professor Biomedical Engineering Dpt Neurology and Neurosurgery Dpt Multimodal Functional Imaging Lab (Multi FunkIm) Montreal Neurological Institute Centre de Recherches en Math?matiques Biomedical Engineering Department - Room 304 McGill University 3775 University Street, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3A 2B4 email : christophe.grova at mcgill.ca tel : (514) 398 2516 fax : (514) 398 7461 Web: http://www.bic.mni.mcgill.ca/ResearchLabsMFIL/PeopleChristophe http://www.bmed.mcgill.ca/ MultiFunkIm Lab: http://www.bic.mni.mcgill.ca/ResearchLabsMFIL/HomePage *************************** -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From sylvain.baillet at mcgill.ca Wed Feb 12 15:37:37 2014 From: sylvain.baillet at mcgill.ca (Sylvain Baillet, Dr) Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2014 20:37:37 +0000 Subject: [BIC-announce] Feb 21st - Farewell party for Joe Makkerh References: <7168_1392236872_52FBD948_7168_41_6_BF6BA20FA8CCB049A1655C66A5A0F09C370BC0A8@exmbx2010-9.campus.MCGILL.CA> Message-ID: Sad to see Joe go: Please join us in a farewell to thank and honour Joe Makkerh who will be leaving McGill's Integrated Program in Neuroscience at the end of the month. Joe was instrumental in helping launch the IPN and making it the success it is today. Many BIC graduate students are grateful for his enthusiasm and energy. Date: February 21, 2014 Time: 5:30 p.m. Location: Helen Penfield Atrium The Neuro We look forward to seeing you there! https://www.mcgill.ca/ipn/ ----------------------- Sylvain Baillet, PhD MNI Killam and FRSQ Senior Scholar Interim Director, McConnell Brain Imaging Centre Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From caramanos at gmail.com Thu Feb 13 03:00:57 2014 From: caramanos at gmail.com (Zografos 'Aki' CARAMANOS) Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2014 03:00:57 -0500 Subject: [BIC-announce] The Feindel Brain Imaging Lecture Series @ The BIC Message-ID: Hello again. Thank you to everyone who participated in the survey that was circulated at the end of last week regarding the renaming of the BIC Lecture Series in honour of Dr. William Feindel (1918-2014), Former Director of the Neuro (1972-1984) and Founding Director of the McConnell Brain Imaging Centre (*BIC*, 1984-1988). As you can see below in blue, there was overwhelming support for the renaming of the BIC Lecture Series in his honour. Taking into consideration the number of votes cast for our two suggested naming-choices and the respondent-supplied alternative suggestions (both shown below in green); as well as trying to avoid any naming conflict with the Neuro's "William Feindel Lecture", and the Quebec Bio-Imaging Network's "William Feindel Neuroimaging Lecture"; a decision was taken at this past Monday's BIC Council Committee Meeting to formally rename the "BIC Lecture Series" as "*The Feindel Brain Imaging Lecture Series @ The BIC*". This was formally announced later that afternoon by Dr. Sylvain Baillet, Interim Director of the BIC, during his introduction of Dr. Thien Thanh Dang-Vu, who, in turn, gave an excellent lecture on "The Functional Imaging of the Sleeping and Sleep-Disordered Brain" -- which was the first in what is sure to be a long line of excellent lectures honouring Dr. Feindel's memory. Thank you also to those respondents who contributed a short note regarding their thoughts and memories of Dr. Feindel (see below in purple). For anyone who might not have had the opportunity to do so before, and would like to do so now, please visit this linkwhere you can add your thoughts and memories regarding this Great Man who will be greatly missed. Please forward this to anyone whom you think might be interested. Thank you for you attention and participation, and please let me know if you need any further information. Aki -- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *1. Are you in favour of renaming our "BIC Lecture Series" in honour of Dr. Feindel's many contributions to the McConnell Brain Imaging Centre? * Answer Choices- Responses- 5 - Completely in favour 76% 76 4 - Very much in favour 14% 14 3 - Moderately in favour 8% 8 2 - Slightly in favour 2% 2 1 - Not at all in favour 0% 0 Total 100 *2. Which title do you prefer, or do you have an alternate suggestion?* Answer Choices- Responses- 1 - The BIC-Feindel Lecture Series 30% 30 2 - The Feindel Lecture Series @ the BIC 54% 54 Responses Alternate suggestion: 16% 16 *Alternate Suggestions:* The BIC Feindel Lecture Series The Feindel Brain Imaging Centre lectures The Feindel brain imaging lectures The Feindel honorary BIC Lecture Series THe Feindel Lecture in Neuroimaging The Feindel Lecture series The Feindel Lecture Series The Feindel Lecture Series The Feindel lecture series on brain imaging The Feindel Lecture Series. The Feindel Lectures The Feindel-BIC Lecture Series The Neuroimaging Feindel Lecture The W.Feindel-BIC lectures The William Feindel BIC Lecture Series The William Feindel Brain Imaging Lecture Series The William Feindel Lecture Series on Brain Imaging *3. Do you have any thoughts or memories about Dr. Feindel that you would like to share?* -------- WILL BE MISSED 2/7/2014 1:05 PM -------- I miss him greatly. I think he is one of the few great ones that linked the future of the MNI with the past. That link is ever diminishing. But he will not be forgotten. 2/7/2014 12:48 PM -------- Dr Feindel's pioneering efforts in brain imaging (PET, CT, and intra-operative fluorescein angiography -- to name just a few) will be wonderfully honoured by this named lecture series. 2/7/2014 12:12 PM -------- He was a remarkable man - a true curious mind and a gentleman.he will be greatly missed. 2/7/2014 12:08 PM -------- His exuberance for life and learning was inspiring. I will greatly miss his presence and the times he would pop in to my office to say hello. 2/7/2014 12:07 PM -------- I have a fun souvenir of Dr. Feindel at a Neuro party in a Hotel downtown, many, many years ago. He did a striptease behind a green O.R.sterile drape;all you could see was was his red running shoes while he was throwing pieces of clothing over the top of the drape! He knew how to have a good laugh. He was also extremely generous, remembering and thanking all the departments of the hospital during the holiday season. 2/6/2014 5:20 PM -------- Every time I would attend a BIC lecture, I knew I would see Dr. Feindel seated beside Brenda Milner in the front row. This memory warms my heart. 2/6/2014 12:07 PM -------- a great researcher and a great man 2/6/2014 11:23 AM -------- Sadly missed by many, Dr. Feindel was a very good and loyal employee; a very funny man with an extraordinary gift of storytelling; and was able to put everyone he encountered in a good mood. 2/6/2014 11:16 AM -------- I will always remember Dr. Feindel as a bright and kind man, in equal parts. He was a true gentleman. I fondly can recall my first encounter with him - I was running to catch the elevators, and he saw me, and as the elevator doors closed he stepped out his foot on the floor, in between the doors to keep it open. He would have had no idea whether I was a student, a family member, a patient, or a staff, but this did not stop him from risking his foot between the elevator doors. As I breathlessly thanked him, he smiled cordially, and explained, partly apologetic, that he could not use his hands to keep the doors open because as a surgeon you learn to protect your greatest asset: your hands. I later learned that this distinguished elderly man who told me, rather casually, that he used to be a surgeon was The Great William Feindel. I like to think of this first encounter as a metaphor for how he treated his colleagues and students at the MNI in general: holding the doors open to let people in. I also think that this story speaks to his character - that of an inclusive and welcoming individual. I think that, much like he thought of his hands as his greatest asset, Dr. Feindel was in so many ways one of the greatest assets of the MNI. 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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 event of the season, which will be held in The Neuro's de Grandpr? Communications Centre (3801 University Street, Montreal, QC, H3A 2B4) on *Monday, February the 17th, starting at 1:00 pm**. * *At that time, **Ms. Ilana Leppert will lead an OMM on analysing diffusion data with MINC Tools**.* Cheers! Aki PS - Please let me know if you are interested in presenting a future Feindel Brain Imaging Lecture @ The BIC or leading a future OMM (see below for currently available slots). --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *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 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) Mar-03: *OMM: Matlab vs. Python for Brain Imaging Experiments* -- TBA 09) Mar-10: *OMM: **An Introduction to Automatic Segmentation of Brain MRI* -- Mr. Colm Elliott 10) Mar-17: *OMM: CIVET 2.0, An Automated Pipeline For Structural Human MRI* -- Dr. Lindsay Lewis 11) Mar-24: *OMM: Why Use PET? Research in Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders* -- Mr. Paul Gravel 12) Mar-31: *OMM: Multivariate Pattern Analysis of fMRI using Python* -- Mr. Mike E. Klein 13) Apr-07: *Neurovascular Coupling in the Human Brain* -- Dr. Kevin Whittingstall 14) Apr-14: *To Be Announced* -- TBA 15) Tue-Apr-22: *To Be Announced* -- TBA ---) Apr-28: *No Lecture** -- Neuropsychology Day* 16) May-05: *OMM: MEG/EEG Analysis* -- Mr. Fran?ois Tadel ---) May-12: *No Lecture** -- ISMRM in Milan* 17) Tue-May-20: *OHBM Data Blitz* -- TBA 18) May-26: *OMM: MEM Brainstorm Plug-In for EEG/MEG Source Localization*-- Dr. Jean Marc Lina and Dr. Christophe Grova 19) Jun-02: *To Be Announced* -- TBA 20) Jun-09: *To Be Announced* -- TBA 21) Jun-16: *To Be Announced* -- TBA 22) Jun-23: *To Be Announced* -- TBA 23) Jun-30: *To Be Announced* -- TBA -- 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 Thu Feb 13 14:02:00 2014 From: caramanos at gmail.com (Zografos 'Aki' CARAMANOS) Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2014 14:02:00 -0500 Subject: [BIC-announce] =?iso-8859-1?q?=5BCORRECTION=5D_Feindel_Brain_Imag?= =?iso-8859-1?q?ing_Lecture_Series_=40_The_BIC_=28Mon-Feb-17=2C_1?= =?iso-8859-1?q?=3A00_pm=2C_de_Grandpr=E9_Communications_Centre=3B_?= =?iso-8859-1?q?=22_OMM=3A_Diffusion_Analysis_with_MINC_Tools=22_--?= =?iso-8859-1?q?_Ms=2E_Ilana_Leppert=29?= Message-ID: *The Feindel Brain Imaging Lecture Series @ The BIC* The 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 event of the season, which will be held in The Neuro's de Grandpr? Communications Centre (3801 University Street, Montreal, QC, H3A 2B4) on *Monday, February the 17th, starting at 1:00 pm**. * *At that time, **Ms. Ilana Leppert will lead an OMM on analysing diffusion data with MINC Tools**.* Cheers! Aki PS - Please let me know if you are interested in presenting a future Feindel Brain Imaging Lecture @ The BIC or leading a future OMM (see below for currently available slots). --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *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 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) Mar-03: *OMM: Matlab vs. Python for Brain Imaging Experiments* -- TBA 09) Mar-10: *OMM: **An Introduction to Automatic Segmentation of Brain MRI* -- Mr. Colm Elliott 10) Mar-17: *OMM: CIVET 2.0, An Automated Pipeline For Structural Human MRI* -- Dr. Lindsay Lewis 11) Mar-24: *OMM: Why Use PET? Research in Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders* -- Mr. Paul Gravel 12) Mar-31: *OMM: Multivariate Pattern Analysis of fMRI using Python* -- Mr. Mike E. Klein 13) Apr-07: *Neurovascular Coupling in the Human Brain* -- Dr. Kevin Whittingstall 14) Apr-14: *To Be Announced* -- TBA 15) Tue-Apr-22: *To Be Announced* -- TBA ---) Apr-28: *No Lecture** -- Neuropsychology Day* 16) May-05: *OMM: MEG/EEG Analysis* -- Mr. Fran?ois Tadel ---) May-12: *No Lecture** -- ISMRM in Milan* 17) Tue-May-20: *OHBM Data Blitz* -- TBA 18) May-26: *OMM: MEM Brainstorm Plug-In for EEG/MEG Source Localization*-- Dr. Jean Marc Lina and Dr. Christophe Grova 19) Jun-02: *To Be Announced* -- TBA 20) Jun-09: *To Be Announced* -- TBA 21) Jun-16: *To Be Announced* -- TBA 22) Jun-23: *To Be Announced* -- TBA 23) Jun-30: *To Be Announced* -- TBA -- 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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This is how it ends off: *"He also insisted, despite the fact that his mind was as sharp as ever, on being hospitalized at the Neuro, because he wanted to end his journey where it began - where he lived, where he found love, where he worked and where he drafted new maps of the mind for future generations to build on. "* Lots to build on! Aki -- 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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This message is a call for candidates for the following position: - Two External Trainees (PhD Student or Post-Doc), whose supervisors are not full Faculty members of the BIC (http://www.bic.mni.mcgill.ca/PeopleFaculty/HomePage). I will nominate the two representatives for the position. If you wish to become a candidate, please send your application (short bio and statement, 1 short paragraph each) toGrace.Flynn at mcgill.ca by Wednesday, February 19, 2014. Looking forward to hearing back from everyone. Regards, 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... 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We'll keep the wiki tool at http://bic.mni.mcgill.ca during the transition and thereafter, to feature more informal contents. I regret that the BIC cannot offer financial compensation for the time and energy: however this training and experience will look good on your CV and we can maybe trade some free scanning time for your projects. Please contact me directly if you are interested. Cheers, Sylvain. -------------- Sylvain Baillet, PhD MNI Killam and FRSQ Senior Scholar Interim Director, McConnell Brain Imaging Centre Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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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 event of the season, which will be held in The Neuro's de Grandpr? Communications Centre (3801 University Street, Montreal, QC, H3A 2B4) on *Monday, February the 17th, starting at 1:00 pm**. * *At that time, **Ms. Ilana Leppert will lead an OMM on analysing diffusion data with MINC Tools**.* Cheers! Aki PS - Please let me know if you are interested in presenting a future Feindel Brain Imaging Lecture @ The BIC or leading a future OMM (see below for currently available slots). --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *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 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) Mar-03: *OMM: Matlab vs. Python for Brain Imaging Experiments* -- TBA 09) Mar-10: *OMM: **An Introduction to Automatic Tissue-Classification of Brain MRI* -- Mr. Colm Elliott 10) Mar-17: *OMM: CIVET 2.0, An Automated Pipeline For Structural Human MRI* -- Dr. Lindsay Lewis 11) Mar-24: *OMM: Why Use PET? Research in Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders* -- Mr. Paul Gravel 12) Mar-31: *OMM: Multivariate Pattern Analysis of fMRI using Python* -- Mr. Mike E. Klein 13) Apr-07: *Neurovascular Coupling in the Human Brain* -- Dr. Kevin Whittingstall 14) Apr-14: *To Be Announced* -- TBA 15) Tue-Apr-22: *To Be Announced* -- TBA ---) Apr-28: *No Lecture** -- Neuropsychology Day* 16) May-05: *OMM: MEG/EEG Analysis* -- Mr. Fran?ois Tadel ---) May-12: *No Lecture** -- ISMRM in Milan* 17) Tue-May-20: *OHBM Data Blitz* -- TBA 18) May-26: *OMM: MEM Brainstorm Plug-In for EEG/MEG Source Localization*-- Dr. Jean Marc Lina and Dr. Christophe Grova 19) Jun-02: *To Be Announced* -- TBA 20) Jun-09: *To Be Announced* -- TBA 21) Jun-16: *To Be Announced* -- TBA 22) Jun-23: *To Be Announced* -- TBA 23) Jun-30: *To Be Announced* -- TBA -- 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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David Maillet will present, "Investigation of the role of medial frontal cortex during episodic encoding in young and older adults" *Note: Dr. Alice Cronin-Golomb's lecture, initially scheduled for this Wednesday, has been rescheduled to Wednesday March 12th @3pm in the Jeanne Timmins Amphitheatre. Coffee and cookies will be served. See below for upcoming talks and information about our public calendar. If you are interested in presenting your work this semester, there are still slots available. Student presentations are highly encouraged. Please email myself, Emily Coffey (emz.coffey at mail.mcgill.ca), or Kim Miredin (kmiredin at gmail.com) to schedule your talk. Thank you! Meera Meera Paleja, B.Sc. (Hons.), M.A., PhD. Postdoctoral Research Fellow Montreal Neurological Institute 3801 Rue University H3A 2B4 Montreal, Canada Phone: (514) 398-5918 email: meera.paleja at mcgill.ca Cognition and Circuits Lecture Series: Upcoming Talks Wednesday February 26th @ 3pm, Jeanne Timmins Amphitheatre Dr. Simon Ducharme will present, "The study of cortical thickness as a biomarker of cognition and neuropsychiatric symptoms in aging and dementia" Wednesday March 5th- no lecture (March Break) Wednesday March 12th @ 3pm, Jeanne Timmins Amphitheatre Dr. Alice Cronin-Golomb (title TBA) If you use an electronic calendar, you can keep track of Cognition and Circuits Seminars using our public calendar in one of a variety of ways: If you are a Google calendar user, the ID is: mnicogneuro at gmail.com You can copy and paste this into any feed reader: https://www.google.com/calendar/feeds/mnicogneuro%40gmail.com/public/basic You can copy and paste this into any calendar product that supports the iCal format: https://www.google.com/calendar/ical/mnicogneuro%40gmail.com/public/basic.ics To access the calendar in any web browser: https://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=mnicogneuro%40gmail.com&ctz=America/Toronto -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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I will first propose a mathematical model that captures the interactions of laminar-specific excitatory and inhibitory neuronal populations, and estimate this model from evoked LFP recorded in rat area S1. I will then quantify intra- and inter-laminar spontaneous phase-phase, amplitude-amplitude (AAC) and phase-amplitude (PAC) couplings, and their influence on optically measured hemodynamic signals. Spontaneous LFP in layers 2/3-5a and 6 formed 2 clusters whose interaction can be captured by a model of two weakly coupled oscillators. PAC was especially high between the theta and fast-gamma bands. Intra- and inter-laminar PAC and AAC involving layers 2/3-5a were higher than those involving layer 6. Of the three CFC modalities, PAC in layers 2/3-5a provided the most consistent link between low and high-frequency oscillations. PAC showed the strongest influence on hemodynamic signals. Our findings emphasize the strong influence of anatomical connectivity on functional connectivity between cortical layers. They further indicate that intra- and inter-laminar PAC may play a role in neurophysiology-based resting-state functional-connectivity and in the mechanisms underlying its functional-MRI counterpart. 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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Shmuel, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Canada Title: "Modeling and analysis of neurovascular processes at the meso-scale" Abstract: Resting-state functional connectivity involves cross-frequency coupling (CFC) of local-field potentials (LFP); however, the underlying laminar-specific mechanisms remain poorly understood. I will first propose a mathematical model that captures the interactions of laminar-specific excitatory and inhibitory neuronal populations, and estimate this model from evoked LFP recorded in rat area S1. I will then quantify intra- and inter-laminar spontaneous phase-phase, amplitude-amplitude (AAC) and phase-amplitude (PAC) couplings, and their influence on optically measured hemodynamic signals. Spontaneous LFP in layers 2/3-5a and 6 formed 2 clusters whose interaction can be captured by a model of two weakly coupled oscillators. PAC was especially high between the theta and fast-gamma bands. Intra- and inter-laminar PAC and AAC involving layers 2/3-5a were higher than those involving layer 6. Of the three CFC modalities, PAC in layers 2/3-5a provided the most consistent link between low and high-frequency oscillations. PAC showed the strongest influence on hemodynamic signals. Our findings emphasize the strong influence of anatomical connectivity on functional connectivity between cortical layers. They further indicate that intra- and inter-laminar PAC may play a role in neurophysiology-based resting-state functional-connectivity and in the mechanisms underlying its functional-MRI counterpart. 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This bilingual event is free and everyone is welcome! Refreshments will be served and live music will be playing! Find us on Facebook! ? https://www.facebook.com/events/219840504874864/ Pourquoi est-il douloureux de voir quelqu'un qui souffre? Comment l'empathie est-elle implant?e dans notre cerveau? Et qu'en est-il des autres ?motions telles la col?re et la crainte ? Pouvons-nous distinguer les personnes qui ont des comportements agressifs et de celles qui n'en ont pas en ?tudiant leurs cerveaux ? Comment d?veloppons-nous des comportements antisociaux ou, au contraire, des comportements sociaux id?aux? Rejoignez-nous pour le premier Caf? Scientifique de Cerveau en T?te 2014 lors duquel les neurologistes ?m?rites, Jorge Armony Ph. D. , Jeffrey Mogil Ph. D. et Jean Seguin Ph. D. discuteront de la fa?on dont les relations sociales se d?veloppent et ?voluent dans notre cerveau. Apr?s une br?ve pr?sentation, ils r?pondront aux questions du public. Rejoignez-nous Mardi le 11 mars, ? 19 :00 ? Cabaret Playhouse (5656 Avenue Du Parc, Montreal) pour une soir?e divertissante et enrichissante. Cet ?v?nement bilingue est gratuit. Tout le monde est la bienvenue! Rafra?chissements et musique en direct seront au rendez-vous! Suivez nous sur Facebook! ? https://www.facebook.com/events/219840504874864/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From sylvain.baillet at mcgill.ca Wed Feb 19 13:51:57 2014 From: sylvain.baillet at mcgill.ca (Sylvain Baillet, Dr) Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2014 18:51:57 +0000 Subject: [BIC-announce] Fwd: 2014 Geddes and Davis Award winners References: <22704_1392817635_5304B5E3_22704_14_1_CF2A13DA.3694%maryam.tabrizian@mcgill.ca> Message-ID: <32ECC4B7-64A5-4C83-BC6A-D2D477766F5B@mcgill.ca> Kudos to Yiming Xiao, who just won one of the two 2014 John F. Davis Awards from McGill's Biomedical Engineering! Yiming, currently PhD student at the BIC in the Collins group, got this award for his paper entitled "Multicontrast multiecho FLASH MRI for targeting the sub-thalamic nucleus" published in Magnetic Resonance Imaging 30 (2012) 627?640. Check out his great website too: http://yimingxiao.weebly.com to lean more about him. Cheers - Sylvain. ps/ Yiming is also one of our 2013 BIC Art Competition winners. Print-outs are on their way, by the way. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=624622307579670&set=a.624622174246350.1073741833.587793117929256&type=3&theater ----------------------- Sylvain Baillet, PhD MNI Killam and FRSQ Senior Scholar Interim Director, McConnell Brain Imaging Centre Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University Begin forwarded message: From: "Maryam Tabrizian, Prof." > Subject: 2014 Geddes and Davis Award winners Date: February 19, 2014 8:37:12 AM EST To: <217L-BME_ACADEMICS at LISTS.MCGILL.CA> Dear BME department members and students: On behalf of Dr. Kearney and the departmental scholarship and awards committee, I am pleased to share with you the names of our 2014 Geddes and Davis awardees. The Geddes award is given for an outstanding PhD thesis and is valued at $750 and the Davis award for a significant contribution in the field of Neurological and Psychiatric disorders and is valued at $500 for the first winner, and $250 for the second winner. For more information on the awards please visit our webpage under ?students?. 2014 Leslie A. Geddes Award: TOMARO-DUCHESNEAU/Catherine Dr. Catherine Tomaro-Duchesneau received the award for her PhD thesis in Biomedical Engineering entitled "Microencapsulated ferulic acid esterase active Lactobacillus fermentum for the reduction of inflammation and cholesterol in metabolic syndrome". Her PhD thesis research is of high importance as it could lead to a promising new formulation for the prevention/treatment of metabolic diseases and for many other clinical applications such as managing heart diseases and obesity. 2014 John F. Davis Award: MEKHAIL/Mina: 1st place XIAO/Yiming: 2nd place: This award is attributed to Mr Mina Mekhail, currently PhD student in our Department, for his paper presented in MRS 2013 Fall meeting in Boston-USA and published in MRS 2013 proceeding entitled "A Novel Injectable Chitosan Sponge Containing Brain Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF) to Enhance Human Oligodendrocyte Progenitor Cells' (OPC) Differentiation". This award is attributed to Mr Yiming Xiao, currently PhD student in our Department, for his paper entitled "Multicontrast multiecho FLASH MRI for targeting the sub thalamic nucleus" published in Magnetic Resonance Imaging 30 (2012) 627?640. Please join me in congratulating these three outstanding young scientists for their remarkable achievements! Withe my best wishes, Maryam Tabrizian Chair of the scholarships and awards committee -------------- 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 event of the season, which will be held in The Neuro's de Grandpr? Communications Centre (3801 University Street, Montreal, QC, H3A 2B4) on *Monday, February the 24th, starting at 1:00 pm**. * *At that time, **Dr. Hassan Rivaz will lead an OMM on MRI registration**.* Cheers! Aki PS - Please let me know if you are interested in presenting a future Feindel Brain Imaging Lecture @ The BIC or leading a future OMM (see below for currently available slots). --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *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 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* -- TBA 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: Why Use PET? Research in Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders* -- Mr. Paul Gravel 13) Mar-31: *OMM: Multivariate Pattern Analysis of fMRI using Python* -- Mr. Mike E. Klein 14) Apr-07: *Neurovascular Coupling in the Human Brain* -- Dr. Kevin Whittingstall 15) Apr-14: *Analysis of Early Infant Brain Growth from Longitudinal DTI* -- Dr. Guido Gerig 16) Tue-Apr-22: *To Be Announced* -- TBA ---) 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: *OMM: MEM Brainstorm Plug-In for EEG/MEG Source Localization*-- Dr. Jean Marc Lina and Dr. Christophe Grova 20) Jun-02: *To Be Announced* -- TBA 21) Jun-09: *To Be Announced* -- TBA 22) Jun-16: *To Be Announced* -- TBA 23) Jun-23: *To Be Announced* -- TBA 24) Jun-30: *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 a special 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, February the 25th, starting at 1:00 pm**. * *At that time, **Dr. Giorgio Bonmassar will be describing some of his recent work describing a new way to examine neural circuitry by driving neurons with microscopic magnetic stimulation coils (see abstract below)**.* Cheers! Aki PS - Please let me know if you are interested in presenting a future Feindel Brain Imaging Lecture @ The BIC or leading a future OMM (see further below for currently available slots). --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "*Driving Neurons with microscopic **magnetic stimulation coils: a new way to tap into the intricate neural circuitry"* * -- Giorgio Bonmassar, Assistant Professor of Radiology, Harvard Medical School, Assistant in Neuroscience at Massachusetts General Hospital* Electrical Stimulation (ES) in the brain has proven therapeutically beneficial for patients suffering from neurological disorders including Parkinsons disease, dystonia, essential tremor, and major depression. Moreover, ES stimulation tools have also proven invaluable for investigating the function of the nervous system. Despite its success, there are significant limitations impeding the ES to reach full clinical potential including: incompatibility with magnetic resonance imaging, limited control of electric fields and decreased performance associated with tissue inflammation. Magnetic stimulation overcomes these limitations but existing devices (i.e., transcranial magnetic stimulation) are large, reducing their translation to chronic applications. Recently, a novel technology, micro-magnetic stimulation (?MS), has proven effective at activating the local neural circuitry in vivo. Specifically, the application of micro-magnetic fields in the vicinity of the dorsal cochlear nucleus (DCN) trans-synaptically activates inferior colliculus (IC) neurons in the rat. Moreover, our group demonstrated that the orientation of the applied ?MS fields (relative to the excitable tissue) provides unique activation of neuronal elements not seen with traditional electrical stimulation, a property that possibly can be leveraged to improve experimental or therapeutic goals. The results that will be presented may be of interest for those ready to explore ?MS as a prospective tool for clinical and basic neuroscience research applications --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *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 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* -- TBA 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: Why Use PET? Research in Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders* -- Mr. Paul Gravel 13) Mar-31: *OMM: Multivariate Pattern Analysis of fMRI using Python* -- Mr. Mike E. Klein 14) Apr-07: *Neurovascular Coupling in the Human Brain* -- Dr. Kevin Whittingstall 15) Apr-14: *Analysis of Early Infant Brain Growth from Longitudinal DTI* -- Dr. Guido Gerig 16) Tue-Apr-22: *To Be Announced* -- TBA ---) 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: *OMM: MEM Brainstorm Plug-In for EEG/MEG Source Localization*-- Dr. Jean Marc Lina and Dr. Christophe Grova 20) Jun-02: *To Be Announced* -- TBA 21) Jun-09: *To Be Announced* -- TBA 22) Jun-16: *To Be Announced* -- TBA 23) Jun-23: *To Be Announced* -- TBA 24) Jun-30: *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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All future meetings will be together and will occur the first Friday of each month. Re the BIC Council, please continue to submit questions and suggestions on time to your representative before our next monthly meeting, which is scheduled April 4 @ 9:00 am. We will not be holding a March meeting due to the March break. If you're not sure about who your rep is, please contact Grace Flynn >. Note that you can manage your registration to the bic-announce and other BIC mailing lists through: http://www.bic.mni.mcgill.ca/mailman/listinfo I encourage everyone to also register to the new core-user mailing list, where methodological and technical tips and tricks are shared amongst the BIC community members. Best wishes, 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... 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Although the brain is considered the most complex structure in the universe with 86 billion neurons, zooming in on it is now possible thanks to a new brain atlas with unprecedented resolution. BigBrain, the first 3D microstructural model of the entire human brain, is free and publicly available to researchers world-wide. The model was created at The Neuro in collaboration with researchers at Forschungszentrum J?lich, Germany. The BigBrain atlas offers nearly cellular resolution, that is detail close to the level of the cell, a capability that has not been previously available in 3D for the human brain. The implications of BigBrain to explore and analyze the human brain are innumerable. It can be used to integrate and correlate data from a wide range of modalities: genetic, molecular neuroscience, electrophysiological and pharmacological among many. It will enable and accelerate computational modelling for simulation of brain functions, normal development and degeneration caused by disease. *Please add YOUR vote for the top scientific discovery of 2013. Voting closes February 20, 2014 at 11:59 p.m.* *http://www.quebecscience.qc.ca/10-decouvertes-2013/1-Un-guide-pour-voyager-dans-le-cerveau* * ------------------------------ * *La recherche du Neuro figure parmi << Les 10 d?couvertes de l'ann?e 2013 >>* F?licitations ? Alan Evans et ? son ?quipe du Centre d'imagerie c?r?brale McConnell qui ont mis au point l'atlas BigBrain, s?lectionn? comme une des 10 d?couvertes de l'ann?e par Qu?bec Science. *BigBrain : un nouvel atlas num?rique en 3D r?volutionnaire du cerveau * Imaginez pouvoir faire un zoom dans le cerveau pour observer diverses cellules, tout comme le zoom dans les cartes mondiales de Google permet de voir les maisons d'une rue. N'oublions pas que le cerveau est consid?r? comme la structure la plus complexe de l'univers avec 86 milliards de neurones. Il est maintenant possible d'effectuer un tel zoomage gr?ce ? un nouvel atlas du cerveau dont la r?solution est sans pr?c?dent. BigBrain est le premier mod?le microstructural du cerveau humain entier et il est accessible gratuitement et publiquement aux chercheurs du monde entier. Il a ?t? mis au point au Neuro en collaboration avec des chercheurs du centre Forschungszentrum J?lich, en Allemagne. L'atlas BigBrain offre une r?solution quasi cellulaire, c'est-?-dire des d?tails pr?s de la cellule, une capacit? qui n'existait pas auparavant en 3D pour le cerveau humain. Les possibilit?s d'exploration et d'analyse du cerveau humain de BigBrain sont innombrables. BigBrain peut servir ? int?grer et ? mettre en corr?lation des donn?es de diverses modalit?s : par exemple, g?n?tique, neuroscience mol?culaire, ?lectrophysiologique et pharmacologique. BigBrain permettra et acc?l?rera la mod?lisation informatique pour simuler des fonctions du cerveau, le d?veloppement normal du cerveau et sa d?g?n?rescence caus?e par la maladie. *Veuillez ajouter VOTRE vote pour la meilleure d?couverte scientifique de 2013. Le vote prend fin le 20 f?vrier 2014 ? 23 h 59.* *http://www.quebecscience.qc.ca/10-decouvertes-2013/1-Un-guide-pour-voyager-dans-le-cerveau* *Anita Kar, MSc* *Communications Officer* *Agente des communications * T: 514 398-3376 M: 514 295-3870 anita.kar at mcgill.ca twitter.com/TheNeuro_MNI facebook.com/NeuroMontreal youtube.com/user/MontrealNeuro -- Zografos Caramanos, M.A. Research Assistant, Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Unit Ph.D. Student, Integrated Program in Neuroscience McConnell Brain Imaging Centre, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University 3801 University Street, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3A 2B4 (phone) 514-299-8160; (fax) 514-398-2975 (e-mail) zografos.caramanos at mcgill.ca (web) Google-scholar www.zcaramanos.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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MASI investigates new technologies and methods to enable large-scale analysis of neuroimaging data for biomedical research and clinical applications. *General Description: * The research is conducted in collaboration with a multidisciplinary group of scientists employing advanced volumetric-, surface-, and connectivity-based magnetic resonance imaging techniques to develop individualized brain atlases to inform studies of disease, recovery, and regeneration. This position is funded, in part, by grants from the National Institutes of Health. We are seeking candidates who are interested in conducting these studies through image analysis, theoretical model development, statistical research, and informatics explorations. The successful candidates should be creative and able to work as part of a multi-disciplinary group with physicians, physicists, physiologists, and engineers. A PhD in EECS, Biomedical Engineering, physics, or a related field is required, and mentorship of more junior researchers will be important. Proven experience with scientific programming including Matlab, Java, or C/C++ is mandatory. Strong verbal and written communication skills and ability to multitask are also essential. Previous MRI and medical imaging experience are helpful, but not required. An interest in medically oriented signal processing and technologies to improve patient care are a must. *Interested applicants should contact: * Bennett Landman, PhD Vanderbilt University EECS 2301 Vanderbilt Place PO Box 351679 Station B Nashville, TN 37235-1679 bennett.landman at vanderbilt.edu ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Zografos 'Aki' CARAMANOS Date: Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 7:01 PM Subject: postdoc project on comparative analysis of HARDI models To: BIC Announcements ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Julien Cohen-Adad Date: Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 12:25 PM Subject: Fwd: postdoc recommendations Begin forwarded message: *From: *"Landman, Bennett A" *Date: *February 15, 2014 11:48:55 PM CST *To: *"Smith, Seth" *Subject: **postdoc recommendations * Seth, As we discussed, I am looking for a postdoc to kickstart a project on comparative analysis of HARDI models. I'm flexible with start date. Please forward the attached flyer to anyone who you think could help play matchmaker. Thanks, Bennett *------------------------------------------------------------------------------* *Bennett Landman, Ph.D., **bennett.landman at vanderbilt.edu* *Assistant Professor* * Electrical Engineering (primary),* *Computer Science, Biomedical Engineering,* *Radiology and Radiological Sciences* * Vanderbilt University* *Director of the Center for Computational Imaging* *Vanderbilt University Institute of Image Science* ----------------------------------------- Seth Smith, PhD Assistant Professor Institute of Imaging Science Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences Department of Biomedical Engineering Department of Physics and Astronomy Vanderbilt University e: seth.smith at vanderbilt.edu w: 615.322.6211 -- 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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Tom Brady first introduced him to me as a new graduate student from the Biophysics program at Harvard, and he quickly became a key contributor to our early efforts to measure perfusion with MRI. More importantly, however, it was Jacks passion for understanding how the human brain worked (he was convinced that someday we would be able to capture human thought) that led him to explore the use of these newly developed perfusion imaging tools to study human brain function - that work led to his Ph.D. thesis, "Functional NMR Imaging of the Brain", starting the revolution in "Functional Imaging" that would be used by thousands of investigators over the next 30 years. His publication of the first fMRI pictures led to the iconic image on the cover of Science that I?ve included below, along with some quotes from his thesis that have proven so prescient for how we perform dynamic fMRI today. This work was undisputedly the very first use of MRI for human brain mapping. It set in motion the entire field of fMRI, including Ken Kwong?s remarkable fMRI images formed without the use of contrast agents the following year. While Ken?s contribution was of undeniable creativity and impact, there is no doubt that the MGH?s exploration of the potential of MRI to study human brain function was started, and largely driven, by Jack and his vision for how MRI could transform how we study the human brain. For those of you who didn't know Jack personally, he was a remarkable person, intellectually and personally. He was a larger than life figure in our community (literally and spiritually), with an infectious enthusiasm for science that all who knew him learned to love. He showed a remarkable creativity and generosity throughout his career and life from the time he joined us as a graduate student until his passing. We will miss him very much here - I thought that you all should know. For now, Brigitte has asked for privacy as she and their daughter Amilee begin to deal with his loss, but I will be planning a memorial celebration of his life and science sometime soon, and of course will keep you all posted. -- Bruce Rosen, Ph.D., M.D. Director, Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital Professor of Radiology and Health Sciences and Technology Harvard Medical School and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Laurence Lamson Robbins Professor of Radiology, Harvard Medical School Massachusetts General Hospital Athinoula A. Martinos Center, Room 2301 Bldg. 149 13th Street Charlestown, MA 02129 Tel: 617-726-3197 Fx: 617-726-7422 Assistant: Donna Crowe Email: donna at nmr.mgh.harvard.edu http://www.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/martinos/aboutUs/index.php -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Vincent Gracco and Shari Baum) Bio: I am currently in the 3rd year of my PhD as a part of the Integrated Program in Neuroscience, having also completed an MSc in the same program. I am supervised by Drs. Vincent Gracco and Shari Baum. My research focuses on learning mechanisms in speech production. To this end I have worked with fMRI and TMS, and am now piloting an MEG study. I have organized various reading/study groups with the Centre for Research on Brain Language and Music, as well as some of their talks. In addition, I am the Chair of the AGSEM Bargaining Committee, and am completing my one-year term as Chair of the Board of Directors for the Daily Publication Society, which has responsibility for the financial and legal affairs of The McGill Daily and Le D?lit fran?ais newspapers. Statement: As an external user, I can speak to the needs of individuals at McGill who make use of the BIC facilities but are not on-site. This brings specific concerns with data transfer, hardware transportation and storage, software compatibility, scheduling, and other issues which may be taken for granted by individuals working at the BIC. My research has involved various imaging systems, and so I have a base of knowledge for most of the imaging modalities in use by BIC users. My work with AGSEM and the DPS has also given me experience in dealing with the administrative needs of organizations, as well as the ability to work with committees and councils to meet the needs of the bodies to whom they are responsible. Ami Tsuchida (Dr. Brenda Milner) Bio: I completed my PhD with Dr. Lesley Fellows to investigate higher-order cognitive functions disrupted in patients with focal injury affecting different areas of the frontal lobe. Although my PhD work was primarily behavioral and focused on localizing specific cognitive functions to anatomically distinct prefrontal regions, I became interested in how these distinct regions might interact to achieve complex cognitive functions. I started my postdoc with Dr. Brenda Milner in 2012 to study how the two hemispheres of the brain interact with each other when forming a memory in healthy subjects using functional MRI. Statement: The BIC is regarded as one of the top brain imaging research facilities in the world and offer great expertise in many different imaging modalities. However, as a relatively new user of the BIC, I initially had difficult time trying to figure out what tools are available, or who to go for help. I believe that improving the communication between those at the BIC and the core users of the BIC who apply various neuroimaging modalities to answer cognitive and clinical research questions can enhance the productivity of the community as a whole. Through the new BIC Council Committee, I hope to help facilitate such communication by representing perspectives of my colleagues. Welcome aboard! 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... 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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 event of the season, which will be held in The Neuro's de Grandpr? Communications Centre (3801 University Street, Montreal, QC, H3A 2B4) on *Monday, February the 24th, starting at 1:00 pm**. * *At that time, **Dr. Hassan Rivaz will lead an OMM on MRI registration**.* Cheers! Aki PS - Please let me know if you are interested in presenting a future Feindel Brain Imaging Lecture @ The BIC or leading a future OMM (see below for currently available slots). --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *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 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* -- Dr. Robert Brown and Ms. Emily Coffey 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: *Analysis 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: *OMM: MEM Brainstorm Plug-In for EEG/MEG Source Localization*-- Dr. Jean Marc Lina and Dr. Christophe Grova 20) Jun-02: *To Be Announced* -- TBA ---) Jun-09: *No Lecture** -- OHBM in Hamburg* 21) Jun-16: *To Be Announced* -- TBA 22) Jun-23: *To Be Announced* -- TBA 23) Jun-30: *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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If you or someone you know might be able to lend out a coil (ours is cracked, we're awaiting replacement and we have patients booked) please reply ASAP to me or to jidan.zhong at mail.mcgill.ca Thank-you - we are in desperate straights as our patients are only available this week! Lisa Koski ----- End forwarded message ----- From caramanos at gmail.com Tue Feb 25 00:30:39 2014 From: caramanos at gmail.com (Zografos 'Aki' CARAMANOS) Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2014 00:30:39 -0500 Subject: [BIC-announce] =?iso-8859-1?q?=5BTODAY=5D_Special_Feindel_Brain_I?= =?iso-8859-1?q?maging_Lecture_=40_The_BIC_=28Tue-Feb-25=2C_1=3A00_?= =?iso-8859-1?q?pm=2C_de_Grandpr=E9_Communications_Centre=3B_=22Dri?= =?iso-8859-1?q?ving_Neurons_with_Microscopic_Magnetic_Stimulation_?= =?iso-8859-1?q?Coils=22_--_Dr=2E_Giorgio_Bonmassar=29?= Message-ID: *The Feindel Brain Imaging Lecture Series @ The BIC* The 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 a special 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, February the 25th, starting at 1:00 pm**. * *At that time, **Dr. Giorgio Bonmassar will be describing some of his recent work describing a new way to examine neural circuitry by driving neurons with microscopic magnetic stimulation coils (see abstract below)**.* Cheers! Aki PS - Please let me know if you are interested in presenting a future Feindel Brain Imaging Lecture @ The BIC or leading a future OMM (see further below for currently available slots). --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "*Driving Neurons with microscopic **magnetic stimulation coils: a new way to tap into the intricate neural circuitry"* * -- Giorgio Bonmassar, Assistant Professor of Radiology, Harvard Medical School, Assistant in Neuroscience at Massachusetts General Hospital* Electrical Stimulation (ES) in the brain has proven therapeutically beneficial for patients suffering from neurological disorders including Parkinsons disease, dystonia, essential tremor, and major depression. Moreover, ES stimulation tools have also proven invaluable for investigating the function of the nervous system. Despite its success, there are significant limitations impeding the ES to reach full clinical potential including: incompatibility with magnetic resonance imaging, limited control of electric fields and decreased performance associated with tissue inflammation. Magnetic stimulation overcomes these limitations but existing devices (i.e., transcranial magnetic stimulation) are large, reducing their translation to chronic applications. Recently, a novel technology, micro-magnetic stimulation (?MS), has proven effective at activating the local neural circuitry in vivo. Specifically, the application of micro-magnetic fields in the vicinity of the dorsal cochlear nucleus (DCN) trans-synaptically activates inferior colliculus (IC) neurons in the rat. Moreover, our group demonstrated that the orientation of the applied ?MS fields (relative to the excitable tissue) provides unique activation of neuronal elements not seen with traditional electrical stimulation, a property that possibly can be leveraged to improve experimental or therapeutic goals. The results that will be presented may be of interest for those ready to explore ?MS as a prospective tool for clinical and basic neuroscience research applications --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *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 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: *Analysis 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: *OMM: MEM Brainstorm Plug-In for EEG/MEG Source Localization*-- Dr. Jean Marc Lina and Dr. Christophe Grova 20) Jun-02: *To Be Announced* -- TBA ---) Jun-09: *No Lecture** -- OHBM in Hamburg* 21) Jun-16: *To Be Announced* -- TBA 22) Jun-23: *To Be Announced* -- TBA 23) Jun-30: *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 motors navigate complex cytoskeletal networks through the crowded cellular environment. Using in vitro reconstitution of vesicle motility, sub-pixel tracking, and optical trapping in living cells, we find that cargoes are driven by teams of several kinesin and dynein motors. Consistent with a stochastic tug-of-war mechanism, isolated vesicles exhibit bidirectional transport in vitro in the absence of external regulation. We examined the forces exerted on latex bead-containing phagosomes in living cells, and found the forces exerted by kinesin-1 and kinesin-2 are indicative of 1-3 motors which often detach at forces below the unitary stall force of ~6 pN. In contrast, multiple peaks in the dynein force histogram at 1-2 pN intervals suggest collective transport by many motors (up to 13). During high-force (|F| > 10 pN) events driven by multiple motors, the cargoes often advanced in 8-nm steps, suggesting that multiple kinesin and dynein motors step in a correlated manner at high loads. We compared forces in living cells to those produced by isolated latex bead-containing phagosomes along taxol-stabilized microtubules. The force histograms display similar peaks, indicating that individual motors produce similar forces in vitro and in living cells. However, forces up to ~ +/-20 pN were observed in living cells compared to maximum forces of ~ +/-12 pN in vitro, suggesting that for the same type of cargo, more motors are engaged in the cell. The dense and viscoelastic cellular environment may promote motor binding by constraining diffusion, or by allowing motors on a single cargo to interact with multiple microtubules. 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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There is great potential for this journal to help fulfill a need for this rapidly growing area at the interface of optics and neuroscience. The inaugural issue will publish mid-2014. Papers will be freely available through 2015. There is the potential for our society to adopt this journal for our needs. Twitter and Facebook fNIRS is on twitter and facebook. This is a good way to share information about new publications, and other news related to our society. Follow the links at fnirs.org . -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Title: "Coordination of motor protein ensembles in intracellular transport" Abstract: The microtubule motors kinesin and dynein function collectively to drive vesicular transport. These motors navigate complex cytoskeletal networks through the crowded cellular environment. Using in vitro reconstitution of vesicle motility, sub-pixel tracking, and optical trapping in living cells, we find that cargoes are driven by teams of several kinesin and dynein motors. Consistent with a stochastic tug-of-war mechanism, isolated vesicles exhibit bidirectional transport in vitro in the absence of external regulation. We examined the forces exerted on latex bead-containing phagosomes in living cells, and found the forces exerted by kinesin-1 and kinesin-2 are indicative of 1-3 motors which often detach at forces below the unitary stall force of ~6 pN. In contrast, multiple peaks in the dynein force histogram at 1-2 pN intervals suggest collective transport by many motors (up to 13). During high-force (|F| > 10 pN) events driven by multiple motors, the cargoes often advanced in 8-nm steps, suggesting that multiple kinesin and dynein motors step in a correlated manner at high loads. We compared forces in living cells to those produced by isolated latex bead-containing phagosomes along taxol-stabilized microtubules. The force histograms display similar peaks, indicating that individual motors produce similar forces in vitro and in living cells. However, forces up to ~ +/-20 pN were observed in living cells compared to maximum forces of ~ +/-12 pN in vitro, suggesting that for the same type of cargo, more motors are engaged in the cell. The dense and viscoelastic cellular environment may promote motor binding by constraining diffusion, or by allowing motors on a single cargo to interact with multiple microtubules. A list of upcoming seminars can be found at : http://www.mcgill.ca/bme/news/seminars See you there Christophe Grova *************************** Christophe Grova, PhD Assistant Professor Biomedical Engineering Dpt Neurology and Neurosurgery Dpt Multimodal Functional Imaging Lab (Multi FunkIm) Montreal Neurological Institute Centre de Recherches en Math?matiques Biomedical Engineering Department - Room 304 McGill University 3775 University Street, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3A 2B4 email : christophe.grova at mcgill.ca tel : (514) 398 2516 fax : (514) 398 7461 Web: http://www.bic.mni.mcgill.ca/ResearchLabsMFIL/PeopleChristophe http://www.bmed.mcgill.ca/ MultiFunkIm Lab: http://www.bic.mni.mcgill.ca/ResearchLabsMFIL/HomePage *************************** -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From grace.flynn at mcgill.ca Wed Feb 26 10:28:56 2014 From: grace.flynn at mcgill.ca (Grace Flynn, Ms.) Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2014 15:28:56 +0000 Subject: [BIC-announce] =?utf-8?q?7th_Annual_Denis_Melan=C3=A7on_Neuroradi?= =?utf-8?q?ology_Conference_-_October_16=2C_2014?= In-Reply-To: <16A29A2712A6DE4CBB6D2188707397F13CB131B9@EXMBX2010-6.campus.MCGILL.CA> References: <16A29A2712A6DE4CBB6D2188707397F13CB0A49B@EXMBX2010-6.campus.MCGILL.CA> <16A29A2712A6DE4CBB6D2188707397F13CB131B9@EXMBX2010-6.campus.MCGILL.CA> Message-ID: <62422BA66D0FA84596DBC5A0229CE79F4DF1727B@EXMBX2010-6.campus.MCGILL.CA> From: Deborah Rashcovsky Sent: Monday, February 17, 2014 8:13 AM To: Deborah Rashcovsky Subject: 7th Annual Denis Melan?on Neuroradiology Conference - October 16, 2014 Dear Colleagues, I am pleased to invite you to the 7th Annual Denis Melan?on Neuroradiology Conference which will be held on October 16, 2014 in the Jeanne Timmins Amphitheatre at the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital ? The Neuro (3801 University Street). This annual lectureship was established to honour Dr. Melan?on for his dedication to patient care and his commitment to training the next generation of neuroradiologists. Friends and colleagues of Dr. Melan?on, medical professionals, students and others are welcome to attend this event. The focus this year will be on the ?The Orbit? with presentations by experts from The Neuro and McGill University beginning at 1:00 pm. Our guest speaker this year will be Dr. Laurie A. Loevner, Professor of Radiology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania who will give the keynote talk entitled " Orbital Tumours and Patterns of Spreading ". The Neuro?s Neuroradiology Department will host a contest to provide the opportunity for clinicians and scientists to gather and share new ideas, present the latest research and network with peers. The successful entrants / participants of this contest will contribute to the morning session of the Denis Melan?on Neuroradiology Conference. The content of the morning talks will be based on submitted abstracts in the field of neuroscience. (See below for Call for Papers) We hope that you will join us to honour Dr. Melan?on and to participate in this engaging scientific program. Registration is required by August 29, 2014 and is free of charge. To register, please complete the attached registration form and submit by email to deborah.rashcovsky at mcgill.ca or by fax to 514-398-8248. For further information, please call Ms. Rashcovsky at 514-398-6047 or visit www.neuroevents.mcgill.ca . I would ask you to give the attached announcement the widest distribution in your department and among your colleagues. Your efforts are greatly appreciated. With best regards, [cid:image003.jpg at 01CB4A7D.B087AC40] Donatella Tampieri, MD, FRCPC Director, Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital Professor of Radiology, Neurology and Neurosurgery McGill University [cid:image001.png at 01CF32CF.4FF06F50] January 21, 2014 CALL FOR PAPERS Dear Colleague, The Neuroradiology department of the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital warmly invites you to submit an abstract to contribute to the morning session of the Denis Melan?on Neuroradiology Conference. The primary aim of the lecture is to provide the opportunity for clinicians and scientists to gather and share new ideas, present the latest research and network with peers. The content of the morning talks will be based on submitted abstracts in the field of neuroscience. The program scientific committee is now accepting abstracts for review for oral presentations at the 2014 Denis Melan?on Neuroradiology Conference. Following a review by the program scientific committee, authors of the most promising submissions will be asked to present their work between 8:30 am and 12:00 pm on October 16, 2014. Their talk will be limited to 10 minutes followed by a 3 minute discussion. All the presented papers will automatically be entered in a scientific contest. Two prizes will be given, one for outstanding clinical relevance, the other for the most innovative research. This contest is open to clinical and research fellows, residents, medical students and post-docs. Submission guidelines ? Abstracts should be limited to one page of text on a word or pdf document. ? Presenting author's contact details should contain: email address, full postal address, telephone number, author details, full and first family name(s) and affiliation details (department/institution/hospital/city). ? Single space, but leave a space between the title/author and the main text Abstract submission should be sent to debbie.rashcovsky at mcgill.ca. The abstract submission deadline is August 1, 2014. Notification of acceptance will be made through email correspondence by August 30, 2013. For more details: www.neuroevents.mcgill.ca [cid:image003.jpg at 01CF32DD.8D9FE020] [cid:image004.jpg at 01CF32DD.8D9FE020] Donatella Tampieri, MD, FRCPC Maria delPilar Cortes Nino, MD Chief of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology Assistant Professor of Radiology Montreal Neurological Institute & Hospital Montreal Neurological Institute & Hospital -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image002.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 2063 bytes Desc: image002.jpg URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Name: Melancon Conference registration form.2014.doc Type: application/msword Size: 211456 bytes Desc: Melancon Conference registration form.2014.doc URL: From caramanos at gmail.com Wed Feb 26 15:07:10 2014 From: caramanos at gmail.com (Zografos 'Aki' CARAMANOS) Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2014 15:07:10 -0500 Subject: [BIC-announce] Pathways and Connections: Dr. Thien Thanh Dang-Vu (Wed-March-5th at 5:30 pm; Montreal Neurological Institute, room 124) Message-ID: *Pathways and Connections* *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. *The next session of the Pathways and Connections Discussion Series will feature *Dr. Thien Thanh Dang-Vu* starting at 5:30 pm on Wednesday, March 5th, in room 124 of the Montreal Neurological Institute (3801 University Street ).* *Wednesday, March 5, 2014, 5:30 pm, Neuro 124: *Dr. Thien Thanh Dang-Vuis an Assistant Professor of Clinical Imaging in Concordia's Department of Exercise Science, and currently a CIHR New Investigator and an FRQS Research Scholar. He is also an attending neurologist and a researcher at the Institut Universitaire de G?riatrie de Montr?al, affiliated with the University of Montreal. Dr. Dang-Vu earned his M.D. at the Universit? de Li?ge, in Belgium. He completed his residency in Neurology and a Ph.D. in Biomedical Science in the same university. Dr. Dang-Vu did a post-doctoral fellowship in the department of Neurology at the Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston. He then completed a second postdoctoral fellowship at the Center for Advanced Research in Sleep Medicine at the Universit? de Montreal and H?pital du Sacr?-Coeur de Montr?al, where he was awarded a Banting postdoctoral fellowship from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. Dr. Dang-Vu won several research awards, notably from the Sleep Research Society, the European Sleep Research Society, the Belgian Association for Sleep Research and Sleep Medicine, and the Belgian Neurological Society. He joined Concordia and the Center for Studies in Behavioral Neurobiology in 2012, as an Assistant Professor, and also holds a position of Associate Researcher at the H?pital du Sacr?-Coeur de Montr?al. His research interests are focused on the interface between neuroimaging, sleep, and neurology, in order to investigate the neural correlates of spontaneous brain activity and consciousness, the role of sleep in brain plasticity, the pathophysiology of sleep disorders, and the clinical biomarkers of neurological disease progression. *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... URL: From caramanos at gmail.com Thu Feb 27 15:07:56 2014 From: caramanos at gmail.com (Zografos 'Aki' CARAMANOS) Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2014 15:07:56 -0500 Subject: [BIC-announce] =?iso-8859-1?q?Feindel_Brain_Imaging_Lecture_=40_T?= =?iso-8859-1?q?he_BIC_=28Mon-Mar-03=2C_1=3A00_pm=2C_de_Grandpr=E9_?= =?iso-8859-1?q?Communications_Centre=3B_=22OMM=3A_Matlab_vs=2E_Pyt?= =?iso-8859-1?q?hon_for_Brain_Imaging_Experiments=22_--_Ms=2E_Emily?= =?iso-8859-1?q?_Coffey_and_Dr=2E_Robert_Brown=29?= Message-ID: *The Feindel Brain Imaging Lecture Series @ The BIC* The 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, March the 3rd, starting at 1:00 pm**. * *At that time, **Ms. Emily Coffey and Dr. Robert Brown ** will be leading an OMM on the use of **Matlab vs. Python in brain imaging experiments. * Ms. Coffey will be giving the first part of the lecture from from the perspective of someone coming into neuroimaging from the psychology/biology/cognition side of things, and then Dr. Brown will be going into a few more specifics about why and when one might consider Python vs MatLab. Please note that this lecture is intended primarily for the large percentage of people (generally the junior students) who are quite new to programming or have not really used it before beyond running scripts made by other people. On a related note, there will be an "Introduction to Python" workshop at the BIC on Friday, March 7th, from 12:20 to 3:30 pm. This workshop will cover the basics of working in a Python environment and writing Python programs. During the workshop, Python will be used to solve problems similar to those one might encounter in their everyday work-flow. The content will be geared towards those who have never used Python (but have programmed in other languages), and those who have never programmed at all. Registration details can be found at bicpythonworkshop.eventbrite.ca. For more information, please contact melanie.segado at gmail.com. Cheers! Aki PS - Please let me know if you are interested in presenting a future Feindel Brain Imaging Lecture @ The BIC or leading a future OMM (see further below for currently-available slots). --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *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 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: *Analysis 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: *OMM: MEM Brainstorm Plug-In for EEG/MEG Source Localization*-- Dr. Jean Marc Lina and Dr. Christophe Grova 20) Jun-02: *To Be Announced* -- TBA ---) Jun-09: *No Lecture** -- OHBM in Hamburg* 21) Jun-16: *To Be Announced* -- TBA 22) Jun-23: *To Be Announced* -- TBA 23) Jun-30: *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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