From caramanos at gmail.com Mon Mar 3 00:05:46 2014 From: caramanos at gmail.com (Zografos 'Aki' CARAMANOS) Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2014 00:05:46 -0500 Subject: [BIC-announce] [REMINDER] 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... 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Dr. Feindel's presence and contribution will be greatly missed at our weekly Brain Imaging Lectures , where he almost always asked the final, most-germane question of the day: one that usually bridged the clinical and research realms, and that brought together the past, the present, and the future of brain science. This semester, our Lecture Series is being held in conjunction with the BIC's new Open Methods Meetups (*OMM*): a forum for discussing hands-on technical issues, brainstorming problem-solving for specific projects, and sharing personal tricks-of-the-trade. This will be a great venue for those associated with the BIC to transfer knowledge and to get to know one another. Please join us for our next Feindel Brain Imaging Lecture, which will be held in The Neuro's de Grandpr? Communications Centre (3801 University Street, Montreal, QC, H3A 2B4) on *Monday, 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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The successful applicant will have a PhD in cognitive neuroscience, cognitive psychology, or closely related field. Candidates with a strong background in neuroimaging and expertise in the use of brain imaging techniques will be prioritised. Interested candidates should email a CV and letter of interest to Dr. Denise Klein (denise.klein at mcgill.ca). PHD OPENING TO STUDY THE COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE OF BILINGUALISM AT THE MONTREAL NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE We are seeking a PhD student to work on a project related to our new Montreal Bilingual Brain Initiative. The student will work on the neural underpinnings of bilingualism using a range of brain imaging techniques, and will have the unique opportunity to work with our team (members from the Montreal Neurological Institute and also from the Centre for Research on Brain, Language, & Music at McGill University). 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Juncker PhD, BME, McGill University Since Philippe is a Master student registered to the course BMDE500 who is giving this seminar as part of McGill conditions to obtain his M.Sc., special attendance from our department (staff and students) is really expected, in order to give Philippe feedback on his research studies. Title: "Digital Thread Microfluidics" Abstract: Thread microfluidics has emerged in the last few years as a suitable method to perform diagnostic assays. Just like paper microfluidics, it has been driven by the need for appropriate point-of-care technologies that do not require complex external devices for fluid control and test readout. In many cases, the development of thread devices has mirrored paper devices with few functional differences. However, here we propose a new thread-specific fluid handling system that manipulates fluid in discrete aliquots for multiplexed assays. We demonstrate digital microfluidic functionality with the ability to create, transport, split, mix, and merge droplets ? calling it digital thread microfluidics. Textured nylon threads were functionalized with surface energy traps to define hydrophilic reservoirs separated by hydrophobic barriers. All fluid handling functions were performed by tensioning and moving the thread, taking advantage of the unique physical properties of thread. As a proof of concept to show the compatibility of our digital thread microfluidics with biological assays, we demonstrate a glucose assay. Preliminary results show a good agreement between the glucose assay on thread and a conventional glucose assay in a test tube. 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 caramanos at gmail.com Wed Mar 5 00:52:50 2014 From: caramanos at gmail.com (Zografos 'Aki' CARAMANOS) Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2014 00:52:50 -0500 Subject: [BIC-announce] [TODAY] 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... 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Title: "Digital Thread Microfluidics" Abstract: Thread microfluidics has emerged in the last few years as a suitable method to perform diagnostic assays. Just like paper microfluidics, it has been driven by the need for appropriate point-of-care technologies that do not require complex external devices for fluid control and test readout. In many cases, the development of thread devices has mirrored paper devices with few functional differences. However, here we propose a new thread-specific fluid handling system that manipulates fluid in discrete aliquots for multiplexed assays. We demonstrate digital microfluidic functionality with the ability to create, transport, split, mix, and merge droplets ? calling it digital thread microfluidics. Textured nylon threads were functionalized with surface energy traps to define hydrophilic reservoirs separated by hydrophobic barriers. All fluid handling functions were performed by tensioning and moving the thread, taking advantage of the unique physical properties of thread. As a proof of concept to show the compatibility of our digital thread microfluidics with biological assays, we demonstrate a glucose assay. Preliminary results show a good agreement between the glucose assay on thread and a conventional glucose assay in a test tube. 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URL: From caramanos at gmail.com Fri Mar 7 01:46:53 2014 From: caramanos at gmail.com (Zografos 'Aki' CARAMANOS) Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2014 01:46:53 -0500 Subject: [BIC-announce] =?iso-8859-1?q?Feindel_Brain_Imaging_Lecture_=40_T?= =?iso-8859-1?q?he_BIC_=28Mon-Mar-10=2C_1=3A00_pm=2C_de_Grandpr=E9_?= =?iso-8859-1?q?Communications_Centre=3B_=22OMM=3A_An_Introduction_?= =?iso-8859-1?q?to_Automatic_Tissue-Classification_of_Brain_MRI=22_?= =?iso-8859-1?q?--_Mr=2E_Colm_Elliott=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 10th, starting at 1:00 pm**. * *At that time, **Mr. Colm Elliott **will be leading an OMM on automatic tissue-classification of brain MRI-data**. * 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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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/ From caramanos at gmail.com Mon Mar 10 00:44:10 2014 From: caramanos at gmail.com (Zografos 'Aki' CARAMANOS) Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2014 00:44:10 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] Invitation to Vernissage of Aman Badhwar's "Mists of Recollection", March-12, 4-7 pm, IUGM Message-ID: Aman Badhwar is a postdoctoral fellow in Dr. Rick Hoge's Lab at the UNF, and did her PhD at the MNI with Dr. Edith Hamel. She has been extremely interested in merging science and art for some time. She is following up on this passion by having an exhibit of approximately 20 paintings, all inspired by the theme of "memory and recall". The vernissage will take place on Wednesday, March 12 from 4-7pm at the l'Institut universitaire de g?riatrie de Montr?al (IUGM; 4565 Chemin Queen Mary, Montr?al, H3W 1W5), and proceeds will be donated to the Alzheimer Society. Please see below for additional details. -------------------------------------------- [image: Inline image 2][image: Inline image 1] -- 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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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 10th, starting at 1:00 pm**. * *At that time, **Mr. Colm Elliott **will be leading an OMM on automatic tissue-classification of brain MRI-data**. * 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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Title: "Biofeedback Device to Improve Heel-to-Toe Gait in Seniors and Persons with Disabilities" Abstract: The goal of the Heel2Toe project is to develop a wearable wireless device capable of distinguishing between a normal gait cycle (characterised by a heel to toe transition upon contact of the foot with the ground) and an abnormal gait cycle (specifically a gait cycle which lacks a distinct heel strike). Loss of heel-to-toe gait is a feature of neurological disorders as well as ageing and results in a shortened stride length, slowing of gait speed, and increased risk of falling. The device to be developed, which will be attached to the shoe, is being designed for use clinically by physiotherapists as well as by elderly persons in a non-clinical environment who need to ensure an optimal gait pattern in order to reap the health benefits of walking. The Shimmer wireless motion kit (3 axis accelerometer plus 3 axis gyroscope) is being used for development. The device will communicate wirelessly with an android device to provide feedback to the user. In this seminar we present the work completed on the Heel2Toe project to date. Initial experiments have been conducted on people with normal and abnormal gait an the data gathered from this has been used to develop an algorithm. This algorithm takes data obtained from the Shimmer device and produces a good/bad classification for each gait cycle. This has been incorporated into a MATLAB application for real time use. The results of the validation experiments are also presented here. A list of upcoming seminars can be found at : http://www.mcgill.ca/bme/news/seminars See you there Christophe Grova *************************** Christophe Grova, PhD Assistant Professor Biomedical Engineering Dpt Neurology and Neurosurgery Dpt Multimodal Functional Imaging Lab (Multi FunkIm) Montreal Neurological Institute Centre de Recherches en Math?matiques Biomedical Engineering Department - Room 304 McGill University 3775 University Street, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3A 2B4 email : christophe.grova at mcgill.ca tel : (514) 398 2516 fax : (514) 398 7461 Web: http://www.bic.mni.mcgill.ca/ResearchLabsMFIL/PeopleChristophe http://www.bmed.mcgill.ca/ MultiFunkIm Lab: http://www.bic.mni.mcgill.ca/ResearchLabsMFIL/HomePage *************************** [X] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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In addition to establishing outstanding research programs, investigators at these centres have already embraced the mission of commercialization of innovations generated in their laboratories through licensing and spin-off companies. These efforts have resulted in many imaging-focused companies and more are being proposed. Some of these companies have achieved international sales with staff of over 50 people, but most are small companies with staff of less than 20 people. Extensive discussions among imaging investigators have clearly revealed that there is significant potential to increase commercialization of innovations from academic centres and to establish a vibrant cluster of imaging companies in partnership with the imaging research laboratories that can supply innovations and HQP. However, these discussions have also revealed some barriers preventing commercialization of innovations. To address this important issue, the Federal Government has established the Networks of Centres of Excellence (NCE), which offers a variety of programs that mobilize Canada?s best research, development and entrepreneurial expertise and focus them on specific issues and strategic areas. The NCE suite includes four national programs, which bring together an appropriate blend of people and organizations to address important issues affecting Canadians. One of the NCE suites of programs is the Centres of Excellence for Commercialization and Research (CECR). The goal of these Centres is to stimulate new commercialization activities that likely would never have taken place without the CECR program. One of the 21 funded CECRs is focused on medical imaging ? the Centre for Imaging Technology Commercialization (CIMTEC). In this paper, we will describe how CIMTEC provides support along the entire product development continuum of imaging technology, from education about the requirements and steps involved in commercializing a product, developing specific value proposition, assessing freedom-to-operate and the intellectual property and regulatory landscapes, to software and hardware prototype and final commercial product development. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SPEAKER: Dr. Kevin Whittingstall, Department of Diagnostic Radiology, University of Sherbrooke TITLE: Neurovascular Coupling in the Human Brain PLACE: McConnell Engineering 437 DATE: Friday, March 14, 2014 TIME: 1:15pm - 2:15pm ABSTRACT Neurovascular coupling (NVC) is a term used to describe the relationship between electric and hemodynamic signaling in the brain. While much of our current understanding of NVC stems from studies in animal models, relatively little is known regarding how this mechanism behaves in humans. Gaining a deeper insight into human NVC is crucial not only for better understanding basic elements of cognitive processing, but also in how we interpret functional maps of brain activity (e.g. fMRI). For example, can we assume that NVC behaves similarly across individuals, brain areas and/or cognitive state? In this talk, I will discuss our current understanding of NVC, the methods used for studying non-invasive NVC in humans as well as recent findings from members of my lab. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SPEAKER: Prof. Aaron Fenster, Robarts Research Institute, Western University TITLE: Use of 3D Ultrasound imaging in image-guided interventions PLACE: McConnell Engineering 12 (ground floor) DATE: Friday, March 14, 2014 TIME: 2:30pm ABSTRACT The last two decades have witnessed unprecedented developments of new image-guided interventional imaging systems making use of 3D visualization. These new technologies provide the clinician with guidance and verification information about the interventional procedure. Although 2D ultrasound (US) has been used for image-guidance, this approach limits our ability to guide therapy, because multiple 2D images must be integrated mentally, resulting in an inefficient procedure, which often leads to variability. Investigators have addressed these limitations by developing 3D US techniques. In this paper we describe our developments of 3D US imaging instrumentation and techniques for use in image-guided interventions. In our approach the conventional US transducer is scanned mechanically, and the 2D US images are digitized and reconstructed in real-time into a 3D image, which can be viewed and manipulated interactively. Examples will be given for use in 3D US-guided prostate biopsy and brachytherapy as well as 3D US-guided focal liver ablation. Supported in part by grants from CIHR, ORF and OICR. _________________________________________________________ Krys (Christine) Dudek Program Administrator, NSERC CREATE Program for Medical Image Analysis Centre for Intelligent Machines 3480 University Street McConnell Engineering Building, Room 410 Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3A 2A7 kdudek at cim.mcgill.ca 514.398.6319 www.cim.mcgill.ca/create-mia -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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How about other emotions like anger and fear? Can we distinguish between those who are aggressive and those who aren?t by looking at their brains? How do we develop prosocial or antisocial behaviour? Join us for our first Brain Awareness Montreal Scientific Caf? of 2014 where leading neuroscientists, Jorge Armony, PhD, Jeffrey Mogil, PhD, and Jean Seguin, PhD will discuss how our social emotions are developed and mapped in our brain. After a brief discussion by each speaker, they will answer questions from the public. Join us on Tuesday, March 11th, at 7:00PM at Cabaret Playhouse (5656 Du Parc) for an evening of entertainment and enlightenment. 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/ From christophe.grova at mcgill.ca Wed Mar 12 11:32:18 2014 From: christophe.grova at mcgill.ca (Christophe Grova) Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2014 15:32:18 +0000 Subject: [BIC-announce] Seminar in Biomedical Engineering - Wednesday March 12th - 1h pm - Room 333 Message-ID: <9E1647EDA3EBB44AADA162CEC4C4222E3CA7DC13@exmbx2010-9.campus.MCGILL.CA> Dear all, We will have our next Biomedical Engineering seminar today Wednesday ? March 12th, at 1 pm Location: Room 333 Lyman Duff Building (Biomedical Engineering Dpt, 3775 University Street). Speaker: Abhishek Vadnerkar, Master student under the supervision of Dr R. Kearney PhD, BME, McGill University Since Abhishek is a Master student registered to the course BMDE500 who is giving this seminar as part of McGill conditions to obtain his M.Sc., special attendance from our department (staff and students) is really expected, in order to give Abhishek feedback on his research studies. Title: "Biofeedback Device to Improve Heel-to-Toe Gait in Seniors and Persons with Disabilities" Abstract: The goal of the Heel2Toe project is to develop a wearable wireless device capable of distinguishing between a normal gait cycle (characterised by a heel to toe transition upon contact of the foot with the ground) and an abnormal gait cycle (specifically a gait cycle which lacks a distinct heel strike). Loss of heel-to-toe gait is a feature of neurological disorders as well as ageing and results in a shortened stride length, slowing of gait speed, and increased risk of falling. The device to be developed, which will be attached to the shoe, is being designed for use clinically by physiotherapists as well as by elderly persons in a non-clinical environment who need to ensure an optimal gait pattern in order to reap the health benefits of walking. The Shimmer wireless motion kit (3 axis accelerometer plus 3 axis gyroscope) is being used for development. The device will communicate wirelessly with an android device to provide feedback to the user. In this seminar we present the work completed on the Heel2Toe project to date. Initial experiments have been conducted on people with normal and abnormal gait an the data gathered from this has been used to develop an algorithm. This algorithm takes data obtained from the Shimmer device and produces a good/bad classification for each gait cycle. This has been incorporated into a MATLAB application for real time use. The results of the validation experiments are also presented here. 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 grace.flynn at mcgill.ca Wed Mar 12 14:09:15 2014 From: grace.flynn at mcgill.ca (Grace Flynn, Ms.) Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2014 18:09:15 +0000 Subject: [BIC-announce] [NEURO] Gens du Coeur Contest - Let's win $20, 000! // Concours Gens du Coeur - Gagnons 20 000 $ ! In-Reply-To: <30054_1394646605_53209E4D_30054_260_1_E94B8AAF39AB714C87DD35843DDF5FCF1C1263A4@exmbx2010-8.campus.MCGILL.CA> References: <86A7ED9E75BFB141870036DF17983222497C1CFD@EXMBX2010-7.campus.MCGILL.CA> <30054_1394646605_53209E4D_30054_260_1_E94B8AAF39AB714C87DD35843DDF5FCF1C1263A4@exmbx2010-8.campus.MCGILL.CA> Message-ID: <62422BA66D0FA84596DBC5A0229CE79F4DFB1907@EXMBX2010-6.campus.MCGILL.CA> Dear Colleagues, I am pleased to announce that Mme Danielle Lepage, a dedicated Neuro volunteer who has raised over $100,000 for Dr. Bernard Brais? research into sensory neuropathy, has been selected as one of 10 finalists in ICI Radio Canada?s ?Gens du Coeur? contest, sponsored by Manulife Financial! The contest celebrates outstanding Quebec volunteers who have made a real difference through their work with charitable organizations. As a finalist, Danielle has already won $1,000 for The Neuro! Please vote for Danielle by following this link and help us win another $20,000 for research into rare genetic diseases. The contest ends at midnight on March 20, 2014, so please vote now! Thank you for supporting one of our hard-working volunteers, and the important research of one of our own! Sincerely, Michael Pecho Executive Director, External Affairs ************************************************************************************* Cher coll?gues, J?ai le plaisir de vous informer que Mme Danielle Lepage, b?n?vole d?vou? du Neuro ayant amass? plus de 100 000 $ pour la recherche du Dr Bernard Brais sur la neuropathie sensorielle, a ?t? s?lectionn?e comme une des 10 laur?ats du concours Gens du C?ur d?ICI Radio Canada, gracieuset? de Financi?re Manuvie! Le concours met en lumi?re les b?n?voles remarquables du Qu?bec qui font une r?elle diff?rence par leur engagement avec des organismes de bienfaisance. Comme laur?ate, Danielle a d?j? gagn? 1 000 $ pour le Neuro! Nous vous encourageons ? voter pour elle en suivant ce lien afin qu?elle remporte 20 000 $ de plus pour la recherche sur les maladies orphelines. Le concours prendra fin ? minuit le 20 mars 2014, alors ne tardez pas ? voter! Merci d?appuyer un de nos b?n?voles d?vou?s, ainsi que la recherche importante d?un des n?tres! Cordialement, Michael Pecho Directeur g?n?ral, Communications et d?veloppement -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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These lectures are named in honour of Dr. William Feindel (1918-2014), former Director of the Neuro (1972 -1984) and Founding Director of the BIC (1984-88). Dr. Feindel's presence and contribution will be greatly missed at our weekly Brain Imaging Lectures , where he almost always asked the final, most-germane question of the day: one that usually bridged the clinical and research realms, and that brought together the past, the present, and the future of brain science. This semester, our Lecture Series is being held in conjunction with the BIC's new Open Methods Meetups (*OMM*): a forum for discussing hands-on technical issues, brainstorming problem-solving for specific projects, and sharing personal tricks-of-the-trade. This will be a great venue for those associated with the BIC to transfer knowledge and to get to know one another. Please join us for our next Feindel Brain Imaging Lecture, which will be held in The Neuro's de Grandpr? Communications Centre (3801 University Street, Montreal, QC, H3A 2B4) on *Monday, March the 17th, starting at 1:00 pm**. * *At that time, **Dr. Lindsay Lewis will be leading a 30-minute **OMM on CIVET 2.0, which is an automated pipeline for structural human MRI"; this will be followed by a second 30-minute OMM led by **Dr. Boris Bernhardt on **SurfStat, which is a tool for surface-based statistics in Matlab.* 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: *Alzheimer's Disease Imaging: What's Genes Got To Do, Got To Do With It?* -- Dr. Aman Badhwar 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 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 17th, starting at 1:00 pm**. * *At that time, **Dr. Lindsay Lewis will be leading a 30-minute **OMM on CIVET 2.0, which is an automated pipeline for structural human MRI"; this will be followed by a second 30-minute OMM led by **Dr. Boris Bernhardt on **SurfStat, which is a tool for surface-based statistics in Matlab.* 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: *Alzheimer's Disease Imaging: What's Genes Got To Do, Got To Do With It?* -- Dr. Aman Badhwar 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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My research is concerned with enhancing the quality of life of non-communicative persons and their caregivers by using novel technologies to reveal and elicit signs of their personhood. Through my research, I have developed technologies based on signals from the autonomic nervous systems of children with severe and profound disabilities that can be used to reveal responses to external stimuli, and as the source of physiologically-generated music (e.g. biomusic). I have also developed technologies based on electroencephalographic (EEG) signals recorded directly from the brain that may be used to assess levels of consciousness and cognitive ability in silent persons. My ultimate goal is to implement such technologies into home and healthcare settings, in order to improve communication, enrich interaction, and enhance the personhood of non-communicative persons and their caregivers. http://www.crblm.ca/events/harnessing_physiological_signals_enhance_personhood_noncommunicative_individuals 2. Dr. Reinhold Kliegl, PhD (University of Potsdam) CRBLM Distinguished Lecture. March 20th at 1:30pm in Room 501 of the Goodman Cancer Centre, McGill University, 1160 av des Pins Ouest "The dynamics of eye movements and attention during reading" Differences between languages and how they are written give us unique opportunities to address three controversial issues in eye-movement control during reading. The three issues are (1) whether the predictability of the next word influences fixation durations before the eye gets to the word; (2) whether we can get the meaning of words before we look at them; and (3) whether information other than initial letters and word length of the next word influence where we send the eyes. Eye movements collected from reading German, English, Spanish, Chinese (both simplified and traditional), and Uighur suggest affirmative answers to these questions. http://www.crblm.ca/events/dynamics_eye_movements_and_attention_during_reading 3. Linear Mixed Models Workshop using R, led by Reinhold Kliegl, PhD (University of Potsdam) CRBLM Workshop. Saturday, March 22nd from 9:30 until 4:30 in the Arts-Ferrier Computer Room, McGill University main campus Please register by Friday, March 14 and submit your data, if applicable, by Monday, March 17 http://www.crblm.ca/events/linear_mixed_models_workshop -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From christophe.grova at mcgill.ca Tue Mar 18 06:48:01 2014 From: christophe.grova at mcgill.ca (Christophe Grova) Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2014 06:48:01 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] Seminar in Biomedical Engineering - Wednesday March 19th - 1h pm - Room 333 Message-ID: Dear all, We will have our next Biomedical Engineering seminar this coming wednesday Wednesday ? March 19th, at 1 pm Location: Room 333 Lyman Duff Building (Biomedical Engineering Dpt, 3775 University Street). Speaker: Ryan Tien Sing Young, Master student under the supervision of Dr R. Tabrizian PhD, BME, McGill University Since Ryan is a Master student registered to the course BMDE500 who is giving this seminar as part of McGill conditions to obtain his M.Sc., special attendance from our department (staff and students) is really expected, in order to give Ryan feedback on his research studies. Title: "Increasing liposome drug encapsulation efficiency via passive ?fluidic synthesis" Abstract: Since their discovery more than half a century ago, liposomes have been used as vehicles for drug delivery, vessels for contrast agents in medical imaging and even carriers of food flavours and nutrients in the food industry. Among many other advantages, their biocompatibility and ability to encapsulate hydrophobic, hydrophilic or amphiphilic bioactive compounds make them ideal for this wide range of applications. However, liposome synthesis is oftentimes a very time consuming process, and loading of desired molecules can be very difficult. Here, we propose a simple continuous-flow, passive microfluidic device which combines the synthesis and loading steps into a single low-cost device. Combining the traditional method of direct ethanol injection with microfluidic hydrodynamic focusing, also known as flow focusing, our preliminary results demonstrate the ability to synthesize 1,2-distearoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (DSPC) micro- and nanoparticles simply by varying the flow rates to the device. Not only can this design be used as a low-volume test bed for new liposome formulations, but potentially as a development platform for other types of micro-/nanoparticles as well. A list of upcoming seminars can be found at : http://www.mcgill.ca/bme/news/seminars See you there Christophe Grova *************************** Christophe Grova, PhD Assistant Professor Biomedical Engineering Dpt Neurology and Neurosurgery Dpt Multimodal Functional Imaging Lab (Multi FunkIm) Montreal Neurological Institute Centre de Recherches en Math?matiques Biomedical Engineering Department - Room 304 McGill University 3775 University Street, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3A 2B4 email : christophe.grova at mcgill.ca tel : (514) 398 2516 fax : (514) 398 7461 Web: http://www.bic.mni.mcgill.ca/ResearchLabsMFIL/PeopleChristophe http://www.bmed.mcgill.ca/ MultiFunkIm Lab: http://www.bic.mni.mcgill.ca/ResearchLabsMFIL/HomePage *************************** -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From christophe.grova at mcgill.ca Wed Mar 19 07:10:13 2014 From: christophe.grova at mcgill.ca (Christophe Grova) Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 07:10:13 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] Seminar in Biomedical Engineering - Wednesday March 19th - 1h pm - Room 333 In-Reply-To: <3517_1395140292_532826C4_3517_39_6_CF4D9BFC.1C6A0%christophe.grova@mcgill.ca> References: <3517_1395140292_532826C4_3517_39_6_CF4D9BFC.1C6A0%christophe.grova@mcgill.ca> Message-ID: Dear all, We will have our next Biomedical Engineering seminar today Wednesday ? March 19th, at 1 pm Location: Room 333 Lyman Duff Building (Biomedical Engineering Dpt, 3775 University Street). Speaker: Ryan Tien Sing Young, Master student under the supervision of Dr M. Tabrizian PhD, BME, McGill University Since Ryan is a Master student registered to the course BMDE500 who is giving this seminar as part of McGill conditions to obtain his M.Sc., special attendance from our department (staff and students) is really expected, in order to give Ryan feedback on his research studies. Title: "Increasing liposome drug encapsulation efficiency via passive ?fluidic synthesis" Abstract: Since their discovery more than half a century ago, liposomes have been used as vehicles for drug delivery, vessels for contrast agents in medical imaging and even carriers of food flavours and nutrients in the food industry. Among many other advantages, their biocompatibility and ability to encapsulate hydrophobic, hydrophilic or amphiphilic bioactive compounds make them ideal for this wide range of applications. However, liposome synthesis is oftentimes a very time consuming process, and loading of desired molecules can be very difficult. Here, we propose a simple continuous-flow, passive microfluidic device which combines the synthesis and loading steps into a single low-cost device. Combining the traditional method of direct ethanol injection with microfluidic hydrodynamic focusing, also known as flow focusing, our preliminary results demonstrate the ability to synthesize 1,2-distearoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (DSPC) micro- and nanoparticles simply by varying the flow rates to the device. Not only can this design be used as a low-volume test bed for new liposome formulations, but potentially as a development platform for other types of micro-/nanoparticles as well. 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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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 24th, starting at 1:00 pm**. * *At that time, **Mr. Mike E. Klein will be leading an **OMM on m**ultivariate pattern-analysis of fMRI using Python.* 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 on June 2nd or 23rd (see full calendar below). --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *The Feindel Brain Imaging Lecture Series @ The BIC* *- Winter/Spring-2014 Program* *Lectures are typically held on Mondays at 1:00 pm in the de Grandpr? Communications Centre of The Neuro. **For more information and links to PDFs of the presentations, please visit our website .* ---) Jan-06: *No Lecture* 01) Jan-13: *OMM: Overview of fMRI Analysis Software* -- Mr. Benjamin Elegy, Ms. Laureline Arnaud, and Mr. Michael Ferreira 02) Jan-20: *Structural MRI Analysis in the Study of Cognition, Large-Scale Networks, and Brain Pathology* -- Dr. Boris Bernhardt 03) Jan-27: *MRI Quantification of Local Tissue Volume and Composition in Individual Brains *-- Dr. Nikola Stikov 04) Feb-03: *Physiological Noise Correction in Resting State fMRI* - Dr. Naj Mahani 05) Feb-10: *Functional Imaging of the Sleeping and Sleep-Disordered Brain* -- Dr. Thien Thanh Dang-Vu 06) Feb-17: *OMM: Diffusion Analysis with MINC Tools* -- Ms. Ilana Leppert 07) Feb-24: *OMM: MRI Registration* -- Dr. Hassan Rivaz 08) Tue-Feb-25: *Driving Neurons with Microscopic Magnetic Stimulation Coils *-- Dr. Giorgio Bonmassar 09) Mar-03: *OMM: Matlab vs. Python for Brain Imaging Experiments* -- Ms. Emily Coffey and Dr. Robert Brown 10) Mar-10: *OMM: **An Introduction to Automatic Tissue-Classification of Brain MRI* -- Mr. Colm Elliott 11) Mar-17: *OMM-1: CIVET 2.0, An Automated Pipeline For Structural Human MRI* -- Dr. Lindsay Lewis Mar-17: *OMM-2: SurfStat: Surface-Based Statistics in Matlab* -- Dr. Boris Bernhardt 12) Mar-24: *OMM: Multivariate Pattern Analysis of fMRI using Python* -- Mr. Mike E. Klein 13) Mar-31: *OMM: Why Use PET? Research in Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders* -- Mr. Paul Gravel 14) Apr-07: *Neurovascular Coupling in the Human Brain* -- Dr. Kevin Whittingstall 15) Apr-14: *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: *Alzheimer's Disease Imaging: What's Genes Got To Do, Got To Do With It?* -- Dr. Aman Badhwar 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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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 24th, starting at 1:00 pm**. * *At that time, **Mr. Mike E. Klein will be leading an **OMM on m**ultivariate pattern-analysis of fMRI using Python.* 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 on June 2nd or 23rd (see full calendar below). --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *The Feindel Brain Imaging Lecture Series @ The BIC* *- Winter/Spring-2014 Program* *Lectures are typically held on Mondays at 1:00 pm in the de Grandpr? Communications Centre of The Neuro. **For more information and links to PDFs of the presentations, please visit our website .* ---) Jan-06: *No Lecture* 01) Jan-13: *OMM: Overview of fMRI Analysis Software* -- Mr. Benjamin Elegy, Ms. Laureline Arnaud, and Mr. Michael Ferreira 02) Jan-20: *Structural MRI Analysis in the Study of Cognition, Large-Scale Networks, and Brain Pathology* -- Dr. Boris Bernhardt 03) Jan-27: *MRI Quantification of Local Tissue Volume and Composition in Individual Brains *-- Dr. Nikola Stikov 04) Feb-03: *Physiological Noise Correction in Resting State fMRI* - Dr. Naj Mahani 05) Feb-10: *Functional Imaging of the Sleeping and Sleep-Disordered Brain* -- Dr. Thien Thanh Dang-Vu 06) Feb-17: *OMM: Diffusion Analysis with MINC Tools* -- Ms. Ilana Leppert 07) Feb-24: *OMM: MRI Registration* -- Dr. Hassan Rivaz 08) Tue-Feb-25: *Driving Neurons with Microscopic Magnetic Stimulation Coils *-- Dr. Giorgio Bonmassar 09) Mar-03: *OMM: Matlab vs. Python for Brain Imaging Experiments* -- Ms. Emily Coffey and Dr. Robert Brown 10) Mar-10: *OMM: **An Introduction to Automatic Tissue-Classification of Brain MRI* -- Mr. Colm Elliott 11) Mar-17: *OMM-1: CIVET 2.0, An Automated Pipeline For Structural Human MRI* -- Dr. Lindsay Lewis Mar-17: *OMM-2: SurfStat: Surface-Based Statistics in Matlab* -- Dr. Boris Bernhardt 12) Mar-24: *OMM: Multivariate Pattern Analysis of fMRI using Python* -- Mr. Mike E. Klein 13) Mar-31: *OMM: Why Use PET? Research in Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders* -- Mr. Paul Gravel 14) Apr-07: *Neurovascular Coupling in the Human Brain* -- Dr. Kevin Whittingstall 15) Apr-14: *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: *Alzheimer's Disease Imaging: What's Genes Got To Do, Got To Do With It?* -- Dr. Aman Badhwar 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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Title: "Spectrotemporal analysis of the visual cortex response to natural images and their phase-shuffled versions" Abstract: Studying the responses of the visual cortex to natural, predictable stimuli and to non-predictable stimuli may shed light on how the visual cortex analyzes visual information. The visual cortex comprises a cascade of areas with bi-directional inter-areal connections. Recent studies in humans suggested a top-down modulatory effect on the early stage of visual processing and considered area V1 as an adaptive dynamic processor. To probe the information flow in the visual cortex, I record MEG signals while presenting natural images and their phase shuffled version. The local phase information in an image is essential for perception, because important visual features such as edges emerge at locations of maximal local phase coherence. I perturb this informative feature of natural images by phase scrambling and investigate the effect on the spectrotemporal behaviour of the signals localized in different visual areas. The design and expected results of my study will be discussed in the context of the framework of predictive coding of sensory stimuli. 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 caramanos at gmail.com Tue Mar 25 22:41:04 2014 From: caramanos at gmail.com (Zografos 'Aki' CARAMANOS) Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2014 22:41:04 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] =?iso-8859-1?q?Feindel_Brain_Imaging_Lecture_=40_T?= =?iso-8859-1?q?he_BIC_=28Mon-Mar-31st=2C_1=3A00_pm=2C_de_Grandpr?= =?iso-8859-1?q?=E9_Communications_Centre=3B_=22OMM=3A_Why_Use_PET?= =?iso-8859-1?q?=3F_Research_in_Neurological_and_Psychiatric_Disord?= =?iso-8859-1?q?ers=22_--_Mr=2E_Paul_Gravel=29?= Message-ID: *The Feindel Brain Imaging Lecture Series @ The BIC* The Feindel Brain Imaging Lecture Series features informal lectures on brain imaging presented at the Neuro 's McConnell Brain Imaging Centre (*BIC*) by experts in the field. These lectures are named in honour of Dr. William Feindel (1918-2014), former Director of the Neuro (1972 -1984) and Founding Director of the BIC (1984-88). Dr. Feindel's presence and contribution will be greatly missed at our weekly Brain Imaging Lectures , where he almost always asked the final, most-germane question of the day: one that usually bridged the clinical and research realms, and that brought together the past, the present, and the future of brain science. This semester, our Lecture Series is being held in conjunction with the BIC's new Open Methods Meetups (*OMM*): a forum for discussing hands-on technical issues, brainstorming problem-solving for specific projects, and sharing personal tricks-of-the-trade. This will be a great venue for those associated with the BIC to transfer knowledge and to get to know one another. Please join us for our next Feindel Brain Imaging Lecture, which will be held in The Neuro's de Grandpr? Communications Centre (3801 University Street, Montreal, QC, H3A 2B4) on *Monday, March the 31st, starting at 1:00 pm**. * *At that time, **Mr. Paul Gravel will be leading an **OMM on the use of PET in research on **neurological and psychiatric disorders* *.* 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 on June 2nd or 23rd (see full calendar below). PPS - For those who might be interested, please note that there is an upcoming edX course on the topic of Introduction to Biomedical Imaging. The faculty for this course will include BIC and Neuro alumni Dr. David Reutens and Dr. Andrew Janke . --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *The Feindel Brain Imaging Lecture Series @ The BIC* *- Winter/Spring-2014 Program* *Lectures are typically held on Mondays at 1:00 pm in the de Grandpr? Communications Centre of The Neuro. **For more information and links to PDFs of the presentations, please visit our website .* ---) Jan-06: *No Lecture* 01) Jan-13: *OMM: Overview of fMRI Analysis Software* -- Mr. Benjamin Elegy, Ms. Laureline Arnaud, and Mr. Michael Ferreira 02) Jan-20: *Structural MRI Analysis in the Study of Cognition, Large-Scale Networks, and Brain Pathology* -- Dr. Boris Bernhardt 03) Jan-27: *MRI Quantification of Local Tissue Volume and Composition in Individual Brains *-- Dr. Nikola Stikov 04) Feb-03: *Physiological Noise Correction in Resting State fMRI* - Dr. Naj Mahani 05) Feb-10: *Functional Imaging of the Sleeping and Sleep-Disordered Brain* -- Dr. Thien Thanh Dang-Vu 06) Feb-17: *OMM: Diffusion Analysis with MINC Tools* -- Ms. Ilana Leppert 07) Feb-24: *OMM: MRI Registration* -- Dr. Hassan Rivaz 08) Tue-Feb-25: *Driving Neurons with Microscopic Magnetic Stimulation Coils *-- Dr. Giorgio Bonmassar 09) Mar-03: *OMM: Matlab vs. Python for Brain Imaging Experiments* -- Ms. Emily Coffey and Dr. Robert Brown 10) Mar-10: *OMM: **An Introduction to Automatic Tissue-Classification of Brain MRI* -- Mr. Colm Elliott 11) Mar-17: *OMM-1: CIVET 2.0, An Automated Pipeline For Structural Human MRI* -- Dr. Lindsay Lewis Mar-17: *OMM-2: SurfStat: Surface-Based Statistics in Matlab* -- Dr. Boris Bernhardt 12) Mar-24: *OMM: Multivariate Pattern Analysis of fMRI using Python* -- Mr. Mike E. Klein 13) Mar-31: *OMM: Why Use PET? Research in Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders* -- Mr. Paul Gravel 14) Apr-07: *Neurovascular Coupling in the Human Brain* -- Dr. Kevin Whittingstall 15) Apr-14: *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: *Alzheimer's Disease Imaging: What's Genes Got To Do, Got To Do With It?* -- Dr. Aman Badhwar 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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Shmuel PhD, BME, McGill University Since Sepide is a Master student registered to the course BMDE500 who is giving this seminar as part of McGill conditions to obtain his M.Sc., special attendance from our department (staff and students) is really expected, in order to give Sepide feedback on her research studies. Title: "Spectrotemporal analysis of the visual cortex response to natural images and their phase-shuffled versions" Abstract: Studying the responses of the visual cortex to natural, predictable stimuli and to non-predictable stimuli may shed light on how the visual cortex analyzes visual information. The visual cortex comprises a cascade of areas with bi-directional inter-areal connections. Recent studies in humans suggested a top-down modulatory effect on the early stage of visual processing and considered area V1 as an adaptive dynamic processor. To probe the information flow in the visual cortex, I record MEG signals while presenting natural images and their phase shuffled version. The local phase information in an image is essential for perception, because important visual features such as edges emerge at locations of maximal local phase coherence. I perturb this informative feature of natural images by phase scrambling and investigate the effect on the spectrotemporal behaviour of the signals localized in different visual areas. The design and expected results of my study will be discussed in the context of the framework of predictive coding of sensory stimuli. 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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Your help is greatly appreciated both by us and the future scientists involved in our program. Thank you for your time and assistance, Jacqueline Volunteer Recruitment Coordinator BAW/ CeT 2014 ********************************************** For those interested, please see complete announcement: http://www.bic.mni.mcgill.ca/News/20140326001 From caramanos at gmail.com Sun Mar 30 22:22:49 2014 From: caramanos at gmail.com (Zografos 'Aki' CARAMANOS) Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2014 22:22:49 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] Pathways and Connections: Dr. Andrea Bernasconi and Dr. Neda Ladbon-Bernasconi (Wed-April-2nd at 5:30 pm; Montreal Neurological Institute, room 124) Message-ID: *Pathways and Connections* *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. Andrea Bernasconi and Dr. Neda Ladbon-Bernasconi starting at 5:30 pm on Wednesday, April 2nd, in room 124 of the Montreal Neurological Institute (3801 University Street ).* *Wednesday, April 2, 2014, 5:30 pm, Neuro 124: The husband and wife team of Dr. Andrea Bernasconi , Associate Professor of Neurology, and Dr. Neda Ladbon-Bernasconi , Assistant Professor of Neurology, are both neurologists and epileptologists at the Montreal Neurological Institute. Together, they run the Neuroimaging of Epilepsy Lab (NOEL) in the McConnell Brain Imaging Centre. Their lab provides a unique environment fostering links between graduate students and postdoctoral fellows in Neuroscience, Computer Science, Engineering, and Neurology. This multidisciplinary environment has put NOEL in a unique position to generate a wide range of research perspectives and to develop novel methods of investigation that can directly impact the management and quality of care of patients with epilepsy. Their research combines structural and functional MRI with statistical modeling. They use advanced morphometric (anatomical) and functional MRI (including resting-state fMRI) to assess cortical architecture, function, and plasticity in a search for endophenotypes and biomarkers of epileptogenesis. Main topics include automated lesion detection through computational modeling and machine learning, subcortical and cortical brain segmentation, analysis of brain networks based on graph-theoretical methods and independent component analysis. They are interested in tracking disease progression and its consequences on brain plasticity, connectivity and cognition. * *Please note that space is limited: to **RSVP, or for more information, please contact Zografos Caramanos **.* -- Zografos Caramanos, M.A. Research Assistant, Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Unit Ph.D. Student, Integrated Program in Neuroscience McConnell Brain Imaging Centre, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University 3801 University Street, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3A 2B4 (phone) 514-299-8160; (fax) 514-398-2975 (e-mail) zografos.caramanos at mcgill.ca (web) Google-scholar www.zcaramanos.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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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 31st, starting at 1:00 pm**. * *At that time, **Mr. Paul Gravel will be leading an **OMM on the use of PET in research on **neurological and psychiatric disorders* *.* 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 on June 2nd or 23rd (see full calendar below). PPS - For those who might be interested, please note that there is an upcoming edX course on the topic of Introduction to Biomedical Imaging. The faculty for this course will include BIC and Neuro alumni Dr. David Reutens and Dr. Andrew Janke . --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *The Feindel Brain Imaging Lecture Series @ The BIC* *- Winter/Spring-2014 Program* *Lectures are typically held on Mondays at 1:00 pm in the de Grandpr? Communications Centre of The Neuro. **For more information and links to PDFs of the presentations, please visit our website .* ---) Jan-06: *No Lecture* 01) Jan-13: *OMM: Overview of fMRI Analysis Software* -- Mr. Benjamin Elegy, Ms. Laureline Arnaud, and Mr. Michael Ferreira 02) Jan-20: *Structural MRI Analysis in the Study of Cognition, Large-Scale Networks, and Brain Pathology* -- Dr. Boris Bernhardt 03) Jan-27: *MRI Quantification of Local Tissue Volume and Composition in Individual Brains *-- Dr. Nikola Stikov 04) Feb-03: *Physiological Noise Correction in Resting State fMRI* - Dr. Naj Mahani 05) Feb-10: *Functional Imaging of the Sleeping and Sleep-Disordered Brain* -- Dr. Thien Thanh Dang-Vu 06) Feb-17: *OMM: Diffusion Analysis with MINC Tools* -- Ms. Ilana Leppert 07) Feb-24: *OMM: MRI Registration* -- Dr. Hassan Rivaz 08) Tue-Feb-25: *Driving Neurons with Microscopic Magnetic Stimulation Coils *-- Dr. Giorgio Bonmassar 09) Mar-03: *OMM: Matlab vs. Python for Brain Imaging Experiments* -- Ms. Emily Coffey and Dr. Robert Brown 10) Mar-10: *OMM: **An Introduction to Automatic Tissue-Classification of Brain MRI* -- Mr. Colm Elliott 11) Mar-17: *OMM-1: CIVET 2.0, An Automated Pipeline For Structural Human MRI* -- Dr. Lindsay Lewis Mar-17: *OMM-2: SurfStat: Surface-Based Statistics in Matlab* -- Dr. Boris Bernhardt 12) Mar-24: *OMM: Multivariate Pattern Analysis of fMRI using Python* -- Mr. Mike E. Klein 13) Mar-31: *OMM: Why Use PET? Research in Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders* -- Mr. Paul Gravel 14) Apr-07: *Neurovascular Coupling in the Human Brain* -- Dr. Kevin Whittingstall 15) Apr-14: *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: *Alzheimer's Disease Imaging: What's Genes Got To Do, Got To Do With It?* -- Dr. Aman Badhwar 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... URL: From kevin.larcher at mcgill.ca Mon Mar 31 17:48:00 2014 From: kevin.larcher at mcgill.ca (Kevin Larcher, Mr) Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 21:48:00 +0000 Subject: [BIC-announce] New BIC website In-Reply-To: <9DEE52873BFA894E83D2CD86D9F08089321521AF@EXMBX2010-6.campus.MCGILL.CA> References: <9DEE52873BFA894E83D2CD86D9F08089321521AF@EXMBX2010-6.campus.MCGILL.CA> Message-ID: <9DEE52873BFA894E83D2CD86D9F0808932152472@EXMBX2010-6.campus.MCGILL.CA> ________________________________________ De : Kevin Larcher, Mr Envoy? : jeudi 27 mars 2014 22:11 ? : bic-announce-bounces at bic.mni.mcgill.ca Objet : New BIC website Dear colleagues, A new campaign has been recently started to update the BIC website (http://www.bic.mni.mcgill.ca/). We are re-editing it with the 2014 McGill WMS (Web Management System) and adding new content. We wish to show an image of excellence of the Brain Imaging Centre, and allow any visitors (students, collaborators, reviewers, staff, etc) to find all information they need. One of those main objectives is to give to the BIC labs and members an opportunity of presenting their investigations and also the datasets/softwares which could conduct to new collaborations. For now, I would need to collect a list of softwares developed and datasets acquired by your lab, that you want to share on the BIC website. You could include a description of them, or eventually some related links. Moreover, the BIC members (faculty, students, and staff) and the affialiated one can send their new BIC profile, if the current one is obsolete. The profile needs to contain a short biography with research interests at the BIC and contact details. You can also include your personal page, and list tags (keywords) related to your interests and investigations. Labs (person in charge) : - Datasets - Softwares All BIC members : - Biography (text or personal page) - Research interests (description + tags) - Contact details Regards, Kevin LARCHER, M.Eng. McConnell Brain Imaging Centre Email: klarcher at bic.mni.mcgill.ca | kevin.larcher at mcgill.ca