[BIC-announce] [TODAY] Feindel Brain Imaging Lecture @ The BIC (Mon-Mar-03, 1:00 pm, de Grandpré Communications Centre; "OMM: Matlab vs. Python for Brain Imaging Experiments" -- Ms. Emily Coffey and Dr. Robert Brown)

Mon Mar 3 00:08:18 EST 2014

  *The Feindel Brain Imaging Lecture Series @ The BIC*

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

These lectures are named in honour of Dr. William
Feindel<http://publications.mcgill.ca/reporter/2014/01/dr-william-feindel-1918-2014/>
(1918-2014),
former Director of the Neuro (1972 -1984) and Founding Director of the BIC
(1984-88).  Dr.
Feindel<http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health-and-fitness/health/neurosurgeon-william-feindel-was-an-explorer-of-the-mind/article16764683/>'s
presence and contribution will be greatly missed at our weekly Brain
Imaging Lectures <http://www.bic.mni.mcgill.ca/Seminars/BICLectureSeries>,
where he almost always asked the final, most-germane question of the day:
one that usually bridged the clinical and research realms, and that brought
together the past, the present, and the future of brain science.

This semester, our Lecture Series is being held in conjunction with the
BIC's new Open Methods Meetups
(*OMM*)<http://www.bic.mni.mcgill.ca/Seminars/OpenMethodsMeetups>: a
forum for discussing hands-on technical issues, brainstorming
problem-solving for specific projects, and sharing personal
tricks-of-the-trade. This will be a great venue for those associated with
the BIC to transfer knowledge and to get to know one another.

Please join us for our next Feindel Brain Imaging Lecture, which will be
held in The Neuro's de Grandpré Communications
Centre<http://neuromedia.mcgill.ca/mnibooking/facdirections/dgccdir.htm>
 (3801
University Street, Montreal, QC, H3A 2B4) on *Monday, March the 3rd,
starting at 1:00 pm**.  *

*At that time, **Ms. Emily Coffey
<http://ca.linkedin.com/pub/emily-b-j-coffey/5/710/10b> and Dr. Robert
Brown <http://www.robbtech.com/~robb/Science/index.shtml>** will be leading
an OMM on the use of **Matlab <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MATLAB> vs.
Python <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Python_(programming_language)> 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).

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*The Feindel Brain Imaging Lecture Series @ The BIC*

*-  Winter/Spring-2014 Program*

*Lectures are typically held on Mondays at 1:00 pm in the de Grandpré
Communications Centre of The Neuro. **For more information please visit our
website <http://www.bic.mni.mcgill.ca/Seminars/BICLectureSeries>.*

 ---) Jan-06:  *No Lecture*
01) Jan-13:  *OMM: Overview of fMRI Analysis Software* -- Mr. Benjamin
Elegy, Ms. Laureline Arnaud, and Mr. Michael Ferreira
02) Jan-20:  *Structural MRI Analysis in the Study of Cognition,
Large-Scale Networks, and Brain Pathology*  -- Dr. Boris Bernhardt
03) Jan-27:  *MRI Quantification of Local Tissue Volume and Composition in
Individual Brains *-- Dr. Nikola Stikov

04) Feb-03:  *Physiological Noise Correction in Resting State fMRI* - Dr.
Naj Mahani
05) Feb-10:  *Functional Imaging of the Sleeping and Sleep-Disordered
Brain* -- Dr.
Thien Thanh Dang-Vu
06) Feb-17:  *OMM: Diffusion Analysis with MINC Tools* -- Ms. Ilana Leppert
07) Feb-24:  *OMM: MRI Registration* -- Dr. Hassan Rivaz
08) Tue-Feb-25:  *Driving Neurons with Microscopic Magnetic Stimulation
Coils *-- Dr. Giorgio Bonmassar

09) Mar-03:  *OMM: Matlab vs. Python for Brain Imaging Experiments* -- Ms.
Emily Coffey and Dr. Robert Brown
 10) Mar-10:  *OMM: **An Introduction to Automatic Tissue-Classification of
Brain MRI*  -- Mr. Colm Elliott
11) Mar-17:  *OMM-1: CIVET 2.0, An Automated Pipeline For Structural Human
MRI* -- Dr. Lindsay Lewis
      Mar-17:  *OMM-2: SurfStat: Surface-Based Statistics in Matlab* -- Dr.
Boris Bernhardt
 12) Mar-24:  *OMM: Multivariate Pattern Analysis of fMRI using Python* -- Mr.
Mike E. Klein
13) Mar-31:  *OMM: Why Use PET? Research in Neurological and Psychiatric
Disorders* -- Mr. Paul Gravel

14) Apr-07:  *Neurovascular Coupling in the Human Brain* -- Dr. Kevin
Whittingstall
15) Apr-14:  *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. François 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<http://scholar.google.ca/citations?sortby=pubdate&hl=en&user=BcVBulQAAAAJ&view_op=list_works>
   www.zcaramanos.com
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