From sylvain.baillet at mcgill.ca Wed Sep 3 07:54:54 2014 From: sylvain.baillet at mcgill.ca (Sylvain Baillet, Dr) Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2014 11:54:54 +0000 Subject: [BIC-announce] Please Forward (new response to ALS Challenge) References: Message-ID: <5A1B2AF5-37D9-4059-8D4B-838081DB41E0@mcgill.ca> From: Christine Dudek > Date: Tuesday, 2 September, 2014 5:23 PM Subject: Fwd: ? transmettre - Please Forward (new response to ALS Challenge) Two of our CREATE-MIA industrial partners have answered the ALS challenge in a slightly novel way and thought that you might know of someone who might want to try to benefit from these offers. One company (Imeka) is offering $5000 worth of diffusion MRI & and fiber tractography processing services to the first researcher to get in touch with them, and the other, True Positive Medical Devices, $5000 worth of MRI structural image analysis (volumetry) to the same or different researcher. Best, Krys _________________________________________________________ Krys (Christine) Dudek Program Administrator, NSERC CREATE Program for Medical Image Analysis Centre for Intelligent Machines, McGill University McConnell Engineering, Room 410 3480 University Street Montreal, QC H3A 0E9 Begin forwarded message: From: "Jean-Ren? B?langer" > Subject: ? transmettre - Please Forward Date: September 2, 2014 at 1:49:34 PM GMT-4 To: "jr.belanger at imeka.ca" > English will follow _______________________________ Bonjour tout le monde, Est-ce que je peux vous demander de transmettre ceci dans votre r?seau svp? C'est pour une bonne cause! :) Aussi, si ?a vous int?resse personnellement, n'h?sitez-pas! http://www.imeka.ca/#!Imekas-ALS-5000-Donation-Announcement/c1s0h/367C7A4F-D5E8-4FCE-BDAE-BB86350EFB50 Contactez-moi pour plus de d?tails! _______________________________ Hi everyone, Can I ask you to forward this in your network please? It's for a good cause! :) Also, if this interests you personally, don't hesitate to contact me! http://www.imeka.ca/#!Imekas-ALS-5000-Donation-Announcement/c1s0h/367C7A4F-D5E8-4FCE-BDAE-BB86350EFB50 Contact me for more details! Best regards, meilleures salutations, Jean-Ren? B?langer CEO Imeka Solutions Mobile: +1 819 238 2602 Toll Free: +1 888 311 0599 www.imeka.ca -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From sylvain at bic.mni.mcgill.ca Thu Sep 4 10:02:06 2014 From: sylvain at bic.mni.mcgill.ca (Sylvain Milot) Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2014 10:02:06 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [BIC-announce] =?utf-8?q?=5BMATLAB_Seminars=5D_Coming_to_McGill_?= =?utf-8?b?4oCTIFNlcHQgMTkgIChmd2Qp?= Message-ID: for those interested ... ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: 4 Sep 2014 09:02:16 -0400 From: Tim Mathieu Reply-To: MathWorks To: sylvain.milot at mcgill.ca Subject: [utf-8] [MATLAB Seminars] Coming to McGill Sept 19 To view this email as a web page, click here . Please join us for complimentary MATLAB seminars. Faculty, staff, researchers and students are all welcome to attend. MATLAB and Simulink Seminars at the Faculty of Engineering McGill University Friday, September 19 Session 1: 10:00 a.m. ??? 12:00 p.m. Session 2: 1:00 ??? 3:00 p.m. Location: Frank Dawson Adams Building (FDA), Room 21 Register Our event features two technical sessions presented by MathWorks engineers: 10:00 a.m. ??? 12:00 p.m.: Session 1: MATLAB Ramp Up for Students This session is intended for undergraduate students who are new to MATLAB and are using MATLAB for course work. The session will introduce the MATLAB environment, identify useful components in MATLAB, and demonstrate some of the basic operations. A case study will be used to show how MATLAB may be applied to solve a problem. 1:00 ??? 3:00 p.m.: Session 2: MATLAB and Simulink for Programming Low-Cost Hardware This session will explain MATLAB and Simulink???s capabilities for programming low-cost hardware like LEGO, Arduino, Raspberry Pi, BeagleBoard, as well as, many other platforms. The session demonstrates the workflow for using MATLAB and Simulink with hardware, whether your application is coursework, research, or student projects. No Simulink experience is required. To view complete session descriptions and register, visit: www.mathworks.com/seminars/McGill2014 Please contact me with any questions at 508-647-7016 or Tim.Mathieu at mathworks.com . Sincerely, Tim Mathieu Account Manager, Education Department MathWorks Tim.Mathieu at mathworks.com "MathWorks" ?? 2014 The MathWorks, Inc. MATLAB and Simulink are registered trademarks of The MathWorks, Inc. See a list of additional trademarks . Other product or brand names may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. From sylvain.baillet at mcgill.ca Fri Sep 5 19:09:34 2014 From: sylvain.baillet at mcgill.ca (Sylvain Baillet, Dr) Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2014 23:09:34 +0000 Subject: [BIC-announce] TGIF Message-ID: <0584D30F-5525-4390-9FDB-6978235EABA6@mcgill.ca> Hi everyone: Kudos to Alan for receiving the very prestigious Margolese National Brain Disorders Prize from the University of British Columbia (http://publications.mcgill.ca/reporter/2014/08/alan-evans-awarded-major-brain-disorders-prize/) and a bucket of ice-cold water on his brain (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3r-ovwYrTAg)! On another important front, we're working hard on getting the BIC Lecture series started again on Mondays @ 1pm: we're preparing an exciting program for the new season, including video capture and streaming, starting around Oct 01. Stay tuned! Importantly, please remember there will be a tribute to Marika Archambault-?Wallenburg tomorrow (September 6) at 1pm at McGill?s Thomson House, 3650 McTavish. Have a great week-end! Sylvain. ----------------------- Sylvain Baillet, PhD MNI Killam and FRSQ Senior Scholar Interim Director, McConnell Brain Imaging Centre Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From christophe.grova at mcgill.ca Mon Sep 8 07:41:13 2014 From: christophe.grova at mcgill.ca (Christophe Grova) Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2014 11:41:13 +0000 Subject: [BIC-announce] fNIRS 2014 international conference in Montreal - Oct 10-12th 2014 Message-ID: <9E1647EDA3EBB44AADA162CEC4C4222E3CB0BC2F@exmbx2010-9.campus.MCGILL.CA> Dear all, Note that fNIRS 2014 international conference organized by the society for functional Near-Ifra-Red Spectroscopy will be held in Montreal this year, at Ecole Polytechnique on Oct 10th-12th 2014. 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We will be having information sessions on the McGill and Montr??al University campuses in the next week (check our Facebook page for dates, times, and places). If you are unable to make it, but are interested, email us at bawvolunteers at gmail.com for more information and the volunteer sign-up form. You can also find us at: Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/BrainAwarenessMontreal, or our website: www.brainawarenessmontreal.com. ___________________________________________________________ Bonjour ?? tous, nos ??quipes ont d??j?? commenc?? la pr??paration de l'??dition 2015 de Cerveau en t??te. Nous avons besoin d'aide dans plusieurs comit??s, donc si vous ??tes int??ress??s par le recrutement des b??n??voles, la comit?? des ??coles secondaires (francophones et anglophones), le comit?? Eur??ka ou encore faire la promotion de CeTM, joignez-vous ?? nous! Si vous avez des questions, il y aura des rencontres d'information sur le campus de l???UdeM et de McGill la semaine prochaine (surveillez notre page Facebook pour les dates) Contactez-nous pour recevoir le formulaire d'inscription: bawvolunteers at gmail.com Volunteer Recruitment Team BAW/ CeT 2015 brainawarenessmontreal.com facebook.com/BrainAwarenessMontreal twitter.com/BAMontreal From melanie.segado at gmail.com Tue Sep 16 14:40:46 2014 From: melanie.segado at gmail.com (melanie segado) Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2014 14:40:46 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] BIC Survey 2014 Message-ID: Did you attend the BIC lectures, workshops, and OMMs last year? Are you looking for new learning opportunities this year to fine-tune your brain imaging technical skills and knowledge? Following from last year's success, we are assessing the needs of the BIC community as we plan this year's series of lectures, workshops, and events. *Please help us by completing this 2 minute survey, by Friday September 26th.Survey URL: *https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/LCN5D78 Stay tuned for the results, which will be presented at the BIC General Assembly! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From grace.flynn at mcgill.ca Tue Sep 16 17:06:04 2014 From: grace.flynn at mcgill.ca (Grace Flynn, Ms.) Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2014 21:06:04 +0000 Subject: [BIC-announce] =?windows-1252?q?Special_Seminar_-_=93Imaging_Gene?= =?windows-1252?q?tics=3A_Towards_a_new_paradigm=94_-_September_25=2C_2014?= =?windows-1252?q?_=28Jean-Baptiste_Poline=29?= In-Reply-To: <62422BA66D0FA84596DBC5A0229CE79F4E0C2B80@EXMBX2010-6.campus.MCGILL.CA> References: <62422BA66D0FA84596DBC5A0229CE79F4E0C2B80@EXMBX2010-6.campus.MCGILL.CA> Message-ID: <62422BA66D0FA84596DBC5A0229CE79F4E0C2CD7@EXMBX2010-6.campus.MCGILL.CA> SPECIAL SEMINAR ANNOUNCEMENT: Thursday, September 25, 2014 at 10:00am de Grandpr? Communications Centre, MNI ?Imaging Genetics: Towards a new paradigm? Jean-Baptiste Poline, PhD Research scientist, Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, Brain Imaging Center, University of California, Berkeley Dr. Poline is a potential faculty hire in the area of Neuroinformatics. His expertise lies in the area of data analysis and neuroinformatics. He is a well-established scientist in this area and would take a lead role in many of our large-scale international neuroinformatics initiatives. Imaging genetics aims at studying the relation of brain structural or functional phenotypes variability with genetic variability. As such, it will help understand the mechanisms that contribute to variations in both normal and pathological behaviour, holding great promises in fundamental neuroscience, neurology, psychiatry and personalized medicine. Early studies have shown association of brain phenotypes with specific gene polymorphisms, for instance Hariri et al, 2002, showed that amigdala Blood Oxygen Level Dependent (BOLD) signal activity is linked to the allele of the promoter of the serotonin transporter gene (5-HTT). Pezawas et al., 2004, showed that the amount of hypocampal grey matter depends on the variation of the Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) gene. These genetic variations also predict variations in behavioural phenotypes (memory, anxiety-related behaviours) and are associated with pathologies. Later, family or twin studies were used to establish the heritability of brain phenotypes such as resting state networks (Glahn et al., 2010), diffusion tensor imaging and reconstructed white matter tracts (Kochunov et al., 2010), or cortical thickness (Rimol et al., 2010). Recently, whole genome (GWAS) whole brain analyses have been attempted using customized statistical analyses, but the very large number of multiple comparisons leads to poor sensitivity of these analyses (Stein et al, 2010, Hibar et al., 2011). Currently, a number of studies are using meta analyses across a large number of imaging genetics consortia and databases through the ENIGMA project to obtain well powered studies (eg Stein et al., 2012, Thompson et al., 2013). While imaging genetics has great potential, it is also facing great challenges. Early results were obtained with small or medium sized cohorts with limited power, making the reproducibility of some results questionable (Ioannidis, 2005, Button et al., 2013). The size and complexity of the data are factors that limit power and interpretation. The flexibility of the analyses is also challenging the reproducibility of results in this field. There is no standard solution to managing these data and the computer infrastructure necessary to conduct large scale analyses. As far as datasharing is concerned, the genetics and the imaging communities may have different cultures but they share many common ethical and informatics questions. In Dr. Poline?s talk, he will first review these analytical and informatics challenges and put the emphasis on the power and reproducibility issues. He will then describe a set of statistical techniques designed to handle these high dimensionality data, which should yield better sensitivity and interpretability, as well as describe various strategies to reduce the multiple comparison issue. To fulfill its promises, and yield robust and relevant results, imaging genetics has to move from the current framework and be inspired by systems biology techniques, integrating information originating from different sources to address biological or clinical questions. Dr. Poline will present an example of this approach and demonstrate how results can be validated by using public genomics resources. He will describe how the research community could adopt new technologies, and develop a culture of data sharing and collaborations between research communities which could lead to new analysis and meta analysis paradigms. Genomics and imaging are two rapidly advancing fields of fundamental importance for neuroscience. 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In a nutshell: - Dr Rick Hoge is our new MRI Director of Research - Dr Gassan Massarweh is our new Director of Cyclotron and Radiochemistry (PET Unit) - Dr Alexey Kostikov is now Assistant Professor, Radiochemistry (PET Unit) - Announcing a new season of BIC Lectures: One-Technique-a-Week Mondays @ 1pm, starting Oct 06 - BIC General Assembly (open to everyone), Sept 29 @ 1pm Looking forward to serving (all) your imaging needs this season again! Cheers, Sylvain. ----------------------- Sylvain Baillet, PhD MNI Killam and FRSQ Senior Scholar Interim Director, McConnell Brain Imaging Centre Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From grace.flynn at mcgill.ca Tue Sep 23 13:33:03 2014 From: grace.flynn at mcgill.ca (Grace Flynn, Ms.) Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2014 17:33:03 +0000 Subject: [BIC-announce] =?windows-1252?q?Special_Seminar_-_=93Imaging_Gene?= =?windows-1252?q?tics=3A_Towards_a_new_paradigm=94_-_Thursday=2C_Septembe?= =?windows-1252?q?r_25=2C_2014_=28Jean-Baptiste_Poline=29?= Message-ID: <62422BA66D0FA84596DBC5A0229CE79F4E0CAE94@EXMBX2010-6.campus.MCGILL.CA> SPECIAL SEMINAR ANNOUNCEMENT: Thursday, September 25, 2014 at 10:00am de Grandpr? Communications Centre, MNI ?Imaging Genetics: Towards a new paradigm? Jean-Baptiste Poline, PhD Research scientist, Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, Brain Imaging Center, University of California, Berkeley Dr. Poline is a potential faculty hire in the area of Neuroinformatics. His expertise lies in the area of data analysis and neuroinformatics. He is a well-established scientist in this area and would take a lead role in many of our large-scale international neuroinformatics initiatives. Imaging genetics aims at studying the relation of brain structural or functional phenotypes variability with genetic variability. As such, it will help understand the mechanisms that contribute to variations in both normal and pathological behaviour, holding great promises in fundamental neuroscience, neurology, psychiatry and personalized medicine. Early studies have shown association of brain phenotypes with specific gene polymorphisms, for instance Hariri et al, 2002, showed that amigdala Blood Oxygen Level Dependent (BOLD) signal activity is linked to the allele of the promoter of the serotonin transporter gene (5-HTT). Pezawas et al., 2004, showed that the amount of hypocampal grey matter depends on the variation of the Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) gene. These genetic variations also predict variations in behavioural phenotypes (memory, anxiety-related behaviours) and are associated with pathologies. Later, family or twin studies were used to establish the heritability of brain phenotypes such as resting state networks (Glahn et al., 2010), diffusion tensor imaging and reconstructed white matter tracts (Kochunov et al., 2010), or cortical thickness (Rimol et al., 2010). Recently, whole genome (GWAS) whole brain analyses have been attempted using customized statistical analyses, but the very large number of multiple comparisons leads to poor sensitivity of these analyses (Stein et al, 2010, Hibar et al., 2011). Currently, a number of studies are using meta analyses across a large number of imaging genetics consortia and databases through the ENIGMA project to obtain well powered studies (eg Stein et al., 2012, Thompson et al., 2013). While imaging genetics has great potential, it is also facing great challenges. Early results were obtained with small or medium sized cohorts with limited power, making the reproducibility of some results questionable (Ioannidis, 2005, Button et al., 2013). The size and complexity of the data are factors that limit power and interpretation. The flexibility of the analyses is also challenging the reproducibility of results in this field. There is no standard solution to managing these data and the computer infrastructure necessary to conduct large scale analyses. As far as datasharing is concerned, the genetics and the imaging communities may have different cultures but they share many common ethical and informatics questions. In Dr. Poline?s talk, he will first review these analytical and informatics challenges and put the emphasis on the power and reproducibility issues. He will then describe a set of statistical techniques designed to handle these high dimensionality data, which should yield better sensitivity and interpretability, as well as describe various strategies to reduce the multiple comparison issue. To fulfill its promises, and yield robust and relevant results, imaging genetics has to move from the current framework and be inspired by systems biology techniques, integrating information originating from different sources to address biological or clinical questions. Dr. Poline will present an example of this approach and demonstrate how results can be validated by using public genomics resources. He will describe how the research community could adopt new technologies, and develop a culture of data sharing and collaborations between research communities which could lead to new analysis and meta analysis paradigms. Genomics and imaging are two rapidly advancing fields of fundamental importance for neuroscience. 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Sept 29 @ 1pm Message-ID: <6613894C-B256-4830-9CE2-2E0B980B1427@mcgill.ca> Dear All: This a gentle reminder that you are all invited to attend the BIC's General Assembly: - Monday, Sept 29 @ 1pm - NEW VENUE: Jeanne-Timmins Auditorium (MNI) The purpose is to review the past 12 months together, update everyone on new faces, budget and services, and look forward to new projects coming ahead. We also want to receive feedback and suggestions from everyone re: training, platform services, research and practical matters. Topics include: - budget update - new and future faculty recruitments - renovations and extensions - new Neuroimaging & Neuroinformatics group at the MNI - major grant applications submitted - BIC lectures (program, taping, archiving) and new mini hands-on training series - art competition - new web site - coffee travel awards - ... Please take a moment to fill a quick survey on the BIC lecture series by tonight: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/LCN5D78 Make sure you are registered to the bic-announce mailing list to stay on top of what's happening at our Centre (http://www.bic.mni.mcgill.ca/mailman/listinfo/bic-announce). Heads-up - we need volunteers to fill the following positions: - Travel Award Coordinator (aka Coffee Master) - Monday Coffee Breaks: organize supply around BIC lectures. Ideally two sociable students/trainees who will encourage their labmates to attend and can share the work load between them - BIC Promo team (aggressive and agreeable, to develop a line of events and merchandise to promote and raise mini-funds for our activities) See you all Monday and have a great week-end, Sylvain.