From sridar.narayanan at mcgill.ca Thu Sep 8 13:24:42 2016 From: sridar.narayanan at mcgill.ca (Sridar Narayanan, Dr.) Date: Thu, 8 Sep 2016 17:24:42 +0000 Subject: [BIC-announce] =?utf-8?q?S=C3=A9minaire_sp=C3=A9cial_UNF_/_UNF_Sp?= =?utf-8?q?ecial_Seminar_on_Alzheimer=27s_Disease_immunotherapies?= Message-ID: Please join us for what promises to be a very engaging lecture. Title : Passive Ab Immunotherapy: Targeting the correct target? In the correct patient? At the correct time? Lecturer: Robert Bruins, PhD Medical Science Liaison, Eli Lilly Canada Inc. (Toronto) Date: 9 septembre 2016 Heure: 12h ? 13h00 Lieu : Amphith??tre LeGroupeMaurice 4545, Queen-Mary, Montr?al [cid:image001.jpg at 01D20209.C3E239F0] _______________________________________ Francine B?langer Coordonnatrice administrative UNF / RNQ / RBIQ?QBIN Centre de recherche, Institut universitaire de g?riatrie de Montr?al CIUSSS du Centre-Sud-de-l??le-de-Montr?al Adresse postale: 4565, chemin Queen-Mary, Montr?al (Qu?bec) H3W 1W5 Adresse civique: 4545, chemin Queen-Mary, 7e ?tage, pi?ce M7832, Montr?al (Qu?bec) H3W 1W5 T?l.: (514) 340-3540 # 4785 T?l?c.: (514) 340-3530 Courriel: francine.belanger at criugm.qc.ca Web UNF: www.unf-montreal.ca Web RBIQ: www.rbiq-qbin.qc.ca -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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On the same note, our world-renown unfinished paint jobs are finally starting to be addressed: the area by radiochemistry is now finished and we're now looking forward to spotty patches on W2B, W3B and the hallway to the dGPCC. The tunnel to the NW from W3B is now looking more decent, although still ?under construction?. More on that, and also more exciting news at the BIC?s 2016 General Assembly, scheduled on Sept 19 @ 1pm, dGPCC. The GA will kick off a new season for the BIC Lectures Series, which are now being in the good hands of Profs Bernhard and Misic, with faithful assistance from Aki - see program under construction here: https://www.mcgill.ca/bic/training-events/feindel-brain-imaging-lecture-series As always, let me know directly or at the GA about your suggestions and creative ideas concerning our Centre. Have a great weekend everyone! Sylvain. 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Cardiff University Brain Research Imaging Centre (CUBRIC) is seeking two postdoctoral researchers to work closely with Dr Kevin Murphy and Professor Richard Wise to develop and apply MRI methods for measuring cerebrovascular function and brain oxygen metabolism in the healthy human brain across the lifespan and in neurological diseases. The positions will involve developing MRI data acquisition and analysis strategies based around functional MRI and arterial spin labelling methods. The post-holders will test these methods in healthy volunteers and neurological patients in collaboration with clinical colleagues. One of the posts will also have the opportunity for involvement in PET measurements. Applicants should be experienced in the acquisition and analysis of imaging or neurophysiological data and have, or soon to be awarded, a PhD relevant to posts. The ability to communicate well with scientific and clinical colleagues as well as participants in our experiments is essential. CUBRIC has pioneered the combination of cutting-edge neuroimaging and sophisticated physiological measurements to investigate cerebral physiology. Recently, in a ?44m project, CUBRIC has expanded into a new building housing two 3T high-end research MRI systems, a 3T microstructure (ultra-high gradient) MRI system, 7T human MRI, MEG, EEG, TMS, tDCS, NIRS, a high performance computing cluster and a clinical research facility. The posts represent a great opportunity to work at a world-class imaging facility. You can learn more about CUBRIC at: http://sites.cardiff.ac.uk/cubric/ . The two positions are both full time and fixed term and available immediately (starting date negotiable). One position (vacancy reference 5084BR) is for a duration of 9 months with prospects for follow on funding. The second position (vacancy reference 5131BR) is for a duration of 2 years. Salary: ?31,656 - ?37,768 per annum. (Grade 6) Potential applicants are strongly encouraged to contact Prof Richard Wise (wiserg at cardiff.ac.uk ) or Dr Kevin Murphy (murphyk2 at cardiff.ac.uk ) for informal discussions about the roles before submitting an application. Please apply for all positions for which you wish to be considered. Applications can only be made through Cardiff University jobs website:http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/jobs/ .Full details of the required criteria for each position can be found in the job packs online. Please submit with your full CV, a summary of your research interests and career goals and a statement of how you meet the criteria for the role. The closing date for applications will be 25th Sept 2016. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Communications Centre, Montreal Neurological Institute [Yasser Iturria Medina] Yasser Iturria-Medina Montreal Neurological Institute Short Bio: Yasser Iturria Medina (Havana, 1980), has a Nuclear Engineering background, a Master's degree in Neurophysics and a PhD in Health Sciences. In 2003, he joined the Cuban Neuroscience Center, pioneering initial attempts to map/characterize whole brain connectivity patterns using diffusion tractography techniques. His current work is mainly focused on the development and validation of multifactorial association models of brain (dis)organization and cognition, which a particular emphasis on neurodegenerative mechanisms. At the present, he is a Banting postdoctoral fellow at MNI. Some relevant references for the talk: - Yasser Iturria-Medina et al., 2016. Early Role of Vascular Dysregulation on Late-Onset Alzheimer?s Disease Progression: evidence from a multi-factorial data-driven analysis. Nature Communications, 7, # 11934, doi:10.1038/ncomms11934. - Yasser Iturria-Medina and Alan C. Evans, 2015. On the central role of brain connectivity in neurodegenerative disease progression. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience. Review paper. May, vol 7, article 90. DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2015.00090. - Yasser Iturria-Medina et al., 2014. Epidemic Spreading Model to Characterize Misfolded Proteins Propagation in Aging and Associated Neurodegenerative Disorders. PLOS Computational Biology, Vol. 10 (11), e1003956. ________________________________ Feindel Brain Imaging Lecture Series: Fall-2016 Unless specified otherwise, lectures are held on Mondays at 1:00 pm in the de Grandpr? Communications Centre of the Montreal Neurological Institute. To be notified about these lectures and all the other events going on at the BIC, please join the BIC-Announcements Mailing List. For more information, please contact Zografos Caramanos. 01) Mon-Sep-19: Sylvain Baillet [BIC General Assembly] 02) Mon-Sep-26: Yasser Iturria-Medina [Towards a Multifactorial Characterization of Neurodegeneration] 03) Mon-Oct-03: Presenter TBA [Title TBA] ---) Mon-Oct-10: No Lecture (Thanksgiving Day) 04) Mon-Oct-17: Pierre Bellec [The Neuroimaging Analysis Kit: Recent Developments and Challenges for the Standardization of fMRI Processing] 05) Mon-Oct-24: Seok Jun Hong [Neuroimaging of Cortical Malformation] 06) Mon-Oct-31: Claudine Gauthier [Title TBA] 07) Mon-Nov-07: Bratislav Misic [Practical Methods for Assessing Functional connectivity; as part of MEG at McGill] 08) Mon-Nov-14: Therese Lennert [Title TBA] 09) Mon-Nov-21: Krista L. Hyde [Title TBA] 10) Mon-Nov-28: Mathieu Roy [Title TBA] 11) Mon-Dec-05: Selin Neseliler [Title TBA] 12) Mon-Dec-12: Chris Steele [Title TBA] 13) Mon-Dec-19: Karim Jerbi [Title TBA] ________________________________ 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 (1984-1988). 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 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Communications Centre, MNI] The Feindel Brain Imaging Lecture Series "Towards a Multifactorial Characterization of Neurodegeneration" Monday, September 26, 2016 at 1:00 pm de Grandpr? Communications Centre, Montreal Neurological Institute [Yasser Iturria Medina] Yasser Iturria-Medina Montreal Neurological Institute Short Bio: Yasser Iturria Medina (Havana, 1980), has a Nuclear Engineering background, a Master's degree in Neurophysics and a PhD in Health Sciences. In 2003, he joined the Cuban Neuroscience Center, pioneering initial attempts to map/characterize whole brain connectivity patterns using diffusion tractography techniques. His current work is mainly focused on the development and validation of multifactorial association models of brain (dis)organization and cognition, which a particular emphasis on neurodegenerative mechanisms. At the present, he is a Banting postdoctoral fellow at MNI. Some relevant references for the talk: - Yasser Iturria-Medina et al., 2016. Early Role of Vascular Dysregulation on Late-Onset Alzheimer?s Disease Progression: evidence from a multi-factorial data-driven analysis. Nature Communications, 7, # 11934, doi:10.1038/ncomms11934. - Yasser Iturria-Medina and Alan C. Evans, 2015. On the central role of brain connectivity in neurodegenerative disease progression. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience. Review paper. May, vol 7, article 90. DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2015.00090. - Yasser Iturria-Medina et al., 2014. Epidemic Spreading Model to Characterize Misfolded Proteins Propagation in Aging and Associated Neurodegenerative Disorders. PLOS Computational Biology, Vol. 10 (11), e1003956. ________________________________ Feindel Brain Imaging Lecture Series: Fall-2016 Unless specified otherwise, lectures are held on Mondays at 1:00 pm in the de Grandpr? Communications Centre of the Montreal Neurological Institute. To be notified about these lectures and all the other events going on at the BIC, please join the BIC-Announcements Mailing List. For more information, please contact Zografos Caramanos. 01) Mon-Sep-19: Sylvain Baillet [BIC General Assembly] 02) Mon-Sep-26: Yasser Iturria-Medina [Towards a Multifactorial Characterization of Neurodegeneration] 03) Mon-Oct-03: Michael Petrides [Van Essen's Multi-Modal Parcellation of Human Cerebral Cortex] ---) Mon-Oct-10: No Lecture (Thanksgiving Day) 04) Mon-Oct-17: Pierre Bellec [The Neuroimaging Analysis Kit: Recent Developments and Challenges for the Standardization of fMRI Processing] 05) Mon-Oct-24: Seok Jun Hong [Neuroimaging of Cortical Malformation] 06) Mon-Oct-31: Claudine Gauthier [Title TBA] 07) Mon-Nov-07: Bratislav Misic [Practical Methods for Assessing Functional connectivity; as part of MEG at McGill] 08) Mon-Nov-14: Therese Lennert [Title TBA] 09) Mon-Nov-21: Krista L. Hyde [Title TBA] 10) Mon-Nov-28: Mathieu Roy [Title TBA] 11) Mon-Dec-05: Selin Neseliler [Title TBA] 12) Mon-Dec-12: Chris Steele [Title TBA] 13) Mon-Dec-19: Karim Jerbi [Title TBA] ________________________________ 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 (1984-1988). 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 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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In 2002, he started his residency in Radiology at the Department of Radiology, University Hospital Bonn. During his residency he started his research activities in the field of high field MRI applications in Neuroradiology, particularly focusing in neuroinflammatory diseases such as multiple sclerosis. In 2007, he started a research fellowship at the MS and Alzheimer Center of the VU University Medical Center in Amsterdam supported by the Exchange Program of the European Society of Neuroradiology. Later he became a clinical fellow Neuroradiology and was appointed as a senior staff radiologist in 2009. His primary research and clinical interest included neuroinflammatory and neurodegenerative diseases as well as neuro-oncology. He serves a reviewer for several high impact journals and for institutions including the Medical Research Council, UK, and the Federal Ministry of Research in Germany. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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These basics will help you get started in Python but they will also help you to understand other programming languages that use similar concepts (such as R, Matlab, or C). Once we have these basics under our belt we will move to practical examples how you can use Python to run a basic psychophysical experiment, presenting sounds or images and collecting responses, and saving data for offline analysis. We will then discuss basic strategies for handling big data from your experiments, as well as some pointers for good programming style. We finish by showing tools such as Python notebooks that will help you create reproducible, sharable research. Upon completing this workshop, you will have started building your programming toolbox, allowing you to continue learning on your own using the many excellent web resources for Python and grow towards being an independent data analyst. This workshop will presuppose that you have installed Python on your machine. We will provide assistance with this process prior to the course. When: Sat. Oct. 1, 9:00-18:00 Where: Montreal Neurological Institute (MNI), 3801 rue University, GrandPr? Communications Centre. This workshop is a part of the series: *Research Methods Workshops for Psychologists* The workshops are a collaboration between GASP (Graduate Association of Students in Psychology, McGill) and the CRBLM (Center for Brain Language and Music). The workshops are a series of 1-2 day courses in various statistical and programming methods, led by McGill graduate students and post-docs and open to all members of the McGill community, all CRBLM members, and beyond. The goal of the workshop series is to provide a structured and collaborative peer learning environment within which grads/post-docs can teach and share knowledge outside of coursework and across labs. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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In 2002, he started his residency in Radiology at the Department of Radiology, University Hospital Bonn. During his residency he started his research activities in the field of high field MRI applications in Neuroradiology, particularly focusing in neuroinflammatory diseases such as multiple sclerosis. In 2007, he started a research fellowship at the MS and Alzheimer Center of the VU University Medical Center in Amsterdam supported by the Exchange Program of the European Society of Neuroradiology. Later he became a clinical fellow Neuroradiology and was appointed as a senior staff radiologist in 2009. His primary research and clinical interest included neuroinflammatory and neurodegenerative diseases as well as neuro-oncology. He serves a reviewer for several high impact journals and for institutions including the Medical Research Council, UK, and the Federal Ministry of Research in Germany. 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Communications Centre, Montreal Neurological Institute [https://www.mcgill.ca/neuro/files/neuro/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/petrides_2011.jpg?itok=aQi5SfGm] Michael Petrides Montreal Neurological Institute Dr. Petrides will be discussing an important, recent paper from Dr. Van Essen's group: A multi-modal parcellation of human cerebral cortex. Nature. 2016 Aug 11;536(7615):171-8. Glasser MF, Coalson TS, Robinson EC, Hacker CD, Harwell J, Yacoub E, Ugurbil K, Andersson J, Beckmann CF, Jenkinson M, Smith SM, Van Essen DC. Abstract Understanding the amazingly complex human cerebral cortex requires a map (or parcellation) of its major subdivisions, known as cortical areas. Making an accurate areal map has been a century-old objective in neuroscience. Using multi-modal magnetic resonance images from the Human Connectome Project (HCP) and an objective semi-automated neuroanatomical approach, we delineated 180 areas per hemisphere bounded by sharp changes in cortical architecture, function, connectivity, and/or topography in a precisely aligned group average of 210 healthy young adults. We characterized 97 new areas and 83 areas previously reported using post-mortem microscopy or other specialized study-specific approaches. To enable automated delineation and identification of these areas in new HCP subjects and in future studies, we trained a machine-learning classifier to recognize the multi-modal 'fingerprint' of each cortical area. This classifier detected the presence of 96.6% of the cortical areas in new subjects, replicated the group parcellation, and could correctly locate areas in individuals with atypical parcellations. The freely available parcellation and classifier will enable substantially improved neuroanatomical precision for studies of the structural and functional organization of human cerebral cortex and its variation across individuals and in development, aging, and disease. ________________________________ Feindel Brain Imaging Lecture Series: Fall-2016 Unless specified otherwise, lectures are held on Mondays at 1:00 pm in the de Grandpr? Communications Centre of the Montreal Neurological Institute. To be notified about these lectures and all the other events going on at the BIC, please join the BIC-Announcements Mailing List. For more information, please contact Zografos Caramanos. 01) Mon-Sep-19: Sylvain Baillet [BIC General Assembly] 02) Mon-Sep-26: Yasser Iturria-Medina [Towards a Multifactorial Characterization of Neurodegeneration] 03) Mon-Oct-03: Michael Petrides [Van Essen's Multi-Modal Parcellation of Human Cerebral Cortex] ---) Mon-Oct-10: No Lecture (Thanksgiving Day) 04) Mon-Oct-17: Pierre Bellec [The Neuroimaging Analysis Kit: Recent Developments and Challenges for the Standardization of fMRI Processing] 05) Mon-Oct-24: Seok Jun Hong [Neuroimaging of Cortical Malformation] 06) Mon-Oct-31: Claudine Gauthier [Title TBA] 07) Mon-Nov-07: Bratislav Misic [Practical Methods for Assessing Functional connectivity; as part of MEG at McGill] 08) Mon-Nov-14: Therese Lennert [Title TBA] 09) Mon-Nov-21: Krista L. Hyde [Title TBA] 10) Mon-Nov-28: Mathieu Roy [Title TBA] 11) Mon-Dec-05: Selin Neseliler [Title TBA] 12) Mon-Dec-12: Chris Steele [Title TBA] 13) Mon-Dec-19: Karim Jerbi [Title TBA] ________________________________ 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 (1984-1988). 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 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image002.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 5435 bytes Desc: image002.jpg URL: From zografos.caramanos at mcgill.ca Fri Sep 30 16:39:20 2016 From: zografos.caramanos at mcgill.ca (Zografos Caramanos, Mr) Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2016 20:39:20 +0000 Subject: [BIC-announce] =?iso-8859-1?q?=5BUpdate=3A_Feindel_Brain_Imaging_?= =?iso-8859-1?q?Lecture=5D_Michael_Petrides_and_Konrad_Wagstyl_=22Commenta?= =?iso-8859-1?q?ry_on_the_Glasser_-_Van_Essen_Human_Connectome_Atlas_=22__?= =?iso-8859-1?q?--__Monday=2C_October_3=2C_2016_at_1=3A00_pm=3B_de_Grandpr?= =?iso-8859-1?q?=E9_Communications_Centre=2C_MNI?= Message-ID: The Feindel Brain Imaging Lecture Series "Commentary on the Glasser - Van Essen Human Connectome Atlas" Monday, October 3, 2016 at 1:00 pm de Grandpr? Communications Centre, Montreal Neurological Institute [https://www.mcgill.ca/neuro/files/neuro/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/petrides_2011.jpg?itok=aQi5SfGm] [Konrad Wagstyl] Michael Petrides Konrad Wagstyl Montreal Neurological Institute University of Cambridge They will be discussing an important, recent paper from Dr. Van Essen's group: A multi-modal parcellation of human cerebral cortex. Nature. 2016 Aug 11;536(7615):171-8. Glasser MF, Coalson TS, Robinson EC, Hacker CD, Harwell J, Yacoub E, Ugurbil K, Andersson J, Beckmann CF, Jenkinson M, Smith SM, Van Essen DC. Abstract Understanding the amazingly complex human cerebral cortex requires a map (or parcellation) of its major subdivisions, known as cortical areas. Making an accurate areal map has been a century-old objective in neuroscience. Using multi-modal magnetic resonance images from the Human Connectome Project (HCP) and an objective semi-automated neuroanatomical approach, we delineated 180 areas per hemisphere bounded by sharp changes in cortical architecture, function, connectivity, and/or topography in a precisely aligned group average of 210 healthy young adults. We characterized 97 new areas and 83 areas previously reported using post-mortem microscopy or other specialized study-specific approaches. To enable automated delineation and identification of these areas in new HCP subjects and in future studies, we trained a machine-learning classifier to recognize the multi-modal 'fingerprint' of each cortical area. This classifier detected the presence of 96.6% of the cortical areas in new subjects, replicated the group parcellation, and could correctly locate areas in individuals with atypical parcellations. The freely available parcellation and classifier will enable substantially improved neuroanatomical precision for studies of the structural and functional organization of human cerebral cortex and its variation across individuals and in development, aging, and disease. ________________________________ Feindel Brain Imaging Lecture Series: Fall-2016 Unless specified otherwise, lectures are held on Mondays at 1:00 pm in the de Grandpr? Communications Centre of the Montreal Neurological Institute. To be notified about these lectures and all the other events going on at the BIC, please join the BIC-Announcements Mailing List. For more information, please contact Zografos Caramanos. 01) Mon-Sep-19: Sylvain Baillet [BIC General Assembly] 02) Mon-Sep-26: Yasser Iturria-Medina [Towards a Multifactorial Characterization of Neurodegeneration] 03) Mon-Oct-03: Michael Petrides and Konrad Wagstyl [Commentary on the Glasser - Van Essen Human Connectome Atlas] ---) Mon-Oct-10: No Lecture (Thanksgiving Day) 04) Mon-Oct-17: Pierre Bellec [The Neuroimaging Analysis Kit: Recent Developments and Challenges for the Standardization of fMRI Processing] 05) Mon-Oct-24: Seok Jun Hong [Neuroimaging of Cortical Malformation] 06) Mon-Oct-31: Claudine Gauthier [Title TBA] 07) Mon-Nov-07: Bratislav Misic [Practical Methods for Assessing Functional connectivity; as part of MEG at McGill] 08) Mon-Nov-14: Therese Lennert [Title TBA] 09) Mon-Nov-21: Krista L. Hyde [Title TBA] 10) Mon-Nov-28: Mathieu Roy [Title TBA] 11) Mon-Dec-05: Selin Neseliler [Title TBA] 12) Mon-Dec-12: Chris Steele [Title TBA] 13) Mon-Dec-19: Karim Jerbi [Title TBA] ________________________________ 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 (1984-1988). 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 ---- Zografos 'Aki' Caramanos, MA Lab Coordinator and Research Assistant Magnetic Resonance Studies Lab McConnell Brain Imaging Centre Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University 3801 University Street, WB-321 Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3A 2B4 Phone: +1 (514) 398-8185 Fax: +1 (888) 408-0969 E-Mail: zografos.caramanos at mcgill.ca ---- From: bic-announce-bounces at bic.mni.mcgill.ca [mailto:bic-announce-bounces at bic.mni.mcgill.ca] On Behalf Of Zografos Caramanos, Mr Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2016 6:11 PM To: bic-announce at bic.mni.mcgill.ca; 'Francine BELANGER' >; Grace Flynn, Ms. > Subject: [BIC-announce] [Feindel Brain Imaging Lecture] Michael Petrides "Van Essen's Multi-Modal Parcellation of Human Cerebral Cortex" -- Monday, October 3, 2016 at 1:00 pm; de Grandpr? Communications Centre, MNI The Feindel Brain Imaging Lecture Series "Van Essen's Multi-Modal Parcellation of Human Cerebral Cortex" Monday, October 3, 2016 at 1:00 pm de Grandpr? Communications Centre, Montreal Neurological Institute [https://www.mcgill.ca/neuro/files/neuro/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/petrides_2011.jpg?itok=aQi5SfGm] Michael Petrides Montreal Neurological Institute Dr. Petrides will be discussing an important, recent paper from Dr. Van Essen's group: A multi-modal parcellation of human cerebral cortex. Nature. 2016 Aug 11;536(7615):171-8. Glasser MF, Coalson TS, Robinson EC, Hacker CD, Harwell J, Yacoub E, Ugurbil K, Andersson J, Beckmann CF, Jenkinson M, Smith SM, Van Essen DC. Abstract Understanding the amazingly complex human cerebral cortex requires a map (or parcellation) of its major subdivisions, known as cortical areas. Making an accurate areal map has been a century-old objective in neuroscience. Using multi-modal magnetic resonance images from the Human Connectome Project (HCP) and an objective semi-automated neuroanatomical approach, we delineated 180 areas per hemisphere bounded by sharp changes in cortical architecture, function, connectivity, and/or topography in a precisely aligned group average of 210 healthy young adults. We characterized 97 new areas and 83 areas previously reported using post-mortem microscopy or other specialized study-specific approaches. To enable automated delineation and identification of these areas in new HCP subjects and in future studies, we trained a machine-learning classifier to recognize the multi-modal 'fingerprint' of each cortical area. This classifier detected the presence of 96.6% of the cortical areas in new subjects, replicated the group parcellation, and could correctly locate areas in individuals with atypical parcellations. The freely available parcellation and classifier will enable substantially improved neuroanatomical precision for studies of the structural and functional organization of human cerebral cortex and its variation across individuals and in development, aging, and disease. ________________________________ Feindel Brain Imaging Lecture Series: Fall-2016 Unless specified otherwise, lectures are held on Mondays at 1:00 pm in the de Grandpr? Communications Centre of the Montreal Neurological Institute. To be notified about these lectures and all the other events going on at the BIC, please join the BIC-Announcements Mailing List. For more information, please contact Zografos Caramanos. 01) Mon-Sep-19: Sylvain Baillet [BIC General Assembly] 02) Mon-Sep-26: Yasser Iturria-Medina [Towards a Multifactorial Characterization of Neurodegeneration] 03) Mon-Oct-03: Michael Petrides [Van Essen's Multi-Modal Parcellation of Human Cerebral Cortex] ---) Mon-Oct-10: No Lecture (Thanksgiving Day) 04) Mon-Oct-17: Pierre Bellec [The Neuroimaging Analysis Kit: Recent Developments and Challenges for the Standardization of fMRI Processing] 05) Mon-Oct-24: Seok Jun Hong [Neuroimaging of Cortical Malformation] 06) Mon-Oct-31: Claudine Gauthier [Title TBA] 07) Mon-Nov-07: Bratislav Misic [Practical Methods for Assessing Functional connectivity; as part of MEG at McGill] 08) Mon-Nov-14: Therese Lennert [Title TBA] 09) Mon-Nov-21: Krista L. Hyde [Title TBA] 10) Mon-Nov-28: Mathieu Roy [Title TBA] 11) Mon-Dec-05: Selin Neseliler [Title TBA] 12) Mon-Dec-12: Chris Steele [Title TBA] 13) Mon-Dec-19: Karim Jerbi [Title TBA] ________________________________ 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 (1984-1988). 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 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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