From sylvain.baillet at mcgill.ca Sat Mar 2 13:07:03 2019 From: sylvain.baillet at mcgill.ca (Sylvain Baillet, Dr) Date: Sat, 2 Mar 2019 18:07:03 +0000 Subject: [BIC-announce] Post-doctoral fellowship in Neurodevelopment (Stanford) References: Message-ID: From: Anthony Matthew Norcia > Subject: recruiting a post-doc Date: March 2, 2019 at 11:51:42 AM GMT-5 Post-doctoral fellowship in Neurodevelopment The Stanford Wu Tsai Neuroscience Institute?s team on Neurodevelopment is seeking a post-doctoral fellow to work on a project whose goal is to understand how the interplay between structural development, functional development and experience shape brain computations at the neural level. The Neurodevelopment team brings together seven Stanford labs whose expertise spans human and non-human primate neuroscience and state-of-the art computational modeling. A central part of the effort is to use advanced structural imaging approaches to quantitatively measure the development of tissue properties in developing infants and to combine these measurements with source-imaged measurements of visual system functioning. The position will bridge the the Stanford Vision and Neuro-Development Lab, directed by Dr. Anthony Norcia (svndl.stanford.edu) and the Stanford Vision and Perception Neuroscience Lab (vpnl.stanford.edu), directed by Dr. Kalanit Grill-Spector. A requirement of the position is prior research experience in imaging-based EEG/MEG source-localization. Experience in structural or functional MRI is desirable. Prior experience in brain development is desirable, but not a requirement. The position is for an initial appointment of one year, renewable for a second year contingent on progress. Send a CV, statement of interest and the names of at least two academic references to kgs at stanford.edu and amnorcia at stanford.edu with ?Neurodevelopment post-doc? in the subject line. thanks very much! Tony Anthony M. Norcia Professor (Research) Department of Psychology Stanford University Office: Room 328, Jordan Hall Phone: +1 650-725-2438 https://svndl.stanford.edu/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From theodorejp.strauss at mcgill.ca Mon Mar 4 10:09:18 2019 From: theodorejp.strauss at mcgill.ca (Ted Strauss) Date: Mon, 4 Mar 2019 15:09:18 +0000 Subject: [BIC-announce] Box.BIC is temporarily down - working to restore Message-ID: Hello: The Box.BIC service is currently offline. We are working to get it back online ASAP. Thank you for your understanding. 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Since apologies for the inconveniences, jf From bratislav.misic at mcgill.ca Wed Mar 6 11:21:00 2019 From: bratislav.misic at mcgill.ca (Bratislav Misic, Dr.) Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2019 16:21:00 +0000 Subject: [BIC-announce] BIC Lecture Mon Mar 11th | Erin Dickie In-Reply-To: References: , Message-ID: Speaker: Erin Dickie Title: Better biomarkers for better brain health: precision cortical mapping for the study of Autism and Schizophrenia spectrum disorders Location: de Grandpr? Time: Monday Mar 11th @ 1PM Host: JB Poline Mon-Jan-21 Tao Wu Mon-Jan-28 Jake Vogel Mon-Feb-04 Philip Spechler Mon-Feb-11 Christopher Rowley Mon-Feb-18 Mon-Feb-25 Sylvain Baillet Mon-Mar-04 CIHR Deadline Mon-Mar-11 Erin Dickie Mon-Mar-18 Carolina Makowski Mon-Mar-25 Guillaume Lajoie Mon-Apr-01 Casey Paquola Mon-Apr-08 Valentina Borghessiani Mon-Apr-15 Sarah Lippe Mon-Apr-22 Easter Mon-Apr-29 Natasha Rajah Mon-May-06 Heath Pardoe Mon-May-13 ISMRM Mon-May-20 CAN-ACN Mon-May-27 7T workshop Mon-Jun-03 7T workshop -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From sylvain at bic.mni.mcgill.ca Sat Mar 9 11:44:56 2019 From: sylvain at bic.mni.mcgill.ca (Sylvain MILOT) Date: Sat, 9 Mar 2019 11:44:56 -0500 (EST) Subject: [BIC-announce] UPDATE: *** UPCOMING IT Equipment MOVE *** In-Reply-To: References: <201903012055.x21KtM4g026989@tatania.bic.mni.mcgill.ca> Message-ID: Hello BIC community, yesterday's message was sent to the bic-users mailing list (manditory for those with BIC accounts) and I just realized that I should have also sent it to bic-announce (optional membership) ... apologies for the cross-postings. In addition, be advised that the following web portals and/or virtual machines (VM) will be offline during the move... box.bic cloud.bic dist.bic forum.bic jupyter.bic learn.bic ipmsa-admin ipmsa-loris ipmsa-mysql ipmsa-spine biobank.bic imaging.bic (DICOM transfers) loris.bic packages.bic redcap.bic The following services will be migrated to preserve availability: printing matlab licensing Unfortunately, we do not have the resources to migrate everything, having suffered the loss of one major VM server earlier this week. Your Sys Admin team... On Fri, 8 Mar 2019, Sylvain MILOT wrote: > Hi there, > > The equipment move is planned for next Thursday and will extend into at least Friday, perhaps the weekend as well. > > Essentially, most storage lease and compute services are going down early Thursday morning. > > The network information (user/directory) and DNS services will remain functional, along with the user accounts filesystem (/home/bic). > > Hence you will be able to work on your desktop/workstation, while it will likely hang for a while once the NFS mounted filesystems (aka storage leases), exported from the EMC-Isilon storage cluster, go offline while being active and likely cached on your workstation. > > We will then initiate a process that will *lazy* un-mount all those hanging NFS mounted filesystems, while a reboot should fix this issue as well, i.e. for those with a lower patience threshold. > > We will send another notification next week... concerning the move and the Friday night shutdown due to the MNI Generator test on the following Saturday. > > Bon weekend, > > Your Sys Admin team... --- Please join our Forum! Useful info here: https://forum.bic.mni.mcgill.ca/c/general If you need services: workstation maintenance or a storage lease, please fill out https://www.mcgill.ca/bic/core-facilities/access/bic-neuroinformatics-application-form Other questions or requests, please contact Our ssh login server is login.bic.mni.mcgill.ca ssh RSA key fingerprint is 3a:e3:32:f3:2e:7f:cf:94:1c:47:50:4f:c2:b5:93:9b ssh DSA key fingerprint is 44:8b:92:b8:ef:cb:88:76:96:11:aa:1c:d1:a2:1f:9a ssh ECDSA key fingerprint is 9c:84:34:1f:1a:84:bb:f7:45:a2:df:88:3e:49:c4:3e --- Sylvain Milot (sylvain at bic.mni.mcgill.ca) (sylvain.milot at mcgill.ca) Brain Imaging Centre Montreal Neurological Institute 3801 University Street, Webster 2B, Room 206 Montreal, Qc., Canada, H3A 2B4 Phone : (514) 398-4965, Fax: 398-8948 Mobile : (514) 712-1768 Office : Room NW119 (North Wing) From bratislav.misic at mcgill.ca Mon Mar 11 08:58:08 2019 From: bratislav.misic at mcgill.ca (Bratislav Misic, Dr.) Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2019 12:58:08 +0000 Subject: [BIC-announce] BIC Lecture TODAY | Erin Dickie Message-ID: <8436f1ab-8b78-41e0-b004-12152c695fb6@email.android.com> Speaker: Erin Dickie Title: Better biomarkers for better brain health: precision cortical mapping for the study of Autism and Schizophrenia spectrum disorders Location: de Grandpr? Time: Monday Mar 11th @ 1PM Host: JB Poline Mon-Jan-21 Tao Wu Mon-Jan-28 Jake Vogel Mon-Feb-04 Philip Spechler Mon-Feb-11 Christopher Rowley Mon-Feb-18 Mon-Feb-25 Sylvain Baillet Mon-Mar-04 CIHR Deadline Mon-Mar-11 Erin Dickie Mon-Mar-18 Carolina Makowski Mon-Mar-25 Guillaume Lajoie Mon-Apr-01 Casey Paquola Mon-Apr-08 Valentina Borghessiani Mon-Apr-15 Sarah Lippe Mon-Apr-22 Easter Mon-Apr-29 Natasha Rajah Mon-May-06 Heath Pardoe Mon-May-13 ISMRM Mon-May-20 CAN-ACN Mon-May-27 7T workshop Mon-Jun-03 7T workshop -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From christophe.grova at mcgill.ca Tue Mar 12 09:46:26 2019 From: christophe.grova at mcgill.ca (Christophe Grova) Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2019 13:46:26 +0000 Subject: [BIC-announce] Open postdoc position at Concordia University PERFORM Centre: EEG/fMRI and EEG/NIRS in sleep and cognition In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Dear colleagues, Dr Dang-Vu and myself have a very interesting postdoc opportunity in our labs, funded by the prestigious Concordia Horizon Postdoc Program. We are looking for a biomedical engineering / physicist expert neuroimaging in order to set up advanced protocols and analyses methods involving high density EEG and fMRI , as well as for the first time personalized NIRS and EEG whole night recording, to study sleep, sleep disorders, interaction between sleep and cognition. The ideal candidate will also be involved in the development of NIRSTORM, our Brainstorm plugin for NIRS data analysis: https://github.com/Nirstorm/nirstorm See further details below, deadline for application is March 30th 2019, although we need to fill the position as soon as possible. Feel free to distribute around you. ------ Postdoctoral Fellowship in Multimodal Neuroimaging of Sleep and Cognition We are presently recruiting a Postdoctoral fellow in Multimodal Neuroimaging of Sleep and Cognition. This position consists in a prestigious Horizon Postdoctoral Fellowship at Concordia University, in Montr?al (Qu?bec, Canada). The fellow will have the opportunity to setup and conduct advanced neuroimaging studies in clinical and healthy samples, as well as to analyze and write up findings of previously collected human neuroimaging data. He/she will also have the opportunity to develop and evaluate new multimodal data analysis approaches, as for instance the study of sleep patterns combining high-density Electro-EncephaloGraphy (EEG) with functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging and for the very first time EEG with Near-Infra Red Spectroscopy (NIRS) during whole night recordings. These techniques will allow addressing links between bioelectrical neuronal activity and hemodynamic processes during sleep. He/she will be based at Concordia University (Montreal, Quebec), jointly supervised by Dr. Christophe Grova PhD and Dr. Thanh Dang-Vu MD-PhD, and will work in a highly multidisciplinary environment (neurosciences, kinesiology, physics, engineering, psychology) and in collaboration with multiple academic and hospital institutions in Montreal (PERFORM Center, Centre de Recherche de l?Institut Universitaire de G?riatrie de Montr?al [CRIUGM], Montreal Neurological Institute [MNI]). The research themes that will be addressed by the Fellow will include: * The neural mechanisms of sleep, sleep deprivation and sleep disorders (chronic insomnia, central disorders of hypersomnolence), and their relationship with cognition. * Developing and evaluating methods dedicated to the analysis of multimodal neuroimaging data for sleep studies: (i) simultaneous EEG/fMRI, and (2) simultaneous EEG/NIRS, including the analysis of functional connectivity and brain network analysis The PERFORM Centre is a 8,000 m2 research facility including eight inter-related research platforms, such as a state of the art sleep laboratory (3 bedrooms with polysomnography and high-density EEG) and a fully equipped imaging suite (3T MRI, high-density EEG, NIRS, TMS, SPECT-CT, PET-CT, Ultrasound and Dexa) entirely dedicated to research (http://www.concordia.ca/research/perform.html ). Applicants must have a PhD (or close to completion) in a related field (e.g., neurosciences, computer science, (bio)medical engineering, physics). Experience in the analysis of hemodynamic signals from fMRI or NIRS is important. Applicants should have strong knowledge of Matlab and/or experience in analysis of neuroimaging, excellent organizational skills, an aptitude for teamwork, good writing skills and a productive publication record. Experience in one or more aspects of the research themes will constitute an asset. Salary will consist of 47,500 $/year (plus benefits) for 2 years. The position has a flexible start date. Interested applicants should submit their application as described in the following link: http://www.concordia.ca/sgs/postdoctoral-fellows/funding/horizon/descriptions/5007.html Review of applications will begin as they are received and will continue until the position has been filled. All requests for additional information should also be directed to them. Only those candidates selected to interview will be contacted. Dr. Christophe Grova, Ph.D, Associate Professor Department of Physics, Concordia U. Adjunct Professor in Biomedical Engineering, Neurology & Neurosurgery, McGill U. christophe.grova at concordia.ca Dr. Thanh Dang-Vu, M.D., Ph.D. Associate Professor, Neurologist, Concordia University Research Chair in Sleep, Neuroimaging and Cognitive Health, Department of Health, Kinesiology and Applied Physiology, Concordia U. Assoc. Director for Clinical Research, CRIUGM tt.dangvu at concordia.ca For more information about our current research programs, please visit the lab websites: https://www.concordia.ca/artsci/physics/research/grova-research-group.html https://scnlab.com *************************** Christophe Grova, PhD Associate Professor, Physics Dpt, Concordia University PERFORM centre, Concordia University, Chair of PERFORM Applied Bio-Imaging Committee (ABC) Adjunct Prof in Biomedical Engineering, and Neurology and Neurosurgery Dpt, McGill University Multimodal Functional Imaging Lab (Multi FunkIm) Montreal Neurological Institute - epilepsy group Centre de Recherches en Math?matiques Physics Dpt Concordia University - Loyola Campus - Office SP 265.02 7141 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, QC H4B 1R6 Phone: (514) 848-2424 ext.4221 Biomedical Engineering Department McGill University - Room 304 3775 University Street, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3A 2B4 Phone : (514) 398 2516 Fax : (514) 398 7461 email : christophe.grova at concordia.ca , christophe.grova at mcgill.ca web: Explore Concordia: http://explore.concordia.ca/christophe-grova Physics, Concordia University: http://www.concordia.ca/artsci/physics/faculty.html?fpid=christophe-grova McGill University: http://www.bic.mni.mcgill.ca/ResearchLabsMFIL/PeopleChristophe MultiFunkIm Lab: http://www.bic.mni.mcgill.ca/ResearchLabsMFIL/HomePage *************************** [X] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From zografos.caramanos at mcgill.ca Tue Mar 12 11:21:10 2019 From: zografos.caramanos at mcgill.ca (Zografos Caramanos, Mr) Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2019 15:21:10 +0000 Subject: [BIC-announce] FW: Dr. Sylvain Baillet appointed Associate Dean, Research / Nomination du Pr Sylvain Baillet au poste de vice-doyen, Recherche In-Reply-To: <12823_1552399687_5C87BD47_12823_25_10_YQXPR0101MB103265FD2D9992DD2EA100DE87490@YQXPR0101MB1032.CANPRD01.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM> References: <12823_1552399687_5C87BD47_12823_25_10_YQXPR0101MB103265FD2D9992DD2EA100DE87490@YQXPR0101MB1032.CANPRD01.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM> Message-ID: Congratulations Associate Dean Baillet! From: Complete-FAC_MED On Behalf Of Communications Med Sent: March 12, 2019 9:58 AM To: COMPLETE-FAC_MED at LISTS.MCGILL.CA Subject: Dr. Sylvain Baillet appointed Associate Dean, Research / Nomination du Pr Sylvain Baillet au poste de vice-doyen, Recherche (Version fran?aise ci-dessous) [cid:image002.png at 01D4D8C5.9ACB03E0] INTERNAL NOTICE Dr. Sylvain Baillet appointed Associate Dean, Research [cid:image004.png at 01D4D8C5.9ACB03E0]We are pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Sylvain Baillet to the position of Associate Dean, Research, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University. Dr. Baillet takes over from Dr. Shari Baum, who was recently appointed Vice-Dean, Life Sciences. We would like to take this opportunity to thank Dr. Baum for her leadership as Associate Dean, Research, a role she fulfilled with distinction from 2014, establishing the conditions for high standards of productivity, creative thinking and service in research at the Faculty of Medicine. Educated in France, Dr. Baillet obtained his MSc in Electrical Engineering & Applied Physics in 1994 from the ?cole Normale Sup?rieure Paris-Saclay. In 1998 he completed his PhD summa cum laude in Physics at the Universit? Paris-Sud. Prior to joining McGill as an Associate Professor in Neurology and Neurosurgery in 2011, Dr. Baillet held academic and research posts in France and the United States. Dr. Baillet was promoted to Full Professor in 2014. Dr. Baillet's research centres on the development of brain imaging methods and quantitative electrophysiology, with an emphasis on magnetoencephalography (MEG), an imaging tool used to map brain activity at the millisecond scale. MEG's primary applications are in systems and cognitive neuroscience research and, in the clinical setting, to evaluate brain functions before neurosurgery. A co-author of 300 publications, Dr. Baillet is also committed to the promotion of Open Science practices and the development and dissemination of open source resources for data analytics and repositories. He co-founded the Brainstorm software project for multimodal brain electrophysiology and imaging, which grew to a community of 21,000 users worldwide. In 2015 he led a Quebec Bioimaging Network strategic initiative to create the Open MEG Archives (OMEGA), the world's first open-access repository of MEG data. Dr. Baillet founded the MEG Imaging Core at the McConnell Brain Imaging Centre of the Montreal Neurological Institute when he first arrived at McGill in 2011 and has been its Director ever since. He also served as Director of the McConnell Brain Imaging Centre from 2013 to 2017. Dr. Baillet holds a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Neural Dynamics of Brain Systems and has received numerous awards over the course of his career. He has trained and mentored more than 100 students and post-doctoral fellows, many of whom have gone on to high-profile appointments in academic institutions or biotech companies around the world. As Associate Dean, Research, Dr. Baillet will be responsible for overseeing all aspects of research administration in the Faculty of Medicine, including developing and applying research policies. Working under the general guidance of the Vice-Dean, Life Sciences, Dr. Baillet will develop a strategic research plan, perform annual reviews of the Faculty's research centres and core facilities, and oversee budgets, funding, sponsorship and international collaboration MOUs related to the Faculty's research mandate. Please join us in wishing Dr. Baillet the greatest success in his new role. Dr. David Eidelman Vice-Principal (Health Affairs) Dean of the Faculty of Medicine Dr. Lesley Fellows Vice-Dean, Academic Affairs ** Communications Office communications.med at mcgill.ca www.mcgill.ca/medicine http://publications.mcgill.ca/medenews [cid:image013.png at 01D0F08B.CA3FBEC0][cid:image002.jpg at 01D0F094.0B30ADB0][cid:image007.png at 01D0F08B.CA3FBEC0] AVIS INTERNE Nomination du Pr Sylvain Baillet au poste de vice-doyen, Recherche Nous avons le plaisir d?annoncer la nomination du Pr Sylvain Baillet au poste de vice-doyen, Recherche de la Facult? de m?decine de l?Universit? McGill. Le Pr Baillet prend la rel?ve de la Pre Shari Baum, r?cemment nomm?e vice-doyenne ex?cutive, Sciences de la vie. Nous tenons ? remercier la Pre Baum du leadership dont elle a fait preuve dans ses fonctions de vice-doyenne, Recherche, qu?elle a occup?es avec distinction de 2014 ? 2018. Durant son mandat, elle a su ?tablir des conditions propices ? l?atteinte de normes ?lev?es de productivit?, de cr?ativit? et de service en recherche ? la Facult? de m?decine. Le Pr Baillet a obtenu une ma?trise en g?nie ?lectrique et physique appliqu?e de l??cole normale sup?rieure Paris-Saclay, en 1994, et un doctorat en physique avec tr?s haute distinction ? l?Universit? Paris-Sud, en 1998. Avant d?entrer ? l?Universit? McGill ? titre de professeur agr?g? de neurologie et de neurochirurgie, en 2011, le Pr Baillet a occup? des postes professoraux et de recherche en France et aux ?tats-Unis. Il a ?t? promu au rang de professeur titulaire en 2014. Les recherches du Pr Baillet sont ax?es sur le d?veloppement de m?thodes d?imagerie c?r?brale et l??lectrophysiologie quantitative, avec un int?r?t particulier pour la magn?toenc?phalographie (MEG), qui permet de cartographier l?activit? c?r?brale ? l??chelle de la milliseconde. La MEG est principalement appliqu?e en recherche sur les syst?mes et les neurosciences cognitives et, en milieu clinique, ? l??valuation des fonctions c?r?brales avant la neurochirurgie. Coauteur de 300 publications, le Pr Baillet s?investit ?galement dans la promotion des pratiques de science ouverte ainsi que la mise au point et la diffusion de ressources libres pour l?analyse et les entrep?ts de donn?es. Il a cofond? le projet logiciel Brainstorm en imagerie et ?lectrophysiologie c?r?brales multimodales, qui rassemble aujourd?hui une communaut? de 21 000 utilisateurs ? l??chelle mondiale. En 2015, il a pilot? l?initiative strat?gique du R?seau de bio-imagerie du Qu?bec visant ? cr?er le premier entrep?t de donn?es de MEG en libre acc?s au monde, Open MEG Archives (OMEGA). Le Pr Baillet dirige la plateforme d?imagerie MEG au Centre d?imagerie c?r?brale McConnell de l?Institut neurologique de Montr?al depuis qu?il l?a fond?e, en 2011, ? son arriv?e ? l?Universit? McGill. Il a ?galement dirig? le Centre d?imagerie c?r?brale McConnell de 2013 ? 2017. Il est titulaire d?une Chaire de recherche du Canada de niveau 1 sur la dynamique neuronale des syst?mes c?r?braux et a re?u de nombreuses distinctions au cours de sa carri?re. Il a form? et mentor? plus de 100 ?tudiants et stagiaires postdoctoraux, dont bon nombre ont par la suite ?t? nomm?s ? des postes prestigieux dans des ?tablissements universitaires ou des entreprises de biotechnologies partout dans le monde. ? titre de vice-doyen, Recherche, le Pr Baillet supervisera tous les aspects de l?administration de la recherche ? la Facult? de m?decine, dont l??laboration et l?application des politiques de recherche. Sous la supervision g?n?rale de la vice-doyenne ex?cutive, Sciences de la vie, le Pr Baillet ?laborera un plan strat?gique de recherche, m?nera les examens annuels des centres et plateformes de recherche de la Facult?, et supervisera les budgets, le financement, le parrainage et les protocoles d?entente de collaboration internationale li?s au mandat de recherche de la Facult?. Veuillez vous joindre ? nous pour souhaiter au Pr Baillet un franc succ?s dans ses nouvelles fonctions. Dr David Eidelman Vice-principal (sant? et affaires m?dicales) Doyen de la Facult? de m?decine Dre Lesley Fellows Vice-doyenne ex?cutive, Affaires universitaires ** Service des communications communications.med at mcgill.ca www.mcgill.ca/medicine/fr https://publications.mcgill.ca/lebulletel [cid:image013.png at 01D0F08B.CA3FBEC0][cid:image002.jpg at 01D0F094.0B30ADB0][cid:image007.png at 01D0F08B.CA3FBEC0] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From sylvain at bic.mni.mcgill.ca Wed Mar 13 19:03:31 2019 From: sylvain at bic.mni.mcgill.ca (Sylvain MILOT) Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2019 19:03:31 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [BIC-announce] UPDATE: *** UPCOMING IT Equipment move TOMORROW morning 9 AM *** Message-ID: Hello BIC community, The move is happening tomorrow morning - the following services will go OFFLINE at 9 AM and will hopefully be back before 5 pm Friday... All compute servers, i.e. SGE/batch services The storage cluster, i.e. all storage leases The following Web portals and/or virtual machines (VM) ... box.bic cloud.bic dist.bic forum.bic jupyter.bic learn.bic ipmsa-admin ipmsa-loris ipmsa-mysql biobank.bic imaging.bic (DICOM transfers) loris.bic packages.bic redcap.bic You will be able to work locally on your workstation as network information (user/directory) and DNS services will remain functional, along with the user accounts filesystem (/home/bic). Printing and matlab licensing services will also be available. ALSO, don't forget the generator test that will affect all Neuro pavilions SATURDAY, March 16, 2019 From 06:00 to 07:30 So before leaving work for the weekend, you should properly shutdown your BIC workstation, then power it off along with any connected devices (USB disks, etc). Lastly, power down the UPS and unplug it from the power outlet. The Workstations in 527 Pine will NOT be affected. Your Sys Admin team... --- Sylvain Milot (sylvain at bic.mni.mcgill.ca) (sylvain.milot at mcgill.ca) Brain Imaging Centre Montreal Neurological Institute 3801 University Street, Webster 2B, Room 206 Montreal, Qc., Canada, H3A 2B4 Phone : (514) 398-4965, Fax: 398-8948 Mobile : (514) 712-1768 Office : Room NW119 (North Wing) From bratislav.misic at mcgill.ca Thu Mar 14 09:57:44 2019 From: bratislav.misic at mcgill.ca (Bratislav Misic, Dr.) Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2019 13:57:44 +0000 Subject: [BIC-announce] Tenure-track position: Theoretical and Computational Neurophysics, University of Calgary, Canada In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Tenure-track position: Theoretical and Computational Neurophysics, University of Calgary, Canada The Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Calgary seeks outstanding candidates for a tenure-track position at the rank of Assistant Professor, in the area of theoretical and computational neurophysics. The successful candidate is expected to establish an independent research program related to the fundamentals of brain and neural dynamics at the intersection of physics and neuroscience. Theoretical, computational and data-driven areas of interest in modeling neural systems include neural dynamics, plasticity, information propagation, and network neuroscience. Link: https://careers.ucalgary.ca/jobs/3670741-assistant-professor-theoretical-and-computational-neurophysics-department-of-physics-and-astronomy Deadline: May 31, 2019 --- Dr. J?rn Davidsen Associate Professor of Physics & Humboldt Research Fellow University of Calgary www.ucalgary.ca/complexity/davidsen -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From patrick.bermudez at gmail.com Fri Mar 15 11:23:34 2019 From: patrick.bermudez at gmail.com (Patrick Bermudez) Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2019 11:23:34 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] MCIN Lecture - Today - Yannick Roy - Deep Learning for EEG Message-ID: Join us today at 13:00 in the de Grandpr? auditorium for a presentation by Yannick Roy entitled: "After reviewing more than 150 scientific papers on deep learning for EEG here is what we've learned...". In Yannick's own words, here is a description of the talk and his biography. ------------- Description: The use of deep learning for EEG data has increased exponentially over the past couple of years and yet it is still hard to understand the best practices. After reviewing 156 scientific papers between 2010 and 2018 across different domains such as sleep, epilepsy, brain-computer interfaces, cognitive and affective monitoring, we've identified the main trends in the field. Over 60 data items were extracted for each study pertaining to 1) the data, 2) the preprocessing methodology, 3) the DL design choices, 4) the results, and 5) the reproducibility of the experiments. Additionally, we've tried to answer questions such as "how much data is enough data for DL?" and "is deep learning better than traditional machine learning?". Finally, we've come up with some recommendations for researchers in the field. Biography: Yannick Roy is doing his PhD at Universit? de Montr?al on brain-computer interfaces (BCI) in the context of cognitive training. He is also spearheading NeuroTechX ? an international neurotech community, as its executive director. He is an electrical engineer with a background in computer science and he?s obsessed about combining brain & tech. When he's not in his lab working on his research, or engaging with neurotech enthusiasts, or teaching computer science at ETS, he's probably training for a triathlon. ------------- From sylvain at bic.mni.mcgill.ca Sat Mar 16 18:19:10 2019 From: sylvain at bic.mni.mcgill.ca (Sylvain MILOT) Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2019 18:19:10 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [BIC-announce] UPDATE: *** IT Equipment move completed, yet not fully functional *** In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hello BIC community, just a quick update to tell you that the move of equipment has been successfully completed and systems are safe and ready to go ... yet we still have a subtle configuration/networking issue related to the Isilon Data Cluster, for which we know the solution but need McGill IT to intervene. In essence, we resolved networking issues last night and we should resolve the Isilon config issue at the latest Monday morning. Thanks for your patience and Happy St-Patrick's ! Your Sys Admin team... On Wed, 13 Mar 2019, Sylvain MILOT wrote: > > Hello BIC community, > > The move is happening tomorrow morning - the following services will go > OFFLINE at 9 AM and will hopefully be back before 5 pm Friday... > > All compute servers, i.e. SGE/batch services > > The storage cluster, i.e. all storage leases > > The following Web portals and/or virtual machines (VM) ... > > box.bic > cloud.bic > dist.bic > forum.bic > jupyter.bic > learn.bic > > ipmsa-admin > ipmsa-loris > ipmsa-mysql > > biobank.bic > imaging.bic (DICOM transfers) > loris.bic > packages.bic > redcap.bic > > You will be able to work locally on your workstation as network information > (user/directory) and DNS services will remain functional, along with the user > accounts filesystem (/home/bic). > > Printing and matlab licensing services will also be available. > > ALSO, don't forget the generator test that will affect all Neuro pavilions > SATURDAY, March 16, 2019 From 06:00 to 07:30 > > So before leaving work for the weekend, you should properly shutdown your BIC > workstation, then power it off along with any connected devices (USB disks, > etc). Lastly, power down the UPS and unplug it from the power outlet. The > Workstations in 527 Pine will NOT be affected. > > Your Sys Admin team... --- Please join our Forum! Useful info here: https://forum.bic.mni.mcgill.ca/c/general If you need services: workstation maintenance or a storage lease, please fill out https://www.mcgill.ca/bic/core-facilities/access/bic-neuroinformatics-application-form Other questions or requests, please contact Our ssh login server is login.bic.mni.mcgill.ca ssh RSA key fingerprint is 3a:e3:32:f3:2e:7f:cf:94:1c:47:50:4f:c2:b5:93:9b ssh DSA key fingerprint is 44:8b:92:b8:ef:cb:88:76:96:11:aa:1c:d1:a2:1f:9a ssh ECDSA key fingerprint is 9c:84:34:1f:1a:84:bb:f7:45:a2:df:88:3e:49:c4:3e --- Sylvain Milot (sylvain at bic.mni.mcgill.ca) (sylvain.milot at mcgill.ca) Brain Imaging Centre Montreal Neurological Institute 3801 University Street, Webster 2B, Room 206 Montreal, Qc., Canada, H3A 2B4 Phone : (514) 398-4965, Fax: 398-8948 Mobile : (514) 712-1768 Office : Room NW119 (North Wing) From julien.doyon at mcgill.ca Sat Mar 16 22:09:50 2019 From: julien.doyon at mcgill.ca (Julien Doyon, Dr.) Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2019 02:09:50 +0000 Subject: [BIC-announce] UPDATE: *** IT Equipment move completed, yet not fully functional *** In-Reply-To: References: , Message-ID: <3F347C86-E453-4BFD-AF39-31BB4CC39B13@mcgill.ca> Congratulations Sylvain and Jean-Fran?ois Great job !!! Thanks to both of you. Julien Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 16, 2019, at 6:19 PM, Sylvain MILOT wrote: > > > Hello BIC community, > > just a quick update to tell you that the move of equipment has been successfully completed and systems are safe and ready to go ... yet we still have a subtle configuration/networking issue related to the Isilon Data Cluster, for which we know the solution but need McGill IT to intervene. In essence, we resolved networking issues last night and we should resolve the Isilon config issue at the latest Monday morning. > > Thanks for your patience and Happy St-Patrick's ! > > Your Sys Admin team... > >> On Wed, 13 Mar 2019, Sylvain MILOT wrote: >> >> >> Hello BIC community, >> >> The move is happening tomorrow morning - the following services will go OFFLINE at 9 AM and will hopefully be back before 5 pm Friday... >> >> All compute servers, i.e. SGE/batch services >> >> The storage cluster, i.e. all storage leases >> >> The following Web portals and/or virtual machines (VM) ... >> >> box.bic >> cloud.bic >> dist.bic >> forum.bic >> jupyter.bic >> learn.bic >> >> ipmsa-admin >> ipmsa-loris >> ipmsa-mysql >> >> biobank.bic >> imaging.bic (DICOM transfers) >> loris.bic >> packages.bic >> redcap.bic >> >> You will be able to work locally on your workstation as network information (user/directory) and DNS services will remain functional, along with the user accounts filesystem (/home/bic). >> >> Printing and matlab licensing services will also be available. >> >> ALSO, don't forget the generator test that will affect all Neuro pavilions SATURDAY, March 16, 2019 From 06:00 to 07:30 >> >> So before leaving work for the weekend, you should properly shutdown your BIC workstation, then power it off along with any connected devices (USB disks, etc). Lastly, power down the UPS and unplug it from the power outlet. The Workstations in 527 Pine will NOT be affected. >> >> Your Sys Admin team... > > --- > > Please join our Forum! Useful info here: https://forum.bic.mni.mcgill.ca/c/general > > If you need services: workstation maintenance or a storage lease, please fill out > https://www.mcgill.ca/bic/core-facilities/access/bic-neuroinformatics-application-form > > Other questions or requests, please contact > > Our ssh login server is login.bic.mni.mcgill.ca > ssh RSA key fingerprint is 3a:e3:32:f3:2e:7f:cf:94:1c:47:50:4f:c2:b5:93:9b > ssh DSA key fingerprint is 44:8b:92:b8:ef:cb:88:76:96:11:aa:1c:d1:a2:1f:9a > ssh ECDSA key fingerprint is 9c:84:34:1f:1a:84:bb:f7:45:a2:df:88:3e:49:c4:3e > > --- > Sylvain Milot (sylvain at bic.mni.mcgill.ca) > (sylvain.milot at mcgill.ca) > Brain Imaging Centre > Montreal Neurological Institute > 3801 University Street, Webster 2B, Room 206 > Montreal, Qc., Canada, H3A 2B4 > Phone : (514) 398-4965, Fax: 398-8948 > Mobile : (514) 712-1768 > Office : Room NW119 (North Wing) > _______________________________________________ > BIC-announce mailing list > BIC-announce at bic.mni.mcgill.ca > https://mailman.bic.mni.mcgill.ca/mailman/listinfo/bic-announce From bratislav.misic at mcgill.ca Mon Mar 18 09:49:11 2019 From: bratislav.misic at mcgill.ca (Bratislav Misic, Dr.) Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2019 13:49:11 +0000 Subject: [BIC-announce] BIC Lecture TODAY @ deGrandpre | Carolina Makowski In-Reply-To: References: , , , Message-ID: Dear colleagues, please join us for today's lecture. Contrary to the email we sent last week, the lecture will be held in the usual location (deGrandpre). Sorry for the confusion. Speaker: Carolina Makowski Title: All paths lead to the hippocampus: a framework for understanding negative symptoms in psychosis Location: *** deGrandpre *** Time: Monday Mar 18th @ 1PM Mon-Jan-21 Tao Wu Mon-Jan-28 Jake Vogel Mon-Feb-04 Philip Spechler Mon-Feb-11 Christopher Rowley Mon-Feb-18 Mon-Feb-25 Sylvain Baillet Mon-Mar-04 CIHR Deadline Mon-Mar-11 Erin Dickie Mon-Mar-18 Carolina Makowski Mon-Mar-25 Guillaume Lajoie Mon-Apr-01 Casey Paquola Mon-Apr-08 Valentina Borghessiani Mon-Apr-15 Sarah Lippe Mon-Apr-22 Easter Mon-Apr-29 Natasha Rajah Mon-May-06 Heath Pardoe Mon-May-13 ISMRM Mon-May-20 CAN-ACN Mon-May-27 7T workshop Mon-Jun-03 7T workshop -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Time: Monday Mar 25th @ 1PM Mon-Jan-21 Tao Wu Mon-Jan-28 Jake Vogel Mon-Feb-04 Philip Spechler Mon-Feb-11 Christopher Rowley Mon-Feb-18 Mon-Feb-25 Sylvain Baillet Mon-Mar-04 CIHR Deadline Mon-Mar-11 Erin Dickie Mon-Mar-18 Carolina Makowski Mon-Mar-25 Guillaume Lajoie Mon-Apr-01 Casey Paquola Mon-Apr-08 Valentina Borghessiani Mon-Apr-15 Sarah Lippe Mon-Apr-22 Easter Mon-Apr-29 Natasha Rajah Mon-May-06 Mon-May-13 ISMRM Mon-May-20 CAN-ACN Mon-May-27 7T workshop Mon-Jun-03 7T workshop -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From theodorejp.strauss at mcgill.ca Thu Mar 21 10:25:10 2019 From: theodorejp.strauss at mcgill.ca (Ted Strauss) Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2019 14:25:10 +0000 Subject: [BIC-announce] Box-BIC downtime, starting Thursday morning In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Just a quick note to confirm that the following BIC online services are back online: * Box.BIC (log in with McGill email + password) * JupyterHub (log in with McGill shortname + password) * Plotly (log in with McGill shortname + password) Please let me know if there are any issues, or if you need support with any of those. Ted --- Ted Strauss / Manager, Data Resources McConnell Brain Imaging Centre / Montreal Neurological Institute McGill University On Wed, Mar 13, 2019 at 2:10 PM Ted Strauss > wrote: Attention users of the Box.BIC service: Because of a planned move of servers, the service will be down starting Thursday (tomorrow) morning. The plan is for the service to be back online by end of day Friday, but there is a possibility that downtime will extend into the weekend. If there are any files on Box that you will need, and don't have another local copy, please download those files today. Let me know if you have any questions. Sorry for any inconvenience. Ted --- Ted Strauss / Manager, Data Resources McConnell Brain Imaging Centre / Montreal Neurological Institute McGill University -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From bratislav.misic at mcgill.ca Sun Mar 24 23:21:02 2019 From: bratislav.misic at mcgill.ca (Bratislav Misic, Dr.) Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2019 03:21:02 +0000 Subject: [BIC-announce] BIC Lecture TODAY | Guillaume Lajoie Message-ID: Speaker: Guillaume Lajoie Title: Theory of artificially driven cortical circuits: connectivity, function and dimension of neural dynamics stimulated by implants Location: de Grandpr? Time: Monday Mar 25th @ 1PM Mon-Jan-21 Tao Wu Mon-Jan-28 Jake Vogel Mon-Feb-04 Philip Spechler Mon-Feb-11 Christopher Rowley Mon-Feb-18 Mon-Feb-25 Sylvain Baillet Mon-Mar-04 CIHR Deadline Mon-Mar-11 Erin Dickie Mon-Mar-18 Carolina Makowski Mon-Mar-25 Guillaume Lajoie Mon-Apr-01 Casey Paquola Mon-Apr-08 Valentina Borghessiani Mon-Apr-15 Sarah Lippe Mon-Apr-22 Easter Mon-Apr-29 Natasha Rajah Mon-May-06 Mon-May-13 ISMRM Mon-May-20 CAN-ACN Mon-May-27 7T workshop Mon-Jun-03 7T workshop -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rick.hoge at mcgill.ca Mon Mar 25 18:39:32 2019 From: rick.hoge at mcgill.ca (Richard Hoge, Dr.) Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2019 22:39:32 +0000 Subject: [BIC-announce] Fwd: Update on human 7T MRI service References: <0323A99F-2FE2-4957-8CD0-3B8D9CAFFDFC@mcgill.ca> Message-ID: <134F86E5-D4E5-4581-9AB3-B5572A5B58D7@mcgill.ca> Dear all, The 7T magnet was ramped up last week, and we remain on track to open the schedule on May 20. In order to facilitate planning, I would ask that researchers intending to perform studies on the new system please respond to this email with a brief summary of their anticipated usage. The points listed below remain valid - please don't hesitate to contact MR Unit staff with any questions. Neuro communications recently released a very nice video documenting delivery of the magnet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EaDhzXtYW3o Best regards, Rick --- Rick Hoge, Ph.D. Director, MRI Unit McConnell Brain Imaging Centre, Montreal Neurological Institute Associate Professor and Killam Scholar, Dept. of Neurology & Neurosurgery Associate Member, Dept. of Biomedical Engineering McGill University rick.hoge at mcgill.ca 514-398-1929 Begin forwarded message: From: Rick Hoge > Subject: Update on human 7T MRI service Date: February 22, 2019 at 1:26:58 PM GMT-5 To: BIC Announcements > Dear all, As many of you are aware, the primary magnet and other components of the Siemens Terra 7T scanner have been delivered in recent weeks. We are of course hoping that this new scanner will be enthusiastically adopted by researchers, and I would like to provide some additional information to help planning studies. Timeline The system is scheduled to be ramped up in March, with Siemens commissioning to end in April. At present, the area is an active construction site with restricted access. We will reserve two additional weeks for internal commissioning by the MRI Unit, and plan to open the schedule to research users the week of May 20 (after the May 17 Inaugural Symposium that I hope will be well attended). IRB Approvals With regards to ethics approval, researchers wishing to use the Terra (7T) in humans or animals will require either an amendment to an existing IRB protocol or a new protocol describing the procedures to be performed at 7T. In general, it will *not* be necessary to file an Investigational Testing Authorization with Health Canada in human subjects older than one month, so long as standard limits for SAR, dB/dt, and sound levels are met (exceeding the latter limits requires a deliberate override of scanner safety features; neonates aged one month and less will require an ITA). Ethics procedures are thus identical to those for 3T MRI and other imaging modalities at the BIC. User Fees The 7T MRI will be more expensive to operate than the 3T, due largely to the increased cost of the service contract. The expanded MRI program will also require additional staff to reap the full benefit of the new 7T instrument, with associated salary costs. Initially, we will have some relief from these new operating costs thanks to various CFI sources. We will thus be able to offer a progressive pricing structure on the 7T, according to the following schedule: Years 1-2: $500/hour Years 3-4: $600/hour Years 5+: $700/hour (this applies only to the Siemens Terra 7T system, not the 3T Prisma) Note that the above rates apply to academic research initiated by a non-profit entity. Researchers interested in conducting industry-sponsored research on the 7T should contact helene.day at mcgill.ca. Patient Comfort and Safety Some of you may have experienced the sense of vertigo that can arise when the head moves rapidly through the fringe fields of the 3T scanner. This effect, which is caused by magnetic forces on the inner ear, is more pronounced at 7T. MRI Unit technologists will work with participants to minimize this phenomenon, aided by the fact that the movable patient table is programmed to avoid rapid movements through fringe fields. Overall, this is not expected to be a significant issue. With regards to surgical implants, we will adhere to previous policy for the 1.5T and 3T systems. Implants will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis by the MRI technologists, and other healthcare professionals associated with the study, to ensure safety at the relevant magnetic field. A similar policy will be observed regarding tattoos and other potential MR safety concerns. It should be noted that the head coils included with the system are very tight fitting, to an extent that may be an issue for claustrophobic participants or individuals with a large head. These head coils do include a mirror and permit viewing of visual stimuli, albeit with a somewhat restricted angular field. We plan to procure additional coils in the coming months, which should help to overcome these limitations. System Capabilities As noted above, the system comes with two phased-array head coils (both 32-channel receive; one is 8-channel transmit, while the other transmits on a single quadrature channel). These coils are somewhat tight fitting, but will permit visual stimulation. Additional coils, such as occipital visual coils, will be obtained to facilitate visual stimulation and improve performance in occipital cortex. With regards to the pulse sequence capabilities, the strength of the system will be in high-resolution structural and functional imaging, as well as spectroscopy. More details, and examples of MR protocols that should work 'out of the box' are available by request in pdf format (please send requests to ilana.leppert at mcgill.ca). Realizing the full potential of the system, which goes far beyond the 'out of the box' sequences, will require ongoing collaboration between MRI Unit staff and the research community. Access to 7T Facility The new 7T MRI suite is located on North Wing level 2B, near the MEG Unit. For reasons of safety and the privacy of research participants, access to the 7T facility will be controlled through card access in the same way as the current 3T. The change rooms on Webster 3B, currently used for 3T studies, will also be used by participants in 7T studies. In order to shield adjacent facilities from magnetic fringe fields, it was necessary to raise the floor of the entire 7T suite by almost a metre. Access from North Wing Level B2 is thus gained via a short flight of stairs, or by a small lift. The lift is capable of transporting a hospital stretcher, wheelchair, or cart with equipment. The 7T suite includes a toilet and an adjacent room that can be used for preparation of human participants or animal subjects. Medical and veterinary gases will be available, as well as stimulus presentation equipment similar to that in the 3T suite (please contact michael.ferreira at mcgill.ca for further details). Scheduling of scanning sessions will be carried out using the same online system as the 3T MRI and other BIC systems (also used for billing). The schedule should open to research users the week of May 20. --- I trust the above information will be helpful in your planning, and invite you to contact any member of the MRI Unit with further questions. Best regards, Rick --- Rick Hoge, Ph.D. Director, MRI Unit McConnell Brain Imaging Centre, Montreal Neurological Institute Associate Professor and Killam Scholar, Dept. of Neurology & Neurosurgery Associate Member, Dept. of Biomedical Engineering McGill University rick.hoge at mcgill.ca 514-398-1929 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From amir.shmuel at mcgill.ca Tue Mar 26 15:38:33 2019 From: amir.shmuel at mcgill.ca (Amir Shmuel, Dr.) Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2019 19:38:33 +0000 Subject: [BIC-announce] 7T symposium: space is limited, register with credit card Message-ID: Hello all, We will advertise the symposium shortly to potential international attendees. Space is limited. If you wish to attend, now is the time to register. The registration web-site now accepts credit card payment. Amir Shmuel. Neuro Symposium Advances in High-Field Brain Imaging - celebrating the arrival of Canada's first whole body 7T MRI May 17, 2019 Jeanne Timmins Amphitheatre The Neuro, Montreal, QC, Canada Program Co-Chairs: Richard Hoge, Amir Shmuel, Julien Doyon The Neuro's McConnell Brain Imaging Centre will host a one-day scientific symposium to celebrate the arrival of Canada's first whole-body 7T MRI scanner. This symposium follows the ISMRM meeting in Montreal. The themes include methods and applications of structural, functional and spectroscopy high-field MRI in human subjects and animal models. The symposium will feature talks by internationally recognized experts in ultra-high field MRI, focusing on methods and research applications in neuroscience. All day refreshments including cocktails will be offered. Guided visits to the new 7T facility will be available to non-Montreal-based attendees. Speakers Julien Cohen-Adad, University of Montreal, Canada Laurentius Huber, Maastricht University, The Netherlands Seong-Gi Kim, Sungkyunkwan University, Korea Silvia Mangia, University of Minnesota, USA Ravi Menon, The University of Western Ontario, Canada Karla Miller, University of Oxford, UK Bruce Pike, University of Calgary, Canada Jonathan Polimeni, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, USA Amir Shmuel, McGill University, Canada Christina Triantafyllou, Siemens, Canada Kamil Ugurbil, University of Minnesota, USA Larry Wald, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, USA Nikolaus Weiskopf, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Germany The McConnell Brain Imaging Centre is a leading multimodal imaging data acquisition and analysis centre for studying brain function and disease. It is part of a unique research and clinical environment - The Neuro - Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital - the first open science institute in the world. The cutting edge large bore 7 Tesla MRI scanner is the latest addition to The Neuro's current brain imaging systems of high-resolution PET, MEG, 3 Tesla MRI as well as small animal MRI and micro-PET. For more information: https://www.mcgill.ca/neuro/events/advances-high-field-brain-imaging-symposium To register: https://brainimagingcentre.ticketmob.com/event.cfm?cart&id=184306 Contact: Deborah Rashcovsky, Events Officer, 514 398-6047 deborah.rashcovsky at mcgill.ca -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From amir.shmuel at mcgill.ca Tue Mar 26 20:45:04 2019 From: amir.shmuel at mcgill.ca (Amir Shmuel, Dr.) Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2019 00:45:04 +0000 Subject: [BIC-announce] Student registration code Message-ID: Hello, Please note the student promo code on the registration page: https://www.mcgill.ca/neuro/events/advances-high-field-brain-imaging-symposium/registration Students and staff can use this promo code for reduced registration fee. Amir Shmuel. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From bratislav.misic at mcgill.ca Wed Mar 27 10:47:46 2019 From: bratislav.misic at mcgill.ca (Bratislav Misic, Dr.) Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2019 14:47:46 +0000 Subject: [BIC-announce] BIC Lecture Mon Apr 1st | Casey Paquola In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Speaker: Casey Paquola Title: Microstructural profile covariance analysis Location: de Grandpr? Time: Monday Apr 1st @ 1PM Mon-Jan-21 Tao Wu Mon-Jan-28 Jake Vogel Mon-Feb-04 Philip Spechler Mon-Feb-11 Christopher Rowley Mon-Feb-18 Mon-Feb-25 Sylvain Baillet Mon-Mar-04 CIHR Deadline Mon-Mar-11 Erin Dickie Mon-Mar-18 Carolina Makowski Mon-Mar-25 Guillaume Lajoie Mon-Apr-01 Casey Paquola Mon-Apr-08 Valentina Borghessiani Mon-Apr-15 Sarah Lippe Mon-Apr-22 Easter Mon-Apr-29 Natasha Rajah Mon-May-06 Mon-May-13 ISMRM Mon-May-20 CAN-ACN Mon-May-27 7T workshop Mon-Jun-03 7T workshop -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From sylvain at bic.mni.mcgill.ca Wed Mar 27 13:13:20 2019 From: sylvain at bic.mni.mcgill.ca (Sylvain MILOT) Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2019 13:13:20 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [BIC-announce] reminder * Workshop on FAIR principles and neuroinformatics * starting NOW! Message-ID: Reminder : this is starting in a moment Cheers JB -------------- next part -------------- An embedded and charset-unspecified text was scrubbed... Name: MONII-2019--March-27.txt URL: From louis.collins at mcgill.ca Thu Mar 28 10:27:59 2019 From: louis.collins at mcgill.ca (Louis Collins, Dr.) Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2019 14:27:59 +0000 Subject: [BIC-announce] Talk by Dr. Danilo Bdzok friday at 1pm Message-ID: <982D174E-3AFC-4780-A03F-8FB916D1E4F0@mcgill.ca> Hi all, Please consider coming to a BME recruitment talk tomorrow (friday) at 1pm in the Duff building by Dr. Danilo Dzdok. The announcement is below. >From the web: https://danilobzdok.de/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/danilo-bzdok-63b64956/ https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Danilo_Bzdok https://scholar.google.ca/citations?user=yMLTxlUAAAAJ&hl=en - h-index of 25! pretty impressive for young career Hope to see you there, -Louis [cid:0817E7E0-EA54-42B8-8276-D2749A093A77 at campus.mcgill.ca] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image005.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 177008 bytes Desc: image005.jpg URL: From boris.bernhardt at gmail.com Sun Mar 31 14:36:39 2019 From: boris.bernhardt at gmail.com (Boris Bernhardt) Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2019 14:36:39 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] Feindel BIC Lecture Mon Apr 1 | Casey Paquola Message-ID: <82A053F8-30D8-4B1B-9113-2DD8F8DFAF1C@gmail.com> Dear Colleagues, Please join us for tomorrow's Feindel BIC Lecture - Monday, April 1, in the DeGrandpre Communication Center at 1PM. "Towards a multi-scale model of the human cortex? Casey Paquola, PhD Postdoctoral Researcher Multimodal Imaging and Connectome Analysis Lab Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital Coffee and Cookies will be served. See you there, Bratislav, Boris, & Aki ? Upcoming lectures: Mon-Apr-08 Natasha Rajah Mon-Apr-15 Sarah Lippe Mon-Apr-22 Easter Mon-Apr-29 TBA Mon-May-06 Heath Pardoe Mon-May-13 ISMRM Mon-May-20 CAN-ACN Mon-May-27 7T workshop Mon-Jun-03 7T workshop