From rick.hoge at mcgill.ca Wed May 1 08:51:04 2019 From: rick.hoge at mcgill.ca (Richard Hoge, Dr.) Date: Wed, 1 May 2019 12:51:04 +0000 Subject: [BIC-announce] Fwd: Publications from February 2018 - January 2019 References: Message-ID: Dear all, Please note the request below from Lynda Bray - If you could kindly flag any publications that made use of MR Unit scanners (3T, Pharmascan), and cc me, it will help with MRU reporting requirements as well. Thank you and kind 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: "Lynda Bray, Ms." > Subject: Publications from February 2018 - January 2019 Date: April 30, 2019 at 3:25:35 PM GMT-4 To: "Lynda Bray, Ms." > Hello, You are receiving this message because according to our records, you have used one of our imaging platforms in 2018 or earlier. For fund reporting purposes, we need to know if you have any publications from this time period which would have resulted from the scanning done. If so,please send them to us. Kindly note, we will only accept papers with a status of ?published?. Lynda Bray | Administrative Assistant | McConnell Brain-Imaging Centre, McGill University |T: 514 398-1803| 3801 University, NW-B210, Montreal QC H3A 2B4 Lynda Bray | Administrative Assistant | McConnell Brain-Imaging Centre, [Home] McGill University |T: 514 398-1803| 3801 University, NW-B210, Montreal QC H3A 2B4 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.png Type: image/png Size: 7660 bytes Desc: image001.png URL: From siddiqi at cim.mcgill.ca Thu May 2 22:07:39 2019 From: siddiqi at cim.mcgill.ca (Kaleem Siddiqi) Date: Thu, 2 May 2019 22:07:39 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] Postdoc Opportunity at the University of Toronto Message-ID: Dear Colleagues, Dirk Bernhardt-Walther requested that I share the following post-doc opportunity with you. Apologies if you receive this email from more than one list. Best, Kaleem -------------------------------------------------- University of Toronto, Bernhardt-Walther Lab and Semantic Technology Lab A Post-doctoral position in computational modeling of vision and knowledge acquisition is available with Dirk Bernhardt-Walther (Psychology) and Michael Gr?ninger (Mechanical and Industrial Engineering) at the University of Toronto. We seek a colleague who shares our interest in explaining how structured knowledge about the world arises through visual perception. The project combines formal logic in ontologies with perceptual grouping of visual elements in complex, real-world scenes. Optionally, the project may involve measuring brain activity using functional magnetic resonance imaging. The ideal candidate has a strong computational and mathematical background, experience with state-of-the-art computer vision techniques and/or a strong background in computational neuroscience. The ability to communicate with a diverse team of researchers from engineering and psychology is an essential prerequisite. Current state-of-the-art computational models of visual processing are trained to extract visual features of increasing complexity in a hierarchy of layers, choosing a label from a pretrained set of categories at the apex of the hierarchy. Such systems lack an important aspect of the human visual system ? a notion of meaning of visual content. The project aims to develop a new model of visual perception, which integrates the generation of networks of meaning into all levels of the visual processing hierarchy, thus allowing structured visual knowledge to arise naturally from visual perception. Specifically, this will involve the generation of a large database of images of real-world scenes with detailed ontological annotations, development of data structures and algorithms for extracting such ontological structures automatically from images, and testing the viability of our new meaning-based model of vision for explaining aspects of human vision. The University of Toronto, typically ranked as one of the world?s top 20 research universities, is located in downtown Toronto. The city is one of the most livable and cosmopolitan cities in the world, and has a vibrant academic and information technology community. This full-time position includes benefits and is fully funded for two years, with an initial appointment of one year. There is also the possibility of extending the position beyond the first two funded years by applying for outside fellowships. The earliest start date is September 3rd, 2019. Applicants should submit a CV, brief research statement, relevant publications, and contact details for two academic references to the addresses below. Please contact us at either address below for more information. Contact Details: Dirk Bernhardt-Walther: bernhardt-walther at psych.utoronto.ca , bwlab.utoronto.ca Michael Gr?ninger: gruninger at mie.utoronto.ca , stl.mie.utoronto.ca https://bwlab.utoronto.ca/postdoc-opening/ -- ================================= Dirk Bernhardt-Walther, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology University of Toronto 100 St. George Street Toronto, ON M5S 3G3 Canada +1-416-978-6193 bernhardt-walther at psych.utoronto.ca http://bwlab.utoronto.ca -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Ilana Leppert has also been working very hard to set up initial protocols and collect reference data for demonstration and training. We realize that many users are waiting for further guidance on the capabilities of the new scanner, and this will be provided over the summer based on reference data we are currently acquiring. Nevertheless, it appears that there are a number of early adopters who will be ready to initiate studies shortly after we go live in June. In order to finalize staffing plans, it would be extremely helpful if you can advise the MRU of your expected 7T usage for this summer. If you plan to use the 7T Terra, please indicate the number of hours you expect to scan each month for June, July, and August. We will also need to know whether you plan to scan humans or NHP, and any peripheral/stimulus equipment and sequences that will be required. Please cc Mike Ferreira and Ilana Leppert in your responses. Thank you and kind 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... 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Claude LES S?MINAIRES DE L'UNF / SEMINAR UNF SERIES Pr?sentateur/ Speaker: Prof. Dr. Petra Ritter Titre/ Title: The Virtual Brain - Improving life through simulation Endroit/ Where: CRIUGM - Local E1910 (http://www.criugm.qc.ca/en/contact.html) Date/ When: Mercredi 8 mai, 16h00-17h00/ Wednesday, May 8th 4h00-5h00pm *La conf?rence sera pr?sent?e en anglais/The seminar will be presented in English* Prof Ritter is a computational neuroscientist and medical doctor at Charit? in Berlin. One of her central research topics is the development of brain simulations for individual people with neurological conditions, combining EEG and neuroimaging data. Prof Ritter studied medicine at Humboldt University Berlin. She did residencies at UCLA, UCSD, Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York, and Harvard Medical School, as well as Charit?. She completed her doctoral thesis in 2004 at Charit? under Arno Villringer. She is a cofounder of The Virtual Brain open-source brain simulation platform. Since October 2017 she has held a lifetime BIH Johanna-Quandt Full Professorship of Brain Simulation at the Dept. of Neurology at the Charit? and Berlin Institute of Health. Links: Petra Ritter @ Berlin Institute for Health (BIH) https://www.bihealth.org/en/research/research-groups/bih-johanna-quandt-professorships/petra-ritter/ Brain Simulation https://brainsimulation.charite.de/en/ Petra Ritter's publications https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=njHFeAsAAAAJ&hl=en I hope to see you there / En esp?rant vous voir nombreux. L'?quipe de l'UNF / UNF Team Site: https://unf-montreal.ca Follow us on twittr at @UNF_montreal https://twitter.com/UNF_montreal -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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As for all initiatives of our SIG, this competition aims at fostering the dialog between artists and scientists. We believe that the exchange of ideas and tools between these two disciplines encourages the development of novel approaches to scientific data visualization, and promotes the exploration of different perspectives on human brain structures and functions. Researchers, scientists, and everyone in between: you are all encouraged to submit your original work(s)! There are no limits to the number of submissions per participant, and both team and single-person entries are welcomed. All submitted pieces will be exhibit during the Organization for Human Brain Mapping (OHBM) 2019 Annual Meeting in Rome. This year submissions will be accepted to the following categories: 1. Erato: 2D: i.e., digital images such as drawings, photos, paintings 2. Clio: 3D: i.e., sculptures and installations. Please note that any 3D submission should be entered as a photo then shipped/brought to the Rome - if possibles 3. Calliope: 1D: i.e., short texts (10000 characters maximum) as short fiction or poetry. Please note that any 1D submissions should be copied and pasted into the text field. 4. Terpsichore: real-time performance : i.e., any performative act (e.g. singing, dancing, live sketching, etc?). Please note that a one-page max pdf description should be entered at time of submission, then the act should be performed during the conference. 5. Melpomene: failed attempt / bug / artifact Submission Deadline: 11:59PM CDT, Wednesday, May 29th, 2019 https://www.neurobureau.org/brainart/ - - - Alain Dagher MD Montreal Neurological Institute McGill University 3801 University St. Montr?al QC Canada H3A 2B4 (514) 398-1726 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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If you need help setting it up, contact me at ted.strauss at mcgill.ca or extension 3020 and I'll be glad to help you with that. 3. If you use the sync client on a non-BIC computer, then you are recommended to upgrade the program by visiting this URL https://owncloud.org/download/#owncloud-desktop-client and downloading and installing the appropriate version. If you have any questions or need support don't hesitate to contact me at ted.strauss at mcgill.ca or extension 3020. Thanks Ted --- Ted Strauss / Manager, Data Resources McConnell Brain Imaging Centre / Montreal Neurological Institute McGill University -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From sylvain at bic.mni.mcgill.ca Sat May 11 11:48:32 2019 From: sylvain at bic.mni.mcgill.ca (Sylvain MILOT) Date: Sat, 11 May 2019 11:48:32 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [BIC-announce] Two postdoctoral positions available in the MultiFunkIm Lab - Montreal Canada (fwd) Message-ID: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 10 May 2019 15:35:40 +0000 From: "Christophe Grova, Dr." To: "\"bic-announce at bic.mni.mcgill.ca\"" Subject: Two postdoctoral positions available in the MultiFunkIm Lab - Montreal Canada Dear all,? ? I am happy to announce that there are?two postdoc positions?available in my lab at Concordia University, Montreal Canada. The fellow will join a multidisciplinary team and have the opportunity to get involved in projects involving multimodal data application (EEG/MEG, high density EEG/fMRI, prolonged EEG/fNIRS recordings) for applications in epilepsy presurgical mapping?and sleep studies, advanced methodological and statistical analysis developments, and contributions in neuroimaging software implementations. ?? ? Position 1: EEG/MEG analysis in epilepsy and sleep studies, involving development of source localization techniques, contribution to our Maximum Entropy on the Mean package?https://neuroimage.usc.edu/brainstorm/Tutorials/TutBEst, evaluation of source localization methods for?resting state connectivity, advanced computational modeling.? ? Position 2: High density EEG/fMRI and personalized EEG/fNIRS to study sleep and cognition, in several projects involving the neural mechanisms of sleep, sleep deprivation and sleep disorders (e.g. insomnia, hypersomnolence). This position co-supervised by Dr. Dang-Vu, expert in sleep studies and neuroimaging, is funded through a prestigious Horizon Postdoctoral?Scholarship?from?Concordia University,? http://www.concordia.ca/sgs/postdoctoral-fellows/funding/horizon/descriptions/5007.html The ideal candidate will be involved in setting up advanced multimodal data acquisitions to study sleep, developing dedicated methods for data analysis, especially for whole night prolonged recordings, and contributions to NIRSTORM software package implementations?https://github.com/Nirstorm/nirstorm ? Data acquisitions will take place either at PERFORM centre at Concordia University (http://www.concordia.ca/research/perform.html) or at the McConnell Brain Imaging Centre of the Montreal Neurological Institute at McGill University? (https://www.mcgill.ca/bic/). ? Applicants must have a PhD (or close to completion) in a related field (e.g., neurosciences, computer science, (biomedical engineering, physics). Applicants should have strong knowledge of Matlab and or Python 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.? ? Both positions are available now. Review of applications will begin as they are received and will continue until the position has been filled. If interested please send your CV, a brief research statement and two references letters to myself: christophe.grova at concordia.ca ?? ? Cordially? ? Christophe Grova? MultiFunkIm Lab Website :?https://www.concordia.ca/artsci/physics/research/grova-research-group.html? *************************** 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 email : christophe.grova at concordia.ca , christophe.grova at mcgill.ca? 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:?https://www.concordia.ca/artsci/physics/research/grova-research-group.html *************************** [IMAGE] From francine.belanger at mcgill.ca Mon May 13 13:10:20 2019 From: francine.belanger at mcgill.ca (Francine Belanger, Mme) Date: Mon, 13 May 2019 17:10:20 +0000 Subject: [BIC-announce] =?iso-8859-1?q?S=E9minaire_UNF/_CRIUGM=3A_Muhammad?= =?iso-8859-1?q?_Saleh=2C_Ph=2E_D=2E_-_vendredi_17_mai_13h30?= In-Reply-To: <005001d509ae$8b42d4b0$a1c87e10$@criugm.qc.ca> References: <005001d509ae$8b42d4b0$a1c87e10$@criugm.qc.ca> Message-ID: LES S?MINAIRES DE L'UNF / SEMINAR UNF SERIES Pr?sentateur/ Speaker: Muhammad Saleh, Ph.D. Titre/ Title: Universal MRS sequences for single- and multi-metabolite editing Endroit/ Where: CRIUGM - Local E1910 (http://www.criugm.qc.ca/en/contact.html) Date/ When: Vendredi 17 mai, 13h30-14h30/ Friday, May 17th 1h30-2h30pm *La conf?rence sera pr?sent?e en anglais/The seminar will be presented in English* Muhammad Saleh is a postdoctoral fellow in the Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Originally from the beautiful island of Zanzibar, Tanzania. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Cape Town, South Africa, involving prospective motion and magnetic field correction during GABA editing followed by in vivo applications. As a fellow at Hopkins, he develops novel methods for measuring brain metabolites, including inhibitory neurotransmitter GABA and marker of oxidative stress glutathione (GSH), under the mentorship of Professor Edden. Recently, he standardized these methods across all four major vendors, Philips, Siemens, GE, and Canon, and disseminated to more than 15 site nationally and internationally to study the pathophysiology of a broad range of neurological diseases. He continues to provide support and collaborates with the researchers from different sites, ranging from acquisition to post-processing and quantification of data using Gannet analysis package. Abstract: Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (MRS) is a non-invasive methodology that allows the quantification of endogenous metabolites in the human body, including the inhibitory neurotransmitter GABA and redox compound glutathione (GSH) in the brain. However, due to their low concentration, measurement of GABA and GSH using conventional single-voxel MRS is difficult, and at 3T, spectral editing (MEGA-PRESS) is typically used. In this seminar, he will describe how GABA and GSH can be measured in the brain using spectral editing, including some of the limitations of the methodology. Most previously used edited MRS techniques focus on a single-voxel and are tailored for a specific metabolite (e.g., GABA, or GSH). He will then introduce a new method developed in our lab, HERMES, which allows multi-metabolite editing in one single MR examination. Finally, he will discuss recent work he has been doing, developing universal sequences across vendors and present some of new results. I hope to see you there / En esp?rant vous voir nombreux. L'?quipe de l'UNF / UNF Team Site: https://unf-montreal.ca Follow us on twittr at @UNF_montreal https://twitter.com/UNF_montreal -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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The first day will feature short communications from scientists who have adopted MEG for their research in audition, vision, predicting coding, language. working memory, motor systems, sleep, epilepsy, pain, neuromodulation, decoding of time series and machine learning. Our team will also feature cool Method Updates concerning open repositories, free open-source software for MRI and multiscale electrophysiology (from single cells to whole-brain) and advanced visualization. The day will culminate with the Killam invited lecture of Dr. David Poeppel (NYU and Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics): ?The Auditory System and Motor System, in Time? https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=9EyT1mYAAAAJ&hl=en and with the inauguration of our new MEG-infinity program (specific announcement to follow.) The morning of the second day will offer a live lab experience at our MEG Unit, with demos of real-time imaging, where our support team will answer all your practical questions re: MEG access. The afternoon will be a hands-on laptop training workshop specifically dedicated to brain time-series decoding using Brainstorm, driven by Dr. Dimitrios Pantazis from MIT. https://neuroimage.usc.edu/brainstorm/ Space is limited to 75 seats, first come, first served at the MNI - registration is free but mandatory: https://neuroimage.usc.edu/brainstorm/WorkshopMontreal2019 (incl. detailed program). Follow the event on twitter: @sylvain_baillet Hope to see you there! Sylvain. - Sylvain Baillet, PhD Professor, Montreal Neurological Institute Associate Dean (Research), Faculty of Medicine McGill University > more -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Chung , Thomas Nichols < thomas.nichols at bdi.ox.ac.uk>, JB Poline , Mandy Mejia < mandy.mejia at gmail.com>, , Kornak, John < john.kornak at ucsf.edu>, , Harezlak, Jaroslaw < harezlak at iu.edu>, Zhang, Tingting (tz3b) , Raanju Sundararajan Dear All - Please register ASAP. Link below. Please also forward this to your students or colleagues who are thinking about attending. There are no fees. The purpose of the registration is for our hosts to determine the proper quantity of food and also identify food restrictions, if any. http://brainstats.dss.uniroma1.it/ Thank you! Hernando Ombao, Ph.D. Professor of Statistics King Abdullah University of Science and Technology Saudi Arabia BIOSTATISTICS Research Group https://biostats.kaust.edu.sa/Pages/Home.aspx -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Open-science discount: $10,000 for unlimited 24/7 access, against the direct deposit of collected data in the Open MEG Archives (OMEGA), ? $8,000 for unlimited after-hours (5pm-08am) and weekend access. The subscription is for one study, with unlimited number of participants (cross-sectional design) and/or sessions (longitudinal design). The rates apply to MEG certified users who have been trained and approved to operate the system without assistance. The certification is permanent, and obtained with a 3x1-hour training program with MEG data collection for the investigator?s study ($500/hr). Certification fees will be waived until the end of December 2019 (a $1,500 value). An REB number and participant code are required at the time of booking. To get you started with data collection as soon as possible, if your study concerns resting state, basic sensory stimuli and tasks, you may proceed immediately with data collection using the OMEGA participant consent form, after verification of compliance by our team. Access to your data will be conditional to REB approval of your request to access the OMEGA repository. Current BIC cancellation policies apply, with special attention against booking-cancelling several blocks of time at once. Studies that require full assistance from our MEG staff remain at current rate ($500/hour). The discounted $400/hour rate for certified users who prefer to access on a case-by-case basis remains effective as well. We foresee that the MEG-infinity program will enable approaching exciting neuroscience questions concerning the neural dynamics of brain systems in health and disease with high-powered studies yielding robust results. We will experiment with MEG-infinity until the end of December 2019. Should this be a success, we may need to increase the subscription rates, so be opportunistic and enroll now! The rates are tailored to match the amount of seed funding readily granted for pilot studies out there (via e.g., BIC, CRBLM, QBIN, etc.). Our team is here to provide all the support required for study design and data analytics. Please contact us with any question (megatmcgill at gmail.com). We'll be glad to get you started with the program. Best wishes, Sylvain. - Sylvain Baillet, PhD Professor & Director, MEG Core Tier-1 Canada Research Chair in Neural Dynamics of Brain Systems McConnell Brain Imaging Centre, Montreal Neurological Institute McGill University > more [cid:1EF412D2-B2AC-466B-ABC7-095A670CD410 at campus.MCGILL.CA] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Introducing MEG infinity.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 80843 bytes Desc: Introducing MEG infinity.jpg URL: From jbpoline at gmail.com Fri May 24 18:36:50 2019 From: jbpoline at gmail.com (JB Poline) Date: Fri, 24 May 2019 18:36:50 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] Fwd: Welcome to Neuroinformatics 2019! In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: FYI JB ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: INCF Secretariat Date: Fri, May 24, 2019 at 1:34 PM Subject: Welcome to Neuroinformatics 2019! To: INCF Newsletter with neuroinformatics community activities, new publications, and upcoming events View this email in your browser Registration for Neuroinformatics 2019 is open Join us in Warsaw on September 1-2 to interact and share your latest ideas in AI, neuroimaging and computational neuroscience with plenty of opportunities for presenting your posters and getting hands-on experience with the latest tools, and for networking during the social events. The annual INCF Congress provides a meeting place for researchers in all fields related to neuroinformatics. Join us for keynotes from top neuroscientists, community sessions and poster- and demo sessions. Neuroinformatics 2019 provides a forum for infrastructure providers and developers of tools, standards, and best practices to help define the capabilities of the global network, receive training on how to participate in the Open, FAIR and Citable global network and learn how to provide better services to their constituents. This is also a great opportunity to introduce new participants to the field of neuroinformatics and highlight new and innovative tools and approaches. Abstract submission deadline: May 31 Early bird registration deadline: June 30 For questions please contact: congress at incf.org Get your neuroinformatics training here! The INCF Assembly is a tool-focused conference, so on August 31, the day before Neuroinformatics 2019, we offer three courses and workshops. Places are limited so make sure to claim your spot! *Short Course: Simulating the brain with the Brain Simulation Platform (BSP)* A full-day short course that introduces the Brain Simulation Platform (BSP) of the Human Brain Project (HBP). After the course, participants will be able to use the BSP to access HPC systems to configure and run simulations, visualize and analyze simulation results, and to form collaborative groups interested in exploring scientific issues of common interest. *Neuroscience data integration through use of digital brain atlases* This full-day course will present currently available reference atlases. It will demonstrate how the 3D brain templates for the reference atlases are acquired, how they are used as a basis for delineating the structures of the brain, how they can be enriched by other data modalities, and how they can be used as a basis for assigning location (coordinate based or semantic) to a wide range of structural and functional data collected from the brain. *The Virtual Brain (TVB) Workshop* This workshop will introduce participants to The Virtual Brain (TVB) neuroinformatics platform. After the course, participants will be able to have a basic understanding of how models are built using TVB, how they work, and what biological properties of a neural system they represent, as well as an understanding of several research topics that can be explored using TVB. This workshop is composed of lectures and hands-on sessions that will allow participants to immediately apply the concepts from the lectures on your simulations in TVB. 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URL: From rick.hoge at mcgill.ca Mon May 27 07:35:33 2019 From: rick.hoge at mcgill.ca (Richard Hoge, Dr.) Date: Mon, 27 May 2019 11:35:33 +0000 Subject: [BIC-announce] =?utf-8?q?Reminder=3A__7T_information_session_toda?= =?utf-8?q?y_1pm_Grandpr=C3=A9?= Message-ID: Dear all, This is a reminder of the info session to be held today for future 7T users. The presentation will cover practical topics including safety considerations, system characteristics, and stimulus presentation. A second session will be held next Monday, covering research applications on the 7T. At the end of today?s session, the MR Unit will offer visits to the new 7T suite (2-3pm). Those interested are asked to wait in Grandpr? after the presentation, before proceeding to the 7T with members of the MRU. Kind regards, Rick --- Rick Hoge, Ph.D. Director, MRI Program 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 sylvain.baillet at mcgill.ca Wed May 29 15:58:25 2019 From: sylvain.baillet at mcgill.ca (Sylvain Baillet, Dr) Date: Wed, 29 May 2019 19:58:25 +0000 Subject: [BIC-announce] Special BIC Lecture Mon June 03 12-1pm: Alex Wiesman. Message-ID: *** for diffusion, please Mon June 03 12-1pm: deGrandpr?, MNI, 3801 University. "Dynamic oscillatory interactions between cognitive and sensory systems? Alex I. Wiesman NIH Predoctoral Fellow University of Nebraska Medical Center https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=IKSvUZkAAAAJ&hl=en Alex? work aims to understand the neurophysiological and psychophysical underpinnings of attention in healthy aging and age-related disorders. Although still a senior grad student, he has already published 9 peer-reviewed articles as main author (24 as co-author) in Brain, Cerebral Cortex, Neurology, Neuroimage, Human Brain Mapping, etc. He has won prestigious support from the NIH for his grad studies. Alex is now leading a large, NIH-funded investigation of visuospatial processing in mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease. This multimodal study includes collection of big MEG data, functional and structural MRI, PET with florbetapir, mitochondrial energetics, SNP genotyping, and an extensive neuropsychological battery. Alex is visiting Montreal and the MNI and is considering joining the Baillet lab in the spring of 2020. 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