From bratislav.misic at mcgill.ca Fri Nov 1 10:18:17 2019 From: bratislav.misic at mcgill.ca (Bratislav Misic, Dr.) Date: Fri, 1 Nov 2019 14:18:17 +0000 Subject: [BIC-announce] BBME seminar: 1PM Nov 1-Duff 507-509: Dr. Danilo Bzdok In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Dr. Danilo Bzdok has recently joined the Department of Biomedical Engineering. He is giving the seminar as part of BBME seminar series on Nov 1 at 1PM in Duff 507-509. [cid:image002.jpg at 01D58B46.6BFE30D0] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Instead of presenting polished solutions, the talk aims to provide insights into his lab's approach to defining a development/deployment strategy, breaking the neuroimaging bubble, and working with computational infrastructure that resists being forced into compliance with one's own needs -- all within the context of a working research institute that cannot afford major service interruptions. Bio Dr Michael Hanke is the Principal Investigator at the Psycho?informatics Lab at J?lich. Research in this lab focuses on the interface of computer and information sciences, neuroscience, and psychology. We develop tools and strategies to employ inter-disciplinary expertise in psychological and neuroimaging research. Our projects range from tailored solutions to specific problems (e.g. PyMVPA) to versatile research platforms (e.g. NeuroDebian) and data management systems (e.g. DataLad). Contact: Dr Jean-Baptiste Poline, Associate Professor, 514 398-3956, jean-baptiste.poline at mcgill.ca Website: http://ludmercentre.ca/events/neurohub-seminar-dr-michael-hanke/ Eventbrite: https://www.facebook.com/events/516770582509956/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/516770582509956/ [cid:0cacdc5f-fac6-492e-89e4-ee9b1d197800] [image.png][image.png] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image003.png Type: image/png Size: 4498 bytes Desc: image003.png URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image004.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 2854 bytes Desc: image004.jpg URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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McGill's Seminar Series in Quantitative Life Sciences and Medicine Sponsored by CAMBAM, QLS, MiCM and the Ludmer Centre [https://gallery.mailchimp.com/b1e9a3f512a2eb13406ade675/images/396832aa-d7ba-4bb7-b10d-f1ac501e87bf.jpg] Title: Data and machine learning in population and public health Speaker: Dr. Rumi Chunara When: Tuesday, November 12, 2019 (12-1pm) Where: McIntyre Medical Sciences Building, room 1034, McGill University Abstract: New unstructured Internet and mobile-sourced data from satellite imagery to precisely-geolocated text and images from mobile phones can provide high-resolution spatial and temporal views into daily life factors and prevention efforts important in public health. The low-frequency, low-resolution data commonly used (e.g. surveys, government reports) only provide low-precision behavior and outcome measures on the specific populations sampled. This limits how effectively we can spend public health budgets and target intervention efforts. While it is clear that new data sources have the potential to transform public health efforts, there are critical computational and statistical challenges to making the data useful in aggregate, including non-continuous data shared whenever a person likes, noisy/unstructured observations that may not spatially representative of the underlying (latent) process, and data generated by ad-hoc, non-representative groups. In this talk I will elucidate such challenges and work towards addressing them relevant to public health priorities. Examples will span local and global efforts both in communicable and non-communicable disease. For more information: https://mcgill.ca/micm/events/fall-2019-qls Questions can be directed to info-micm at mcgill.ca [Twitter] [Website] Copyright ? 2019 McGill University, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted in to our MiCM mailing list. 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Time: Monday Nov 11th @ 1PM Mon-Sept-9 Jamie Near Mon-Sept-16 Dang Nguyen Mon-Sept-23 Xindi Wang Mon-Sept-30 OPEN Mon-Oct-07 Nathan Spreng Mon-Oct-14 Thanksgiving Mon-Oct-21 Irina Esterlis Mon-Oct-28 Xiaoqian Chai Mon-Nov-04 Valeria Kebets Mon-Nov-11 Reinder Vos de Wael Tue-Nov-19 Isabel Garcia Mon-Nov-25 Matteo Mancini Mon-Dec-02 Yu Zhang -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From sylvain.baillet at mcgill.ca Wed Nov 6 17:36:30 2019 From: sylvain.baillet at mcgill.ca (Sylvain Baillet, Dr) Date: Wed, 6 Nov 2019 22:36:30 +0000 Subject: [BIC-announce] Free Symposium Nov 18 @ MNI: Open Science in Action Message-ID: <313DF319-556B-4817-8B01-AD8D5B66B773@mcgill.ca> ** for diffusion, please. Dear All: Open Science is an empty shell without great science and scientists. We need you to please take a moment to register and participate to the MNI?s first Open Science in Action symposium, Mon Nov 18. It?s free and the program is I think, particularly exciting. Fellow neuroimagers: Russ Poldrack will be one of the keynotes. Be quick to register as we are already approaching full capacity! https://www.mcgill.ca/neuro/channels/event/open-science-action-inaugural-symposium-300075 Best wishes, Sylvain. - Sylvain Baillet, PhD Professor, Montreal Neurological Institute McGill University - > more -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Communications Centre, The Neuro *Michael Hanke* Professor, University of D?sseldorf and Research Center J?lich, Germany *Abstract* Dr Hanke will provide a progress report on ongoing activities in the context of the development of the DataLad software . Instead of presenting polished solutions, the talk aims to provide insights into his lab's approach to defining a development/deployment strategy, breaking the neuroimaging bubble, and working with computational infrastructure that resists being forced into compliance with one's own needs -- all within the context of a working research institute that cannot afford major service interruptions. *Bio* Dr Michael Hanke is the Principal Investigator at the Psycho?informatics Lab at J?lich . Research in this lab focuses on the interface of computer and information sciences, neuroscience, and psychology. We develop tools and strategies to employ inter-disciplinary expertise in psychological and neuroimaging research. Our projects range from tailored solutions to specific problems (e.g. PyMVPA ) to versatile research platforms (e.g. NeuroDebian ) and data management systems (e.g. DataLad ). *Contact: *Dr Jean-Baptiste Poline, Associate Professor, 514 398-3956, jean-baptiste.poline at mcgill.ca *Website: http://ludmercentre.ca/events/neurohub-seminar-dr-michael-hanke/ * *Eventbrite: https://www.facebook.com/events/516770582509956/ * *Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/516770582509956/ * * * [image: image.png][image: image.png] _______________________________________________ BIC-announce mailing list BIC-announce at bic.mni.mcgill.ca https://mailman.bic.mni.mcgill.ca/mailman/listinfo/bic-announce -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Time: Monday Nov 11th @ 1PM Mon-Sept-9 Jamie Near Mon-Sept-16 Dang Nguyen Mon-Sept-23 Xindi Wang Mon-Sept-30 OPEN Mon-Oct-07 Nathan Spreng Mon-Oct-14 Thanksgiving Mon-Oct-21 Irina Esterlis Mon-Oct-28 Xiaoqian Chai Mon-Nov-04 Valeria Kebets Mon-Nov-11 Reinder Vos de Wael Tue-Nov-19 Isabel Garcia Mon-Nov-25 Matteo Mancini Mon-Dec-02 Yu Zhang -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From joanne.clark at mcgill.ca Tue Nov 12 15:58:13 2019 From: joanne.clark at mcgill.ca (Joanne Clark) Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2019 20:58:13 +0000 Subject: [BIC-announce] Polygenic Scores, Genetics & Brain Imaging Symposium, Nov 20 - last week to register (Free) Message-ID: Reminder, this is the last week to register for the Nov 20 Polygenic Scores, Genetics & Brain Imaging Symposium and Nov 21 Hackathon; 183 people have already registered for the symposium and 52 for the hackathon. Polygenic Scores, Genetics & Brain Imaging Symposium (FREE, registration required) Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have uncovered multiple genetic variants implicated in normal brain function (e.g. educational attainment), neurological illness (e.g. Parkinson's Disease), and mental illness (e.g. schizophrenia), enabling the development of polygenic risk scores (PRS). Large data-sharing initiatives and novel methodologies for brain imaging analysis are also advancing understanding of brain disorders. This symposium brings together experts in genetics, GWAS, PRS, brain function and neuroimaging. Wednesday, 20 Nov. 2019 from 8:30 am - 18:00 pm Who: Open to faculty, students and staff from local universities and business professionals working in related areas, in Montreal and beyond. Registration: Full program and registration information at http://ludmercentre.ca/events * SYMPOSIUM: Click here ( https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/symposium-polygenic-scores-brain-imaging-tickets-73299202889 ) - Organised by Dr Alain Dagher. * POSTER SESSION: Click here (https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/poster-session-polygenic-scores-brain-imaging-tickets-76492289497 ) to register to display and present a scientific poster. Please plan to attend the symposium. Organised by Dr Alain Dagher. * HACKATHON, Open Science in Action: Approaches to Genetics, Brain Imaging & Polygenic Risk Score, Thursday, Nov. 21;: Click here ( https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/hackathon-approaches-to-genetics-brain-imaging-polygenic-risk-scores-tickets-73321658053 ). Organised by Dr JB Poline, Celia Greenwood and Yue Li. Program & Registration (FREE, registration required) * Alain Dagher, MD: Professor, Neurology and Neurosurgery at McGill University and Neurologist at The Neuro, Montreal, Canada Talk: Introduction: Polygenic Scores & Brain Imaging * Daniel Benjamin, PhD. Professor (Research), Center for Economic and Social Research and Economics Department, University of Southern California, USA. Talk: Gene discovery and polygenic prediction from a genome-wide association study of educational attainment in 1.1 million individuals * Alicia Martin, PhD, Instructor in Investigation, Analytic & Translational Genetics Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital; Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School, and Associated Scientist, Broad Institute, Boston, MA, USA. Talk: Polygenic risk scores in diverse populations * Philipp Koellinger, PhD, Professor of Genoeconomics, Economics Department, School of Business and Economics, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Talk: Genetic insights into risky behaviors and their links with health * Gideon Nave, PhD, Assistant Professor, Marketing, Wharton School and the Wharton Neuroscience Initiative (WiN), University of Pennsylvania, USA Talk: Neuroanatomic Differences Partly Mediate Genetic Associations with Risk Tolerance * Patricia Pelufo Silveira, MD, MSc, PhD: Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, McGill U.; Researcher, Douglas Mental Health University Institute; Scientific Director (INT), Ludmer Centre for Neuroinformatics & Mental Health Talk: Biologically informed polygenic scores - exploring the effects of gene networks * Hugh Garavan, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Psychology/Psychiatry, University of Vermont, USA Title: Gene-brain associations and substance use in the Open Science Era. * Uku Vainik, PhD, Research Fellow, Department of Experimental Psychology, Institute of Psychology, University of Tartu, Estonia Title: Neurocognitive correlates of obesity are inherited * Student Presentations - 6 students will present their research * David Glahn, PhD, Associate Chief for Research, Depart of Psychiatry; Director, Tommy Fuss Center for Neuropsychiatric Disease Research; Director, Early Psychosis Investigation Center; Director, Neuropsychiatric Genetics Program; Endowed chair in Behavioral Science Research, Boston Children's Hospital; and Professor, Psychology, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School Title: The good the bad and the ugly of polygenic scores for risk prediction Help us spread the word via social media (https://www.facebook.com/events/443719142906701 ) Contact: Joanne Clark, Administrate Director, Ludmer Centre for Neuroinformatics & Mental Health | Cell # +1 514 265 3408 | E joanne.clark at mcgill.ca Sponsored by: The Neuro, Healthy Brains for Healthy Lives and the Ludmer Centre for Neuroinformatics & Mental Health [cid:image001.png at 01D59971.FC11B230] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Workshop participants will present successful models of Translational Neuroscience, discuss strategies and challenges, and examine how translational aspects can be incorporated into research, clinical practice and public/policy outreach. FREE - Open to university faculty, students and staff, and professionals working in related areas (international development, clinical services, etc.). Registration required: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/translational-neuroscience-workshop-beyond-a-concept-tickets-73454501391 Location: de Grandpr? Communications Centre, the Montreal Neurological institute-Hospital (The Neuro), 3801 University Street, Montreal, QC, H3A 2B4, Canada Check the Ludmer Centre event page (http://ludmercentre.ca/events) for: ? Program PDF ? Registration link ? Information on how to register to show a poster Speakers ? Patricia Pelufo Silveira MD, MSc, PhD: Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, McGill U.; Researcher, Douglas Mental Health University Institute; Scientific Director (INT), Ludmer Centre for Neuroinformatics & Mental Health. Talk: Introduction, Concepts and Translating Developmental Neuroscience, from Rodents to Humans ? Michelle Gagnon, MBA, PHD: President, Palix Foundation; Adjunct Assistant Professor, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary. Talk: Synthesizing Knowledge for Large-scale Dissemination ? The Alberta Family Wellness Initiative (AFWI) and Brain Story Certification Course (https://www.brainstory.org) ? Nicole Letourneau, RN BN MN PhD FCAHS: Professor, Faculty of Nursing / Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary; Research Chair in Parent-Infant Mental Health, Alberta Children?s Hospital Foundation; Director for both the Research & Education for Solutions to Violence (RESOLVE) and the Child Health Intervention and Longitudinal Development (CHILD) in Alberta. Talk: Clinical Perspective to Inform Development of Large Cohorts & Public Outreach ? Laurette Dub?, PhD, MPS, MBA, BSc: Professor & James McGill Chair of Consumer and Lifestyle Psychology and Marketing; Chair and Scientific Director, McGill Centre for the Convergence of Health and Economics (MCCHE) in Desautels Faculty of Management, McGill University. Talk: Synergy Between University, Industry and Action Partners for Solution?oriented Programs ? the bridge between disciplines, sectors, and actors. ? Justine Daoust-Lalande, Nurse, Migrant Clinic in Montreal, M?decins du Monde, Canada. Talk: From Papers to Real Life Action ? The M?decins du Monde experience ? Thomas G. Brown, PhD, Director & Principal Investigator, Addiction Research Program and Asst. Director, Policy & Knowledge Exchange at the Douglas Mental Health University Institute; and Assistant Professor, Dept. of Psychiatry, McGill University. Talk: Catalysing and informing public policy discussion and change, one researcher?s experience Organised by Patricia Pelufo Silveira, Ludmer Centre Scientific Director (int). 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Kind Regards, Diana ________________________________ From: MNISTAFF - Montreal Neurological Institute Staff on behalf of NeuroEvents Sent: Monday, October 28, 2019 11:54 AM To: MNISTAFF at LISTS.MCGILL.CA Subject: NeuroHub Seminar Series - Nov 19 [cid:image001.png at 01D4B24F.328451C0] [cid:image004.png at 01D39F4E.40B16770] [cid:image005.png at 01D39F4E.40B16770] [cid:image006.png at 01D39F4E.40B16770] Events NeuroHub Seminar Series Better neuroimaging data processing: driven by evidence, open communities, and careful engineering Dr. Gael Varoquaux (Research Director - INRIA, France & Visiting Scholar, MNI and MILA) Tuesday, November 19, 2019 1 pm de Grandpr? Communications Centre Abstract: Data processing is a significant part of a neuroimaging study. The choice of corresponding methods and tools is crucial. I will give an opinionated view how on a path to building better data processing for neuroimaging. I will take examples on endeavors that I contributed to: defining standards for functional-connectivity analysis, the nilearn neuroimaging tool, http://neuroquery.org, the scikit-learn machine-learning toolbox -an industry standard with a billion regular users. I will cover not only the technical process -statistics, signal processing, software engineering- but also the epistemology of methods development. Methods govern our results, they are more than a technical detail. Bio: Ga?l Varoquaux is a tenured computer-science researcher at Inria. His research focuses on statistical learning tools for data science and scientific inference. He has pioneered the use of machine learning on brain images to map cognition and pathologies. More generally, he develops tools to make machine learning easier, with statistical models suited for real-life, uncurated data, and software for data science. He co-funded scikit-learn, one of the reference machine-learning toolboxes, and helped build various central tools for data analysis in Python. Varoquaux has contributed key methods for learning on spatial data, matrix factorizations, and modeling covariance matrices. He has a PhD in quantum physics and is a graduate from Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris. Organizer: Dr Jean-Baptiste (JB) Poline is an Associate Professor in the Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery at McGill; the co-Chair of the NeuroHub and Chair of the Technical Steering Committee for the Canadian Open Neuroscience Platform (CONP) at the Montreal Neurological Institute & Hospital (the NEURO); and a Primary Investigator at the Ludmer Centre for Neuroinformatics & Mental Health For more information and to RSVP: ? Ludmer: http://ludmercentre.ca/events/neurohub-seminar-gael-varoquaux/ ? Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/409936089680616 ? 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URL: From diana.le at mcgill.ca Mon Nov 18 11:10:55 2019 From: diana.le at mcgill.ca (Diana Le) Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2019 16:10:55 +0000 Subject: [BIC-announce] NeuroHub Seminar Series - Nov 19 In-Reply-To: References: , Message-ID: Reminder for this talk happening tomorrow!! ________________________________ From: MNISTAFF - Montreal Neurological Institute Staff on behalf of NeuroEvents Sent: Monday, October 28, 2019 11:54 AM To: MNISTAFF at LISTS.MCGILL.CA Subject: NeuroHub Seminar Series - Nov 19 [cid:image001.png at 01D4B24F.328451C0] [cid:image004.png at 01D39F4E.40B16770] [cid:image005.png at 01D39F4E.40B16770] [cid:image006.png at 01D39F4E.40B16770] Events NeuroHub Seminar Series Better neuroimaging data processing: driven by evidence, open communities, and careful engineering Dr. Gael Varoquaux (Research Director - INRIA, France & Visiting Scholar, MNI and MILA) Tuesday, November 19, 2019 1 pm de Grandpr? Communications Centre Abstract: Data processing is a significant part of a neuroimaging study. The choice of corresponding methods and tools is crucial. I will give an opinionated view how on a path to building better data processing for neuroimaging. I will take examples on endeavors that I contributed to: defining standards for functional-connectivity analysis, the nilearn neuroimaging tool, http://neuroquery.org, the scikit-learn machine-learning toolbox -an industry standard with a billion regular users. I will cover not only the technical process -statistics, signal processing, software engineering- but also the epistemology of methods development. Methods govern our results, they are more than a technical detail. Bio: Ga?l Varoquaux is a tenured computer-science researcher at Inria. His research focuses on statistical learning tools for data science and scientific inference. He has pioneered the use of machine learning on brain images to map cognition and pathologies. More generally, he develops tools to make machine learning easier, with statistical models suited for real-life, uncurated data, and software for data science. He co-funded scikit-learn, one of the reference machine-learning toolboxes, and helped build various central tools for data analysis in Python. Varoquaux has contributed key methods for learning on spatial data, matrix factorizations, and modeling covariance matrices. He has a PhD in quantum physics and is a graduate from Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris. Organizer: Dr Jean-Baptiste (JB) Poline is an Associate Professor in the Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery at McGill; the co-Chair of the NeuroHub and Chair of the Technical Steering Committee for the Canadian Open Neuroscience Platform (CONP) at the Montreal Neurological Institute & Hospital (the NEURO); and a Primary Investigator at the Ludmer Centre for Neuroinformatics & Mental Health For more information and to RSVP: ? 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URL: From sylvain.baillet at mcgill.ca Sun Nov 24 19:40:16 2019 From: sylvain.baillet at mcgill.ca (Sylvain Baillet, Dr) Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2019 00:40:16 +0000 Subject: [BIC-announce] Fwd: Congress in marseille ECMRN 26 to 29 february 2020 References: <5DD65580.8040400@univ-amu.fr> Message-ID: <3C3C17CF-0595-49AD-8F8B-30C2795BADE2@mcgill.ca> FYI From: Julien Lef?vre > Subject: Congress in marseille ECMRN 26 to 29 february 2020 Date: November 21, 2019 at 4:14:40 AM GMT-5 Le European Congress in Magnetic Resonance in Neuropediatrics aura lieu ? Marseille du 26 au 29 f?vrier 2020 ? la facult? de m?decine. La conf?rence est organis?e par Nadine Girard, PU PH et chef de service de Neuroradiologie ? l'Hopital de la Timone. Ce congres se tient tous les 2 ans et s'adresse non seulement aux radiologues et neuroradiologues mais aussi ? tous les acteurs impliqu?s dans les neurosciences incluant aussi p?diatres et neurologues p?diatriques. Le congr?s se d?roulera sur 3 jours et demi et les th?mes suivants seront d?velopp?s : Early abnormal neurodevelopment ; Neuroinflammation/Neurod?g?n?rative ; Epilepsy/Malformation ; White matter: Metabolic ; Vascular diseases ; Tumors ; Trauma : mild TBI in children ; Translational research. Le 1er jour est de type "educational ", fait uniquement de conf?rences sur la th?matique f?tus, nouveau-n? et nourrisson. Le site direct vers le congr?s est www.ecmrn2020.com Le programme peut ?tre vu en ligne http://ecmrn2020.com/medias/files/ecmrn2020.pdf ---------------------- The European Congress in Magnetic Resonance in Neuropediatrics will take place in Marseille from 26 to 29 February 2020 at the Faculty of Medicine. The conference is organized by Nadine Girard, PU PH and Head of Department of Neuroradiology at Timone Hospital. This congress is held every 2 years and is addressed not only to radiologists and neuroradiologists but also to all actors involved in neuroscience including paediatricians and paediatric neurologists. The congress will take place over 3 and a half days and the following themes will be developed: Early abnormal neurodevelopment; Neuroinflammation/Neurodegenerative; Epilepsy/Malformation; White matter: Metabolic; Vascular diseases; Tumors; Trauma: mild TBI in children; Translational research. The 1st day is of the "educational" type, given only lectures on the theme of the foetus, newborn and infant. The direct website to the congress is www.ecmrn2020.com The program can be viewed online at http://ecmrn2020.com/medias/files/ecmrn2020.pdf [cid:96317C61-F240-4012-814D-C7DC417F804A at VIARail.WiFi] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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