From sridar.narayanan at mcgill.ca Thu Jul 6 17:36:49 2023 From: sridar.narayanan at mcgill.ca (Sridar Narayanan, Dr.) Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2023 21:36:49 +0000 Subject: [BIC-announce] OHBM Multilingual Kids Live Review (French Session) Message-ID: <12BDCE6F-6EF7-48B1-8346-C81FBAAF220E@mcgill.ca> Hello BIC Community, Attendees of OHBM 2023 in Montreal, and parents of kids 8-15 years old, Our team is planning a live kids event in French during the OHBM meeting (July 25th, 12-13h, Palais des Congr?s, Room 511). This is one of a series of 12 events in 2023, organized by the OHBM Diversity and Inclusivity Committee, but the only one being held during the OHBM annual meeting (link to the session). Doctoral student Flavie Detcheverry will be giving a kid-friendly presentation on oxidative stress, and whether the antioxidant glutathione varies with age. For a 1 min preview, see here: (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dilEN1MzXAU&list=PLALeKAtQ52KqEaW3ugpekvld-nt52ElPm&index=5). We are currently looking to recruit kids (8 to 15 years old) to attend the 1-hour session consisting of a 15-minute presentation followed by questions, as well as some brain art activities. In addition, they will have the opportunity to be a reviewer on a manuscript to be published in the Frontiers for Young Minds scientific journal. If you are interested and/or know someone who might be, please fill out this registration form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScpWBK6spXDsaLMYRRvJN2hj_288Maxq0RjkU_-EkYgyS46Ig/viewform. There is no cost to attend. If you have any questions, feel free to contact Flavie Detcheverry at: flavie.detcheverry at umontreal.ca Best wishes, Flavie Detcheverry Sneha Senthil Sridar Narayanan AmanPreet Badhwar Bonjour ? la communaut? BIC, aux participants de l'OHBM 2023 ? Montr?al, et aux parents d'enfants de 8 ? 15 ans, Notre ?quipe organise un ?v?nement pour enfants en fran?ais pendant la conf?rence OHBM (25 juillet, 12-13h, Palais des Congr?s, salle 511). Cet ?v?nement fait partie d'une s?rie de 12 ?v?nements en 2023, organis?s par le Comit? Diversit? et Inclusivit? de l'OHBM, mais c'est le seul qui aura lieu pendant la r?union annuelle de l'OHBM (lien vers la session). Flavie Detcheverry, doctorante, fera une pr?sentation adapt?e aux enfants sur le stress oxydatif et pour r?pondre ? la question : est-ce que l?antioxydant glutathion varie avec l'?ge. Pour un aper?u d'une minute, voir ici : (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dilEN1MzXAU&list=PLALeKAtQ52KqEaW3ugpekvld-nt52ElPm&index=5). Nous cherchons actuellement ? recruter des enfants (?g?s de 8 ? 15 ans) pour participer ? la session d'une heure qui consiste en une pr?sentation de 15 minutes suivie de questions, ainsi que d'activit?s d'art c?r?bral. De plus, ils auront l'occasion de participer ? la r?vision d'un manuscrit qui sera publi? dans la revue scientifique Frontiers for Young Minds. Si vous ?tes int?ress? et/ou connaissez quelqu'un qui pourrait l'?tre, veuillez remplir ce formulaire d'inscription : https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScpWBK6spXDsaLMYRRvJN2hj_288Maxq0RjkU_-EkYgyS46Ig/viewform. La participation est gratuite. Si vous avez des questions, n'h?sitez pas ? contacter Flavie Detcheverry ? l'adresse suivante : flavie.detcheverry at umontreal.ca Bien cordialement, Flavie Detcheverry Sneha Senthil Sridar Narayanan AmanPreet Badhwar -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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[image001.jpg] [image002.png] [image003.png] [image004.png] [image005.png] [image006.png] [image007.png] [image010.png] 21 juillet 2023 Amphith??tre Jeanne-Timmins, Le Neuro, 3801 rue University L'inscription est obligatoire - lien ________________________________ July 21, 2023 Jeanne Timmins Amphitheatre, The Neuro, 3801 University Street Registration is required - link Recent years have seen a rise of new methods and applications to study smooth spatial transitions ? or gradients ? of brain organization. Identification and analysis of cortical gradients provides a framework to study brain organization across species, to examine changes in brain development and aging, and to more generally study the interrelation between brain structure, function and cognition. In this pre-OHBM workshop, we will bring together outstanding junior and senior scientists to discuss the challenges and opportunities afforded by this emerging perspective. Early career researchers will take center stage for a series of talks on state-of-the-art development and application of gradient approaches, while a diverse range of established scientists from across the globe will chair the proceedings. In this manner, we hope to stimulate discussions on how gradients are changing our understanding of brain organization and to initiate fellow researchers to this burgeoning field. The symposium is an official OHBM satellite event. To visit the OHBM website, click here For more information click here Contact: Sasha Kelly, Events and Conference Coordinator, The Neuro [image009.png] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 6381 bytes Desc: image001.jpg URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Best, Justine [neuro][cid:a88d702b-543a-40a5-919a-a807a7796308] Justine Cl?ry, PhD Professeur adjoint, D?partement de Neurologie et Neurochirurgie Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery The Neuro | #OpenScience 3801 University Street, Montreal, Quebec H3A 2B4 https://www.clerylab.com/ | theneuro.ca Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | LinkedIn | YouTube ________________________________ De : Mada Hashem Envoy? : mardi 11 juillet 2023 11:41 ? : Mada Hashem ; piotr.kozlowski at ubc.ca ; jgati at robarts.ca ; brewerk at dal.ca ; J?r?mie Fouquet (COMTL) ; Mallar Chakravarty ; martin.lepage at usherbrooke.ca ; greg.stanisz at utoronto.ca ; moreilly at sri.utoronto.ca ; Jamie Near ; brian.nieman at sickkids.ca ; khynynen at sri.utoronto.ca ; colleen.em.bailey at gmail.com ; mbellyou at uwo.ca ; fahsuan.lin at utoronto.ca ; bojana at sri.utoronto.ca ; David Rudko, Dr. ; Tadeusz Foniok ; rauscher at physics.ubc.ca ; David Rushforth ; Bruce Pike ; tony.montina at uleth.ca ; sorina.truica at uleth.ca ; atessier at ualberta.ca ; m.martin at uwinnipeg.ca ; mike.jackson at umanitoba.ca ; Warren.Foltz at rmp.uhn.ca ; John Sled ; jacob.ellegood at sickkids.ca ; dan.xiao at uwindsor.ca ; Barry Joseph Bedell, Dr ; philippe.pouliot at polymtl.ca ; steven.beyea at dal.ca ; dezanche at ualberta.ca ; Qandeel Shafqat ; Ty Makarowski ; Racheal Steele ; Joan Ohaezukosi ; Rania Muhammed ; Rehman Tariq ; Ying Wu ; Ateyeh Soroush ; Deborah Adingupu ; Ibukunoluwa Oni ; Joel Burma ; Ayden Hansen ; Justin Ma-Phan ; ayahya at ualberta.ca ; Ravi Menon ; rejean.lebel at usherbrooke.ca ; scott.ireland at bruker.com ; jquandt at pathology.ubc.ca ; kristin.granlund at bruker.com ; jkhokha at uwo.ca ; luc.tremblay at usherbrooke.ca ; wulf-ingo.jung at bruker.com ; jlaxer2 at uwo.ca ; Amr Fawzy Kamel Eed ; Mada Hashem ; Estrid Nystrup Jakobsen ; Vicente Enguix ; Vladimir Grouza ; Justine Clery ; Anna Marriott ; Vlora Riberdy ; Jeffrey F. Dunn ; Amir Shmuel, Dr. ; Evgeniia Molokova ; Dheeraj Kumar Verma ; Suresh Krishna ; Shady Rahayel, Mr ; Narges Kalantari ; Jake Hamilton ; Christine Lucas Tardif ; Christopher Dennis Bastian Rowley ; Corey Baron ; Maryam Mozaffari ; rbartha ; Wilfred Lam ; Sethu K Boopathy Jegathambal Cc : Jeffrey F. Dunn Objet : Tenure track job posting Hi all, We are reposting a tenure track job posting, and are sending the notice to the CAMMRI group because it is specifically for animal MRI. We will be replacing our 9.4T with a Bruker 11.7T with a cryoprobe. We have many users who are interested in pre-clinical MRI, and we have an active MRI-FUS program. I hope this momentum, and the fact that it is tenure track, will make this an attractive position to apply for. https://medicine.careers.ucalgary.ca/jobs/13046674-canada-research-chair-tier-ii-in-pre-clinical-mri-department-of-radiology-cumming-school-of-medicine Sincerely Jeff Mada Hashem, PhD Postdoctoral Associate Dr. Jeff Dunn's Lab Department of Radiology Cumming School of Medicine University of Calgary -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Outlook-iavxm3vd.png Type: image/png Size: 75635 bytes Desc: Outlook-iavxm3vd.png URL: From bic-finance.mni at mcgill.ca Wed Jul 12 15:22:21 2023 From: bic-finance.mni at mcgill.ca (Bic-Finance Mni) Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2023 19:22:21 +0000 Subject: [BIC-announce] Available 3T MRI time Monday July 17th Message-ID: Hello, There is a large scheduling window that has opened up for the MRI 3T scanner on Monday July 17th. 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URL: From zachary.loewenstein at mail.mcgill.ca Thu Jul 13 11:35:18 2023 From: zachary.loewenstein at mail.mcgill.ca (Zack Loewenstein) Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2023 15:35:18 +0000 Subject: [BIC-announce] Remove from list Message-ID: Please remove me from this list? Get Outlook for Android -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From diana.le at mcgill.ca Tue Jul 25 09:12:35 2023 From: diana.le at mcgill.ca (Diana Le) Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2023 13:12:35 +0000 Subject: [BIC-announce] Post-doctoral fellows or research associates in Computational Neuroscience, AI and Acoustics Message-ID: <76106403-EC4E-4B5A-B08E-AC11EA9DB32F@mcgill.ca> FYI - a post-doc opportunity from Dr. Jeremy Cooperstock. Diana Le Project Administrator, NeuroHub Montr?al Neurological Institute, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences | McGill University 1010 Sherbrooke, Suite 1800, Montr?al (Qu?bec) H3A 2R7 https://neurohub.ca | support at neurohub.ca From: Jeremy Cooperstock Date: Monday, July 24, 2023 at 4:57 PM Post-doctoral fellows or research associates in Computational Neuroscience, AI and Acoustics Join our "bionic ears" project and help us tackle the cocktail party problem! We are recruiting research associates or post-doctoral fellows who will conduct research on improving intelligibility of speech in noisy environments using cognitive load measurements obtained from EEG indicators. We expect this approach to result in improved sound quality from hearing aids, which are presently unable to distinguish between important sounds to enhance and distracting noise to suppress. The cocktail party problem poses a challenge to hearing aids, in that devices cannot distinguish between important sounds to enhance and distracting noise to suppress, and thus, they enhance all sounds and noise equally. We aim to solve this problem by developing a miniaturized system to allow head-worn devices to enhance a user's desired sounds and improve perceived speech when the user encounters several sounds from the environment, without manual intervention from the user. To do so, the system must understand the level of mental exertion a user is employing to listen to the desired sound, or their cognitive load, which we posit can be done purely from brain signals. Then, in an attempt to lower the cognitive load, the audio parameters can be automatically tuned to ease listening effort and improve speech intelligibility. The results of this project will benefit anyone who wants to improve speech intelligibility in noisy environments, but in particular, will be of value for the hard-of-hearing population, who need the support of hearing assistance devices. The project involves a fusion of technologies, including brain and bio-signal analysis, advanced acoustic processing, artificial intelligence, and embedded system and hardware design. The system first decodes the cognitive load of the user from brain signals, such as EEG, and bio-signals, simply from unobtrusive sensors placed in and around the ears of a user, as would be expected for a hearing assistance device. Then, a complementary acoustic technology is employed that tunes the audio parameters to improve speech intelligibility, and delivers the resulting sounds, favoring the target sound as enhanced audio over noise. This will be done using objective and subjective analyses techniques based on signal to noise ratio (SNR) performance, delay, user satisfaction, and other means. From this research, we want to understand how the two elements could be combined, where the EEG markers used to indicate the level of cognitive overload will be used to tune the rendered sounds in order to increase speech intelligibility in a real-time, closed-loop system. We are recruiting: 1. Computational Neuroscientist: primary activities involve collecting participant data for electroencephalography (EEG) studies, developing artificial intelligence models to process and analyze these data. 2. AI and Acoustics researcher: primary activities involve working with ML/deep learning models to carry out processing of acoustic time series data, signal analysis and interpretation of EEG data. Candidates in both positions will be expected to collaborate and participate actively in research dissemination, including the preparation of research publications. A travel budget is available to support presentation of your work in top-tier venues. This project is being conducted with industry partner AAVAA, and is supported by an NSERC Alliance and MEDTEQ Partenar-IA grant. How to Apply To apply for any of these positions, please email Jeremy Cooperstock, preferably including:: 1. A brief letter of application, describing your qualifications and relevant experience to the position of interest, along with your dates of availability. 2. Detailed CV with links to online papers and/or project portfolios. 3. Three (3) reference letters (sent separately). The positions are available immediately, with a reasonably flexible start date. Informal inquiries are welcome. About us: The Shared Reality Lab conducts research in audio, video, and haptic technologies, building systems that leverage their capabilities to facilitate and enrich both human-computer and computer-mediated human-human interaction. The lab is part of the Centre for Intelligent Machines and Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering of McGill University. McGill, one of Canada's most prestigious universities, is located in Montreal, a top city to live in, especially for students. McGill University is committed to equity in employment and diversity. It welcomes applications from women, Aboriginal persons, persons with disabilities, ethnic minorities, persons of minority sexual orientation or gender identity, visible minorities, and others who may contribute to further diversification. In Quebec, "Postdoctoral Fellow" is a regulated category of trainee. 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It is proposed that cortical and subcortical feedback loops in the auditory dorsal stream underlie this integration. I will present a series of studies that examine the role of the auditory-motor dorsal stream in musical learning, rhythm perception and production, and expertise. These findings will be interpreted in the context of current models of prediction and sensory-motor integration. Registration required for zoom link: please click here -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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