[BIC-announce] Opportunities for MEG access

[Sylvain Baillet, Dr]

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Dear Friends and Colleagues:

I hope everyone's enjoying the summer months. Incidentally, it's also crunch time on grant writing for many of us, therefore this is a great opportunity to remind you that we offer superb MEG training, service and support for those of you who want consider electromagnetic brain imaging in their research budgets (more info about the technique: http://www.canada-meg-consortium.org/EN/MegIntro). Be assured our team can assist you at every step of the way: from assistance and expertise in designing your paradigm specifically for MEG, up to completing the entire data analysis for you!

The first pilot sessions are free until the paradigm is optimized (great option to gather preliminary data for your grant submission). The regular session price is $400/hour (pro-rated to the actual recording duration, i.e. 30mins = $200) and you can obtain MEG-User Certification to access the system 24/7 at a $267/hour discounted rate!
We also offer full support and tailored developments of analysis methods, which can be quickly integrated in Brainstorm, our software suite for MEG, EEG and MRI data analysis (http://neuroimage.usc.edu/brainstorm).

With the current tremendous interest in brain rhythms and oscillations (see e.g., the excellent August 2012 special focus by Cell Press: http://www.cell.com/neuron/activezone#focuson), MEG is your imaging technique of choice to access the unique combination of millisecond time scale and sub-centimeter spatial resolution of cognitive and sensory processes. It has also unique applications in clinical neuroscience, with access to brain dysrhythmias in movement disorders, brain tumors and lesions, epilepsy and a number of syndromes in neuropsychiatry.

If you have more questions or would like to learn more about MEG and its pertinence to your research, please do not hesitate to contact me and to check our web pages (http://www.bic.mni.mcgill.ca/Facilities/MEG), Facebook page (http://www.facebook.com/MegAtMcGill) and this series of pdf slides for more basic info: http://www.bic.mni.mcgill.ca/uploads/Facilities/MEGatMcGillslides.pdf

I am truly looking forward to assisting you in your MEG research during this new academic year!

Best wishes,

Sylvain.

↪ Sylvain Baillet, PhD
MNI Killam Scholar & Director, MEG Research
Associate Professor, Neurology & Neurosurgery
Associate Member, Dept. of Biomedical Engineering

    neuroSPEED lab<http://www.bic.mni.mcgill.ca/ResearchLabsNeuroSPEED/>
MEG @ McGill<http://www.facebook.com/MEGatMcGill>
Brainstorm project<http://neuroimage.usc.edu/brainstorm>

McConnell Brain Imaging Centre
Montreal Neurological Institute
McGill University