[BIC-announce] BigBrain Workshop 2017 Montreal : From Open Data to Novel Applications [Fri-Nov-3rd starting at 9:00 am; Montreal Neurological Institute]

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The Human Brain Project<https://www.humanbrainproject.eu/en/explore-the-brain/>, Healthy Brain for Healthy Lives<http://mcgill.ca/hbhl/>, The Ludmer Centre for Neuroinformatics & Mental Health<http://ludmercentre.ca/>, and The McGill Centre for Integrative Neuroscience<http://mcin-cnim.ca/> are pleased to announce:

BigBrain Workshop 2017: From Open Data to Novel Applications<http://mcin-cnim.ca/bigbrain-workshop-2017-montreal-from-open-data-to-novel-applications/>

-    an international workshop on BigBrain and its applications to be held at the Montreal Neurological Institute on November 3rd, 2017.


-    The day will start with a plenary session, with a keynote lecture by Pr. Karl Zilles (Germany).

-    Morning addresses will be followed by an open forum discussion on the challenges and future directions of the BigBrain data and their applications.

-    The afternoon will be dedicated to short presentations from selected projects covering the topics listed below, and will end with poster presentations.

Please note that the workshop will be restricted to ~100 attendees. The event is free, but registration is mandatory. Lunch will be served.  CLICK HERE TO REGISTER<https://goo.gl/forms/0Atb695W8RsfCsOj1>


For those who would like to present, one-page abstracts / proposals should be submitted by October 13th, 2017. Those who have already published on BigBrain-related subjects are encouraged to participate. Those who cannot attend can provide a 3-minute video of their work, to be shown at the event.

We welcome abstracts of current work and/or short proposals for future initiatives related to such high-resolution reference brains. Topics to be considered will include:

-    Technical or methodological issues related to the BigBrain data (e.g., realignment, segmentation, and visualization)

-    Neuroinformatic hurdles (e.g., management and storage of large images)

-    Scientific and clinical applications of high-resolution reference brains

-    Teaching proposals

For more information please contact paule.toussaint at mcgill.ca<mailto:paule.toussaint at mcgill.ca> or lindsay.lewis at mcgill.ca<mailto:lindsay.lewis at mcgill.ca>, or visit the event website at http://mcin-cnim.ca/bigbrain-workshop-2017-montreal-from-open-data-to-novel-applications/


The BigBrain is a 3D model of a human brain, reconstructed from serial sections that were scanned at very high resolution (Amunts et al., Science 2013).  Researchers from McGill University (Montreal) and the Research Centre in Jülich (Germany) developed a 3D model of the human brain at very high resolution - the BigBrain.

The model is available as a free tool (https://bigbrain.loris.ca<https://bigbrain.loris.ca/>) and offers unequalled neuroanatomical insight as well as the possibility to verify hypotheses, and develop solutions for big data management, visualisation and analytics.

Read more about the BigBrain and the Human Brain Project here<https://www.humanbrainproject.eu/en/explore-the-brain/>.

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