[BIC-announce] Brenda Milner Centennial Symposium - September 6-6, 2018

[Zografos Caramanos, Mr]

Brenda Milner Centennial Symposium
September 6 –7, 2018

Dear Colleagues,
We have the enormous privilege to celebrate Dr. Brenda Milner’s 100th birthday on July 15, and to honor her unparalleled career and achievements.
The Neuro will host The Brenda Milner Centennial Symposium on September 6 & 7, 2018 to celebrate her many accomplishments, reflect on all that has been learned in cognitive neuroscience, and look to the future.
Dr. Milner has been blazing trails for nearly 70 years, and is one of the world’s most renowned scientists. As many of you know, in the 1950s she changed the course of brain science by identifying the specific brain region that is crucial to memory formation and by identifying multiple memory systems. Dr. Milner has continued to make major contributions to our knowledge of memory and language function. Nobel Prize winner Eric Kandel attributes her with creating the field of cognitive neuroscience.
Dr. Milner has had an extraordinary influence on neuroscience, and on the work of hundreds of scientists around the world many of whom she trained and mentored and are now leaders in their domain. She is the recipient of over 80 prestigious Awards and Honors.
We have been very fortunate to have Dr. Milner pursue her sense of curiosity and dedication to neuroscience at The Neuro, and to call her our colleague.
The committee has put together an impressive program.  I encourage you to visit the website to register or submit an abstract: http://www.mcgill.ca/neuro/events/brenda-milner-centennial-symposium.
Sincerely,
Guy Rouleau OQ MD PhD FRCP(C) FRSC
Director, Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital
Chair, Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery
McGill University

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