On May 29, 2014 MCIN held the first RSfMRI workshop in Montreal. Attended by more than 130 students and researchers, representative work on the topic from nine labs at the MNI, the Douglas Hospital and CRIUGM were presented.
In less than a decade, resting-state functional MRI has become an important paradigm for studying the network properties of brain function, providing convincing evidence for the Hebbian concept of neuronal assemblies that act in coherence, and constitute the functional organization of the brain.
Home to Wilder Penfield and Donald Hebb, Montreal has a proud legacy in the science and technology aimed at characterizing the functional topography of the brain and its relation to neurophysiology. Sponsored by McGill Center for Integrative Neuroscience (MCIN), and supported by McConnell Brain Imaging Center and Montreal Neurological Institute, this workshop provides an opportunity to learn about the status of RSfMRI research in Montreal, and to become familiar with important neurophysiological, clinical and methodological aspects of this research.
Unique insights on methodological approach, research applications and computational infrastructure as well as the collaborative opportunities for multimodal functional neuroimaging were discussed.
For program abstracts, see handout : RSfMRI_workshop_Handout_2405141203RA
McGill décernera sa plus haute distinction à 14 personnes exceptionnelles en leur décernant un doctorat honorifique à ses cérémonies de collation des grades du printemps, à être tenue le 27 May to Juin 4. Les lauréats sont ethnographe Wade Davis, juriste Mary-Ellen Turpel-Lafond, chef de chœur Wayne Riddell , ingénieur et ancien sous-secrétaire américain de l’énergie Kristina M. Johnson, architecte Blanche Lemco van Ginkel, scientifiques Carol L. Privés, Randall S. Prather, Gurdev S. Khush et Fabiola Gianotti, chefs d’entreprise et des philanthropes John McCall MacBain et Rubin Gruber, Room to Read fondateur John Wood, auteur Denise Chong et commentateur sur la religion Karen Armstrong.