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HBHL 3-Day Workshop: Machine Learning for the Cognitive Neurosciences
Machine Learning for the Cognitive Neurosciences When: Oct 15 – 17 2018 Where: Carrefour Sherbrooke, 475 Sherbrooke Street West 2nd floor Ballroom, Montréal, Québec. Cost: Free (Registration required) Guest speakers include: Tal Yarkoni Robb Brown Hervé Lombaert Karim Jerbi, Team of experts from Compute Canada. On October 15th, 16th, and 17th, 2018, the McGill University …
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INCF 2018 Hackathon
The neuroinformatics teams from McGill University, Concordia University, and the University of Montreal hosted the 2018 Neuroinformatics Hackathon. With an emphasis on interoperability between tools, datasets, sharing platforms, and standards used in neuroscience research, participants at the Informatics Hackathon came to learn, develop proposals, implement solutions, and engage in training. The aim of the event …
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CONP Research Scholar Program
Open to applicants with advanced degrees Award for a period of up to 1 year (possibility of renewal) Awards of up to $50,000 CAD/year Application Deadline: October 1st 2018 @ 23:59 Contact: scholarships@conp.ca The Canadian Open Neuroscience Platform (CONP) is proud to offer a unique scholarship opportunity for graduate level and post-doctoral researchers who want …
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Ludmer Centre takes open science to the next level
Since arriving at McGill and the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital more than 30 years ago, Alan Evans has helped the University and its network of affiliated hospitals build one of the world’s largest infrastructures of neuroscience research – from the high-resolution Big Brain atlas to supercomputing data-storage technology. These developments and others by his fellow researchers …
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Delegates from Taiwan visit the MCIN
On June 1st, delegates from Taiwan experienced the Big Brain on their visit to the Neuro.
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HBHL Symposium 2018
On May 10th the Healthy Brains for Healthy Lives symposium was held at the Neuro. HBHL’s annual Symposium is designed to showcase the vision, deliverables, overall goals and research priorities of HBHL’s four research themes and five subcommittees, as well as its collaborative efforts with other partner institutions. The symposium unites participants from different universities, institutions and other organizations to interact …
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Decoding Mental States Using EEG Workshop Videos
On March 7th and 8th 2018, the Neuro hosted an event entitled Decoding Mental States Using EEG. With opening remarks from Dr Robert Zatorre and Dr Alan Evans, many speakers presented on a variety of topics. These talks can be seen at the following YouTube Channel.
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Watch Live Stream: Decoding Mental States Using EEG
Recent developments in cognitive neuroscience have led to exciting new possibilities for understanding consciousness. Much of this work has been carried out with fMRI; however, similar approaches can be developed with cost-effective and portable technologies, such as EEG, that could provide potentially better outcomes due higher temporal resolution.
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Canadian Open Neuroscience Platform launches
The Canadian Open Neuroscience Platform (CONP) recently held its plenary meeting on February 19th and 20th. The following is an excerpt from their website (http://conp.ca) The Canadian Open Neuroscience Platform (CONP) aims to bring together many of the country’s leading scientists in basic and clinical neuroscience to form an interactive network of collaborations in brain …
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Delegates from Hong Kong visit the MCIN
During a recent visit to the Neuro, delegates from Hong Kong had a chance to experience the Big Brain.
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CONP Plenary Meeting LIVE STREAM
The CONP Plenary Meeting is currently streaming LIVE on Youtube. Click HERE to watch The Canadian Open Neuroscience Platform (CONP) aims to bring together many of the country’s leading scientists in basic and clinical neuroscience to form an interactive network of collaborations in brain research, interdisciplinary student training, international partnerships, clinical translation and open publishing. …
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Canada-Cuba-China partnership gets $1M to study Alzheimer’s Disease
Alzheimer’s and dementia research just got a significant boost from a tripartite Canada-Cuba-China research collaboration. Ludmer Centre Scientific Director Dr Alan Evans is part of an international team that just received $1 M in financial support over three years to initiate the first scientific collaboration on brain imaging and neuroinformatics among leading neuroscience researchers in Canada, Cuba and China. The Trinational …
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Three McGill professors awarded Senate of Canada 150 medals
McGill professors Alan Evans of The Neuro, Andrea C. LeBlanc of the Lady Davis Institute, and Bernard J. Lapointe, Director of Palliative Care McGill, were awarded Senate of Canada 150 medals for their commitment to advancements in Alzheimer’s disease and palliative care research. Senator Judith Seidman, a former research fellow at The Neuro and Associate Professor of the McGill School of Social Work, …
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The BigBrain Workshop 2017 – Summary
The BigBrain Workshop 2017 was a great success, thanks to a collection of world-renowned speakers, led by Pr Karl Zilles, and local explorers of the dataset. Titles covered very high resolution data collection (Zilles, Palomero-Gallagher), storage and manipulation (Glatard), as well as analysis and visualisation of big data (Borgeat, Istomin, Mohlberg). Protocols for the …
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Back to OHBM event
Back to OHBM On October 16th, 2017, approximately 70 members of the Montreal brain-imaging community got to know each other a bit better at a ‘Back to OHBM’ event organized by members of the Ludmer Centre/MCIN and the CRIUGM. Principal investigators, post-docs, and students alike participated in an afternoon of talks, poster sessions, and oral …
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BigBrain Workshop 2017 Montreal : From open data to novel applications
We are pleased to announce 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 …
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CBC Audio interview with researcher John Lewis
Unlocking some of the mystery of autism: early indications Lewis is the lead author of the study entitled “The Emergence of Network Inefficiencies in Infants With Autism Spectrum Disorder” which was published in the journal Biological Psychiatry. ( Abstract and open access here) The study involved looking at brain “efficiency”, the interconnectedness of various regions of …
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Delegates from Shenzhen visit the MCIN
On Monday Sept 25th, delegates from Shenzhen toured the MNI and had a chance to experience the BigBrain with Alan Evans.
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David Carr of Wellcome Trust visits the MCIN
Mr. David Carr, Programme Manager of Open Research of Wellcome Trust, London, United Kingdom, visit the Neuro and meet with Alan Evans while experiencing the Big Brain.
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Representatives from CFI visit the MCIN
Representatives of CFI Dr. Rosanne O’Reilly Runte, President and CEO, and Pierre Normand, CO of External Relations and Communications, visited the MCIN and experienced the Big Brain.
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