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2016


December 2016


December 5

Neuroscience for Mental Health Seminars

Cognitive training: A call to arms

Dr. Patrick Davidson, Ph.D., Associate Professor, School of Psychology, University of Ottawa

Monday, Dec 5 2016, 11:00, Bowerman Room (B-1127), Douglas Institute


December 5

Feindel Brain Imaging Lecture Series

Brain correlates of appetite control: Implications for obesity

Selin Neseliler, McGill PhD Candidate

Monday, December5 at1:00 p.m., de Grandpré Communications Centre, MNI


December 6

Killam Seminar Series

Mitochondrial quality control dysfunction in Parkinson's disease: Mechanisms and consequences

Dr. Olga Corti, ICM, Paris

Tuesday, December6, 4:00 - 5:00p.m., de Grandpré Communications Centre, MNI


December 7

Frontiers in Pain Research Lecture

Higher centre and pain: From basic science to clinical relevance

Dr. Philip Peng, Director of Research, Wasser Pain Management Centre - Toronto

Wednesday, December7 at4:00 p.m., MGH, Room A5-131


December 7

Cognition and Circuits Seminar

Transcranial direct current stimulation in the primate brain

Matt Krause, Post-doctoral fellow, Chris Pack’s lab

Wednesday, December7, 4:00 - 5:00 p.m., de Grandpré Communications Centre, MNI


December 12

Neuroscience for Mental Health Seminar

The role of neural oscillations in visual memory

Christopher Pack, Associate Professor, MNI

Monday, December 12 , 11:00 a.m., Bowerman Room, Dobell, B-1127, Douglas Institute


December 12

LDI Molecular and Regenerative Medicine Seminar

Neural stem cell activation in the diseased and damaged nervous system

Karl Fernandes, PhD, Department of Neuroscience, CRCHUM

Monday, December12 at 12:00 p.m., BLOOMFIELD LECTURE HALL, F-4, 3999, Chemin de la Côte-Ste-Catherine


December 12

Feindel Brain Imaging Lecture Series

Systems-level structural anatomy of the human cerebellum: White-matter connectivity and grey-matter volume

Chris Steele, PhD, Douglas Institute

Monday, December12 at 12:45p.m., de Grandpré Communications Centre, MNI


December 12

Ludmer Center Neuroscience Lecture

Localizing Genetic Loci for Affective and Psychotic Disorders with Endophenotypes Mechanisms and Molecules
Dr. David Glahn, Yale University

Advancing Reproducibility in Neuroimaging Computation the ReproNim Concepts
Dr. David N. Kennedy, University of Massachusetts Medical Center

Monday, Dec 12 at 2:00 p.m., de Grandpre Communications Centre, MNI


December 13

MUHC Medical Grand Rounds

A young woman with a splitting headache

Drs. Colin Chalk & Alby Richard

Tuesday, December 13, 12:00 - 1:00 p.m., MGH, Osler Amphitheatre, Room A6.105


December 13

Hughlings Jackson Lecture

Wiring up the nervous system: Mechanisms and molecules

Dr. Alex Leo Kolodkin, Professor of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Tuesday, December 13, 4:00 - 5:00 p.m., Jeanne Timmins Amphitheatre, MNI


December 14

Anatomy & Cell Biology Seminar

Arginine methylation and QUAKING as regulators of CNS myelination

Dr. Stephane Richard, Lady Davis Insitute

Wednesday, December 14 at 11:30 a.m., Room 2/36


December 19

Pharmacology & Therapeutics Seminar Series

Determining the role of sleep in memory consolidation: An optogenetic study in freely behaving mice

Dr. Sylvain Williams, McGill Department of Psychiatry

Monday, December19 at 12:00p.m., Room 1345 McIntyre


December 19

Feindel Brain Imaging Lecture Series

A tale of Christmas trees and neuronal forests: Exploring functional brain networks through connectivity and machine learning

Karim Jerbi, PhD, Psychology, Université de Montréal

Monday, December19 at 1:00p.m., de Grandpré Communications Centre, MNI


November 2016


November 2

Physiology Seminar

Flexible computations in the brain

Dr. Monika Jadi, Principal Investigator, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies

Wednesday, November 2 at 12:30, Room 1345, McIntyre


November 2

Anatomy & Cell Biology Seminar

Neuroimmune crosstalk in vascular disease

Dr. Mike Sapieha, University of Montreal

Wednesday, November2 at 11:30 a.m., Room 2/36


November 2

Cognition and Circuits Seminar

Re-evaluating prefrontal contributions to valuation

Dr. Lesley Fellows, McGill Neurology & Neurosurgery

Wednesday, Novermber2, 4:00 - 5:00 p.m., de Grandpré Communications Centre, MNI


November 4

Physiology Seminar

Molecular mechanisms controlling the delta opioid receptor trafficking

Dr. Louis Gendron, Institut de Pharmacology, Universite de Sherbooke

Friday, November 4 at 11:00 a.m., Room 1034, McIntyre


November 7

Neuroscience for Mental Health Seminars

Internally Organized Mechanisms of the Brain's Navigation System

Adrien Peyrache, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, MNI

Monday, November 7 2016, 11:00, Bowerman Room (B-1127), Douglas Institute


November 7

Feindel Brain Imaging Lecture Series

Practical methods for assessing functional connectivity

Dr. Bratislav Misic, MNI

Monday, November7 at 1:00 p.m., de Grandpré Communications Centre, MNI


November 8

Killam Seminar Series

On the role of alpha and gamma activity for routing and prioritizing information processing

Dr. Ole Jensen, University of Birmingham, School of Psychology

Tuesday, November 8, 4:00 - 5:00 p.m., de Grandpré Communications Centre, MNI


November 8

RI-MUHC Café Scientifique

When pain becomes chronic

Dr. Yorim Shir, Marie-Josée Rivard, PhD & Guillaume Léonard, PhD

Tuesday, November8, 5:30 - 7:00 p.m., Bistro du Musée des Beaux-Arts – 1380, Rue Sherbrooke-O


November 9

Frontiers in Pain Research Lecture

Nociceptors and the genesis of itch

Robert LaMotte, PhD, Professor of Anesthesiology - Yale University

Wednesday, November9 at 4:00 p.m.


November 9

Cognition and Circuits Seminar

The cognitive processes involved in real-world problem solving

Signy Sheldon, PhD, Department of Psychology

Wednesday, November 9, 4:00 - 5:00 p.m., De Grandpré Communications Centre, MNI


November 10-11

4th International Symposium on Autosomal Recessive Spastic Ataxia of Charlevoix-Saguenay (ARSACS)

The Montreal Neurological Institute is hosting this international two-day symposium to discuss the advances in our understanding of ARSACS. It will bring together clinical experts, ataxia experts, mitochondrial experts actively working on ARSACS.


November 11

Physiology Seminar

How AMPA receptor kinetics shapes fast synaptic transmission

Dr. James R. Howe, Professor of Pharmacology, Yale University

Friday, November 11 at 11:00 a.m., Room 1034, McInytre


November 14

Neuroscience for Mental Health Seminars

Rapid Aging in the Ischemic CNS

Mike Sapieha, Ph.D., Associate Professor Opthalmology, Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, University of Montreal

Monday, November 14 2016, 11:00, Bowerman Room (B-1127), Douglas Institute


November 14

SCSD Clinical Outreach Seminar Series

Intensity of speech and language therapy for aphasia following stroke

Laura Monetta, PhD, Associate Professor Department of Speech and Language Pathology Laval University

Monday, November 14, 5:15 - 6:15 p.m., Strathcona Anatomy and Dentistry Building Room 1/12


November 15

Centre for Research on Brain, Language and Music (CRBLM) Workshop Presenting Mitacs

Mitacs is a national, not-for-profit organization that “builds partnerships between academic, industry and the world, to create a more innovative Canada”. This one-hour workshop will provide you information about their research programs and funding opportunities.

Tuesday, November15 at 10:00 a.m., Stewart Biology Building, roomS4/106


November 15

McGill Autism Spectrum Disorder Lab Cafe Scientifique

Enhancing care continuity for family navigators - Learn about the latest ideas and issues on how to expand access to evidence-based care for childhood autism in an informal setting. It's not a lecture! It's a place for group discussion, and audience involvement is the most important ingredient.

Tuesday, November 15, 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.


November 17

McGill Innovation Week Workshop

Thinking outside the brain - Innovations in integrative neuroscience
Join us in this active workshop, which will be held at the MNI, to explore how different perspectives and diverse expertise contribute to a greater understanding of complex problems in neuroscience.

Thursday, November 17, 9:30 - 12:00, de Grandpre Communications Centre, MNI

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November 18

Biomedical Engineering & Bioengineering Seminar

Communication in large‐scale brain networks

Dr. Bratislav Misic, Assistant Professor, MNI

Friday, November 18 at 1:00 p.m., Room 333, Duff Medical Building


November 21

Neuroscience for Mental Health Seminars

Computing with noisy brains

Dr. Jean-Philippe Thiverge, Ph.D., Associate Professor, School of Psychology, University of Ottawa

Monday, November 21, 11:00, Bowerman Room (B-1127), Douglas Institute


November 21

Feindel Brain Imaging Lecture Series

Auditory processing in special populations: Insights from music, dance and autism

Krista Hyde, PhD, McGill Department of Psychology

Monday, November 21 at 1:00 p.m., de Grandpré Communications Centre, MNI


November 22

Osler Library Presentation

The neurology of Leonardo da Vinci and other interesting characters

Dr. Rolando del Maestro

Tuesday November 22, 4:45 PM, Osler Library


November 23

Neuroscience Seminar Series

Acute starvation and metabolic adjustment: The neuronal role of AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK)

Dr. Rick Roy, McGill Department of Biology

Wednesday, November 23 at 12:00 p.m., Montreal General Hosp., Livingston Hall, L7-140


November 23

Cognition and Circuits Seminar

Netrin-1 regulation of synaptic transmission in the adult hippocampal formation

Stephen Glasgow, Post-doctoral fellow, MNI

Wednesday, November 23, 4:00 - 5:00 p.m., De Grandpré Communications Centre, MNI


November 25

Neuroscience Convergence talk, “The Black Box”

The Brain Repair and Integrative Neuroscience (BRaIN) Program of the Research Institute of the 㽶Ƶ Health Centre (RI-MUHC) is proud to support “Convergence, Perceptions of Neuroscience.

Friday, November 25, from 5 to 6 PM, Montreal General Hospital of the MUHC, 1650 Cedar Avenue, at the Livingston Lounge (L6 500)


November 26

Mind the Brain

The Mind the Brain campaign is designed to educate andincrease public awareness of traumatic brain injury (concussions, strokes etc.) and the TBI Research program at RI-MUHC.

November 26,2016 10am - 4pm, Montreal General Hospital, Livingston Hall, L6.500 MontréalQC H3G 1A4


November 28

Neuroscience for Mental Health Seminars

C. elegans as a model for neurodevelopmental stress

Dr. Michael Hendricks, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, McGill Department of Biology

Monday, November 28 2016, 11:00, Bowerman Room (B-1127), Douglas Institute


November 28

Feindel Brain Imaging Lecture Series

Cerebral mechanisms of pain avoidance learning

Mathieu Roy, McGill Department of Psychology

Monday, November 28 at 1:00 p.m., de Grandpré Communications Centre, MNI


November 29

3rd Annual Macklem Lecture

Peter T. Macklem: stimulating from the Phrenic To the Mind

Dr. Thomas Similowski, University of Paris

Tuesday November 29 at 4:00 p.m.


November 29

Killam Seminar Series

Uncovering the molecular mechanisms of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Dr. Janice Robertson, University of Toronto

Tuesday, November 29 at 4:00 p.m., de Grandpré Communications Centre, MNI


November 30

CIC Lecture

Predispositions and Plasticity in Auditory Learning: Hemispheric Asymmetries

Dr. Robert Zatorrre, McGill Neurology & Neurosurgery

Wednesday November 30 at 11:30 a.m, Bowerman Room, Dobell, Douglas Institute


November 30

Cognition and Circuits Seminar

Do we judge non-native speakers as believable as native speakers? Group status alters neural mechanisms underlying vocal trustworthiness

Xiaoming Jiang, PhD, School of Communication Sciences and Disorders, 㽶Ƶ

Wednesday, November30, 4:00 - 5:00p.m., de Grandpré Communications Centre, MNI


Octobre 2016


October 3

Feindel Brain Imaging Lecture Series

Van Essen's multi-modal parcellation of human cerebral cortex

Dr. Michael Petrides, MNI

Monday, October3 at 1:00 p.m., de Grandpré Communications Centre, MNI


October 4

Killam Seminar Series

Ubiquitin and autophagy networks - Learning from bacteria about neurodegenerative diseases

Dr. Ivan Dikic, BMLS, Goethe University, Germany


October 6

Physiology Seminar Series

Ion-channels as targets for CNS disease

Dr. Derek Bowie, McGill Pharmacology & Therapeutics

Thursday, October6 at 11:00 a.m., Room 1034, McIntyre Building


October 6-7

CSBN Fall 2016 Colloquium and Workshop


October 7

Physiology Seminar Series

Molecular mechanisms of mitochondrial quality control by PINK1 and Parkin

Dr. Jean-Francois Trempe, McGill Pharmacology & Therapeutics

Friday, October7 at 11:00 a.m.


October 12

Frontiers in Pain Research Lecture

Bayesian evidence synthesis: The limits of re-purposing existing public health data for population size estimation

Andreas Goebel, PhD

Wednesday, October 12 at 4:00 p.m.


October 17

Neuroscience Special Seminar

Étienne Labrie-Dion, M.Sc., Microscopy Platform Coordinator

Fluorescence Microscopy: Techniques and Applications

Monday, October 17 , 11:00 a.m.(Bowerman Room, Dobell, B-1127)


October 17

Feindel Brain Imaging Lecture Series

The neuroimaging analysis kit: Recent developments and challenges for the standardization of fMRI processing

Pierre Bellec, Ph.D., Centre de recherche, IUGM

Monday, October 17 at 1:00 p.m., de Grandpré Communications Centre, MNI


October 18

MUHC Medical Grand Rounds

Opioids for non cancer pain

Dr. Sophie Gosselin & Dr. Yoram Shir

Tuesday, October 18, 12:00 - 1:00 p.m., MGH, Osler Amphitheatre, Room A6.105


October 19

Cognition and Circuits Seminar

Contributions of dopamine to learning: Immediate and lasting effects

Dr. Madeleine Sharp, MNI

Wednesday, October 19, 4:00 - 5:00 p.m., De Grandpré Communications Centre, MNI


October 19

A Brilliant Night 2016

Inspiring event to raise money for brain cancer research - An evening filled with personal stories from those whose lives have been affected by brain cancer will once again contribute to the fight against the disease.

Wednesday, October 19, 6:30 PM


October 20

Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital Special Seminar

Assisted suicide, palliative care, and neurology: A Swiss experience

Prof. Gian Domenico Borasio, Chair in Palliative Medicine, University of Lausanne

Thursday, October 20,11:30 a.m.- 12:30 p.m., Jeanne Timmins Amphitheatre, MNI


October 21

Denis Melançon Neuroradiology Conference

This annual conference was established to honour Dr. Melançon for his dedication to patient care and his commitment to training the next generation of neuroradiologists. The focus this year will be on the ‘Stroke’ with presentations by experts from The Neuro and 㽶Ƶ.
Keep your marbles: Vascular dementia and a plan to prevent it
Dr. Antoine Hakim

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October 24

Feindel Brain Imaging Lecture Series

Neuroimaging of cortical malformation

Dr. Seok Jun Hong, BIC MNI

Monday, October 24 at 1:00 p.m., de Grandpré Communications Centre, MNI


October 25

Killam Seminar Series

Molecular pathways to Parkinson’s disease

Dr. Ming Guo, Brain Research Institute, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine

Tuesday, October 25 at 4:00 p.m., de Grandpré Communications Centre, MNI


October 26

BRaIN Seminar Series

Acute starvation and metabolic adjustment: the neuronal role of AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK)

Dr. Rick Roy, McGill Dept of Biology

Wednesday October 26, 2016, 12:00 PM, Room L7 140, Montreal General Hospital


October 26

Cognition and Circuits Seminar

How, when, and why do we make reflective versus reflexive choices?

Dr. Ross Otto, McGill Psychology

Wednesday, October 26, 4:00 - 5:00 p.m., e Grandpré Communications Centre


October 27

Physiology Seminar Series

Synaptic and cellular signatures of stress

Dr. Jaideep Bains, Hotchkiss Brain Institute, Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Calgary

Thursday, October 27 at 11:00 a.m., Room 1034, McIntyre


October 27

Theodore L. Sourkes Lecture in Neuropharmacology

Synucleinopathies and tauopathies

Prof. Michel Goedert, Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK

Thursday, October 27 at 12:00 p.m., Room 1345, McIntyre Building


October 27

Division of Social and Transcultural Psychiatry Global Mental Health Program

Psychiatric care of Somali refugees In Minnesota – Making use of history and culture

Dr. Jerome Kroll, Professor of Psychiatry Emeritus at the University of Minnesota Medical School.

Thursday, October 27, 3:00 - 5:00 p.m., Room 138, Irving Ludmer 1033 Pine Avenue West


October 27

Andrew F. Holmes Dean of Medicine Distinction Lecture

Brain, self and society in the twenty-first century

Dr. Nikolas Rose, Professor of Sociology & Head of the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, King’s College London

Thursday, October 27, 6:00 - 7:00 p.m., Redpath Museum Auditorium


October 28

Physiology Seminar Series

The neurophysics of thirst

Dr. Charles Bourque, Neurology & Neurosurgery McGill

Friday, October 28 at 11:00 a.m., Room 1034 McIntyre


October 28

Hebb Lecture

Early experience and language development: Lessons from studies of internationally-adopted children

Dr. Fred Genesee, Dept of Psychology

Friday, October 28 at 3:30 PM, MCMED 522


October 31

Neuroscience for Mental Health Seminars

Distinct lateral septal interneurons broadcast instructive and permissive hippocampal signals to calibrate fear responses

Dr. Antoine Besnard, Ph.D., Research Fellow, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston

Monday, October 31, 11:00, Bowerman Room, Dobell Pavilion, MNI


October 31

Pediatric Research Seminar

Under construction: Developmental mechanisms and the modification of mature brain function

Timothy E. Kennedy, PhD, Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery

Monday, October31, 12:00 - 1:00 p.m., Glen Site, RI Auditorium, E.S1-1129


September 2016


September 2

Biomedical Engineering & Bioengineering Seminar

Neural mechanisms of visual perception and visual behaviour

Dr. Christopher Pack, Department of Neurology & Neurosurgery

Friday, September 2, 1:00 PM, Room 333, Duff Medical Building, 3775 University St.


September 9

Physiology Seminar Series

Mechanisms of GABAergic synapse formation and plasticity

Dr. Jean-Marc Fritschy, Director of the Center for Neuroscience Zurich, Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Friday, September 9, 11:00, Room 1034, McIntyre


September 13

Killam Seminar Series

Contributions of pannexin channels to pathology and synaptic plasticity

Dr. Roger J. Thompson, University of Calgary

Tuesday, September 13 at 4:00 PM, de Grandpré Communications Centre, MNI


September 19

Neuroscience for Mental Health Seminars

Unraveling dopamine neuron diversity

Jean-François Poulin, Ph.D., Post-doctoral Fellow, Department of Neurology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL

Monday, September 19, 11:00, Bowerman Room (B-1127), Douglas Institute


September 21

30th Anniversary Celebration - The 㽶Ƶ Research Centre for Studies in Aging

"Advances in Research in Brain Health"

Douglas Hall Pavilion, 6875 LaSalle Boulevard
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September 23

Book Launch and Executive Breakfast with Daniel J. Levitin

Join the Desautels Faculty of Management as they celebrate the launch of Professor Daniel J. Levitin’s latest book, A Field Guide to Lies.

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September 26

Neuroscience for Mental Health Seminars

Imaging Neuron Type-Specific PlasticityDuring Learning in Awake Mice

Dr. Simon Chen, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Canada Research Chair Tier II , Brain and Mind Institute , University of Ottawa

Monday, September 26 , 11:00 a.m., Bowerman Room, Dobell, B-1127


September 26

Feindel Brain Imaging Lecture Series

Towards a multifactorial characterization of neurodegeneration

Yasser Iturria Medina, Banting Postdoctoral fellow, MNI

Monday, September26 at 1:00 p.m., De Grandpré Communications Centre, MNI


September 27

Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research Distinguished Lecture Series

Epigenetic regulation of neuronal connectivity in the brain

Dr. Azad Bonni, Department of Neuroscience, Washington University School of Medicine

Tuesday, September 27, 12:00 - 1:00 p.m, DI Bloomfield Lecture Hall, F-4, 3999, Chemin de la Côte-Ste-Catherine


September 27

Killam Seminar Series

Parkinson's disease:Moving from GWAS to precision health

Dr. Mike Nalls, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland

Tuesday, September 27 at 4:00 p.m., De Grandpré Communications Centre, MNI


September 28

Neuroscience Seminar Series

Gene expression atlases as a tool to understand circadian clocks and skeletal muscle function

Dr. Michael Hughes

Wednesday, September 28 at 12:00 p.m., MGH, Livingston Hall, L7-140


September 30

Biomedical Engineering & Bioengineering Seminar

Neuromorphic systems to reverse engineer reflex function

Prof. Francisco Valero‐Cuevas, PhD, Professor of Biomedical Engineering, University of Southern California

Friday, September 30 at 1:00 p.m., Room MD267, MacDonald Engineering Building


August 2016


August 26-27

Fundamental Mechanism of Epilepsy Conference

This conference will focus on the roles played by ligand-gated signaling in epileptiform synchronization and epileptogenesis. To this end, a Faculty of prominent researchers from Canada, Europe and USA will gather at the MNI to review their most recent studies and to discuss the contribution of neuronal and glial networks to the pathophysiology of epileptic disorders.
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July 2016


July 4

Neuroscience for Mental Health Seminars

Midbrain involvement in social norms and loser state: Big roles for small structures

Dr. Sébastien Hétu, Ph.D., Post-Doctoral Fellow, Read Montague, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University

Monday, July 4, 11:00 a.m., Douglas Institute, Dobell – Bowerman B-1127


June 2016


June 6

Feindel Brain Imaging Lecture Series

In silico models of neurovascular coupling

Prof. Tim David, Director, University of Canterbury High Performance Computing

Monday, June 6 at 1:00 p.m., MNI, de Grandpré Communications Centre


June 7

Dorothy J. Killam Lecture

The impact of social neuroscience on moral philosophy

Prof. Patricia Smith Churchland, Professor Emerita of Philosophy at the University of California, San Diego

Tuesday, June 7th, 2016 at 4:00 pm, Palmer Amphitheatre, McIntyre Medical Building


June 20

Neuroscience for Mental Health Seminars

Modulation of dopamine transmission by lipids: A modifiable factor for psychiatric disorders?

Pierre Trifilieff, Ph.D., NutriNeuro, INRA UMR 1286, University of Bordeaux, France

Monday, June 20 2016, 11:00, Perry E-3517, Douglas Institute


June 20

Feindel Brain Imaging Lecture Series

Mechanisms of fMRI-based decoding of information conveyed by cortical columns

Dr. Amir Shmuel, McGill Neurology 7 Neurosurgery

Monday, June 20 at 1:00 p.m., de Grandpré Communications Centre, MNI


June 23

Pharmacology and Therapeutics Seminar

FRET-FLIM reveals transmembrane conformational signaling at NMDA receptors that is required for synaptic depression

Dr. Kim Doré, University of California, San Diego

Thursday, June 23 at 12:00 p.m., Room 1345, McIntyre Medical Building


May 2016


May 2

Neuroscience for Mental Health Seminar

Probing inter-organelle communication on neurodegenerative diseases

Dr. Hiroshi Tsuda, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Neurologyand Neurosurgery,㽶Ƶ

Monday, May 2 , 11:00 a.m., Bowerman Room, Dobell, B-1127, Douglas Institute


May 2 to June 24

Summer Program in Social and Cultural Psychiatry

This program provides the conceptual background for research and clinical work in social and cultural psychiatry.

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May 4

Neuroscience Seminar Series

Genetic studies of psychiatric disorders in consanguineous families from Pakistan

Dr. Lan Xiong, Département de psychiatrie, Université de Montréal

Wednesday, May4 at 12:00 p.m., Montreal General Hosp., Livingston Hall, L7-140


May 4

Frontiers in Pain Research Lecture

Neurobiologic mechanisms driving cancer pain

Dr. Brian Schmidt, Director, Bluestone Centre for Medical Research, NYU College of Dentistry

Wednesday, May4 at 4:00 p.m., MGH, Room A5-131


May 4

Cognition and Circuits Seminar

Distinct mechanisms for distractor suppression and target facilitation

Dr. MaryAnn Noonan, Postdoctoral researcher, University of Oxford

Wednesday, May 4, 4:00 - 5:00 p.m., MNI, De Grandpré Communications Centre


May 6

LDI and the Neuro 'McGill Distinguished Lecture in Human Genetics

Computations in retina and visual cortex: Lessons from human genetics

Prof. Botond Roska, Faculty of Medicine, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland


May 6

MCSA Molson Lecture Series on Alzheimer’s Disease & Related Disorders

From concussion to dementia: Targeting dysregulated brain inflammation
Dr. Linda J. Van Eldik

Imaging neuroinflammation in neurodegenerative diseases
Dr. Paul Edison


May 9

Neuroscience for Mental Health Seminars

Mood and reward deficits provoked by dietary lipids and neurometabolic dysfunction

Stephanie Fulton, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Centre de Recherche du CHUM, Department of Nutrition, Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal

Monday, May 9, 11:00 am, Bowerman Room, Dobell, B-1127, Douglas Institute


May 9

Brenda Milner Lecture & Neuropsychology Day

The Neuro will welcome Dr. Richard A. Andersen, James G. Boswell Professor of Neuroscience at the California Institute of Technology who will deliver the 19th Annual Brenda Milner Lecture.

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May 9-10

4th International Symposium Autism Spectrum Disorders: May 9-10

From Genes to Interventions
World experts will gather to discuss the diagnosis, clinical evolution, genetics, imaging and cutting edge basic science research in the field of autism and to debate on the most appropriate type, timing and role of interventions for affected individuals and their families, taking into account our healthcare resources.

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May 11

Neuroscience Seminar Series

Cholinergic modulation of visula perception

Dr. Elvire Vaucher, École d’optométrie, Université de Montréal

Wednesday, May 11 at 12:00 pm, Montreal General Hosp., Livingston Hall, L7-1


May 16

Pediatric Research Seminar

Can we repair babies' brains?

Dr. Pia Wintermark, Assistant Professor, McGill Department of Pediatrics

Monday May 16, 12:00 - 1:00 p.m., RI-MUHC Glen Site, RI Auditorium, E.S1-1129


May 16

Feindel Brain Imaging Lecture Series

Overview of major neuroimaging data sharing initiatives

Samir Das, ACE Labs, McConnell Brain Imaging Center

Monday, May 16 at 1:00 p.m., MNI, de Grandpré Communications Centre


May 17

George Karpati Lecture

Genes and mechanisms of mitochondrial neurodegeneration

Dr. Massimo Zeviani, Clinical School at the University of Cambridge, UK

Tuesday, May 17, 4:00 - 5:00 p.m., MNI, de Grandpré Communications Centre


May 18

Neuroscience Seminar Series

Positive allosteric modulators of glutamate transport for neuroprotection: current approaches

Dr. Andreia C. K. Mortensen, Department of Pharmacology and Physiology,Drexel University College of Medicine

Wednesday, May 18 at 12:00 p.m., Montreal General Hosp., Livingston Hall, L7-140


May 24

7th Annual Albert Aguayo Lecture

Sensorimotor circuits in the spinal cord: From genes to behavior

Prof. Martyn Goulding, The Salk Institute, California

Tuesday, May 24 at 4:00 p.m., MNI, Jeanne Timmins Amphitheatre


May 25

Neuroscience Seminar Series

Synaptic Plasticity in Health and Disease

Dr. Graham Collingridge, Dept of Physiology, University of Toronto

Wednesday, May25 at 12:00 p.m., Montreal General Hosp., Livingston Hall, L7-140


May 30

Neuroscience for Mental Health Seminars

Imaging decision making during goal-directed navigation

Dr. Travis Baker, Ph.D., Post-doctoral Researcher, Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery

Monday, May 30, 11:00 a.m., Douglas Insitute, Bowerman Room, Dobell, B-1127


May 30

Feindel Brain Imaging Lecture Series

Contributions of PET to basic and clinical neuroscience

Dr. Peter Herscovitch, NIH, Chief, Positron Emission Tomography Department, Senior Attending Physician

Monday, May 30 at1:00 p.m., MNI, de Grandpré Communications Centre


May 30 - June 1

Advanced Study Institute Conference and Workshop

Psychiatry for a small planet: Ecosocial approaches to global mental health

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May 30 - June 2

McConnell Brain Imaging Centre 4-day workshop

PET from A to Z: Comprehensive Training Program

Target audience: Students, researchers and staff that would like to learn more about PET and how it can be used to answer neuroscience questions.

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May 31

The Process of Writing: An Author's Perspective

Dr. Liam Durcan, a fellow McGillian, will talk about how he has successfully juggled a literary career with the demands of being a full-time neurologist in the 㽶Ƶ Health Centre.

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April 2016


April 1

11th Annual JGH Department of Psychiatry Research Day: April 1

Youth at risk: New directions in promoting resilience


April 1

Physiology 11th Undergraduate Research Day

Cellular interactions that control brain development and synapse formation

Dr. Louis F. Reichardt, Director, Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative, Professor, Department of Physiology and Biochemistry , University of California, San Francisco

Friday, April 1 at 11:45 a.m., 6th floor, Martin Amphitheatre, McIntyre Building


April 4

Neuroscience for Mental Health Seminars

Entorhinal and striatal representations of space

Dr. Jake Hinman, Ph.D., Center for Systems Neuroscience, Center for Memory and Brain, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Boston University

Monday, April 4 , 11:00 a.m.(Bowerman Room, Dobell, B-1127)


April 4

Child Health and Human Development Seminar

Studies in multimodal treatment for children with ADHD

Dr. Lily Hechtman, Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics, Director of Research, Division of Child Psychiatry, McGill

Monday, April4, 12:00 - 1:00 p.m., Research Institute of the 㽶Ƶ Health Centre (RI-MUHC) Glen Site, RI Auditorium, E.S1-1129


April 4

Pharmacology and Therapeutics Seminar

New insights into the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease

Dr. Karl Fernandes, Canada Research Chair in Stem Cell Neurobiology, Université de Montréal

Monday, April4 at 12:00p.m., Room 1345 of the McIntyre Medical Building


April 5

Killam Seminar Series

Modeling communication dynamics in the human connectome

Dr. Olaf Sporns, Indiana University

Tuesday, April5 at 4:00p.m., MNI, de Grandpré Communications Centre


April 6

Neuroscience Seminar Series

Living with one eye: Plasticity in visual and auditory systems

Dr. Jennifer Steves, Center for Vision Research, York University

Wednesday, April6 at 12:00 p.m., Montreal General Hospital, Livingston Hall, L7-140


April 6

Cognition and Circuits Lecture Series

Driving brain function with non-invasive rhythmic stimulation: A new way of shaping behavior?

Dr. Philippe Albouy, Post-Doc Fellow, MNI

Wednesday, April6, 4:00 - 5:00 p.m., MNI, de Grandpré Communications Centre


April 11

Neuroscience for Mental Health Seminars

Multiple sclerosis: translational approaches

Dr. Patrizia Casaccia, Ph.D., Principal Investigator, Department of Neuroscience and Department of Genomics and Multiscale Biology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY)

Monday, April 11, 11:00 a.m. MNI, BELL Room B3 level of the BTRC


April 11

Feindel Brain Imaging Lecture Series

Streamline flows and minimal surfaces, Part 1: Mathematics and tractography in the brain

Prof. Kaleem Siddiqi, School of Computer Science, McGill

Monday, April11 at 1:00 p.m., MNI, de Grandpré Communications Centre


April 12

Killam Seminar Series

Critical roles of AMPA receptor endocytosis in learning and memory

Dr. Yu Tian Wang

Tuesday, April12 at 4:00 p.m., MNI, de Grandpré Communications Centre


April 13

Cognition and Circuits Seminar

Neural mechanisms of familiarity assessment

Dr. Stefan Köhler, Brain and Mind Institute,University of Western Ontario

Wednesday, April13, 4:00 - 5:00 p.m., MNI, de Grandpré Communications Centre


April 14

Feindel Brain Imaging Lecture Series

Streamline flows and minimal surfaces, Part 2: Fiber geometry in the heart

Prof. Kaleem Siddiqi, McGill School of Computer Science

Thursday, April 14 at 2:00 p.m., MNI, de Grandpré Communications Centre


April 15

Physiology Seminar

The fine balancing act of GABAergic/Cholinergic retinal starburst Amacrine cells

Dr. Gautam Awatramani, University of Victoria, B.C.

Friday, April 15 at 11:00 a.m., Room 1034 of the McIntyre Medical Sciences Building


April 18

Pharmacology and Therapeutics Seminar

Targeting ion channel hyperexcitability towards understanding CNS disorders

Dr. Terrance P. Snutch, Professor and Canada Research Chair in Biotechnology and Genomics-Neurobiology

Monday, April 18 at 12:00 p.m., Room 1345, McIntyre Medical Sciences Building


April 18

Feindel Brain Imaging Lecture Series

Ultra-High Field MRI: Methodological Considerations and Applications

David Rudko, MNI

Monday April 18 at 1:00 pm, MNI, de Grandpré Communications Centre


April 19

Killam Seminar Series

Decoding Parkins's disease - The role of the PINK1 Kinase

Dr. Miratul Muqit

Tuesday, April 19, 4:00 - 5:00 p.m., MNI, de Grandpré Communications Centre


April 20

Neuroscience Seminar Series

Dissecting synaptic and circuitry mechanisms of psychiatric disorders

Dr. Guoping Feng, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences,McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT

Wednesday, April 20 at 12:00 p.m., Montreal General Hosp., Livingston Hall, L7-140


April 20

Cognition and Circuits Seminar

Calpain-mediated formation of protein kinase M during synaptic plasticity in Aplysia

Margaret Hastings, PhD Candidate, Sossin Lab, Neural Circuits Group-MNI

Wednesday, April 20, 4:00 - 5:00 p.m., MNI, de Grandpré Communications Centre


April 21

CAMBAM Seminar

From anesthesia to Parkinson's disease: PD as a dynamical disease

Dr. Nancy Kopell, Boston University

Thursday, April 21 at 4:00 p.m., Room 1101, McIntyre Medical Sciences Building


April 24

Scotiabank Charity Challenge: Support The Neuro

This annual fundraising event, held in conjunction with the Banque Scotia 21k de Montréal et 5k, allows participants to raise funds in support of The Neuro. We invite all our faculty, staff and supporters to run, walk or roll for The Neuro. Help us reach our goal of $35,000.

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April 25

Neuroscience for Mental Health Seminars

Predictions about fear and reward in the brain

Mihaela Iordanova, Ph.D., Department of Psychology, Centre for Studies in Behavioral Neurobiology, Concordia University

Monday, April 25 2016, 11:00, Bowerman Room (B-1127), Douglas Institute


April 25

Child Health and Human Development Seminar

Social engagement in infants with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A model of pathogenesis and implications for early diagnosis

Sarah Shultz, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University, Marcus Autism Center

Monday, April 25, 12:00 - 1:00 p.m., RI-MUHC, Glen Site, RI Auditorium, S1.1129


April 25

Feindel Brain Imaging Lecture Series

Neural underpinnings of psychosis: At the intersection of structure, function and symptoms

Carolina Makowski

Monday, April 25 at 1:00 p.m., MNI, de Grandpré Communications Centre


April 26

Killam Seminar Series

Jerzy Olszewski 2016:The Neural Wiring Diagram for Hunger:Using Cre/lox Tools to Discover its Basis

Dr. Bradford B. Lowell, Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Tuesday, April 26, 4:00 - 5:00 p.m., MNI, de Grandpré Communications Centre


April 26

Free Scientific Lecture

Finding your way to healthy cognition

Véronique Bohbot

Tuesday, April 26, 6 –9 p.m., Douglas Hospital,Douglas Hall bldg., 6875 Lasalle boul., Verdun.


April 27

Neuroscience Seminar Series

The interaction between attention and eye and arm movements

Dr. Aarlenne Khan, École d’optométrie, Université de Montréal

Wednesday, April 27 at 12:00 p.m., Montreal General Hosp., Livingston Hall, L7-140


April 27

Cultural Psychiatry Day

An Interactive Videoconference on Physician Assisted Death

Wednesday, April 27, 1:30 – 4:30 p.m.

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April 27

Cognition and Circuits Seminar

From periphery to prefrontal cortex – Mechanisms of hyperexcitability in pain pathways

Dr. Ihab Daou and Steven Cordeiro, PhD students of the Seguela Lab,MNI

Wednesday, April 27, 4:00 - 5:00 p.m., MNI, de Grandpré Communications Centre


April 28

Hughlings Jackson Lecture

Robert Desimone, director of the McGovern Institute for Brain Research and the Doris and Don Berkey Professor of Neuroscience at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.


March 2016


March 2

Neuroscience Seminar Series

Astrocytic-dependent modulation of extracellular calcium and of neuronal firing pattern

Dr. Arlette Kolta, Department of Neuroscience, Université de Montréal

Wednesday,March2 at 12:00 p.m., Montreal General Hosp., Livingston Hall, L7-140


March 3

Pharmacology & Therapeutics Seminar

What can computational methods tell us about neuronal receptors?

Dr. Phil Biggin, Department of Biochemistry, Oxford University

Thursday,March3 at 12:30 p.m., Room 1345, McIntyre Building


March 7

Feindel Brain Imaging Lecture Series

Radioactivity and radiation safety

Dr. Christian Janicki, McGill Neurology & Neurosurgery

Monday,March7, 1:00 - 2:30 p.m., de Grandpré Communications Centre, MNI


March 8

Killam Seminar Series

Interactions between nervous and vascular systems in the CNS

Dr. Chenghua Gu, Harvard Medical School

Tuesday,March8 at 4:00 p.m., de Grandpré Communications Centre, MNI


March 9

Neuroscience Seminar Series

Plasticity of motion processing in primate visual cortex

Dr. Chris Pack, MNI

Wednesday,March9 at 12:00 p.m., Montreal General Hosp., Livingston Hall, L7-140


March 9

Feindel Brain Imaging Lecture Series

Privacy and big data

Adrian Thorogood, Lawyer

Wednesday,March9 at 2:00 p.m., de Grandpré Communications Centre, MNI


March 10

Centre for Applied Mathematics in Bioscience and Medicine (CAMBAM) Seminar

Modeling gene expression trajectories in the developing brain

Dr. Claudia Kleinman, McGill

Thursday,March10 at 4:00 p.m., Room 1101 of the McIntyre Building


March 11

Biomedical Engineering & Bioengineering Seminars

Dynamic responses of vestibular afferents during transmastoid galvanic vestibular stimulation
Annie Kwan, M Eng Student
Nonlinear receptive fields in early striate cortex: Approaches to system identification
Philippe Minh Tri Nguyen, M Eng Student

Friday March 11, 1:00 PM, Room 267 Macdonald Engineering Building


March 14

Neuroscience for Mental Health Seminars

** CANCELLED **

What wakes us up: Networked circadian clocks in the brain

Erik Herzog, Ph.D., Professor of Biology, Washington University

Monday, March 14 2016, 10:00 Bowerman Room (B-1127), Douglas Institute


March 14

SCSD Clinical Outreach Seminar Series

New insights on early learning and teaching in Autism Spectrum Disorder

Giacomo Vivanti, PhD, Assistant Professor Early Detection and Intervention Pogram AJ Drexel Autism Institute, Drexel University

Monday, March 14, 5:30 - 6:30 p.m., Strathcona Anatomy and Dentistry Building Room 1/12


March 15

Killam Seminar Series

The epigenetic defect in friedreich ataxia

Dr. Sanjay Bidchandani, University of Oklahoma, Medical School,

Tuesday March 15, 4:00 pm, MNI, De Grandpré Communications Centre


March 16

Neuroscience Seminar Series

Local estradiol biosynthesis gates endocannabinoid-dependent modulation of inhibitory transmission

Dr. Eric Dumont, School of Medicine, Dept of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences,Queen’s University

Wednesday, March 16 at 12:00 p.m., Montreal General Hosp., Livingston Hall, L7-140


March 16

Frontiers in Pain Research Lecture

From single synapses to clinical studies: Therapeutic developments from optogenetics

Antonello Bonci, MD, Scientific Director, National Institute of Drug Abuse NIH

Wednesday, March 16 at 4:00 p.m., MGH Room A5-131


March 16

Cognition and Circuits Lecture Series

EEG coherence and executive function in mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer’s disease

Dr. Natalie Phillips, Professor, Psychology Department,Concordia University

Wednesday, March 16, 4:00 - 5:00 p.m., MNI, De Grandpré Communications Centre


March 16

Ludmer Centre for Neuroinformatics & Mental Health Public Lecture

Brain Imaging in the Information Age
Dr. Alan Evans will provide an overview of the past, present and future of brain imaging as a research tool.


March 18

Biomedical Engineering & Bioengineering Seminar

Gut microbiota manipulation and phytonutrients: A recepy for brain nutrition?

Dr. Francesco Marotta, Professor ReGenera Research Group for Aging Intervention Milan Medical‐Gender Medicine Unit

Friday, March 18 at 1:00 p.m., Room 333, Duff Medical Building


March 18

McGill Psychology Hebb Lecture

Dr. Frans de Waal, Emory University

Friday March 18, 3:30 pm, Leacock Building 132


March 21

Neuroscience for Mental Health Seminars

Sex-specific brain transcriptional signatures in major depressive disorder and their correlates in mouse models of depression

Dr. Benoit Labonté, Ph.D., Nestler Lab, Fishberg Department of Neuroscience, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, NYC

Monday, March 21 , 11:00 a.m.(Bowerman Room, Dobell, B-1127)


March 21

Feindel Brain Imaging Seminar Series

Motor origin of temporal predictions in auditory attention

Dr. Benjamin Morillon, McGill

Monday, March 21 at 1:00 p.m., MNI, de Grandpré Communications Centre


March 22

Brain Awareness Montreal Scientific Café

Mechanisms of Learning & Memory

Tuesday March 22 from 7 - 9 PM, Hurley’s Irish Pub (2nd floor), 1225 Crescent Street, Montreal


March 23

Neuroscience Seminar Series

Coding of stimulus features of correlated neural activity

Dr. Maurice Chacron, McGill Physiology

Wednesday, March23 at 12:00 p.m., Montreal General Hosp., Livingston Hall, L7-140


March 23

Cognition and Circuits Lecture Series

Reorganization in sensory and motor systems: Insights from current and former hand amputees

Dr. Scott Frey, Professor of Occupational Therapy and Neurology,Washington University in St. Louis

Wednesday, March23, 4:00 - 5:00 p.m., MNI, de Grandpré Communications Centre


March 29

Killam Seminar Series

The use of iPSC-derived sensory neurons from patients to study chemotherapy-induced peripheral Neuropathy

Dr. Nathan Staff

Tuesday, March 29 at 4:00 p.m., MNI, De Grandpré Communications Centre


March 30

Cognition and Circuits Lecture Series

Understanding speech in noisy environments: Sensorimotor integration, aging and musical training

Dr. Yi Du, Postdoctoral Fellow, Montreal Neurological Institute

Wednesday, March30, 4:00 - 5:00 p.m., MNI, De Grandpré Communications Centre


March 30

Division of Social and Transcultural Psychiatry Film Series

Autism in love
Directed by Matt Fuller
Discussion to follow with Dr. Miranda D’Amico and Dr. Jaswant Guzder

Wednesday, March30, 7:00 - 9:00 p.m.
Details here


March 31

Centre for Applied Mathematics in Bioscience and Medicine (CAMBAM) Seminar

Pairwise comparison of remote visual motion signals

Ashkan Golzar, 㽶Ƶ

Thursday, March31 at 4:00 p.m., Room 1101, McIntyre Building


February 2016


February 1

Neuroscience for Mental Health Seminars

Input transformation by dendritic spines of cortical pyramidal neurons

Dr. Roberto Araya, Department of Neurosciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Montreal

Monday, February 1, 11:00 a.m.(Bowerman Room, Dobell, B-1127)


February 1

Feindel Brain Imaging Lecture

ENIGMA-Addiction: Meta and Mega data-pooling strategies for analysing addiction neuroimaging datasets

Dr. Patricia Conrod, Centre de Recherche du CHU Sainte-Justine

Monday,February 1at 1:00p.m., de Grandpré Communications Centre, MNI


February 3

Centre for Research in Neuroscience Seminar

Injury promotes the development of autoimmune peripheral neuropathy in predisposed inflammatory environment

Dr. Ji Zhang, Alan Edwards Center for Research on Pain

Wednesday, February 3 at 12:00 p.m., Montreal General Hosp., Livingston Hall, L7-140


February 5

Physiology Seminar Series

All-optical electrophysiology for basic neuroscience and disease modeling

Dr. Adam Cohen, Departments of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, and Physics,Harvard University

Friday,February 5 at 11:00 a.m., Room 1034 McIntyre Building


February 8

Feindel Brain Imaging Lecture Series

Augmented reality in image-guided surgery

Marta Kersten, McConnell Brain Imaging

Monday, February 8 at 1:00 p.m., de Grandpré Communications Centre, MNI


February 10

Neuroscience Seminar Series

Neural representation of objects and scenes

Dr. Ed Connor, The Zanvyl Krieger Mind/Brain Institute, Johns Hopkins

Wednesday, February 10 at 12:00 p.m., Montreal General Hosp., Livingston Hall, L7-140


February 10

Cognition and Circuits Seminar Series

Motor origin of temporal predictions in auditory attention

Dr. Benjamin Morillon, Post-Doc Fellow, Baillet Lab (BIC), Montreal Neurological Institute

Wednesday, February 10, 4:00 - 5:00 p.m., De Grandpré Communications Centre, MNI


February 15

Neuroscience for Mental Health Seminars

Probing mechanisms linking dopamine dysfunction to psychopathology in schizophrenia using multimodal imaging

Clifford Cassidy, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University Medical Center Research Scientist, New York State Psychiatric Institute

Monday, February 15 2016, 11:00, Bowerman Room (B-1127), Douglas Institute


February 15

Feindel Brain Imaging Lecture Series

The future of hybrid PET imaging

Dr. Dieter Heiss, Danube University Krems

Monday, February 15 at 1:00 p.m., De Grandpré Communications Centre, MNI


February 16

Killam Seminar Series

Mechanisms regulating GABAergic circuit connectivity in the postnatal cortex

Graziella Di Cristo, Ph.D., Centre de Recherch , CHU Ste-Justine, University of Montreal

Tuesday, February 16 at 4:00 p.m, De Grandpré Communications Centre, MNI


February 17

Neuroscience Seminar Series

The tale of the blinding assassin

Dr. Len Levin, Department of Ophthalmology, MUHC-GLEN

Wednesday, February 17 at 12:00 p.m., Montreal General Hosp., Livingston Hall, L7-140


February 17

Frontiers in Pain Research Lecture

Autoantibodies, osteoclasts and pain: New links to pain in rheumatoid arthritis

Camilla Svensson, PhD, Department Physiology and Pharmacology Karolinska Institutet

Wednesday, February 17 at 4:00 p.m., MGH, Room A5-131


February 22

Feindel Brain Imaging Lecture Series

High-Dose-Rate Brachytherapy

Dr.Shirin Abbasi Nejad Enger, Medical Physics Unit, 㽶Ƶ

Monday, February 22 at 1:00 p.m., De Grandpré Communications Centre, MNI


February 24

Cognition and Circuits Lecture Series

A novel optogenetic kindling model of neocortical epilepsy

Dr. Jesper Sjöström, Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology & Neurosurgery

Wednesday, February24, 4:00 - 5:00 p.m., MNI De Grandpré Communications Centre


February 25

Centre for Applied Mathematics in Bioscience and Medicine (CAMBAM) Seminar

Dynamical consequences of axonal hyperexcitability following trauma

Dr. Andre Longtin, University of Ottawa

Thursday, February 25 at 4:00 PM, Room 1101, McIntyre Building


February 29

Neuroscience for Mental Health Seminars

Environmental Regulation of the Hippocampal Epigenome

Dr. Michael Meaney, Scientific Director Ludmer Centre for Neuroinformatics; James McGill Professor, Departments of Psychiatry, Neurology, Neurosurgery

Monday, February 29 , 11:00 a.m. Bowerman Room, Dobell, B-1127


February 29

Child Health and Human Development Seminar

Translational control of cancer and neurodevelopmental disease via eIF4E

Dr. Nahum Sonenberg, McGill Biochemistry

Monday, February29, 12:00 - 1:00 p.m., (RI-MUHC) Glen Site, RI Auditorium, E.S1.1129


January 2016


January 11

Feindel Brain Imaging Lecture

Multimodal brain-connectivity-analyses: From sensory processing to clinical cases

Gleb Bezgin, McGill Centre for Integrative Neuroscience

Monday, January11, 2015 at 1:00 2:00 pm, de Grandpré Communications Centre, MNI


January 12

Killam Seminar Series

Stroke and seizures: Risk factors and mechanisms

Prof. Alla Guekht, Professor of Neurology, Russian National Research Medical

Tuesday, January 12, 4:00 – 5:00 p.m., de Grandpré Communications Centre in the Brain Tumour Research Centre


January 13

Cognition and Circuits Seminar Series

The default network and self-generated thought: Component processes & dynamic control

Bradley Doll, Postdoctoral research associate,Center for Neural Science, New York University

Wednesday, January 13, 4:00 - 5:00 p.m., de Grandpré Communications Centre, MoNI


January 18

Neuroscience Seminar

Pathological High Frequency Oscillations and Impaired Hippocampal Encodingin an Animal Model of Temporal Lobe Epilepsy

Laura Ewell, Post-doctoral Fellow, Department of Neurobiology, University of California, San Diego

Monday, January 18, 11:00, Bowerman Room (B-1127), Douglas Institute


January 19

Killam Seminar Series

Shades of pathology in one thousand sural nerves

Dr. Juan Bilbao, University of Toronto

Tuesday, January 19, 4:00 - 5:00p.m., de Grandpré Communications Centre in the Brain Tumour Research Centre


January 21

McGill Pain Day

Each year, the Alan Edwards Centre for Research on Pain (AECRP) hosts 㽶Ƶ's PAIN DAY, a day for health care professionals and trainees in the treatment and study of pain.

Thursday, January 21 at 2:00 p.m., McGill Residence Hall, 3625 Avenue du Parc


January 27

Centre for Research in Neuroscience Seminar

Enhanced recovery from early visual deprivation following short periods of darkness or pharmacologically induced retinal silence

Dr. Donald Mitchell, Department of Psychology, Dalhousie University

Wednesday, January 27 at 12:00p.m., Montreal General Hosp., Livingston Hall, L7-140

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