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Alan Evans elected Fellow of the Royal Society

webfull — Mon, 17 Jun 2024 19:34:33 +0000

Honour is recognition for a lifetime of leading research

Alan Evans, a researcher at The Neuro, James McGill Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery and co-director of the Ludmer Centre for Neuroinformatics and Mental Health, has been elected to the Fellowship of the Royal Society, joining a class of scientists that includes a Nobel laureate and a former Chief Medical Advisor to the US President.

Published: 17 June 2024

More than $1.8M to support open EEG data

webfull — Thu, 01 Apr 2021 14:57:05 +0000

Brain Canada grant will aid research into neurodevelopmental, psychiatric, and neurodegenerative disorders

Electroencephalography (EEG) is an important tool in understanding the mechanism of brain disorders. Research in the field has gotten a major boost thanks to a $1.85M grant from Brain Canada to support EEGNet, an open repository for EEG data that helps scientists investigate neurodevelopmental, psychiatric, and neurodegenerative disorders.

Published: 1 April 2021

THE GLOBE AND MAIL | How does COVID-19 affect the nervous system? Canadian and international scientists want to find out

webfull — Thu, 13 Aug 2020 23:22:40 +0000

Canadian and international scientists are joining forces to promote research into how COVID-19 affects the central nervous system, as they strive to understand whether and how the new coronavirus and other respiratory viruses could lead to lasting brain damage. Brought together as part of a new initiative called VINEx, created by Rocket Science Health, a Victoria-based medical devices company, the group is aiming to lead the charge in understanding how viruses invade the brain – an area of study that has received relatively little attention.

Published: 13 August 2020

New laboratory to advance research in 3D brain modelling

webfull — Thu, 02 Jul 2020 17:24:04 +0000

Launching on June 26, 2020, the Helmholtz International BigBrain Analytics Learning Laboratory (HIBALL) will work to create 3D brain models at an unprecedented cellular-level resolution.

Published: 2 July 2020

Alan Evans receives prestigious Killam Prize

webfull — Tue, 26 May 2020 13:01:49 +0000

Award recognizes his collaborative work in neuroscience and neuroinformatics

Neuroscientist Alan Evans has been awarded the Killam Prize, one of Canada’s highest honours, for his numerous contributions to the understanding of the human brain.

Evans is an internationally recognized researcher at The Neuro (Montreal Neurological Institute-Hospital), James McGill Professor in Neurology and Neurosurgery and the Victor Dahdaleh Chair in Neurosciences.

Published: 26 May 2020

Alan Evans honoured for his lifetime contribution to the field of neuroimaging

webfull — Sun, 09 Jun 2019 16:34:28 +0000

The Organization for Human Brain Mapping, the largest international scientific society for neuroimaging-based brain research, has honoured Prof. Alan C. Evans with its Glass Brain Award

The award, presented to Evans at the 2019 OHBM congress in Rome, recognizes lifetime achievement in the use of brain mapping to make significant discoveries about the human brain.

Published: 9 June 2019

$10-million gift strengthens McGill’s commitment to brain research, young researchers and faster results for patients

webfull — Wed, 20 Jun 2018 14:01:11 +0000

Endowment to bolster big-data research and help establish Global Brain Consortium at Ludmer Centre

Published: 20 June 2018

CTV | Neuroscience funding to provide common platform for Canadian researchers

webfull — Tue, 20 Feb 2018 19:15:11 +0000

Ottawa has announced a new fund to connect all Canadian brain scientists. Fifteen universities across the country doing research into the hundreds of different types of brain diseases and disorders will join the $10 million platform. The Brain Canada Foundation said the federal funding will allow the creation of the Canadian Open Neuroscience Platform, which will be based at Montreal's Neurological Hospital. [...] Dr.

Published: 20 February 2018

The Neuro joins neuroscience data sharing partnership

webfull — Mon, 19 Feb 2018 18:04:27 +0000

Canadian Open Neuroscience Platform will make disseminating and publishing data easier

Modern neuroscience research can produce massive amounts of data, which researchers can use to find patterns revealing anything from the first physiological signs of Alzheimer’s disease to a new drug target that could stop neurodegeneration. However, this data must be stored, processed, and distributed effectively.

Published: 19 February 2018

Alan Evans receives Canada 150 medal

webfull — Mon, 27 Nov 2017 17:17:16 +0000

Senate of Canada recognizes outstanding contributions to the community

The Senate of Canada has awarded Alan Evans a Canada 150 medal for his commitment to advancements in Alzheimer’s disease and palliative care research. He was nominated by Senator Judith Seidman, a former research fellow at the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, and Associate Professor of the McGill School of Social Work.

Published: 27 November 2017