The Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Unit of the McConnell Brain Imaging Centre (BIC) at the Montreal Neurological Institute (MNI, 香蕉视频) is looking to fill the position of a full鈥恡ime Research Assistant. We are seeking to hire a PET specialist to make a difference in an outstanding scientific environment, at the crossroads between cellular and molecular biology, radiochemistry, brain imaging physics, biophysical modelling and neuroscience.
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Published on: 29 Apr 2016
Announcing the 1st edition of the "PET from A to Z" Comprehensive Training Workshop, which will take place at the MNI鈥檚 McConnell Brain Imaging Centre, May 30 鈥� June 2, 2016. The program features four very distinctive days: two days of lectures, and two more interactive days, which include tours of PET/Cyclotron facilities听and hands-on training opportunities.
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Published on: 21 Mar 2016
We have the greatest pleasure to announce that as of March 1st 2016, Dr. Bratislav Misic has joined听鈥猳ur Centre听as Assistant Professor of Neurology & Neurosurgery, and new core BIC Principal Investigator. 听
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Published on: 15 Mar 2016
It is now official, as announced in today's issue of : the听MNI is becoming the first听ever听Open-Science academic institution. The BIC has already been active听in multiple data-sharing and open-source software initiatives.
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Published on: 21 Jan 2016
We are happy to announce that Dr. David Rudko is joining the BIC鈥檚 MRI Unit as the Research Assistant (part-time) in charge of the 7-T small animal MRI operations. If you are interested in accessing the scanner, please contact David david [dot] rudko [at] mcgill [dot] ca (directly).
David is also a Postdoctoral Fellow with Drs. Arnold and Narayanan, funded by a fellowship from the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada and the CIHR Neuroinflammation Training Program.
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Published on: 16 Jan 2016
We are very pleased to announce that the BIC continues to grow, with the recruitment of an MRI Physicist at the Assistant Professor level. Please refer to the听recruitment ad for details.听
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Published on: 7 Dec 2015
Today marks the 4500th day of faithful beaming in our IBA Cyclotron, Serial Number 000.听
The cyclotron is the pivotal instrument for producing isotopes used in radionuclides for PET and SPECT research at the Neuro.听
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Published on: 12 Nov 2015
The has been a focus of neuroscience research for decades for its role in cognitive processes, as well as being a hallmark of prevalent neurological and psychiatric conditions, such as epilepsy, Alzheimer鈥檚 disease, depression, and schizophrenia. Identification of hippocampal subregions in vivo is thus essential for precise localization of function and pathology.听
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Published on: 11 Nov 2015
We are glad to announce that the听Louise and Alan Edwards Foundation is now providing generous support to the BIC PET and Cyclotron Unit, through a grant obtained by long-time BIC user and affiliated member Dr. Petra Schweinhardt, Assistant Professor at McGill's. This grant goes towards supporting the highly-qualified personnel of our Cyclotron/PET Unit.
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Published on: 27 Jul 2015
BIC Prof. Alexey Kostikov offers course on PET radiochemistry in the fall of 2015
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Published on: 23 Jul 2015
BIC Principal investigator Dr. Alain Dagher receives $2.1M in Foundation grant from CIHR to study the brain's dopamine systems with brain imaging.
Functional Neuroimaging of dopamine systems: application to Parkinson's Disease, addiction and obesity.
The main goal is to understand the function of brain systems involved in reward, motivation, learning and decision-making.听
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Published on: 16 Jul 2015
The Museum of Natural Sciences of the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences has just opened a new permanent exhibition in Brussels: ''. The Museum has asked Dr. D. Louis Collins whether they could produce a 3-D print of the historical Colin27 brain. This brain is that of a human volunteer scanned 27 times in an MRI, back in 1998.
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Published on: 10 Jul 2015
Diurnal fluctuations in brain volume
The brain shrinks over the course of the day, ending up smaller in the evening 鈥� before returning to its full size the next morning. That鈥檚 according to a new study from BIC Principal Investigators Arnold and Collins and collaborators, based on an analysis of about 10,000 MRI scans.
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Published on: 9 Jul 2015
Professors Sylvain Baillet (BIC Principal investigator) and Matt Kinsella (Dept of Bioengineering) have won the first Biomedical Engineering Collaborative Research Project competition held by McGill鈥檚 Department of Biomedical Engineering, for their project titled:
Millisecond in vivo imaging of nanoparticle circulation and uptake in brain cancer therapy.听
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Published on: 9 Jul 2015
CQDM, Brain Canada Foundation and the Ontario Brain Institute made the announcement at the annual conference of the Canadian Association for Neuroscience.听鈥淭he Government of Canada is dedicated to helping increase our understanding of how the human brain works and how to best protect it and treat disorders of the brain and nervous system using innovative and unique solutions,鈥� said the Honourable Rona Ambrose, Minister of Health.
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Published on: 15 Jun 2015
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