Décembre 2017
4 décembre
Neuroscience for Mental Health Seminars
A Hypothesis to Reconcile Clinical Epidemiology and Neuroscience in Psychosis
Dr. Lena Palaniyappan, Ph.D., Associate Professor in Psychiatry & Medical Director, PEPP-London, Robarts Research Institute, Western University, London ON
Lundi le 4 décembre , 11:00, Salle Bowerman , Dobell, B-1127)
5 décembre
BRaIN Seminar Series
Dissecting optic nerve lesion pathology: In vivo imaging, molecular analysis and therapeutic strategies
Dr. Mathias Bähr, Department of Neurology, Universität Göttingen Medical School
Mardi le 5 décembre, 12:00, (MGH L7-140)
5 décembre
Killam Seminar Series
Mitochondrial Fission and Turnover in Neurodegeneration
Ken Nakamura, University of California
Mardi le 5 décembre, 16:00, de Grandpré Communications Centre, MNI
6 décembre
Pediatric Medical Grand Rounds
Preston Robb Neuroscience Lecture
The power of belief
Dr. Ann Tilton, Professor, and Chair of Child Neurology, Department of Neurology, Louisiana State Health Science Center
Mercredi le 6 décembre, 8:00 – 9:00, MUHC Research Institute Auditorium, room E.S1.1129
6 décembre
Frontiers in Pain Research Lecture
Unraveling pain in dementia: From the laboratory to the smallest rural nursing home in Northern Saskatchewan
Dr. Thomas Hadjistavropoulos, Research Chair in Aging and Health and Professor University of Regina
Mercredi le 6 décembre, 16:00, MGH, Room A5-131
7 décembre
Metabolic Disorders and Complications Program Seminar Series
Neurometabolic basis of obesity-induced mood impairments
Dr. Stéphanie Fulton, Associate Professor,Department of Nutrition, Université de Montréa
Jeudi le 7 décembre, 16:00 - 17:00, 1001 Décarie, Bloc E–EM1.3509
11 décembre
Pharmacology & Therapeutics Seminar Series
Are neurodegenerative diseases prion disorders?
Dr. Francesca Cicchetti, Department of Psychiatry & Neurosciences, Faculty of Medicine, Université Laval
Lundi le 11 décembre, 12:00 – 13:00, Salle 1345 McIntyre
11 décembre
JGH Medical Grand Rounds
Ten new things to know about Alzheimer disease and the dementias
Dr. Howard Chertkow, McGill Neurology
Lundi le 11 décembre, 12:30 – 13:30 p.m., Block Amphitheatre, JGH
11 décembre
Feindel Brain Imaging Lecture Series
Early environmental influences on the serotonin system and the developing brain in humans: Epigenetic mechanisms
Dr. Linda Booij, Concordia Dept of Psychology
Lundi le 11 décembre, 13:00, de Grandpré Communications Centre, INM
20 décembre
Programme de recherche Santé mentale et société
Une approche coût-efficace pour aider les personnes qui ont des maladies mentales en Afrique? L’Association Saint-Camille-de-Léllis
Eric Latimer, Ph.D.
Mercredi le 20 décembre 2017, 12:00 – 13:00, Perry E3517
Novembre 2017
1 novembre
BRaIN Seminar Series
Dynamic In vivo magnetic resonance spectroscopy: A window into brain chemistry and metabolism
Dr. Jamie Near, MR Physicist, Centre d’Imagerie Cérébrale, Douglas Institute
Mercredi le 1 novembre , 12:00, Montreal General Hospital, Livingston Hall, L7-140
2 novembre
Contemplative Science Lecture Series
Unbalanced flows in the subtle body: Tibetan understandings of psychiatric illness and how to deal with it
Dr. Geoffrey Samuel, Cardiff University
Jeudi le 2 novembre, 15:30 - 18:30, Birks Building, 3520 University, Salle 203
2 novembre
Wilder Penfield Lecture 2017
Deep Learning
Dr. Yoshua Bengio, Department of Computer Science and Operations Research, Université de Montréal, Canada Research Chair in Statistical Learning Algorithms
Jeudi le 2 novembre, 16:00, MNI, Jeanne Timmins Amphitheatre
2 novembre
CPD/CME Thursday Evening Learning Series (TELS): Face-to-Face and Webinar
Anesthesiology
Not a conventional prescription: What is the non-pharmacological arsenal of therapies when it comes to the best pain management?
Dr. Irina Kudrina & Dr. Marie-Josée Rivard
Managing pain in the Emergency Room: Useful tips that you can apply elsewhere too!
Dr. Mitchell Shulman
Jeudi le 2 novembre, 18:30 - 20:30, C. Martin Amphitheatre, McIntyre
3 novembre
BigBrain Workshop 2017 Montreal
Vendredi le 3 novembre, 9:00 – 17:00
From open data to novel applications
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 and future directions of the BigBrain data and their applications. The afternoon will be dedicated to short presentations from selected projects covering the topics listed below, and will end with poster presentations.
6 novembre
Meakins-Christie Research Seminar Series
Iron homeostasis in the nervous system in health and disease
Prof. Samuel David, McGill Dept of Neurology & Neuroscience
Lundi le 6 novembre, 9:00 – 10:00, Salle: ES1.1129 RI-MUHC Auditorium
6 novembre
Neuroscience for Mental Health Seminars
Central control of energy balance by lipids: emerging role of glial cells
Dr. Thierry Alquier, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Université de Montréal
Lundi le 6 novembre, 11:00, Bowerman Room, Dobell, B-1127, Douglas Institute
6 novembre
RI-MUHC Pediatric Research Seminar
Traumatic brain injury in toddlers: A focus on social skills and behaviour
Miriam Beauchamp, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Montreal
Lundi le 6 novembre, 12:00 – 13:00, Glen Site, RI Auditorium, E.S1-1129
6 novembre
The Douglas Utting Foundation Lecture
Managing depression & suicidality: From melancholia to precision psychiatry
Dr. Sidney Kennedy, Professor of Psychiatry, University of Toronto
Lundi le 6 novembre, 19:30 – 20:30, Amphitheatre, Room G-43
7 novembre
Biostatistics Seminar
Machine learning to identify incipient dementia
Sulantha Mathotaarachchi, MSc, McGill University Research Centre for Studies in Aging
Mardi le 7 novembre, 15:30 – 16:30, Purvis Hall, 1020 Pine Ave. West, Salle 2
8 novembre
BRaIN Seminar Series
What can we teach the damaged visual system to see?
Dr. Krystel Huxlin, Department of Ophthalmology, Flaum Eye Institute, University of Rochester Medical Center
Mercredi le 8 novembre, 12:00, Montreal General Hospital, Livingston Hall, L7-140
9 novembre
2017 Mark Nickerson Memorial Lecture
ApoE signaling in synapse formation and Alzheimer’s disease
Dr. Thomas C Südhof, Nobel Laureate, Stanford University School of Medicine
Jeudi le 9 novembre, 11:30, Martin Amphitheatre, McIntyre
10 novembre
Physiology Seminar Series
Divergent roles for calretinin-expressing spinal interneurons in spinal pain processing
Dr. David Hughes, Institute for Neuroscience & Psychology, University of Glasgow
Vendredi le 10 novembre, 11:00, Salle 1034, McIntyre
10 novembre
Inaugural Dr. Bernice Grafstein Annual Lecture in Neuroscience
A neural circuit approach to psychiatric illness
Joshua A. Gordon, M.D., Ph.D., Director of the National Institute of Mental Health
Vendredi le 10 novembre 16:00 - 18:00, McIntyre Medical Building, R. Howard Palmer Amphitheatre
13 novembre
Meakins-Christie Research Seminar Series
Pulse pressure and cerebrovascular aging
Dr Éric Thorin, University of Montreal, Dept Surgery
Lundi le 13 novembre, 9:00 – 10:00, ES1.1129 RI-MUHC Auditorium
13 novembre
Feindel Brain Imaging Lecture Series
Personalized connectomics for the study of brain health and decease
Erin Dickie, McGill Centre for Addiction & Mental Health
Lundi le 13 novembre, 13:00, de Grandpré Communications Centre, Neuro
14 novembre
MUHC Medical Grand Rounds
Cannabis in medicine and society: A new paradigm?
Dr. Mark A. Ware, McGill Dept Family Medicine & Anesthesia
Mardi le 14 novembre 12:00 – 13:00, Glen, room DS1.1427
17 novembre
Physiology Seminar Series
Mesoscale regulation of podosome turnover in human dendritic cells revealed with image correlation microscopy
Dr. Paul Wiseman, McGill Depts Chemistry & Physics
Vendredi le 17 novembre,11:00, Salle 1034, McIntyre
20 novembre
Neuroscience for Mental Health Seminars
Synaptic and circuit mechanisms mediating the stimulant effects of cocaine
Dr. Veronica Alvarez, Ph.D., Senior Investigator, Laboratory on Neurobiology of Compulsive Behaviors, National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health
Lundi le 20 novembre, 11:00, Salle Bowerman, Dobell, B-1127,Institut Douglas
20 novembre
Pharmacology & Therapeutics Seminar
Modeling gene expression trajectories in the developing brain: applications to childhood brain tumors
Dr. Claudia Kleinman, McGill Dept of Human Genetics
Lundi le 20 novembre, 12:00 – 13:00, Salle 1345, McIntyre
20 novembre
SCSD Special Lecture
Current and future research that will realise aphasia recovery
Prof. Linda Warroll, Professor of Speech Pathology, Co-Director of the Communication Disability Centre and Postgraduate Coordinator - University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
Lundi le 20 novembre, 17:15 –18:15, Leacock Building, Salle 232
23 novembre
Global Mental Health Speaker Series
From the enlightenment to black lives matter: The racial and gendered transformation of schizophrenia in psychiatry
Dr. Ingrid Waldron, Dalhousie University
Jeudi le 23 novembre, 15:00 – 16:30 p.m., Irving Ludmer Bldg, Room #1
24 novembre
Physiology Seminar Series
Molecular mechanisms of early life experience dependent neuronal circuit development
Dr. Tomomi Shimogori, Riken Brain Science Institute
Vendredi le 24 novembre, 11:00, Salle103, McIntyre
27 novembre
Neuroscience for Mental Health Seminars
Cognitive translation using touchscreens, from animals to humans: knock-outs, neurogenesis, neurodegenerative and neuropsychiatric disease
Dr. Timothy Bussey, Ph.D., Western Research Chair, Molecular Medicine Research Group, Robarts Research Institute & Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University, London, ON
Lundi le 27 novembre, 15:30, Salle Bowerman, Dobell, B-1127, Institut Douglas
28 novembre
Killam Seminar Series
Molecular classification of Sporadic Parkinson's Disease
Dr. Piu Chan, Beijing Institute of Geriatrics and Department of Neurology at Xuanwu Hospital of Capital University of medical Sciences
Mardi le 28 novembre, 16:00, de Grandpré Communications Centre, INM
29 novembre
BRaIN Seminar Series
DCC is required for nociceptive topognosis in mice and humans
Dr. Artur Kania, Institut de recherches cliniques de Montréal
Mercredi le 29 novembre, 12:00, Montreal General Hospital, Livingston Hall, L7-140
30 novembre
36th Annual Nurses and Research in Perspective Conference
Mental health matters: Empowering nurses caring for patients having both physical and mental health issues
Getting to best practice for serious mental illness patients on medical/surgical units
Keynote Speaker & Pfizer Lecturer: Dr. Nancy P. Hanrahan
Jeudi le 30 novembre, 8:00 - 16:00, 1001, Boul. Décarie, Montréal, PQ. H4A 3J1
Octobre 2017
2 octobre
Neuroscience for Mental Health Seminars
The Sleep Research Biobank and the Genetics of Sleep
Dr. Simon Warby, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Montréal Center for Advanced Research in Sleep Medicine (CEAMS/CARSM), Sacré-Coeur Hospital of Montréal
Lundi le 2 octobre, 11:00, Salle Bowerman (B-1127), Institut Douglas
2 octobre
JGH Medical Grand Rounds
Sensory, cognitive and motor aging: Findings from recent experimental and intervention studies
Karen Li, PhD, Professor, Psychology, Centre for Research in Human Development PERFORM Centre, Concordia University
Lundi le 2 octobre, 12:30 – 13:30, Block Amphitheatre
2 octobre
Feindel Brain Imaging Lecture Series
Object recognition: A hierarchy of edge processing or a house of cards?
Reza Farivar-Mohseni
Lundi le 2 octobre,13:00 p, de Grandpré Communications Centre, INM
4 octobre
BRaIN (Brain Repair and Integrative Neuroscience) Seminar Series
Assembly of motion-selective circuits in the retina
Dr. Arjun Krishnaswamy, McGill Physiology Dept
Mercredi le 4 octobre, 12:00, Montreal General Hospital, Livingston Hall, L7-140
5 octobre
Global Mental Health Speaker Series
Decolonization and diagnosis in Nigeria: A historical appraisal of transcultural psychiatry in Nigeria
Matthew Heaton, PhD - Virginia Tech
Jeudi le 5 octobre, 15:00 – 17:00, Ludmer Building, room #1
5 octobre
The Fourth Annual Theodore L. Sourkes Lecture in Neuropharmacology
Building and repairing the nervous system with stem cells
Prof. Freda Miller, Professor and Senior Scientist, Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto
Jeudi le 5 ocotbre, 16:00, KARP Conference Room 501, Goodman Cancer Research Centre Entrance: 1160 Pine Avenue West
10 octobre
Killam Seminar Series
Laser ablation for brain tumors - Technology overview and operative technique
Dr. Ricardo Komotar, University of Miami
*Annulé* Mardi le 10 octobre, 16:00, de Grandpré Communications Centre, INM
11 octobre
Anatomy & Cell Biology Seminar
Understanding the molecular and cellular basis of upper motor neuron vulnerability in ALS
Dr. Pembe Hande Ozdinler, Associate Professor of Neurology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University
Mercredi le 11 octobre, 11:30– 12:30, Strathcona Anatomy Building, 3640 University Street, Room 2/36
11 octobre
CPD/CME Wednesday E-Learning Series (WELS): Webinar only
Opioid crisis: 2017 Update
Kathryn Gill, PhD
Mercredi le 11 octobre, 12:00 - 13:00, C. Martin Amphitheatre, McIntyre
13 octobre
10th Annual Denis Melançon Neuroradiology Conference
The focus this year will be on the ‘Brain Tumour’ with presentations by experts from The Neuro and McGill University and our program will feature three keynote talks given by Dr. Walter Kucharczyk, Dr. Maria Martinez-Lage Alvarez and Dr. Brian D. Toyota.
13 octobre
Physiology Seminar Series
Neural circuit mechanisms of susceptibility to chronic stress
Dr. Rosemary Bagot, McGill Department of Psychology
Vendredi le 13 octobre, 11:00, Salle 1034, McIntyre
13 octobre
Biomedical Engineering & Bioengineering Seminar
Putting the aging brain under the microscope
Prof. Frédéric Lesage, Department of Electrical Engineering Ecole Polytechnique de Montréal & Montreal Heart Institute
Vendredi le 13 octobre, 13:00 – 14:00, Salle 507 ‐ 509, Duff Medical Building
16 octobre
Neuroscience for Mental Health Seminars
Dysfunction of the Triparte Synapses in depression: Role of Astrocytes in the Behavioral and Cellular effects of Chronic Stress
Dr. Mounira Banasr, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Toronto
Lundi le 16 octobre ,11:00, Salle Bowerman, Dobell, B-1127, Institut Douglas
17 octobre
Killam Seminar Series
Hijacking normal brain function: More than a gut feeling
Mauro Costa-Mattioli, PhD, Baylor University
Mardi le 17 octobre, 16:00, de Grandpré Communications Centre, INM
18 octobre
A Brilliant Night
A chic cocktail dinatoire developed to raise much-needed funds for brain cancer research
Mercredi le 18 octobre, Le Salon Richmond
23-24 octobre
Conference & Launch of the Transforming Autism Care Consortium (TACC)
Future perspectives on autism research
This conference is an opportunity to join world-renowned experts in examining the current state of autism research and its future direction. It will also mark the official launch of TACC, a new research network aiming to connect and mobilize Quebec’s strengths in autism research to improve quality of life of autistic individuals and their family as well as to integrate knowledge in practice and policy.
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23-24 octobre
2017 Trottier Public Science Symposium
"Mind Matters: The Body-Mind Connection" is the topic of this Symposium, and will feature three presentations that delve further into this body-mind relationship.
Speakers: Dr. Marla Shapiro, Dr. Amir Raz & Dr. Patch Adams
25 octobre
BRaIN Seminar Series
The neural basis of musical pleasure and anhedonia
Dr. Robert Zatorre, MNI
Mercredi le 25 octobre, 12:00, Montreal General Hospital, Livingston Hall, L7-140
26 octobre
Global Mental Health (GMH) Speaker Series
Once upon a shrine: Traditional healing of the mind and soul in contemporary Ghana
Vivian Afi Dzokoto, PhD, Virginia Commonwealth University
Jeudi le 26 octobre 15:00 – 16:30, Dep. of Psychiatry, Ludmer Building, room #1.
27 octobre
1st Annual JGH - CIUSSS West-Central Montreal Geriatric Psychiatry Academic Day
Healthy aging: Improving depression, anxiety and cognition in the geriatric population
Vendredi le 27 octobre, 8:30 – 12:30
30 octobre
Neuroscience for Mental Health Seminars
Regulation of goal directed behavior and habits by cholinergic interneurons from the dorsal striatum: implication for eating disorders - An example of networking teams at the Douglas
Dr. Salah ElMestikawy, Ph.D., McGill Department of Psychiatry
Lundi le 30 octobre , 11:00, Bowerman Room, Dobell, B-1127, Douglas Institute
30 octobre
Epidemiology Seminar Series
Video games, gamification and mental health: A new frontier for public health research
Manuela Ferrari, PhD, Douglas Institute
Lundi le 30 octobre, 16:00 – 17:00, McIntyre, Meakins Rm 521
Septembre 2017
6 septembre
Pediatric Medical Grand Rounds
19th Annual Alan Ross Lecture
Cerebral injury in preterm survivors: Emerging opportunities for regeneration and repair
Dr. Stephen A. Back, Professor, Pediatrics and Neurology, Department of Pediatrics, Oregon Health & Science University; Director, Pediatric Neuroscience Research Program
Mercredi le 6 septembre, 8:00 - 9:00, CUSM auditorium de l’Institut de recherche, salle. E.S1.1129
11 septembre
RI-MUHC Pediatric Research Seminar
Deleterious genomic variants contribute to cryptogenic forms of cerebral palsy
Dr. Michael C. Kruer, Director, Pediatric Movements Disorders Program, Barrow Neurlogical Institute, Phoenix Children's Hospital
Lundi le 11 septembre, 12:00 – 13:00, (RI-MUHC) Glen Site, RI Auditorium, E.S1-1129
12 septembre
Killam Seminar Series
Clinical research of aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage in a single center setting
Hitoshi Fukuda, Kochi University Hospital
Mardi le 12 septembre, 16:00, de Grandpré Communications Centre, INM
14 septembre
Journée Educative sur la SLA
Nous sommes heureux de vous inviter à une journée éducative sur tous les aspects des soins aux patients atteints de la sclérose latérale amyotrophique. Cet événement est idéal pour les médecins communautaires, les employés des CLSC, les centres de réadaptation, les centres de soins palliatifs et toute personne intéressée par les patients atteints de la SLA. Les présentations seront des présentations cliniques des médecins experts, des membres de l'équipe multidisciplinaire de la SLA, des fournisseurs de soins communautaires ayant de l'expérience dans le traitement des patients souffrant de la SLA et des employés de la Société de la SLA du Québec.
18 septembre
Neuroscience for Mental Health Seminars
Remodeling of the brain vasculature during normal and pathological development
Dr. Baptiste Lacoste, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Lundi le 18 septembre, 11:00, Salle Bowerman, Dobell, B-1127, Institut Douglas
19 septembre
MUHC Medical Grand Rounds
Brawn and brain: A case of musculo-neural proportions
Dr. Mathew Cherian, Dr. David Pellerin & Dr. Kelita Singh
Mardi le 19 septembre, 12:00 – 13:00, Glen, room DS1.1427; QEHC conference room 183 & Lachine Hospital Salle Charles Gallant room 4B2
21 septembre
Global Mental Health Speaker Series
A cost-effective approach to caring for people with severe mental illness in Africa? Staffing inpatient, outpatient and rehabilitation facilities with service users at the Saint-Camille de Léllis in French-speaking West-African countriess
Dr. Eric Latimer, PhD - McGill
Jeudi le 21 septembre, 15:00 – 17:00, Ludmer Building, salle #1
21 septembre
CPD/CME Thursday Evening Learning Series (TELS): Face-to-Face and Webinar
Anesthesiology
A child is not a small adult: Pain therapy in children
Dr. Pablo Ingelmo
Early detection and Intervention for substance misuse
Thomas G. Brown, PhD
Jeudi le 21 septembre, 18:30 - 20:30, C. Martin Amphitheatre, McIntyre Building
25 septembre
Neuroscience for Mental Health Seminars
Neurocognitive impact of early-onset obesity: focus on amygdala and hippocampal memory systems in animal models
Dr. Guillaume Ferreira, Ph.D., Lab Nutrition and Integrative Neurobiology (NutriNeuro), INRA UMR 1286 - Bordeaux University
Lundi le 25 septembre , 11:00 (Salle Bowerman, Dobell, B-1127, Institut Douglas)
27 septembre
BRaIN (Brain Repair and Integrative Neuroscience) Seminar Series
Harnessing physiological signals to enhance the personhood of non-communicative individuals
Dr. Stefanie Blain-Moraes, McGill School of Physical & Occupational Therapy
Mercredi le 27 septembre, 12:00, HGM, Livingston Hall, L7-140
27 septembre
CPD/CME Wednesday E-Learning Series (WELS): Webinar only
Neurology
Functional neurological disorders
Dr. Jessica Kovitz-Lensch
Mercredi le 27 septembre, 12:00 - 13:00, C. Martin Amphitheatre, McIntyre
28 septembre
CPD/CME Thursday Evening Learning Series (TELS): Face-to-Face and Webinar
Cyberdependence and other behavioural addictions
Magali Dufour, PhD
The conundrum of designer drugs: Buyer beware
Joe Schwarcz, PhD
Jeudi le 28 septembre 18:30 - 20:30, C. Martin Amphitheatre, McIntyre
28 septembre
Ludmer Centre Public Lecture
Alzheimer’s & dementia research powered by big data
Jeudi le 18 septembre, 18:30 - 20:30, Palmer Theatre, McIntyre Building
29 septembre
Physiology Seminar Series
Internally organized mechanisms of the brain's navigation system
Dr. Adrien Peyrache, MNI
Vendredi le 29 septembr,11:00, Salle 1034, McIntyre
Août 2017
17 août
Atelier Un cerveau sain pour une vie saine
Dans le cadre de l’initiative Un cerveau sain pour une vie saine, un atelier d’une journée aura lieu le 17 août 2017 à l’Institut et hôpital neurologiques de Montréal (Centre de communications de Grandpré).
L’atelier portera sur la neuroinformatique, l’un des quatre grands thèmes de l’initiative, et sera donné par des conférenciers de l’Université McGill, de l’Université de Montréal, de l’Université Concordia et de l’Institut Lady Davis. L’activité vise à dresser un portrait des forces et des besoins actuels en matière de recherche en neuroinformatique, ainsi qu’à lancer des projets collaboratifs.
L’atelier est ouvert à tous les chercheurs, boursiers postdoctoraux et étudiants.
Inscription : http://neuroevents.mcgill.ca/hbhl/
24-25 août
Deep Brainhack 2017
This two-day hackathon brings together neuroscientists and deep learning specialists with the goal of introducing neuroscientists to cutting-edge machine learning methods and deep learning scientists to medical imaging data.
Juillet 2017
10-11 juillet
Healthy Brains for Healthy Lives (HBHL) Workshop
Mechanistic models of neurodegenerative disorders
With over 20 invited speakers from across McGill University, the Université de Montreal and the Lady Davis Institute, the workshop goals will be to develop a framework for better understanding and developing new models for human neurodegenerative disorders, with the ultimate goal of developing new therapies.
17 juillet
Neuroscience for Mental Health Seminars
Chronic pain and depression comorbidity: Insight from the anterior cingulate cortex
Dr. Ipek Yalcin, Ph.D., Institute of Cellular and Integrative Neurosciences (INIT) – The European Neuroscience Institute of Strasbourg
Lundi le 17 juillet, 11:00, (Salle Bowerman , Dobell, B-1127)
Juin 2017
5 juin
CANCELLED Feindel Brain Imaging Lecture Series
Neuroimaging in frontotemporal dementia: Current and future directions
Dr. Simon Ducharme, MNI
Lundi le 5 juin, 13:00, de Grandpré Communications Centre, INM
6 juin
Killam Seminar Series
Imaging the lesion in Multiple Sclerosis
Dr. Daniel S. Reich
Mardi le 6 juin, 16:00, de Grandpré Communications Centre, INM
7 juin
Pediatric Medical Grand Rounds
47th Annual Alton Goldbloom Lecture
State of the art: Treatments for children with cerebral palsy
Dr. Darcy L. Fehlings, Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto
Mercredi le 7 juin, 8:00 - 9:00, MUHC Research Institute Auditorium, salle E.S1.1129
12 juin
Feindel Brain Imaging Lecture Series
Effects of olfactory training on measures of functional and structural brain imaging
Dr. Johannes Frasnelli, Anatomie, UQTR
Lundi le 12 juin, 13:00, de Grandpré Communications Centre, INM
19 juin
Feindel Brain Imaging Lecture Series
New PET radiopharmaceuticals and targets for imaging neurodegenerative diseases
Dr. Neil Vasdev, Associate Professor of Radiology, Harvard Medical School
Lundi le 19 juin, 13:00, de Grandpré Communications Centre, INM
26 juin
Institut Douglas
SHANK3 mutations in mouse and monkey as models for autism spectrum disorders
Yang Zhou, Ph.D., Post-doctoral fellow, MIT
Lundi le 26 juin2017, 11:00, Salle Bowerman (B-1127), Institut Douglas
Mai 2017
1 mai
Neuroscience for Mental Health Seminars
Gene expression variations as biomarkers of antidepressant response
Raoul Belzeaux, Ph.D., MGSS and Aix-Marseille Université, France
Lundi 1 mai, 11:00, Salle Bowerman (B-1127), Institut Douglas
1 mai
RI-MUHC Pediatric Research Seminar
Development of biomarkers for perinatal inflammatory brain injury
Dr. Gregory A. Lodygensky, Clinical Investigator, CHU Sainte Justine, Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal
Lundi 1 mai, 12:00 - 13:00, Glen Site, RI Auditorium, E.S1-1129
1 mai
Feindel Brain Imaging Lecture Series
Brain properties predisposing to chronic pain
Etienne Vachon-Presseau, Northwestern University
Lundi 1 mai, 12:45, de Grandpré Communications Centre, INM
1 mai
Pharmacology and Therapeutics Seminar Series
Translational control by eIF4E of Fragile X syndrome
Dr. Nahum Sonenberg, Department of Biochemistry
Lundi le 1 mai, 12:00 - 13:00, Salle 1345, McIntyre
1 mai
Brenda Milner Lecture & Neuropsychology Day
20th annual Brenda Milner neurocognitive lecture
Dr. Adrian Owen, University of Western Ontario
Lundi le 1 mai, 16:30
1 mai - 22 juin
McGill Summer Program in Social and Cultural Psychiatry
2 mai
Feindel Brain Imaging Lecture Series
Introducing the BIC's new platform for data hosting and collaboration
Ted Strauss, INM
Mardi le 2 mai, 12:00, de Grandpré Communications Centre, INM
2 mai
Killam Seminar Series
Novel strategies to promote nerve regeneration
Dr. Dietmar Fischer, Heinrich-Heine University
Mardi le 2 mai, 16:00 - 17:00, de Grandpré Communications Centre, INM
3 mai
Cultural Psychiatry Day
Trauma and resilience among Syrian refugees
Keynote speakers: Drs. Ghayda Hassan (Université du Québec à Montréal) & Laurence Kirmayer (McGill University)
Merredi le 3 mai, 13:30 - 16:30, ICFP Amphitheatre (4333 Côte-Ste-Catherine Rd)
3 mai
Frontiers in Pain Research Lecture
Cortical circuits and mechanisms in pain plasticity
Rohini Kuner, PhD, Group Leader in the DFG Emmy-Noether Program - Institute for Pharmacology / University Heidelberg
Mercredi le 3 mai, 16:00, MGH, Room A-131
3 mai
St. Mary’s-McGill Café Scientifique
Rendezvous Art & Science: Mental Health in the community
This event will bring together research on mental health issues, patient perspectives, and the use of arts-based approaches (dance and film) to stimulate discussion about problems and solutions related to living with mental health problems.
Mercredi le 3 mai, 17:00 - 19:30.
8 mai
Neuroscience for Mental Health Seminars
Molecular diversity and functional specialization of VIP-expressing neurons in the mouse hippocampus
Dr. Lisa Topolnik, Ph.D., Professor, Faculty of Science and Engineering; Neuroscience Axis, CRCHUQ, Laval University, Québec City
Lundi le 8 mai, 11:00, Salle Bowerman (B-1127), Institut Douglas
8 mai
RI-MUHC Pediatric Research Seminar
Do anesthetics damage developing brains? The neurotoxicity dilemma
Dr. Davinia E. Withington, McGill Departments of Anesthesia & Pediatrics
Lundi le 8 mai, 12:00 - 13:00, (RI-MUHC) Glen Site, RI Auditorium, E.S1-1129
8 mai
Feindel Brain Imaging Lecture Series
What can the neuroimaging community learn from monkey research and vice versa
Sebastien Tremblay, INM
Lundi le 8 mai, 13:00, de Grandpré Communications Centre, INM
9 mai
Killam Seminar Series
GABAergic synapses as possible targets of autism spectrum disorders
Dr. Enrico Cherubini, SISSA, Trieste, Italy
Mardi le 9 mai, 16:00, de Grandpré Communications Centre, INM
10 mai
Neuroscience Seminar Series
Imaging and controlling cell assemblies during learning and memory
Dr. Sylvain Williams, McGill Department of Psychiatry
Mercredi le 10 mai, 12:00, Montreal General Hosp., Livingston Hall, L7-140
10 mai
Neuro Film Series
About ‘When I Walk’
Mercredi le 10 mai, 18:30
Info
11 mai
Neuroscience Seminar Series
Synaptic learning rules and their role in circuit function
Dr. Aparna Suvrathan, Dept of Neurobiology, Stanford University
Jeudi le 11 mai,16:00, Montreal General Hosp., Livingston Hall, L7-140
11 mai
Douglas Mental Health University Institute Conference
Can we create a world in which women and girls are liberated from destructive appearance standards?
Dr. Carolyn Black Becker, Professor, Psychology, Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas
Thursday May 11, from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m, Douglas Hall, Douglas Mental Health University Institute, 6875 LaSalle boulevard
12 - 13 mai
Hyperacute Stroke Symposium and Workshop:
This symposium will include a series of morning lectures and case-based discussions to review the bases of clinical and imaging diagnosis of hyper acute stroke, including CT, CTA and CTP interpretations. Four workshops (Imaging, Thrombectomy with flow models, Neurology on acute stroke and Neuro ICU post stroke care) will take place in the afternoon and will provide the audience with a deep understanding of the management of hyper acute stroke.
15 mai
Neuroscience for Mental Health Seminars
N-acylethanolamines modulate pain transmission and the associated maladaptive neuroplasticity
Sabatino Maione, Ph.D., Professor of Pharmacology, the School of Medicine at the University of Campania (Naples)
Lundi le 15 mai 2017, 11:00, Salle Bowerman (B-1127), Institut Douglas
15 mai
Feindel Brain Imaging Lecture Series
Imaging brain amyloid and tau pathology in Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias
Dr. Pedro Rosa-Neto, Director of Translational Neuroimaging Laboratory, Douglas Institute
Lundi le 15 mai, 13:00, de Grandpré Communications Centre, MNI
17 mai
Neuroscience Seminar Series
Fly vision and its application to neurological disease
Dr. Alex Wade, Dept of Psychology, University of York
Mercredi le 17 mai, 12:00 , Montreal General Hosp., Livingston Hall, L7-140
18-21 mai
1st International Training Course on Neuroimaging of Epilepsy
This course will provide clinicians and scientists working in epilepsy with an understanding of fundamentals and practical skills related to neuroimaging. It welcomes both individuals with and those without prior expertise in neuroimaging.
23 mai
Killam Seminar Series
TRIM proteins direct neuronal morphogenesis
Dr. Stephanie Gupton, University of North Carolina Neuroscience Center
Mardi le 23 mai, 16:00, de Grandpré Communications Centre, INM
24 mai
Neuroscience Seminar Series
Internally organized mechanisms of the brain's navigation system
Dr. Adrien Peyrache, INM
Mercredi le 24 mai, 12:00, Montreal General Hosp., Livingston Hall, L7-140
25 mai
8th Annual Albert Aguayo Lecture
Hardwired circuits in the mammalian brain
Charles Zuker, PhD, Columbia University
Jeudi le 25 mai, 16:00, de Grandpré Communications Centre, INM
29 mai
Neuroscience for Mental Health Seminars
Dynamic measures of neurochemistry and metabolism using in vivo magnetic resonance spectroscopy
Jamie Near, Ph.D., Assistant professor, McGill Department of Psychiatry
Lundi le 29 mai 2017, 11:00, Salle Bowerman (B-1127), Institut Douglas
29 mai
RI-MUHC Pediatric Research Seminar
Genome to outcome: Updates on an integrated cohort study for autism and related conditions
Mayada Elsabbagh, PhD, McGill Department of Psychiatry
Lundi le 29 mai, 12:00 - 13:00., Glen Site, RI Auditorium, E.S1-1129
29 mai
Meakins-Christie Research Seminar Series
Plexin-B function in tissue morphogenesis during neuro-development and cancer
Roland Friedel, PhD, Assistant Professor, Neuroscience, Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai, New York
Lundi le 29 mai, 16:00 - 175:00, EM1.3509, Meakins-Christie
31 mai
Feindel Brain Imaging Lecture Series
Multimodal imaging of the aging brain
Dr. Sylvia Villeneuve, McGill Department of Psychiatry
Mercredi le 31 mai, 13:00, de Grandpré Communications Centre, INM
31 mai
Department of Psychiatry Public Lecture
What can we do to prevent mental illness?
Dr. Rudolf Uher, Department of Psychiatry, Dalhousie University
Mercredi le 31 mai, 16:30 - 18:30, The Palmer Amphitheatre, salle 522, McIntyre
Avril 2017
1 avril
Le mois de sensibilisation à la maladie de Parkinson
I Medici de McGill vous propose un après-midi de musique française au profit du Réseau Parkinson Québec
1-2 avril
McGill School of Communication Sciences and Disorders 2-Day Course
Challenges in pediatric dysphagia: Let's figure it out
Prof. Joan Arvedson, Program Coordinator of Feeding and Swallowing Services at Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin and Clinical Professor in the Department of Pediatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin
This course will focus on how to problem solve complex swallowing and feeding issues in infants and children via lecture, videos and case analyses.
3 avril
Neuroscience for Mental Health Seminars
Maternal immune activation, microglia and abnormal brain development: translational insights from rodent models
Anthony Vernon, Ph.D., Department of Basic and Clinical Neuroscience, King's College London
Lundi le 3 avril 2017, 11:00, Salle Bowerman (B-1127), Institut Douglas
3 avril
Feindel Brain Imaging Lecture Series
7-T Scanner Update, Part 1
Drs. Rick Hoge and Louis Collins, MNI
Lundi le 3 avril, 13:00, De Grandpré Communications Centre, INM
4 avril
Killam Seminar Series
Genetic and pathological substrates of psychosis in Alzheimer's disease
Dr. David Munoz, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario
Mardi le 4 avril, 16:00 - 17:00, De Grandpré Communications Centre, INM
5 avril
Neuroscience Seminar Series
Is the thalamus driving or modulating the visual cortex?
Dr. Christian Casanova, Optometry, Université de Montréal
Mercredi le 5 avril, 12:00, Montreal General Hosp., Livingston Hall, L7-140
5 avril
The Dorothy J. Killam Lecture
Slow and fast gamma rhythms in the hippocampal network
Dr. Laura L. Colgin, Assistant Professor of Neuroscience at the Center for Learning and Memory, University of Texas at Austin
Mercredi le 5 avril, 16:00, Jeanne Timmins Amphitheatre, INM
5 avril
Cognition and Circuits Seminar Series
How the morphological features of the parietal sulci can help localize distinct functional areas in the human brain
Veronika Zlatkina, PhD, MNI
Mercredi le 5 avril, 16:00 - 17:00, De Grandpré Communications Centre, INM
6 avril
MNI Annual Epilepsy Day
The day will include research presentations, a poster session, a mini symposium on Epilepsy and Neuroinflammation and the Pierre Gloor Lecture.
Brain inflammation in epilepsy: Mechanisms and consequences
Prof. Annamaria Vezzani
10 avril
Neuroscience for Mental Health Seminars
Transcription factors as mediators of neurodegeneration in Parkinson`s disease
Dr. Martin Levesque, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of psychiatry and neurosciences, Université de Laval
Lundi le 10 avril 2017, 11:00, Salle Bowerman (B-1127), Institut Douglas
10 avril
Pharmacology & Therapeutics Seminar
Arginine methylation and QUAKING as regulators of CNS myelineation
Dr. Stéphane Richard, McGill Departments of Oncology and Medicine
Lundi le 10 avril, 12:00, Salle 1345, McIntyre
10 avril
Feindel Brain Imaging Lecture Series
7-T Scanner Update, Part 2
Drs. Rick Hoge and Louis Collins, MNI
Lundi le 10 avril, 13:00, de Grandpré Communications Centre, INM
11 avril
Neuroscience for Mental Health Seminars
Alleviating anxiety: Strategies past, present and future
Dr. Andrew Holmes, Ph.D., Chief, Laboratory of Behavioral and Genomic Neuroscience National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Mardi le 11 avril 2017, 10:00, Salle Bowerman (B-1127), Institut Douglas
11 avril
Killam Seminar Series
The potential of quantitative fMRI
Dr. Richard B. Buxton, University of California
Mardi le 11 avril, 16:00 - 17:00, de Grandpré Communications Centre, INM
12 avril
Cognition and Circuits Seminar Series
Investigating the neural correlates of context memory across the adult lifespan
Natasha Rajah, PhD, Director, Brain Imaging Centre
Mercredi le 12 avril, 16:00 - 17:00, de Grandpré Communications Centre, INM
12 avril
Radar Mental Health Short Films
Creative minds in action - A screening of four short films about stigma and mental health.
A panel discussion will follow the screening.
Mercredi le 12 avril, 17:00 18:00
Info
18 avril
Pharmacology & Therapeutics Seminar
Molecular mechanisms of synaptic neurotransmitter release
Dr. Axel T. Brunger, Professor and Chair, Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Stanford University
Mardi le 18 avril 12:00, Charles F Martin Amphitheatre, Salle 504, McIntyre
18 avril
Feindal Brain Imaging Lecture Series
BIC Tools
Ted Strauss, MNI
Mardi le 18 avril, 13:30, de Grandpré Communications Centre, MNI
18 avril
Herbert Jasper Lecture
Regulation of Neurotransmitter Receptors and Synaptic Plasticity in Cognition and Cognitive Disorders
Richard L. Huganir, Professor and Director, Department of Neuroscience; Director, Kavli Neuroscience Discovery Institute; Co-Director, Brain Science Institute, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Mardi le 18 avril, 16:00, Amphithéâtre Jeanne-Timmins, INM
24 avril
Feindel Brain Imaging Lecture Series
Multivariate pattern classification of MEG signals reveals the spatiotemporal and representational dynamics of the ventral visual pathway
Dr. Dimitrios Pantazis, McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT
Lundi le 24 avril, 13:00, de Grandpré Communications Centre, INM
25 avril
Killam Seminar Series
Neuron-glia metabolic coupling: Relevance for neuronal plasticity and neuroprotection
Dr. Pierre Magistretti, Brain Mind Institute
Mardi le 25 avril, 16:00 - 17:00, de Grandpré Communications Centre, INM
26 avril
Pediatric Medical Grand Rounds
15th Annual Steinberg Child Development Lectureship
Reading disabilities in childhood and adolescence: Cognitive, linguistic and neurobiological factors and the search for effective intervention
Maureen Lovett, PhD, Department of Pediatrics, University of Toronto
Mercredi le 26 avril, 8:00 - 9:00, MUHC Research Institute Auditorium, salle E.S1.1129
26 avril
Anatomy & Cell Biology Seminar Series
Arginine methylation and QUAKING as regulators of CNS myelination
Dr. Stéphane Richard, Professor of Medicine & Oncology
Mercredi le 26 avril, 11:30 - 12:30, Strathcona Anatomy Building, 3640 University Street, Salle 2/36
26 avril
Neuroscience Seminar Series
Computational and neuroscience approaches to age differences in learning and decision-making across the human lifespan
Dr. Ben Eppinger, Dept of Psychology, Concordia University
Mercredi le 26 avril, 12:00, Montreal General Hosp., Livingston Hall, L7-140
26 avril
Feindel Brain Imaging Lecture Series
Surface-based structural MRI for lesion detection and extra-lesional pathology in epilepsy
Sophie Adler, University College London
Mercredi le 26 avril, 13:00, de Grandpré Communications Centre, INM
28 avril
Physiology Seminar Series
Sodium channelopathies in human pain disorders: From bench to bedside
Dr. Sulayman D. Dib-Hajj, Senior Research Scientist in Neurology, Yale University
Vendredi le 28 avril, 11:00- 12:00, Salle 1034, McIntyre
Mars 2017
1 mars
Neuroscience Seminar Series
Wiring the brain: Cellular and molecular mechanisms of neural circuit formation
Dr. Won Chan Oh, Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience
Mercredi le 1 mars, 12:00, Montreal General Hosp., Livingston Hall, L7-140
6 mars
Neuroscience for Mental Health Seminars
Translational neuroimaging and computational neuroanatomy for neuropsychiatric disorders
Dr. Mallar Chakravarty, Ph.D., Douglas Institute
Lundi le 6 mars , 11:00, Salle Bowerman, Dobell, B-1127, Institut Douglas
6 mars
Pharmacology & Therapeutics Seminar Series
From physiopathology of ALS to experimental therapeutics
Dr. Jean-Pierre Julien, Laval Université
Lundi le 6 mars, 12:00, Salle 1345, McIntyre
6 mars
Feindel Brain Imaging Lecture Series
Big Brain: Automated analysis of laminar structure in the cerebral cortex
Konrad Wagstyl, Cambridge Neuroscience, UK
Lundi le 6 mars 13:00, de Grandpré Communications Centre, INM
7 mars
Killam Seminar Series
Neural circuits of dexterity
Adam W. Hantman, Janelia Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Ashburn, US
Mardi le 7 mars, 16:00 - 17:00, de Grandpré Communications Centre, INM
8 mars
Pediatric Medical Grand Rounds
The Donald Cohen Lectureship in Childhood Autism
Thinking differently about Autism Spectrum Disorder
Dr. Evdokia Anagnostou, Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto
Mercredi le 8 mars, 8:00 - 9:00, CUSM, Auditorium de l’Institut de recherche, Salle E.S1.1129
9 mars
Centre for Applied Mathematics in Bioscience and Medicine (CAMBAM) Seminar
Modeling temporal changes in excitability associated with cerebellar interneurons
Ryan Alexander, McGill
Jeudi le 9 mars, 15:30, Salle 1101 McIntyre
10 mars
Physiology Seminar Series
Pharmacological chaperones of the Dopamine Transporter rescue Dopamine Transporter Deficiency Syndrome mutations
Dr. Ali Salahpour, Pharmacology & Toxicology, University of Toronto
Vendredi le 10 mars, 11:00, Salle 1034 McIntyre
10 mars
12th Annual JGH Department of Psychiatry Research Day
There should be an App for that: The promise of technology for mental health
11 mars
Douglas Mental Health University Institute Conference
Can we create a world in which women and girls are liberated from destructive appearance standards?
Dr. Carolyn Black Becker
Jeudi le 11 mars, 19:00- 20:30
13 mars
Neuroscience for Mental Health Seminars
The Mental Health Signature Biobank : Psychosocial Data and Human Biological Specimens Accessible to Scientists Across Canada
Dr. Sonia Lupien, Ph.D., Director, Centre for Studies on Human Stress, Institut universitaire en santé mentale de Montréal –CIUSSS
Lundi le 13 mars 2017, 11:00, Salle Bowerman (B-1127), Institut Douglas
13 mars
Annulé : Pharmacology & Therapeutics Seminar Series
Prions, pre-prions and a prion-like neurodegenerative disease
David Westaway, Ph.D, Professor Neurology, University of Alberta
Lundi le 13 mars 2017
13 mars
Feindel Brain Imaging Lecture Series
Imaging microstructure In heterogeneous white matter
Jennifer Campbell, Ph.D., MNI
Lundi le 13 mars, 13:00, de Grandpré Communications Centre, INM
14 mars
Killam Seminar Series
It takes two to tango: Presynaptic and postsynaptic participation in persistent plasticity
Sam Schacher, Columbia University, New York, NY
Mardi le 14 mars, 16:00 - 17:00, de Grandpré Communications Centre, MNI
15 mars
CPD/CME Wednesday E-Learning Series (WELS): Webinar only
Mental health and social media
Dr. Melissa Pickles
Mercredi le 15 mars, 12:00 - 13:00 Info
16 mars
CPD/CME Thursday Evening Learning Series (TELS): Face-to-Face and Webinar
Approach to examining patients with common neurological problems
Dr. Stuart Lubarsky
Jeudi le 16 mars, 18:30 - 20:30 Info
17 mars
Olympus Discovery Center at the Douglas Institute
Inauguration Day - 17 mars 2017
20 mars
Neuroscience for Mental Health Seminars
Impact of visual landmarks on the spatial properties of neurons in the medial entorhinal cortex
Kevin Allen, Ph.D., Junior Group Leader, Medical Faculty of Heidelberg University
Lundi le 20 mars, 11:00, Salle Bowerman (B-1127), Institut Douglas
20 mars
Pharmacology & Therapeutics Seminar Series
Multiple sclerosis: a treatable neurodegenerative disease?
Dr. Jack Antel, MNI
Lundi le 20 mars,12:00, Salle 1345, McIntyre
20 mars
RI-MUHC Pediatric Research Seminar
CATCHing Intracranial Injuries: which kids need a CT?
Dr. Martin Osmond, Professor of Pediatrics, University of Ottawa
Lundi le 20 mars, 12:00 - 13:00, Glen Site, RI Auditorium, E.S1-1129
20 mars
Feindel Brain Imaging Lecture Series
Alcohol, nicotine, amphetamine and cocaine: A potential dopamine-related vulnerability pathway to addictions
Dr. Marco Leyton, McGill Department of Psychology
Lundi le 20 mars 13:00, de Grandpré Communications Centre, MNI
20 mars
Neuroscience Seminar Series
Modeling neurodevelopmental disorders in mice and monkeys with shank3 mutations
Dr. Yang Zhou, The McGovern Institute, MIT
Lundi le 20 mars, 16:00, Montreal General Hosp., Livingston Hall, L7-140
21 mars
Killam Seminar Series
Epilepsy genetics in clinical practice: Today and tomorrow
Sanjay M. Sisodiya, UCLA Institute of Neurology
Mardi le 21 mars, 16:00 - 17:00, de Grandpré Communications Centre, MNI
22 mars
Pediatric Medical Grand Rounds
Technologies for enhancing interaction and assessing consciousness in behaviourally unresponsive children
Stephanie Blain-Moraes, PhD, McGill School of Physical and Occupational Therapy
Mercredi le 22 mars, 8:00 - 9:00, MUHC, Research Institute Auditorium, salle E.S1.1129
22 mars
Frontiers in Pain Research Lecture
Brain mechanisms supporting the subjective experience of pain
Robert Coghill, PhD, Director of Research, Division of Anesthesiology Cincinnati Children’s
Mercredi le 22 mars, 16:00, Montreal General Hospital Room A5-131
23 mars
Douglas Institute Special Seminar
Network and cellular strategies for the organization of sleep
Prof. Steven A. Brown, Chronobiology and Sleep Research Group, Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Zurich, Switzerland
Jeudi 23 mars, 15h00, Pavillon Perry (E-3517), Institut Douglas
23 mars
Centre for Applied Mathematics in Bioscience and Medicine (CAMBAM) Seminar
Sensory adaptation to behaviourally-relevant stimuli in the electrosensory system
Chengjie Huang, McGill
Jeudi 23 mars, 15:30, Salle 110, McIntyre
25 mars
Collaborative Mental Healthcare Conference
This one-day conference welcomes students and professionals from all mental healthcare fields to come together in the spirit of collaboration to share knowledge and perspectives. The day will include presentations, workshops, networking opportunities, a panel discussion and a keynote speaker.
Samedi le 25 mars, 9:30 – 16:00
27 mars
Neuroscience for Mental Health Seminar
Anatomical and functional predispositions to chronic pain and placebo response
Dr. Étienne Vachon-Presseau, Ph.D., Northwestern University
Lundi le 27 mars 2017, 11:00, Salle Bowerman (B-1127), Institut Douglas
27 mars
Feindel Brain Imaging Lecture Series
Dynamic measures of neurochemistry and metabolism using in vivo magnetic resonance spectroscopy
Dr. Jamie Near, McGill Psychiatry Department
Lundi le 27 mars, 13:00, de Grandpré Communications Centre, INM
28 mars
Killam Seminar Series
Parietal mechanisms for spatial constancy
Dr. Michael E. Goldberg, Columbia University, New York
Mardi le 28 mars, 16:00 - 17:00, de Grandpré Communications Centre, INM
29 mars
CPD/CME Wednesday E-Learning Series (WELS): Webinar only
Alcohol and substance abuse: What is new in addiction?
Dr. David Luckow
Mercredi le 29 mars, 12:00 - 13:00
29 mars
Neuroscience Seminar Series
The phenomenon of receptive field remapping in primate visual area V4 and its role in trans-saccadic vision
Dr. Sujaya Neupanem, INM
Mercredi le 29 mars, 12:00, Montreal General Hosp., Livingston Hall, L7-140
30 mars
Centre for Applied Mathematics in Bioscience and Medicine (CAMBAM) Seminar
Auditory streaming and the cocktail party problem
Dr. John Rinzel, New York University
Jeudi le 30 mars, 15:30, Salle 110, McIntyre
31 mars
Physiology 12th Undergraduate Research Day
Adventures in auditory sensory transduction, structure and function
Dr. Jeffrey Holt, Ph.D, Havard University
Vendredi le 31 mars, 11:45, Salle 1034, McIntyre
Février 2017
1 février
Neuroscience Seminar Series
Unraveling the manifold of natural scenes: A geometric approach to understanding the responses of neurons in the visual pathway
Dr. David J. Field, Dept of Psychology, Cornell University
Mercredi le 1 février,12:00, Montreal General Hosp., Livingston Hall, L7-140
2 février
School of Communication Sciences & Disorders (SCSD) Research Talk
Challenges and innovative strategies in aphasia rehabilitation
Anna Zumbansen, PhD, Lady Davis Institute Jewish General Hospital
Jeudi le 2 février, 15:00 - 16:00, Room #869, 8th Floor 2001 McGill College Avenue
2 février
Centre for Applied Mathematics in Bioscience and Medicine (CAMBAM) Seminar
Canards and neural excitability
Dr. John Mitry, McGill+University of Sydney
Jeudi le 2 février, 15:30 p.m., Salle 1101, McIntyre
6 février
Neuroscience for Mental Health Seminars
Modulatory effects of dopamine on synaptic responses within the entorhinal cortex
Dr. Andrew Chapman, Ph.D., Department of Psychology, Concordia University
Lundi le 6 février, 11:00, Salle Bowerman, Dobell, B-1127, INM
6 février
Pharmacology & Therapeutics Seminar Series
Vascular factors in Alzheimer's disease: interventions and cognitive benefits
Dr. Edith Hamel, McGill Department of Neurology & Neurosurgery
Lundi le 6 février, 12:00, Salle 1345, McIntyre
6 février
Neuroscience Seminar Series
Developmental dysfunction of VIP interneurons impairs cortical circuits
Dr. Renata Batista-Brito, Dept of Neurosciences, Yale University
Lundi le 6 février, 12:00, Montreal General Hosp., Livingston Hall, L7-140
6 février
Lady Davis Institute & Department of Biochemistry McGill Distinguished Lecture in Human Genetics
Alternative splicing regulatory networks underlying brain development and disorders
Dr. Benjamin Blencowe, Banbury Chair in Medical Research and Professor, Donnelly Centre and Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto
Lundi le 6 février, 16:00 - 17:00, Martin Theatre, Room 504, McIntyre
8 février
Anatomy & Cell Biology Seminar Series
Anatomical and functional dissection of neuron-astrocyte interactions in the mature brain
Dr. Keith Murai, McGill Department of Neurology & Neurosurgery
Mercredi le 8 février,11:30, Salle 2/36
8 février
Neuroscience Seminar Series
Diet induced neuroplasticity in the orbitofrontal cortex
Dr. Stephanie L. Borgland, Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary
Mercredi le 8 février, 12:00, Montreal General Hosp., Livingston Hall, L7-140
8 février
The Neuro Film Series
The 2017 Neuro Film Series opens on February 8 with Columbia Picture’s “Concussion” (2015). Dr. Alain Ptito, director of the Department of Psychology of the MUHC, hosts the evening’s film presentation. This film is about forensic pathologist Dr. Bennet Omalu (Smith), who discovers neurological deterioration similar to Alzheimer’s disease while conducting an autopsy on a former NFL football player.
Mercredi le 8 février, 18:30 - 21:00, de Grandpre Communications Centre, INM
9 février
School of Communication Sciences & Disorders (SCSD) Research Talk
Semantic cognition, syntax and morphology in neurodegenerative diseases and cognitive impairment: What can they tell us?
Noémie Auclair-Ouellet, Ph.D., SCSD
Jeudi le 9 février, 15:00 - 16:00 p.m., 2001 McGill College Avenue
13 février
Pharmacology & Therapeutics Seminar Series
Predicting Parkinson’s disease: The new frontier
Dr. Ronald Postuma, Associate Professor, Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery
Lundi le 13 février, 12:00, Salle 1345, McIntyre
13 février
Feindel Brain Imaging Lecture Series
Individual-level parcellation of Broca's region based on resting-state functional connectivity
Estrid Jakobsen, MNI
Lundi le 13 février, 15:00, de Grandpré Communications Centre, INM
14 février
Killam Seminar Series
Molecular physiology of pain: From calcium channel trafficking to optogenetics
Dr. Gerald Zamponi, Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary
Mardi le 14 février, 17:00 - 17:00, de Grandpré Communications Centre, INM
15 février
Neuroscience Seminar Series
Remodeling of synaptic signaling during homeostatic scaling and sleep
Dr. Graham Diering, Johns Hopkins University, Department of Neuroscience
Mercredi le 15 février, 12:00, Montreal General Hosp., Livingston Hall, L7-140
15 février
IDIGH Work-in-Progress (WIP) Lunch Seminar
Neuroinflammation, cell death and viral control in a model of herpes simplex encephalitis
Mathieu Mancini (Supervisor: Silvia Vidal)
Mercredi le 15 février, 12:00 - 13:00, RI-MUHC
15 février
Cognition and Circuits Lecture Series
Language learning experience and brain organization
Dr. Denise Klein, Associate Professor, Dept Neurology & Neurosurgery
Mercredi le 15 février, 16:00 - 17:00, De Grandpré Communications Centre, INM
17 février
Convergence, Perceptions of Neuroscience
Public lecture: Sensory
Vendredi le 17 février, 15:00-16:00, Montreal General Hospital, 1650 Cedar Av, at the Lounge (L6 500)
Info (Word)
20 février
Neuroscience for Mental Health Seminars
Molecular Strategies for Remembering: Neuronal Netrin-1 Regulates Glutamatergic Synapse Function and Plasticity in the Adult Hippocampus
Dr. Timothy Kennedy, Ph.D., McGill Dept of Neurology and Neurosurgery
Lundi le 20 février, 11:00, Salle Bowerman, Dobell, B-1127, Institut Douglas
20 février
Feindel Brain Imaging Lecture Series
Resting-state networks in Alzheimer’s disease: A meta-analysis
AmanPreet Badhwar
Lundi le 20 février, 13:00, de Grandpré Communications Centre, INM
21 février
Killam Seminar Series
Neuroimaging of pain and distress: From biomarkers to brain representation
Dr. Tor Wager, University of Colorado at Boulder
Mardi le 21 février, 16:00 - 17:00, de Grandpré Communications Centre, INM
22 février
Neuroscience Seminar Series
Inhibitory circuit gating of auditory cortical plasticity
Dr. Anne Takesian, Boston Children's Hospital & Harvard University
Mercredi le 22 février, 12:00, Montreal General Hosp., Livingston Hall, L7-140
22 février
Frontiers in Pain Research Lecture
Exploring clinical research avenues other than RCTs to improve the management of chronic pain: A priority
Dr. Manon Choiniere, Université de Montréal
Mercredi le 22 février, 16:00, MGH Salle A5-131
22 février
Cognition and Circuits Lecture Series
Reading between the trials: How learning and memory relate to ongoing cognitive and neural processes
Katherine Duncan, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Toronto
Mercredi le 22 février, 16:00 - 17:00, de Grandpré Communications Centre, INM
22 février
Neuro Film Series
Mr. Holmes (2015)
Host: Dr. AmanPreet Badhwar
Mercredi le 22 février, 18:30
28 février
Killam Seminar Series
Cerebral vasospasm: Pathogenesis and pharmacological treatment
Dr. Hidetoshi Kasuya, Tokyo Women's Medical University
Mardi le 28 février, 16:00 - 17:00, de Grandpré Communications Centre, INM
Janvier 2017
9 janvier
Neuroscience for Mental Health Seminars
The dark side of weight loss: chronic stress and drug seeking in abstinent rats
Dr. Uri Shalev, Ph.D., Department of Psychology, Concordia University
Lundi le 9 janvier 2016, 11:00, Salle Bowerman (B-1127), Institut Douglas
11 janvier
Anatomy & Cell Biology Seminar Series
Cellular and molecular mechanisms of axon morphogenesis: New roles for mitochondria in terminal axon branching and presynaptic function
Dr. Franck Polleux, Columbia University
Mercredi le 11 janvier, 11:30, Strathcona Anatomy Building, Room 2/36
11 janvier
Neuroscience Seminar Series
The effect of bright light exposure and/or birth asphyxia on the primary visual pathways of the newborn
Dr. Pierre Lachapelle, McGill Dept of Ophthalmology
Mercredi le 11 janvier, 12:00, MGH, Livingston Hall, L7-140
16 janvier
Neuroscience for Mental Health Seminars
Involvement of inhibitory neuronal networks in focal seizure onset
Dr. Massimo Avoli, Ph.D., Concordia Department of Psychology
Lundi le 16 janvier 2016, 11:00, Salle Bowerman (B-1127), Institut Douglas
17 janvier
Killam Seminar Series
Mitotic inhibition in malignant brain tumors
Dr. Roberto Jose Diaz, MNI
Mardi le 17 janvier 16:00, de Grandpré Communications Centre, MNI
18 janvier
Neuroscience Seminar Series
Circuit mechanisms underlying action selection
Dr. Tomoko Ohyama, McGill Department of Biology
Mercredi le 18 janvier, 12:00, Montreal General Hosp., Livingston Hall, L7-140
24 janvier
Killam Seminar Series
Progressive myoclonus epilepsies - From gene defects to disease mechanisms
Dr. Anna-Elina Lehesjoki, University of Helsinki
Mardi le 24 janvier, 16:00, de Grandpré Communications Centre, MNI
25 janvier
Neuroscience Seminar Series
Dynamic regulation of microglia: The influence of a day versus a lifetime
Dr. Laura Fonken, Dept of Psychology & Neuroscience, University of Colorado at Boulder
Mercredi le 25 janvier, 12:00, Montreal General Hosp., Livingston Hall, L7-140
25 janvier
Institute for Health and Social Policy (IHSP) Seminar
Early intervention in youth mental health: Gaps old and new?
Dr. Jai Shah, Douglas Hospital
Mercredi le 25 janvier, 12:30 – 14:00, Charles Meredith House, Conference Room
25 janvier
McGill Division of Social & Transcultural Psychiatry & Global Mental Health Film Series
Bethel - Community and Schizophrenia in Northern Japan
The screening will be followed by a discussion with filmmaker Prof. Karen Nakamura
Mercredi le 25 janvier, 19:00 - 21:00
26 janvier
21st Annual McGill Pain Day
Each year, the Alan Edwards Centre for Research on Pain (AECRP) hosts McGill University's PAIN DAY, a day for health care professionals and trainees in the treatment and study of pain.
27 janvier
McGill University and The Neuro Public Lecture and Poster Session: Heads Up on the Concussion Issue
HEADS UP will raise public awareness about, and raise funds for, concussion research.
30 janvier
Neuroscience for Mental Health Seminars
Memory as a Therapeutic Target
Dr. Karim Nader, James McGill Professor
Lundi le 23 janvier 2016, 11:00, Salle Bowerman (B-1127), Institut Douglas
30 janvier
Assemblée générale –
Un cerveau sain pour une vie saine
Alan C. Evans, Ph. D., directeur scientifique, s’adressera aux personnes présentes de même que les Drs Robert Zatorre et Guy Rouleau ainsi que Michael Meany, Ph. D., respectivement responsables des volets Cerveau dynamique, Mécanismes des maladies neurodégénératives et Neurosciences populationnelles et santé du cerveau.
31 janvier
Killam Seminar Series
Modeling neurodevelopmental disorders in mice and monkeys with shank3 mutations
Dr. Yang Zhou, McGovern Institute for Brain Research Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mardi le 31 janvie, 16:00, de Grandpré Communications Centre, MNI