Results from the 6th Round of Calls (2019)
PIs: Fournier (McGill)/Saab (Zurich)
Title: Imaging of genetically coded cell viability sensors in EAE
Type: Pilot
PIs: Mechawar (McGill)/Pryce (Zurich)
Title: Human and mouse investigation into the influence of early-life stress on oligodendrocytes in the amygdala
Type: Pilot
PIs: Multhaup (McGill)/Biggin (Oxford):
Title: Molecular mechanisms of substrate specificity of β-site amyloid precursor protein-cleaving enzyme 1 of Alzheimer disease
Type: Pilot
PIs: Pattison (Oxford)/Faull (McGill)/Jensen(ZNZ)
Title: Understanding the brain-body interface and its importance for physiological and psychological symptom burden
Type: Workshop
Results from the 5th Round of Calls (2018)
McGill PI: Naguib Mechawar
ZNZ PI: Chris Pryce
Title: Chronic stress, myelination, and neuroinflammation
Type: Workshop
Oxford PI: Adam Packer
McGill PI: Arjun Krishnaswamy
Title: All-optical neural circuit interrogation in the retina
Type: Pilot Project
ZNZ PI: Christain Ruff
McGill PI: Lesley Fellows
Title: Causal role of arousal systems for decision making
Type: Pilot Project
Results from the 4th Round of Calls (2017)
Oxford PI: Stuart Peirson
McGill PI: Nicolas Cermakian
Title: Chronopharmacology for circadian rhythm disruption: implications for psychiatric and neurological diseases
Type: Pilot
Oxford PI: Michael Kohl
McGill PI: Gil Bub
Title: Fast Multi-Planar Neuronal Imaging
Type: Pilot
Oxford PI: Martin Booth
McGill PI: Claire Brown
Title: McGill Oxford Neuroscience BioPhotonics Workshop
Type: Workshop
ZNZ PI: Paola Picotti
McGill PI: Thomas Durcan
Title: Understanding the molecular pathways of α-syn fibrils and mitochondrial quality control proteins in Parkinson’s disease using hiPSC-derived human neurons
Type: Pilot
ZNZ PI: Melody Ying-Yu Huang
McGill PI: Maurice Chacron
Title: Neuronal plasticity revealed by negative optokinetic afternystagmus after adaptation to the optokinetic stimulation
Type: Pilot
Results from the 3rd Round of Calls (2016)
Oxford PI: Uzay Emir
McGill PI: Jamie Near
Title: Neurochemical changes in rat brain during optogenetic stimulation of the reward system
Type: Pilot Project
Oxford PI: Noel Buckley
McGill PI: Stefano Stifani
Title: Mechanisms underlying the tumour-forming ability of brain cancer stem-like cells
Type: Pilot Project
ZNZ PI: Reto Huber
McGill PI: Mallar Chakravarty
Title: Investigation of training induced shape and volume changes within the Basal Ganglia in patients with spinal cord injury
Type: Pilot Project
Results from the 2nd Round of Calls (2015)
Oxford PI: Ed Mann
ZNZ PI: Bechara Saab
Title: A preliminary inquiry into the potential for hypothalamo-hippocampal MCH neurons to govern sustenance-relevant exploration and spatial memory
Type: Pilot Project
McGill PI: Danielle Malo
Oxford PI: Peter Oliver
Title: Analysing the dual function of a novel nuclear receptor coactivator in the CNS.
Type: Pilot Project
Oxford PIs: Johanna Vannesjo and Karla Miller
ZNZ PIs: Klaas Pruessmann
Title: System characterization and algebraic reconstruction: Deployment of advances in MRI technology for high-field neuroimaging
Type: Major Project
Oxford PI: Gaia Scerif
McGill PI: Armando Bertone (Jacalyn Guy travelled to Oxford to work in the laboratory of Gaia Scerif.)
Title: Defining syndrome specific mechanisms mediating socially contingent perception and attention across neurodevelopmental disorders.
Type: 2015 Osler Travel Fellowship
Results from the 1st Round of Calls (2014)
McGill PI: Brian Chen
Oxford PIs: Goodwin Steven and Hania Pavlou
Title: Interrogating the role of mechanosensory neurons in male copulatory behaviours
Project type: Pilot
McGill PIs: Sal Carbonetto and Edward Fon
Oxford PI: Richard Wade-Martins
Title: Uptake and accumulation of alpha-Synuclein within the centrosome: Studies in ips Cell Models of Parkinson’s Disease
Project type: Pilot
McGill PIs: Jens Pruessner
Oxford PIs: Elizabeth Tunbridge and Paul Harrison
Title: Proposal for an Oxford-McGill joint workshop on the biological effects of psychological stress
Project type: Workshop
McGill PIs: Jeffery Mogil
Oxford PIs: David Bennett
Title: The application of functional genomics to mouse models of neuropathic pain variability
Project type: Pilot
Oxford PI: Philip Cowen
Zurich PI: Christopher Pryce
Title: Inflammation, Brain, and Depression: from human evidence to preclinical models to novel treatments
Project type: Workshop
Oxford PI: Vladyslav Vyazovskiy
Zurich PI: Reto Huber
Title: Synaptic and Cellular Mechanisms
Project type: Pilot
Oxford-Brain @McGill Funded Projects
Title: Neuroanatomical networks in auditory and motor learning
Oxford PI: Heidi Johansen-Berg
McGill PI: Robert Zatorre
Title: Contrasting roles for human lateral and medial orbitofrontal cortex in reward-guided learning and decision making
Oxford PI: Matthew Rushworth
McGill PI: Lesley Fellows
Title: Using magic to elucidate the cognitive neuroscience of attention
Oxford PI: Kia Nobre
McGill PI: Amir Raz
Title: Adult Subventricular Zone Neurogenesis in Preclinical Models of Schizophrenia
Oxford PI: Francis Szele
McGill PI: Lalit Srivastava
Title: The neural basis of fluent and disfluent speech in bilinguals who stutter
Oxford PI: Kate Watkins
McGill PI: Vince Gracco, Denise Klein
Workshops
Title: Memory: Association and Consolidation
Oxford PI: Robin Murphy, David Bannerman, Jonathan Flint, Nick Rawlins, Jonathan Sand
McGill PI: Karin Nader, Andy Baker
Title: Mechanisms underlying abnormal circadian sleep/wake and endocrine function in children with attention deficit hyperactive disorder (ADHD) and subjects at risk of developing psychotic disorders
Oxford PI: Russell Foster, Katharina Wulff
McGill PI: Ridha Joober
Title: Neurophysiological Mechanisms of Perception, Cognition and Action
Oxford PI: Wyeth Bair
McGill PI: Erik Cook
Title: Exploring the fundamental importance of foetal and early infant experience for later health: testing key findings in studies of early human development.
Oxford PI: Paul Ramchandani, Alan Stein
McGill PI: Michael Meaney
ZNZ-Brain @McGill Funded Projects
Title: Role of spinal cord GABAA receptor isoforms in visceral pain and referred hyperalgesia (Funded: April 2011)
McGill PI: Fernando Cervero, Professor, Anesthesia Research Unit and Alan Edward Centre for Research on Pain
ZNZ PI: Hanns Ulrich Zeilhofer, Professor of Pharmacology, Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology
Title: Deciphering the role of cortical neuromodulation in neurovascular coupling: An optogenetics approach (Funded: April 2011)
McGill PI: Edith Hamel, Professor, Department of Neurology & Neurosurgery
ZNZ PI: Bruno Weber: SNF – Professor, Institute of Pharmacology & Toxicology
Title: Homeostatic synaptic plasticity: finding a unifying mechanism (Funded: April 2011)
McGill PI: Derek Bowie, Associate Professor, Dept. of Pharmacology & Therapeutics, Canada Research Chair in Receptor Pharmacology
McGill PI Anne McKinney, Associate Professor, Dept. of Pharmacology & Therapeutics
ZNZ PI: Shiva Tyagarajan, Junior group leader (Head of the laboratory: Jean-Marc Fritschy), Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology
Tittle: Mechanisms of polyoma JC virus elimination from the brain in progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (Funded: September 2011)
McGill PI: Jack Antel, Department of Neuroimmunology, Montreal Neurological Institute
ZNZ PI: Roland Martin; Head, Department of Clinical Neuroimmunology and MS Research
Neurology Clinic, University Hospital Zürich
Pilot Project:
In vivo Abeta microdialysis in freely moving and behaving APP-transgenic mice
Funded: September 2011
Claudio Cuello
Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics
McGill University
Roger M. Nitsch
Director and Professor, Division of Psychiatry Research and Psychogeriatric Medicine
University of Zürich,
Tobias Welt
Postdoc, Division of Psychiatry Research and Psychogeriatric Medicine
University of Zürich
Jordan McAfoose
PhD Student, Division of Psychiatry Research and Psychogeriatric Medicine
University of Zürich
Pilot Project
Development and evaluation of novel techniques for assessment and rehabilitation of arm and hand sensorimotor function
Funded: September 2011
Partners:
Theodore Milner
Professor, Dept of Kinesiology and Physical Education
McGill University
Roger Gassert
Assistant Professor
Dept. of Mechanical and Process Engineering
Rehabilitation Engineering Lab
Swiss Institute of Technology
Olivier Lambercy
Research Associate
Dept. of Mechanical and Process Engineering
Rehabilitation Engineering Lab
Swiss Institute of Technology
Workshop
McGill ZNZ Network for the study of somnological and circadian bases of major affective disorders
Funded: April 2012
Partners:
McGill University
Diane Boivin
Nicolas Cermakian
Florian Storch
Gustavo Turecki
ZNZ
Hans-Peter Landolt
Erich Seifritz
Steven Brown
Pilot Project
Deciphering the role of cortical neuromodulation in neurovascular coupling: An optogenetics approach (Renewal of proposal)
Funded: April 2012
Partners:
Edith Hamel
Professor, Department of Neurology & Neurosurgery
McGill University
Bruno Weber
SNF - Professor, Institute of Pharmacology & Toxicology
University of Zurich
Antoine Adamantidis
Assistant Professor
Douglas Institute
McGill University