December 2017
December 4
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
Monday, December 4 , 11:00 a.m. Bowerman Room, Dobell, B-1127, Douglas Institute
December 5
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
Tuesday, December 5 at 12:00 p.m., (MGH L7-140)
December 5
Killam Seminar Series
Mitochondrial Fission and Turnover in Neurodegeneration
Ken Nakamura, University of California
Tuesday, December 5 at 4:00 p.m., de Grandpré Communications Centre, MNI
December 6
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
Wednesday, December 6, 8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m., MUHC Research Institute Auditorium, room E.S1.1129
December 6
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
Wednesday, December 6 at 4:00 p.m., MGH, Room A5-131
December 7
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
Thursday, December 7, 4:00 - 5:00 p.m., 1001 Décarie, Bloc E–EM1.3509
December 11
Pharmacology & Therapeutics Seminar Series
Are neurodegenerative diseases prion disorders?
Dr. Francesca Cicchetti, Department of Psychiatry & Neurosciences, Faculty of Medicine, Université Laval
Monday, December 11, 12:00 – 1:00 p.m., Room 1345 McIntyre
December 11
JGH Medical Grand Rounds
Ten new things to know about Alzheimer disease and the dementias
Dr. Howard Chertkow, ۲ݮƵ Neurology
Monday, December 11, 12:30 – 1:30 p.m., Block Amphitheatre, JGH
December 11
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
Monday, December 11 at 1:00 p.m., de Grandpré Communications Centre, MNI
December 20
Mental Health and Society Research Program
A Cost-effective Approach to Caring for People with Severe Mental Illness in Africa? The Saint-Camille-de-Léllis Association
Eric Latimer, Ph.D.
Wednesday, December 20 2017, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM, Perry E3517
November 2017
November 1
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
Wednesday, November 1 at 12:00 p.m., Montreal General Hospital, Livingston Hall, L7-140
November 2
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
Thursday, November2, 3:30 - 5:30 p.m., Birks Building, 3520 University, Room 203
November 2
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
Thursday, November 2 at 4:00 p.m., MNI, Jeanne Timmins Amphitheatre
November 2
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
Thursday, November 2, 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m., C. Martin Amphitheatre, McIntyre
November 3
BigBrain Workshop 2017 Montreal
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.
Friday, November 3, 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
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November 6
Meakins-Christie Research Seminar Series
Iron homeostasis in the nervous system in health and disease
Prof. Samuel David, ۲ݮƵ Dept of Neurology & Neuroscience
Monday, November 6, 9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m., Room: ES1.1129 RI-MUHC Auditorium
November 6
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
Monday, November 6 , 11:00 a.m. Bowerman Room, Dobell, B-1127, Douglas Institute
November 6
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
Monday, November 6, 12:00 – 1:00 p.m., Glen Site, RI Auditorium, E.S1-1129
November 6
The Douglas Utting Foundation Lecture
Managing depression & suicidality: From melancholia to precision psychiatry
Dr. Sidney Kennedy, Professor of Psychiatry, University of Toronto
Monday, November 6, 7:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m., Amphitheatre, Room G-43
November 7
Biostatistics Seminar
Machine learning to identify incipient dementia
Sulantha Mathotaarachchi, MSc, ۲ݮƵ University Research Centre for Studies in Aging
Tuesday, November 7, 3:30 – 4:30 p.m., Purvis Hall, 1020 Pine Ave. West, Room 24
November 8
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
Wednesday, November 8 at 12:00 p.m, Montreal General Hospital, Livingston Hall, L7-140
November 9
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
Thursday, November 9 at 11:30 a.m., Martin Amphitheatre, McIntyre
November 10
Physiology Seminar Series
Divergent roles for calretinin-expressing spinal interneurons in spinal pain processing
Dr. David Hughes, Institute for Neuroscience & Psychology, University of Glasgow
Friday, November 10 at 11:00 a.m., Room 1034, McIntyre
November 10
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
Friday, November 10, 3:00 - 5:00 PM, McIntyre Medical Building, R. Howard Palmer Amphitheatre
November 13
Meakins-Christie Research Seminar Series
Pulse pressure and cerebrovascular aging
Dr Éric Thorin, University of Montreal, Dept Surgery
Monday, November 13, 9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m., ES1.1129 RI-MUHC Auditorium
November 13
Feindel Brain Imaging Lecture Series
Personalized connectomics for the study of brain health and decease
Erin Dickie, ۲ݮƵ Centre for Addiction & Mental Health
Monday, November 13 at 1:00 p.m., de Grandpré Communications Centre, MNI
November 14
MUHC Medical Grand Rounds
Cannabis in medicine and society: A new paradigm?
Dr. Mark A. Ware, ۲ݮƵ Dept Family Medicine & Anesthesia
Tuesday, November 14, 12:00 – 1:00 p.m., Glen, room DS1.1427
November 17
Physiology Seminar Series
Mesoscale regulation of podosome turnover in human dendritic cells revealed with image correlation microscopy
Dr. Paul Wiseman, ۲ݮƵ Depts Chemistry & Physics
Friday, November 17 at 11:00 a.m., Room 1034, McIntyre
November 20
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
Monday, November 20 , 11:00 a.m. Bowerman Room, Dobell, B-1127, Douglas Institute
November 20
Pharmacology & Therapeutics Seminar
Modeling gene expression trajectories in the developing brain: applications to childhood brain tumors
Dr. Claudia Kleinman, ۲ݮƵ Dept of Human Genetics
Monday, November 20, 12:00 – 1:00 p.m., Room 1345, McIntyre
November 20
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
Monday, November 20, 5:15 – 6:15 p.m., Leacock Building, Room 232
November 23
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
Thursday, November 23, 3:00 – 4:30 p.m., Irving Ludmer Bldg, Room #1
November 24
Physiology Seminar Series
Molecular mechanisms of early life experience dependent neuronal circuit development
Dr. Tomomi Shimogori, Riken Brain Science Institute
Friday, November 24 at 11:00 a.m., Room 103, McIntyre
November 27
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
Monday, November 27 , 3:30 p.m. Bowerman Room, Dobell, B-1127. Douglas Institute
November 28
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
Tuesday, November 28 at 4:00 p.m., de Grandpré Communications Centre, MNI
November 29
BRaIN Seminar Series
DCC is required for nociceptive topognosis in mice and humans
Dr. Artur Kania, Institut de recherches cliniques de Montréal
Wednesday, November 29 at 12:00 p.m., Montreal General Hospital, Livingston Hall, L7-140
November 30
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
Thursday, November 30, 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m., 1001, Boul. Décarie, Montréal, PQ. H4A 3J1
October 2017
October 2
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
Monday, October 2 , 11:00 a.m., Bowerman Room, Dobell, B-1127, Douglas Institute
October 2
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
Monday, October 2, 12:30 – 1:30 p.m., Block Amphitheatre
October 2
Feindel Brain Imaging Lecture Series
Object recognition: A hierarchy of edge processing or a house of cards?
Reza Farivar-Mohseni
Monday, October 2 at 1:00 p.m., de Grandpré Communications Centre, MNI
October 4
BRaIN (Brain Repair and Integrative Neuroscience) Seminar Series
Assembly of motion-selective circuits in the retina
Dr. Arjun Krishnaswamy, ۲ݮƵ Physiology Dept
Wednesday, October 4 at 12:00 p.m., Montreal General Hospital, Livingston Hall, L7-140
October 5
Global Mental Health Speaker Series
Decolonization and diagnosis in Nigeria: A historical appraisal of transcultural psychiatry inNigeria
Matthew Heaton, PhD - Virginia Tech
Thursday, October 5, 3:00 – 5:00 p.m., Ludmer Building, room #1
October 5
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
Thursday, October 5 at 4:00 p.m., KARP Conference Room 501, Goodman Cancer Research Centre Entrance: 1160 Pine Avenue West
October 10
Killam Seminar Series
Laser ablation for brain tumors - Technology overview and operative technique
Dr. Ricardo Komotar, University of Miami
*CANCELLED* Tuesday, October 10 at 4:00 p.m., de Grandpré Communications Centre, MNI
October 11
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
Wednesday, October 11, 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., Strathcona Anatomy Building, 3640 University Street, Room 2/36
October 11
CPD/CME Wednesday E-Learning Series (WELS): Webinar only
Opioid crisis: 2017 Update
Kathryn Gill, PhD
Wednesday, October11, 12:00 - 1:00 p.m., C. Martin Amphitheatre, McIntyre
October 13
10th Annual Denis Melançon Neuroradiology Conference
The focus this year will be on the ‘Brain Tumour’ with presentations by experts from The Neuro and ۲ݮƵ University and our program will feature three keynote talks given by Dr. Walter Kucharczyk, Dr. Maria Martinez-Lage Alvarez and Dr. Brian D. Toyota.
October 13
Physiology Seminar Series
Neural circuit mechanisms of susceptibility to chronic stress
Dr. Rosemary Bagot, ۲ݮƵ Department of Psychology
Friday, October 13 at 11:00 a.m., Room 1034, McIntyre Building
October 13
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
Friday, October 13, 1:00 – 2:00 p.m., Room 507 ‐ 509, Duff Medical Building
October 16
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
Monday, October 16 , 11:00 a.m., Bowerman Room, Dobell, B-1127, Douglas Institute
October 17
Killam Seminar Series
Hijacking normal brain function: More than a gut feeling
Mauro Costa-Mattioli, PhD, Baylor University
Tuesday, October 17 at 4:00 p.m., de Grandpré Communications Centre, MNI
October 18
A Brilliant Night
A chic cocktail dinatoire developed to raise much-needed funds for brain cancer research
Wednesday, October 18 at Le Salon Richmond
October 23-24
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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October 23-24
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
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October 25
BRaIN Seminar Series
The neural basis of musical pleasure and anhedonia
Dr. Robert Zatorre, MNI
Wednesday, October 25 at 12:00 p.m., Montreal General Hospital, Livingston Hall, L7-140
October 26
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
Thursday, October 26, 3:00 – 4:30 p.m., Dep. of Psychiatry, Ludmer Building, room #1.
October 27
1st Annual JGH - CIUSSS West-Central Montreal Geriatric Psychiatry Academic Day
Healthy aging: Improving depression, anxiety and cognition in the geriatric population
Friday, October 27, 8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
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October 30
Neuroscience for Mental Health Seminars
Regulation of goal directed behavior and habits by cholinergicinterneurons from the dorsal striatum: implication for eating disorders - An example of networking teams at the Douglas
Dr. Salah ElMestikawy, Ph.D., ۲ݮƵ Department of Psychiatry
Monday, October 30 , 11:00 a.m. Bowerman Room, Dobell, B-1127, Douglas Institute
October 30
Epidemiology Seminar Series
Video games, gamification and mental health: A new frontier for public health research
Manuela Ferrari, PhD, Douglas Institute
Monday, October 30, 4:00 – 5:00 p.m., McIntyre, Meakins Rm 521
September 2017
September 6
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
Wednesday, September 6, 8:00 a.m.- 9:00 a.m., MUHC Research Institute Auditorium, room E.S1.1129
September 11
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
Monday, September 11, 12:00 – 1:00 p.m., (RI-MUHC) Glen Site, RI Auditorium, E.S1-1129
September 12
Killam Seminar Series
Clinical research of aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage in a single center setting
Hitoshi Fukuda, Kochi University Hospital
Tuesday, September 12 at 4:00 p.m., de Grandpré Communications Centre, MNI
September 14
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Education Day
Presentations will range from clinical presentations from expert physicians, members of the multidisciplinary ALS team, community care providers with experience in treating patients with ALS, and employees of the ALS Society of Quebec. The day will conclude with a public lecture given by Dr. Angela Genge on clinical trials in ALS.
September 18
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
Monday, September 18 , 11:00 a.m., Bowerman Room, Dobell, B-1127, Douglas Insitute
September 19
MUHC Medical Grand Rounds
Brawn and brain: A case of musculo-neural proportions
Dr. Mathew Cherian, Dr. David Pellerin & Dr. Kelita Singh
Tuesday, September 19, 12:00 – 1:00 p.m., Glen, room DS1.1427;QEHC conference room 183 & Lachine Hospital Salle Charles Gallant room 4B2
September 21
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 - ۲ݮƵ
Thursday, September 21, 3:00 – 5:00 p.m., Ludmer Building, room #1
September 21
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
Thursday, September 21, 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m., C. Martin Amphitheatre, McIntyre Building
September 25
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
Monday, September 25 , 11:00 a.m.(Bowerman Room, Dobell, B-1127)
September 27
BRaIN (Brain Repair and Integrative Neuroscience) Seminar Series
Harnessing physiological signals to enhance the personhood of non-communicative individuals
Dr. Stefanie Blain-Moraes, ۲ݮƵ School of Physical & Occupational Therapy
Wednesday, September 27 at 12:00 p.m., Montreal General Hospital, Livingston Hall, L7-140
September 27
CPD/CME Wednesday E-Learning Series (WELS): Webinar only
Neurology
Functional neurological disorders
Dr. Jessica Kovitz-Lensch
Wednesday, September27, 12:00 - 1:00 p.m., C. Martin Amphitheatre, McIntyre Building
September 28
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
Thursday, September 28, 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m., C. Martin Amphitheatre, McIntyre Building
September 28
Ludmer Centre Public Lecture
Alzheimer’s & dementia research powered by big data
Thursday, September 28, 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm, Palmer Theatre, McIntyre Building
September 29
Physiology Seminar Series
Internally organized mechanisms of the brain's navigation system
Dr. Adrien Peyrache, MNI
Friday, September 29 at 11:00 a.m., Room 1034, McIntyre
August 2017
August 17
Healthy Brains for Healthy Lives workshop
As part of ۲ݮƵ’s Healthy Brains for Healthy Lives (HBHL) initiative a 1-day workshop will be held on August 17, 2017 at the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital (de Grandpré Communications Centre).
This workshop will be focused on Neuroinformatics, one of the four main HBHL themes. With invited speakers from across ۲ݮƵ University, the Université de Montreal, Concordia University and the Lady Davis Institute, the workshop goals will be to identify current strengths and needs of neuroinformatics-related research and to launch collaborative projects.
This workshop is open to all research scientists, fellows and students.
To register:
August 24-25
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.
July 2017
July 10-11
Healthy Brains for Healthy Lives (HBHL) Workshop
Mechanistic models of neurodegenerative disorders
With over 20 invited speakers from across ۲ݮƵ 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.
July 17
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
Monday, July 17 , 11:00 a.m.(Bowerman Room, Dobell, B-1127)
June 2017
June 5
CANCELLED Feindel Brain Imaging Lecture Series
Neuroimaging in frontotemporal dementia: Current and future directions
Dr. Simon Ducharme, MNI
Monday, June 5at 1:00 p.m., de Grandpré Communications Centre, MNI
June 6
Killam Seminar Series
Imaging the lesion in Multiple Sclerosis
Dr. Daniel S. Reich
Tuesday,June 6at 4:00 p.m., de Grandpré Communications Centre, MNI
June 7
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
Wednesday,June 7,8:00 a.m.- 9:00 a.m., MUHC Research Institute Auditorium, room E.S1.1129
June 12
Feindel Brain Imaging Lecture Series
Effects of olfactory training on measures of functional and structural brain imaging
Dr. Johannes Frasnelli, Anatomy Dept, UQTR
Monday,June 12at 1:00 p.m., de Grandpré Communications Centre, MNI
June 19
Feindel Brain Imaging Lecture Series
New PET radiopharmaceuticals and targets for imaging neurodegenerative diseases
Dr. Neil Vasdev, Associate Professor of Radiology, Harvard Medical School
Monday, June 19 at 1:00p.m., de Grandpré Communications Centre, MNI
June 26
Douglas Institute - Special Seminar
SHANK3 mutations in mouse and monkey as models for autism spectrum disorders
Yang Zhou, Ph.D. Post-doctoral fellow, MIT
Monday June 26 2017, 11:00, Bowerman Room (B-1127), Douglas Institute
May 2017
May 1
Neuroscience for Mental Health Seminars
Gene expression variations as biomarkers of antidepressant response
Raoul Belzeaux, Ph.D., MGSS and Aix-Marseille Université, France
Monday, May 1 2017, 11:00, Bowerman Room (B-1127), Douglas Institute
May 1
Pharmacology and Therapeutics Seminar Series
Translational control by eIF4E of Fragile X syndrome
Dr. Nahum Sonenberg, Department of Biochemistry
Monday,May 1, 12:00 - 1:00p.m., Room 1345, McIntyre Building
May 1
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
Monday, May 1, 12:00 - 1:00p.m., Glen Site, RI Auditorium, E.S1-1129
May 1
Feindel Brain Imaging Lecture Series
Brain properties predisposing to chronic pain
Etienne Vachon-Presseau, Northwestern University
Monday,May 1at 12:45 p.m., de Grandpré Communications Centre, MNI
May 1
Brenda Milner Lecture & Neuropsychology Day
20th annual Brenda Milner neurocognitive lecture
Dr. Adrian Owen, University of Western Ontario
Monday May 1st, 4:30 PM
May 1 - June 22
۲ݮƵ Summer Program in Social and Cultural Psychiatry
May 2
Feindel Brain Imaging Lecture Series
Introducing the BIC's new platform for data hosting and collaboration
Ted Strauss, MNI
Tuesday,May2at 12:00 p.m., de Grandpré Communications Centre, MNI
May 2
Killam Seminar Series
Novel strategies to promote nerve regeneration
Dr. Dietmar Fischer, Heinrich-Heine University
Tuesday, May 2, 4:00 - 5:00 p.m., de Grandpré Communications Centre, MNI
May 3
Cultural Psychiatry Day
Trauma and resilience among Syrian refugees
Keynote speakers: Drs. Ghayda Hassan (Université du Québec à Montréal) & Laurence Kirmayer (۲ݮƵ University)
Wednesday,May 3, 1:30 - 4:30 p.m., ICFP Amphitheatre (4333 Côte-Ste-Catherine Rd)
May 3
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
Wednesday,May 3 at 4:00 p.m., MGH, Room A-131
May 3
St. Mary’s-۲ݮƵ 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.
Wednesday,May 3, 5:00 - 7:30 p.m.
May 8
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
Monday, May 8 , 11:00 a.m., Bowerman Room, Dobell, B-1127, Douglas Institute
May 8
RI-MUHC Pediatric Research Seminar
Do anesthetics damage developing brains? The neurotoxicity dilemma
Dr. Davinia E. Withington, ۲ݮƵ Departments of Anesthesia & Pediatrics
Monday,May 8, 12:00 - 1:00 p.m., (RI-MUHC) Glen Site, RI Auditorium, E.S1-1129
May 8
Feindel Brain Imaging Lecture Series
What can the neuroimaging community learn from monkey research and vice versa
Sebastien Tremblay, MNI
Monday,May 8at 1:00 p.m., de Grandpré Communications Centre, MNI
May 9
Killam Seminar Series
GABAergic synapses as possible targets of autism spectrum disorders
Dr. Enrico Cherubini, SISSA, Trieste, Italy
Tuesday, May 9 at 4:00 p.m., de Grandpré Communications Centre, MNI
May 10
Neuroscience Seminar Series
Imaging and controlling cell assemblies during learning and memory
Dr. Sylvain Williams, ۲ݮƵ Department of Psychiatry
Wednesday,May 10at 12:00 p.m., Montreal General Hosp., Livingston Hall, L7-140
May 10
Neuro Film Series
About ‘When I Walk’
Wednesday,May 10at 6:30 p.m.
May 11
Neuroscience Seminar Series
Synaptic learning rules and their role in circuit function
Dr. Aparna Suvrathan, Dept of Neurobiology, Stanford University
Thursday,May 11at 4:00 p.m., Montreal General Hosp., Livingston Hall, L7-140
May 11
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
May 12 - 13
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.
May 15
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)
Monday, May 15 2017, 11:00, Bowerman Room (B-1127), Douglas Institute
May 15
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
Monday,May 15at 1:00 p.m., de Grandpré Communications Centre, MNI
May 17
Neuroscience Seminar Series
Fly vision and its application to neurological disease
Dr. Alex Wade, Dept of Psychology, University of York
Wednesday,May 17at 12:00 p.m., Montreal General Hosp., Livingston Hall, L7-140
May 18-21
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.
May 23
Killam Seminar Series
TRIM proteins direct neuronal morphogenesis
Dr. Stephanie Gupton, University of North Carolina Neuroscience Center
Tuesday, May23 at 4:00 p.m., de Grandpré Communications Centre, MNI
May 24
Neuroscience Seminar Series
Internally organized mechanisms of the brain's navigation system
Dr. Adrien Peyrache, MNI
Wednesday,May24at 12:00 p.m., Montreal General Hosp., Livingston Hall, L7-140
May 25
8th Annual Albert Aguayo Lecture
Hardwired circuits in the mammalian brain
Charles Zuker, PhD, Columbia University
Thursday,May25 at 4:00 p.m., de Grandpré Communications Centre, MNI
May 29
Neuroscience for Mental Health Seminars
Dynamic measures of neurochemistry and metabolism using in vivo magnetic resonance spectroscopy
Jamie Near, Ph.D., Assistant professor, ۲ݮƵ Department of Psychiatry
Monday, May 29 2017, 11:00, Bowerman Room (B-1127), Douglas Institute
May 29
RI-MUHC Pediatric Research Seminar
Genome to outcome: Updates on an integrated cohort study for autism and related conditions
Mayada Elsabbagh, PhD, ۲ݮƵ Department of Psychiatry
Monday, May 29, 12:00 - 1:00 p.m., Glen Site, RI Auditorium, E.S1-1129
May 29
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
Monday,May 29, 4:00 - 5:00 p.m., EM1.3509, Meakins-Christie
May 31
Feindel Brain Imaging Lecture Series
Multimodal imaging of the aging brain
Dr. Sylvia Villeneuve, ۲ݮƵ Department of Psychiatry
Wednesday,May31at 1:00 p.m., de Grandpré Communications Centre, MNI
May 31
Department of Psychiatry Public Lecture
What can we do to prevent mental illness?
Dr. Rudolf Uher, Department of Psychiatry, Dalhousie University
Wednesday,May 31, 4:30 - 6:30 p.m., The Palmer Amphitheatre, rm 522, McIntyre
April 2017
April 1
Parkinson's Awareness Month
I Medici of ۲ݮƵ is offering an afternoon of French music for the Quebec Parkinson Network.
April 1-2
۲ݮƵ 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.
April 3
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
Monday, April 3 2017, 11:00, Bowerman Room (B-1127), Douglas Institute
April 3
Feindel Brain Imaging Lecture Series
7-T Scanner Update, Part 1
Drs. Rick Hoge and Louis Collins, MNI
Monday,April 3at 1:00 p.m., De Grandpré Communications Centre, MNI
April 4
Killam Seminar Series
Genetic and pathological substrates of psychosis in Alzheimer's disease
Dr. David Munoz, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario
Tuesday, April 4, 4:00 - 5:00 p.m., De Grandpré Communications Centre, MNI
April 5
Neuroscience Seminar Series
Is the thalamus driving or modulating the visual cortex?
Dr. Christian Casanova, Optometry, Université de Montréal
Wednesday,April5 at 12:00 p.m., Montreal General Hosp., Livingston Hall, L7-140
April 5
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
Wednesday,April5 at 4:00 p.m., Jeanne Timmins Amphitheatre, MNI
April 5
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
Wednesday,April5, 4:00 - 5:00p.m., De Grandpré Communications Centre, MNI
April 6
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
April 10
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
Monday, April 10 , 11:00 a.m., Bowerman Room, Dobell, B-1127, Douglas Institute
April 10
Pharmacology & Therapeutics Seminar
Arginine methylation and QUAKING as regulators of CNS myelineation
Dr. Stéphane Richard, ۲ݮƵ Departments of Oncology and Medicine
Monday, April 10 at 12:00 p.m., Room 1345, McIntyre Building
April 10
Feindel Brain Imaging Lecture Series
7-T Scanner Update, Part 2
Drs. Rick Hoge and Louis Collins, MNI
Monday, April10 at 1:00 p.m., de Grandpré Communications Centre, MNI
April 11
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
Tuesday, April 11 2017, 10:00, Bowerman Room (B-1127), Douglas Institute
April 11
Killam Seminar Series
The potential of quantitative fMRI
Dr. Richard B. Buxton, University of California
Tuesday, April 11, 4:00 - 5:00 p.m., de Grandpré Communications Centre, MNI
April 12
Cognition and Circuits Seminar Series
Investigating the neural correlates of context memory across the adult lifespan
Natasha Rajah, PhD, Director, Brain Imaging Centre
Wednesday,April12, 4:00 - 5:00p.m., de Grandpré Communications Centre, MNI
April 12
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.
Wednesday,April 12, 5:00 - 7:00 p.m.
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April 18
Pharmacology & Therapeutics Seminar
Molecular mechanisms of synaptic neurotransmitter release
Dr. Axel T. Brunger, Professor and Chair, Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Stanford University
Tuesday,April18 at 12:00 p.m., Charles F Martin Amphitheatre, Room 504, McIntyre
April 18
Feindal Brain Imaging Lecture Series
BIC Tools
Ted Strauss, MNI
Tuesday, April 18 at 1:30 pm, de Grandpré Communications Centre, MNI
April 18
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
Tuesday April 18 at 4 p.m., Jeanne Timmins Amphitheatre of the Neuro.
April 24
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
Monday, April24 at 1:00 p.m., de Grandpré Communications Centre, MNI
April 25
Killam Seminar Series
Neuron-glia metabolic coupling: Relevance for neuronal plasticity and neuroprotection
Dr. Pierre Magistretti, Brain Mind Institute
Tuesday, April 25, 4:00 - 5:00 p.m., de Grandpré Communications Centre, MNI
April 26
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
Wednesday,April 26, 8:00 a.m.- 9:00 a.m., MUHC Research Institute Auditorium, room E.S1.1129
April 26
Anatomy & Cell Biology Seminar Series
Arginine methylation and QUAKING as regulators of CNS myelination
Dr. Stéphane Richard, Professor of Medicine & Oncology
Wednesday, April 26,11:30 a.m.- 12:30 p.m., Strathcona Anatomy Building, 3640 University Street, Room 2/36
April 26
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
Wednesday,April 26 at 12:00 p.m., Montreal General Hosp., Livingston Hall, L7-140
April 26
Feindel Brain Imaging Lecture Series
Surface-based structural MRI for lesion detection and extra-lesional pathology in epilepsy
Sophie Adler, University College London
Wednesday, April26 at 1:00 p.m., de Grandpré Communications Centre, MNI
April 28
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
Friday,April 28, 11:00 a.m. - 12:00p.m., Room 1034, McIntyre
March 2017
March 1
Neuroscience Seminar Series
Wiring the brain: Cellular and molecular mechanisms of neural circuit formation
Dr. Won Chan Oh, Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience
Wednesday,March 1 at 12:00 p.m., Montreal General Hosp., Livingston Hall, L7-140
March 6
Neuroscience for Mental Health Seminars
Translational neuroimaging and computational neuroanatomy for neuropsychiatric disorders
Dr. Mallar Chakravarty, Ph.D., Douglas Institute
Monday, March 6 , 11:00 a.m., Bowerman Room, Dobell, B-1127, Douglas Institute
March 6
Pharmacology & Therapeutics Seminar Series
From physiopathology of ALS to experimental therapeutics
Dr. Jean-Pierre Julien, Laval Université
Monday, March6 at 12:00 p.m., Room 1345, McIntyre
March 6
Feindel Brain Imaging Lecture Series
Big Brain: Automated analysis of laminar structure in the cerebral cortex
Konrad Wagstyl, Cambridge Neuroscience, UK
Monday, March6 at 1:00 p.m., de Grandpré Communications Centre, MNI
March 7
Killam Seminar Series
Neural circuits of dexterity
Adam W. Hantman, Janelia Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Ashburn, US
Tuesday, March 7, 4:00 - 5:00 p.m., de Grandpré Communications Centre, MNI
March 8
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
Wednesday,March 8, 8:00 a.m.- 9:00 a.m., MUHC, Research Institute Auditorium, room E.S1.1129
March 9
Centre for Applied Mathematics in Bioscience and Medicine (CAMBAM) Seminar
Modeling temporal changes in excitability associated with cerebellar interneurons
Ryan Alexander, ۲ݮƵ
Thursday,March 9 at 3:30 p.m., Room 1101 McIntyre
March 10
Physiology Seminar Series
Pharmacological chaperones of the Dopamine Transporter rescue Dopamine Transporter Deficiency Syndrome mutations
Dr. Ali Salahpour, Pharmacology & Toxicology, University of Toronto
Friday,March10 at 11:00 a.m., Room 1034 McIntyre
March 10
12th Annual JGH Department of Psychiatry Research Day
There should be an App for that: The promise of technology for mental health
March 13
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
Monday, March 13 , 11:00 a.m., Bowerman Room, Dobell, B-1127, Douglas Institute
March 13
CANCELLED: Pharmacology & Therapeutics Seminar Series
Prions, pre-prions and a prion-like neurodegenerative disease
David Westaway, Ph.D, Professor Neurology, University of Alberta
Monday, March 13 at 12:00 p.m.
March 13
Feindel Brain Imaging Lecture Series
Imaging microstructure In heterogeneous white matter
Jennifer Campbell, Ph.D., MNI
Monday, March13 at 1:00 p.m., de Grandpré Communications Centre, MNI
March 14
Killam Seminar Series
It takes two to tango: Presynaptic and postsynaptic participation in persistent plasticity
Sam Schacher, Columbia University, New York, NY
Tuesday, March 14, 4:00 - 5:00 p.m., de Grandpré Communications Centre, MNI
March 15
CPD/CME Wednesday E-Learning Series (WELS): Webinar only
Mental health and social media
Dr. Melissa Pickles
Wednesday,March15, 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
March 16
CPD/CME Thursday Evening Learning Series (TELS): Face-to-Face and Webinar
Approach to examining patients with common neurological problems
Dr. Stuart Lubarsky
Thursday,March16, 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
March 17
Olympus Discovery Center at the Douglas Institute
Inauguration Day - March 17, 2017
The Inauguration Day and Keynote Lecture are open to all with an interest in high-end microscopy in neuroscience or related fields (e.g., principal investigators, microscopy facility managers, post-doctoral students), however advance registration is compulsory.
Deadline is March 10, 2017
March 20
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
Monday, March 20 2016, 11:00, Bowerman Room (B-1127), Douglas Institute
March 20
Pharmacology & Therapeutics Seminar Series
Multiple sclerosis: a treatable neurodegenerative disease?
Dr. Jack Antel, MNI
Monday, March20 at 12:00 p.m., Room 1345, McIntyre
March 20
RI-MUHC Pediatric Research Seminar
CATCHing Intracranial Injuries: which kids need a CT?
Dr. Martin Osmond, Professor of Pediatrics, University of Ottawa
Monday, March 20, 12:00 - 1:00 p.m., Glen Site, RI Auditorium, E.S1-1129
March 20
Feindel Brain Imaging Lecture Series
Alcohol, nicotine, amphetamine and cocaine: A potential dopamine-related vulnerability pathway to addictions
Dr. Marco Leyton, ۲ݮƵ Department of Psychology
Monday, March 20 at 1:00 p.m., de Grandpré Communications Centre, MNI
March 20
Neuroscience Seminar Series
Modeling neurodevelopmental disorders in mice and monkeys with shank3 mutations
Dr. Yang Zhou, The McGovern Institute,MIT
Monday, March20 at 4:00 p.m., Montreal General Hosp., Livingston Hall, L7-140
March 21
Killam Seminar Series
Epilepsy genetics in clinical practice: Today and tomorrow
Sanjay M. Sisodiya, UCLA Institute of Neurology
Tuesday, March 21, 4:00 - 5:00 p.m., de Grandpré Communications Centre, MNI
March 22
Pediatric Medical Grand Rounds
Technologies for enhancing interaction and assessing consciousness in behaviourally unresponsive children
Stephanie Blain-Moraes, PhD, ۲ݮƵ School of Physical and Occupational Therapy
Wednesday,March 22, 8:00 a.m.- 9:00 a.m.,MUHC, Research Institute Auditorium, room E.S1.1129
March 22
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
Wednesday,March 22 at 4:00 p.m., Montreal General Hospital Room A5-131
March 23
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
Thursday, March 23, 3:00, Perry Pavilion (E-3517), Douglas Institute
March 23
Centre for Applied Mathematics in Bioscience and Medicine (CAMBAM) Seminar
Sensory adaptation to behaviourally-relevant stimuli in the electrosensory system
Chengjie Huang, ۲ݮƵ
Thursday,March23 at 3:30 p.m., Room 110, McIntyre
March 25
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.
Saturday,March25, 9:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
March 27
Neuroscience for Mental Health Seminar
Anatomical and functional predispositions to chronic pain and placebo response
Dr. Étienne Vachon-Presseau, Ph.D., Northwestern University
Monday, March 27 , 11:00 a.m., Bowerman Room, Dobell, B-1127, Douglas Institute
March 27
Feindel Brain Imaging Lecture Series
Dynamic measures of neurochemistry and metabolism using in vivo magnetic resonance spectroscopy
Dr. Jamie Near, ۲ݮƵ Psychiatry Department
Monday, March27 at 1:00 p.m., de Grandpré Communications Centre, MNI
March 28
Killam Seminar Series
Parietal mechanisms for spatial constancy
Dr. Michael E. Goldberg, Columbia University, New York
Tuesday, March 28, 4:00 - 5:00 p.m., de Grandpré Communications Centre, MNI
March 29
CPD/CME Wednesday E-Learning Series (WELS): Webinar only
Alcohol and substance abuse: What is new in addiction?
Dr. David Luckow
Wednesday,March29, 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
March 29
Neuroscience Seminar Series
The phenomenon of receptive field remapping in primate visual area V4 and its role in trans-saccadic vision
Dr. Sujaya Neupanem, MNI
Wednesday,March 29 at 12:00 p.m., Montreal General Hosp., Livingston Hall, L7-140
March 30
Centre for Applied Mathematics in Bioscience and Medicine (CAMBAM) Seminar
Auditory streaming and the cocktail party problem
Dr. John Rinzel, New York University
Thursday,March30 at 3:30 p.m., Room 110, McIntyre
March 31
Physiology 12th Undergraduate Research Day
Adventures in auditory sensory transduction, structure and function
Dr. Jeffrey Holt, Ph.D, Havard University
Friday,March31 at 11:45 a.m., Room 1034, McIntyre
February 2017
February 1
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, Deptof Psychology, Cornell University
Wednesday,February1 at 12:00 p.m., Montreal General Hosp., Livingston Hall, L7-140
February 2
School of Communication Sciences & Disorders (SCSD) Research Talk
Challenges and innovative strategies in aphasia rehabilitation
Anna Zumbansen, PhD, Lady Davis Institute Jewish General Hospital
Thursday,February2, 3:00 - 4:00 p.m., Room #869, 8th Floor 2001 ۲ݮƵ College Avenue
February 2
Centre for Applied Mathematics in Bioscience and Medicine (CAMBAM) Seminar
Canards and neural excitability
Dr. John Mitry, ۲ݮƵ+University of Sydney
Thursday,February2 at 3:30 p.m., Room 1101 McIntyre
February 6
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
Monday, February 6 , 11:00 a.m. Bowerman Room, Dobell, B-1127, MNI
February 6
Pharmacology & Therapeutics Seminar Series
Vascular factors in Alzheimer's disease: interventions and cognitive benefits
Dr. Edith Hamel, ۲ݮƵ Department of Neurology & Neurosurgery
Monday, February6 at 12:00p.m., Room 1345, McIntyre Building
February 6
Neuroscience Seminar Series
Developmental dysfunction of VIP interneurons impairs cortical circuits
Dr. Renata Batista-Brito, Dept of Neurosciences, Yale University
Monday, February 6 at 12:00p.m., Montreal General Hosp., Livingston Hall, L7-140
February 6
Lady Davis Institute & Department of Biochemistry ۲ݮƵ 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
Monday, February 6, 4:00 - 5:00p.m., Martin Theatre, Room 504, McIntyre
February 8
Anatomy & Cell Biology Seminar Series
Anatomical and functional dissection of neuron-astrocyte interactions in the mature brain
Dr. Keith Murai, ۲ݮƵ Department of Neurology & Neurosurgery
Wednesday, February8 at 11:30 a.m., Room 2/36
February 8
Neuroscience Seminar Series
Diet induced neuroplasticity in the orbitofrontal cortex
Dr. Stephanie L. Borgland, Hotchkiss Brain Institute,University of Calgary
Wednesday, February8 at 12:00 p.m., Montreal General Hosp., Livingston Hall, L7-140
February 8
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.
Wednesday, February8, 6:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m., de Grandpre Communications Centre, MNI
February 9
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
Thursday, February9, 3:00 - 4:00 p.m., Room 869, 2001 ۲ݮƵ College Avenue
February 13
Pharmacology & Therapeutics Seminar Series
Predicting Parkinson’s disease: The new frontier
Dr. Ronald Postuma, Associate Professor, Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery
Monday, February 13 at 12:00 p.m., Room 1345, McIntyre
February 13
Feindel Brain Imaging Lecture Series
Individual-level parcellation of Broca's region based on resting-state functional connectivity
Estrid Jakobsen, MNI
Monday, February 13 at 1:00 p.m., de Grandpré Communications Centre, MNI
February 14
Killam Seminar Series
Molecular physiology of pain: From calcium channel trafficking to optogenetics
Dr. Gerald Zamponi, Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary
Tuesday, February 14, 4:00 - 5:00 p.m., de Grandpré Communications Centre, MNI
February 15
Neuroscience Seminar Series
Remodeling of synaptic signaling during homeostatic scaling and sleep
Dr. Graham Diering, Johns Hopkins University, Department of Neuroscience
Wednesday, February 15 at 12:00 p.m., Montreal General Hosp., Livingston Hall, L7-140
February 15
IDIGH Work-in-Progress (WIP) Lunch Seminar
Neuroinflammation, cell death and viral control in a model of herpes simplex encephalitis
Mathieu Mancini (Supervisor: Sylvia Vidal)
Wednesday, February 15, 12:00 - 1:00p.m., RI-MUHC
February 15
Cognition and Circuits Lecture Series
Language learning experience and brain organization
Dr. Denise Klein, Associate Professor, Dept Neurology & Neurosurgery
Wednesday, February 15, 4:00 - 5:00 p.m., De Grandpré Communications Centre, MNI
February 17
Convergence, Perceptions of Neuroscience
Public lecture: Sensory
February 17, 3:00-4:00 PM, Montreal General Hospital, 1650 Cedar Av, at the Lounge (L6 500)
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February 20
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., ۲ݮƵ Dept of Neurology and Neurosurgery
Monday, February 20 , 11:00 a.m., Bowerman Room, Dobell, B-1127, Douglas Institute
February 20
Feindel Brain Imaging Lecture Series
Resting-state networks in Alzheimer’s disease: A meta-analysis
AmanPreet Badhwar
Monday, February20 at 1:00p.m., de Grandpré Communications Centre, MNI
February 21
Killam Seminar Series
Neuroimaging of pain and distress: From biomarkers to brain representation
Dr. Tor Wager, University of Colorado at Boulder
Tuesday, February 21, 4:00 - 5:00 p.m., de Grandpré Communications Centre, MNI
February 22
Neuroscience Seminar Series
Inhibitory circuit gating of auditory cortical plasticity
Dr. Anne Takesian, Boston Children's Hospital & Harvard University
Wednesday, February22 at 12:00p.m., Montreal General Hosp., Livingston Hall, L7-140
February 22
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
Wednesday, February22 at 4:00p.m., MGH Room A5-131
February 22
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
Wednesday, February 22, 4:00 - 5:00 p.m., de Grandpré Communications Centre, MNI
February 22
Neuro Film Series
Mr. Holmes (2015)
Host: Dr. AmanPreet Badhwar
Wednesday, February 22, 6:30 pm
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February 28
Killam Seminar Series
Cerebral vasospasm: Pathogenesis and pharmacological treatment
Dr. Hidetoshi Kasuya, Tokyo Women's Medical University
Tuesday, February 28, 4:00 - 5:00 p.m., de Grandpré Communications Centre, MNI
January 2017
January 9
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
Monday, January 9 , 11:00 a.m.(Bowerman Room, Dobell, B-1127)
January 11
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
Wednesday, January 11 at 11:30 a.m., Strathcona Anatomy Building, Room 2/36
January 11
Neuroscience Seminar Series
The effect of bright light exposure and/or birth asphyxia on the primary visual pathways of the newborn
Dr. Pierre Lachapelle, ۲ݮƵ Dept of Ophthalmology
Wednesday, January 11 at 12:00 p.m., MGH, Livingston Hall, L7-140
January 16
Neuroscience for Mental Health Seminars
Involvement of inhibitory neuronal networks in focal seizure onset
Dr. Massimo Avoli, Ph.D., Concordia Department of Psychology
Monday, January 16 , 11:00 a.m., Bowerman Room, Dobell, B-1127, Douglas Institute
January 17
Killam Seminar Series
Mitotic inhibition in malignant brain tumors
Dr. Roberto Jose Diaz, MNI
Tuesday, January17 at 4:00 p.m., de Grandpré Communications Centre, MNI
January 18
Neuroscience Seminar Series
Circuit mechanisms underlying action selection
Dr. Tomoko Ohyama, ۲ݮƵ Department of Biology
Wednesday, January18 at 12:00p.m., Montreal General Hosp., Livingston Hall, L7-140
January 24
Killam Seminar Series
Progressive myoclonus epilepsies - From gene defects to disease mechanisms
Dr. Anna-Elina Lehesjoki, University of Helsinki
Tuesday, January 24 at 4:00 p.m., de Grandpré Communications Centre, MNI
January 25
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
Wednesday, January25 at 12:00 p.m., Montreal General Hosp., Livingston Hall, L7-140
January 25
Institute for Health and Social Policy (IHSP) Seminar
Early intervention in youth mental health: Gaps old and new?
Dr. Jai Shah, Douglas Hospital
Wednesday, January 25, 12:30 – 2:00 p.m., Charles Meredith House, Conference Room
January 25
۲ݮƵ 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
Wednesday, January25, 7:00 p.m. - 9:00p.m.
January 26
21st Annual ۲ݮƵ Pain Day
Each year, the Alan Edwards Centre for Research on Pain (AECRP) hosts ۲ݮƵ University's PAIN DAY, a day for health care professionals and trainees in the treatment and study of pain.
January 27
۲ݮƵ 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.
January 30
Neuroscience for Mental Health Seminars
Memory as a Therapeutic Target
Dr. Karim Nader, James ۲ݮƵ Professor
Monday, January 23 , 11:00 a.m.(Bowerman Room, Dobell, B-1127)
January 30
Feindel Brain Imaging Lecture Series
Neural correlates of anesthesia-induced unconsciousness
Dr. Stefanie Blain-Moraes, ۲ݮƵ Scde Grandpré Communications Centre, MNIhool of PTOT
Monday, January 30 at 1:00 p.m., de Grandpré Communications Centre, MNI
January 30
Town Hall
Healthy Brains for Healthy Lives
Scientific Director Dr. Alan C. Evans will present, as well as Dr. Robert Zatorre,Dynamic Brain theme leader;Dr. Guy Rouleau, Mechanisms of Neurodegenerative Disease theme leader;and Dr. Michael Meaney, Population Neuroscience and Brain Health theme leader.
January 31
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
Tuesday, January31 at 4:00 p.m., de Grandpré Communications Centre, MNI