BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//132.216.98.100//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.20.4// BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20250430T054031EDT-5960zuSvGU@132.216.98.100 DTSTAMP:20250430T094031Z DESCRIPTION:Scientific Day: McConnell Brain Imaging Centre - 40th anniversa ry\n\nHonouring the past\, transforming the future\n\n\nRegistration is fr ee but mandatory. Secure your spot now! Register here.\n\nThis is an eco-r esponsible event. Registered participants will receive a reusable coffee m ug on site.\n\n\n\n\nJoin us for an inspiring event that celebrates our ri ch history while looking forward to the innovations of tomorrow. We’ll fea ture insightful talks and panel discussions with previous directors\, este emed BIC faculty members\, and distinguished keynote speakers. Engaging di scussions on the journey and future of the McConnell Brain Imaging Centre. \n\n\n\n \n \n \n We are proud to announce that our event has been awarded a G old Sustainable Event certification by the ´ó·¢²ÊƱƽ̨ Sustainable Events progr am run by the ´ó·¢²ÊƱƽ̨ Office of Sustainability.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\nOpportun ity for BIC faculty students to showcase their work through poster present ations (limited space available).\n\n\nCelebrating 40 Years of Vision: The McConnell Brain Imaging Centre\n\nForty years ago\, Dr. William Feindel h ad a groundbreaking vision to visualize the unseen pathology of the centra l nervous system\, paving the way for enhanced care for patients with neur ological conditions. This vision led to the establishment of the McConnell Brain Imaging Centre (BIC) at the Montreal Neurological Institute\, McGil l University.\n\nTo commemorate this significant milestone\, we are deligh ted to announce three days of events:\n\n\n Scientific Day on November 19\, 2024 at the Jeanne Timmins Amphitheatre\, The Neuro. Lectures from 08:00 - 18:30.\n Conférences Publiques on November 23\, 2024 at the Bibliothèque et Archives Nationales du Québec (BANQ). Cours en français de 13h à 14h30. \n Public Lectures on November 23\, 2024 at the Bibliothèque et Archives Na tionales du Québec (BANQ). Lectures in English from 14:30 - 16:00.\n Open H ouse Day on December 7\, 2024 at The McConnell Brain Imaging Centre (BIC)\ , The Neuro. Tours from 09:00 - 13:00.\n\n\nWe look forward to honouring o ur past together and envisioning a transformative future with you!\n\n\n\n \n Program\n Trainee Poster Session\n Location\n Organizing Committee\n Sponsor s\n \n\n \n Program\n\n \n \n \n 8:00\n Registration & Breakfast\n \n \n 9:00\n \n Welc ome & Opening Remarks\n\n Julien Doyon\, PhD\, Director of the McConnell Br ain Imaging Centre\n\n Lesley Fellows\, MDCM DPhil\, Vice-President (Health Affairs)\, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences\n\n Guy A Rou leau\, OC OQ MD PhD FRCP(C) FRSC\, Director of The Neuro\n \n \n \n 9:20\n \n Pa st\, Present and Future of the BIC\n\n Julien Doyon\, PhD\n \n \n \n 9:35\n \n Ho nouring the past: Roundtable with Former Directors\n\n Antoine Hakim\, OC M D PhD\n\n Albert Gjedde\, MD DSc\n\n Alan Charles Evans\, PhD\n\n Bruce G. Pi ke\, PhD\n\n Sylvain Baillet\, PhD\n\n Julien Doyon\, PhD\n \n \n \n 10:15\n Brea k\n \n \n 10:40\n \n Transforming the future (Part #1)\n\n Christine Tardif\, Ph D\n\n Boris Bernhardt\, PhD\n\n Bratislav Misic\, PhD\n\n Nathan Spreng\, PhD \n\n Louis Collins\, PhD\n\n Sam Audrain\, PhD\n\n Xiaoqian Chai\, PhD\n\n Yas ser Iturria-Medina\, PhD\n \n \n \n 12:00\n \n Lunch & Posters of BIC Students a nd Postdocs\n \n \n \n 1:10\n \n Videos: Brenda Milner and former BIC Students a nd Postdocs\n \n \n \n 1:20\n \n Keynote lecture: Marta Bianciardi\, PhD\n\n Brai nstem nuclei atlasing and connectomics: an opportunity for neuroscience an d brainstem-related disorders\n\n Associate Professor of Radiology\, Harvar d Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital\n Director Brainstem Im aging Laboratory\, Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging\n Af filiate Faculty\, Harvard Medical School\, Division of Sleep Medicine\n \n \n \n 2:00\n \n Transforming the future (Part #2)\n\n Neda Ladbon-Bernasconi\, MD PhD\n\n Udunna Anazodo\, PhD\n\n Alain Dagher\, MD\n\n Dana Small\, PhD\n \n Sylvia Villeneuve\, PhD\n\n Pedro Rosa-Neto\, MD PhD\n\n Marco Leyton\, Ph D\n\n Maiya Rachel Geddes\, MD\n \n \n \n 3:20\n Break\n \n \n 3:45\n \n Keynote lect ure: Jon Stoessl\, CM MD FRCPC FCAHS\n\n Molecular imaging insights into pa thogenesis\, progression and complications of Parkinson’s\n\n Professor of Neurology\n Editor-in-Chief Movement Disorders Pacific Parkinson’s Research Centre & Parkinson’s Foundation Centre of Excellence University of Britis h Columbia\n \n \n \n 4:25\n \n Keynote lecture: Bruce R. Rosen\, MD PhD\n\n Next generation brain observatories\n\n Director of the Athinoula A. Martinos C enter for Biomedical Imaging\n Massachusetts General Hospital\n Laurence Lam son Robbins Professor of Radiology Harvard Medical School\n \n \n \n 5:10\n \n C losing Remarks\n \n \n \n 5:15\n \n Wine & Cheese & Posters of BIC Students and Postdocs\n \n \n \n \n\n Poster Presentation Program\n\n \n Arnold Lab\, Emily Fe tco\, R2Star U-Net.\n Arnold Lab\, Bastien Caba\, When\, Where\, and How? O ptimizing a Methodological Recipe for Measuring Conversion of New Lesions to Chronic Black Holes\n Bernasconi Lab\, Fatemeh Fadaie\, A data-driven MR I study of neurobehavioral comorbidities in temporal lobe epilepsy\n Baille t Lab\, Jonathan Gallego-Rudolf\, Functional and structural connectivity p atterns predict longitudinal tau spreading in asymptomatic individuals exp ressing Aβ pathology\n Baillet Lab\, Luc Wilson\, Functional connectivity p rofiles of aperiodic brain activity\n Bzdok Lab\, Chloé Savignac\, Parent-o f-origin effects in Alzheimer’s liability dissociate neurocognitive and ca rdiovascular traits in at-risk individuals\n Bzdok Lab\, Le Zhou\, On the n eurobiological basis of chronotype: insights from a multimodal population neuroscience study\n Doyon Lab\, Caroline Landelle\, Cerebro-spinal somatot opic organization uncovered through functional connectivity mapping\n Doyon Lab\, Latifa Lazzouni\, Declarative Memory Reactivation using Closed-Loop Auditory Stimulation during Overnight Sleep Improves Memory Consolidation \n Ducharme Lab\, Mahdie Soltaninejad\, MRI-Based Classifier for Early Iden tification of At-Risk C9orf72 Frontotemporal Dementia Cases\n Ducharme Lab\ , Mahdie Soltaninejad\, White Matter Hyperintensities are An Early Biomark er in GRN-related Frontotemporal Dementia\n Evans’ Lab\, Jordan DeKraker\, A predictive role of the old cortex in general intelligence\n Evans’ Lab\, Anisleidy Gonzalez-Mitjans\, AI-Driven Neural Modeling: Enhancing Brain Si mulation Through Machine Learning and Realistic Time Delays\n Narayanan Lab \, Sneha Senthil\, Assessment of region specific oxidative stress in relap sing remitting multiple sclerosis\n Narayanan Lab\, Flavie Detcheverry\, Br ain metabolite level differences between young and middle-aged adults asse ssed using 7T magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS)\n Poline Lab\, Kendra O udyk\, Towards living meta-research in neuroimaging\n Poline Lab\, Michelle Wang\, Nipoppy and Neurobagel: Software infrastructure for FAIR neuroimag ing-clinical datasets\n Rudko Lab\, Vladimir Grouza\, Ultra-high-resolution mapping of myelin in the mouse brain using microstructural MRI\n Rudko Lab \, Risavarshni Thevakumaran\, A Distinct Microglial Inflammation Pattern i n the Subcortex of MS Patients is Associated with Cortical Laminar Demyeli nation\n Shmuel Lab\, Gurucharan Marthi Krishna Kumar: Advancing Deformable Medical Image Registration through Hierarchical Nested Attention Mechanis ms\n Shmuel Lab\, Ziqi Hao: High-resolution diffusion MRI of the connection s in the visual cortex\n Evans’ Lab\, Jiadong Yan\, Comprehensive Associati on Patterns between Adolescent Brain Morphometry and Cognitive Function\n Z atorre’s Lab: Etienne Abassi\, The representation of speech conversations in the human auditory cortex\n Zatorre’s Lab: Oscar Bedford\, Auditory-moto r predictions after short motor training in non-musicians\n \n \n\n \n Trainee Poster Session\n\n This Poster Session is an excellent opportunity for BIC Faculty postdocs\, graduate and undergraduate students to present their p rojects and initiatives in the neuroscience field.\n\n Thirty abstracts wil l be selected for the poster session. Please note that due to the limited space it is important to register and submit the abstract early.\n\n This i s a fantastic opportunity to share your work\, engage with peers\, and fos ter collaboration within the neuroscience community.\n\n We look forward to your participation!\n\n Important Dates:\n\n \n Abstract submission deadline : Sunday\, November 3rd\, 2024\, at 11:59 pm\n Announcement of the selected abstracts: Friday\, November 8th\n \n\n Eligibility and Conditions:\n\n To b e eligible for the trainee poster session\, you must:\n\n \n Be a registered ´ó·¢²ÊƱƽ̨ undergraduate student\, graduate student\, or post-doctoral fellow of the BIC Faculty\n Be registered to attend the event. Please register he re.\n \n\n How to submit an abstract:\n\n Please fill out the following form by Sunday\, November 3rd\, 2024\, at 11:59 pm.\n Abstract Submission Form\n \n \n Location\n\n Jeanne Timmins Amphitheatre\, The Neuro (The Montreal Neur ological Institute and Hospital)\n\n The Montreal Neurological Institute an d Hospital is at 3801 University Street\, north of Pine Avenue West\, on t he ´ó·¢²ÊƱƽ̨ campus opposite the former Royal Victoria Hospital.\n \n Montreal is served by highway Routes 10\, 15\, 20 and 40\, and by Greyho und Bus\, ViaRail and the P-E-Trudeau airport. In the city\, bus and metro service is provided by the Société de transport de Montréal (STM).\n\n \n \n Wheelchair access\n\n A wheelchair accessible entrance is on University S treet north of the main entrance. Another wheelchair accessible entrance i s in the loading area behind the building: to enter the loading area\, tur n into the driveway south of the main entrance. Please note\, there is no parking in the loading area.\n\n Parking\n\n Parking near The Neuro is somet imes difficult. There are parking meters on University Street and a parkin g lot north of the main entrance. To enter the lot\, turn right into the d riveway toward Molson Stadium.\n\n Information about parking fees\n\n Taxi S tand\n\n There is a taxi stand on University Street across from the main en trance. You may call a cab from the free taxi phone in the main lobby near the Security Desk.\n\n Access by Public Transportation (STM website)\n\n Bu s\n\n There are four bus stops within walking distance:\n\n \n Bus 144 stops at Pine Avenue and University Street\n Bus 356 stops at Sherbrooke Street a nd University Street (Nightbus)\n Bus 107 stops at Pine Avenue and Docteur Penfield\n Bus 24 stops at Sherbrooke Street and University Street\n \n\n Met ro\n\n Take the Metro Green Line to the ´ó·¢²ÊƱƽ̨ station. Walk north on Unive rsity Street and cross Pine Avenue. The main entrance is on the right\, pa st the flags.\n \n\n \n Organizing Committee\n\n Prof. Julien Doyon\, Director of the BIC\n\n Prof\, Xiaoqian Chai\, BIC\n\n Damien Chalaud\, Director of Communications\, The Neuro\n\n Dr. Alain Dagher\, BIC\n\n Giulia Del Guercio Green\, Administrative Assistant\, BIC\n\n Helen Elina\, Ph.D.\, Manager o f Administration & Finance\, BIC\n\n Prof. Alexey Kostikov\, BIC\n\n Prof. M arco Leyton\, BIC\n\n Prof. Gassan Massarweh\, Director of Cyclotron and Ra diochemistry\, BIC\n\n Sandra McPherson\, Ph.D.\, Associate Director of Com munications\, The Neuro\n\n Prof. Jean-Baptiste Poline\, BIC\n\n Dr. Pedro R osa-Neto\, BIC\n\n Prof. Dana Small\, BIC\n\n Dr. Jean-Paul Soucy\, Director of PET Unit\, BIC\n\n Prof. Robert Zatorre\, BIC\n \n\n \n Sponsors\n\n \n\n \n \n \n \n\n DTSTART:20241119T130000Z DTEND:20241119T233000Z LOCATION:Jeanne Timmins Amphitheatre\, Montreal Neurological Institute\, CA \, QC\, Montreal\, H3A 2B4\, 3801 rue University SUMMARY:Scientific Day: McConnell Brain Imaging Centre - 40th anniversary URL:/neuro/channels/event/scientific-day-mcconnell-bra in-imaging-centre-40th-anniversary-360112 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR