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2017


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, SM 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, SM 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, SM 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, SM 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, SM 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, SM 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, SM 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, SM 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 SM 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, SM 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., SM 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.

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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 - SM

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, SM 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 SM’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 SM, 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.

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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 SM, 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.

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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

SM Summer Program in Social and Cultural Psychiatry

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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 (SM)

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-SM 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, SM 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, SM 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, SM 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, SM 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, SM 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 SM is offering an afternoon of French music for the Quebec Parkinson Network.


April 1-2

SM 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.

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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, SM 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, SM

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, SM 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, SM 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, SM

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, SM 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 SM College Avenue


February 2

Centre for Applied Mathematics in Bioscience and Medicine (CAMBAM) Seminar

Canards and neural excitability

Dr. John Mitry, SM+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, SM 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 SM 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, SM 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 SM 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)

More Info (Word)


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., SM 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, SM 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, SM 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

SM 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.

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January 26

21st Annual SM Pain Day

Each year, the Alan Edwards Centre for Research on Pain (AECRP) hosts SM's PAIN DAY, a day for health care professionals and trainees in the treatment and study of pain.


January 27

SM 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 SM 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, SM 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.

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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

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