BRaIN Program seminars are held on Wednesdays from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. (unless otherwise stated). Seminars will be in English.
Seminars will be in hybrid format: Room L7-140, MGH site, RI‑MUHC (unless otherwise stated), and via Zoom. For the Zoom registration link, please contact the BRaIN Program at brain@muhc.mcgill.ca
Date
Speaker
January 25, 2024
Yoshiyuki Kubota, PhD
Section of Electron Microscopy, National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Japan
Topic: Motor learning and thalamocortical synaptic network plasticity in the motor cortex: in vivo imaging and correlative light-electron microscopy
Host: Keith Murai
Section of Electron Microscopy, National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Japan
Topic: Motor learning and thalamocortical synaptic network plasticity in the motor cortex: in vivo imaging and correlative light-electron microscopy
Host: Keith Murai
January 31, 2024
Pouya Bashivan, PhD
Department of Physiology, McGill University and Associate member of the Quebec AI Institute (MILA)
Topic: Reverse engineering the cortical topography
Host: Jesper Sjöström
Department of Physiology, McGill University and Associate member of the Quebec AI Institute (MILA)
Topic: Reverse engineering the cortical topography
Host: Jesper Sjöström
February 7, 2024
Yang Zhou, PhD
Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, McGill University
Topic: A role of an ASD-associated Gene in Reactive Gliosis in the Adult Brain
Host: Wei-Hsiang Huang
Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, McGill University
Topic: A role of an ASD-associated Gene in Reactive Gliosis in the Adult Brain
Host: Wei-Hsiang Huang
February 14, 2024
10:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m.
10:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m.
Giuseppe Iaria, PhD
Canadian Space Agency
Topic: Investigating the effects of spaceflight on the human brain
Host: BRaIN Program
Location: Osler Amphitheatre, MGH site, RI-MUHC
Canadian Space Agency
Topic: Investigating the effects of spaceflight on the human brain
Host: BRaIN Program
Location: Osler Amphitheatre, MGH site, RI-MUHC
February 28, 2024
March 13, 2024
Mathieu Landry, PhD
Université de Montréal
Topic: Unravelling exogenous and endogenous visuospatial attention during early visual processing combining neurophysiology, machine learning and mediation analyses
Host: Janine Mendola
Université de Montréal
Topic: Unravelling exogenous and endogenous visuospatial attention during early visual processing combining neurophysiology, machine learning and mediation analyses
Host: Janine Mendola
March 27, 2024
Sacha Nelson, MD, PhD
Department of Biology, Brandeis University
Topic: Transcriptional control of developing cortical circuits and the role of clock genes in human disease
Host: Jesper Sjöström
Department of Biology, Brandeis University
Topic: Transcriptional control of developing cortical circuits and the role of clock genes in human disease
Host: Jesper Sjöström
April 10, 2024
Adil Khan, PhD
Centre for Developmental Neurobiology, King's College London
Topic: Neural circuits underlying cognitive behaviour
Host: David Stellwagen
Centre for Developmental Neurobiology, King's College London
Topic: Neural circuits underlying cognitive behaviour
Host: David Stellwagen
April 17, 2024
David Leopold, PhD
Section on Cognitive Neurophysiology and Imaging, National Institute of Mental Health
Topic: Single-unit fMRI mapping: new perspectives on the face patch system
Host: Reza Farivar
Section on Cognitive Neurophysiology and Imaging, National Institute of Mental Health
Topic: Single-unit fMRI mapping: new perspectives on the face patch system
Host: Reza Farivar
April 24, 2024
Timothy Mosca, MD, PhD
Department Neuroscience, Thomas Jefferson University
Topic: Connecting Neurodevelopment and Neurodegeneration: How the Fly Can Teach Us About Synaptic Maturation
Host: Brian Chen
Department Neuroscience, Thomas Jefferson University
Topic: Connecting Neurodevelopment and Neurodegeneration: How the Fly Can Teach Us About Synaptic Maturation
Host: Brian Chen
May 8, 2024