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From Saturday, Oct. 5 through Tuesday, Oct. 8, the Downtown and Macdonald Campuses will be open only to ƻԺ students, employees and essential visitors. Many classes will be held online. Remote work required where possible. See Campus Public Safety website for details.


Du samedi 5 octobre au mardi 8 octobre, le campus du centre-ville et le campus Macdonald ne seront accessibles qu’aux étudiants et aux membres du personnel de l’Université ƻԺ, ainsi qu’aux visiteurs essentiels. De nombreux cours auront lieu en ligne. Le personnel devra travailler à distance, si possible. Voir le site Web de la Direction de la protection et de la prévention pour plus de détails.

2018


December 2018


December 3

Neuroscience Seminar

Cocaine addiction: how you take the drug is more important than how much

Dr. Anna Samaha, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal

Monday, December 3 , 11:00 a.m. Bowerman Room, Dobell, B-1127, Douglas Institute


December 3

Feindel Brain Imaging Lecture Series

Distance-dependent consistency thresholds for generating group-representative structural brain networks

Bratislav Misic

Monday, December 3 at 1:00 p.m., de Grandpré Communications Centre, MNI


December 5

BRaIN Seminar Series

The many varied roles of the vestibular system on earth and in space

Dr. Laurence Harris, Centre for Vision Research, York University

Wednesday, December 5 at 12:00 p.m., Montreal General Hospital, Livingston Hall, L7-140


December 5

Frontiers in Pain Research Lecture

Transitional pain medicine: Improving peri-hospital care as a model for change in pain management and opioid prescribing

Dr. Hance Clarke, MD, FRCPC, PhD

Wednesday, December 5 at 4:00 p.m., MGH Room A5-131


December 5

Killam Seminar Series

Carrying coals to Newcastle: Brain mapping for operative guidance

Dr. Alexandra Golby, Brigham and Women's Hospital

Wednesday, December 5 at 4:00 p.m., de Grandpré Communications Centre, MNI


December 9-10

Montreal Artificial Intelligence & Neuroscience (MAIN 2018) Conference

From machine learning to brain neuroscience and back
MAIN 2018, organized in partnership with HBHL, will be a special opportunity to hear about cutting-edge research led by leading scientists in both fields of research, neuroscience and AI.

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December 10

Neuroscience Seminar

"Deep learning tools for understanding universal principles of cortical coding"

Dr. Blake Richards, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Toronto Scraborough, Fellow, CIFAR Learning in machine and Brains

Monday, December 10 , 11:00 a.m. (Bowerman Room, Dobell, B-1127, Douglas Institute


December 10

Pharmacology & Therapeutics Seminar Series

Parkinson’s disease related proteins PINK1 and Parkin are major regulators of the immune system

Diana Matheoud, PhD, Département de Neurosciences, Université de Montréal

Monday, December 10, 12:00 - 1:00 p.m., Room 1345, McIntyre


December 10

JGH Medical Grand Rounds

Crossroads between mood symptoms and autonomic disturbances in alpha-synucleinopathies

Dr. Chenjie Xia, Assistant Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery ƻԺ

Monday, December 10, 12:30 - 1:30 p.m., JGH, Block Amphitheatre


December 11

Mental Health and Society Research Program

L’Association Saint-Camille-de-Lellis : Une aide efficace et à faible coût aux personnes ayant des problèmes graves de santé mentale en Afrique de l’ouest

Grégoire Ahongbonon, Fondateur et Directeur-général, Association Saint-Camille-de-Lellis

Tuesday 11 December, 15:30 – 17 :00, Salle Bowerman, Pavillon Dobell, Institut Douglas


December 12

Anatomy and Cell Biology Seminar Series

Structural basis for the activation of PINK1 and Parkin, two proteins implicated in mitochondrial quality control and Parkinson’s disease

Jean-François Trempe, PhD, ƻԺ Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics

Wednesday, December 12 at 11:30 a.m., Strathcona Anatomy Building, Room 2/36


December 13

Global Mental Health Program Speaker Series

“An automatic bible in the brain”: Trauma and prayer in post-conflict northern Uganda

Lars Hedegaard Williams, PhD, Aarhus University, Denmark

Thursday, December 13, 3:00 - 4:30 p.m., Room 138, Irving Ludmer Building


December 17

Pathology Scientific Lecture Series

Developmental origins of pediatric brain tumors

Dr. Nada Jabado, ƻԺ Professor Pediatrics and Human Genetics

Monday, December 17 at 8:15 a.m., Room 112, Duff Medical Building


December 17

Neuroscience Seminars

Emotion processing in normal and depressed states

Dr. Christophe Proulx, Ph.D., Department of Psychiatry and Neurosciences, Faculty of Medicine, University Laval

Monday, December 17 , 11:00 a.m. (Bowerman Room, Dobell, B-1127) Douglas Institute


November 2018


November 2

26th ƻԺ Infant Mental Health Day

Resolving trauma within an attachment based intervention

Invited speakers: Miriam Steele, PhD & Ellen Moss, PhD

Friday, November 2 at 8:00 a.m., Douglas Hall, 6875 Boulevard Lasalle


November 7

41st Annual Osler Lectureship

100 years of cannabis: A journey from William Osler to the modern era

Dr. Mark A. Ware, Chief Medical Officer, Canopy Growth Corporation,Associate Professor in ƻԺ Anesthesia and Family Medicine

Wednesday, November 7 at 6:00 p.m., McIntyre Medical Building, Charles F. Martin Amphitheatre


November 7

Cedars CanSupport Public Lecture

News you can use about brain cancer

Wednesday, November 7, 6:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m., Cedars Cancer Centre, MUHC


November 8

MNI Special Seminar

Synergies with oncolytic virus therapy

Dr. Robert L. Martuza, M.D. William & Elizabeth Sweet Distinguished Professor in Neuroscience Harvard Medical School

Thursday, November 8, 3:30 - 4:30 p.m., de Grandpré Communications Centre, MNI


November 8

CPD Thursday Evening Learning Series (TELS): Face-to-Face and Webinar

Neurology
Overview of PD for primary care practitioners – Part 1 & 2
Dr. Michael Sidel

Thursday, November 8 at 6:30 p.m.


November 9

Physiology Seminar Series

Cerebellar dynamics during goal-directed behaviour

Dr. Dimitar Kostadinov, Wolfson Institute for Biomedical Research, University College London

Friday, November 9 at 11:00 a.m., Room 1034 McIntyre


November 9

Department of Psychology - Annual Bindra Lecture

Neural Circuit Mechanisms of Memory Formation and Re-evaluation in Drosophila
Prof. Scott Waddell, Center for Neural Circuits & Behaviour University of Oxford
Friday November 9, 10:00 am, MC-2001, room 461

Dopaminergic Control of Motivated Behaviour in the Fruit Fly
Prof. Scott Waddell, Center for Neural Circuits & Behaviour University of Oxford
Friday November 9, 3:30 pm, McMed 522


November 13

Ludmer Centre Public Symposium

Can big data explain how our brains work?

Alan Evans, Celia Greenwood, Kieran O'Donnell, Rosemary Bagot and Sherif Karama

Tuesday, November 13, Cocktail 5:00 pm, Symposium 6:00 pm, Phi Centre, 407 Saint-Pierre Street, Montreal


November 14

BRaIN Seminar Series

Cellular and molecular mechanisms of neuron-glia interactions at neuronal cell bodies

Dr. Jaeda Coutinho-Budd, Department of Biology, University of Vermont

Wednesday, November 14 at 12:00 p.m., Montreal General Hospital, Livingston Hall, L7-140


November 14

HBHL-SKILLSETS Workshop

From divergent thinking to convergent solutions: Including creative thinking in your research

Wednesday, November 14, 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m., deGrandpre Communications Centre, MNI


November 19

Neuroscience Seminars

Linking synaptic activation to hemodynamic signals for functional imaging

Dr. Ravi Rungta, Ph.D., EMBO / Marie Curie postdoctoral fellow, Laboratory of Neurophysiology and New Microscopy, INSERM and Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France

Monday, November 19 , 11:00 a.m., Bowerman Room, Dobell, B-1127, Douglas Institute


November 19

RI-MUHC Pediatric Research Seminar

Language development in young multilingual children

Andrea MacLeod, PhD, Associate Professor, Director, Speech Therapy Program, Université de Montréal

Monday, November 19, 12:00 - 1:00 p.m., Glen Site, block E, room M1.350


November 19

Feindel Lecture Series

Bridging scales of network dynamics with The Virtual Brain

Dr Randy McIntosh, Rotman Research Institute, Baycrest, University of Toronto

Monday, November 19 at 1:00 p.m., de Grandpré Communications Centre, MNI


November 19

Grafstein Lecture in Neuroscience

Wiring and rewiring the brain: The logic and mechanisms of axon guidance and plasticity

Dr. Marc Tessier-Lavigne, President & Bing Presidential Professor, Stanford University, CA

November 19, 3:00 PM, MNI, Jeanne Timmins Amphitheatre

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November 21

Pediatric Medical Grand Rounds

Preston Robb Neuroscience Lecture
Brain tumour cell states & fates

Dr. Peter Dirks, Staff Neurosurgeon, Division of Neurosurgery, Hospital for Sick Children; Professor, Department of Surgery and Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto

Wednesday, November 21, 8:00 - 9:00 a.m., MUHC Research Institute Auditorium, room E.S1.1129


November 21

CPD Wednesday E-Learning Series (WELS): Webinar only

Psychiatry
Treatment-resistant depression

Dr. Marcelo Berlim

Wednesday, November 21, 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.


November 21

BRaIN Seminar Series

Cortical plasticity for chronic pain and anxiety

Dr. Min Zhuo, Department of Physiology, University of Toronto

Wednesday, November 21 at 12:00 p.m., Montreal General Hospital, Livingston Hall, L7-140


November 23

Physiology Seminar Series

Mechanisms that underlie the neural code for space

Dr. Mark Brandon, Douglas Hospital Research Centre

Friday, November 23 at 11:00 a.m., Room 1034, McIntyre Building


November 26

Neuroscience Seminar

Role of group B Streptococcus-induced maternal immune activation in the genesis of autism spectrum disorders?

Dr. Guillaume Sébire, MD, Ph.D., Child Neurologist, Clinician Scientist, Director of Child Neurology Division, MCH, Professor, ƻԺ

** Cancelled **

Monday, November 26, 11:00 a.m. Bowerman Room, Dobell, B-1127, Douglas Institute


November 26

Pharmacology & Therapeutics Seminar Series

Proteolytic processes generating N-terminal truncated amyloid beta fragments, potential implications for Alzheimer`s disease

Dr. Claus Pietrzik, Institute of Pathobiochemistry, Universitats Medizin, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

Monday, November 26, 12:00 - 1:00 p.m., Room 1345, McIntyre


November 27

Killam Seminar Series

Rewriting Black Death and the second pandemic of plague: Integrating history, genetics, climate and ecology

Hendrik Poinar, PhD, McMaster University

Tuesday, November 27 at 4:00 p.m., de Grandpré Communications Centre


November 28

CPD Wednesday E-Learning Series (WELS): Webinar only
Geriatric Medicine
Update on Alzheimer’s disease

Dr. Elise Jodi Levinoff

Wednesday, November 28, 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.


November 28

BRaIN Seminar Series

Prefrontal circuits related to anxiety and anhedonia

Dr. Angela Roberts, Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, University of Cambridge

Wednesday, November 28 at 12:00 p.m., Montreal General Hospital, Livingston Hall, L7-140


November 28

Global Mental Health Speaker Series

Global Mental Health & Cultural Psychiatry: Creative tensions in the discourse

Dr. Kamaldeep S. Bhui, Queen Mary University of London

Wednesday, November 28, 3:00 - 5:00 p.m.


November 29

ƻԺ Department of Psychiatry 75th Anniversary

A wonderful opportunity to hear what’s new in psychiatry while reconnecting with friends, networking with colleagues and sharing our successes

Thursday, November 29

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November 30

Physiology Seminar Series

A ubiquitin ligase complex regulates serotonergic neuromodulation and behaviour in C. elegans

Dr. John Calarco, Department of Cell & System Biology, University of Toronto

Friday, November 30 at 11:00 a.m., Room 1034, McIntyre


November 30

Dementia Education and Support Workshop for Family Caregivers

The Steinberg Centre for Simulation and Interactive Learning and the RUIS ƻԺ Centre of Excellence on Longevity are working in collaboration with Claire Webster and Dr. Serge Gauthier to offer a community workshop which aims to educate and support caregivers who are looking after a family member with Alzheimer's disease or a dementia-related illness.

Friday, November 30, 9:00 am - 2:00 pm

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October 2018


October 1

Feindel Brain Imaging Lecture Series

Mapping brain connectivity in aging: Some potential caveats?

Jean Chen, PhD, Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto

Monday, October 1 at 1:00 p.m., de Grandpré Communications Centre, MNI


October 1

MNI IPSC/CRISPR Platform Special Seminar

Sex specific heterogeneity across human AD co-expression modules identified by meta-analysis of the human brain transcriptome

Dr. Ben Logsdon, Director of Neurodegenerative Research, Sage Bionetworks

Monday, October 1, 2:30 - 3:30 p.m., de Grandpré Communications Centre, MNI


October 3

Frontiers in Pain Research Lecture

Pushing the frontier of digital health to transform pain assessment and self-management

Jennifer Stinson, Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto

Wednesday, October 3 at 4:00 p.m., MHG Room A5-151


October 5

Aging in the 21st Century

The ƻԺ Research Center for Studies in Aging (MCSA) is hosting the symposium Aging in the 21st Century, in collaboration with the Alzheimer Society Montreal and Alzheimer Groupe Inc.

Friday, Oct. 5, from 8:30 am to 3:00 pm. Douglas Mental Health University Institute (6875 LaSalle Boulevard, Verdun, Quebec H4H 1R3), Douglas Hall.


October 15

Public Lecture: Laura Chalk-Rowles Lectureship in Dementia

Dr. William E. Klunk (MD, PhD)

Monday, October 15, 2018, 9 AM to 11 AM, MNI


October 15

Feindel Brain Imaging Lecture Series

Detection and assessment of white matter hyperintensities in aging and neurodegenerative disease population

Mahsa Dadar, ƻԺ NeuroImaging and Surgical Technologies Lab

Monday, October 15 at 1:00 p.m., de Grandpré Communications Centre, MNI


October 16

Killam Seminar Series

LRRK2 and GBA: Towards precision medicine in PD

Dr. Roy Alcalay, Taub Institute, Columbia University

Tuesday, October 16 at 4:00 p.m., De Grandpré Communications Centre, MNI


October 16

HBHL-SKILLSETS Workshop

Small Talk, Big Impact: Developing an elevator pitch for your neuroscience research
What do you say when a researcher approaches you at a conference and asks what you study? Or, when a potential employer asks you to summarize your Master’s/PhD project during a job interview? In this workshop, you will learn how to create an elevator pitch that clearly explains your research and get others excited about your work in under 2 minutes.

Tuesday, October 16, 6:30-8:30pm, Bell Room, MNI

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October 17

BRaIN Seminar Series

RNA trafficking and axonal local translation in visual circuit wiring

Dr. Hovy Wong, Centre for Research in Neuroscience, ƻԺ

Wednesday, October 17 at 12:00 p.m., Montreal General Hospital, Livingston Hall, L7-140


October 18

The Neuro: A Brilliant Night 2018

Founded and organized by a group of volunteers who have all been touched by brain cancer; its mission is to educate and raise awareness for brain cancer and the importance of this research at The Neuro.

Thursday, October 18, 6:30 pm, Salle des pas perdus Windsor Station, 1160 avenue des Canadiens-de-Montréal

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October 19

Physiology Seminar Series

Mechanisms that underlie the neural code for space

Dr. Mark Brandon, Douglas Hospital Research Centre

Friday October 19, 11:00 am. McIntyre, Room 1034


October 22

Feindel Brain Imaging Lecture Series

Modulating growth and shrinkage of the human hippocampus

Véronique Bohbot, PhD, Douglas Hospital Research Centre

Monday, October 22 at 1:00 p.m., de Grandpré Communications Centre, MNI


October 22

Gairdner National Program Lecture

From the Microalga Chlamydomonas to Brain Optogenetics

Dr. Peter Hegemann, Canada Gairdner International Award Winner

Monday, Oct. 22 5 PM, ƻԺ Faculty Club

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October 23

Killam Seminar Series

Imaging cellular responses to brain micro-bleeds and blockages in healthy and co-morbid conditions

Dr. Craig E. Brown, Division of Medical Sciences, University of Victoria

Tuesday, October 23, 4:00 - 5:00 p.m., de Grandpré Communications Centre, MNI


October 23

HBHL-SKILLSETS Workshop

The neuroscience of persuasion and effective public speaking
Want to feel more confident while presenting, or make your presentations more interesting? In this workshop, Psychiatry PhD candidateJay Olsonwill cover the communication skills necessary to give an effective presentation.The workshop will focus on the psychological and neural mechanisms that allow speakers to engage and persuade their audiences.

Tuesday October 23, 6:30-8:30pm, Bell Room, MNI

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October 24

SPOT Global Health Rehabilitation Initiative (GHRI) Forum

Motor rehabilitation of stroke survivors in low resource settings; Inferences from an Indian center

Dr. John Solomon, Associate Professor, Physiotherapy Department, MAHE India

Wednesday, October 24, 4:45 - 6:00 p.m., Hosmer House


October 25

Culture, Mind & Brain Seminar Series

Traumatic landscapes: Two geographies of addiction

Dr. Jesse Proudfoot, Department of Geography, Durham University

Thursday, October 25, 2:00 - 3:30 p.m., Ludmer Building Room 138


October 25

CPD Thursday Evening Learning Series (TELS): Face-to-Face and Webinar

Psychiatry
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS)
Dr. Theodore Kolivakis
First-line treatment of depression
Dr. Melissa Pickles

Thursday, October 25 at 6:30 p.m.


October 29

Pharmacology and Therapeutics Seminar Series

An evolutionary specialization in a G protein-coupled receptor may have shaped the neural control of reproduction in mammals

Dr. Chirine Toufaily, Postdoctoral Fellow

Monday, October 29, 12:00 - 1:00 p.m., Room 1345, McIntyre


October 29

RI-MUHC Pediatric Research Seminar

Exercise is medicine: The benefits (and limitations) of physical activity as treatment following concussion

Elizabeth Teel, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, ƻԺ School of Physical & Occupational Therapy

Monday, October 29, 12:00 - 1:00 p.m., RI-MUHC, E.S1.1129


October 30

Seminar Series in Quantitative Life Sciences and Medicine

Modelling of connectivity in normal and disordered brains

Alan Evans, ƻԺ Neurology & Neurosurgery & Biomedical Engineering

Tuesday October 30, 12-1pm, McIntyre Building, Room 1027


October 30

Killam Seminar Series

Successful cognitive training induces both restorative and compensatory neural system plasticity in people with schizophrenia

Dr. Sophia Vinogradov, University of Minnesota

Tuesday, October 30 at 4:00 p.m., de Grandpré Communications Centre, MNI


October 31

BRaIN Seminar Series

Sleep and brain recovery after moderate to severe TBI

Dr. Nadia Gosselin, Département de Psychologie, Université de Montréal

Wednesday, October 31 at 12:00 p.m., Montreal General Hospital, Livingston Hall, L7-140


October 31

Frontiers in Pain Research Lecture

Pathways to problematic opioid use in chronic pain: A focus on sleep

Patrick Finan, PhD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences - Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

Wednesday, October 31 at 4:00 p.m., MGH - Room A5-131


September 2018


September 6-7

Brenda Milner Centennial Symposium

Professor Milner will turn 100 and we are planning a symposium to celebrate her accomplishments, to reflect on all that has been learned in 100 years of neuropsychology/cognitive neuroscience, and to look to the future.

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September 10

Neuroscience Seminar

AI in Healthcare- Deep learning for precision psychiatry

Sonia Israel, B.Sc. Honours Student, Dr. Cecilia Flores`s Lab, ƻԺ

Monday, September 10, 11:00 a.m.(Bowerman Room, Dobell, B-1127)


September 14

Biomedical Engineering Seminar

System engineering approaches for clarifying multifactorial brain mechanisms and controlling disease progression

Yasser Iturria-Medina, Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, MNI

Friday, September 14, 1:00 – 2:00 p.m., WONG 1030


September 17

Neuroscience Seminar

Incubation of drug craving after voluntary abstinence: behavioral and neuronal mechanisms

Dr. Yavin Shaham, Ph.D., Branch Chief, Intramural Research Program, NIDA-NIH, Baltimore, MD

Monday, September 17 , 11:00 a.m.(Bowerman Room, Dobell, B-1127


September 17

RI-MUHC Pediatric Research Seminar

Optimization of paediatric pain assessment in the clinical setting using quantitative neurophysiological measures to avoid chronic post-surgical pain

Catherine E. Ferland, PhD, ƻԺ Department of Surgery

Monday, September 17, 12:00 - 1:00 p.m., RI-MUHC Glen Site, Drs Sylvia & Richard Cruess Amphitheatre, E.S1.1129


September 18

The Neuro Special Seminar

What is the role of ependymal cells in brain injury & disease?

Jo Anne Stratton, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow Hotchkiss Brain Institute Department of Comparative Biology & Experimental Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Calgary

Tuesday, September 18, 9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m., de Grandpré Communications Centre, MNI


September 18

iPSC Core Facility/Réseau Parkinson Quebec: A Night of Knowledge and Networking at The Neuro

Parkinson’s disease: Our common fight

Linda Berard, Chelsie Kadgien & Lucie Lachance

Tuesday, September 18, 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m., MNI


September 19

CPD Wednesday E-Learning Series (WELS): Webinar only

Time dependent effects of exercise on memory: Implications for sports, education and rehabilitation

Dr. Marc Roig, ƻԺ School of Physical and Occupational Therapy

Wednesday, September 19, 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.


September 21

Physiology Seminar

A new model to study the emerging role of intestinal inflammation in Parkinson's Disease

Dr. Samantha Gruenheid, ƻԺ Department of Microbiology & Immunology

Friday, September 21 at 11:00 a.m., McIntyre Room 1034


September 24

Neuroscience Seminar

Adult Hippocampal Neurogenesis and Stress Resilience

Dr. Christoph Anacker, Ph.D., Department of Psychiatry Columbia University

Monday, September 24 , 11:00 a.m. Bowerman Room, Dobell, B-1127, Douglas Institute


September 24-28

Sixth Biennial Conference on resting-state and brain connectivity

This meeting includes a two-day educational workshop, a three-day conference, and a one-day satellite meeting. The meeting will be led by more than 40 expert speakers who will present their latest work on methodological advances and applications of measuring structural and functional brain connectivity.


August 2018


August 3

Special Lecture

Academic drug repurposing reveals a lithium mimetic for bipolar disorder: from in vitro identification to clinical trials

Professor Grant Churchill, Associate Professor in Chemical Pharmacology at Oxford University

Friday August 3, 2018, 12 p.m. at the Goodman Cancer Centre, Location: KARP Room 501


August 7-8

INCF Neuroinformatics Hackathon 2018

The neuroinformatics teams from ƻԺ, Concordia University, and Université de Montréal are hosting the 2018 informatics hackathon in association with the International Neuroinformatics Coordinating Facility (INCF) 2018 Congress (August 9-10), which is being hosted in Montreal by ƻԺ and the Ludmer Centre.


August 9-10

INCF Neuroinformatics 2018

Join us to interact and share your latest ideas in AI, neuroimaging and computational neuroscience with plenty of opportunities for presenting your posters and getting a hands-on experience with the latest tools, and for networking during the social events.


August 13-17

Summer Program in Social and Cultural Psychiatry Workshop

Social and Cultural Neuroscience
This workshop will provide an overview of core topics and recent developments in social and cultural neuroscience research in order to promote cross-disciplinary collaboration in global mental health.

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August 20-21

The 2nd Music & Cochlear Implants Symposium

Keynote speakers: Andrew Oxenham, Karen Gordon, Kate Gfeller, Charles Limb and Robert Zatorre.

August 20 – 21, Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital


July 2018


July 20

Minds & Machines: Whole Brain Emulation

Dr. Randal Koen

Friday, July 20, 3:00 - 4:00 PM, MNI


June 2018


June 1

Special Seminar

The protective effect of artemisinin and its underlying mechanisms

Wenhua Zheng, Ph.D., Professor, Principle Investigator in Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Macau

Friday, June 1 2018, 11:00, Dobell Pavilion - Bowerman (B-1127), Douglas Institute


June 4

BRaIN Seminar Series

Of mice, rats and men: Assessing and correcting dysfunction in models of fragile X syndrome

Dr. David Wyllie, Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences, the University of Edinburgh

Monday, June 4 at 12:00 p.m., Montreal General Hospital, Livingston Hall, L7-140


June 4

RI-MUHC Pediatric Research Seminar

Neural crest-placode cell interactions during gangliogenesis

Lisa Taneyhill, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Animal and Avian Sciences, University of Maryland

Monday, June 4, 12:00 - 1:00 p.m., MUHC, Glen Site, Royal Victoria Hospital, Block D, Room 03.6020


June 4

Feindel Brain Imaging Lecture Series

Neuroimaging pathways to addiction

Dr. Marco Leyton, ƻԺ Department of Psychiatry

Monday, June 4 at 1:00 p.m., de Grandpré Communications Centre, MNI


June 5

Neuro Special Seminar

Can human iPSC based models really model neurological disease?

Prof. Siddharthan Chandran, MacDonald Professor of Neurology, University of Edinburgh,Scotland

Tuesday, June 5, 12:30 - 2:30 p.m., de Grandpré Communications Centre, MNI


June 11-14

Summer Program in Social and Cultural Psychiatry Workshop

Clinical Neuroscience
This workshop will provide an overview of current controversies surrounding cognitive neuroscience and the implications of recent advances in research for psychiatry, education, bioethics and health policy.

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June 12

Feindel Brain Imaging Lecture Series

How 17th-century physics enlightens today’s gamma-synchronization debate

Peter de Weerd, Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience, Maastricht University

Tuesday, June 12 at 1:00 p.m., de Grandpré Communications Centre, MNI


June 14-15

MNI Clinical Research Unit (CRU) National Clinical Trial Training Program

The CRU, under the direction of Dr. Angela Genge, is involved in over 100 clinical trials in all fields of neuroscience. Principal investigators, researchers, clinical research coordinators and representatives from industry are invited to attend this two-day program covering education and training on clinical trial readiness, investigator-initiated trial development, ethics submissions, budgets and contracts, clinical trial outcome measures, and more.

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June 18

Feindel Brain Imaging Lecture Series

Meditation and going beyond mindfulness: A secular perspective

Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche

Monday, June 18 at 1:00 p.m., de Grandpré Communications Centre, MNI


June 18

SPOT Research Seminar in Rehabilitation Science

Co-designing program evaluation for a primary care intervention for adults with developmental disabilities

Jonathan Lai, PhD, SPOT

Monday, June 18 at 4:00 p.m., Hosmer House H202


June 18-19

1st Joint ƻԺ-Hebrew University Jerusalem-EBRI Symposium

Symposium Scientific Planning Committee: Dr. Stefano Stifani (ƻԺ), Drs. Avihu Klar & Oded Behar (HUJ) and Dr. Enrico Cherubini (EBRI).
Theme 1: Development and dysfunction of neural circuits
Theme 2: Mechanisms of neurodegeneration
Theme 3: Cognition and behaviour
All members of the ƻԺ community are invited to attend. Registration is free but required in order to attend.
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June 19-21

Advanced Study Institute in Cultural Psychiatry Conference and Workshop

Challenging migrant detention: Human rights, advocacy & mental health
This international conference and workshop will bring together scholars in the fields of cultural psychiatry, human rights, criminology, psychology, anthropology and sociology, along with practitioners working with detained migrants, to consider the current trends in immigration detention and border control.

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June 27

SPOT Research Seminar in Rehabilitation Science

Stability as a feature of motor control: New perspectives for neurorehab

Daniele Piscitelli, PhD, ƻԺ

Wednesday, June 27 at 12:00 p.m., Hosmer House H202


June 28

Mental Health and Society Research Program

L’impact des troubles mentaux sur l’association entre l’adhésion aux antihypertenseurs et les coûts totaux chez les patients âgés hypertendus

Lia Gentil, PhD, stagiaire post doctoral de l’équipe de Dre Marie-Josée Fleury

Thursday June 28 4 2018, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM, Perry E3517


May 2018


May 1

Ludmer Centre for Neuroinformatics & Mental Health

World Maternal Mental Health Day 2018 - Begin Before Birth Canada symposium

Tuesday, May 1, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Palmer Theatre, McIntyre


May 1

Mental Health and Society Research Program

The STAR Learning Centre Supporting Transitions and Recovery, St. Michael's Hospital – Recovery Education Centre

Brian Nichol, MScCH (AMH), Team Leader, STAR Learning Centre

Tuesday May 1 2018, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM, Perry E3517


May 1

Killam/Neuro Seminar
KAC Elliott Lecture

Prof. Susumu Tonegawa, 1987 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Professor of Biology and Neuroscience; Director, RIKEN-MIT Center for Neural Circuit Genetics

Tuesday, May 1, 4:00 – 9:00 p.m., Jeanne Timmins Amphitheatre, MNI


May 4

CONFÉRENCE SCIENTIFIQUE DU VENDREDI MIDI

Navigational planning in dentate gyrus networks

Romain Goutagny, PhD, HDR, Chargé de recherche CNRS, Université de Strasbourg

Friday may 4, 12:00 - 1:00 pm, Amphithéâtre Justine-Lacoste-Beaubien
En visioconférence au CRME - Salle F.SS.005


May 7

Neuroscience for Mental Health Seminars

How does the brain forget?

Dr. Oliver Hardt, Ph.D., ƻԺ Department of Psychiatry

Monday, May 7th , 11:00 a.m., Bowerman Room, Dobell, B-1127, Douglas Institute


May 9

Men’s Mental Health Symposium
New directions in men’s mental health

Keynote speaker: Teresa Barbat Gimenez Member of the European Parliament

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May 11

Medical Physics Unit Seminar Series

Magnetic resonance imaging of cortical myelin: Promises and pitfalls

Christine Tardif, PhD, MNI

Friday, May 11, 12:00 - 1:00 p.m., Cedars Cancer Centre, ƻԺ Health Centre (MUHC) - Glen Site


May 11

ƻԺ HR Boost Your Health Lunchtime Series

The importance of sleep for mental & physical health
Join Dr. Norbert Schmitz of the Douglas Mental Health University Institute and learn about recent research into sleep and mental health, and how they affect health outcomes, such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease.

Friday, May 11, 12:15 - 1:15 p.m.
Info


May 14

Neuroscience for Mental Health Seminars

From neuroscientist to chief scientist: a bumpy but fun road!

Dr. Remi Quirion, OC, Ph.D., CQ, Quebec Chief Scientist

Monday, May 14th , 11:00 a.m. Bowerman Room, Dobell, B-1127, Douglas Institute


May 14

Public Lecture MNI

Neurocognition of Human Decision Making: from Perception to Valuation

Dr. Hauke Heekeren, Professor of Biological Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience and Dean of the Department of Education and Psychology, Freie Universität Berlin

Monday, May 14, 4:00 - 5:30 pm; Jeanne Timmins Amphitheatre, MNI


May 16

BRaIN Seminar Series

Stereoscopic vision in insects

Dr. Jenny Read, Institute of Neuroscience, Newcastle University

Wednesday, May 16 at 12:00 p.m., Montreal General Hospital, Livingston Hall, L7-140


May 22

Hughlings Jackson Lecture

Mechanisms of polarized sorting in neurons

Dr. Juan S. Bonifacino, PhD, Associate Scientific Director, Cell Biology and Neurobiology Branch (CBNB), Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Tuesday, May 22 at 4:00 p.m., Jeanne Timmins Amphitheatre, MNI


May 22

Frontiers in Pain Research Lecture

Translation regulation in neuropathic pain

Theodore J. Price, Associate Professor, School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences - UT Dallas

Tuesday, May 22 at 4:00 p.m., MGH, Room A5-131


May 23

Pediatric Medical Grand Rounds
13th Annual Charles R. Scriver Lectureship

Microtubules, early brain development and inherited brain malformations

Dr. Roderick R. McInnes, Professor, Departments of Human Genetiocs andBiochemistry, ƻԺ

Wednesday, May 23, 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m., MUHC Research Institute Auditorium, room E.S1.112


May 23

BRaIN Seminar Series

Neuroimaging pathways to addiction

Dr. Marco Leyton, ƻԺ Department of Psychiatry

Wednesday, May 23 at 12:00 p.m., Montreal General Hospital, Livingston Hall, L7-140


May 24

Dementia Education and Support Workshop for Family Caregivers
A community workshop which aims to educate and support caregivers who are looking after a family member with Alzheimer's disease or a dementia related illness.

Thursday May 24, 9:00 am - 2:00 PM, Steinberg Centre for Simulation and Interactive Learning, 3575 Parc Ave. Suite 5640

Info


May 25

MUHC Personality Disorders Program Symposium
Borderline Personality Disorder: What we know and what we do

Friday, May 25, 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m, Amphitheatre Jeanne Timmins, MNI

Info


May 28

Neuroscience for Mental Health Seminars

Making, breaking and linking memories

Dr. Sheena Josselyn, Ph.D., Department of Physiology, University of Toronto

Monday, May 28th, 11:00 a.m., Bowerman Room, Dobell, B-1127, Douglas Institute


May 30

Pediatric Medical Grand Rounds
The Donald Cohen Lectureship in Childhood Autism

Atypical behaviors in autism - Diagnostic implications

Dr. Margaret L. Bauman, Pediatric Neurologist, Integrated Center for Child Development, Associate Professor of Anatomy and Laboratory Medicine, Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine

Wednesday, May 30, 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m., MUHC Research Institute Auditorium, room E.S1.112


May 30

BRaIN Seminar Series

Human microglia: Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind

Dr. Luke Healy, MNI

Wednesday, May 30 at 12:00 p.m., Montreal General Hospital, Livingston Hall, L7-140


May 30

9th Annual Albert Aguayo Lecture

Molecular mechanics of the transduction apparatus of inner ear hair cells

Prof. David P. Corey, Bertarelli Professor of Translational Medical Science, Department of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School

Wednesday, May 30 at 4:00 p.m., Jeanne Timmins Amphitheatre, 3801 rue University


April 2018


April 3

Killam Seminar Series

B cells in autoimmune encephalomyelitis, lessons from a primate

Prof. Bert 't Hart,The Netherlands and University Medical Center Groningen

Tuesday, April 3 at 4:00 p.m., de Grandpré Communications Centre, MNI


April 4

Pediatric Medical Grand Rounds

Alice Chan-Yip Lectureship in Integrative and Psychosomatic Medicine
Conversion disorders in childhood – An overview

Dr. Leon S. Dure, Professor, William Bew White Junior Chair in Pediatric Neurology, and Division Director of Pediatric Neurology, University of Alabama

Wednesday, April 4, 8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m., MUHC Research Institute Auditorium, room E.S1.1129


April 4

Mental Health and Society Research Program

Influence of childhood maltreatment on adulthood mental health and disorders

Xiangfei Meng, MD, PhD, ƻԺ Department of Psychiatry

Wednesday April 4 2018, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM, Perry E3517


April 6

Neuroscience for Mental Health Seminars

Social stress induces neurovascular pathology and immune response promoting depression

Dr. Caroline Ménard, Ph.D., Department of Neuroscience and Psychiatry, Université de Laval

Monday, April 9 , 11:00 a.m. Bowerman Room, Dobell, B-1127, Douglas Institute


April 6

13th Annual JGH Department of Psychiatry Research Day

Connecting mind and body: Psychosocial interventions in the context of treating physical diseases

Friday April 6th


April 7

2nd Annual CMH Conference

Words to action
Join ƻԺ Student Association for Collaborative Mental Healthcare (CMH) in impacting real change in the field of mental healthcare.


April 8

Parkinson's Disease Awareness | I Medici Concert - TED Talk

Dr. Edward A Fon (Ted), Scientific Director of the Montreal Neurological Institute will give a TED Talk, a 15 minute presentation of latest understanding of Parkinson's disease and its treatments

Sunday April 8, 4 PM, L'Église St-Andrew and St-Paul Church, 3415 rue Redpath


April 9

Neuroscience for Mental Health Seminars

Social stress induces neurovascular pathology and immune response promoting depression

Dr. Caroline Ménard, Ph.D., Department of Neuroscience and Psychiatry, Université de Laval

Monday, April 9 , 11:00 a.m., Bowerman Room, Dobell, B-1127. Douglas Institute


April 9

Pediatric Research Seminar

Trajectories of mental health and the effects of environment

Arunima Roy, PhD, University of Würzburg | JMU · Molecular Psychiatry

Monday, April 9, 12:00 – 1:00 p.m., RI-MUHC Glen Site, E.S1-1129


April 11

BRaIN Seminar Series

It’s all about timing: How circadian clocks control behaviour and physiology

Dr. Amita Sehgal, Department of Neuroscience, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania

Wednesday, April 11 at 12:00 p.m.,Montreal General Hospital, Livingston Hall, L7-140


April 11

Goodman Cancer Research Centre Public Forum

Understanding cancer research and current treatments - Empowerment through knowledge
Session 3: Brain cancer: Latest research advances and new treatment strategies

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Wednesday, April 1, 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.


April 12

Special Seminar: Douglas Institute

Building the next generation of miniature microscopes

Daniel B. Aharoni, Ph.D., Department of Neurology, UCLA

Thursday, April 12 2018, 10:00, Dobell Pavilion - Bowerman (B-1127), Douglas Institute


April 13

Physiology Seminar

Input transformations by dendritic spines of pyramidal neurons in health and disease

Dr. Roberto Araya, Department of Neuroscience, Université de Montréal

Friday, April 13 at 11:00 a.m., Room 1034, McIntyre


April 16

Pharmacology & Therapeutics Seminar Series

Sodium channel regulation of sensory modalities

Dr. Frank Bosmans, Physiology Department, John Hopkins School of Medicine

Monday, April 16 at 12:00 p.m., Room 1345, McIntyre


April 16

Feindel Brain Imaging Lecture Series

Prognostic applications for Alzheimer's disease using MR imaging and machine-learning

Nikhil Bhagwat, Computational Brain Anatomy Laboratory, Douglas Institute

Monday, April 16 at 1:00 p.m., de Grandpré Communications Centre, MNI


April 17

Killam Seminar Series

Vasculo-neuronal coupling in cardiovascular disease

Dr. Jessica Filosa, Augusta University

Tuesday, April 17 at 4:00 p.m., de Grandpré Communications Centre,MNI


April 18

BRaIN Seminar Series

** Cancelled **

Diagnostic biomarkers for behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia: Current approach and future directions

Dr. Simon Ducharme, ƻԺ Department of Psychiatry

Wednesday, April 18 at 12:00 p.m., Montreal General Hospital, Livingston Hall, L7-140


April 18

SCSD Documentary Screening for Autism Awareness Month

Asperger's are Us: Four friends on the autism spectrum bond through humor and form a comedy troupe.
The screening will be followed by a discussion of challenges faced by adults with ASD as well as their strengths and contributions to society.

Wednesday, April 18, 5:00 – 8:00 p.m.


April 18

Healthy Brains for Healthy Lives (HBHL) Trainee Get-Together

Keynote speaker: Dr. Suparna Choudhury, ƻԺ Department of Psychiatry
Trainee presenters: Ricard Pizzaro & Andy Gao

Wednesday, April 18, 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m., Thomson House Ballroom, 3650 Rue McTavish


April 19

4th Annual MNI Epilepsy Day

This year’s Epilepsy Day will discuss the current status, gaps and future perspectives of epilepsy surgery in general and Quebec in particular.
The Pierre Gloor Lecture
Epilepsy surgery: Most effective, yet underutilized

Dr. O.C. Snead III, Sick Kids Research Institute, University of Toronto, Toronto

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April 23

Neuroscience for Mental Health Seminars

How do we lose memory? A STEP at a time

Dr. Jonathan Brouillette, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Université de Montréal

Monday, April 23 , 11:00 a.m., Bowerman Room, Dobell, B-1127, Douglas Institute


April 24

Killam Seminar Series

The neural basis of pain experience and its control by opioids

Dr. Gregory Scherrer, Stanford University

Tuesday, April 24 at 4:00 p.m., de Grandpré Communications Centre, MNI


April 25

Cultural Psychiatry Day

Indigenous mental health

Keynote speakers: Drs. Barry Lavallee & Suzanne Stewart

Wednesday, April 25, 1:30 – 4:30 p.m.

Info


April 25

Frontiers in Pain Research Lecture

Ideal health systems for pain

Dr. Patrick McGrath, Vice President Research Centre for Pediatric Pain Research Dalhouse University

Wednesday, April 25 at 4:00 p.m., MGH, Room A5-131


April 25

ƻԺ Division of Social & Transcultural Psychiatry and Global Mental Health Film Series

Rising Voices
This film comments on topics including mental health, indigenous rights, systemic discrimination, expression through the arts, cultural reintegration, environmental sustainability, young love and refugees.

Wednesday, April 25, 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Info


April 27

Pharmacology & Therapeutics Seminar Series

The 2018 Mark Nickerson Memorial Lecture
How synapses construct circuits: Towards a molecular dissection of synapse formation

Dr. Thomas C. Südhof, Nobel laureate, Stanford University School of Medicine and Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Friday, April 27 at 12:00 p.m., Martin Amphitheatre, Room 504, McIntyre


April 30

Neuroscience for Mental Health Seminars

The Developmental Origins of Mental Health

Dr. Kieran O`Donnell, Ph.D. ƻԺ Department of Psychiatry

Monday, April 30 , 11:00 a.m., Bowerman Room, Dobell, B-1127, Douglas Institute


April 30 – August 24

24th Annual ƻԺ Summer Program in Social and Cultural Psychiatry

The program provides the conceptual background for research and clinical work in social and cultural psychiatry.

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March 2018


March 2

The Department of Psychology Presents the Annual Bindra Lecture

Heretical Thoughts About the Role of Dopamine Neurons in the Quest for Rewards

Dr. Peter Shizgal, Center for Studies in Behavioral Neurobiology, Concordia University

Friday, March 2, 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm, Room 522, McIntyre Building


March 6

Killam Seminar Series

The stable brain:Homeostatic control of neural function

Graeme Davis, University of California

Tuesday, March 6 at 4:00 p.m., de Grandpré Communications Centre, MNI


March 7

BRaIN Seminar Series

Connectivity and genetic architecture of mouse cortical circuits

Dr. Euiseok Kim, Systems Neurobiology Laboratories - Callaway, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies

Wednesday, March 7 at 12:00 p.m., Montreal General Hospital, Livingston Hall, L7-140


March 7

Ludmer Center Research Workshop

Decoding Mental States Using EEG.With the goal of promoting interactions and future collaborations, this workshop will bring together investigators and trainees with complementary expertise in cognitive neuroscience, functional MRI, and EEG to discuss new ways in which EEG data could be used to extract signals of relevance to the study of mental states

Wednesday, March 7, 12:30 – 5:00 p.m.and Thursday, March 8, 9:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.

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March 9

Physiology Seminar Series

Cutting-Edge Circuit Tracing Strategies for Understanding Brain Function

Dr. Stuart Trenholm, ƻԺ Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery

Friday, March 9 at 11:00 a.m., Room 1034, McIntyre


March 12

Neuroscience Seminar

Dissociable structural and functional hippocampal outputs via distinct classes of cells in the subiculum

Dr. Mark Cembrowski, Ph.D., Research Scientist, Janelia Research Campus of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, VA

Monday March 12 , 11:00 a.m., Bowerman Room, Dobell, B-1127, Douglas Institute


March 12

Pharmacology & Therapeutics Seminar

The molecular basis of neuronal dysfunction in glaucoma: novel insights

Adriana Di Polo, PhD, Dept. of Neuroscience, Université de Montréal

Monday, March 12 at 12:00 p.m., Room 1345 McIntyre


March 13

MUHC Medical Grand Rounds

Evolving acute stroke treatment: The art of patient and therapy selection

Dr. Lucy Vieira and Dr. Aimen Moussaddy

Tuesday, March 13, 12:00 – 1:00 p.m., MGH, Osler Amphitheatre A6.105


March 13

Killam Seminar Series

Optimal combinations of transcription factors for axon regeneration in the central nervous system

Dr. Murray Blackmore, Marquette University

Tuesday, March 13 at 4:00 p.m., de Grandpré Communications Centre, MNI


March 13

Healthy Brains for Healthy Lives (HBHL)Trainee Get-Together

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Robert Zatorre

Tuesday, March 13, 6:00 – 8:00 p.m., Thomson House Ballroom


March 15

Infection & Immunity Seminar Series

A new link between infection, autoimmunity and Parkinson's disease

Dr. Andreas Baumler, University of California, Davis School of Medicine

Thursday, March 15, 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., Duff Amphitheater, 3775 University Stree


March 15

Mental Health and Society Research Program

Coûts et bénéfices d’un meilleur accès aux psychothérapies en France

Dr. Anne Dezetter, Ph.D., docteure en santé publique (Paris Descartes 2012)

Thursday, March 15 2018, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM, Perry E3517


March 15

Comparative Healthcare Systems Program (CHSP) Conference

Global Mental Health
This is an important and growing issue for both developed and underdeveloped countries around the World. Globally, over 450 million people are affected by mental illness.

Thursday, March 15, 5:00 – 9:30 p.m., Thomson House Ballroom


March 19

Neuroscience for Mental Health Seminars

How much is Alzheimer Disease a neurodegenerative disease?

Salah El Mestikawy, Ph.D., ƻԺ Department of Psychiatry

Monday, March 19 2018, 11:00, Bowerman Room (B-1127), Douglas Institute


March 20

2018 George Karpati Lecture

Mutation-specific precision therapy: The COL6 related dystrophies & beyond

Dr. Carsten G. Bönnemann, Medical School, University of Freiburg

Tuesday, March 20, 4:00 – 8:00 p.m., De Grandpre Communications Centre, MNI


March 21

Frontiers in Pain Research Lecture

Scientific and clinical applications of quantitative sensory tests

Dr. Michele Curatolo, UW Medicine

Wednesday, March 21 at 4:00 p.m., MGH, Room A5-131


March 21

Global Mental Health Film Series

Nise: The heart of madness
Based on the true story of Dr. Nise da Silveira, a psychiatrist in Brazil who treated her patients with art instead of electroshock treatment.
Guest panelists: Dr. Vitor Pordeus & Dr. Jaswant Guzder

Wednesday, March 21 at 6:30 p.m., JGH, Institute of Community & Family Psychiatry Amphitheatre


March 22-23

CSVN Scientific Symposium

The emotional brain: new perspectives on neural circuits of affective behaviour

March 22-23, Center for Studies in Behavioural Neurobiology, Loyala Campus, Concordia University


March 26

Neuroscience for Mental Health Seminars

** CANCELLED **

When anger is different from anger: The role of context in emotional processing

Dr. Jorge Armony, Ph.D., Researcher Douglas Mental Health University Institute

Monday, March 26 , 11:00 a.m. Bowerman Room, Dobell, B-1127, Douglas Institute


March 26

Epidemiology Seminar

Influence of childhood maltreatment on adulthood mental health and disorders

Xiangfei Meng, PhD, ƻԺ Department of Psychiatry

Monday, March 26, 4:00 – 5:00 p.m., Meakins, Room 521, McIntyre Building


March 27

LDI Distinguished Lecture Series

Neuroprotective role of innate immunity

Serge Rivest, PhD, Director, Centre de recherche du CHU; Professor, Department of Molecular Medicine, Universite Laval

Tuesday, March 27, 12:00 – 1:00 p.m., Bloomfield Lecture Hall, F-4, 3999 Chemin de la Côte-Ste-Catherine


March 27

Killam Seminar Series

Precision medicine in the epilepsies: What could it look like?

Prof. Sanjay Sisodiya, University College London

Tuesday, March 27 at 4:00 p.m., de Grandpré Communications Centre, MNI


March 28

BRaIN Seminar Series

** POSTPONED **

Neuroimaging pathways to addiction

Dr. Marco Leyton, ƻԺ Department of Psychiatry

Wednesday, March 28 at 12:00 p.m., Montreal General Hospital, Livingston Hall, L7-140


March 29

Department of Psychology Special Lecture

Circuit dynamics of memory linking

Dr. Denise Cai, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York

Thursday, March 29, 3:00 PM, STBIO S3/4


March 29

Social Studies of Medicine Book Launch and Signing

The History of Emotions by Rob Boddice
Commentary by Dr. Allan Young and Prof. Piroska Nagy

Thursday, March 29 at 4:30 p.m.

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February 2018


February 5

Neuroscience for Mental Health Seminars

Neural circuit mechanisms of susceptibility to chronic stress

Dr. Rose Bagot, Ph.D., ƻԺ Department of Psychology

Monday, February 5 , 11:00 a.m., Bowerman Room, Dobell, B-1127, Douglas Institute


February 5

Feindel Brain Imaging Lecture Series

Harmonized connectome estimation at scale: An exercise in optimizing pipeline reliability

Mr. Greg Kiar, MCIN

Monday, February 5 at 1:00 p.m., de Grandpré Communications Centre. MNI


February 6

Global Mental Health Speaker Series

Psychiatry in colonial Africa: Perceptions of Insanity by British Practitioners

Eric Jarvis, PhD, ƻԺ

Tuesday, February 6, 3:00 – 4:30 p.m., Dept. of Psychiatry, Ludmer Building, room #1.


February 6

Killam Seminar Series

Retinal ganglion cell differentiation and integration

Dr. Jeffrey Goldberg, Stanford University

Tuesday, February 6 at 4:00 p.m., de Grandpré Communications Centre. MNI


February 7

Douglas Mental Health University Institute Telehealth Session

Videoconference on cognitive behavioral therapy for treating eating disorders
Anorexia and bulimia: How to refeed

Linda Falcon, nutritionist

Wednesday, February 7


February 9

Montreal West Island Integrated University Health & Social Services Centre Conference

Suicide prevention: From research to intervention
Keynote speaker: Barbara Stanley, PhD

Friday, February 9, 8:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m., Salle Douglas / Douglas Hall, 6875 boul. Lasalle


February 12

Feindel Brain Imaging Lecture Series

Lifespan approaches to network neuroscience: Support from a study of structural covariance

Elizabeth Du Pre, Doctoral student, MNI

Monday, February 12 at 1:00 p.m., de Grandpré Communications Centre, MNI


February 13

Healthy Brains for Healthy Lives (HBHL)-SKILLSETS Workshop

Increase your impact: Sharing neuroscience research with diverse audiences
This free interactive workshop invites you to discover a wealth of research dissemination opportunities, how to select the ones that are best for you, and how to present your neuroscience research in a way that is accessible and engaging for diverse audiences.

Tuesday, February 13 at 12-1:30pm, McLennan Library, Research Commons A


February 13

Andrew F. Holmes Dean of Medicine Distinction Lecture

A New Era: Stroke is More Treatable, Dementia is More Preventable

Dr. Antoine Hakim, O.C., MD, PhD, FRCPC, Emeritus Professor, Neurology, University of Ottawa

Tuesday, February 13, 4:30 to 6:00 p.m., Jeanne Timmins Amphitheatre, 3801 University Street

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February 13

MINDSTRONG & WellMTL Symposium

Speak up: Free mental health awareness
Keynote speaker: Mr. Jason Finucan, StigmaZERO

Tuesday, February 13, 5:00 – 8:00 p.m., JGH, B-106


February 14

IDIGH Program Seminar Series

Role of Group B streptococcus-induced maternal immune activation in the genesis of autism spectrum disorders

Dr. Guillaume Sébire, Child Neurologist. ƻԺ

Wednesday, February 14, 12:00 – 1:00 p.m., 1001 Decarie Blvd, Block E, Room EM1.3509


February 15 & 16

CSBN Colloquium & Seminar

Amygdalar mechanisms driving individual differences in Pavlovian approach and flexibility (Thursday)
Cannabinoid receptor-1 signaling modulates Pavlovian and instrumental appetitive motivation (Friday)

Dr. Dona Calu, Assistant Professor of Anatomy & Neurobiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.

Thursday, February 15, 12:00 pm, SP157
Friday, February 16, 11:30 am, SP254.01


February 16

Physiology Seminar Series

Entorhinal-hippocampal representations of space in health and Alzheimer’s disease

Dr. Mark Brandon, ƻԺ Department of Psychiatry

Friday, February 16 at 11:00 a.m., Room 1034, McIntyre Building


February 16

Convergence - Perceptions of Neuroscience Lecture

The Usefulness of the Useless

Peter Lloyd Jones, Associate Dean of Emergent Design and Creative Technologies at The Sidney Kimmel Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University

February 16th, 5:45 p.m., EV1.605, Faculty of Fine Arts Concordia


February 19

Neuroscience for Mental Health Seminars

Unraveling large-scale oscillatory brain dynamics in health and disease: Contributions from MEG, intracranial EEG and data-driven approaches

Dr. Karim Jerbi, Ph.D., Canada Research Chair in Systems Neuroscience and Cognitive Neuroimaging, Associate Professor, Psychology Department, University of Montreal

Monday, February 19 , 11:00 a.m. Bowerman Room, Dobell, B-1127, Douglas Institute


February 19

Epidemiology Seminar

The Developmental Origins of Mental Health

Kieran J. O'Donnell, ƻԺ Department of Psychiatry

Monday, February 19, 4:00 – 5:00 p.m., Meakins Room 521, McIntyre


February 20

Killam Seminar Series

KRAB ZNF Genes in Neuroscience: the Holy Grail of Primate Evolution

Hans-Juergen Thiesen, University Medicine Rostock

Tuesday, February 20 at 4 p.m., Grandpré Communications Centre, MNI


February 21

BRaIN Seminar Series

The treachery of images: Why brains, babies and adults react differently to real objects than photos

Dr. Jody Culham, Brain and Mind Institute, Western University

Wednesday, February 21 at 12:00 p.m., Montreal General Hospital, Livingston Hall, L7-140


February 21

Alan Edwards Centre for Research on Pain Lecture

Effectiveness of potential anti-fibrosis drugs in preventing the onset of sensorimotor declines in a rat model of work-related musculoskeletal disorders

Mary F. Barbe, Professor, Anatomy and Cell Biology Temple University

Wednesday, February 21, 4:00 – 5:00 p.m., MGH, Room A5-131


February 21

Healthy Brains for Healthy Lives (HBHL) Get-Together

Presentations by an invited guest speaker and HBHL trainees with complimentary food and drinks!

Keynote speaker: Dr. Olaf Witkowski, Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, Earth-Life Science Institute, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Neuroinformatics and Computational Mode

Wednesday, February 21, 6:00 – 8:00 p.m., Thomson House Ballroom


February 22

The Neuro WhiskyFête 2018

Guests of WhiskyFête 2018 can sample rare whiskies and taste fine food prepared by Chef Jean-Michel Baudenon. Proceeds will benefit The Neuro.


February 26

Neuroscience for Mental Health Seminars

Identification of an inhibitory hippocampal-thalamic pathway that mediate remote memory retrieval

Dr. Gisella Vetere, Ph.D., Research Associate at Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto

Monday, February 26 , 11:00 a.m., Bowerman Room, Dobell, B-1127, Douglas Institute


February 26

Pharmacology & Therapeutics Seminar

Sex, Pain and Death

Jeffrey Mogil, ƻԺ Genetics

Monday, February 26 at 12:00 p.m., Room 1345, McIntyre Medical Sciences Building


February 26

Feindel Brain Imaging Lecture Series

Introduction to deep learning for neuroimaging

Andrew Doyle, ƻԺ Centre for Integrative Neuroscience

Monday, February 26 at 1:00 p.m., de Grandpré Communications Centre, MNI


February 26

SCSD Special Lecture

Post-stroke dysphagia and communication impairments: implications for cross-system management in the acute setting.

Dr. Heather Flowers, University of Ottawa, School of Rehabilitation Sciences

Monday, February 26, 5:30 – 6:30 p.m., Strathcona Anatomy and Dentistry Building SADB 2/36


February 27

Killam Seminar Series

Deciphering the Dynamics of the Unconscious Brain Under General Anesthesia

Emery Brown, Harvard Medical School

Tuesday, February 27 at 4:00 p.m., de Grandpré Communications Centre, MNI


February 27

Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Program Information Session

ƻԺ Nursing faculty members are offering a free information session on our new Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Program, for anyone interested in pursuing the development of advanced practice mental health nursing skills, and becoming a mental health nurse practitioner.

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Tuesday, February 27, 4:30 – 6:30 p.m.


February 28

ƻԺ Division of Social & Transcultural Psychiatry Global Mental Health Film Series

Screening: You’re Looking At Me Like I Live Here and I Don’t. The film will be followed by a discussion with guest panelists Laura Booi and Simon Fraser.

Wednesday, February 28 at 6:30 p.m. Info


January 2018


January 11

Culture, Mind and Brain Seminar Series

How can the social sciences contribute to the neurosciences?

Maxwell Ramstead & Vincent Laliberté

Thursday, January 11, 2:00 – 3:30 p.m., Ludmer Building, Room 138


January 11

Redpath Public Talk
Cutting Edge Lecture in Science

Healthy aged brains - current ideas to fight Alzheimer’s disease

Dr. Lisa Marie Münter,Dept. Pharmacology & Therapeutics, ƻԺ

Thursday, January 11, 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m., Redpath Museum Auditorium, 859 rue Sherbrooke Ouest


January 12

Physiology Seminar Series

Spinal inhibition in the control of touch and movement

Dr. Stephanie Koch, Salk Institute for Biological Studies

Friday, January 12 at 11:00 a.m., Room 1034, McIntyre


January 16

Killam Seminar Series

Cajal-Retzius cells of the hippocampal network

Dr. Gianmaria Maccaferri, Northwestern University

Tuesday, January 16 at 4:00 p.m., de Grandpré Communications Centre, MNI


January 22

Neuroscience for Mental Health Seminars

"The cholesteryl ester transfer protein CETP in Alzheimer`s disease mouse models

Dr. Lisa Munter, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, ƻԺ Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Monday, January 22 , 11:00 a.m. Bowerman Room, Dobell, B-1127, Douglas Institute


January 24

CPD/CME Wednesday E-Learning Series (WELS): Webinar only

Anesthesiology
Opioids for pain management: The good, the bad and the ugly

Dr. Jordi Perez

Wednesday, January 24, 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.


January 24

IDIGH Work in Progress (WIP) Lunch Seminar

Control of virus-induced neuroinflammation in a mouse model of herpes simplex encephalitis

Mathieu Mancini

Wednesday, January 24, 12:00 - 1:00 p.m., RI-MUHC, EM1.3509


January 24

ƻԺ Division of Social & Transcultural Psychiatry & Global Mental Health Film Series

Love Boat
A film by Ma’an Mouslli
A short presentation and discussion to follow with Mr. Adnan Mahameed & Dr. Vitor Pordeus.

Wednesday, January 24, 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.

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January 25

Culture, Mind and Brain Seminar Series

Placebo machines, the culture of neuroscience and the power of suggestion

Jay Olson

Thursday, January 25, 2:00 – 3:30 p.m., Ludmer Building, Room 138


January 29

Neuroscience for Mental Health Seminars

Early life experience influences transcriptional and epigenetic differentiation between dorsal and ventral dentate gyrus

Dr. Tie Yuan Zhang, ƻԺ Department of Psychiatry

Monday, January 29 , 11:00 a.m. Bowerman Room, Dobell, B-1127, Douglas Institute


January 29

JGH Medical Grand Rounds

Twenty second annual humanization of care awareness program rounds
Tackling the roots of mental health stigma and discrimination in healthcare system
Ella Amir, PhD, MBA, Executive Director, Ami-Québec

Monday, January 29, 12:30 – 1:30 p.m., Block Amphitheatre


January 30

Killam Seminar Series

Human genetics and molecular mechanisms of hydrocephalus

Dr. Kristopher Kahle, Yale School of Medicine

Tuesday, January 30, 4:00 p.m., de Grandpré Communications Centre, MNI


January 30

Healthy Brains for Healthy Lives (HBHL) Meeting

Keynote speaker: Dr. Timothy Kennedy
How can the social sciences contribute to the neurosciences?
Vincent Laliberté
The hippocampus and psychosis: Lessons from a little structure with big responsibilities
Carolina Makowski

Tuesday, January 30, 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m., Thomson House Ballroom

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