"PET from A to Z" Comprehensive Training: Register Now!
Announcing the 1st edition of the "PET from A to Z" Comprehensive Training Workshop, which will take place at the MNI’s McConnell Brain Imaging Centre, May 30 – June 2, 2016. The program features four very distinctive days: two days of lectures, and two more interactive days, which include tours of PET/Cyclotron facilities and hands-on training opportunities.
Dr. Bratislav Misic joins the BIC as new Principal Investigator
We have the greatest pleasure to announce that as of March 1st 2016, Dr. Bratislav Misic has joined our Centre as Assistant Professor of Neurology & Neurosurgery, and new core BIC Principal Investigator.
The BIC is key partner of the MNI's Open-Science Initiative
It is now official, as announced in today's issue of Science magazine: the MNI is becoming the first ever Open-Science academic institution.
Dr. David Rudko in charge of the BIC's small-bore 7-T MRI scanner
We are happy to announce that Dr. David Rudko is joining the BIC’s MRI Unit as the Research Assistant (part-time) in charge of the 7-T small animal MRI operations. If you are interested in accessing the scanner, please contact David david.rudko [at] mcgill.ca (directly).
David is also a Postdoctoral Fellow with Drs. Arnold and Narayanan, funded by a fellowship from the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada and the CIHR Neuroinflammation Training Program.
New position at the BIC: Assistant Professor in MR Physics
We are very pleased to announce that the BIC continues to grow, with the recruitment of an MRI Physicist at the Assistant Professor level. Please refer to the recruitment ad for details.
4500 Days of Beaming at the BIC's Cyclotron Unit
Today marks the 4500th day of faithful beaming in our IBA Cyclotron, Serial Number 000. The cyclotron is the pivotal instrument for producing isotopes used in radionuclides for PET and SPECT research at the Neuro.
BIC Team Releases First High-Resolution Open-Access Dataset of Hippocampal Subfields
The hippocampus has been a focus of neuroscience research for decades for its role in cognitive processes, as well as being a hallmark of prevalent neurological and psychiatric conditions, such as epilepsy, Alzheimer’s disease, depression, and schizophrenia. Identification of hippocampal subregions in vivo is thus essential for precise localization of function and pathology.
The BIC Cyclotron/PET Unit receives support from the L&A Edwards Foundation and key users
We are glad to announce that the Louise and Alan Edwards Foundation is now providing generous support to the BIC PET and Cyclotron Unit, through a grant obtained by long-time BIC user and affiliated member Dr. Petra Schweinhardt, Assistant Professor at McGill's Alan Edwards Centre for Research on Pain.
Course open for registration: Topics in Radionuclide Imaging
BIC Prof. Alexey Kostikov offers course on PET radiochemistry in the fall of 2015The course deals with in vivo imaging using radioactive isotopes and is primarily focused on positron emission tomography (PET). PET has found research and clinical application in oncology, neurology and cardiology and is an especially powerful modality for imaging of neuroreceptors, cerebral blood flow and abnormal protein deposits in the brain.
Dr. Dagher receives major Foundation grant from CIHR
BIC Principal investigator Dr. Alain Dagher receives $2.1M in Foundation grant from CIHR to study the brain's dopamine systems with brain imaging. Functional Neuroimaging of dopamine systems: application to Parkinson's Disease, addiction and obesity.The main goal is to understand the function of brain systems involved in reward, motivation, learning and decision-making.
The BIC 'Colin27' brain makes history and enters museum in Europe
The Museum of Natural Sciences of the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences has just opened a new permanent exhibition in Brussels: 'The gallery of Humankind'. The Museum has asked Dr. D. Louis Collins whether they could produce a 3-D print of the historical Colin27 brain.
Big imaging data in action: large-scale analysis of 10,000 MRI volumes reveals fluctuations in brain size depending on time of the day
Diurnal fluctuations in brain volumeThe brain shrinks over the course of the day, ending up smaller in the evening – before returning to its full size the next morning. That’s according to a new study from BIC Principal Investigators Arnold and Collins and collaborators, based on an analysis of about 10,000 MRI scans.
Dr. Baillet and collaborator wins McGill's first Biomedical Engineering Collaborative Research Project competition
Professors Sylvain Baillet (BIC Principal investigator) and Matt Kinsella (Dept of Bioengineering) have won the first Biomedical Engineering Collaborative Research Project competition held by McGill’s Department of Biomedical Engineering, for their project titled:
Major CQDM funding awarded to Drs Collins, Massarweh and Soucy
CQDM, Brain Canada Foundation and the Ontario Brain Institute made the announcement at the annual conference of the Canadian Association for Neuroscience. “The Government of Canada is dedicated to helping increase our understanding of how the human brain works and how to best protect it and treat disorders of the brain and nervous system using innovative and unique solutions,” said the Honourable Rona Ambrose, Minister of Health.
New grant to support imaging research against Multiple Sclerosis
Congratulations to the BIC's Dr. Sridar Narayanan, on his new grant awarded by the MS Society of Canada for his project:
Spatial Assessment of Cortical Demyelination in Multiple Sclerosis.
