Throughout the academic year, the CRN and McGill Vision Research host the weekly BRaIN Seminar Series, as part of the RI-MUHC BRaIN Program. The topics cover numerous aspects of experimental neuroscience, and our speakers include international as well as local leaders in their respective fields.
When: Wednesdays at 12 noon (unless otherwise stated).
Where: CRN seminar room, Montreal General Hospital, Livingston Hall, L7-140, with hybrid option.
Are you interested in attending a virtual seminar? If so, contact the brain [at] muhc.mcgill.ca (BRaIN Program) to receive the link.
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Date |
Speaker and topic |
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Wednesday |
Dorita Chang, PhD Department of Psychology, The University of Hong Kong Title: (Sensory) eye dominance: the what, the where and the how Host: Alexander Baldwin |
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Wednesday |
Brian Chen, PhD Centre for Research in Neuroscience, McGill University In-House Research Update |
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Wednesday |
Alison Barth, PhD Department of Biological Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University Title: Input- and target-specific plasticity in neocortical circuits during learning Host: Jesper Sjöström |
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Wednesday |
Nicolas Tritsch, PhD |
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Wednesday |
Janine Mendola, PhD Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, McGill University In-House Research Update |
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Wednesday |
Rebecca Todd, PhD Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia Title: Approaching pleasure, avoiding pain: Neurocognitive tuning to affective salience across a spectrum of mood disorder symptoms Host: Stefanie Blain-Moraes |
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Wednesday |
Christine Constantinople, PhD |
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Wednesday |
Rémy Allard , PhD |
| Wednesday Jan 08, 2025 |
Laurent Perrinet, PhD Computational Neuroscience, CNRS / Aix-Marseille Université Title: How and why does retinotopy provides efficient vision Host: Alexandre Reynaud |
| Wednesday Jan 29, 2025 |
Niklas Brake, PhD Department of Physiology, McGill University Title: An orchestra out of rhythm: aperiodic EEG and the 1/f spectral trend Host: Alexander Baldwin |
| Wednesday Feb 05, 2025 |
Marco Leyton , PhD Department of Psychiatry, McGill University Title: Reimagining the Diathesis-Stress Model: Temperament, Adversity, Biology Host: Janine Mendola |
| Wednesday Feb 12, 2025 |
Gabriella Gobbi , PhD Department of Psychiatry, McGill University Title: The psychopharmacology of psychedelics Host: Charles Bourque |
| Wednesday Feb 19, 2025 |
Nancy Mayo , PhD School of Physical and occupational Therapy, McGill University Title: Real-time Auditory Feedback to Improve Gait and Motivation in People with Parkinson Host: Alexandre Reynaud |
| Wednesday Feb 26, 2025 |
Paul Masset , PhD Department of Psychology, McGill University Title: Multi-timescale reinforcement learning in the brain Host: Brian Chen |
| Wednesday Mar 05, 2025 |
Charles Bourque, PhD Centre for Research in Neuroscience, McGill University In-House Research Update |
| Wednesday Mar 12, 2025 |
Francesca Capozzi, PhD Department of Psychology, Université du Québec à Montréal Title: What we see and what we say: A social cognitive approach to minds, society, and clinical practice @MUSIC Host: TBD |
| Wednesday Mar 19, 2025 |
Bilal Haider, PhD Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Tech/ Emory University Title: The control of visual perception by cortical lateral inhibition Host: Jesper Sjöström |
| Wednesday Apr 02, 2025 |
Jan Gründemann, PhD University of Bonn Title: Imaging deep: Learning-related plasticity in thalamic circuits Host: Jesper Sjöström |
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Wednesday *In person Only |
Matthieu Vanni, PhD Université de Montréal Title: Multimodal plasticity of cortical function in animal models of blindness and cortical lesions affecting vision Host: Alexandre Reynaud |