Throughout the academic year, McGill Vision Research and the Centre for Research in Neuroscience 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 (subject: Addition%20to%20email%20list) (BRaIN Program) to receive the link.
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Speaker and topic |
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| Wednesday Sept 25, 2024 |
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 Oct 23, 2024 |
Brian Chen, PhD Centre for Research in Neuroscience, McGill University In-House Research Update |
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| Wednesday Nov 6, 2024 |
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 Nov 13, 2024 |
Nicolas Tritsch, PhD Department of Psychiatry, The Douglas Research Centre Title: Trying to make sense of dopamine’s contributions to behavior Host: Wei-Hsiang Huang |
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| Wednesday Nov 20, 2024 |
Janine Mendola, PhD Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, McGill University In-House Research Update |
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| Wednesday Nov 27, 2024 |
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 Dec 4, 2024 |
Christine Constantinople, PhD Center for Neural Science, New York University Title: Neural circuit mechanisms of value-based decision-making Host: Jesper Sjöström |
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| Wednesday Dec 11, 2024 |
Rémy Allard , PhD École d'optométrie, Université de Montréal Title: Functionally evaluating the impact of healthy ageing and age-related macular degeneration on the efficiency of photoreceptors Host: Alexander Baldwin |
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| Wednesday Jan 08, 2025 |
Laurent Perrinet, PhD Computational Neuroscience, CNRS / Aix-Marseille Université Title: How and why does retinotopy provides efficient vision Host: Alexandre Renaud |
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| 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 |
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| Wednesday Feb 05, 2025 |
Marco Leyton , PhD Department of Psychiatry, McGill University Title: Reimagining the Diathesis-Stress Model: Temperament, Adversity, Biology Host: Janine Mendola |
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| Wednesday Feb 12, 2025 |
Gabriella Gobbi , PhD Department of Psychiatry, McGill University Title: The psychopharmacology of psychedelics Host: Charles Bourque |
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| 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 |
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| Wednesday Feb 26, 2025 |
Paul Masset , PhD Department of Psychology, McGill University Title: Multi-timescale reinforcement learning in the brain Host: Brian Chen |
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| Wednesday Mar 05, 2025 |
Charles Bourque, PhD Centre for Research in Neuroscience, McGill University In-House Research Update |
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| 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: Reza Farivar |
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| Wednesday Mar 19, 2025 |
Bilal Haider, PhD Department of Bomedical Engineering, Georgia Tech/ Emory University Title: The control of visual perception by cortical lateral inhibition Host: Jesper Sjöström |
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| 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 |
