Event

6th Annual Neuro Open Science in Action Symposium 2024

Thursday, November 7, 2024 09:00to18:00
Montreal Neurological Institute Jeanne Timmins Amphitheatre, 3801 rue University, Montreal, QC, H3A 2B4, CA

6th Annual Neuro Open Science in Action Symposium 2024

An event organized by the Tanenbaum Open Science Institute
In person at The Neuro and livestreamed online.


Registration required, click here. (Please note that we have reached full capacity for in person attendance)

To watch virtually, click here.


Open Science Throughout the Research Lifecycle 

This year's Symposium will highlight how Open Science works through various stages of the research lifecycle, focusing on areas where it is not yet widely practiced, such as data acquisition in laboratories. Interactive sessions will cover open resources enabling better study design, initiatives to increase diversity in research data, open-source hardware for data acquisition and collaborative approaches to catalyze big open data analysis.

This year, our master of ceremonies will be Matthew Loukine, a PhD candidate at The Neuro, who will bring us new perspectives and share his first-hand experience of working on a research project while striving to make it as open as possible. His passion for open science will make this event even more enriching and relevant, where we will hear about the different elements of creating an open research project, from the ideation and study design stages to analyzing and sharing your data.

Keynote Lecture: An Open Science Approach to Human Brain Cellular and Molecular Mapping in Health and Disease

Ed Lein, Senior Investigator at the Allen Institute for Brain Science, will kick off the event with the keynote lecture, providing an overview of the open education tools developed by the Allen Institute, which are invaluable for enhancing neuroscience education and strengthening experimental design. 

Open Science Prize Ceremony

The day will conclude with the 2024 Neuro-Irv and Helga Cooper Foundation Open Science Prizes Ceremony. The winners of this premier OS competition will accept their awards and present their work. Following the ceremony, symposium attendees are invited to celebrate and network over cocktails.

Programme

View Programme Booklet

*All times are EST

 

9:00

Welcome & Opening Remarks

Annabel Seyller, CEO, Tanenbaum Open Science Institute, Chief of Staff, The Neuro

Master of Ceremonies: Matthew Loukine, PhD Candidate, The Neuro, McGill University

9:30

Keynote Lecture

An Open Science Approach to Human Brain Cellular and Molecular Mapping in Health and Disease

Ed Lein, Senior Investigator, Allen Institute for Brain Science

10:30

Refreshment Pause

11:00

Session 1: Diversity in Data Acquisition

Moderator: Udunna Anazodo, Assistant Professor, The Neuro, McGill University

African Ancestry Neurodegeneration Risk Variant Disrupts an Intronic Branchpointin GBA1

Cornelis Blauwendraat, Chief Data Strategy Officer, Coalition for Aligning Science (CAS)

Advancing Open Science and Sustainable Neuroimaging Research in Resource Constrained Environments

Maruf Adewole, Medical Physicist and AI Researcher, MAI Lab, Lagos, Nigeria

Parent-Of-Origin Effects in Alzheimer’s Liability Dissociate Neurocognitive and Cardiovascular Traits in At-Risk Individuals

Chloé Savignac, PhD Candidate, McGill University

12:05

Session 2: Poster Highlights

MC: Judy Chen, MD/PhD Candidate, The Neuro, McGill University

Towards Living Meta-Research in Neuroimaging

Kendra Oudyk, Postdoctoral fellow, The Neuro, McGill University

ElecFeX Toolbox for Feature Extraction from Electrophysiological Recording

Xinyue Ma, PhD Candidate, The Neuro, McGill University

Expanding Imaging Transcriptomics with Cell Type Applications

Veronika Pak, PhD Candidate, The Neuro, McGill University

12:30

Lunch

Trainee Poster Session

1:30

Welcome Back

Matthew Loukine, PhD Candidate, The Neuro, McGill University

1:35

Session 3: Open Hardware

Moderator: Christine Tardif, Assistant Professor, The Neuro, McGill University

Open Neuroscience: Open Hardware in Research and Education

André Maia Chagas, Scientific Officer, University of Sussex, England

Open Hardware for Behavioural Control

Manu Madhav, Assistant Professor, University of British Columbia

Open Science in MRI Hardware Design

David Rudko, Assistant Professor, The Neuro, McGill University

2:40

Session 4: Collaborative Initiatives Enabling Open Data Analysis

Moderator: Jennifer Dotchin, Senior Manager, Innovation, Partnerships and Strategy, Hotchkiss Brain Institute

Josh Gottesman, Community Director, The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research

Jackie MacDiarmid, Project Manager, Campus Alberta Neuroscience

3:10 Refreshment Pause
3:25

The Neuro - Irv and Helga Cooper Open Science Prize Ceremony

Thomas Durcan, Associate Professor, Prize Chair, The Neuro

Roberta La Piana, Assistant Professor, Prize Co-chair, The Neuro

Canadian Trainee Prize: Michelle Wang, PhD Candidate, The Neuro

International Trainee Prize: Mohamed Abdelhack, Postdoctoral Fellow, Krembil Centre for Neuroinformatics

Main International Prize: Global Parkinson's Genetics Program, represented by Andrew Singleton & Cornelis Blauwendraat

4:15

Closing Remarks

Annabel Seyller, CEO, TOSI, Chief of Staff, The Neuro

4:25

Cocktail & Networking

Trainee Poster Session

For the first time, the Open Science in Action Symposium is hosting a poster session for trainees, organized by the TOSI Trainee Council. This is an excellent opportunity for McGill University postdocs, graduate and undergraduate students to present their Open Science projects and initiatives in the neuroscience field.

Twenty abstracts will be selected for the poster session. Three abstracts will be invited to give a 5-min flash talk during the trainee poster highlights session of the symposium. Furthermore, the best poster presentations (up to three) will receive an $80 cash prize.

Important Dates:

  • Abstract submission deadline: Friday, October 11, 2024, at 11:59 pm
  • Announcement of selected abstracts: Thursday, October 24
  • Poster highlights session: Thursday, November 7 at 12:05 pm
  • Poster presentation session: Thursday, November 7 at 12:30 pm

Eligibility and Conditions:

  • Be a registered McGill undergraduate student, graduate student, or post-doctoral fellow working in Open Science in Neuroscience.
  • Agree to have your poster made publicly available on an online Open Science platform under a Creative Commons license.
  • Be registered to attend the event. Please register here: OSIA symposium registration

Location

Jeanne Timmins Amphitheatre, The Neuro (The Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital)

The Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital is at 3801 University Street, north of Pine Avenue West, on the McGill University campus opposite the former Royal Victoria Hospital.

Wheelchair access: A wheelchair accessible entrance is on University Street north of the main entrance. Another wheelchair accessible entrance is in the loading area behind the building.

Parking: Parking is available near The Neuro. There are parking meters on University Street and a parking lot north of the main entrance.

Access by Public Transportation: The Metro Green Line to McGill station, or buses 144, 356, 107, and 24 are nearby.

Organizing Committee

Luisa Pimentel, Open Science Community Officer, TOSI

Gabriel Pelletier, Open Science Data Manager, TOSI

Leah LeFort, Research Administrator, TOSI

Annabel Seyller, Chief of Staff, The Neuro and CEO, TOSI

Thomas Durcan, Associate Professor, The Neuro and Co-Chair, TOSI Prize Committee

Roberta La Piana, Assistant Professor, The Neuro and Co-Chair, TOSI Prize Committee

Debbie Rashcovsky, Events Lead, The Neuro

Justin Martinez-Rosler, Communications Associate, Events, The Neuro

Sponsors

Thank you to our sponsors for supporting the Open Science in Action Symposium.

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